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N i f ' t' I v, . 7 uenitto Bubfic Sfcfrger WIGHT, EXTRA 1: VOL. VI. NO. 280 vEntered ti SeconJ-CIm Mutter t ih rotomee. t rhlUdelohl. P. . Under tho Act of March 3, 1870. """""'"ni. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9,- 1920 Publlihed Dally Except Sunday. Bubnerlptton rrteo'18 Tear by Mall. Copyrlsht. 1820. by Public tder Company. PRICE TWO CENTS G. 0. P. CONVENTION MARKS TIME AWAITING PLATFORM . . mmm -. -mm- -------------- ---- - Vares Win Control of the City Committee and Elect Watson Chairman by Vote of 26 to 21 THE WEATHER' Fair torilglit and Thursday; moderate temperature! senile variable winds. TKMI'CTATiniK AT .KAMI 1101)11 Ph I liu u 112 i 11.21 ; i -TTin fir, in? Hill 172 173 174 74 I I ,1 I ALLIANCE HEADS REJECT COMBINE HARMONY PLEA Contractor-Boss Faction Names All Organization Officers at Stormy Session FIGHT WILL CONTINUE, CUNNINGHAM STATES Mooro Minority Will Retain Seats and Make Another Bid for Power POLICE GUARD MEETING Expected Desertions Fail to Go Through and Administration Loses Contest No Harmony With Vares, Declares Tonv Cunningham "I turned down all harmony prop osition!"." said Thomas W. Cunning ham, chairman of the Republican Alliance, after the city committee meeting today. "They offered us everything under the chairmanship, but we turned tlicm down. Wc nrc in the fight to elect the chnirman next year. They railroaded the vote through today and used a rolling machine." The Vare forces retained control of the Republican city committee today nt a reorganization meeting in the commit Ire. headquarters, Eleventh and Chest nut streets." They marshaled twenty-six votes to the administration's twenty-ono, votes. One ward, the Seventeenth, was tied. The Vares have been in control of 'the mmmittee since 1015. Hnpubliean Alliance leaders will re main in the city committee, although they assert there will be no harmony between them and (ho Vnres. Committee officers elected were: Trrsldcnt Thomas F. WntsSh, mercantile np praUer and former magistrate. Vare leader of Gcrmnntown. First Vice President Alfred M. Wnldron, Thirty-first ward, former select councilman, de feated for congressional nomination in Hfth district. Second Vice President Peter K. Smllh, Vare leader of For ts tcventh ward. Executive Secretary Councilman William E. Finley, Thir I) -ninth ward. Secretaries x Senator Edward W. Pntton, Twenty seventh ward. RfKistrr of Wills Slicehan, Twelfth ward. Treasurer Councilman ,)ohn J. McKinley, Jr., Thirty. third ward. Auditors Ctaronrn Tf rnumn MM, !.. r.tiu rd; Milton II. Recdmoyer, Twenty With ward, nnd State Senator Samuel Salus, Fourth ward. Expected Vnre Desert ions The Moore forces entered the meet ing with twenty-one uncontested scats, but expected three Varo cnders to witch their allegiance nnd bring the Mooro strength up to twenty-four votes. This number would have been fl rnnU.l... I ... ..... uumuii ttUUlU IIUVU U majority, because of n tie vote the Seventeenth wnrd. in ....', "pecreu to switch, but who Milton it V? ,nrc orV?tlon, were J'ayor Smith's Twontv-Plpliili ,.,i . r : D. lieUr'Sftnikr,hFOrty-ll,,nI and ; uiuiie mr control of the cltv acTn1 J,""' bitterest n quirtc? of a century, nrolmh v w ti i, ..i..i i cnnV K..yi,proPi,,bJr w" e carried I: into Wfcir it'l'uuucan Alliance leaders. .. ""He there are forty-eight votes In rWCtW,n itcc' ono fr each ward? the ? nt.C.C.n. Il WBrd c'tivn committee iml Ifv Z.i ,y , v1"m1. virtually vl K V1 ,vot,e from that ward. was called. u"'""""l,uu meeting .Vtb.al.sk'rm(bh with the nolle no. with folded oco," finley Ntood JntrinVl ? ?iraS in ,c black-draped e?cnRnhe.l0ti0,commlttc ms, the Martin's memoryT l 8e"ator Obtain Warrants for Police night hev ohc0i"t,thc mwtlnit. l,nst Maristrnt nn t(linci.1 warrants from ot Police Miteyi or Superintendent w , Thw also t ,!ientjr,0.1,r. poUc- A8"teti,", ? Vdday?"" wK wft leItnirry 8e"" of the I:iev..;?.W .' 'fin" WUng north frnn. nwu Finlev fnM. i 1 1 mornl"B. Council. 