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Senator Carter Glass and
Tammany Leader Murphy
Command Attention
PROHIBITION STILL
J ' PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Attitude of President Wilson on
Dry Amendment Is Cause
of Speculation
William Jennings Bryan, who is
bent cn seeing to it that the Demo
cratic convention in San Francis
co, takes no action that can bo
considered friendly to rum, was in
Ogden today.
Mr. Bryan arrived from Mon
tana with a party of Montanans
bound for the convention and he
was met at the station by repre
sentative Utah Democrats, who
visited with the Commoner until
he departed about 1 o'clock for the
coast.
Mr. Bryan was chary of political
comment.
"The Republicans have left
many loop holes open," he said,
"and if the Democrats exercise
judgment there should be a Demo
cratic victory in November."
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. Prel
liminaries to thc Democratic national
J " convention got into the inevitable
period of hurry and scramble today I
with vlhe appearancoJicre of one after j
another .aC.lhii-jnon.jv.ho -ar.$.$p .J1"K
'leading parte, "in" thc big quadrennial
drama.
In the whisperings behind the
.scenes the question of the party's pol
icy toward boncdry prohibition con
tinued the big theme of agitation, with
prospects for a fight on the conven
tion floor growing be tier and better.
Arriving leaders and delegations also
added some impetus to the discussion
of presidential candidates but that sub
i'ect still remained well in tho buck-
II ground.
I Carter Glass Arrives.
I Two figures newly arrived on thc
I scone attracted particular attention.
I One was Senator Carter Glass of Vlr-
1 glnia. fresh from Washington, and
I generally reported to have brought
I President Wilson's own draft of the
I platform. The other was Charles F.
I Murphy of New York thc leader of
I Tammany Ilall. who came direct from
1 thc widely heralded conf6renco of old
I lino party strategists at French Lick.
liul.
I Both of them were as busy as heav-
U era, but as silent and cagey as mice,
p privately they took careful stoclc of
ll the situation and conferred earnestly
ILjf with other leaders from far and wide,
i Publicly they refused to talk politics.
outline what they hoped to accomplish
or predict what the convention flnal-
l ly would bring forth.
Ij Murphy is Wnlched.
Mr. Murphy was the new center of
Ij speculation on the subject of prohibl-
l Hon. The declaration of tho New
D York stato convention for repeal of
Ij tho eighteenth amendment, and wldc-
ly circulated reports. of the haLching
1 1 of an anti-bone-dry plank at French
Lick, helped to bolster tho Impression
among many delegates that Tammany
would lead ln the elfprt to write such
!' rt plank into thc platform.
Not only the Tammany chiof. but
; all of his lieutenants refused stead -
: fastly to discuss that subject or to say
whether any antl-prohlbltlon movc
j ment really had been launched at the
n French Lick conference. Thomas Tn-
j gart of Indiana, another principal ln
I the conference, was expected to arrivo
here lato today or early tomorrow, but
it generally was predicted that the
lines of division on tho prohibition
' issue would not be clearly drawn until
j the convention actually gets under way
f on Monday.
' Position of Wilson.
I One element which feuded to keep
the problem in flux was the uncertaln-
ly of many of those here regarding
Ibe position of President Wilson. Tho
( Virginia state platform, which has
been given thc president's unqualified
"pproval and on which the national
platform Is expected to be modeled, Is
iilent on tho subject. Some of Mr
Wilson's closest political frlonds in
tho administration, however, arc
I known to have prepared a Iibcrallzn-
I lion plank for which they are ready
.o fight In the convention.
This plank, said to have been draft
ed after conferences In Washington
! among men high ln thc party councils,
' does not mention beer or wines by
I name, but makes a blanket declaration
for more liberal Interpretation by con
gress of the prohibition amendment.
( It Is expected that a strong effort
will be made by sponsors of the pro
posal to throw the influence of tho
1 idmlnistratiou behind It.
Many of the party leaders, Includ
i lug Homer S. Cummlugs, thc national
i h'alrman, reltorated contlaeneo that
no other platform plank would lead
o a fight on tho convention floor.
