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NO. 4968 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920. TWO CENTS
TEACHER MS
CAN NOT PASS,
MONDELL \TS
J,500 Instructors Storm
Congress in Futile Effort
To Get Money.
HOUSE LEADER TART
Overman and Kenyon Are
Sympathetic, But Unable
to Aid.
No teachers' bonus will be
(ranted by this session of ConCress.
This Is the word of authority
Representative Frank W. Mondeli.
Republican floor leader of the
House, rave a score of District
teachers who went to his office 1
yesterday and asked him the direct
question.
The teachers who saw Mondell
ware but a small group of the approximately
1,500 grade instructors
who stormed the Capitol yesterday
In an eleventh-hour effort to induce
Congress to grant a bonus
which will carry them through the
gummer vacation, or make the increase
recently granted retroactive
to January 1.
When the army of teachers arrived
the Senate was in executive
session, but leaders -learned that
8?nator Francis E. Warren and
Representative James W. Good,
chairmen of the House and Senate
Appropriations committees, were in
eonference. Cards were sent in but
the legislators would not come out.
Senators Overman and Kenyon,
sailed from the floor of the Senate,
expressed sympathy and referred
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BLANTON HALTS
SLACKER PROBE
xas Representative Ob?
'
jects to Resolution for
BergdoQ Investigation.
Representative Thomas L. Blanon,
of Texas, late yesterday sueessfuily
blocked consideration by
be House of the resolution calling
*>r the investigation of the escape
<f 3rovcr Cleveland Bergdoll. the
Billionaire draft-dodger, of Philarlphia.
From subsequent statements
by House leaders it was apjsrent
that no further effort will
\ made to pass the measure before
* adjournment of Congress today.
Representative Philip P. Campbell,
Kansas, chairman of the Houst,
.ules Committee, first apked for
#nsideratior. of the measure under
oanimous consent. Blanton jumped
f> to object before Ihe leading
c re-iolutior had been completed,
feeing that Blanton would not
cede from his position. Campbell
oposed that the resolution be conidered
under special rule contained
a privileged report from the Rules
pmmittee. Blanton raised a point
no quorum.
Following several minutes of paramentary
bickering, members of
Jth si'les of the House agreed to
mve the House and transact no
irther business while Ihe Speaker
mained in the chair until the time
r recess had arrived.
(Public Ledfer SerTice.)
OLUNTEERS TAKE
CONTROL IN CORK
Dvhlin. June 4.?Irish volunteers
ive practically superseded the
lice in the city of Cork. Civilians
Hh complaints make them to the
tin Fein headquarters, rather than
the police station.
The Sinn Fein were victorious
id practically unopposed in all
,unty and rural elections In the
uth of Ireland. Rifling of mails i
as reported to have started again
several places.
OCTOBER y
TIE captain gaxed gloomily at
hia sword that hung upon the
irall. In the eloaet near by was
stored hla faded uniform, stained
tad worn by weather and service.
(That a long, long time it seemed
since those old days of war's
tlarms:
And now, veteran that he was
t his country's strenuous times.
se had been reduced to abject
surrender by a woman's soft eyes
( ird smil'n; Hps. As he sat in his
juiet roowi he held in Ms hand
'.he letter he had just received
'rom her?the letter that had
.auaed him to wear that look of
(loom. He re-read the fatal paragraph
that bad destroyed hla
T
Quits State Dept.
For Law Practice
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A K
m m A
^^ L _ m
FRASIK'k POLK,
Whose resignation as Undersecretary
of State was ac- j'
cepted yesterday by President
Wilson, to be effective June 15. j
Polk has been connected with 1
the State Department since
September 16, 1915, when he became
counselor for that department.
He was promoted to
Undersecretary by former Sec- 1
retary Lansing.
It was learned yesterday
that Norman H. Davis, now
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury In charge of foreign
loans, has been tendered the
post of Undersecretary of
State to succeed Polk.
