The Omaha Daily Beb
VOL. 50 NO. 22.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1920.
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THIRD PARTY
PLATFORM
COMPLETED
Committee Named to Draft
Document Reports Total cf
Nine Planks to Convention
Bitter Fight Expected.
URGE RECOGNITION OF
IRELAND AND SOVIETS
Single Tax Proposal Is Not
Mentioned Soldiers' Bonus
And Public Ownership of
Utilities Recommended.
Chicago, July 13. The platform
committee of the new party com
pleted its work late today and re
ported nine planks to the conven
t:on. Recognition of Ireland and soviet
Russia and a league of nations to
the "end that all kings and wars be
abolished'1 were included.
Other planks covered:
A soldiers' bonus and steeply
giaduated income tax; democratic
control of industry by the workers
and public ownership and operation
of public utilities and natural re
sources. A bitter fight over several planks
was predicted by members of the
piatform committee. The single
t;:xers plank was not included in the
platform as it was presented to the
convention.
The remaining planks were de
voted to reduction of the'eost of liv
ing; increased production; promo
tion of agricultural prosperity and a
bill of rights for labor.
I. A. H. Hopkins of New York
chairman of the 48'ers' national
committee, was elected joint chair
man to preside over the amalga
mated convention with Joljn H
Walker of the labor party.
Mr. Hopkins, in his speech of ac
ceptance, said the two parties had
come together on the only common
ground they could agree on.
Would Cork Oratory.
A motion to cork the flow of ora
tr,ry was voted down and Allen Mo
Curdv. George L. Record and Dud
Icy Field Malone, all leading 48'crs
of New York and New Jersey, were
called to the platform.
"The great thing has happened
and a new oartv has been born to
day," Amos Pinchot said t amid
cheers. He suggested the only work
remaining to be done was to "take
the democratic and republican par
ties out and bury them."
O. M. Thomison, a Nonpartisan
league leader from Minneapolis, ad
dressed th delegates, after which a
motion that no more speaking be
permitted was adopted by a volume
of "ayes."
The chairman then called for the
report of committees.
The international relations plank
has been acceded to by the leaders,
but is directly contrary to the result
of the referendum taken by the
party.
Besides advocating recognition o:
the Irish republic and Russian so
viet, the .plank proposes lifting of
the Russian blockade and refusal to
fight Mexico "at the behest of Wall
street." .
Jim Duncan finally obtained sut
ficient order to introduce John H.
Walker, lcbor party chairman, as
the '"next governor of Illinois."
). The question of representation
cavne up just as the platform com
mittee entered the hall and a debate
followed that was charcterized by
pleas for unity. .
Meet Again Today.
With the 48 convention on record
as agreeing to amalgamate this
afternoon, the labor party conven
tion, with Nonpartisan leaguers and
some of the single taxers officially
participating, went ahead hearing .e
ports for a short time and then ad
juurned until this afternoon to hold
- the first joint meeting with the 49'rs.
Before adjourning the labor party
session indicated that the new party
planned to nominate a presidential
. candidate possibly tonight, and that
there may be state tickets in some
sections.
Three proposals of the labor
group, however, stand in the way
of a complete agreement on party
principles. They were: Proposal
for a capital tax levy, nationaliza
tion of mines and the Plumb plan
for tripartite railroad control.
Labor Was Conciliatory.
Evidence of the labor convention's
conciliatory mood was given by sev
eral motions to "give the confer
ence committee a free hand" and to
"bend every effort" in the direction
of agreement. Labor spokesmen
argued it could do their cause no
harm to continue the negotiations,
since the 48'rs had shown "a
genuine disposition and desire to
get together."
The convention was thrown into
an uproar when Robert M. Buck,
Chicago, chairman of the labor reso'
lutions committee, made a motion
that credentials of the 48'rs be hon
ored and the hall prepared for a
ioint convention.
The motion carried amid cheers
and on its heels a half hundred
farmer delegates from the 48 con
vention arrived and were seated
after a tumultuous demonstration,
The farmer delegates raised a
Nonpartisan league standard above
their seats,
William Remfer, a Nonpartisan
leaguer from South Dakota, an
nounced the farmers, after spending
five days looking over all the con
ventions in session here, had necidea
their interests were "identical with
labor."