1 Mueeoats. B J S at tho nlvaneliig iUU Vlfc,d up to Wrt - whQ -r-Mmnm Wft.i5riii55S! mmmmmmZ&' 4 HHHHHHft "X jJHHpPk mmmmmi THOMAS F. WATSON Vare leader, who was elected chair man of the Republican city com mitteo today. Alliance leaders plan .to contest Ills right 'to office DENY INJUNCTION Audenried, Jocular, Refuses Or der Barring Police From City Committee Meeting APPEAL IS WITHDRAWN City Treasurer Sboycr's nttemnt to get on injunction to keep police officials from the organization meeting of the Republican city committee developed into n farce today. After showing thnt the methods pur sued by Mr. Shovor constituted n "comedy of errors," Judge Audenried. sitting in Common Tlens Court No. 4, added to the general gnyety of the oc casion by nviuc. Iniichlncl.v : "And anyhow. I wouldn't rik the lives of any of my court oiBelnls by nuking them to serve such an injunc tion ns you nslf.-' Mr Shover hnd announced thnt the motion for the writ ngninst Director of Public Safety ( ortclyou. Superin tendent of Police Mills, AvKistant Su perintendent Tempest nnd others would be heard In Common Plens Court No. .'J. Ho had notified the defendants dur ing the night and they were present nt thnt court, on the second floor, with a crow of spectators. After 10 o'clock thev learned it would be heard before fudge Audenried and hurried to hN court. Most Important, no Says In describing his motion nnd explain ing he wanted to keep the officials from the meeting to prevent "police vio lence." Mr, Shoyer described It as n "most important preliminary injunc tion." r At this point, the accused nnd their entournge'enterod. The judge looked up. "Unit! Who comes the.rc?" he de manded. . "Friends." Assistant City Solicitor Coyne replied. "Advance, friends, and give the coun tersign," the judge ordered. The entire procession, twenty-six men, filed silently into the court room, nnd took plnces in line along the wall. "Don't you know you shouldn't no tify the defendants until you file our notice of the motion?" Judge Auden ried asked the city treasurer, resuming the case. "I couldn't get to he judges to no- tittr tltit, .if !,,, tunflnn lituf tilnlit " Mr. Shoyer replied, "so I thought this would un he best way," "Well, you have no reason to notify these people to come into the court nt this time," the judge said. Upon being informed that they didn't Continued on I'nge Two, Column Hovcn 30 DROPS 3 DRINKS; 4? NO! Saloonkeeper's Lawyer Denied Taste of Alleged Liquor' Thirty drops of liquor, it was dis covered nt the Federal Rulldlng this morning, is not enough to give a I'liited States commissioner, u district attor ney, a prohibition and a 'defendant's lawyer n tnste nnd still have enough left to use as evidence in a court pro cedure. This happened at the hearing of Otto I.andenberger, Sr., n saloon keeper of Twelfth and Locust streets, who was held by Commissioner Munley for vio lating tho Volstead net. A bottle which Edward Drown, a Department of Jus tice ngent, seized during n rnld Satur day, was presented as evidence. John W. Crowley, n prohibition enforcement ngent, uncorked tho bottle nnd poured n few drops in tho hands of Commis sioner Mnnlcy, Assistant District At- torney Uolger and his own to taste. When the counsel for I.nmtenbcrgor re quested Home the prosecution objected, saying there would not be enough left to present as evidence in court. LandcnberKoi- was held In $1000 bail for court. His son. Otto Jr., iiuil a bartender. David Martin, were held under $.100 each. ALLEGED FORGER AIDED Camden Man Gives Dail for Man He 8ay8 Swindled Him Charles Moore, n contractor, of Eighth street and Knlghn avenue, Camden, today furnished $1000 ball for Eugene Seldle, of Merchnntville, chnrged with liavlng passed bogus checks, al though Moore is said to have been one of his vlc.tlms. In addition to signing Seldle's ball bond before County Prosecutor Wolver- ONE-ACT FARCE luu, iituuiti ii Hi ten in K'v rniiiujmeuii tolhe nccuscdWwho. Ja an archl-1 ' ,3. ton. Mooro agreed to. give employment PENNA. DELEGATION REJECTS JOHNSON AS SECOND CHOICE Members Seeking Candidate if Nomination of Sproul Is Impossible GOVERNOR STILL LOOMS LARGE AS CANDIDATE' Lowden's Forces Likely to Swing to Him if Illinois Man Fails to Land Hy GEORGE NOX McCAIN Copyright, 11110, bu Public I.algtr Co, Chicago, June 0. Every Pcnnsl vnuinn in uuicngo today wun a insici for political mntheinnUcs is endeavor to solve the relation of every other can didate's chnnces to those of (Jovernor Sproul. It is a pastime pursued to the exclusion of every other form of mental entertainment or gymnastics. This is a bossjess and headless con vention. That is why tho computations are so absorbing.