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B Fine Year-No. Price. Five Cents OGDEN CITY, UTAH THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE loTl920. ' - ' LAST EDITION 4 P. M. J
1C SMJILL5ET
After Short Morning Session
Delegates Are Given Recess
Until Four
NEWS OF AGREEMENT
SOUNDLY CHEERED
Report of Platform Committee i
Expected to Start Off
Oratorical Fireworks j
COLISEUM Chicago, June 10.
While awaiting Hie report of the plat-J
i'orm committee the Republican nation
al convention held a brief session ihis
morning and then much to the dlsap-1
pointment of the galleries, took a re-'
cess until 4 o'clock this afternoon. I
When the convention assembled the!
platform committee was engaged in
the struggle over the plank on the
peace treaty and It looked as if much
time might be lost.
There was a consideration of plans
to go ahead with nominating speedier,
while awaiting the platform report, but
there was objection to that and it was
abandoned.
While the convention managers were
debating what to do. the word came
from downtowij that the platform sub-j
I conimitee had agreed on a report and a
i few minutes later Senator McCormick,(
F of Illinois, one of the sub-comm;ttee.'
members, appeared on the speakers'
f platform and announced that r.n unani-
mous agreement had been reai 2d byi!
' ) the'sub-committeo which promised tin- ,
, Ion of the party apd victory in Novem
Motion for Recess. 1
Mr. McCormick presented a motion :
i? for a recess Until -1 o'clock but there,5
r' was a roar of ayes and noes frotn thej
delegates and galleries and Chairman
, Lodge was compelled to call for iii
fjUndntg-votri nn-wliicTi ho'decided tmTft-,
the majority wanted the recess. 'r
Behind its schedule and still awn.it-' t
ing the outcome of the platform fight
the Republican national convention as-,(
sembled today for its third session. U
TVw, l-ncnlntlr.iw' pnnimilli'M flutt'll-I
I xne resolutions cuiiimiuiue uu
town was a bigger show than the con
vention itself and there were prospects
I of a small house. The band and the
' ..S bong- leaders went through the mo
i I tions of attempting to amuse the del
1 egatcs and visitors while they await
1 ed the opening hour. The sun was
iff beating down mercilessly and giving
forewarning of a sweltering day.
1 ,1 Cardinal Arrives.
K Cardinal Gibbons, who was to offer
if prayer today, was among the early
a! k" arrivals, A committee escorted the
j venerable churchman to the platform
h l and as the delegatea and visitors
caught a glimpse of his red cap and
sash a ripple of applause swept the
A tentativo agreement has been
reached by the convention managers
not to hear any nominating speeches
until the platform liai. uecn presented.
Under that arrangement today's pro
' vftiaedings would be devoted entirely to
-'Ijjiilllns in'' speeches.
i I', K Almost at the moment the conven-
tlfuon managers made this agreement
f (Sjihey received word that the platform
f Kqnimitteo was about to agree that all
jWanger of a split had been averted and
jttliat the report would bp presented to-i
Tday- A fulfillment of this later plan
Jjumld bring on some of the nominat
ing speeches today. I
wThc news that the platform commit-1
tep was about to agree and let the1
waiting convention go ahead, put new I
lffe; into convention hall and a wave'
jgg otventhuslasm extended up into the
SB band sUmd. ,
ifl Members of the national committee
j s I who got news went Into a brief con-
1 fl I l f'frcnec to arrange the day's plans ac-
I corfdlngly.
JSsJil J Eleven o'clock, the opening t hour.
J -oiled by and the convention was not
called to order. Dolojfatea wor ar
ft riving rapidly and the biff hall was
I i'ii 1 1 of talk about the agreemant on
1 the i platform. Apparently there was
i a to 00 no hurry in beginning- the ses-
slon now that a report from the plal
B form committee was in sight
I Nominating Siiecohos.