We have decided to coine over
1 stand with labor, fight with la-
and
Continued
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Princess Hoochee Sneers
At Ordinary Doctors, and
Gloats at Own Earnings
"Interpreter of Dreams"
Pays $2,800 Cash for
Gets $3,000 or $10,000-
Confides.
A thousand dollars is nothing in
the life of Princess Warhoochee
Aryerno, "interpreter of dreams,"
who was arrested Monday and
taken to Fremont on complaint of
the Dodge County Medical as
sociation which charged her with
practicing medicine without a
license.
When her bond was fixed at $1,000
she produced the amount in cur-
ency, thus startling Fremont offi
cials and keeping up the reputation
she has gained in Omaha for reck
less spending.
Pays Cash for Auto.
Her most recent spending escapade
here was a week ago when she en
tered an automobile shop on Auto
Row, ordered a $2,800 car and paid
cash for it.
She further impressed the be
wildered salesman 'at her home at
Twenty-eighth and Charles streets,
where she threw open a door to a
secret vault, displaying what he esti
mated to be a fortune in currency.
The salesman is still telling of his
view of unlimited resources.
"Princess" Sleeps Late.
The princess slept late yesterday
morning, despite the pounding of
carpenters constructing a garage for
her new touring car, and the clamor
AMERICANS ARE
FLEEING IN FACE
OF SOVIET ARMY
Minsk, Kovel and Vilna Evacu
ated Bcfere Advancing Bol
shevist Troops.
Warsaw, July 13. News from the
battle front is meager, but at last
accounts the Americans were report
ed to have evacuated Minsk. Kovel
and other towns toward which bol
sheviki are approaqhing in their 745
mile westward sweep. ,
Many telegraph wires are down
and the railroads have been out.
It is reported here that Minsk is
on fire, but it is not certain whether
the bolsheviki have yet occupied the
town.
The Catholic archbishop here has
appealed to members of the church
to join the colors.
Russian residents have begun or
ganization of infantry and cavalry
detachments to fight the bolsheviki.
The American relief association
and the American Red Cross have
completed evacuation of Vilna in the
north and of Lemberg on the south
ern front. At last accounts the bol
siieviki were 40 kilometers front Vil
na. Extensive preparations have
been made for that city's defense.
Lemberg is not yet in danger.
The bolsheviki have occupied
Poniatyoz and Viazyn and are ap
proaching Molodetchna. They are
pressing the attack despite enormous
loss, the statement says.
While the evacuation of W;arsaw
is being considered by foreigners,
should it be menaced by the bol
sheviki, confidence is expressed in
American circles that the bolsheviki
will never pass the line of thno
graphical Poland, as the peasants are
reported to be organizing to join the
army. -
Campaign Manager of
Cox Slowly Recovers
From Nervous Attack
San Francisco, July 13. The con
dition of Edward H. Moore of
Youngstown, O., the campaign man
ager here for Governor James M.
Cox of Ohio, democratic presiden
tial nominee, was reported as
"greatly improved" today following
his being confined to his room at
an out of town residence for a day
because of a nervous disorder and
a heavy cold.
Moore will start for his home in
the next two days, according to
Wilbur Marsh, treasurer of the
democratic national committee, who
is still here.
Edna Cudahy Secretly
Marries Bank Teller
Word reached here yesterday that
Miss Edna Cudahy, 19-year-old
daughter of Jack Cudahy, was se
cretly, wed to Percy F. Browne, a
Pasadena bank teller, by a justice ot
the peace in San Bernardino, lastj
week. .. -
This is the first marriage in the
Jack Cudahy family, which consists
ot tour gins ana one ooy. mrs.
Cudahy, who was lormeny miss
Edna Cowan of Omaha, was married
to Jack Cudahy. eldest son of the
millionaire Chicago packer 20 years
ago. ' .
Like her mother, fcdna t-uflany is
said to be very beautiful.
Assailant of Vassar
Student Given 20 Years
PoughkcepsV. N. Y.", July 13.
Frank Smith, 19, who pleaded guilty
to attacking a Vassar graduate on
June 8, was today sentenced by
County Judge Arnold to 20 years in
Sing Sing. This is the maximum
term. Smith was in tears as the
court pronounced sentence.
