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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, lmr-i'inSSf&ffifa
Now York, N, -T.
LONGSHOREMEN
REJECT SMITH'S
MEDIATION PLAN
i
Vole Regarded as Declara
tion of War on New York
Merchants.
PLAN FINISH FIGHT
Steamship Line Serves No
tice Open Shop Rule Has
Been Decided Upon.
KEEPS STRIKE BREAKERS
Business Men Accept Chal
lenge and Fund f6r Contest
Ts Quickly Increased.
Coastwise longshoremen voted last
night to turn down Gov. Smith's offer
of mediation and continue on strike
until their wago is Increased to SO
rents an hour.
This action was regarded as labor's
declaration of war on the allied com
mercial Interests of New York, who
have decreed, through tho Citizens'
Transportation Committee, that the
interruption of legitimate business by
strikes must cease at once and Amer
ica's greatest seaport be kept open.
The vote, which was taken in St.
I Veronica's Hall, Barrow and Washing
ton streets, was 266 Tor and 371
aealnst returning to work. It was said
that ,i statement appearing In yester
da 's press to the effect that stewards
would not get their jobs back decided
tho issue.
T. V. O'Connor, president of tho In-
ternationa! Longshoremen's Assocla
' tion. was not present. Mr. O'Connor
'irged the strikers to go back at a
me-tmg last Wednesday, but ills argu
ments uerenot favorably recolved.
At t ho samo meeting Gov. Smith,
through his labor board, offered to ap
lear in person before the Interstate
t'ommerce Commission In Washington
anil plead for higher freight rates in
order that Increased wages might be
granted.
Even had the men decided to go back
it is not certain they would have found
Uieir Jobs waiting.
K H Richardson, general manager of
the Mtrannih Line, said in future there
will be no discrimination on the piers
of his company. About 200 non-union
i.cfrro stevedores have been employed to
bail and unload vessels during the
twelve weeks the union freight handlers
have been idle.
These negroes, Mr. Richardson said,
Rill stand an even chance for employ
ment with the old employees should the
lattrr deride to return. This is regarded
.is a flat declaration of the open shop
rrin.lplc which union leaders say they
"j II newr agree to.
The Merchants' Association, on the
other hand, is equally Arm In maintain
ing thctc must be an impartial trans
portation service, regardless of tho Issue
"I unionism. Subscriptions to the
Si, i oimj "war chest," to compel recog
nition of principle, continued to flow in
' eitenlan .
A a meeting last night of the Central
IVifated Vnion In the Labor Temple,
t-ish't -fourth street and Second avenu.
the Mivhants Association was bitterly
ttta kft "In San Francisco, Chicago
ar.l tttmon." said Edwin Gould, a dele
a'.. tney have tried to break up the
-. amurii' union, but It is stronger than
mi The unions of the country
u i a unit.
1 a- jmcmists will not sit Idly by and
pei iii" the .Merchants Association to
:..r- t, open shop on the transporta
l "ii t adi s was made plain by Peter J.
Iira.l president of the Allied Printing
. .-aura vunnmi, who nas aciea iiirouen
? out as the spokesman of the labor
fori-e.
JI- Brady left for Montreal to attend
t 1 "ri ual convention of the American
Peae.-atlon of Labor, which opens Mon
2a IU will Introduce a resolution, he
fAi'l a.king the unlimited moral and
tmani ial support of organized labor In
it' r rt to prevent the organization of
a V Independent trucking corn-
pan in this city.
T u ('onnor, president, and Joseph
r 1; -in, vice-president of the Intcrna
t onat Longshoremen's Association, and
'' I'hdii. McCaffrey, president of the
Tranportation Trades Council, will ac-c-moan
Mr. Brady and Join him in his
u nia .d for united action.
A" interpret the move of the Mer-
nam K..ociatlon as a direct challenge
to .mon..m here." Mr. Brady said. "We
wail ask the A. F. of L. to stand by
u and give the trade bodies of New
ork city iu fUu sppport In the !nv
rending struggle."
William Fellowes Morgan, chairman
the ntizens" transportation commit-
said the character of the subscrlp
' vi to tlie trucking fund shows general
JjjJt'-oial of the committers plans.
ree hundred and eighty-three employ
of IDs Rogers Feet Company sub
"!bed S13S.
