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HARDING IS
NOTIFIED OF
V NOMINATION
republican Nominee Told He
Is Choice of the Party for
President at Ceremony Held
At Candidate's Home.
SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE
WINDS UP LONG PROGRAM
Thirty Special Trains and
Thousands of Automobiles
Carry Monster Crowd Into
Ohio Home of Candidate.
By Tlio AiHorliiti'd 1'i-rsx.
Marion, O., Jly 22. The repub
lican campaign attained full speed
today with the formal notification
here of Warren G. Harding, the par
ty's nominee for the presidency.
The notification ceremonies,
which brought to .Marion most of
the big leaders of the party and
many thousands of Harding en
thusiasts, included an acceptance
speech by Senator Harding inter
preting the Chicago platform and
declaring the principles on which he
expects the campaign to be fought
out.
His declarations were expected to
strike a keynote giving tone to the
arguments of republican workers
throughout the nation in the season
of political debate ushered in by
notification day.
Acceptance Speech Read.
The acceptance speech came at the
end of a long program, in which
high-pitched enthusiasm ruled the
day as the vi iting delegations
marched on the Harding residence
in unbroken succession to be re
ceived by the candidate and to pay
their respects in the coin of tumult
uous political emotionalism.
At 7 o'clock in the morning a
noisy aggregation of Marion citizens
that looked like half the town led
off with a demonstration. To their
howling acclaim the senator played
the leading part in a flag raising,
pulling' the Stars and Stripes to the
top of the weather-beaten Mcivinley
flag pole sent here a few days ago
from Canton.
Delegation after delegation, with
'bands blaring and colors flying, filed
up to the Harding front porch as 30
special trains and thousands of auto
mobiles On loaded their contributions
to the notification crowds.
, City Gaily Decorated. .
Marion was dressed ' within an
inch of its life for its debut in the
great affairs of the nation. Patriotic
frills and flounces draped the city
from tip to toe. Business was id-'
journcd and partisanship was tor
gotten as republicans and democrats
joined itt acknowledging the honor
that had come''to one of their neigh
bors. From the senator's home down to
, the heart of the. business section a
lane of tall, white pillars formed
a spotless court of honor to mark
the route of the paraders, and along
the way scarcely a window was with
out its portrait of the republican can
didate. Painstaking arrangements had
been made to provide a luncheon for
the crowds.. Profiteering had been
put under tjie ban by agreement of
the city's business men and many
housewives had (laid in an extra sup
ply of fooa to irake sure that no one
went hungry.' Most of the public
counters were under supervision of
the churches.
' Boyhood Band Plays.
One of the delegations to whose
coming Harding looked forward with
keenest anticipation wa a- brass
band from Caledonia, his boyhood
home.
The purple, white and gold of the
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Tulsa, Old., With 296
Per Cent Increase Has
72,075 Population
Washington, July 22. Ithaca, N.
V.. 17,004; increase 2,202 or 14.9 per
cent.
Tulsa. Okla., 72,075; increase 53,
893 or 296.4 per cent.
Albert Lea, Minn., 8,056; increase
1.8o4 or 30.1 per cent.
Wellsvilte, N. Y., 5,046; increase
664 or 15.2 per cent.
Minot, N. D., 10,476; increase
4.288 or 69.3 per cent.
Lackawanna, N. V., 17.918; in
crease 3,369 or 23.2 per cent.
Tonawanda, N. Y., 10.068; increast
1,778 or 21.4 per cent.
Olean, T. Y., 20,506; increase
5,763 or 39.1 per cent.
Austin, Minn., 10,118; increase 3,l3f
or 45.4 per cent.
Cleburne, Tex., 12,827; increase
2,456 or 23.7 per cent.
Navasota. Tex., 5,060; increase
1,776 or 54.1 per cent.
Portsmouth, Va., 54,387; increase
21,197 or 63.9 per cent.
$1,000,000 Loss When Fire
Destroys Big Lumber Plant
Manistee. Mich.. July 22. Fire ot
unknown origin destroyed the lum
ber and salt plant of the Buckley
& Douglas Lumber company here
early todav, causing a loss estimat
ed at $1,000,000. The plant was said
to have been the largest of its kind
in the world, operating a new qua
druple evaporating system. A num
ber of residences also were de
stroyed. Germans Surrender Blimp.