Discredit Report Villa
Has Been Taken by Troops
Washington, July 13. Reports
from Mexico City that Francisco
Villa had been surrounded and that
I his capture was imminent were not
credited today in Mexican circles
I her
Puts Up '$1,000 Bond and
Auto in Blase Manner-
a Week for "Curi
P'.V
J
of patients urging ministe
her "mysterious icdicines,"
as one of them nier concoc
tions. .
When at IK J. arose and con-
sented to be ..viewed she was
clad in dazzling" red silk bloomers
and a silk turban of like hue. Nor
was her oriental atmosphere con
fined to her costume, for she sat in
a darkened room, hung with drap
eries of weird design and incenar
burned in one corner.
Describes Her "Power."
"I am Hoochee," she announced
in a high voice, meant to be impres
sive. "1 cure by the mind. I dream
of herbs to cure people. Perhaps 1
dream of a yellow flower, lheit i
search for that flower the earth over,
If it is not in bloom I take the
roots."
"But I understand you were ar
rested yesterday for practicing with
out a license," observed the re
porter. The remark brought forth a bit
ter flow of denunciation for doctors,
"Doctors Are Jealous."
"Hoochee no take the cases of
doctors. Hoochee cure them that
doctors say die. Hoochee make the
blind see, the deaf hear and the
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INVENTOR, LOCKED
IN SAFE, DROPPED
IN BOSTON HARBOR
Italian Risks Life to Prove
Value of Ocean-Going
Vault.
Chirofo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaded Wire.
Boston, July 13. Mennotti Na.uii
a Chicago inventor, to prove the util
ity of his nonsinkable safe, for use
on ocean-going ships, at the risk of
his life was locked in his five-ton
sted strongbox and lowered to the
bottom of Boston harbor this after
noon. -- Three minutes after the gigantic
cylindrical tank touched the bottom
while 35,000 spectators waited in
breathless expectancy, the inner com
partment of the tank shot to the
surface with Xanni inside, from
which he issued forth smiling and
waving American and Italian flags.
Xannj, attached to his head a
specially prepared sxygen helmet
with sufficient air in it to last 15
minutes, then bade goodbye to hrs
wife and children.
The purpose of the tank is .for
installation on steamers and war
ships which carry valuable cargoes.
Nanni and his family will shortly
lcive for Italy and present his in
vention to his native Ian
Naval Officers Go to
Trial for Planting
Booze on Seaplane
New York, July 13. Ensigns W.
H. Gushing and Franw Lamb were
placed on trial before court-martial
at New York navy yard today,
charged with violating an order ot
Secretary Daniels forbidding stor
ing of intoxicants on naval craft.
The defendants were officers in
charge of seaplane No. 3,606, on
which "suspicious looking" brown
bottles were alleged to have been
stored before the flight from Bimini
islands, Bahamas, to Miami, Fla.
Lieut. Hugh Cuthrell, acting com
mander of the naval air. station at
Key West, read a report of the board
of inveft.gation, which stated that
members cf the seaplane's crew testi
fied the bottles were stored in the
machine at Bimini by natives while
thev were busy working about the
report of their testimony added,
crdt The officers were ashore, the
An American Officer Is
Reported Killed In Triest
Triest, July 13. An American
officer is reported to have been
killed in the recent street fighting
between Croats and Italians during
a Jugo-Slav nationalist demonstra
tion at Spatato, Dalmatia. The only
other fatality reported in the ad
vices received here was an Italian.
Rome, July 13. The American
admiral controlling the coast outside
the armistice zone near Spalato, Dal
matia. was responsible for the end
ing of an encounter that occurred
recently between Jugo-Slavs and
Italians in the town of Spalato, it
was announced in a semi-official
communique today. The admiral
intervened, with the local authori
ties, restoring order.
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Return of Jack Johnson
Los Angeles, July 13. J. Robert
O'Connor, United States district at
torney, announced today he and
Thomas Green, an assistant, will go
to Tijuana, Lower California, to in
vestigate reported plans of Jack
Johnson, former heavyweight cham
pion pugilist, to surrender himself to
United States authorities.
