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ASM INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
14 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1920
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VOL. XXXI., NO. 53
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UP CHALLENGE
ON PACT ISSUE
Would "Gladly Welcome"
Referendum On Foreign
Relations Questions, He
Says, In Reply to Wilson
Statement G. O. P. Fac
tions Declare Loyalty.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 18 Senator
Harding', the Republican presidential
nominee, today answered President
Wilson's challenge to make the peace
treaty the dominant issue in the com
ing campaign with a statement that
the Republican party would "gladly
welcome a referendum on the question
of the foreign relationship of this re
public." The Republican candidate in further
replying to the president's declara-
lions as contained in an interview pub
lished today, expressed confidence
that "the Republican attitude of pre
served nationality will be overwhelm
ingly endorsed."
Hoover Comes Out For Harding
Mr. Harding's assertions, made to
newspaper men at his daily confer
ence, were closely followed by a state
ment by Herbert Hoover, one of the
senator's rivals for the nomination, en
dorsing the choice of the Chicago con
vention and urging all Republicans to
support the national ticket.
Mr. Hoover issued his statement
after 'a breakfast conference with Sen
ator Harding, arranged by the latter.
The conference, it was explained, was
part of the Republican nominee's gen
eral plan of meeting party leaders to
learn their views and bring together
into a harmonious organization the
various party groups. '
The former food administrator, in his
statement, said the Republican plat
form for the most part was construc
tive and progressive and the com
promise planks on the treaty and labor
as well as on a number of other sub
jects were susceptible to a "forward
looking interpretation."
Some issues, including reorganiza
tion of election expenditures and the
primaries, he added, "were not ade
quately dealt with" but the develop
ment of several party organizations
built upon several individual view
points would be disastrous.
Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania,
who was one of the candidates for the
Republican nomination, in a letter re
reived today congratulated Senator
Harding and assured him of his sup
port in the campaign.
"It i3 needless to tell you." Governor
Sproul wrote, "that I am pleased with
the whole situation .nd that you -will
have my devoted services in any way
in which they may be useful."
Wood Backers Declare "Loyalty"
A similar letter also was received
from Franklin MacVeagh. former sec
retary of the treasury, who asked the
senator to "accept the hearty and loyal
good wishes of a beaten Wood man."
"My guess is," said Mr. MacVeagh,
"that your attitude in the campaign
from the beginning will show that
progressives of the Wood stripe are
easily included in your political sym
pathies and that as a candidate and
subsequently, as president, you will
stand as a progressive conservative,
which is as near as need be to the re
sultant of the opposing tendencies of
the party."
Representative Smith of Idaho, whs
discussed reclamation with Mr. Hard
ing today, said after His visit that
"Senator Harding spoke enthusias
tically of the development of land and
he is very muAi in favor of it."
For the first time since last Monday,
Senator Harding broke the spell of
work and went to the golf links where
he played a round with Senator El
kins, representative of West Virginia
and T. E. Scobey of San Antonio,
Texas, and R. B. Creager of Browns
ville, Texas.
HARDING
?" Fear New Outbreak
At Duluth Appeal
For State Troops
ST. PAUL. June 18. Fearing a fur
ther outbreak Saturday night at Du
luth, where three negroes were lynched
Tuesday night, officials appealed to
Governor Burnquist tonight to send
troops to patrol the streets. Fourteen
negroes are still in jail and threats
have been made against them, it is
said.
The governor immediately ordered F
battery and a machine gun detachment
to proceed to Duluth at once and they
will arrive early tomorrow.
The troops comprise 101 men and 4
officers.
Sheriff Magic, over the long-distance
telephone, told Adjutant General VV. F.
Rhinow here that ho had received re
ports that an organized attempt would
be mad Saturday nisrht to storm the
"mil in an effort to lynch the 14 negroes
being held in connection with an al
leged assault upon a 17-year-old whit?
girl at Duluth last Mondav.
Reformers Soon
To Wage War On
Tobacco, Claim
ATLANTIC CITY. N. .1.. June IS
Threats by "reformers" to legis
late tobacco out of the country were
reported to the convention f the
Tobacco Association of the Fnited
States here, by K. ;. Webb, its sec
retary treasurer. lie said it did not
constitute being an alarmist to real
ize that a serious danger confronts
the tobacco trade
"The professional reformers
must have employment .ind nmv
the have Iceted to attack tobac
co." he said, calling upon his col
leagues to fiSht the a nt i-tobacco
lio el!V-i'.l before jt is ten !ae.