I At eleven-twenty o'clock Senator
'i Miller of the Republican national com-
j Wmlttce informed Governor Wlllla, off
i J!? Ohio, who is to nominate Senator
l&;Harding. that the convention would
-j irocccd to nominating speeches while
i awaiting the report irom tnc piatiormj
' lA'Ca conference of the leaders, how
Meruit was decided to recess until -1
J w clock this afternoon when the report
I of (h"c platform committee will be ro-
H' li ' civel
k J .1 Cardinal's Prayer.
Hi Chairman Lodge got the convention
11 n ofder at 11:20 by constant whack-1
H'il'u Ingfof the gavel and calls to the del-
H'ilU'; gatc5;(o sit down.
Il ' Cardinal Gibbons offerod prayer as
f0'' Wo pray thee, O God of Might,
Hi W' Wisuom and Justice, through whom
Ht uutnority Is rightly administered, laws
Ht areeaactcd and judgment decreed,
CoucHsafe to Inspire thy servants, the
(lH (.lUJns of America, to elect a chlof
KJIi mnSstrate, whose administration will
Ml iU bo Conducted In righteousness and bo
IHI ' emlncntlv useful to thy people over
I1' whom we shall preside, by oncourag
ll I tig "flue 'respect for virtue and relig
Hfl I ; i ion' !b'v a faithful execution Of laws in
11 i jujfco . and mercy and by restraining
Mll I Vco and immorality.
E I ! Uay Thy people always realize the
IflflVviA Wired truth, that righteousness c.-
i-i Uth a nation, but that sin maketh
ilB " 1 --VoPle miserable. May they be intl
llll ' '-Vfltilply persuaded, that 1C our nation
IflV ; ifSlje perjiotuate.d, our government
j ' Hp JContlnucd on Page JMct
g g g e g g s? b s e 9 g fH
NATION LEAGUE PLANK IS DRAFTED
g9 & ' K ft3 V S1 88'
iOyETOSPREAD
Propaganda in Support x of
Non-partisan Policy Is Called
r, Too Expensive
REFUSE TO HELP FOOD
WORKERS TO ORGANIZE
international Policemen's Un
ion Will-Be Chartered When
Membership Is 6000
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MONTREAL. Ju'-c 10 The Amerl-;
can Kcdcration of labor in annual)
convention here tc'ay rejected a pro-;
positl to create a permanent eduya-.
tional department to. distribute pro-'
paganda urging support of the fed-,
oration's policy of non-partisanship in
polities.
The delegates unanimously adopted
a report of the committee on organi
zation which recommended that this
step proposed by ho Central Labor'
Union of Poplar Bluff, Mo., not boj
taken at this time because It was un
neccssary and would entail unjustified.!
axpense. The proposal Included provl-j
slon for a large campaign fund, I
Combine c 1'ood Workers j
The organisation committee' refused
o concur on a rr-colutlon presented!
y-Up--Chioo,-l?oderntro"io
.Vliich, urged the executive coundirtoT!
ippolnt'a special committee to hives-i
lgate the feasibility of combining all
vorkers in the food and catering in-'
lustry of America into a food pro-
'ducing and distributing department.
Ma:c Haj's. of Chicago, declared that
"the gigantic hotel Interests" of the ;
country had combined against union ,
workers and must be met by a slml-'
lar organization.
! Act on Poliecmnns' Union
The convention authorized the exe-'
cutlve council of the organization to'
charter an International pollcenians'
union as soon as 'he membership ofi
'local policemen vnions totals C.OOO.j
A petition that an International union ,
'be chartered was presented by the
Oklahoma City loril
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'ALIENS MAY CHARTER
j U. S. SHIPS, BOARD SAYS
' WASHINGTON, June 10. Aliens
'may charter vessels Hying the Amerl
' can flag for periods not exceeding
, three months under temporary regula
Itlons announced by the shipping board.
The order, it was explained, was is
sued to meet the situation brought
ifbout by passago of the new merchant
marine act providing for the return
of vessels chartered to aliens except
under regr.latlqns prescribed by the
board. Specific rejmlations covering
voyage and time charters are to be is
sued later.