Defeat Plan to Force
Troops Out of Ireland
, London, July 13. The proposal
to employ direct action if necessary
to force the government to withdraw
its troops from Ireland and cease
manufacturing munitions for use in
Ireland and Russia was defeated to
day in the special trades union con
gress called to consider labor' atti
tude on the Irish question-
LOUIS METZ TOOK
HIS OWN LIFE AT
RANCH NEAR CODY
Cherry County Coroner Says
Case Was Plain Suicide
" Left Estate of $500,000
To Relatives.
No inquest will be held into the
death of Louis Metz. former secre
tary o fthe Metz Brewing company,
who ' committed suicide early
Wednesday morning by hanging in
his barn on his ranch near Cody,
Wyo.
County Attorney Clark of Cherry
county said death was caused by sui
cide. No cause was given for the
death when it was made public last
Thursday in Omaha. When a body
of brought to ' Omaha for burial,
the Omaha board of health requires
a death report for burial. Instruc
tions with the report were to keep
the details unknown.
.In this report, brought out yes
terday, the cause was given as
"strangulation hanging suffering,
influenza." Mr. Metz went to his
ranch for his health and he was
watched closely by his relatives and
friends, who feared that he might
take his own life. Mr. Metz left
all his property, totalling more than
$500,000, to his relatives.
He was 47 years old. and unmar
ried. Arthur Metz, a brother, was
named executor, according to the
will.
Among those remembered in the
will and the amount received are:
Louis Arthur Metz, his namesake,
$75,000; Antonia Hauck, $60,000;
Frances Erker. $35,000: Eugene
Hauk Buder. $15,000; Olga Metz,
$30,000; Harriet Metz Schnorr, $10.-
000; Gertrude Metz. $10,000; Charles
E. Metz. $5,00; Phillip Metz, $5,00;
Charles Erker, $5,000; Leone Sand
ers, $5,000; Eugene H. Buder, $5,000.
Others named in the will arc Clara
Schroeder Morey, Augusta Snider
and his brothers, Arthur, Fred and
Charles.
Italian Officers
Attacked at Spalato
In Demonstration
Rome. July 13. Several Italian ot
ficers have been attacked and
wounded during a Jugo-Slav na
tionalist demonstration at Spalato,
according to a Zara dispatch to the
Giornalc dTtalia. A warship an
chored in the harbor sent a small
motor boat to rescue the officers,
but the boat was fired upon and
forced to retreat to the ship. It
subsequently returned, accompanied
by another boat, but Serbian troops
are said to have opened fire on the
two. ' '
Later, the crowds engaged in the
demonstration were dispersed by tho
Serbians. ' During the fighting a
naval lieutenant and three sailors
were wounded and a mechanic was
killed.
Admiral Resio of the Italian navy
ha3 arrived at Spalato and has de
manded exemplary reparation, it is
! declared. Three Italian destroyers
have also arrived in the trouble
zone. .
Universal Suffrage
For Japanese Women
Loses In Parliament
Tokio, July 13. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Universal suffrage was
defeated in the lower House of Par
liament today when a resolution pro
viding for it, introduced by the op
position, was rejected by a vote ot
155 to 283.
While the measure was being de
bated immense crowds assembled in
nearby parks and held pro-suffrage
demonstrations. Although they per
mitted meetings in the distant parts
of the citv. the police refused to al
low soeechmaking near the Diet
hui'dinsr.
Students held an indoor meeting
at which an attempt was made to
adont resolutions censuring the cab
inet for "hindering the development
of the nation," but the police in
terfered and broke up the meeting,
arresting a score.
Niagara Falls Victim
Wrote Cable of Success
Toronto, July 13. Charles George
Stephens was so sure his plunge
over Niagra falls in a barrel would
be successful that he had written
this cable to be sent to his wife
when his safety was assured:
"Feat accomplished. Tell Dan."
Dan was Stephens' manager.
The message actually sent was:
"Professor Stephens lost in at
tempt." Attorney General Raney sa;d to
day there might be prosecutions in
connection with Stephens' death.
Witnesses said a loose hoop was
pointed out to Stephens, who said
he thought it was all right.
Nebraska to Have Team
In National Rifle Match
Lincoln, Neb.. July 13. (Special)
The civilian. rifle team, represent
ing Nebraska, which will compete in
the national matches at Camp
Perry, Ohio, will consist of 18 men
headed by a captain and all members
must belong to the national rifle as
sociation of America, of which J. M.