"!'!,!-. he said, should be done bv
co'j;iicr:;ctiu p: op: ganda designed
to pre judii e the public .itainsi tin-t:-e
of J. v. , ed.
Ex-Hun Kaiser
Critically III
Says Newspaper
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BERLIN, June 18. The . Nuntn
Badsche Landszeitung learns from
a trustworthy source that the for
mer German emperor is critical-
rootToTds for
small nations
N WORLD COURT
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
THE HAGUE, June IS The jurists
composing the commission for the
permanent court of justice, who are
meeting at the peace palace in an en
deavor to draft a plan for a world
court for submission to the league of
nations, temporarily laid aside today
a multitude of plans for the court and
plunged into an independent discussion
of what they considered the most im
portant question, the manner of th.j
selection of the judges. N The problem,
which involves the rights of small, as
compared with large, nations will oc
cupy several days in threshing out.
Elihu Root, representing America,
spoke op this question. He pointed
out the importance of deciding how
small nations should be adequately
represented on the panel of judges.
Dr. George Hagerup of Norway con
tended that it was advisable that all
nations, great and small, should have
an equal voice and vote in the selec
tion of judges. The jurists seemed
convinced that the small states would
be loath to participate in the court if
dominated by larger states.
This and other questions will hold
the attention of the jurists for perhaps
a month, by which time they hope to
have complete a draft, ready to sub
mit to the league. As President Wil
son, however, has not yet called the
Brussels assembly, there is some feel
ing of uncertainty.
Generally speaking, Mr. Root takes
the stand that the supreme court of
the United States, which is not elect
ed, but appointed, and functions with
out political control, should be the
basis of the world court. In a speech
today he explained that the problems
confronting the jurists were compar
able to the tasks of the leaders of the
13 - American - states -drawing up the
constitution, where they had. to as-
ouase ine tears inai me smaller states
would be swallowed by the large ones.
The commission refused to permit
the substitution of Raoul Fernendez,
member of the reparations commission
from Brazil, for Dr. Clovis Bevilacqua,
the Brazilian jurist, who had been In
vited by the council of the league. It
was decided that substitutes should
not be permitted, particularly as the
jurists attending had not been chosen
as the representatives of any nation,
but solely because they were consid
ered among the world's most eminent
jurists.
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SERIOUS EFFECTS TO
INDUSTRIES FORECAST
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 18 A coal
shortage next winter, which may cur
tail production of iron and steel and
seriously affect other industries, is
foreseen by the federal reserve board
in its review tonight of business, in
dustrial and financial conditions for
the month of May. The situation al
ready is acute in some districts, ac
cording to the board, and production
in many lines is being held down.
Production of coal is being curtailed
chiefly as a result of car shortage, the
reserve board reports. It estimated the
car supply at mines in the East at
only 30 iter cent normal. Labor diffi-1
culties, while complicating the situa
tion, are considered by the board as
only a minor cause of reduced coal pro
duction. Efforts of shippers on the Great
Lakes to facilitate movement of coal
by pooling their shipments are regard
ed by the board as only a partial
remedy.
In the Southwest, according to the
review, many mines are operating only
two-thirds capacity. Coal shipments
to other countries are reported as light.
No reduction of coal prices is in sight,
the board Fays.
Commenting on the far-reaching ef-
: feet of the car shortage and freight
.congestion, the reserve board states
j that reports of its agents indicate that
! the "transportation tie-up is largely
ithe result of the railroad strike, which
j still continues over a large section of
! the country."
DECIDE ON RULE
FOR HOLY LAND
rRepublican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK. June IS Details for
the government of Palestir.e have been
worked out into a, -definite program byj
i ne jiiiku je. ei liiiit itL uiu.t me Zion
ists, according to a London dispatch
to the Jewish correspondence bureau
in re. dated June IS.
"The Zionists," says the message,
"will control immigration and will
centralize land purchase by acquiring
stat binds. All inhabitants will have
complete internal cultural and judicial
autonomy.
! -Thc Hed.jaz railway and the Eitany
river will form the Palestine boun
da l ies.
'The Xionists plan ' raise a bic;
national loan, with a budget of $ :!kii.mmj
ioi next e;,r. I mmi.cra t ion will begin
in the autumn at the rate- of ;j,t)0' itn
iniurants a month, this number being
-: radiia lly increa sol.