SH1P BOARD DEFIES
1 STRIKE EMPLOYEES
demand for $1 an Hour Re-
fused in Statement.
al 'o The Sin am Nw Tok Herald'.
"Asiirvr.TON, June 4. For the first
since its organization, the Shipping
,rard and the Emergency Fleet Cor-
"lun tooit decisive action to-day
cf? n" any furtlier wage Increases. The
Nwlne Board action applied specifl
y y " J.e longshoremen's strike at
" adclphla. but in reality It is rc-Wd-d
as reflecting tho general attitude
nd of the board and the drift as
0 '.ges
are 50.000 ship workers, ett.Ier
"i the eonstructlon or operating end
J' strike, despite the fact that high
l 'ard wages had become a by
ru a d vaudeville Joke. Most of the
a mvole demands for increased
Jatts
irt'C a"l0n of the boari1 ln lne Phlla
Pn.a .ase would wm t0 indicate a
"rmlnatlon to call a halt on further
dances at this time.
China Protests Against
Anglo-Japanese Pact
pEKIN, June 2. China lias
sont a message to Great
Britain in which protest is made
against a renewal of the Anglo
Japanese alliance without China
being consulted.
LONDON, June 4. Renewal
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance
is being sharply criticised by the
Australian press. It is suggested
the terms of the alliance should
include a provision which would
prevent Great Britain from being
dragged into a possible war be
tween China and Japan, and
newspapers there are insisting
upon the right of Australians to
control domestic legislation.
DRY RAIDERS
SEIZE 35 HERE
Saloon Keepers and Bartenders
Held in 500 Bail Each for
Selling: Whiskey.
PANIC ALONG BROADWAY
Sheviin Expects to Capture
Head of Ring- Issuing; Bogus
Withdrawal Certificates.
Moonshine raiders learned in tho
art of trapping dispensers of whiskey
through long experience in the moun
tains of Tennessee and Virginia
slipped into. Xcw York yesterday
morning and by nightfall had ar
rested thirty-five saloon keepers and
bartenders. The revenue men were,
divided into seven squads. They
worked quietly and under the direc
tion of James Sheviin, supervisor of
prohibition enforcement in this dis
trict. Their prisoners were charged
with violating the Volstead act.
By noon word that the professional
still hunters and tracers of whiskey
were at work had flashed up and
down Broadway and the best friend
of the most daring bartender could
not buy enough booze to cure a cold.
From then on the agents found their
work more difficult, but by six o'clock
they had corralled twenty-five alleged
offenders and were arraigning them
In the Federal Building
Francis O. Caffey, United States At
torney, Inspected'thc prisoners and they
werj; held later In J500 Tall each for.ar
ralg'nment before Commissioner, lliteh
cock Monday morning.
At the Federal Building il became
known that the series of raids that
spread panic up and down Broadway
had even a bigger significance than could
be attached to prohibition raids.
It was reported that (Mr. Sheviin, to
gether with John B. Qulgley, his assist- j
ant. had made plans to trap a man un- i
dcrstood to head a scheme whereby con
siderable quantities of whiskey have
"leaked" out of bonded warehouses
and wholesale whiskey establishments
throughout the country. It was stated
that more than a million gallons of booze
have been lost through the medium of
bogus permits presented to unsuspecting
officials.
Mr. Sheviin declared that the head of
the conspiracy would be captured in
about twenty-four hours if everything
went right with the department's plans.
Be let It be known that lie expected
the band to be broken up by the In
vestigation. The mountain raiders moved swiftly
with the help or fast automobiles. They
were at the prohibition enforcement of
fice at dawn and ready to Ijegln their
work when Mr. Sheviin arrived. The
last of the seven squads was about to
leave the .building when one of Mr. Slier
lin's agents hurried up with the Informa
tion that to him hail been offered a
quantity" of whiskey for $2,900 and that
a raid at a specified place on the upper
West Side would net possibly some of
the men connected with the million dol
lar conspiracy.
So the raiders liopprd into auto
mobiles nnd at 11 o'clock they were
hidden in a , house in West Eighty
seventh street and watching the deliver-
of tho goods.