Birkner of Lincoln is the secretary.
The dates for the matches run
from July 30 to August 28 and . expenses-
of the participants are paid
by the national government.
Hays Returns to New York.
New York. Ju'y 13.-Vill H.
Hays, republican national chairman
and director in chief of the Harding
Coolidge campaign, returned today
rifter a week spent in Chicago and
Marion county, and once more as
sumed charge -of. republican head
quarters here
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TERROR STORY OF
NIKOLAIEVSK
TOLD TO CONSUL
Actions of Bolsheviki De
scribed by One of Three
Americans Held Captives
By Red Forces.
Washington, July 13. T'uc Jull
story of what happened at Nikolai
evsk, Siberia, under the bolshevik re
gime reached Washington today for
the first time. It was told to the
American consul at Vladivostok by
a Mr. Dyer, who, with his wife and
two other American citizens, 'had
been held at Nikolaicvsk by the red
forces. ,
According to Mr. Dyer's statement
the bolsheviki, under Trapitsin, at
tacked the Japanese guard at Niko
laievsk on January 21. The fortress
surrendered about the middle of
February and the city about the end
of that month. The Japanese guard
still held out and on March 10 they
were ordered by Trapitsin to sur
render by noon on March 12.
The Japanese, Mr. Dyer said, being
afraid to trust the. promises of the
Russians, surrounded the Russian
staff at 2 o'clock on the attorning of
March 11, fired the building and at
tacked and killed many Russians and
tried to escape. They were driven
into their barracks, however, and on
March 15 the 134 survivors surren
dered. Mr. Dyer stated that before the
fighting began on March 11 the jails
had been filled by Trapitsin with
persons who were accused of being
counter-revolutionists, bourgeois and
spies. All these were marched by
Trapitsin to the Amur river and were
killed on the night of the 13th. Priot
to this, executions without trial had
occurred and they continued until
the forces commanded by Trapitsin
left the district.
During the fighting, which contin
ued from the 11th to the 15th, non
combatants, women and children
were killed excent 12 Japanese wo-
Lmen. who" were hidden by their Chi
nese nusDanas.
No Foundation Found by Bee
For Charges Against Kenower
Suit against The Bee Publishing
company by George F. Kenower ot
Wisner, Neb., claiming damages for
the publication of statements in The
Omaha Bee, December 28, 1917, has
been abandoned. The present man
agement of The Bee investigated
the matters complained of and did
not find foundation for the published
statements.
Mr. Kenower, publisher of the
Wisner Chronicle, charged that The
Bee erred in its statement that he
had been summoned to appear be
fore the State Council of Defense on
account of having made disloyal re
marks and having refused to give
free advertising space in his news
paper to the Red Cross and similar
organizations. He also charged that
he had been damaged by the impli
cation, that he had been subjected to
surveillance by the home guards.
Investigation by The Bee failed to
disclose any foundation for the pub
lished statements.
Demo Deregate Returns
With Daughter's Body.
YosemiteV Cal., July 13. Sedg
wick Kistler of Lockhaven, Pa., who
was a delegate to the democratic na
tional convention at San Francisco,
and Mrs. Kistler are en route home
today' with the body of their daugh
ter, Gertrude, who was drowned
here last Wednesday in the Merced
river. The body was found after a
five-da search
The Difference
Congressman Volstead,
On the Witness Stand,
Denies He Is Atheist
Benson, Minn., July 13. Repre
sentative A. J. Volstead of the
Seventh Minnesota congressional
district on the stand in district court
last night, denied that he was an
atheist, as alleged to have been
stated in a pamphlet said to have
been circulated by supporters ot
Rev. O. J. Kvalc, who defeated Vol
ftead for the republican congres
sional nomination at the recent pri
mary. The action contesting Rev.
Kvale's nomination was brought by
25 voters of the district who allege
violation of the state corrupt prac
tices act.
Mr. Volstead testified he had been
confirmed in the Lutheran church
and now attended a Congregational
church in Washington. He said that
any statement that he was an atheist
was ' raise. ne was Deing ques
tioned regarding his views on sedi
tion and profiteering when court adr
journcd. .