"The Jewish assemblv in Palestine
will be established as the supreme
legislative Jewi.-h body."
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, June IS. Solution of
the mystery surrounding the murder of
Joseph Bowne Klwell, turfman and
whist expert, shot in his home here
June 11, is 'as far off," as a week
ago.. District Attorney Swann an
nounced tonight. The investigation
centered today in the examination of
Mrs. Marie Larsen, housekeeper for
Elweli. and Edward Rhodes, his
chauffeur.
Rhodes said it was a custom of El
well to accost girls and women upon
the street and invite them to ride in
his automobile. The chauffeur told
District Attorney Swann he had driven
Elweli and various women about fre
quently and that one of the companions
of the turfman on these trips was the
mysterious "Miss Wilson" who, Mrs.
Earsen had testified, was the owner of
the feminine wearing apparel found in
El well's rooms.
Mrs. Larsen insisted she had told
all she knew about the case. She ad
mitted she had removed the feminine
clothing from Elwell's room while the
police were downstairs on the morning
of the .shooting, but said she con
cealed the articles "simply because
they were women's things."
She declared she saw no weapon and
that she never knew of a gun beias
kept in the house.
Mrs. Larsen said she had never seen
Victor Von Schlegell in the house.- Von
Schlegell is the divorced husband of
Viola Kraus, one of the members of the
party with whom Elweli dined at the
Ritz the night before he was shot.
There were but three keys to the
house so far as she knew, Mrs. larsen
told Mr. Swann, and these were kept
by Elweli, Rhodes and herself.
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"John Doe" Probe
Of Jewel Robbery
Develops Conflicts
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
EAST HAMPTON, N. T.. June 18.
Four witnesses had been examined to
day in the "John Doe" inquiry into the
$300,000 jewel theft from the iiome of
Enrico Caruso, noted tenor,' when It
was announced the hearing would be
adjourned until Wednesday. Those
questioned during the day by District
Attorney Eeroy M. Toting were Mrs.
Caruso, Mrs. Park Benjamin, Jr., her
sister-in-law; Miss TJndicotti Ristori,
Italian maid of the Caruso household,
and Frank Kerrara, butler.
Testimony of -Mrs. Rerljrvutin and the
maid developed a conflict. The former
declared she had seen the looted jewel
box opened only once, and then by
Miss Ristori. The maid denied the
statement, saying that when Mrs. Ca
ruso had once sent her for the neck
lace, which has been stolen, the case
was opened by Mrs. Benjamin, who
handed her the jewels for delivery to
the tenor's wife. Miss Ristori at first
testified she had never opened the
case, but later admitted having done
so when an electrician was in the
house. The electrician, according to
the district attorney, ha' given infor
mation that the maid and Ferrara were
"playing with" the jewel bor while he
was at work in Mrs. Caruso's boudoir.
Miss Ristori said the burglar alarm
sounded when she opened the case, but
that Ferrara was not in the room at
the time. She testified she last saw
the jewels in the case the Saturday
night before the robbery.
Says Gov't Had No
Hand In Purchase
Of Argentina Sugar
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. June 18. The
Fnited States government had no con
nection with the recent purchase of
14,000 tons of Argentine sugar beyond
lending its influence to have export
restrictions removed. Howard Figg,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral, announced today. First reports
that this was a government purchase.
Mr. Fig said, "has caused considerable
confusion in the public mind, as wc!i
as in official circles."
American intecests who purchased
the sugar hac- since co-operated with
the department" of justice in working
out plans for distributing it to the
essential industries. It was estimated
that the 14.000 tons will be sufficient
to supply these industries for 60 days
and thereby release other sugar stocks
for distribution among housewives
during the approaching tanning
season.
The Argentine sugar, said Mr. Figg,
is expected to arrive between July 1
and September 1.
Ask U. S. to Continue
Inspection of Cattle
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CHICAHO, June lc. The National
livestock exchange today adopted a
resolution protesting against elimina
tion of federal inspection of cattle by
the bureau of animal industry. A com
mittee was named to present the pro
test to Kuwin T. Meredith, secretary
nr agriculture. ith a request that the
inspection be continued.
The resolution declared that the in
spection of livestock at the time of
weighing was of great value to pro
ducers as well as to salesmen ar.-f
buyers.
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Frick Personal
Estate Valued
at $77 ,500 9000
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PITTSBURG, June. 18. Ap
. praisers of the estate of the late
Henry C. Frick filed their report
with the register of wills today.