I At the same time the board an-i
'nounced that the Interstate commerce1
commission had been asked to sus-j
pen9 its regulations forbidding foreign j
water carriers to charge a less rate j
on export or import freight than I
charged for the carriage of like freight I
within the' United States. The uncer- i
talaty of the availability of sufficient. !
American tonnage to properly accom-!
mod ate the commerce of the country at I
any particular port was the cause of!
the recommendation, the board said. J
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FORMER NEVADA WARDEN j
MADE COAST 'DRY' AGENT;
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LOS ANGELES, Juno 10. John L.I
Considine. today appointed supervising
prohibition agent for the Pacific coast,
was warden of the Nevada stale peni
tentiary from 1903 to 1907. In 1910
lie was Nevada state bullion tax
agent. Later he engaged in newspa
per work in San Diego, Cal.
Lorin Haudley, who today was
named prohibition director for Cali
fornia, is president of the Los Ange
les board of public works. He was
city clerk here from 1911 to 1913 and
prior to 1911 was a member of the fac
ulty of Occidental college.
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ITALIANS CAPTURED BY
, ALBANIAN INSURGENTS
LONDON. June 10. Fifteen thou
sand Albanian insurgents attacked
the Dunkatlo bridge on tho Voyusa
river and captured a party of Italian
carabineers, according to a dispatch
from Rome- today to the Central News
quoting the 13rlndisl correspondent of
the Glornale d'ltalla.
The telegraph and telephone lines
wore cut and shots were exchanged
with Italian troops who are organiz
ing to attack the Insurgents, the dis
, patch adds. ...
PARENTS GET LETTER
FROM KIDNAPER7 OF
THEIR LITTLE CHILD
NOIIUISTOWN, Pa.. June 10 Hope
of getting Into communication with!
tho kidnapers of 13-months-Old Blake-j
ley Coughlln revived today with the
arrival of a second letter from Sa-
van nab, Ga. '
It was received by George S. Coush-
liu at his home outside of Norristown)
in the first mall. j
The letter is dated June 7. The.
writing is identical with, that of a let-1
t9r received from Savannah, four days,
ago.
'As in the first letter, no attempt is
made to establish the-Identity of the
child. Tho writer merely says he has
Blakelcy and the baby la well. The
loiter follows:
"WJiIn you aro convinced about
tJooIffrnrrtyhrn
I will "'deal vU'lth you- If It' isqnt too
late. Tho clilld 1b well at present.
"L can hear your wife sobbing. Sho
has my sympathy. But 1 am into It
now and dont Intend to be caught at
my own game. I dont needd the child
but I do needd the money (the word
money is heavily underscored). So
this is a warning to be very careful
for I am not asleep. !
'You will never get your child until j
I have gotten the monoy and saved my-j
sel." i
Ministers of Three Nations i
Quit; Hungary Faces Ter
rorist Situation
j
ROME, Juno 10. King Victor Em
manuel rook in hand the situation
caused by tho action of Premier Nitti
in tho chamber of deputies yesterday
in announcing the resignation of tnc
ministry. The king called to the pal
ace former Minister Tomasso Tittonl,
the president of the sonate, and e.
j Premier Orlando, who resigned yester
day from the presidency of the cham
! ber of deputies, and talked with
them regarding the cabinet crisis.
Mnj' Abandon Conference
PARIS, June 9. The resignation or
Premier Nitti of Italy, ;md tnc pros
pect of protracted cabinet crisis In
Germany, with the consequent Im
probability that tho Italian and German
cabinets will bo established In office
before the beginning of July, tho tinio
fixed for the allied interviews at Brus
sels preliminary to the Spa conference,
leads to the belief In French official
circles that the allies may nbanuon
this preliminary conferonee. In this
case, Itls pointed out, the lnlcrnatlon-'
al financial conference might be held)
without waiting for tho results of tho'
Spa discussions. I
If this plan is carried out, It Is be-1
Moved the financial conference would
have to consider meaii3 of restoring
the economic balance of Europe, while
assuring execution of the peace treaty
by means of an International loan by
the allied governments. These de
cisions, which aro regarded as indis
pensable for the economic revival of
Europe, would have to bo endorsed
by tho reparations commission.