STRIKE CLASH i
IN WATERBURYi
i r
Police Thrust Ex-Service J
Men from City Hall as
10,000 Gather.
i
1
(Special to Washington Herald.)
Waterbury, Conn., June 4.?Ten
thousand excited persons, mostly ,
strikers, followed 400 former serv- j
ice men to the city hall this morning
and created a wild scene when ,
refused permission to see Mayor ,
Sandland.
The former service men wore
their uniforms -and went to the city
hall in a body, despite warning
from the police.
When the sergeant leading the
column gave a command to enter i
the city hall there was a struggle 1
with the police, and finally the column
was halted. Mayor Sandland,
from his window, witnessed the
scene. The police argued the men .
to go to "Library Park, about 200 I
yards distant, saying the mayor
had a message for them. When
the former soldiers reached the
park they found a company of city
guardsmen with gli s(?h ing l>ayo- i
nets waiting.
The mayor consented to meet
five service men and told them he
would not permit the parade. After
an uproar the soldiers filed back
to headquarters, surrounded on all
sides by polic^knen and city
guardsmen carrying fixed bayonets.
HUNGARIANS SIGN
U. S. AND ALLIES' PACT
,
Pari*. June 4.?The Hungarian ! .
delegation today signed the treaty
of peace mlth the allies. Ambassador
Wallace tisrred the treaty f?.r
the United States.
I
New Members Join Si
And Plunge in Work
Extra Prizes of J
Nine new members joined the i
Salesmanship Club yesterday, each 1
one anxious to get away with the i
raise of the banner In the big race 1
for awards totaling some *23,000. i
Most of those who joined the club (
expressed themselves as more than i
pleased with the fairness of The <
Herald plan, each one stating that <
while they were anxious to win |
one of the seven Grand Awards, i
at the same time they felt they |
would receive compensation for any
effort put forth In interesting their
friends to become readers of the i
Capital's Brightest Newspaper?The (
Herald. '
All members who have really
4ND JUNE
V
hope.
In declining the honor you have
done me in aaking me to be your
wife. I feel that I ought to speak
frankly. The reason I have for
so doing is the great difference
between our ages. I like you
verj^ very much, but I am sure
that our marriage would not be
a happy one. I am sorry to have
to refer to this, but I believe that
you will appreciate my honesty in
giving you the true reason.
The captain sighed, and leanea
his head upon his hand. Yes,
there were many years between
their ages. But he was strung
Vnd rugsed. he had position aii(
wealth. Would not his love, his
tender care, aad the advantages
Lands in America
With Motor Boat;
Feared Rail Strike
(Br Herald UuH Wire.)
N#t York, June 4.?Hearing reports
of the outlaw railroad strike
in the United States and not knowing
whether It had ended or not,
Fred P. Bartlett, of Ha*ton. Md., a
sugar planter, who arrived in New
York today, aceotnpanicd by his wife
and daughter. Dorothy, on the Red
Star Liner Maiacalbo from Curacao.
Venezuela, brought with him a
23-foot power boat with which to
reach-his home in event that the
trains were not running.
After ascertaining that the railread
strike wai over Bartlett decided
that as long as bo had the
boat with him he would use It anyway
and started the trip to Baltimore
in the launch. He is using the
Jersey ship canal route.
LOCAL PORTIA
SAINS U. S. MARK
Miss Dora Palkin Youngest
.Woman Admitted to Su- i
preme Court Bar..
Mis.? Dora Palkin. of this city,
gained the distinction yesterday of
ifeing the youngest woman lawyer
admitted to (lit- bar of the United
States Supreme Court. She was presented
to the ccurt b> William A.
L'ocrib?, also of this city.
Born :n Stamford. Conn., Ahere
wai educated in the public
schools. Miss Palkin obtained
Iter l;yw x education here, being a
gradual' or the Washington College
of Uiws, tlar.J of 1516. She ImmeIiat?ly
ettaMis>|-<d efflces in the Columbian
Building ai?d began the private
piactlce of low. While engaging
In % general practice. Mi^s
Palkin hns devoted the greater part j
of her time tc criminal cafes and I
*van the first woman lawer of till* |
city to appear in the local courts j
befors n jury in a criminal case.