- Here is what is be lieved to be ns nearly an estlninte of the possibilities ns can be figured out twenty-four hours before he cnudidntes go to the bat. Johnson is looked upon ns liejond the hope or help of Pennsylvania. If he does get it, it will be simply con firmatory of his nomination. The Wood outlook is more cheering and hopeful. lie has n number of well wishers, or second-choice men. in the delegation. If he approximates -100 votes, and Sproul should reach a limit and find himself in n blind alley, Penn sylvania will swing to Wood's support nnd nominate him. Hearst Support Handicap trrKlohnxon As to LowdehTihe same is true. This is becnuse Lowden, like Wood, is re garded ns a "safe" man. &o is Hard ing safe. Johnson has tried to clear his skirts of the Imputation thnt he is n Hearst maiinlkin, becnuse if any can didate for nuy office was ever hysteri cally and hilariously "boosted" for of fice, that mnn Is "Hi," ns Hearst's paper here delights to placard him. , The dnnger, the Wood men say, in the nomination of Johnson is not so much that lie would perpetrate any indicnl excess of his own volition, but that it would be nt the behest of William It. Henrst. Recatise Mr. Hearst certainly expects recompense for his suppurt. And if he exnrts it to the limit it will be n pound of flesh. If Johnson should deny i such n claim, then good -by pence of mind for the balance of his term. Tills is the argument put up both by the Wood nnd Lowden supporters; theie fore, they contend, Johnson is not nvnil ablc. The Sproul leaders are striving not to let his boom get out of hand. It might. In thnt event, dnsh itself to pieces b, premature exploitation. That is. b, undue haste in pushing him to the front ruin his chances. Lowden's forces will certninl go t Hoover or Sproul. One does not hoar much about Hoover: but mi "two iccent occasions Governor Lowden has ex pressed a preference for Hoover, for whom he has great admiration. Of the other candidates 1'oindexter, Coolidge, Uutler, Allen very little Is h'enrd. They raise no clamor and they make no claims that are tangible or convincing. For. this reason Sproul looms up ns the next best bet nfter the big fellows make' their splash. All sorts of foolish fabrications are set up by tho politico-journalistic dopestcrs. The one that Charles E. Hughes is to be put forth, mid thnt Sproul Is only nctlng ns n smoke screen or stnlking horse Is a sample of thlR sort of truck.-. Sproul Still a Possibility The Governor is still more than a Presidential possibility. For a time yesterday there were indications thnt Ills cntifie was at n standstill, but this wns because of tho racket raised by the partisans, of the "Big Three," Wood, Johnson nnd London. The Pennsylvania delegates nt a con ference held last night nt headquarters in Congress Hotel were heartened in half a dozen different ways. There were reports from a number of the delegates who had visited other state delega tions thnt 'vero of a highly satisfactory character. Form Publicity Department Then it was discovered that there existed a need for n publicity depart ment and four of tho big newspaper publishers in the delegation, Colonel James Elvcrson, of Philadelphia; Col onel Charles A. Rock, of Pittsburgh: E. ,T. Stockpole, of Hnrrisbiirg, and Alexander 1 Moore, of Pittsburgh, with Senator Mux G. Leslie, of Allc- Continued on Vast Fourteen, Column Three ....... . .,. . "Ui&7r&S. &. " Delegates Joyfully Go Without Second Keynote Coliseum. Clilcngo, June II. (Ry A. P.) When the committee on permanent organization today recommended that the temporary officers be mnde permanent the con vention liked the idea of saving time and escaping another kc.wiotc speech so well It adopted the .motion with cheers. Senator Lodge got another demonstration when he stepped for. ward. "The best way to show my grntl tude to the, convention for its action," sold Sentitor Lodge, "will be to tell (you there will be no speech by the permanent cliulrmnn." The convention acknowledged its appreciation of thnt. "with more applause. 