Quit In Hungary
VIENNA, Juno 9. The Hungarian
cabinet, headed by Alexander Simon
yl Smoden, premier and minister of
tho Interior, has resigned, according
to advices from Budapest today.
Tho resignation, advices said, was
caused by Its Inability to cope with
the terrorist situation. Tho cabinet!
was formed March 14, last.
UNFILLED ORDERS FOR
STEEL SHOW INCREASE
NEW YORK. June 10. Unfilled
ordurs of tho United States Steel cor
poration for tho month ending May
SI were 10,9-1 7, 1 66. It was announced
today. This is an Increase of fiSS,
719 tons f'-om tho previous month
when the figures were ,10;3D9. 747.
AN EMPTY CRADLE , '
j; M HER HOME !:
Mrs. Gt'orgc IT. Coughlln and her
baby, Blakely, who was kidnaped from
his (.radio. I
I Fall of Persia Capital Is. Near;
Report British Army Hur
riedly Retreating
i
LONDON, June 10 The bolshe
vlkl have held up the vfor',ward move
ment begun In tho' Crimen early this
week by the army of. Goiloral YVran
gcl, who succeeded to the command
of the remnant of the Domklno forces
In southern Russia, It 1$ reported In
an official soviet statement received
by wireless from Moscow Aoday.
' Persian Capital in'Diiiiger
PARIS, June 1 0.-4Tho bolshevikl
are rapidly extending Iheiroperalions
in Persia, according .'to advices re
ceived by the French 'foreign office
today. Teheran, the . eaptal, Is In
danger of falling into thy hands of
the bolshevlkl within two' or three
days, it is declared. Tlve Persian
government Is organizing resistance.
The British, the ndvlcesistale. have
retired to ManJIl undiy bolshevik
pressure.
A Russian soviet wireless message
received yesterday declared that a
provisional government .-- mid been
formed in Resht by the. l'GWlutionary
leader Mlrza Kiituseh, :uithat. the:
British wero hurriedly retreating to-i
wards Bagdad, having abandoned
Resht without fighting. Tlfo British
Indian troops were declared in this
message to bo opposed to fighting
against the Persian revolutionists.
Defeat Red Division!
WARSAW, Juno 9. Nowa'from the
northern Polish-Russian fron received
by tho war office roports the occupa
tion of Oslnoyrodek, and Dolfszyce, on
the upper Bero3lna river. 1h,j Poles
defeated tho twelfth, eighteenth and
fifty-third bolshevik divisions on tho
center of tho front and In the south
maintained the ground .gained In Tar
szcza. Between tho Dnieper and
Dniester rivers bolshevik cavalry de
tachments have ooeti scattered.
Negotiations Not Progressing
LONDON, Juno 3. Thtf opinion Is
growing that tho negotiations between
tho Russian trado onvCys and tho
British officials nro not progressing as
smoothly toward a satisfactory issue
as M. Krassln's rental of an office and
resldenco would scorn to Indicate. Per
sons closoly connected with both sides
of the preliminaries of1 tho trade rc
openlngs, said this afternoon that .hey
would not bo surprised If the negotia
tions were broken off -within a ieft'
days.' ; ;
Shim
PMfFEIO
: Agreement on League of Na- j
j tions Comes Suddenly in
Committee Meeting !
i j
IDAHO SOLON SAYS i
IRRECONCILABLES WIN;
i
Prohibition Seems to Be Final
Problem Left to Plat
form Makers
CHICAGO, Juno 10. The agreement
on the league of nations plank of the
I proposed Republican platform came;
las suddenly today as did yesterday's
crisis when the Irreconclllables made
an open threat to leave the party If
the plank offered by Senator Crane en
idoralng the league with reservations
were adopted.