She gained an enviable reputa- i
lion and during the war served on
the legal advisory council which |
rendered advice to hundreds of draft I
men. For several years she was >
the legal advirer of the Associated!
L'harit'es.
Wlnle studying law Miss Palkin
won several prise debate*. _yu> is
it member of the Women's Bar AsKociation
of the District of Columbia.
in which she Is an active committee
worker, rr.d for relief from l
the strain of unknotting legal tan- i
Klea turns to the golf links.
FEDERAL ACTION MAY
HELP END CONGESTION
Branding as arbitrary the action i
of 4.000 striking Philadelphia long- j
shoremen, the Shipping Board yes- j
terday notified all its operators j
and managers that the increase In j
ship operation entailed in the men's |
demands could not be permitted. '
The Philadelphia dock men asked j
for an increase from SO cents to i
$1 an hour. They struck in viola- )
(ion of their contract, which rups
until September 30 and assures
them the prevailing wage rates for \
the Atlantic Coast.
The Shipping Board s action is :
taken to mean that the government
proposes to back the opera- '
tors and managers of Shipping i
Hoard vessels In any steps taken ,
to relieve congestion at Philadel- 1
phla.
ilesman Club
\ for $6,000Award;
?500 Come June / 7
made ap effort say they And It easy
lo obtain subscriptions, the public
responding most readily. The particular
feature that seems to be
more than pleasing is that member^
>f The Herald Salesmanship Club ao
not have to be bothered in clipping
coupons?it is simply a question
jf "salesmanship," and every mem?er
of the club is selling a commodity
that the people throughout
this section really want.
Best Time for Wark.
Every member and prospective
member realises that now is the
time to do the best work, as all
lubscriptions turned in during the
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
he coulf bestow upon her make
her forget the question of age?
Besides, he was almost sure that
she cared for him.
The captain was a man of
prompt action. In the fleld he had
been distinguished for his decisiveness
and energy. He would
see tier and plead his cause again
in person. Age!?what was it to
come between him and the one he
loved?
In two hours he stood ready. In
light marching order, for Ms
greatest battle.. Ho took the train
, for the old Southern town in
Tennessee where she lived.
Theodora Deming was on the
steps of the handsome, portlcoed
old maaaloa. eaJoyiag the rim mar
PARTY LL
VOICEv
WOMl
MILITANT PICKETS!
"TELL THE WO!
FAILED IN
.
Alice Paul Opens Headquarters
While Mary
Garrett Hay, Leader of
Conservative Forces Mingles
in Convention Ac- \
tivity.
(I?y S?a? Correspondent.)
Chicago. Jur.e 4.?On the eve of
the Republican convention, party
managers are beginning to realise
more than evei that women are In
politics. Things began to hum today
with the arrival of Miss Alica 1
Paul, militant president ot the National
Woman's party, and Mary
Uarrett Ha.v, chairman of the Re- 1
puMican Woman's National Executive
Committee.
fk'-otSi worron entered into th<s
R<k of the fray, although with 1
idely divergent tactics. Miss Paul ^
started to "tell the world" that the
Republican party had failed to do
its duty in not compelling the legislatures
of at least one of the re- (
maining Republican States to register
its vote in favor of the Nineteenth
umendtrent. She mentioned j
Drlaware. Connecticut and Vermont. ,
Picket* Open Headquarter*.
Mis* Paul doesn't expect to get i
u chance to "ttll the world" from
the convention floor, so r.he has done i
the njxt best thing in renting a I
*U>re opposite the Coliseum, where I
the convention will be held. uelng
this as a picket headquarters. '
While running the gantlet of <
pickets, delegates will have a chance <
to do some far.ey reading on the :
way, as banners demanding action '
will confront them from every an- 1
gle. Wabash avenue in the vicinity <
of the big convention hall will be ,
Jecorated as r-cvct- before. (
Miss Hay does not approve the
tactics of her siater in politics, but 1
her action in announcing her resig-; ^
nation from the Republican commit- |
tee. to take effect after the conven- ,
tion, was none the less startling to i
the party chiefs.