13 KILLED, 21 INJURED iKnox' sProul or Hughes Likely ... -.-..... , . ,-.-..' to Be Beneficiaries When IN IKAINUULUSIUN Express, Disregarding Signals, Crashes Into Local Two Miles From Schenectady Schenectady, X. Y Juno D. iDv A. 1 1 TlitrtKon nersoiiH weio killed nnd twentv-ono Injured today when a tinln of express cars crashed into tho rear 1 nt n t.nojnii(,np trnln wlileh hnd wi .. .... ...n., r..n,,i ctintii.. ! tndv because of cnylne troul.K ! All but one of those killed were asleep In to Pullmans at the rear of the passenger train. Marin Dole. of Al- - bony, cnslnerr of he express 1'I i nt his post, one hand being fast to the , throttle when his body wns found in , the wreckage. ! The passengers killed were: i Mrs. Nellie Crouse. .115 Genesee, street. I'tirn, X. Y,, her twelve-year- ' old son nnd Infant daughter aud John ' J. Keune.v. of I'ticn Seven unidentified men. Ono unidentified woman. Train No. 114. a Michigan Central special with, ten ears carrying express matter, ciiRregarjlfd signnis nnu weni at high speed iot6UMlnjNo.,28, n New York CeutcnHn'a'ssflwenftrnlp, bound from lUiffoloTto-'Ts'ewYork, iicedrdlng tcTMhestory of C. Robinson, brake man of No. 128. He said he waved a red lantern in vain nml finally threw it into the cab ns the express dashed by. The Pullman at the rear of the train hnd twelve passengers and wns de molished. Its passengers were bound for New York. Next to it was n Pull man with twenty-two passengers des tined for llostou. The other cars of the passenger train were day coaches aud baggage and mall cars. CUMMINSRENOMINATED Nearly Complete Returns Giv Iowa Senator More Than 21,000 Lead Des Moines. la., June !). (Ity A. P. ) rniteds States Senntor Albert II. Cummins wns renominated on the Ke publlcnn ticket nt the lowu prima r, election Monday, according to tinotlieinl returns tnbuluted by tho Des Moines Capital. Cummins's vote wns 107. (Hit and S. W. Drookhnrt's. SO.HO In ".'IMS precincts out of the 21M7 in the state. The remaining precincts to be henid from would not material! change the lseult, it wns said. .1 .. ... ... PENROSE ON JOB T LL 2:45 Senator Talks Wlth Chicago Into' stands with respect to those three pos Early Morning Hours Is Better sibilities. The Indomltnble will of Senator Pen- .lohnstiii Alive to Situation nnd J'rtSeeK't SElcJfK SSZ ' ,", h" ' '" sit''tio" ' the fact the ill leader of the Old Guard I" llk(,, ,0 withdraw his name on nn is at IIWI Spruce mtrcot. nnd the Re oaily ballot. Manv of his own delo !nile1s'nwa?.l,,i0IVU Co,,Veuti"M is 10,, ' gates do not want to vote for him. and It' wns iiot uutll U:4.- o'clock this '' ""1 not wnit for his support to dis morning thnt the senator at last integrate and his influence in the con wearily removed the telephone harness , lention to wnue. Ho will make his from his bend nnd consented to go to l :,.i,, ..mi,. i, cm i... .1 bed. It wns !l o'clock yesterday morn I ,IKl" "lllIu " stiU ,ul8 the l,owor t0 ing before his nurse could persuade him "c'1'' to do the same thing. And it will prob- I And be will make n fight. As snld in ?is s.Jisi7wiirKr mor,,,,,,c b-, i"1- Ir7,"MM ,B,,enUv-h win In spite of tills the report from his bt' " b""'1' "K'11" IIu el" make It ef- slcK room tins morning read, "The son- ator U steadily, improving. Everybod is n eased w t 1 the progress iie is making." HEAR DEATH TRAP PROTEST Jersey Utilities Board Takes Up Haddonfleld Case The Public rtilitles CominiAsioii of New Jersey held n continued hearing in Camden today in the petition of the borough of Hnddonfield against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Haddonfleld is seeking the abolition of six grade crossings within the town limits. The commission continued the hearing until July IK at Trenton. Mayor Joseph K. Lippincntt. Jr.. and other leading residents of Haddontield. testified that the grade crossings consti tute n dentlitrap. It wll cost between $.'