One of the prisoners was found to
have In his jwssesston a forged cer
tificate giving permission for the with
drawal fl-om a West Side warehouse of
r.nft fftillin. wrllfv. Tt wnn nt?imnArt
with the name of Charles R. O'Connor. I
State prohibition enforcement director,
It was stated, and was recognized Im
mediately as bogus.
In commenting on the day's work last
night Mr. Sheviin said :
"The raids will be kept up until we
put a stop to the illicit sale of whiskey
and other strong drinks In this district."
SMITH ORDERS 'LID'
PUT ON SARATOGA
Governor Warns He Will Not
Tolerate Open Gambling.
Special to Thk Sex ad New Yobk Hiiild.
Albant, June 4. Gov. Smith served
notice to-day, at the start of what la
expected to be "one of Saratoga Springs
biggest years, that tho "lid" Is to ba
clamped on tight on all gambling houses.
He sent letters to-day tp the Sheriff and
District Attorney of Saratoga county
find to tho Mayor of Saratoga to that
effect.
According to the letter a representa
tive of tho Saratoga Springs Chamber
of Commerce lias complained that gam
bling houses were' permitted "to run
on a large scale" there last year, recall
ing the ancient glories of Dick Can
rivlil's nnd other nlaces.
The Governor wrote that gambling J
houses were not to bo tolerated at
"Saratoga Springs, New York's great
health rescI." "The taxpayers of this
State," he said, "have spent a great deal
of money on the State reservation at
Saratoga Springs In order that It may
rival If not surpass the health resorts
of the Old World
"If upon my return there Is any Indi
cation based upon evidence of a renewal
of the activities of the gambling houses
complained of by the Chamber of Com
merce I shall feel compelled to relieve
you from duty In the premises and police
the city with tha State troopers,"
CAR AND DRIVER
PLUNGE 115FEET
FROM AVIADUCT
Runabout Runs Wild Amid
Swarming Crowds Near
Polo Grounds.
CHILDREN NEAR DEATH
Samuel Rattner, Jr., Victim
of Accident While Re
turning From Races.
TORE OUT HEAVY BAILING
Spectators Under Impression
That Man "Was Racing;
With Street Car.
While crowds swarmed tho 155th
street viaduct overlooking tho Polo
Grounds early last evening a speeding
runabout, with one occupant, shot sud
denly among tho pedestrians on the
sidewalk, scattering them In panic.
An Instant later it had flunp Itself
with terrific force against the side
railing of five Inch piping and, batter
ing a fifteen foot gap In this barrier,
hurtled through the air to the side
walk of Bradhurst avenue, 115 feet
below.
The driver of the car, who was
dashed to death, was Identified as
Samuel Rattner, Jr., a furrier, who
had been in business with his father
at 148 West Twenty-fifth street. He
had been spending tho day at 'the
races at Belmont Park, Long Island,
and was on his way to his homo at
938 East 163d street, where his wife
awaited him.
According to some persons who said
they saw the accident he had been racing
with a trolley and for some reason that
could not be explained, probably because
of midden loss of control of the steering
gear, he swerved from thi roadway
without decreasing the speed of his ma
chine. Other persons were of the opinion that
he had been obliged to tum sharply ln
order to avoid a collision with some,
other conveyance and that there had
been, no. time for him to bring his car to
a stop ot slow it down.
Patrolman Eurene Menahan of the
West 185th street police station, who
was the first policeman to reach the
scene, sold that no car going at a law
ful rate could possibly have torn through
the heavy side railing as this machine
had done.
What was left of thb body of the run
about after tho accident lay on the
southwest corner of 166th atrect and
Bradhurst avenue. Hundreds of frag
ments lay scattered within a radius of
100 yards. Wheels, broken off by the
f orco of the Impact with the lower pave
ment, were flume into thA air with con
siderable force. The heavy piping,
ripped away from the viaduct overhead,
had fallen with the machine, and It was
only by the narrowest chance that pe
destrians and children at play In the
street below escaped being struck. The
crash and crfes brought great crowds
from the surrounding thoroughfares, es
pecially from Colonial Tark, which was
filled with women and children.
Mrs. Rattner was among the persons
who called at the West 135th street po
lice station to see the body of her hus
band. They had been married several
years. They have no children.
URGES FRANCE TO PAY
DEBT WITH COLONIES
Prof. Gide Suggests Turning
Some Over to U. S.