London. July 22 The German
airship, L-64, slightly larger than
the British dirigible, R-34. which
last year made a transatlantic voy
age, was surrendered at the Pu'.
ham airdrome, in accordance with
the terms of the treaty of Versailles.
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Many Retired
Called Back
Account of
Movement From City to Country Also Noticed
Among Professional Classes High Wages and
"Keep" Proving Strong Attraction, and Many
Workers Leave Factories for Rural Life.
The Omaha Bee and ClilcMo Tribune
have Kent Mr. Kvana on a motor trip
through mldwentera and northwestern
tntea with Instruction! to Inquire Into the
farm and farm labor situation at the
(mi roota; to write for their rradrra on
(hi Tltal quratlon ef their food nupply
from first-hand ohaervatlon. Here la the
flrat of hia dispatches;
By ARTHUR M. EVANS.
tlilrago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Monmouth, 111., July 22. In this
part of the corn belt one result of
the labor shortage has been to send
young retired 'farmers back to the
farm. Reversing the role of Cicin
natus, they have been called back to
the plow. The pressure has changed
Ihem from nonproducers to produc
ers. Not all the exodus from the farm
has been that of the farmers' sons
and the hired men. Like most cities
in this rich agricultural region, Mon
mouth has its proportion of land
owners young men of 40 and 45 and
50 years, rich in fat acres who in
the prime of life have turned over
their homesteads to tenants and
moved into town to join the leisure
group. . -
Some of them have left fine coun
try homes, the kind , a city man
dreams of, with modern conven
iences, electric lights, bath tubs, sun
parlors and sleeping porches, and
have conje into the smaller cities,
drawn largely by the gregarious
urge, the lure of closer social con
tacts and better schools for their
children. Some of them dabble in
business; others are idler?, produc
ers of nothing.
Nothing New in Situation.
There's nothing new about it, ex
cepting that the rapid rise in land
values and the high price of grains
in the last few years" appear to have
had a tendency to increase the mi
gration of actual land owners not
tenants or hired help from the
country to the city.
But land does not produce unless
PISTOL FIGURES
IN INVESTIGATION
OF ELWELL'S DEATH
New York Man Drawn Into
Case Through Discovery of
Army Revolver.
New York, July 22. A 45aiibre
army pistol owned by William Vay-1
hew Washburn became the center of
interest in the investigation6 of the
murder of Joseph B. EJweH, sports
man and bridge whist authority, who
was found dying in his home June
11 after a bullet from a similar
weapon had passed through his
brain. ,
The pistol was seized early today
in the home of Mr. Washburn's
mother. The weapon was found in
a room occupied by Washburn and
his wife. '
Mr. Washburn told the authorities
that he had been an officer in the
army, and came into possession of
the weapon through military chan
nels. The names of Mr. and Mrs.,Wash
hurn were first brought into the El
well case when it was learned . that
the turfman had given the young
woman a check for $200 on the eve
of her marriage.' Mrs. Washburn
explained that this was a wedding
present from Elwell, who, they said,
had long been a friend of the family,
Farmer-Labor Ticket
Barred From Official
Ballots in Missouri
Jefferson City. Mo., July 22. The
farmer-labor ticker on which P. P.
Christensen of Utah was nominated
for president in Chicago last week,
cannot get on the official ballots in
Missouri at the November election,
Secretary of State Sullivan ruled.
The ruling is based on an enact
ment of the last legislature, which
provides that no party shall be
placed on the official ballot unless
its candidates have filc"d their in
tentions as office seekers 60 days
before the date of the state primary.
The Missouri primary election will
be held August 3, next.
This law, it was held, applies to
the general election ballet as well
as the primary bfllloj.
W. K. Vanderbilt, American
Financier, Dies at Paris
Paris, July 22. William K. Van
derbilt, the American financier, died
here today.
Mr. Vanderbilts death occurred
at 6 o'clock this evening. At the
bedside were his wife, his daughter,
the duchess of Marlborough; his
two sons, William K., jr., and
Harold, and Dr. Edmund, Gros, the
family physician in Paris.
The funeral will be held on Mon
day, next, from the American
church, in the Avenue d'Alma. The
body later will be taken to the
United States, where it will be
buried in the family lot in Staten
Island.