The league of nations declaration, as
fiamcd by administration supporters,
H was declared by these loaders to be
certain of acceptance after only a
B,jf nominal squabble in the platform com-
Hjj'4 mlttcc.
Senator Glass's first couforcnee after
ills arrival here late yostorduy v;n
H( vith Chairman Cummlngs1. Tlicv had
H; dinner together in the chairman's ho-
H'j tel room and afterward spent most of
H' the 'evening ln consultation.
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Permit Necessary to Buy j
Newspaper in Irkutsk Under j
Bolshevik System !
10,000 CHINESE WALK j
TO CHINESE FRONTIER!
i
All Except High Government j
Officials Travel in Rail
way Freight Cars
IPvKUTSK, Central Siberia, June 19.
(By Tho Associated Press.) Soviet
Russia has been thoroughly establish
ed in Irkutsk. All institutions have
been nationalized, most of the stores
have been closed and a permit is noc--essary
even to purchase a newspaper.
Food conditions are most serious
and the population cats black bread
which cannot be obtained except with
governmental cards. Chinese mer
chants charge 250 rubles a pound for
this bread.
Few foreigners, and no foreign con
sular officials, remain in Irkutsk. It
is estimated that 10,000 Chinese left
Irkutsk during May tQ walk to the
Chinese frontier. Officials declare the
food crisis will continue until harvest
Scene of Tragedy.
This city was Mie scene of the tragic
end of Admiral Kolchak's efforts to
establish supreme l ulersh'ip in Siberia.
The Associated Press correspondent
in reaching Irkutsk, made a 13000 mile,
dolour which took six weeks from
Vladivostok through China and Mon-
golla and across tho 700-mile stretch
of the Gobi desert. He was the first
American to enter soviet boundaries
from the east since the collapse f the
Kolchak regime. Crossing the Mon
golian frontier, he entered the new
buffer state of the Far Eastern repub
lic, and found it necessary to wait aU
Verkhnie-Cdinsk for Uolshevik per
mission to enter soviet lerritory. He
was assured that an American press
representative would be welcome.
Black Spot Dodged.
The trip led over the old caravan
route. In order that tho correspondent
might avoid what Is known here as the
"black spot of Siberia." a district near
Chita wiierc remaining reactionaries
under General Semcnoff, supported by
Japanese military forces, continue to
block the Russian rail route.
The Far Eastern situation Is of par
amount interest to tho soviet authori
ties. Thc Fifth Bolshevik army, which
broke the power of Admiral Kolchak,
is stationed near here. The Bolshevik
side of tho Selenga river has been
newly Intrenched and the soviet army
m ready ln case Japanese invade its
territory.
Travel In T'roighl Curs.
There is direct rail and wire com
munication from here to Moscow and
it is claimed trains make the trip In
fourteen daya. All persons except high
government officials must travel ln
freight cars. Between Vcrkhnio
Udlnsk and Irkutsk a regular train
schedule Is maintained. Further east
toward the Chita front only military
trains are being run.
Newspapers here print thc dally of
ficial statements' relatlvo lo opera
tions on the Polish front and .state
ments by Nikolai Lenlne. Russian Bol
shevik premier, on the foreign affuirs
of the country.
P0CATELL0 CARPENTER
HANGS SELF IN COACH
POCATELLO, Idaho. June 24.
Brooding over family troubles is be
lieved to have caused Jacob Schnei
der, coach carpenter employed by the
Oregon Short Lino here, to hang him
self shortly after 5 o'clock tonight in
a coach which ho was repairing.
According to the police. Schneider
shot n man in Burley, Idaho, about
six weeks ago, who was alleged to
have been keeping company with his
wife. Schneider was released on bond.
Ho leaves a wife and large family.
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URGES COOLIE LABOR TO
WORK AMERICA'S FARMS
CHICAGO. June 24. Coolie labor
for farm work was advocated by Judge
Marcus Kavanaugh at tho annual ban
quet of the Illinois Retail Dry Goods
association.