The valuation of the personal es
tate is placed at $77,500,000, which
includes stock holdings valued at
$49,1 50,211.90.
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TO HEAD A. F. OF L,
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
MONTREAL, June 18 The Ameri
can Federation of Labor again ex
pressed its confidence in the leader
ship of Samuel Gompers, its veteran
president, when it re-elected him to
day for the thirty-ninth time at its
fortieth annual convention here and
returned to office his entire adminis
tration cabinet.
His election was virtually unani
mous. The only delegate who voted
against him was James A. Duncan of
the Seattle Central Labor council,
leader of the progressive wing of the
federation.
The delegates gave the elderly labor
leader a tremendous .ovation when he
declared:
"I accept the call to' duty and I will
obey." He was much affected by the
demonstration.
Representatives of the railway work
ers' organizations seconded Mr. Gomp
ers" nomination, which was made by
George W. Perkins of the Cigar
Makers' union. They pledged their
hearty support to his leadership, de
claring that the convention's action of
yesterday in indorsing government
ownership of the railways should not
be construed as urepudiation of his
administration.
Mr. Gompers explained that the fed
eration had not changed its view in
connection with the use of light wines
and - beer, manufacture and sale of
which was advocated by the conven
tion last year.
Timothy llealy of New York, presi
dent of the Stationary Firemen, ana
Sara B. Con boy of the -Textile Workers
tonisht wre "ejected fraternal dele
gates to the British-Trades and Fnion
congress.
The convention then adjourned until
tomorrow.
peopleWdnTbuy,
so prices decline,
bis bank asserts
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, June IS. Recent de
clines in the prices of a few commo
dities are not to be regarded as isolated
instances, but are part of a gradual
ayJ general movement that has been
under way for a considerable time, the
National Bank of Commerce declared
in a statement issued here today.
'"Despite numerous and widespread
complaints as to the unsatisfactory
condition of production in the United
States, the fact remains that since the
recovery from the temporary hesita
tion following the armistice, this coun
try has increased production in cer
tain directions." the statement said.
"A factor not to be overlooked at
this time is the increasing unemploy
ment. In some districts large num
bers of men are out of work as a re
sult of disorganized transportation.
This effect has been especially note
worthy in the coal regions and in the
great centers of automobile manufac
ture. "Refusal of the public to accept in
creased prices, or even to maintain a
volume of purchase equal to that of re
cent months at the level of prices then
prevailing, has reacted sharply on some
sections of the textile industry and on
the garment trades. Considerable un
employment in these industries has re
sulted. "The agricultural districts continue
to suffer from labor shortage, but it is
now believed that reasonably adequate
help for the harvests will be secured.
The agricultural outlook is. on the
whole, quite favorable for the grain
crops.'
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Final Rites For
! Financier To Be
Held Sunday P. M.
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
I NEW YORK. June 18. Funeral
services for George W. Perkins, finan-
cier, who died today in the Stamford
j Hall sanitarium, Stamford. Conn., will
be held Sunday afternoon from the
i Presbyterian church at Riverdale, a
j suburb. The body arrived here to
night and was taken to the Perkins
home, where it will lie in state until
Sunday.
i The services will be private and the
! Rev. R. MacKenzie of the Riverdale
i Presbyterian church will officiate. In
terment will be made in the family plot
in Woodlawn cemetery.
: The honorary pallbearers, as an-
notmced tonight, will be Cleveland II.
j Dodge, Frank A. Munsey, Elbert H.
: ary. J. P. Morgan, fieorgc F. Raker,
; Sr.. Richard V. Llndsbury, Lewis L.
i De la field and Thomas Buekner.
; POLES DEFEAT SOVIETS
I WARSAW. June IS By carefully!
i laid plans, saitl the Polish official com- I
muriique issued today, Polish infantry I
'and cavalry detachments surrounded j
j and defeated one of the Russian cav- :
airy divisions of General Budenny's
! army in the region of Kadomysl. 50 ;
miles west of Kiev. Flight hundred,
j prisoners, eight guns and 60" field j
i wagons are reported to have been cap-
1 tured. i
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VOTE UNANIMOUS
W on't Permit Name to Go Before San
Francisco ConventionRegarded One
of Strongest Democratic Candidates
SENATOR GLASS
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW York, June 18
William G. McAdoo,
who has been consid
ered by party leaders as
one of the principal can
didates for the Demo
cratic presidential nom
ination, announced to
night he could not per
mit his name to" go be
fore the San Francisco
convention.