Reds Make Further Gains .
in Offensive Against Poles
London, July 22. Further suc
cesses for the bolsheviki against the
Poles in Volhynia and southward
are reported in Wednesday's soviet
communique from Moscow, received
by wireless today. The statement
shows the bolsheviki have crossed
the .old Galacian' boundary line to
the southeast of Lemberg, from
which town they are still, however,
about 100 miles distant,
Farmer's Are '
to the Plow on
Labor Shortage
it is worked, and when the labor
shortage bobbed into sight the "re
tired" farmer was faced with a cur
tailment of his income. So in this
pass many of them emerged from
retirement, hopped into their cars
and raced back 'to the afarm. They
have worked at plowing, planting
and cultivating this year ever since
the governmental agencies sounded
the first warnings of a lack of crop
workers.
Then, too, a movement from the
city to the farm has been noted
among the professional men. Many
wise ones, seeing far more remun
eration in the corn and wheat fields
than in the white collar callings,
have taken to the country. For in
stance, one lawyer here now puts in
only one day a week at his- practice.
The other five days he spends on a
farm which he is acquiring. He has
taken his two sons with him. An
other lawyer, who was once state's
attorneyof Warren county, puts in
Saturdays at his law office; the rest
of the time he is working from 5 a.
in. to 7 p. m. on his farm. They are
doing it because it offers greater
recompense.
Big Corn Crop.
A whopping com crop is looked
for in this region. Old-timers say
Warren county never before saw"
such a crop in sight at this period
of the year. It, was late in being
planted, due ,to wet weathtr, but
when it was in and the warm days
came along it grew by jumps. From
Galesburg to Monmouth one passes
fields in which it stands six feet
high and over, green, strong and
tasselling.
As to the shortage of help, the
farmers are meeting it in several
ways, principally by putting in
longer hours and harder licks them
selves. Men have been hard to get.
But planting was so late that high
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42 LIVES LOST AS
MEXICAN SHIP
IS FOUNDERED
Jacoris Conde, Formerly Japa
nese Vessel, Lost Off Coast
Of Mazatlan.
San Diego, Cal., July 22. The
Mixican power schooner Jacoris
Conde, formerly the Japanese owned
Ti-nt Maru of this port, turned tur
tle and foundered recently off Ma
zatlan, Mexico, with the loss of 42
lives, according to word brought
here by the motorship Jeannette R.
Those aboard the Jeannette R.
said that from information they had
obtained at Lower California ports
not a person aboard the Jacoris
Conde escaped, and that the tragedy
became known only when bodies of
the crew and pastengers began to
wash ashore. It was reported the
schooner was heavily loaded, and
the theory was held that the deck
load shifted suddenly, causing the
schooner to turn bottom side up.
The Conde had been on the west
coast of Mexico since March, 1919,
bringing from Yokohama pearl div
ers and fishermen for employment
in the Japanese fishing Camps along
the Lower California coast. - ,
Recently the schooner had been in
the coast trade with Mazatlan. Aca
pulco, Manzanillo and San Cruz as
ports of call.
The craft was of 170 tons burden,
with a length of 90 feet.
Mrs. Cornwallis-West,
Mother of Duchess of
Westminster, Dies
Milford, England, July 22. Mrs.
Cornwallis-West, widow of the late
Col. William Cornwallis-West and
mother of the princess of Pless and
the duchess of Westminster, died at
Arnewood, near here, yesterday
after a long illness.
Mrs. William Cornwallis-West
was the eldest daughter of Rev.
Frederick Fitzpatrick and Lady
Olivia, who was a daughter of the
second marquis of Hcadforr. She
was married in 1872 to William
Cornwallis-West of Ruthin castle.
County DenbigK, honorary colonel
of the Fourth battalion of Royal
Welsh Fusiliers.
Mrs. Cornwallis-West was 62
years old. One of her daughters,
Mary Theresa Olivia, was married
in 1891 to Prince Hans Heinrich of
Pless, and the other, Constance Ed
wina, married the second duke of
Westminster in 1901.
Britain Deports Soviet 1
Envoy's Private Secretary
Washington, July 22. Santert
Nuorteva, private secretary to Lnd
wig C. A. K. Martens, soviet agent
in the United States, who recently
rrrived in England as a sailor on a
merchant vessel, has been deported,
official advices received here today
said. He is. now en route to Rus
sia, via Libau. on a British steamer
in charge of British officials.