"There must be some one to work
the farm. There Is but one suggestion
and one race that 1 believe would
be a good thing to try and that it
to allow Chinese to como here for
farm work o:r limited terms and limit
ed time on the farms," he said.
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G. A. R. COMMANDER
LYMG CRITICALLY ILL
SYRACUSE, N. Y . June 23. Dan
iel C. Hall of Columbus. Ohio, national
commander of the G. A, 11.. about to
retire from offico,wa3 taken seriously
ill here this noon. Little hope Is en
tertained for his TecoveriV -.,.'
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CONVENTION BEAUTIES 1
, ;-t --ct 1 j i
"When the orators at thc Demo
cration national convention at San
Francisco start spell-binding the
women delegates with honeyed
words about "the most beautiful
ladies in the world." it won't be
flattery. It is a fact undisputed
that never before at any national
convention has there been such an
aggregation of beautiful, women
as are now in San Francisco.
MELOjCREES
Want Unrestricted Right of
Exploring and Exploiting
Their Holdings '
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MEXICO CITY, June 24. Requests
for the cancellation of all petroleum
decrees promulgated by the late
President Carranza, and the right of
unrestricted exploration and exploita
tion of oil lands wore presented this
afternoon lo General Jacinto B. Tre-j
vino, secretary of industry, commerce
and labor, by representatives of fore
ign petroleum Interests, says El Uni
versal. The newspaper says the oil
men declared they wero without power
to make any other proposition or ac
cept any other solution.
Disclaims Authority.
The point was raised that the Car
ranza decrees wero unconstitutional.
General Trevino, according to tho
newspaper, declared he had no author
ity to discuss their constitutionality.
General Trevino, in discussing the
request relatlvo to exploration and cx-j
plollafion of oil territory, Is quoted asj
asserting tills was outside his province;
permits for drilling were required un
der the constitution and not under
the Tiresldentlal decrees.
I Contradictory Statements.
Upon the conclusion of tho con
ference thc oil men are said to have
stated they would consult again with
their principals for the purpose of ar
riving at conclusions which would per
mit a final and permanent settlement
of questions involved In petroleum
legislation. The reported presentation
of these deinand3 came as somewhat
of a surprise, since Provisional Presi
dent de la Hucrta, during his first con
ference with foreign newspapermen
last Saturday, stated the petroleum In
terests were satisfied with thc now
government's program, and had shown
their satisfaction by beginning impor
tant work and anticipating certain tax
payments. Virtually all news regarding
the petroleum situation is coming
from government sources, since the
representatives of oil interests are not
making public any facts regarding
Ihclr campaign.
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MONUMENT STON1D IjAlD.
VERDUN. June 23.-Tho' first stone
was laid today for the monument to
he erected hero In honor of the sol7
diers who fell in thc victorious battle
for the defense of, Verdun. . ... . .
If proof were needed the above
sextette supply it.
Upper left is Mrs. Kellogg Fair
banks, a Chicagc. iutfragist, and
strong for McAdoo; center is .Mrs.
Robert L. Owen, wife of thc scna-
THOUSANDS FEAR
I TO SLEEP WITH
CHLORINE LEAKING
NEW YURIv. June 24. Thou
sands of persons on tho east side
spont a sleepless night on the
stoops of their, homes, unable to
retivo for fear of" being overcome
by chlorine gaslthat escaped from
a deXectlvo carov in .-a chemical
! plant. v
j "Deputy Fire' Chief Hon it 13.
Helm and four members of the
rcscuo squad, ;who pluggod thc
leaking cyiindeij, were overcome
I by the deadly vapor and ure in-a
I hospital.
LIGHT COMPANY
RAISES PAY AND
REDUCES RATES
BOSTON. Mass.. Juno 24. An
increase, of ten per cent in tho pay
of all its employes, effective July
1, has been gran'ed bv the Boston
Edison company,, It was announc
ed today. Abolit 2,000 workers
will boncfit by the increase.