Paiiis, June 4. A serious discussion
of a proposal that France wipe out her
debt to the United States by turning over
to that country certain colonial posses
sions has been aroused through tho ad
vocacy of such a course by Charles Glde,
professor of political economy In the
Unlrerslty of Paris and one of tho coun
try's most eminent economists.
Prof. Glde says he regards such a
course not only desirable, because It
would rellere Franco from the necessity
of straining her resources to develop
burdensome possessions, but because tho
day might come when France would not
be In a position to defend some of her
distant colonies. France's colonial as
pirations. Prof. Glde declares, should bo
confined to Africa. "Algeria, Morocco
and Tunis, properly exploited, should
amply suffice "to keep us supplied with
what we need," Prof. Glde said.
BRITISH EAISE BAIL PAY.
Demands for Special Holiday
Wages Are nefased.
London, June 4. The National Wage
Board has issued' a report granting the
rallwaymcn further Increases In wages
ranging from two shillings to seren
shillings a week, according to their
grade. In addition to the Increase al
ready granted under the sliding scale.
The demands of the men for special
pay for holidays and similar days were
refused.
FLEET SALE BILL PASSES.
Mensnre Will Go (o the President
To-dj
W.VBHINOTOS, June 4. After a tem
pestuous voyage the bill establishing
conditions under which the great Gov
ernment owned merchant neet eventual
ly is to be sold "to Americans If pos
sible, to foreigners If not," finally was
pussed to-night by Congress.
It will be sent to President Wilson
to-morrow.
TUB FLAZA
Summrr Garden and outdoor Urr? r.o-r
jxn. Vc a, Dtnnsr and Buppir Daneu. itfv.
CHICAGO BETS 2 TO 1 ON DARK HORSE;
TALK OF ALLEN, HUGHES AND COOLIDGE;
L O WDEN- THOMPSON FEUD MORE BITTER
LONG CONTEST
NOWMECAST
The Washington Contingent,
'Statesmen Crowd,' Expected
to Have Most Influence.
GUIDE FOR DARK HORSE
Effort Will Bo Made By John
son 3Icn to Appeal to Emo
tions of Delegates.
By a Staff Cerretpondtnl of Tni SEN AKO
JCr.w York Hesald.
Chicago. Juno 4. Lack of the old
time species of leaders and leadership
has Inspired the supporters of some of
tho Republican candidates for Presi
dent to hope that this convention will
prove less hardboiled than in other
year?, when flinty-faced leaders sat
unmoved In their seats through whirl
winds of demonstration and voted ac
cording to programme. There Is a
determination to try out tho emotional
appeal, anyhow. It Is a frankly avowed
Dart of the Johnson plan, whllo tho
Lowdcn supporters, already cheered
by their successes in contest cases, are
pointing to tho advantago they enjoy
through having the convention in
Lowdon's State and city.
Various reports about shlftings of
delegates and even of largo sections
of delegations, as a result of the
revelations at Washington during tho
Senate Investigation of primary cam
paign expenses, are discounted heavily
by the managers. It is too early for
that sort of thing to have much sig
nificance, t
The actual number of delegates on
tho ground asldo from those Inter
ested in contests is small. The Wash
Ingtqn contingent "The Statesmtn
Crowd," as It is called has not ar
rived, because it cannot got away for
fear of breaking the Congress quorum.
A considerable number of the Wash
ington loaders wilt arrive to-morrow,
and the main body on Sunday.
rmramonnt Influence.
With the old time State leaders either
absent or taking a less active and domi
nating part than In former years, with
Penrose ill In Philadelphia, with Barnes
of New York in a phase of political
eclipse and with Oyster Bay thundering
forth no more pronouncements over the
heads of delegates and bosses to the
country Itself tho convention will be
more iargely Influenced than usual by
the Washington contingent, from pres
ent Indications.
One reason additional to the absence
of many old managers Is the feeling that
only the Washington generals understand
sufficiently the strategy of tho treaty
and League of Nations contest. They
have been Insistent on keeping that ques
tion In their own hands. They have sub
stantially agreed on a plank dealing with
the subject based on the Indiana State
platform declaration, and the promi
nence of this Issue gives the "statesman
crowd" an Importance which all the
other delegates are willing to admit.