Mr. Mills and Senator Smoot caught
Senator Borah Just as he was entering
the sub-committee room, and the
three sat do.wn on a couch outside
and put their' heads together gver the
Root proposition, Mr. Mills took the
load In urging the Idaho senator to
accept. .
Borah Gives In.
A t thof irsScoiatojValiWJrsc6K'-
rtlTTt&TWouglwlie sauT the' principle
Was'iaceoptable. Pressed tor dn ac
ceptance, ho protested that no one'was
more anxious than he for harmony, re
minding' his conferees that an agree
ment would, mean as much to him per-
isonally as to any man in the conven
tion. Encouraged. Senator Smoot and .Mr.
Mills took Senator Borah to a nearby
room where they were Joined by Sen
ator Lodge and Senator McCormick of
Illinois, another Irreconcilable mem
ber of the sub-committee. In fifteen
minutes the agreement had been!
reached and within the half hour the
Root plank had been given unanimous
upproval by the sub-committeer The
committee members then sat down,
howovor, to "be sure they had the pro
position in the simplest and most ex
act language before they let the text
leak out.
Colonel Harvey Helps.
It Is understood that In touching up
tho literary polish of the plank, Col
onel, George Harvey helped tho sub
committee members. Senator Lodge
also helped, remaining In the sub
committee session while It put on the
tinlshlng touches.
After the agreement Senator Borah
said the unanimous compromise would
be submitted to tho full committee
within nn hour with every prospect
of approval and that It was planned to
present the completed platform to the
convention at four o'clock.
Tho compromise plank was describ
ed by Senator Borah as establishing
the three principles for which tho lr
i econcilables had contended:
Omission of any pledge for ratifi
cation. Commendation of tho senate for
refusing t6 ratify.
A statement that any further league
must be In nccord with American
ideals and the principles of Washing
ton. Prohibition Question.
Senator Borah said that as the trea
ty plank had been approved by Mr.
Mills, he promised It was also accept
able to former" Senator Crane, and
was understood to have kept In touch
with Mr. Crane by telephone.
Chairman Watson said In hLs opin-i
Ion tho treaty plank would not aid nor1
injure any of the candidates. He said;
all could stand on the agreed provls-'
Ion.
The final problem of the sub-corn-1
mlttec was that regarding prohibition.'
the question being revived.
The Mexican plank, it was stated,
was agreed upon with little difficulty.
Members of the sub-commlttse said
U was a strong declaration for pro-,
lection of American llfo and property)
In Mexico, but more moderate than i
the plank proposed by Senator Fall, of!
New Mexico.
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YALE NOT HOPEFUL OF
REGATTA WITH HARVARD
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NEW HAV-EN. Conn.. June 10.
Yale men wero asked "to pray for a
fair day" by tho Yale News today In
a forecast of arrangements for the
Yale-Harvard rogatta at New London,
Jupe 25 It discussed tho chances of
a dreary delay complicated with un
certainty as to whether the varsity
race will be upstream or down.
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FRANCE AND SPAIN MAY
AGREE ON TANGIER AREA
MA.DRID, Juno 10. King Alfonso
had a long conference with
Count Qulnones do Lones, French am
bassador, yesterday. It Is believed
they discussed possible action by tho
league of nations rclatlvo to Tangier,
over which Franco and Spain have
for a long time beon at odds.
Commercial reprisals by Spain
against France are hinted by the news
paper Epoca, the official journal.
LOSES AT POKER
IN SOCIETY HOMES; '
STEALS JEWELRY
NEW YORK. June 10 The
thefts of 518,000 worth of jewelry
from the homes of prominent
New York society are alleged by
police to have been committed by
Mrs. J. C. Gleason, widow of a
former Chicago banker, arrested
here. She was arraigned on the
specific charge of stealing an
51,800 diamond bar pin from the
home of Mrs. Chester M. Curry
on May 14, and was locked up
when she was unable to furnish
515.000 ball.