This decision' he
said, 4 'is irrevocable as
the path of duty seem
to me clear and-unmis-takeable."
Friends Say Nomination Certain
His decision w-as made known in a
telegram to Jouett Shouse, Democratic
delegate at large from Kansas, who
had telegraphed Mr. McAdoo that sen
timent throughout the country was
rapidly crystalizin.g in his favor, that
his friends would like to have him per
mit his name to be presented to the
convention and that they were certain
he could be nominated and elected.
McAdoo's telegram, follows:
'"Your message of June 17 require?
an explicit and immediate answer. 1
am profoundly grateful to you and my
Oilier generous fri-mds. who with such
spontaneity and unselfishness, without
my solicitation, advocated my nomina
tion. To cause them disappointment
distressed me deeply, but I am unable
to reconsider the position I have con
sistently maiatained. namely, that I
would not seek the nomination for the
presidency. I cannot, therefore, permit
my name to go before the convention;
this decision is irievocable as the path
of duty seems to me clear and unmis
takable. "The considerations which compelled
me to resign as secretary of the treas
ury and director general of railroads
after the armistice in 191S. in large
measure, still prevail. I must have a
reasonable opportunity to rehabilitate
my private affairs and to make that
provision for my family which, in time
of peace, is at once the sacred duty
and the cherished desire of every right
thinking man. Having been out of of
fice less than IS months, I have not
yet been able to accomplish these ob
jects. Moreover, a presidential cam
paign imposes upon a candidate un
avoidable expenses which I am unable
to assume and which I do not want
my "friends to assume.
"The record of the present Republi
can congress and the platform and
candidates of the Republican national
convention make Democratic victory in
the next -election almost certain. Vic
tory will be certain if the Democrats
adopt a straightforward, unequivocal,
unevasive. honest and liberal platform
and put forward candidates who will
command public confidence.
Urges Firm Stand for League
"We must stand squarely for ratifi
cation of the leigue of nations with
out debilitating reservations and we
must be direct and explicit on the im
portant domestic issues. The times
are not propitio.is for equivocation or
for appeals to blind passion or to doc
trines of hate, or for reactionaries and
those who would shut their ears to the
great and swelling voice of humanity
which cries aloud for the restoration
of peace and good will at home and in
the world and for the opportunity to
live in an atmosphere of justice, prog
ress and prosperity.
-"I feel sure that my friends will ap
preciate the sin:erity and propriety of
my position and they will do every
thing in their lower at San Francisco
to assume the continuation of the en
lightened principles and liberal policies
of democracy. These are more than
ever essential to the security and well
being of the American people."
Mr. Shouse's telegram, to which Mr.
McAdoo repliec., said:
"Sentiment throughout the country
rapidly crystalizing in favor your nom
ination. I kno v you have consistently
stated that you are not a candidate
and that you will not seek nomination.
Your many friends would like to have j
you reconsider your attitude at least !
to extent of permitting your name to I
be presented to convention. We are !
certain you can be nominated and i
elected." :
To Support Glass Candidacy
WASHINGTON, June 18 Mr. Shouse :
expressed his views reh.iive to the i
candidacy of Senator Glass after re
ceiving Mr. McAdoo's telegram. Testi-
mony recently presented in (he senate
campaign expenditures investigating j
committee identified Mr. Shouse as one i
of those participating in a conference j
here several weeks ago at which the j
candidacy of Mr. McAdoo was dis- I
cussed. , j
-Mr. Shouse declared The movement ;
for the nomination of Senator Glass
"has already reached formidable pro-
portions, and his stipporteis assert that ;
he will occupy, from the first ballot, a j
commanding position in the rate ut
San Francisco."
"Sena tor Mass has been anions the
most enthusiastic of the McAdoo sup
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SECOND CHOICE
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Former secretary of the treasury
and regarded by many Democrats
as their strongest presidential pos
sibility, who announced last night
his withdrawal from the Demo
cratic presidential race.
porters," said Mr. Shouse. "It is
true
that the Virginia delegation was in
structed to support its senator, but it
was understood that Senator Glass ex
pected to throw his support to Mr.
McAdoo. V'
'.'Newts of the McAdoo withdrawal in
Washington today was immediately
followed by the announcement on the
part of a number of the most loyal
McAdoo- men that they would exert
themselves to the limit 'on behalf of
Senator Glass. They predict that the
KUgrgestion of Senator Glass will meet
with instant response and favor, not
only in the South, but in many sections
of the Kast, North and West.