.000.000 and S 1.000,000 to build 11 subway through the town, removing the crossings, it was testified. NABBED AS FORGERS' "PEN" Gray-Haired Man of 72, 40 Years in Prison, Implicated by Band Charles Henry Conrad Klshr, seventy-two onrs old, was n nested In New York todny on a charge of being the "lien" of n gang of forgers accused of defrauding Philadelphia, Now York, Iloston, Providence and JTew Haven bankH of $40,000. The chnrgo against the gray-bearded mnn, whose police record is alleged to show he passed forty oars in prison, is that he acted in concert with four others in forgery schemes. Knur men under arrest in New Haven alleged to have made admissions which are said to Implicate L'ljher. are Jacob Stern, Edward Leslie, Lpuis Novella and Stcye Kelson, ' j WOOD AGAINST FIELD AS-DAY. FOR Chances of Both Johnson and Lowdon Now Regarded as Negligible SENATOR'S FOLLOWERS MAY DICTATE NOMINATION Break Occurs Ry CLINTON V. GII.RERT Man Cnrrmpantlrnt of the Ktrnlmt I'ulillr I,dBrr Couvrltiht, tmo, bu Publta Ledger Co, Chicago. Juno 0. It is Wood against the field ns the day for ballot ing in the Republican Nntionnl Con vention approaches. Lowden. like Jolin- v" r,""'" "lready thnt the conven- till ...fcl.t.lM I T At,.flntl liA. t ion will not have him (Lowden). be cause the delegates dp not care to nnml- Kite lilm. smirched with the Missouri "M'""- itures. and Johnson because the ,,'i',"'"'llt's " ,0 conservative to accept ' '" q ,,, , , t , ,,,,. of Mc(U Mc. C-ortnt.k. W,nt plans they arrived at o of tholr rt ,, , or((,r ,0 ., ,. ,.nnvn,inn nr nM ,, known. , . . The big Vood drive centers about the appointment of Hitchcock and his as-1 sociates as convention managers. Wood was tho strongest of the three loading enndidntes and he has not yet bowed to the sentiment of the convention in favor of finding a new candidate unaffected by tho primary scandal. That sentiment is ns strong ns ever, but It is unorganized and Incnpnblcof effective action, un-1 less, tinder Johnson's leadership nnd iuj co-operation with the Lowden delegates from the ceutral president -making 1 states, it promptly linns a candidate. The new Wood drive reminds ono of the Lowden effort of u few days ago. There Is much talk about Wood's going over on nil enrly ballot. nntl there Is much half-reluctant Wood support to bo found in many delegations, unless tho sentiment of the. convention in favor of finding n candidate surer to win he roines organized nnd finds expression. The situation apparently depends on Johnson and his capacity to make tho most of the Issue he is raising, of hon esty in the Republican party. The nat ural tendenscy of Johnson is to find his candidate either in New York or Pcnn slvanin. where there Is a big block of uncommitted delegates who want some other candidate than Wood but may go to WnoiUif no such enndidato is found. Three names stand out as possibilities, nil from this section. One is Senator i. .. ... v.... ""' ""vernor nproni. .inn ""' tllir1 is Varies E. Hughes. No, ww , 1 . f- , one knows where thn Lowden strength fectively only If It is not made for lilinself. only if it is mnrio r..r n. He, with Senntor Dornli as his lieu tenant, will play the role of Drvan in tlie Democratic convention nt Dal timore, with the threat thnt if the fight fails they will play the rolo of Dran In 1001, when llryun read to the Dem ounts nssemhled in St. Louis the hand, writing on the wall, nnd, when they paid no attention to the warning, took no pnrt in the enmpuign, but watched them go down to defeat In the election. Tin eaten to Sulk in Tents Johnson and Ilorah will not bolt. They will not threaten to bolt. Dut the will leave 011 the minds of the del., egntes in the Coliseum the impression that they will sulk in their tpnts'if the party does not heed their admonition that it must not entcri the campaign smeared with the money scandal. John sou will light the nomination of Wood or Lowden, fight it ns Drynn fought the nomination of Parker in 1001, Johnson's issue will be similar to that of Roosevelt in 10112, the honesty of tlie Republican party. lie will probably go further than to attempt the exercise of the veto power on candidates. He will try to nnme the candidate who will be nominated. 80, when he withdraws his own name, it will prob ably be in tho interest of soma other cnudldute. Who his choice wll) b'e it is as yet impossible to learn. Perhaps Continued on Vat Fourteen. Column One mn you think of wrltln. think - e wmiiNQ. vtui. .