Liquor Clauses Included
in Burglar Insurance Now
, New York, July 22. Insurance
companies here today announced
the inclusion of "liquor clauses" in
their burglary policies - to protect
owners of private stock. An annual
charge of 20 per cent of the original
value of the stock is made for the
hazard and only one-fifth of the to
tal amount of the policy may be on
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PIONEER WITH
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ELUDES CON MEN
Seward Farmer, 103, Starts
on Journey to Erin Trav
els Safely Through
"Wicked Cities."
Alone and unafraid, Daniel Ken
nedy, who says he is 103 vears old,
pioneer Nebraska homesteader, re
turned to his home in Seward last
week after braving the "wilds" of
Kansas City, Omaha, New York and
Chicago with $10,000 cash and se
curities in his jeans.
And he still has his $10,000.
Mr. Kennedy, who took up a
homestead near Seward SO years ago,
tells of New York in a new version.
He says New York was kind to
him.
And all this despite the innumer
able tales of 'western ranchers and
farmers fleeced of their coin by the
wily "city slickers" of America's
Babylon.
Started Trip ta Erin.
Mr. Kennedy is a native born
Irishman. But after , having spent
95 years of his life in America, and
the last few years all alone on his
homestead in Nebraska, for his wife
is dead and he had no children, the
centenarian decided to return to his
native Ireland and look up some
young relatives.
He no longer has any relatives in
America but in Ireland there are
some "girls and boys" young folks
40 or 50 years old who are of the
same blood.
So Mr. Kennedy decided to satis
fy a long cherished desire to journev
back to "ould Ireland" and look them
up.
He arrived m New York, un
attended, prepared to board ship to
cross the Atlantic.
New York Vamped Him.
But after spending three days at
a New York hotel, the elderly travel
ler decided the United States was
good enough for him. "
After all, he explained to Mis
N. F. Wright of the Travelers' Aid
society in New York, who helped
him buy his ticket back to Ne
braska, his Irish relatives were very
distant.
His best friends were back in Lin
coln and Seward, so he guessed he'd
better go back there.
His hotel friends instructed the
porter to direct the aged Nebraskan
to a representative of the Travelers
Protective association.
The porter carried the old man's
luggage to the association stand at
the depot and turned his charge over
:o Miss Wright.
Not Dressed For Palm Beach.
It was hot But Mr. Kennedy
was not attired in the latest cut of
Palm Beach suit.
In fact his garments showed signs
r,f lengthy wear. He wore no col
lar. Miss Wright wondered if he
would have enough money to buy
his ticket back to his beloved home
stead. "The ticket will be $47.47." said
she, tentatively.
Drawing forth a neat roll of
greenbacks, Mr. Kennedy nodded
capably and paid for his ticket.
He told Miss . W right the roll rep
resented 300 round dollars.
"How much cash are you carry
ing?" she asked. v
"Oh! About $10,000."
"Six thousands dollars in Ameri
can money and $4,000 in English
money," was the calm reply.
Mr. Kennedy had spent three days
in New York and still had all his
money, but Miss Wright remem
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Coal Fields of Alaska
x To Give Fuel for Navy
Washington, July 22. Alaskan
coal fields may eventually afford a
source of supply for the entire Pa-'
cific fleet, Secretary Daniels said to
day in a message to the Navy de
partment. The secretary has recent
ly been inspecting the Alaskan coal
situation, particularly the Matanuska
fields. Tests of the coal, Mr.
Daniels' message from Alaska said,
showed it to be entirely suited to
naval uses. The deposits appear to
be very large, the telegram added.
Secretary Daniels and Secretary
Payne, who accompanied him, will
arrive' at Seattle tomorow, the mes
sage said, and will visit irrigation
projects in Washington and Mon
tana, as well as the Yellowstone na
tional park, on their way east.
Prince of Wales Completely
Worn Out by Festivities
Launceston, Tasmania, July, 22.
The prince of Wales arrived here
today, but was unable to reply to the
address of welcome because of a
slight attack of laryngitis. His
physician has forbidden him to use
his voice. s
London, July 22. When the prince
of Wales left Australia for Tas
mania dispatches received here re
ported that he was pale and fatigued
owing to the incessant festivities in
his honor.