Then, too, tliera is me leviing ""
long contest is likely to take place In
tho convention, with balloting running
Into the second day and the serious pos
slblllty of a dark horse being nominated.
Ir. that event. It Is declared, the national
leaders would have an unwonted Influ
ence because of their wider acquaint
ances and their Intimate relations among
themselves.
But It cannot be said that any situa
tion has yet developed, or will for the
next two days. Tho actions of the
National Committee In the contested
cases are causing the greatest Interest
because of the belief that the decisions
of the contests may have an Important
relation to the nomlnatlop, .Some of
the Wood managers have made no
secret of their disaffection over the
seating of the Georgia group of dele-gates-at-largo
headed by Henry L.
Johnson, the colored leader whose
name has been much discussed lately.
Johnson is a Lowden supporter, whose
representative before rhe Senate In
vestigating committee admitted he had
received fS.00) from the Lowden man
agers. Mar Appeal to Convention..'
Certain it is that one 'of the Wood
leaders has threatened to take this
Georgia case to the convention to make
a fight In the credentials committee,
and to air matters generally If the
Henry L. Johnson delegation were
seated.
This situation gives a glimpse of the
outlook as between the Lowden and
Wood camps. They are showing a bit
terness toward one another that causes
worry on both sides, and that was re
flected to-day In a revival of the sugges
tion that Harding was In position to be
come residuary legatee to much of the
strength of both Lowden and Wood, and
Continued on Third Page.
CLOSING TIME
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PENROSE GIVES
IP CHICAGO TRIP
Wires Installed in Senator's
Home to Keep Him in Touch
With Convention.
DOCTORS ISSUE AN EDICT
Pennsylvania Chief Drops
Knox Boom and Throws
Support to Sproul.
Special to Tub Scn and Nbw Yoik IIctaui.
Philadelphia, Juno 4, Definite de
velopments hero to-day pointed to the
virtual certainty that Senator Boles
Penrose (Pa.) will not attend the Re
publican convention ln Chicago de
spite all previous reports. In fact, all
arrangements are being made for the
Senator to remain at homo and keep
ln touch with Chicago as best ho may
by wire,
Direct telephone and telegraph wire
connections were Installed to-day be
tween Senator Penrose's Philadelphia
home, where he Is ill. and the Con
gress Hotel, Chicago, headquarters of
tho Pennsylvania delegation. Poli
ticians hero take that as positive proof
that the Senator's physicians have re
fused definitely to let him make the
trip to Chicago.
Further evidence of the Senator's
condition was seen in tho cancellation
of a last minute conferenco to which
Senator Penrose Invited Gov. William
C. Sproul Just prior to the Governor's
denarture for Chicago to-day. Gov.
Sproul was informed at the appointed
hour that tho Senator was asleep and
his physicians declined to allow him
to bo awakened.
Gov. Sproul managed to obtain a con
r.renca with Senator Penrose over thi
telephone this morning, however, "when
the Senator went 6ver the nat or pany
leaders with the Governor arid advised
him whom to consult.
It came out t'o-day that Senator Pen
rose has abandoned his boom for Senator
Philander C. Knox .(Pa.) and has
thrown his support to Gov. Sproul.
In his telephonic conversation with
Gov. Sproul Senator Penrose Is said to
have expressed himself as being highly
pleased with the announcement of the
Pennsylvania delegation's Indorsement
of the Governor for tho Presidential
nomination and to have given tha Gov
ernor n list of those who, tho Senator
thought, could actually turn tho trick of
switching delegations to tho Pennsyl
vania Chief Executhe. Politicians here
believe that the day's events have placed
Gov. Sproul In a really strong position
as a "dark horse."
J. Hamoton Moore. Mayor of Phila
delphia, has been selected to place Gov.
Sprout's name In nomination. The Gov
ernor started for Chicago at 4 :I3 o'clock
this afternoon.
SPROUL TIGHTENS HIS
I GRIP ON DELEGATION
Said to Have Exacted Promise
I to Obey'His Orders.
Bv a Staff Cami-ondeut ol Tni Sox am
New Yobk llHAtD.
Chicago, 'Juno 4. The Pennsylvania
delegation has arrived here, or a ma
jority of It, ana without either Penrose
or Knox. Senator Penrose will not be
here. He Is by far too 111. The Im
pression Is general that he has attended
hin last convention and ln his and Sena
tor Knox's absence Alexander H. Moore,
the Pittsburg editor, is doing the talking
for the Keystoncrs pending the arrival
of Gov. Sproul.