Mrs. Gleason told the police,
i they said, that she had lost
I heavily nt. poker recenty at the
homes of society women.
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: NEW YORK PLANS
I THREE BIG CITY
! TERMINAL MARKETS
j
NEW YORK". June 10. Plans
for the establishment of three
city terminal markets costing
$90, 000,000, will bo presented to
the board of estimate Friday by
Edwin J. O'Malley, commissioner
of public markets. If the City
J cannot provide the funds, the
i commissioner said, there is ample
j financial backing for the project
: on a basis of municipal rental at
tho rate of ten per cent of the
cost of construction for 25 years.
At the end of that period the mar
i kols will revert to tho city.
,DUAL CHARACTER
OF LAWYER BARED
THEFT "TRIAt
NEW YORK, June 10. Frank
de R. Storey, a lawyer convicted
Monday of criminally receiving1
several thousand dollars 'worth of
stolen securities, today was sen
tenced to Sing Sing prison for
from 2 1-2 to 5 years at hard la
bor. Storey, described by the
prosecution as a. Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde who associated with
honest men by day and crooks by
night, automatically is barred
from practicing his profession.
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MAY REVIVE BILLS
KILLED BY WILSON
IN TOCKET VETO'
WASHINGTON. June 10. Attorney-General
Palmer has made
an Informal ruling, which has
been communicated to President
Wilson, that the chief executive
has ten days after the adjourn-:
ment of congress In which to sign
bills and resolutions.
This rule may change the status
of a number of bills which the
president killed by a "pockot
veto" explaining, that he had not
had sufficient tune In which to
consider them. These measures
Include the waterpower bill and
tho resolution repealing most of
tho special wartime legislation.
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PROPOSE UNIVERSAL
FINGER PRINT SYSTEM
DETROIT. June 10 A federal law
requiring the registration by tinge'
print of every person in the country,
establishment of municipal wireless,
'stations for use of police departments
in cities of 50,000 population or more
and uniformity of vehicular laws were
recnimended by speakers before the
convention of the international police
chiefs' association here.
The universal iing.M' print registra
tion was "necessary to the well-being
of our government In these troublous
times." Eugene Van Buskirk, head of
the bureau of criminal identification
at Washington, D. C, declared. The
plan, ho said, would identify all Immi-;
grants upon their arrival and reDder
it extremely difficult for criminals toj
evade detection by re-entering the i
country under assumed names. i
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TAFT NEARING CHICAGO,
WILL NOT TALK POLITICS
CHICAGO, June 10. Former Presi
dent Taft will arrlvo here tomorrow
morning from tho West and will stop
over a fow hours before leaving for
New York. It was said today ho prob
ably would not visit the convention or
attempt to tako part In platform con
ferences. oo
WHOLESALE PRICE OF
SUGAR CUT ON COAST
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 10. A re
duction in the wholesale prico of
sugar from 526.30 to 525 a hundred
pounds, was announced by the West
ern Sugar refinery.'. -. j
COMMITTEE ON
PLATFORM ill
Plank Drafted by Elilui Root PR
Accepted as Basis of IHb
j Compromise tl
DANGER OF BREAK Hl
i ON TREATY IS LESS
I Resolutions on Mexico, Peace IH
and Armenian Mandate IH
Are Given Form rH
CHICAGO, .Tunc 10. A league ,
of nations' plank declared by 'H
leaders to be ''acceptable to every-'. H
IkmIj" was unanimously adopted 'H
today b.v the Republican Vcsolu-.' '1
tions' Huli-committce apparently H
ending all threat of a party split IH
over the league Issue. jH
The plank, upholds the senate jM
In refusing to ratify the treaty of jH
Versailles, declares that any fu- H
lure international peace under- - jH
standing must squnru with Amcri- jH
can traditions and omits the af- jH
flrnintioii dcelartlon for a league. -JH
which had been urged by the mild .