It was explained that the resigna- J
tion had been decided on some time
ago. and did not mean a break wtfh .
the party. She has simply decided
CONTINUED ON I'AliE 8KVBN.
WIFE CHARGES '
HE SLEW LOVER:
? - !
Husband Held When Al- J
leged "Soulmate" Is ^
Found Dead. 'r
; I
1
Srranton. Pa.. June 4.?Frantic I,
with grief at the sight of her soul- j.
mate lying dead with a bullet wound j
in his head. Mrs. Joseph Nemec, 38. i j
accused her husband of the murder jj
and brought about his arrest by the :
county authorities. Nemec Is held'j
on a charge of slaying Alexander]
Miskell. 25, star boarder In the Ne- j
mec home at Simpson. The prisoner |a
denies his guilt. t
When the body of Miskell was|t
found in a bed in the Nemec home
Mrs. Nemec hugged and caressed his r
body and became hysterical. '
"You killed mr lover." she screamed
at the top of her voice, as sHe ^
pointed to her husband. a
When the police and an undertak- ^
cr arrived and prepared to remove ,
the body of Miskell to a morgue jv
Mrs. Nemec became hysterical.
The death of MlsKell and the ar- i
rest of Nemec records another chap- 1
ter of a sordid love triangle. A i^
year ago Miskell. a miner, came to|t
board at the Nemec home. He and ;
Nemec'a wife became very friendly
and lan April tl>?y eloped to a city (
in Connecticut. Mrs. Nemec refused ^
to return to htr home unless Nemee ,
permitted Miskell to return and live > ,
with the Nemec family. The hus- 1 <
band consented ard the trio returned j ]
to Simpson. .j
Nemec has been* brought to the i ,
county Jfil in this city and will he ,
arraigned tomorrow. He Is 41} years ,
old The Nenec family came from
Russia, and Miskell waa al?o a Russian.
Age! What was that 1
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twilight, when the captain entered
the gate and came up the
gravelad walk. She met him with
a smile that was free from embarrassment.
Aa the captain stood
on the step below her. tha difference
in their agfa did not appear
so great. He waa tall and straight
and clpar-ey?d and browned. She
waa In the bloom of lovely womanhood.
"I waan't expecting you," said
Theodora: "but now that you ve
com? you may alt on tHT atei*
Didn't you get my letter?"
-j did." said the captain, "apd
that s why I cam*. I Bay, now.
Theo, reconsider your anawer,
wont your*
'WIM "*?i?
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IS SKIRMIl
IN IN THK
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PREPARE TO
RLD" G. 0. P.
SUFFRAGE DUTY
KNOXNOT GOING
TO CONVENTION
Senator, Delegate-at-Large,
Forced by Work to Remain
Here.
Senator Philander C. Knox, deleBate-at-large
to the Republican national
convention and selected as
Pennsylvania's member of the re?olutlona
committee, will not attend
the convention. It was announced
yesterday at the Senator'* office In
the Capitol.
The statement was made after
the circulation of a report that Mr
Knox had changed his mind about
Koine to Chicago ax the result or
the action of the Pennsylvania derogation
in indorsing Gov. William
C. Sproul as its candidate for the
Presidency. "Absolute piffle" was
the only comment which the Pennsylvania
Senator would make.
It was said that the fight on the
treaty and other pressing matters
had kept Mr. Knox in Washington
so constantly that fee could no
longer afford to let his other affairs
pile up.
No information could be obtained
is to who would serve in his stead
?t the convention. The supposition
here was that a proxy undoubtedly
would be used and that some other
nember of the Pennsylvania delegation
would serve o^n the resolutions
committee. J. Hampton
Vfoore, mayor of Philadelphia, was
spoken of in this connection as the
logical man for the place, in view
if his experience in Washington
ind the political affairs of the nation.