That Penrose would not be here was
made as certain' as things may be this
morning when electricians pronounced
In working order a private telephone
line between the Penrose home ln Phila
delphia and the headquarters here of
John W. King of Connecticut Mr. King
said the line was Installed at the direc
tion of the Pennsylvania dictator and
that It will be continually busy from
to-day until tho convention adjourns.
The Pennsylvania delegation Is not
the solid unit It Is described as being.
Its members will vote for Sproul on the
first ballot all 76 of them. And then
one guess Is as good as another. In
deed, one member of tho Philadelphia
delegation said that not even Senator
Penrose could swing the Pennsylvania
vote as a unit after the first ballot.
Wood, Hoover, Johnson, Lowden and
Allen have friends in this contingent.
If there arises any ono man ln this
convention who can weld this wild, rein
less throng of delegates into anything
approximating a harmonious whole in
the early balloting he will be stronger
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KNOX CANCELS. CHICAGO
PLANS; SILENT ON CAUSE
Illness of Penrose Believed to Have Caused Junior
Senator's Change of Mind.
Special to Tin Bun anb Now Yok Huu.
Washington, June 4. Senator Knox
(Pa.), for years a prominent flguro at
National Republican Conventions and
regarded as a possibility for the Presi
dential nomination, to-day cancelled
his reservations to go to Chicago. He
declined to make any statement ex
plaining why he took the action and
Immediately It was assumed that the
local Pennsylvania political situation
as it had developed within tho last few
days had something to do with the
decision.
Tho Information that Senator Knox
would not go to Chicago followed
closely tho word that Senator Penrose
(Pa.), his colleague, had abandoned,
becauso of his serious Illness In Phila
delphia, his programme of going to the
MOSES CHARGES
'STEAM ROLLER'
Wood's Loss of 13 Delegates
Laid to Juggling by
Committee.
TARTY FACES DISASTER'
Seating of Contestants From
Southern States Angers
District Manager.
Wood 153, Johnson 115,
In RfcViied Vote Table
CHICAGO, June 4. The table
heretclth presented shows
the standing of the Repub
lican delegates to date:
Jlsy SI. To-day. Net gain. Lois.
Wond
133
lis
7
no
IT
10
140
110
IVi
13
Johnson . ,
Louden .
Harding .
I'ritclmrd
Sutherland
A
.IS
38
17
1U
14
Folndexter 14
Totals. 4.28 437
Total delegates ln conrentlon. 083.
Xectisary to nominate, 402.
By a Staff Correspondent of. Tni: Sc.v and
New Tob.k Hisald.
Chicago, Juno 4. Hearings on con
tests for delegnto seats in the conven
tion developed to-day into heavy gains
for Lowden when, after an all day and
late night session, the National Com
mittee seated thirty delegates said to
favor the nomination of the Governor
of Illinois.
Wood lost eighteen delegates in tho
day's proceedings. He previously had
gained five, so his net loss to date Is
thirteen.
In taking this action on the con
tests the committee roused tho anger
of Senator Moses (N. H.), Southern
campaign manager for Major -Gen,
Wr.od. Senator Moses, alone and un
advised! thereupon made public a long
statement accusing the committee of
having repaired and Improved the old
Republican steam 'roller, using it with
telling effect to the great disadvantage
of W'ood. The contests In question
were all from Southern States', and
most of the losers were Wood' men.
the decisions made by the committee
being tho most serious blows yet
struck at the forces of the Major-Gcn-eral.
Senator Moses's statement was as fol
lows: "Evidently a mistake has been made.
The- steam roller, which was used so
effectively at the convention of 1912 and
with such disastrous results to the party
In the election following, has not been
scrapped after all. It merely has been
In the machine shop for repairs and for
some new attachments. The most Im
portant of the latter appears to be a
patent reversing apparatus which en
ables the National Committee at will to
disregard Its pTior formal action in
recognition of certain National Commit
teemen and State Chairmen against
whose organizations there have been
trumped up a series of fraudulent con
tests. "The chain of procedure which the
National Committee formed at iti St.