At the same time the comany
will make a reduction of five per
cent in the price of electricity for
lighting to its 113,000 retail cus
FISHERMAN NETS BODY
OF WOMAN IN STRAITS
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 21. A body
of a woman weighted down by a sult
caso full of books taken from thc
waters of Carqulnqz straits,- an arm
of San Francisco bay, near Benicla,
Calif., yesterday was believed to be
that of Miss Vivian Hatton ."Wight
man of San l' rancisco.
The body was found by a fisher
man in whose not It became, entangled.
Arthur H. Terrlll told tho police tho
description of tho body fitted Miss
"Wight-man, to whom ho was engaged
to bo married and who left here a
month ago to visit her mother, Mrs.
E li. Tralson of Fallon. Nevada.
The clothing on the hody was costly
and the books with which it was
weighted Avero oC philosophical siib
ects. v
.Terrlll said Mls "Wighlnum hfJ, hoi'Q
apparently suffering 'fry.ni'' ' melan
.cholia... .. ..
tor from Oklahoma, and one of the
leading presidential candidates. At
the right is Airs. A. K Pyke. dele
gate from Cleveland. Lower left
is Mrs. George Mnra of Bridge
port, Conn., wife of Assistant Na
tional Committie Chairman Mara;
center is -Mrs. John T. Barnctt of
Denver, and right Mrs. Frank J.
Graham of Chicago.
ly Pb ill! LPOitl j'
Operating Expenses Climbing!
i-aster Than Income of j
Combined Companies i
j NEW YORK. Juno 24. Operating
'revenues of tho Southern Pacific com
:jany and proprietary companies for
'l'JIU, as disclosed in tho annual re
port published today, amounted to
i $239,057,272, an increase of $1S,04Q,
Io06, or S.14 per cent ovor thc preced
ing year. j
Decrcaso in Net Revenue. I
' An increase of $24.20Mll.or H-SS
per cent in operating expenses, how
itvor, caused a decrcuso of 6, 159,045,
or 10.46 per cent ln not revenues from
railroad returns. In effect, after pay
ing 1919 operating expenses, there re
mained out of each dollar of revenue
only 22 cents, compared with 3S cents
remaining in tho last year previous to
federal control.
The company's balance sheet shows
total Investments of $1,619,990,541, an
increase of $21,529,6S8, nnd current
assets. Including cash, amounting to
$12,2S1.636. aggregating $209S4,324, a
decreaso of ?2, 107,770.
Capital stock of the parent com
pany Increased during 1910 by $25,
5S2.000 to a total of ?302,024,90C and
current liabilities of $17,740,421 rep
resented a decreaso of $7,353,435.
OH IaiiuI Decision,
Itofcrencc is made by Chairman
.lullus Kruttschnitt to thc suits involv
ing title to oil lands. The govern
ment, says Chairman Ivruttschnltt,
Avon the suit for non-productlvo oil
acreage, while tho company won the
suit covering Its productive and valu
able oil lands.
Chairman Kruttschnitt also declares
the federal railroad administration
fallod to maintain tho company's prop
erty at Its previous high standard and
that a special investigation of "under
maintenance" during federal control
is now being made.
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AND THE BOYS DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING EITHER
JjAXCASTKK, O.. June 24. Twin
boy born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs.
l-'nos White, farmers living in Madi
son township, have been named
"Harding".-and "Coolidge.." .. , .. .
FIERCE FIRING
ENOSHSTROOPS
TIEJ1TRGL
! Ulster and Nationalist Forces,
Guarding Portions of Out
lying Districts
iDEAD AND WOUNDED ARE j
i RECOVERED IN STREETS !
j Londonderry Faces Starvation; ;
: Night of Terror Marked '
With Continued Volleys
l.UNDuNDKRRV. Jum1 2 1 More
I British troops have arrived in litis city
a.'id their activity has had a quieting;
of feet. Two snipers have been ar
i rested,. I
i Besides actually attaching snipers
with armored carsnd machine guns,
the troops have done m-jch rescue
work. When it w;is reported la-"t night
that tho Sinn Koine rs were aooul to
'attack a cluster of houses, the troop
reniovpd terrified women and children
to a -section where nationalists pre
dominate. The' gas works also have
been protected arnie.jWiien. .
f-ldcfriiTiosionXrsliot "by a
! sniper, thero was no firing up to .early
this Afternoon. (
j The gas supply ceased at five a clock
this morning.