-' yf BALLTNG NEARS CONVENTION'S SECOND DAY No sign of definite preference hnd developed among the thousand delegates as the Republican National Convention convened today. No balloting is expected till Friday or Friday night. Observers bellevo that Scnntor Johnson's boom has collapsed and that the Cnllfornlnn will try to use his strengtli to decide the choice of another candidate. (Jovernor Sproul's outlook ns a "dnrk horse" is reported as still favorable. McAVOY GOING TO WASHINGTON ON BERGD0LL CASE United States Attorney McAvoy will go to Washington this afternoon to confer with the attorney general's offiie on evidence submitted In connection with the escape of Grover BeiRcloll. The district nttorney will comprtre the evidence gatheted by his own agents with that of the war department's with a view" to possible indictments growing out of Bergdoll's disappearance. RES&LUTE DEFEATS VANITIE IN TRIAL ."i:WI'OKT, R. I., June 0. The Resolute defeated the t ..n.t.c again todny in the official tryouts for Aineuca's cup defense honors. The winning sloop chased Vanitie over th entire-mile triangular course, but won through her time allow. mil o, the margin being 50 seconds P. IT. PLANS TO CUT LINES AND REROUTE! Considering Elimination of Block No. 57 and Changes in Nos. 19 and 23 SAY SOME RIDES TOO LONG Tho Itniild Trnnslt Co. is. consider- ( Ipg plans for the di-cbujMnuijlico. if , t'ciimn iiihs nnu mc reruiiiniK ' i splitting of otheis. I .one rides will be slioi'tenoil nml tin I abolition of certain crostown connect - inc Upes is being considered by the P. R. T. experts. The next lino likely to be abolished Is Route .", operated from Howard nnd O-Ford streets to Twentv-ninth nnd Jefferson streets. This line extends from Twentv-ninth nnd Jefferson on Jefferson to Seventh to Oxford to How nrd. Westbound, it begins nt Howard and Oxford, tiver Howard to .letier- ' . . t, 1 ... -w . ... fl. I ninth nnd .leffeAn,,.' ' Most of the pnssengers limited aie known as o-ohnngo fares. Abolition of thi lino would menu uo cast and wi-t boiiml trolley service In this section be- tweeu (iirniil nnd t nliiinbin avenue Tlieie is u present similar gap betwien Arch stieet nnd Spring Garden street P. It. T. riiciuci'i'H Inst Sundn.x in vestigated tiortic conditions on Routes No-, in nnd L',1, with a view, it is said, of splitting the present ride, considered b the P, R. T. -too long for one fare Route No. IS I ours uro lit present lopeintcd finm the Chestnut Hill loop iii iiii- i iiiiiim in i(-- --- -tu ii ti in .hi tint I tut It Inliiitit l'llfit tt 'I'lint i hi. i the lletlileliem I'ilce ititner siieets. hllghtly loss than foin- teen miles. The plan is to turn the Route '2'. cars bin U nt rilbert street, discontinuing the haul between Filbert nnd Ritner stieits. l"or passengers who niut trnvel t-nutli of rilbert street the company would ooeinti' n new line, Ritner stieet to (' Molina -Mvol. This would form n junction nt Tenth' street nnd Gormnff tnwu avenue with Route i't cars. Plans for shot toning tho other line. No. lit, extending from tho Pelhnm barn in Mt. Airy to Sixth nnd Pine streets, have not worked out. Minor Mooro and City Solicitor Smyth hno been authorized to appear before the Public Service Commission to push tin' fight ngninst the underlying companies obtaining alleged unwarrant ed rentals from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co Tho authorization was given by Council jesierdny. Council requested that fbe ti action company make up a report regarding the proposed change In fares. A plan to have a bonrd of experts named to go oer tho property of the P. R. T. Co. and upprnlso it wbh re foiled to the transportation commit teo. Council elected Colonel Sheldon Pot ter to succeed himself, and Ernest T. Trigg, former president of the Cham ber of Commeice. to succeed Willinm Hancock us the city's representatives In addition to the Mayor on tho board of directors of the Rapid Transit Co. PART OF PIER LEASED North Side of Municipal Wharf Brings $73,000 Yearly A lease for one. three or five years for the north side of the now two story Municipal Pier No. 78, South Wharves, was sold at auction in the Dourso Uuilding this morning to tho Luekenbiifh Steamship Line of New York for ST.'l.OOO per year. The sale was by order of Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries Sprniilo. Ridding opened nt $20,000 nnd rnlsed steadily until Captain S. S. Snndberg bid $".'1,000 for the New York com pany. Tho terms of the lease were not made public. Wife's Murder Charge Invalid Scranton, Pa., June O.