All Records for Jourists
Broken at Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., July 2i.
All records for trael in Yellow
stone national park were broken yes
terday when 1,383 persons and 241
private automobiles were admitted.
More than 26,000 persons havi
visited the park this season, about
20 per cent more than during the
same period last year.
Magicians in New York City
for Annual Convention
New York, July 22. Magicians
from all parts of the United States
will attend the ninth annual enter
tainment tonight of the National
Conjurers' association, Inc., in con
vention here. The program is ex
pected to. demonstrate for the ben
efit of the craft the latest and most
baffling mysteries in prestidigitation.
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BELFAST QUIET
AFTER NIGHT OF
RIOT AND FIGHTS
Situation Tense, However, as
Military With Armored
Cars Patrol All Af
fected Areas.
Belfast July 22 Belfast this
morning was ")uiet after a night-of
sanguinary fighting between Sinn
Fein and unionist mobs, but the situ
ation was tense and the military,
with armed cars, were patrolling the
auecieu areas, nam was iailing ana
it was hoped this would prove a
deterrent to further rioting.
Casualties thus far recorded are
two men and one woman killed and
20 persons treated at hospitals for
serious gunshot wounds. Many of
the wounded did not report to hos
pitals. Fifty-four arrests were made.
The primary cause of the trouble
is believed to be the recent murder
of Colonel Stnyth in Cork, as many
men employed at Belfast come from
Bainbridge, Smyth's native town.
This morning the workers returned
to the shipyards as though nothing
had happened, although the trouble
was started in the yards yesterday
after a number of Sinn Fein em
ployes had been attacked. The au
thorities believe they have the situa
tion in hand. '
Unofficial estimate places the prop
erty damage and looting done by
the mob at 100,000 pounds sterling.
American Bishops at
Sulgrave Visit Early
Home of Washington
Sulgrave Manor, England, July 22.
The American bishops attending
the Lambeth conference paid a visit
today to Sulgrave Manor, the ances
tral home of George Washington.
The party motored from London
and were the first Americans to in
spect two rooms of the historic
manor which have just been re
stored to their original 16th century
appearance under the direction of
Sig Reginald Bloomfield, an English
architect.
The, bishops were deeply im
pressed with the work of the Eng
lish and American institutes in
making this spot a fitting counter
part of Mount Vernon. More than
$25,000 is being spent in the restora
tion work, which includes the plant
ing of an American garden " with
American flowers received from
Americans and English people.
California Discontinues All
Foreign Language Exams
Sacramento, Cal., July 22. All
foreign language examinations tor
medical certificates are to be dis
continued by the California state
board of health, Dr. Charles B. Pink
ham, San Francisco, secretary, an
nounced because of trickery and de
ception alleged practiced by Japa
nese applicants. The Japanese con
stitute about 99 per cent of the ap
plicants for foreign language tests.
Dr. Pinkham said the Japanese in
translating, were given opportunities
to consult text books for answers
to questions.
Secretaries Daniels and
Payne Arrive in Seattle
Seattle, July 22. The dreadnaught
Idaho with Secretary Joscphus Dan
iels and Secretary John Barton
Payne aboard, arrived here from
Alaska, where the two cabinet mem
bers inspected coal and oil lands and
the government railroad. The sec
retaries visited the Puirct Sound navy
yard today.
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Harding's Creed
Sam: "Shake, Warren My idea exactly!"
Plans for Marketing
Grain and Live Stock
to Be Outlined Soon
Chicago, July 22. Plans for the
marketing of grain and live .stock
will be formulated by the American
Farm Bureau federation in a two
day conference which opens here to
morrow. The meeting is the result of sev
ei&l conferences held by the middle
west grain-marketing group. J. R.
Howard, president of the American
Farm Bureau federation, called. the
meeting for the purpose of nationr
alizing the new marketing system.
"We have two or three plans to
consider," Mr. Howard saili,' , "but
the main one is to organize the. lo
cal grain interests into an overhead
organization, making it possible for
the wheat growers to have control
of their grain until it reaches the
manufacturer. We hope to market
our grain in such a way that the
grower will have a stable market
rather than the 'feast and famine'
svstem that we now have."