*
I Public Ledger Service.)
PLANTOBLOGK
FUND PROBERS
\
Republican Senators Opposing
Extension of Investigation
to Elections.
l
< Public l.cdgcr Service.)
Republican opposition developed
n the Senate yesterday to the resoution
of Senator Atlee Pomerene, of j
Jhio, providing for extension of the *'
Senate committee investigating camlaign
expenditures into election ex enses.
due to the belief that the
democrats are attempting to make
he political issue this year one of
political finances."
After blocking action on the resoution
by recessing instead of ad- '
ourning last night and thereby cut- |
ing off the necessary passage of a
egislative day required for the conideration
of a resolution, the Senile
late in the afternoon referred it
o the Committee on Contingent Extenses
with instructions that it be
eported out favorably today.
Will Be Bitterly Opposed.
Indications were last night that it
vould be bitterly opposed and probibly
defeated by a strictly party
rote, or that action would be deayed
through parliamentary procedire,
so that nothing more could be
lone on the matter until December.
There is no doubt in Washington
hat Democratic circles from the
Vhite House on down consider that
he investigation into preconventlon
xpenses has been the kindest thing
hat the Republicans have ever done
or them, whether intentionally or
tot.
The net result as they see It so
Far is that in exchange for the
lemolition of the Palmer boom the
Republicans have destroyed Wood
ind Lowden, weakened Hiram Jonnlon
and furnished the Democrats
vith campaign thunder of the finest
lort.
Prior to the investigation. ReCONTINUED
ON PAQB TWO.
to come between him ar
/ .. :
him. He carried his years well.v.
She was really fond of his strength,
his wholesome looks, his manliness?perhaps,
if?
"No. no." she said, shaking her
head, positively: "It's out of the
question. I like you a whole lot.
but marryinfc you won't do. My
age and yo?rs are?tiut don't
make me say It again?I told you
In my letter."
The captain flushed a little
through the bronxe on his face.
He was silent for a while, casing
sadly into the twilight. Beyond
a line of woods that he could
see was a field where the boys
In blue had onee bivouacked on
their inarch toward the sea. How
" G. O. P. L
SHES BEG1
:K OF POL
: ?
D. C. Woman Leads
Chicago Pickets
? V
VRp 9 ^
3$. fl B
MRS. ABBY SCOTT BAKEH,
Pioneer Kqual Suffrage^ exponent,
who will direct work
of interesting G. O. P. delegates
in t^ie urgent necessity
of early ratification of the
Nineteenth amendment.
WILSONVETOES
BUDGET BILL
Disapproves Section Giving
Congress Removal Power
Over Officials.
I Psbllr Ledger Service.)
President Wilson last night ve- l|
toed the national budget bill, holding
unconstitutional the section
giving Congress power to remove
the comptroller general and assistant
comptroller general by concur-1
rent resolution. He sent the bill
back to the House immediately, he
said, "with the hope that Congress
may And time before adjournment
to remedy this defect."
Announcing l>ira?elf as In entire
sympathy with budget legislation,
the President asserted that Congress
was wholly without authority
to enact legislation to remove appointees
of the executive branch
of the government except through
the regular course of impeachment.
Favors Legislation.
Although the President's veto I
message dealt entirely with technical
phases 01 the legislation ana j
what he termed the attempt of Con - i
gress to delegate to itself powers ,
not vested in it by the fundamental J
law, it was evident that he sensed i
an effort on the part of members |
of the House and'Senate to remove j
the present comptroller, John Skel- j
ton Williams, whose reappointment, j
made during a recess, of Congress,
has not been confirmed by the Sen- |
Ate.
The tight on Williams in and out
of Congress has been long and bitter.
but Wilson persistently has
supported his appointee.
Feature* of Budget.
The budget bill, sponsored by j
Senator Medill McCormick. of llli- .
nois. provides for a budget bureau
in the Treasury Department, with a
budget officer in each department.