-Holding thnt a wife is not competent to testify against her husband, Judge E. C, New comb todny ordered the discharge from custody of Joseph Nemitz, of Simpson, accused by Mrs. Nemitz of bavin? Vlint and killed Alex Miskel, alleged "star owitoui i ;" .nciu. iiome WU110 Ue slept last rnuay moniins. NATIONS LEAGUE PLANK HELD UP G. 0. P. Subcommittee of Thir teen Wrestling With Un solved Problem I OLhADCn' bnArcUl PLATFORM BEING Dy the Associated Picks Chicago. Juno !). The League if Vutloiis plank still was undefined to lay t went -four hours before the Uo- publican platform wns tu bo presented to tho national convention. Members of tho subcommittee of thirteen, when they went into session to smooth out the remninlug platform troubles, expressed confidence thnt the could ngree, but all of them were some- what hazy on how it was to be done. Senntor Watson, head of the sub- -"'"'"'" mnintalned thnt in the end the Indiana plank, with some moduli a - tiops, would got the support of nil Re- pnl.licnn elements. Senators IWnh .....i T,.(Vir.iiielf thnm.ht H, ...-., i,i nine to no material modulations to paoift tlie Irreoomilnbles. The mild lesei vntinu group nlso wanted change-i made, but in the opposite direction Afraid of "Fireworks" Itiil-tering tho predictions of nu agreement, however, was a feeling in manv quarters that the league question must not be permitted to reach the con. vention tlonr. where every one loalied it might set off fireworks of a destine tive nature. Aside from the treaty Issue most of the platform material wns in such shape that only the finishing touches had to he added, bv the subcommittee. Theie still lenmliieil to bo determined.1 However, some neruiis of tlie .Mexican dei liuiition nnd some questions of polio M'Ktiiuiiig iiioii-iiiai reunions. Hcolliuu- mat it liiul serious party hlstor to wiito the -ubcommittee moved nway from tlie swirl of delegates, took up qunrteis in 11 .secluded lintel bedroom, left orders that it was not to-be ills tut bed for am one or for any reason took off it- coats, liteiully as well as figurotiwli . and settled down to its iob. Members predicted it would uot be reaih to quit before midnight ut the earliest. Senator Itor.ih nn I)fU Senntor D0111I1 was on hand fiom tlie stnrt. although the league plnnk was not to bo taken up for several hours. Ho picked out n committee for table berth on a bed nnd waited. At the outset of its meeting the sub committee rend through the report of Chnirmnn line's committee of 171 ns it hnd been revised in pr invention conferences It dealt with virtually no coiuroverieu sppjecis anil 1110M of it wns written into the platform without1, , ., , ' " extended discussion. Increase in the executive committeo of While the thirteen were In dellbera- I "'' Republican National Committeo tion the irnmimler of the resolutions from ten to fifteen members nnd a new piwnlnlHon nf tiff V . tlirno ,-ri.n .,... ..!..!.. ' ., ." '", ."."" ."'." " in upon hearings tlie ndvii f labor lenders and others on 11 wide diversity of subjects. Demands Stand 011 l.jurh liw Dciutilids that the Republican party take nn "uneiiuivnoil" stand for en forcement of tho fourteenth iimeudun nt and ngninst continuation of the "reign of lynch law" weio made by a delega tion bonded b. William H. Lewis, negro, former assistant I'liited States attorney general, lie urged 11 congres sional investigation looking to reduc tion in the national representation j Congress from states wheie full en fruiichiseinout bus uot been allowed the negro. Edward II. Wright. Clilcngo negro, who spoke on the ilemnuds nlso, declared thnt none of the claims made had come "from us ns supplicants, for we come iib jour brothers nud jour equals." Questions of taxation must be among the first to bo given consideration of the Repiibllcnn pnrty If it would retain the confidence of industry, James A Emery, general counsel for the Nntlonul Associntiou of Manufacturers, told the committee in, laying before It that or gaulzntlon's claims for attention. Tho manufacturers naked thnt, the nntion'n , Continued oc 1'UKe fourteen. Column. four REPORTS ADOPTED BY REPUBLICANS IN SECOND SESSION Routine Business Enacted Coliseum and Chauncey Depew Speaks in PLACES MADE FOR .WOMEN ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Adjournment Taken Until To morrow Morning Party's Nominee Still 'Dark Horse' . Coliseum. Chicago. June . The Re publican Nntionnl Convention at 12: IS, p. in. adjourned until tomorrow at 11 a. m. Dy the Associated Press Chicago. June O.