Dismiss Suit Against
Suffrage Brought to
Hold Up Ratification
Washington, July 13. Justice
Bailey, in the district supreme court
today dismissed proceedings brought
by Charles Fairchilds of New York,
president of the American Constitu
tional league, to prevent the promul
gation of the ratification of the suf
frage amendment and to test the
validity of the equal suffrage law.
The court held that it was without
authority to inquire into the action
of the state legislatures in ratifying
t1i snffrace amendment, and that it
had no authority to pass upon the
,. r l 1 A t
validity or sucn an aiiicnumcni. n.
Fairchilds indicated he would ap
peal to the supreme court ot tne
United States.
Charges Railways Resell
Soft Coal at Large Profit
Indianapolis, Ind.. July 13.
Charges that the railroads of the
country were obtaining control of all
bituminous coal possible and re
selling it to dealers because of the
nnnortnnitv to make hie orofits due
to present high prices, were made
in a statement issued' by Ellis
Searles, editor of the mine workers'
journal, from the headquarters of
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica Jiere today.
Big Four aad Pennsylvania rail
road officials here denied the
charges. They asserted that their
owns supply is not sufficient to meet
present aemands.
Prison Officers Capture
Escaped Omaha Negro
Lincoln, Neb., July 13 (Special
Telegram) Will Owens, Douglas
county negro, sentenced to the peni
tentiary for burglary, who escaped
this morning, was captured this af
ternoon by Warden Feuton and Sec
retary George Johnson of the de
partment of public works in the rail
road yards in Lincoln after the of
ficers had been tipped off as to his
whereabouts by the wife of a pris
oner, now a trusty at the peniten
tiary. Oweps tried to get away but
the officials ran him down and final
ly captured him.
The Weather
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WIFE MURDERER
SHOULD SUFFER,
SAYS HIS SISTER
Relative of Wanderer Declares
He May Be Insane, But
Must Pay Penalty
For Crime.
Chicago, uly 13. Further efforts
of police to establish definitely the
motive which caused Lt. Carl Wan
derer to sla his wife and an uni
dentified stranger, attempts to
identify the stranger and to find a
woman in the case if there be one,
led to further questioning of Wan
derer today.
It was believed today that the
mental test . taken of Wanderer
soon after the murders, will be used
in court in the event that, he gets a
change of heart at the trial and
makes a plea that he was demented
at the time of the murders, the po
lice said.
The physicians who examined him
said that they had not fully con
eluded their test, however, but , that
they had decided so far that Wan
derer is sane' and that his motive
for the crime is still unknown.
Police Sergeant John Norton said
that throughout the inquiry into the
murders at every , turn they were
confronted by Wanderer's love for
money and his desire to return tc
the army.
The police today shifted their at
tention to the ex-lieutenant's letters.
From those and from his. friends,
police said they learned' that he had
many friendships with girls, some oJ
which ran concurrently with his
married life.
Among them appeared the name
of Grace' Home, a girl whom he
knew before he met Ruth Johnsoa
Wanderer, according to his sisters.
Mrs. Hattie Roth and Laura Wan
derer, and Pearl L. l'earson, a.
cousin.
"I do believe that Carl is insane,
Mrs. Roth said. "Our mother killed
herself after having been insane f'T
six years and Carl once tried to
throw himself from a fire escape at
the county hospital where he was
confined with scarlet fever. Hp
must have been out of his mind
when he killed Ruth, but this is r.o
reason why he should not pay th
penalty."
Detachment of American
Sailors Ordered to Peking
Washington, July 13. A detach
ment of 150 American sailors has
been ordered to Peking to augment
the American legation guard of 275
marines as a precaution against
threatened revolutionary hostilities
there. Admiral Glcavcs, com
mander in chief of the Asiatic fleet,
also reported he was proceeding to
Teking to confer with the American
minister there.
The cruiser Huron, Admiral
Gleaves' flagship, and three destroy
ers are now at Taku. about 100 miles
from the capital. The bluejackets
are being sent to Peking unarmed,
but, it is understood, there will be
available arms for them there.
Forces of New Mexican
Government Rout Guajardo
Eagle Pass, Tex.. July 13. Forces
of the new provisional government
routed Jesus Guarjardo in an en
gagement near Saltillo, driving him
into the mountains after a number
of his men had - been killed and
wounded, according to reports reach'
:ng here. Some of his followers were
captured. Pablo Gonzales, jr.. met
a similar fate near Vera Cruz, ac
cording to the reports
HARDING HITS
STAND TAKEN
BY WILSON
Senator Charges. President
Forced Democratic Party
Nominees to Adopt His Views
On League of Nations.