"The senator was Wrought promi
nently before the public by his work
in the Victory loan. Previous to his
appointment to the cabinet position he
had already achieved a national repu
tation through the authorship of the
federal reserve act and the federal
farm loan act. He has been regarded
as one of the -most loyal and one ol
the ablest of the administration's sup
porters in the senate."
Withdrawal Stirs Convention City
SAN FRANCISCO. June 18. An
nouncement by William G. McAdoo
that he could not permit his name to
be put before the Democratic conven
tion divided interest here today with
the arrival of leaders of Governor Cox'
faction and a declaration by Mrs. Abby
Scott Baker of the National Woman's
party.
"Our party will demand that the
Democrats give us the thirty-sixth
state," Mrs. Baker said; in other words,
that they use all their influence to add
the one ratification by'a state legisla
ture of the national suffrage amend
ment to the constitution necessary to
make suffrage a national law. A reso
lution in the platform will help, but in
structions by the powers that be in
the Democratic party to those lower
down is what wiU count most of all."
Mrs. Baker, who is one of the women
w-ho directed the picketing of the white
house, charged the Republican conven
tion with having dodged the suffrago
issue. In Vermont and Connecticut
there are Republican majorities in the
legislatures which would ratify the
amendment on instructions from the
party leaders, she said.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washing
ton, I). C, who has been working in
behalf of Mr. McAdoo, said that his
announcement was something that had
been feared for a long time.
Prepared Statement Ldng Ago
"We who are friends of Mr. McAdoo
and most anxious to bring about his
nomination have known for months
that he would be apt to make a state
ment of this nalurt-," she said.
"As a matter of fact, he prepared
a similar statement before this and
friends induced him to hold it up.
"He has! never given anyone permis
sion to place him in nomination, and
although some of us have taken steps
to that end, it lias been with the un
derstanding it would be necessary to
get his acceptance.
"However. 1 have heard him say
many times that if the people, through
their delegates, called upon him to
take the nomination, it would be his
patriotic duty to accept.
The first formal meeting of the sub
committee on arrangements was held
today. Homer S. Cummings, c hairman
of the Democratic national committee,
presided.
Announce Appointments
After the meeting or the sub-committee
on arrangements the following
appointments were announced, subject
to the approval of the national com
mittee, which is to meet on June 2":
Temporary chairman. Homer S.
Cummings. Connecticut: secretary,
Kdward G. Hoffman, Indiana: execu
tive secretary, W. R. Hollister. Mis
souri: chief reading secretary. Repre
sentative Thomas I". Smith. New
VorK', former secretary of Tammany
Hall; chief tally clerk. A. R. Canfield.
Michigan: parliamentarian, Clarence
Cannon. Missouri, former parliajuenta -Han
of til" Fnited States house of rep
resentatives: honorary serseant-a t -arms.
John R. Martin. Missouri; ser
geant -at -arm--. .1. .1. Hi;-hes. Omaha:
chief doorkeeper, ,7. J. Sinnott, Vir
ginia: officia' reporter, Harry Couch,
Indiana.
The committee announced tint, there
v ere still a number of assistant secre
taries and assistant reading clerks to
be rained and that these appointees:
would likely be women.
FORMER NEVADA
lii;i!K Kl.KV, Cal..
GOV. PASSES
June IS -.lewett
W. Adams, forinet
died at lbs home
When a lad he w
John C. I-'retnoni
general on some -in
California and
governor of Nevada,
lu re today, aged S.j.
is a protege of Gen.
and went with tb'
f his exploring trips
Nevada. He was a
1 native of Vermont.
INNER CIRCLES
NOT SURPRISE
Br STATEIP
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, June 18 (By th
Associated Press) The refusal at'
William -G. McAdoo to allow his nam
to be presented to the Demorcatic na-
tional convention apparently did not.
come as a very great surprise in iu
nr administration circles. To other
Democratic leader's in Washington,'
however, it seemed to be wholly unex-
pected and to his frienda it came as ac
keen disappointment.
Some party leaders said tonight Mr.
MwAdoo's self elimination left the sit
uation more or less "in flux." They'
regarded the former secretary of thai
treasury as one of the foremost can
didates for the nomination. While Mr.