There also would be a general accounting
officer under the C omp
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
GedJes Denies Britaii
Super-Diplomacy
to Draw U. S
By JOHN HEtHLEY.
England is not employing indirect
means to draw the I nited
States Into the league of nations.
Sir Auckland Geddes authorlxed this ,
statement yesterday.
The British Ambassador liere specifically
denied that England was
playing supei-diplomacy with the
Vatican with such an end in view.
Reports to the contrary had been
current In America and Italy for
some time back, cr.d had created
considerable comment.
A similar denial could not be obtained
at the Blltmore street ifTlce
of the apostolic delegation. Arch- ,
id the one he loved?
Fate and Father Time had tricked
him sorely. Just a few years
Interposed between himself and
happiness!
Theodora's hand crept down and
rested In the clasp of his firm,
brown one. She felt, at least, that
sentiment that is akin to love.
"Don't take It so hard, please,"
she aald, gently. "It'8 a11 *or the
best. I've reasoned it out very
wisely all by myself. Some day
you'll be (lad I didn't marry you.
It would be very nice and lovely
for a while?but. Just think! In
only a few shdrt years what different
tastea we would have! One
of us would want to alt by the
fireside and read. maybe auw
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SUSPENSION OF C(
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JOHNSON TRIES
ROUGH TACTICS
"" "
Berates Correspondent and
Indicates Anger With
Bad News.
By WILLIS J. ABBOT.
Chicago. 111.. June 4. ? The caveman
tactics of Hiram Johnson are
Just at present awakening the lively
interest of the convention crowds
and enlivening a situation which
would otherwise, in the absence of
the big leaders, be somewhat monotonous.
Senator Johnson has evidently
conceived the Idea that only the last
half of the Rooseveltian maxim,
"Speak softly, but carry a big stick,"
can avail in his present struggle.
Daily interviews with newspapermen
are examples of political trucu- i
lence. Not common among men seeking
national support, he is never
going to urge or advocate anything;
"demand" 1s his most moderate
term, and usually he promises a
light.
Berates lorrrapoidril.
Today he created a scene when a
well-known (Correspondent introduced
to him Frederic W. Wile, the
political correspondent of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Certain evidence
given recently by Wile before
the Senatorial investigating committee
was displeasing to Johnson. Even
more displeasing was the fact that
the ledger had taken the lead in
COXTINfSD OX PAfiE TWO.
REDSREfREAT
AFTER ATTACK
Offensive Breaking Except
Near Kiev?Teheran
Capture Denied.
*
London, June 4.?The Persian Legation
here today officially denied
the reports that Bolsheviki had entered
Teheran, capital of Persia.
The British war office today reported
that the Bolshevik offensive j
apparently was breaking down and
that the Red armies were abandoning
their attacks on all parts of the
line except to the northeast of Kiev.
During the height of the assault
upon their positions the Poles were
forced to fall back In some places. ;
and south of Borisev. which Is about
280 miles northwest of Kiev, the
Reds managed to cross the River
Berezina. This advance was made,
however, by attacks which were preliminary
to the big attack. It was
said.
n Is Playing
Through Vatican
. Into World League
bishop Bor.zano was hurriedly leaving
for a visit outside of Washington,
and his eecietary would say
nothing.
The Osservatore Romano, however,
a day or two ago implicitly
characterized the story as lalse.
The Holy See's official organ denied
the Italian press item that A. J.
Balfour had fropesed the Vatican's
admission into the league of nations
to the Pope.
Balfour Without Authority.
The British Embassy confirmed
this denial of the Osiervatore Romano.
Balfour, it was said, would
CONTINUKD ON PAGE SEVEN.
0
nlngs. while the other would be
crasy for balls and theaters and
later suppers. No, my dear friend.
While It Isn't exactly January and
May. It's a clear case of October
and pretty early In June."