Portions of the outlying districts are
being palrnllfMl by Ulster volunteers
while nationalist volunteers are guard
ing their .sections.'
, Kind Dead aud Wounded
Manv additional wounded reached
the hospitals during the night.
A barbfr was klllod this morning
'by a sniper's bullet. John McKinney.
!who was wounded yesterday, died to
idav. The bodv of a commercial trav
eler, which was lying in the street
(where, he was killed Tuesday, was re
1 covered during the forenoon.
Wire barricaues anu ircis mui
thrown across the main road to Uoi- ;
donderrv apparently In an effort to
hampor the troops Some telegraph
and telephone lines leading into lh?
town have been cu'.
A number of Sinn Keiners rounded
up by the militury had anns and
plenty of ammunition. They were
handed over to the police. Among
those arrested was a priest, but he was
released.
The destroyer, which arrived yester
dav. was- forced to change its berth
today because snipers were firing upon
it.
Xirht of Terror
Terror held sway here yesterday and
last night, rifle and machine gun fire
sweeping the streets in the fiercest
firing to develop this far in thc civil
war which began last Friday between
unionist and nationalist forces. Hos
pitals are being taxed to their capacty
ln caring for those struck down by
bullets fired by the opposing factions.
The men engaged in the actual
fighting are the extremists of the
contending factions and probably
number only a few hundred. Thev
absolutelv terrorized the city yestt-r-dav,
howeer, as they fired volleys
down the streets from barricades, or
posted on roofs or In windows, shot
at almost everyone who dared to ap
pear. lircnstworks ln Street
Bishop street, a long thoroughfare,
has been the principle battle ground
during the past 24 hours. Sinn Pern
ors havo concentrated near St. Col
umbia's college, about three-quarters
of a mllo out thiu street while thc
unionists havo taken up positions near
tho center of town and hae orected
sand bag breastworks in Barrack
street. "bast nght fighting became
severe for a time, and a company of
soldiers was sent out from the., bar
racks. Bursts of machine gun fire
were heard at Intervals during this en
counter. Between Bishop streot and the River
Fovlo, to tho east, there are a number
of narrow, crooked strocts in which
thero have boon fierce encounters.
Londonderry is facing starvation If
thc fighting continues. It Is impos
sible to deliver supplies to houses and
no one dares to venture out of do&rs
in the business section of town.
Protest Official Duiny '
L.OXDON", June 21. Sir I-Iamarj
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire-,
land, today received another urgent
telegram from the Londonderry mag-1
istratcs, expressing their alarm thatj
no action was being taken in response
to thc appeal made early in the'fight-;
hig there between unionists and nn-1
tlonalists.
They consider tho situation desper
ate and fear it will become worse.
Troops at Belfast
LONDON, .lunc 24. A dispatch to
the London Times from Belfast, timed
11: SO o'clock AVednesday evening,
savs troops are pouring into Belfast
and that some of I hem already havo
started for Londonderry.
Dublin City Orflces Closed
LONDON, Juno 24, Thc Dublin
municipal offices, public libraries and
technical schools havo been closed as
w t Continued , on T'age 3) t .
I
FOUR COMPANIES, I
TEN BROKERAGE ' ! I
FIRMS ACCUSED I
Fifty Individuals Also Indicted 'M
By Federal Grand Jury
in New York
j UNCLE SAM'S AGENTS H
ROUNDING UP MEN- ,
Defendants Charged With
Making Gross Misstatements
About Oil Properties
X E W YOR K. -Tim c 24. "Pour oil '
com panics, ten brokerage houses
and about fifty individuals haVe p
been mdieted by the federal grand
jury on a charge of using the
mails lo defraud' investors out of
millions of dollars, it "was learned ,
today when seals on the indict- j jlH
mens Averc ordered broken. ' 'Jl
Federal agents in cities through- (',
out the -country are now engaged -"1
in rounding up the men, indicted.