Louis meeting in 1917 and, Its Washing
ton meeting ln 1919 contained three
links. The first connected the National
Chairman with the recognized National
Committeemen In the States; to whom
we're sent th official call for the con
vention which assembles next week.
The National Committeemen trans
mitted this call to the recognized, State
chairman, thus constituting the second
link In the chain. The third link con
nected the State chairman with his or
ganization In the counties.
"Through the operation of tills mech
anism delegates friendly to Gen. Wood
have been elected witn entire regularity
In every Southern State save two.
"Yet the National Committee, ulth
Chairman Hays conveniently absent from
convention. Senator Penrose and Sent
ator Knox are closo friends, and Sen
ator Knox, as recently was announced,
has been the choice of Senator Pen
rose for the nomination.
A further development which may
or may not have had something to do
with Senator Knox's decision Is tho in
tention of tho Pennsylvania delegation
to cast Its vote solidly for Gov. Sproul
of that State. Senator Knox, particu
larly because of tho Penrose backing,
has been regarded ns one of the strong
Dosslbilltles for the nomination, but
the recent events have led some per
sons who watch politics closely to the
belief that his name will not cotno be
foro tho convention, except perhaps In
tho event of a hopeless deadlock whero
Senator Knox might seem to bo the
only possible nominee.
GET ALL. READY
TO BOOM HUGHES
Admirers Will Have 500 Lith
ographs to Spring if Psycho
logical Time' Arrives.
OFF TO CHICAGO T0-DA1
New York's Delegation to Dis
cuss Convention Details at
Meeting Monday.
That yOO lithographs of Charles' E.
Hughes are being shipped to Chicago
ready to be released. If a psychological
tlmd arrives in the balloting, was
learned hero yesterday. Although
many friends of Mr. Hughes havo. in
sisted from the start that he Is the
logical candidate to head the Repub
lican ticket this year, ho lias given no
encouragement to them. So far as
known none of the leaders lias con-
Isldered seriously starting a boom for
I him In th nhqpnr. nf num. xnresslon
of acqulescenco on his part. How
ever, the lithographs are on their way
to Chicago and may b brought forth
If there seems to be the slightest ex
cuse for doing so.
It Is understood that Travis H. Whit
ney, formerly Public Service Commis
sioner, and an old time friend of Mr.
Hughes, who was largely responsible for
the selection of William II. Willcox as
chairman of the National Committee
four years ago, has had something to
do with the preparation of the litho
graphs, and that William Leary. secre
tary of the New York and New Jersey
Port Commission, has aided and abetted
the plan.
Because of the absence of some of
the Important members of New York
State's delegation, it ts probable that
Its attitude ln the convention cannot ba
determined on the trip to Chicago, even
tentatively. However, there will be
much serious discussion before the con
vention city is reached.
' The tno women delegates, Mrs. Flor
ence E. C. Knapp and Miss Helen
Varick Boswell, and Mrs. Arthur L.
Llvermore, alternate delegate at large,
will be on the special train, which leaves
the Grand Central Terminal to-day at
1 :03 Standard Eastern time. An addi
tional car, making eleven In all, will be
put on at Buffalo for the delegates from
Erie county, Including Frederick Grolner,
and for United States Senator and Mrs.
James W. Waosworth, Jr.
On Monday afternoon in Chicago the
olrhtv-fflffht dfilesrates will hold a meet- I
. ... . .. ... j.lltnlf Exnected Crowd Siramns City
ing at which an aiicmp. wm ue iudAo i
toward unity ot action on the first few
ballots at least. No attempt will be
made, however, to suggest the "unit rule.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, New
York's "favorite son." started for the
convention city yesterday. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Butler and their
daughter. Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler,
who expects to. be an active worker for
her father under the guidance of Justice
John R- Davies. the Butter manager.
BOLSHEVISTS BEGIN
NEW DRIVE ON POLES
Outposts of Latter Are Forced
Back, London Hears.
Londo.v, June 4. A new Bolshevik
offensive has begun between the Prlpet
region and the Dnieper River, accord
ing to news that has reached London.
The advices say that the Polish out
posts have been driven back by a force
of 16,000 cavalry and one infantry di
vision and, that the Polish line now
runs from Bra claw to Blela Yaczerkov.