Day Switchmen Do Not
Strike, Although the
Night Men Walk Out
Denver, Colo., July 22. Railroad
officials said today the entire day
shift reported on the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy, where 20 night
switchmen walked out at raidTiight.
The "vacationists" gave no reason,
but it is unofficially understood they
were dissatisfied with the award of
the railway labor board.
The yardmaster said that at mid
night the men left their work,
picked up their street clothes and
departed without explanation. They
are said to include members of the
"outlaw" organization and the broth
erhood. Officials said this morning that
they expected to be able to fill the
places vacated, allowing no impair
ment of the service.
No other roads have been affected
here.
President's Brother-ln-Law
Suffers Nervous Collapse
Los Angeles, July 22. Dr. Stock
ton Axson, President . Wilson's
brother-in-law, and during the war
national secretary of the American
Red Cross, collapsed Tuesday, it
was announced today, and left Los
Angeles last night to seek treat
ment for nervous breakdown. Dr.
Axson, who is a member of the
faculty of Rice institute, Houston,
Tex., has been lecturing at the Unir
versity of California branch here.
He intends to seek treatment from
Dr. F. X. Dercum, who attended
the president.
Council of Ambassadors
Discuss Teschen Question
Paris, July 22. The council of
ambassadors today continued its
consideration of the Teschen ques
tion. Reports were submitted by
xhe political and geographical ex
perts of the council.
New England Gets Preference.
New York, July 22. New Eng
land will be given a priority in coal
shipments, according to an agree
ment reached here at a conference
between railway executives, coal op
erators and J. J. Storrow, former
New England fuel administrator.
The Weather
Forecast. v
Tartly cloudy and cooler Friday.
Hourly Temperaturei:
5 a. m.
6 a. m.
7 a. m.
8 a. m.
.78
.7
.77
1 p. m 92
2 p. m 94
3 p. m 96
4 p. m 96
6 p. m 97
6 p. m 95
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9 a. in 81
10 a. m 84
ih a. m 7
7 p. m 93
U noon It I S p. m SO
BIG INCREASE IN
FARES IS ASKED
BY RAILROADS
Twenty Per Cent Hike on
Tickets and 50 Per Cent on
Pullman Charges Asked
Of Commission.
Washington, July 22. An in'
crease of 20 per cent in passenger
fares and 50 per cent in Pullman
charges was asked of the interstate
commerce commission today by the
railroads to cover a part of the $600,
000,000 wage award of the railroad
labor board.
Additional increases in freight
rates ranging from 10 per cent in
the eastern territory to 8 per cent
in the western territory, also were
asked. The executives requested in
creases in the freight rates on milk
proportionate to the increase in the
rates on other commodities made in
the roads' first applications for rate
advances.
The increases in passenger, freight
and milk tariffs, said Alfred P.
Thorn, counsel for the executives,
will take care of the total of $626,
000,000, which the executives estimate
is added to transportation costs by
the labor board's awards. Mr. Thorn
explained that the additional $26,
000,000 over the board's estimate
was accounted for by certain over
time charges provided for in the
award.
The increases of freight rates
asked by the executives today are in
addition to those previously asked.
If the commission grants all of the
demands freight rates in the east
will be advanced 40 per cent and
those in the west 32 per cent. The
exact advance in the south has not
been computed, but probably will
be around 40 per cent.
No Injunction to Force
Woolen Mills to Open
New York, July 22. Although the
LTnited States Textile Workers of
America will conduct an investiga
tion to ascertain the causes for the
closing of the American Woolen
company plants in the New Eng
land states, no attempt will be made
to obtain an injunction to compel
the company to reopen' its plants,
John Golden, president of the Tex
tile Workers' union, announced here
loday.
"It was the opinion of the board,"
said Mr. Golden, "that it would be
not only very difficult but almost
impossible to secure such an injunc
tion. "Furthermore, we are not in favor
cf adopting the injunction method
in labor matters."
Nerviest Thief Arrested
After Robbing City Prison
Columbus, O.. July 22. E. C.
Warner today earned the title "the
nerviest thief." He robbed the city
rrison under the very eyes of the
police.
Warner asked a police clerk to
find out how many times he had
been arrested. A bag containing
more than $100, funds of the police
and firemen's co-operative store, lay
on the' desk. When the clerk turn
ed his back Warner made off with
the money, police say.