They arc charged Avilh. haA'ing
made gross misrepresentations, re-
garding oil properties and Avith jH
paying dividends out of money ob
tained from thc sale of stock.
Names of Indicted.
The com panic's involved are thc t
; Ranger Oil company, W. P. AVil- j ,
liams Oil company. Great AYcstcrri
; I'etroieum corporation and CroAvn t1
, Oil company.
Brokerage concerns indicted
vcre Stickne.Rawlinson. and C61- I JA
plough .-of Boslvu, andCiji'tisPa: j' ; -JH
' kcr'"&r Go.,ti niLed Skew ri tics coin- If !
; pany, IT.-. KcnL Holmes- & Co.. IT. ft i jH
j Morgan Pollock & (Jo., Thompson. I i '
James & Co., t.'rossman, Schrman
& Co., George A. Lamb & Co., E.
M. Fuller & Co.. and Greenbaum, ' ,
j BigeloAV & Creci.baum. nearly all
of them with headquarters in this j
I Some of (he brokerage houses jM
Iliad connections in other cities.
I The roundup now being Con- i
j ducted is said (o be the beginning
of a naliouAvide campaign against t
1 alleged oil stock swindlers, avIio iA
Jarc accredited Avith having cleaned I
'up millions of dollars within the 'H
last' few months.
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GIFTS OF ROCKEFELLER ,
FOR NORTHERN BAPTISTS '
BL'FI-'ALO. X. Y., June 24. Dr. ' ..jfl
John Y. Aitchlson, director of the sen- 1 H
ural bourd of promotion of thc North- H
orn Baptist convention, created In l
Denver last yeu.r, presented tho . 'H
board's flr.st .annual roport to thc con- r IH
vention here today.
He announced that the Northern I jH
Baptists' new world movement fund rH
now s'uuuls at 3t5. 1 29.950, an increase jM
of $S. 000. 000 over tho previous an- 1
nouncement. Tho fund reached $G1'.- H
500,000 a few days apo. Dr. Altchison 1
said, and a $1,500,000 conditional gift H
from John D. RocUcfeller. Jr.. became H
available n't that point. Another such jH
conditional Kift will be counted when IH
thc subscilptions reach $S7.r.OO,000. '
ALLAN A. RYAN EXPELLED .,
FROM STOCK EXCHANGE ;
NEAV YORK, June 21. Allan A
Ryan, chairman of the Stulz Motor H
Car company, who became involved in IH
a controversy with officials of tho ' IH
New York Stock Exchange at thc i IH
time it was alleged a corner existed JjM
ln Stiitx, has been expelled from thc IH
exchange, according to an announce- Jl
incnt toduy by tho board of governor. fc H
Thc announcement followed an in- ' iH
vcstlgation by thc executive session 1 ll
Friday or Saturday, when the board ) i iH
quizzed many witnesses. Mr. Ryan was i 'H
charged with "principles Inconsistent I; ; -H
with just principles of trade." H
Mr. Ryan in turn characterized tho -jM
attitude of the governing board as '1
unjust and did not attond the session J
: which he denounced as a "star chain- h IH
I ber" proceeding. j, IH
COAST-TO-COAST TRUCK
! DRIVE RECORD BROKEN
( NJBAV YORK, Juno 2-1. Thc world's IH
I record for a coasl-to-coast motor H
truck trip has .been established by ;l ; jH
! throe-ton truck which arrived In New H
York Sunday night from Los Angeles. jH
after having covered the 3-J51 miles in ' 'H
; 13 days, l.'i hours and 15 minutes, it 'jH
1 was announced here today. Thc pre- IH
vlous record made, It was said. In jH
191S, was 17 days nnd 3 hours. IH
SAMUEL G0MPERS IS ;
ON WAY TO COAST
CALGARY, Alberta. June 23. i
Samuel Gompors, president of the jH
American Federation of Labor, passed jH
through hero today on his way to Sau H
Francisco, where he will jiresont to th- 'H
Democratic convention the federation s H
program for ltichision in the party H
platform. " i4 IH