Originally drafted weelo :u:n H
by Elilm Root, the plank was re- H
vised at an all nlgbt, series of con- '1
ferences and wis adopted by the H
sub-committee after Senator
Ixidgc, of Massachusetts, the lie tH
publican senate leader, .had np- 'H
pea red in the committee room 'H
and declared that if thec mljd -
reservation proposal were accept- i ,1
ed he would go on the convention H
floor and fight- U: " 'ISaS-V H
-The plank WasrtI(T'l)y"Ut6-.stnnT 1 ""H
committee members to be wholly I jH
acceptable to former Scunlor
Crane, of Massachusetts, leader
Tor the mild reservation group
and its acceptance removed tho
only obstacle to t-pced to a con- ' IH
elusion the work of the national IH
committee. The completed plat-
form was to be taken to the con-
venliou floor late in the fntcmoon i
and It wa said u night session . j
might be called to begin the hoar- ;
lug of nomination speeches. v ' JH
Shortly before noon, the work IH
of the .sub-committee was com- IH
plctcd and members ald they
thought there would be no bar
rlcr to a prompt acceptance of its
platform draft by the full lcdolu- jH
lions' committee.
CHICAGO, June 10. A league of
nations' plank drafted by Ellhu Root JM
was accepted as a basis of compromise Jl
today by irrcconclliablcs on the rcsd- 1 J
Unions sub-committee. IH
The plank which upholds tho posi- r
lion of the senate and docs not de- jH
clare in specific terms for ratification j
of the treaty is also agreeable to Og- I
den Mills, of New York, a representa-
tive of the mild reservation group to y
the sub -committee and the mcmbors 1
generally declared the prospoct-s of a I
Complete agreement were bright. j- "
1'osslblc Hitch.
It was said there still were somo
possibilities of a hitch and that tho .
danger of breaking open the treaty '
question on thu floor of the convention M
had not entirely passed.
All the members of the sub-corn-
mittee. however, seemed satisfied with H
ed that the peril of a party spilt was i
The agreement was reached at a lH
conference attended by Senator Lodgu IH
ot Massachusetts, the Republican sen
ale leader and afterward Senator "Bor- ,
ah declared that Senator jLodge had
taken a stand opposed to ratification of
the treaty and would o slate to tho
convention.
Te.vt to Bi; Polished. ' j jH
The members of the sub-committee . I
declined to give out the toxt of thru
plank, saying they wanted to, take an (
hour or two to finally polish it up i
before giving it to the public. I
I The development canie as a sensav-
'lion soon after the sub-cominlttee hud ,
i begun what seemed likely to be a long.
land desperate struggle. It removed,.''
sub-committee members said, the ob-
1 stnelo which had been holding up the
work of thu convention and probably j IH
I would permit final action by tho con- jH
vontion on the platform at today's sos-
I While the plank accepted today was VM
I drafted originally by Mr. Root. It was IH
said that some modifications had been
imade in the pre-convontiou confcrcncu '.
j of the leaders and in the mcctlngthiy
morning. Mr. Root Is In Europe. IH
All Night Conference.
CHICAGO, June 10. When the res- . IH
olulions sub-commlttco went into scs
siun again this morning with tho '
Itaguo of nations' plank still threat- 1 1
ontng a party split, a tentative foreign .
relations' plank was under considora- '
lion declaring opposition to the treaty
without reservations but favoring rati
flcatlon with American rights sare
guarded. t
Tho plank was framed after all v
night conferences in which former
Senator Murray Crane, of Massachu- i
setts, leading the mild reservation
group, presided. . It contained In sub- 1
stance the declaration submitted by i H
Senator Crane yestorday and had not ll
been accepted by the irreconclllables. tH
Tho tentative draft also condemned ) lH
President Wilson's Moxican policy, dc- 'lfl
clared no Mexlcan regime should bi H
recognized until willing r.ud able to I IH
give adequato guarantees for protec- f tH
tlon of American rights and pledged ' iH
the Rupubllcan party to "a consistent, H
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