SAYS G. 0. P. CANDIDATES
WILL ACCEPT CHALLENGE
Declares Only Concern of the
Chief Executive Is to See
Complete Vindication of
His Foreign Policy.
Kv The. Aaao lalid I'rena.
Marion, Ow July 13. Senatoi
Harding charged, in a statement to
night, that President Wilson had
forced the democratic . presidential
and vice presidential nominees to ac
cept his view that the league of na
tions should become the dominant
campaign issue. The president's one
concern, the senator said, is the
"vindication of his foreign policy"
and he insists upon "his issue regard
less of costs or consequences."
'The tepi'Mican party and candi
dates gladly accept the challenge."
tiie statement said. "We are more
than willing to make the election a
national referendum on the question
whether we have four years more of
the democratic readiness to sur
render this republic."
The statement resulted from the
nouncemcnt of Franklin D. Roose
velt, the vice presidential candidate
following his conference yesterday
with Governor Cox that his cam
paign would be made chiefly on the
league issue.
League Big Issue.
The statement follows:
''Columbus dispatches describing
the conference between the demo
cratic nominee for president and
vice president on Monday, say that
'Governor Cox left it to the vice
presidential nominee to make known
the conclusions reached.' And, thus
authorized to speak for both of them,
the vice presidential nominee stated
that he considered the league of na
tions one of the dominant issues of
the campaign, not only in the east,
but in the west. He expected to make
his campaign chiefly on the league
of nations issue.'
"So we have the complete proof
that President Wilson has won and
forced acceeptance of his paramount
issue. The party machinery has
been taken over by the Tjmmanies
of New York, New Jersey and Indi
ana, but President Wilson has forced ,
his issue on them. He has bue one
concern and that is the vindivation
of his foreign policy first by his par
ty, later bv the country.
Will Harness Policy.
"The democratic campaign is go
ing to harness the party absolutely
to the administration policy of rati
fication without protection to Amer
ican interests. Should the demo
crats win, the league would be rati-.
ficd and America would become at
once a party to the 20 odd wars now
going on in the world. European
leaders have repeatedly explained
that it is impossible for the league
of nations to function effectively so
long as the United States has not
ratified. 1 he obvious implication
is that when the United States rati
fies the league will proceed to settle
up these matters, to enforce its au
thority in the contact between ro
land and Russia; to settle the Adriat
ic troubles, compel peace between
Turkey and Greece, and assume re
sponsibility for paciticatton ot the
whole near east and middle east.
"All this cannot be done unless
the league employs force. America
would have to contribute its army
and navy.. President Wilson has
urged acceptance of a mandate for
Armenia, which the Harbored mis
sion found would require us to em
ploy a great army and pour out
money by hundreds of millions. Con
gress overwhelmingly refused and
the country has sustained it so insis
tently that even the San Francisco
convention did not dare indorse the
mandate. Yet that mandate would
haidly be more than an intimation
of the many world-flung conflicts in
to which America would be pro
jected by ratification of the league
without rigidly safeguarding reser
vations. Real Opinion Flouted.
"The president demands a cam
paign on this issue; the democratic
platform makes the issue para
mount; and finally, the democratic
candidates' unqualifiedly acquiesces.
The score and more of democratic
senators who voted for the Lodge
reservations are repudiated, the real
opinion of the American nation is
flouted, because the presided in
sists upon his regime regardless of
costs or consequences. The repub
lican party and candidates gladly ac
cept the challenge. We are more
than willing to make the election a
national referendum on the question
whether we shall have four year?,
more of democratic readiness to
surrender this republic."
In order that he might have an
opportunity to work on his speech
accepting the republican presidential
nomination, Senator Harding re
ceived no callers today.
He did confer ' briefly however,
with Congressman Longworth of
Cincinnati. Mr. Longworth later
announced that he had discussed the
political situation with the senator
with whom, he said, he was in ab
solute agreement on the issues in
viived. The senator made rapid
progress on his speech and he plans
to devote most of tomorrow to it ts
i he has nqr engagement scheduled .