-r-Dolegntcs to tho Republican National Convention as sembled at tire Coliseum todny for the. , second session with their views as to who shall load tho party at the polls. I next November still a mj story even to I themselves'. , I The convention r-eolvod reports nnd then innrked time awaiting for the presentation of the platform. I' At 11 :1" Chairman Lodge arrived on the platform with Nntionnl Chnirmnn Hoys. A song lender tried to get thn nudlence to slug the "Long, Long I Troll," but had a hard time getting out i the voices. The song Under stripped off his coat,- nnd rolling up his sleeves, called far ' more "pep." He got n little better re' spouse nnd then took n hand at three cheers for the Republican party, fle. '""' better luck with that than he, did .:,i, ,., t Stand During Prayer Chairnuin Lodge stepped out to tho speaker's space nt 11 :'J0 o'clock nn&Ee got three cheers also with a tiger. Dr." John Timothy Stone was today' chap- lotn The enmenllnn stonil u'hllo liA offered prayer. " In closing Doctor Stone led the treat audience in the Lord's Prayer. The song lender was iinniediaV'Iy on the Job again nnd led the audience in the Star- I Spangled Runner. 1 T,ipy m.0Ki,t 0,,t a stout oak table , f,, pilnirmB.i I.nilue 1.1 wluick.liis cavel on. Ho cnlled for the report ot tha credentials committee. Chairman Ed ward D. Diifiiold, of New Jersey, came to the pl'itform to present it. Credentials Report Approved The report recommended the changes dei ided upon at Inst night's meeting of the committee. Mr. Duflield moved the adoption of the teport. Robert R. Chin cli. of Memphis, who hud been un seated, bj the credentials committee, said lie would not nsk the convention to consider 11 minority report, "-1 know I nm entitled to sit," said Chiiiih. "but 1 sliull take my fight Inn k to Teunes-.ee."' Tho icpoit of the credentials com mlttee wns adopted without dissent and the conientiou next heard tlie report from the committee on permanent or ganization It was presented by Gov ernor Morrow, of Kentuck , its chair man. As agreed upon it recommended thiit tlie temporary organization be. made permnneiit. The report was adopted. Paul Howiiiud, of Cleveland,- pre sented the leporl of the committee on rules nud order of business. The report recommended senting delegate represen tation in tlie nntionnl convention nt four delegatcs-at-large.froiu ouch state, ono delegate fiom each congressional dis trict nnd one additional delegate for each district in which not less than 700O votes have boon cast for a Republican candidate at the' lust election. The only new miitcrinl in the rules, . Chiilinmn Ilnulnml ., Uissistaut hocrctnri . Find Places for Women "Without sajing so in expressed terms," ho said, 'this is to take care of our re-eiiforcomonts to the Republican patty the ladies " The understiindiiig is that the addl tiouul places all will go to women. Tho convention speedily udopted the report. Cries for Depew Chaiimuii Lodge tiniinuiKcd lie would enforce the rule limiting speakers to five minutes mid one speech on the same subject on the same day, unless the convention ordered otherwise. The reso lutions committee sent word t Cptilii only icport progress nnd was not ready to present 11 platform yet. Chairman Lodge asked the conven tion what It wanted to do in the mcun while nnd there were tries of ''Depew, Depew" from the Moor, Mrs. Hume was on the platform waiting to speak ami some, hud thought the honor of first uddresslug the van yentiou would go to n woman, Mr, Depew walked out on the, speaker pla(t, CvVutucd oa Pas jrsurtMtt-Ceuu mi. ' n. -m m i viii m fK M, - I 1 k . J-kvlV. 1 y - ,1. . 5 vfA' SiMiA r.t. . rl.-,l! ..A.'li.A. lv& k.Ul.bLk.tt!U 'j fT