"I'd always do what you wanted
me to do. Theo. If you wanted
to
"No. you wouldn't. You think
now that you would., but you
wouldn't. Please don't ask me
any more."
The captain had lost hla battle.
But he was a gallant warrior,
and when he roae to make his
final adieu his mouth was grimly
set and his shoulders were
squared.
Ha took tht train (or the Nortb
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CAGO;
JABBLING
DNGRESS
Y DELEGATES
FOR INSTRUCTION
Authoritative Statements as
Scarce as Responsible Direction
? Situation of
Confusion Proving Advantageous
for Johnson
Brand of Politics.
By ROBERT T. BARRY.
(PiWIe Lr4((r Service.)
Chica.ro. June 4-?The Republican
party in Chicago u suffering; from
precisely the same malady that
proved so troublesome in Washington.
What it needs more than anything;
else is leadership. Much of
the confusion and all of the indirection
prevalent here tcday has been
traced to the lack of responsible
guidance. The party leaders have
come to the convention lacking in
aim and purpose, and as a result
they are shivering and shaking as
to what might happen here next
week.
It was so well established in
Washington that the Republican
leaders ran lr.to all soits of snarls
because they lacked a rudder, that
the political agents of the party,
concerned above everything eUc
with party success, heaved sighs of
relief upon learning ytttcioay thai
Congress had resolved to adjourn.
On every hand was heard the statement,
"Thars the first smart politics
they have played in a long
time."
Leaders Assembling.
Now the party leaders are assembling
here. It is next to impossible
to obtain an authoritative
statement about anything. The Old
Guard leaders instead of, as pictured.
sitting back, holding the
trump cards, are busy trying to ascertain
what the delegates are
thinking. They want to jump with
the crowd and have it appear they
won a victory. They are deplorably
shy on dictation. They axe
seeking guidrnce. Their card index
of unlaWfucted delegates is
not coming on satisfactorily.
Senator Hiram Johnson has been
quick to sense the true situation.
CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX.
SHRTlRSFERE
READY FOR TRIP
105 from Almas Patrol Go- j
ing to Imperial Council
At Portland.
.Washington Shriners. 105 strong,
many of them accompanied by their '
wives, will start on their Journey
to the annual meeting of the 1m- !
perial Council at Portland. Oregon.
Sunday. June 13.
The local delegation will be comprised
of the Almas Patrol, of forty
members, the brass band, of thirty
members, the Oriental Band, of
twelve members, and approximately
twenty-flve members of the Almas
Temple. The trip to Portland
will take a week, stopovers having
been arranged for the party at Colorado
Springs and Salt Lake City.
The council will open Tuesday,
June 22, and last through Thursday.
June 24. Folowing the convention,
the District of Columbia party will
divide, some returning by way of
Toronto, Can., and others via San
Francisco.
Henry Lansburgh. Roe Fulkerson,
Leonard P. Steuart and F. Lawrence
Walker will represent Almas Temple
at the Imperial Council. Cap- |
tain Edwin C. Dutton will be in '
char ire of the Almas Patrol; Fred I
C. Bloa0 in charge of the Brass
Band and Claude C. Dunkle, the
Oriental Band.
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
IS PROVOST VERDICT 'j
Mt. Clemens. Mich.. June 4.?Lloyd
Prevost was found guilty by a Jury
tonight of murder in the first degree.
He was charged with slaying I
Stanley Brown, wealthy clubman.
The jury deliberated three hours.
By 0. HENRY
- ? 1 " 9
that night On the next evening
he was back in his room, where
his ?word was hanging against
the wall. He was dressing for
dinner, tying his white tie into I
yery careful bow. And at th?
same time he was Indulging in l
pensive soliloquy.
'"Pon my honor, I believe The?
was right, after all. Nobody cai
deny that she's a peach, but sh?
must be twenty-eight, at the very
kindest calculation." . >
For you see. the captain wu
only nineteen, and his sword had
never been drawn except on the
' parade ground Chattanooga. _
which was as scar as he ever gotv
to the Spanish-American war. i
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