'McAdoo had insisted from the first that.
he was not a candidate and that Un
delegates should go to San Francisco,
uninstructed, it is known that a num
ber of them were favorable to his can-'
didacy.
All McAdoo Plans Laid
In fact, the McAdoo boom had
reached such proportions that tho
senate committee, which investigated
pre-con vention expenditures made re
peated efforts to locate a national or
ganization behind it. B. M. liuruch oC
New York and a number of others
were questioned, but they insisted that
there was no organization and nu
funds on behalf of Mr. McAdoo had
been spent. Dr. Burria Jenkins of
Kansas City, Mo., had planned to placw
Mr. McAdoo's name before iho con
vention. He was invited to do so at
a meeting of McAdoo tupportrs herw
last month wl.ich was attended
by
Jouett Shouse, assistant secretary of
the tifasury, D. C. Roper, former com
missioner of internal revenue, Frank
R. Wilson, former director of Liberty
loan publicity and others.
Coincident with Mr. McAdoo's an
nouncement that ho would, not permit
his name to go before the convention,
Mr. Shouse issued a statement say
ing that an "active fight" would be
waged for the nomination of Senator
Carter Glass of Virginio, who has
been looked upon as the certain choici:
to head the resolutions committee at
San Francisco.
Mr. Shouse declared that the
movement for the nomination of Sen
ator Glass "has already reached for
midable proportions," and that "a.
number of the most loyal McAdoo
men" had declared that they "would
exert themselves to the limit on be
half of Senator Glass."
Mr. Glass was one of the administra
tion leader in the house of represen
tatives until he resigned to become
secretary of the treasury when Mr. Mc
Adoo retired. While in the house, lie
fathered the federal reserve and tho
farm loan acts and since his appoint
ment to the senate by Governor Thomas
S. Martin, he has supported tiie pieti
dent in the treaty fight.
Glass Framed Virginia Platform
It was Senator Glass who framed
the Virginia Democratic platform with
the league of nations plank which
President Wilson recently publicly ap
proved and which is expected to form
the basis for the league plank at San
Francisco.
The Virginia delegation has been in-;
structed to vote for Senator Glass at,
San Francisco.
The elimination of Mr. McAdoo liar-,
j rows the field to 11 contestants so far
las is now known. Attorney General j
(Palmer will enter the balloting witli,
jthe Pennsylvania delegation instructed
'for him and probably with 'at least a
j part of the delegation from Georgia,
in which state he received a plurality i
of the. primary vote.
! Delegates from Ohio and Kentucky,
i have been instructed for Gov. James '
M. (.'ox of Ohio, w hile those from New j
Jersey have been instructed for Gov.J
Kdward I. Edwards of New Jersey.;
Other instructed delegates are: No-'
hraska for Senator G. M. Hitchcock
of that state: Iowa for Secretary .Mere
dith of the department of agriculture:
Oklahoma for Senator Robert I,. Owen
of that state; South Dakota for James
W. Gerard, former ambassador to tier
many; North Carolina, for Senator I'.
M. Simmons, and Oregon for McAdoo.
J. W. Davis of West Virginia, iim-
! bussador to Great Britain,, and Homer
' S. Cumminp.- of Connecticut, chairman
I of the Democratic national committee,
whose names arc also expected to he
I presented to the convention, have no
delegations instructed tor tin-m ano
with the exception of states named the
delegations are uninstructed.
Representative Flood, of Virginias
four delegates-at-largc to San Fvan-
! Cisco, in it statement said:
' Glass Still Favors McAdoo
; -Hi, McAdoo's withdrawal liililt
greatly to the strength of Senator
! Glass and the Virginia delegation will
push Mr. Glass' chances earnestly and
: enthusiastically in a great hope of suc
' cess."
I Senator Glass of Virginia, in a state
I merit to the Associated Press tonight,
I declared he still favored the nomina
llion of William G. McAdoo by the
'Democratic party for president, not -I
withstanding Mr. McAdoo's decision
not to permit his name p be presented
at the party's national con vcri' ion.
Told that some supporters of Mr.
McAdoo were now planning to urge U;
'nomination. Senator Glass .-aid:
'I still favor Mr. .McAdoo's nomina
tion. Kvon if I could measure up to th..
stature "f the kind o'' man u horn th"
con en; ion should vea'ly nominate, t
live in a -t.'ou thai J- relied upon in
furn-l'-li ;he .-!- f r. i ! oies, t"ii nor to
i supply the candidate.''
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