He was arrested ' while returning
to his home and the money recov
ered. Banks to Aid Farmers
Kansas City, Mo., July 22. Any
amount necessary to move the wheat
crop of the southwest will be ex
tended by the federal reserve sys
tem, J. 2. Miller, governor of the
Tenth Federal Reserve bank, said
today.
NOMINATION
REFUSED BY
COMMONER
W. J. Bryan, Finally Located in
Bozeman, Mont., Reiterates
Refusal to Head National
Ticket of Prohibitionists.
WHILE DRYS AWAITED
WORD HE WAS FISHING
Thousands Joined in National
Search for Chief of Anti
Wets While He Was Angling
In Madison Lake.
Lincoln, July 22. Delegates Vo
the prohibition national convention
were completely nounplussed when
informed by the Associated Press
tonight that William Jennings Bry
an had flatly refused to accept the
nomination tendered him yesterday
by the party.
It had ' been believed generally 1
that he would accept, and the con
vention throughout today had made
its plans with that view.
The convention was in recess
when the first dispatches from
Bozeman, Mont., were received, but
the news quickly spread, and a fu
neral could not have given a more
disconsolate appearance around the
prohibition headquarters. '
The dispatches from Bozeman
ended a search by hundreds of per
sons for Mr. Bryan during the past
24 hours, during which time Mr.
Bryan, although a national figure
and on a public speaking tour, had
hern unintentionally completely hid
den from friends, relatives and the
public for 24 hours.-
While a search 'was being con
ducted to notify him of his nomina
tion Mr. Bryan was fishing in Upper
Madison lake.
The text of Mr. Bryan's telegram
to the convention follows:
'Tlease deliver the following
message to the chairwoman of the
prohibition national convention.
now m session at Lincoln: Hav
:ng been away from the telegraph
facilities for the past 24 hours, I
have not received your telegram
notifying me of the nomination
tendered ine by the prohibition
party convention. But reading a
copy of it in the Bozeman Chron
icle, I hasten to reply. I profound
ly appreciate the' honor done me
in tendering ' this nomination and
I fully share in ttfe convention's
interest in prohibition as the per
manent policy of our country and
in the strict enforcement of ths
Volstead act without any weaken
ing of its provisions. I also share
he convention's disappointment at
the failure of the democratic and
republican parties to pledge their
candidates to such a policy, but I
cannot in justice to the prohibition
party nor to myself accept the nom
ination. "My connection with other re
forms would make it impossible
for me to focus my attention upon
the prohibition question alone and
besides I am not willing to sever
my connection with the democratic
party which has- so signally hon
ored me in years past.
"I have not decided yet how I
shall vote this fall, but whatever
1 may feel it my duty to do in
this campaign I expect to continue
as a member of the democratic party
and to serve my country through
Wire Companies IJelp.
After press associations, newspa
pers and private individuals had
failed, telegraph and telephone com
panies were called to the assistance
of the convention and a flood of
executive messages crowded their
wires, telling all points to "find
Bryan regardless of the cost." The
result was a series of rumors that
(Continued on Tage Two, Column Two.)
Girl Burned to Death
When Car Turns Over:
Two Others Injured
Warrenton, Mo., July 22. Miss
Amelia Custer, 20 years old, a stu
dent at Central Wesleyan college,
was burned to death, and her father,
Edward Custer, and brother, Wil
liam Custer, were burned and in
jured, the former probably fatally,
when an automobile in which they
were riding, add which was said to
have been racing with another ma
chine, caught fire after overturning
on an embankment here last night.
Drys Will Turn Attention
To Congressional Race
Washington, July 22. Leaders of
the Anti-Saloon league of America,
meeting here in executive session,
were understood to have decided to
assume a neutral position as between
the democratic and republican tick
ets in the national campaign.
The active campaign of the league,
it was reported following an all-day
session, will be designed to bring
about the defeat of all candidates
for the house of representatives or
the senate who display "wet ten
dencies." Afraid of Stern Father, Girl
Leaps Four Stories to Death
, New York, July 22. Preferring
death to punishment of her father,
11-ycar-old Angelina Scire threw
herself from the window of . her
home into the yard, four stories
below. She died in the hospital.
Angelina had quarreled with a
neighbor girl. She left her parents
this note: "I wa3 no use. To get
killed I throw myself out ths
window, because I need."