Bins'. Switzerland, June 4. Ukrai
nian official sources report that eighty
seven Bolshevik emissaries and com
missioners who were taken prisoner by
Gallclin-Ukrahilan troops were con
condemned to death and shot. It was
alleged the Bflhylkl had committed
extraordinary atrocities against the
population.
Feverish Confusion and Un
certainty in Evidence in
Excited Crowds.
NOT A BOSS IX CHARGE
Wood, Lowden and Johnson
in Lead,. but Tide Seems
Turning to Others.
PROHIBITIONISTS ACTIVE
Labor Men, Suffragists and
Others Interested in Party
Policies Aro ,Vcry Busy.
By a Stall Corretponitnt of Tus Scs isi
NtTT Yoni Hr.iuLn.
Chicago, Juno 4. It's going to bo
a Dark Horse. This after all is the
most distinct impression that one gets
out of the turmoil of booms nud couu-
ter booms, from the claims of mali
ngers for the various nsjiirants for the
Itepublicau Presidential nomlmiUou
nnd by reason of the obvious confu
sion nnd uncertainty on the part ot
those who should bo leaders.
Everywhere one goes there me dif
ferent stories to be henrd. One croup
of delegates ln the Congress Hotel
will prove to you the Impossibility ot '
the nomlnntlon of Wood. At the
Blackstone It may be some one can
make you believe, If you will listen,
that Gov. Frame u. Lowuen s cnanccs,
If lie ever had any, have disappeared
in thin air. Back In the Auditorium
they can convince you in a thrco
minute peppery fnllt that the move
ment for Senator Johnson Is largely
noise, nnd even that Is getting fainter.
So n sum total of the Information,
uone of It authoritative, for there K
up btan'Hiere tbU year, Is that
the three men who lead ln number of
delegates cannot'for various nnd sun
dry reasons get enough more to win
their nomination.
Slscnsslnir Possibilities.
If It were possible to name the
Dark Horse he would lose that desig
nation nnd this feverish situation of
Indecision and uncertainly would be
gin to reveal a definite outcome. How
ever, It may be said that Allen and
Coolidge, Sproul and Knox of Penn
sylvania, Hoover and He''erldgc, Leu
root and Kenyon and Hughes oro a'l
receiving consideration In the general
gossip. The first three or four nre
undoubtedly leading in amount of
favorable discussion.
Gen. Wood denied the stories of
friction between Col. William C. Proc
ter nnd Frank H. Hitchcock. Sena
tor Johnson Issued statement after
statement, giving his views on many
things nnd suggesting efforts to raid
his group of delegates. Gov. Lowden
again repudiated the Missouri dele
gates, who put his funds In their pri
vate bank accounts, nnd said n move
ment was on foot to exclude them
from the convention.
The unofficial betting Is 5 to 3 and
2 to 1 that a dark horse will nore
through. Gov. Allen Is the only one
of the dark horse stable In Chicago.
He is going about praising Wood and
the Allen Kansas Industrial Court. He
Is about the only one of them who has
no noisy claque lockstepplng up and
down Michigan Boulevard and zig
zagging through the hotel lobbies. And
thus far he is the only candidate, po-.
tentlal or actual, who has felt well'
enough to laush. Half of his inter
views, given at random wherever he
may be found, consist of good natured
chafllng and 'considerable chuckling.
-
Probably half the 982 delegates are
here. More than half the tremendous
crowd that is expected already has ar
rived and filled ever)' hotel room and
now Is squabbling for cots In alcoves
and transformed billiard parlors. It
seems that every candidate for every
political Job to be filled next autumn
Is hero Republicans and Democrats.
Everywhere posters tell observers that
In such and such a place tho only
man in whom the public can place Im
plicit trust may bo found and talked
to.
In the most prominent place in the
Auditorium Hotel the huge placard In
dicating the proximity of the Johnson
headquarters is flanked by an equally
flamboyant announcement that her
too may bo found the Western
Women's League for Palmer for Pres.
ident.
Down the hall Samuel Adams hai
headquarters. Mr. Adams aspires to
the Vice-Presidency. Further on there
Is a banner announcing that Simoon
Magruder insists upon being Mayor of
Tulba, Okla.
Newspaper men have taken to tun
nels and unfrequented streets lest they
be discovered by enthusiasts for this
or that candidate and. be deluged with
millions of words' by persons who hope
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