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WWm, .t,W AND THE BATES COUNTY RECORD VOL. XLII. BUTLER. MISSPURI. THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1920. NUMBER 39 " 1 ' a A. & COX AND James M. Cox York to Head the Demo crat Ticket. DEADLOCK BROKEN Gov. Cox Wins Presidential Nomination when Palmer Delegates are Released. San Francisco, Cal., July 6. James M. Cox, three times Governor of Ohio, was nominated for the presidency early this morning by the Demo cratic National Convention in the breakup of one of the most prolonged deadlocks m the history of national political parties. t It took forty-four ballots to make a choice, and it was not until the thirty-eighth, when Attorney General Palmer withdrew from the race that the long succession of roll calls showed any definite trend. In the turnover of the Palmer delegates, Cox gained the advantage over William G. McAdoo, his rival for first place since early in the balloting, and that advantage never was lost. Supporters of Gov. Cox won a way to the nomination by persistent bat--teTing at the Palmer and McAdod forces in many states throughout a long series of shifting and rallies which left now one, then the other of the candi dates in the lead. " On the opening ballot Friday the Ohio Governor was -in third place. He soon passed Palmer, however, JAMES M. COX. 'and on the twelfth ballot went ahead of McAdoo. Then began a seesaw ing between the Cox and McAdoo people, which at the end of the thirty-ninth roll call at midnight found the two virtually the same. Well Ahead on dand Ballot On the forty-second ballot the ac . cession of most of the Palmer strength to Cox put him well ahead and after that, great and little state delegations went into the Coy col umn in a procession, un xne iori third he oat a maioritv for the first time of all the votes cast, and on the forty-fourth he was plunging toward the required two-thirds when Colo rado changed its vote to him and made the nomination obvious. It was made unanimous on motion of Sam B. Amidon of Kansas, a leader of the McAdoo forces. Of the forty-four ballots, two were taken last Friday night, tourtccn at the first session Saturday, and six at the Saturday night session. There were twenty-two recorded Monday, fourteen at the all-day scasiou and eight last night. .- Cox began the fight with i.U on - the first ballot, and climbed steadily until ithe fourteenth when he bad 468 1-2. His lowest vote after that was on the thirty-fifth, the first tak en at Last night's session, when it fell to 376 i-a. A curious thing in the voting for McAdoo was that he received 266 on the first ballot, the lowest cast for him and 266 1-2 on the last bal lot His highwater mark was 467 on the fortieth ballot At the time Cox had 4M Palmer opened with 256 votes. His highest vote was 267 1-2, on the seventh ballot- : McAdoo Lose Steadily. As the Cox total passed ' that of McAdoo and suged upward the Mc Adoo managers made a - desperate fight to stop it in time. Their can didate twice had held the" lead and lost it, however, and many delegates supporting him had' given up hope that he ever could be nominated. On the last foe") ballots McAdoo lost steadily, several solid states detect ing his banner for that of the leader. Besides, the scattering Palmer del egates who at first had swung to McAdoo drifted-over into the Cox rimo in increasing numbers, and he fr-jan to tike a .commanding place id ROOSEVELT of Ohio and ON THE 44TH BALLOT the balloting. Once he had more than a majority, thtf fight was easy. At the end ot another day of furious struggle the convention stampeded to Cox, flung aside its rules and made his nomina tion unanimous with a roaring shout. A terrific roar followed. The whole mass of delegates threw themselves into a final wild demonstration, great er than any of the ogies of noise that had preceded. In the midst of the din Chairman Robinson' succeeded in ' restoring a semblance of order to get the ad journment until noon so that Gov. Cox's wishes as to his teammate could be learned. T. H. Moore of Youngstown, Ohio, National Committeeman from the state and leader of the tireless and uphill fight that won the nomination for -the -Ohio Governor, said it had been made without promises. Forty-Six Ballots in 1912. The struggle was exceeded in vot ing duration in Democratic annals only by the fight at Baltimore in 19U which gave the President his first nomination on the forty-sixth ballot. Fresh from an over-Sunday study of the twenty-two ballots taken last week, the convention went to work Monday seemingly hopltssly tied ui in-a triangular -deadlock between Cox,-Mc Adoo - and Palmer. Leaders had no predictions to make, although they then thought that Cox, with a lead of some 60 votes over McAdoo , . 1 ui anu more man isuu uvcr 1 muni v" the twsiitv-second roll call, which events proved to be just the half-way point, had advantage With the thirty-seventh ballot, Palmer' strength took another drop, Amidst-wild jubilation by McAdoo supporters. . Chairman Robinson fought for order and led former Rep resentative Carlin of Virginia, Pal mer's manager, up to the speaker's stand. The crowd hushed. It recog nized Carlin and knew that his ap pearance forecast only one thing, the release of the Palmer delegates and a break up in the long deadlock. Men halted where they stood in the aisle to listen. Corridors poured back hundreds of loungers to the floor to pack the doorways and jan even the entrances to the galleries. Feeling of Expectancy An electric feeling of expectancy was in the air. - Carlin briefly stated that Attorney General Palmer was not Willing to longer delay a nomination, and au thorized the complete and uncondi tional release of his delegates. A shoutr-went up only to be quickly stilled while Chairman Robinson an nounced a twentv-minute recess, so that delegations might be polled for new alignments and the cnange in the situation be considered before an other vote was taken. While the recess was on, in the gal leries sat thousands staring down in to the great pit below where dele gates scrambled and tumbled through the aisles conferring to appaise ttu situation before determining their course. McAdoo and . Cox workers worked up to the maximum effort to take advantage of the break. The floor hummed and whirled like the stock exchange on a panicky day. Great clusters of Cox and -McAdoo workers thered about the Palmer groups, straggling for attention and to enlist under their own standard the army about to be disbanded. Back in their seats again under tne banging urge of the gavel the dele gates awaited the thirty-ninth roll call. The 'effect of Palmer's release to his friends was noticeable at once. By twos and threes and large groups delegates previously voting unchang ingly for him went to other candi dates. - Each change, that brought gain to McAdoo or Cox let loose a new roar. Tne taitntui rennsyivania insisted on casting one more vote- for Palmer as a final tribute to him. The delegation chairman's statement went unheeded for the most part and the great block of votes went down lor f aimer amid a suprised hush. Cox Outstrips McAdoo. ' The announcement of the whole, ballot, however, started another tu mult led by Cox adherents. It showed he had outstipped McAd'10 in the race for Palmer delegates and again reached the lead. The Cox forces, scented victory right there. The Cox band trooped, into the gallery and hurled the strains of the Cox battle song, "Ohio, Ohio," down into the din below. Again time was required to get quiet enough to start a new roll call. When Pennsylvania was reached, the delegation asked for a poll: One by one a big McAdoo majority- in the Pennsylvania ranks was disclosed and. Cox supporters looked a little dis turbed. The drift to the Ohio stand ard was on, however, and even the more than two score Palmer men who joined from the Pennsylvania forces could not push McAdoo back into the lead; A fight to adjoun for the night was started by McAdoo supporters against shouts of "No, no," all ovr the floor. The motion felt down on a vote that left no doubt of the conven tion s determination to fight it out then and there. The forty-first bal lot was started. ' ! Both McAdoo . and Cox gained gound and McAdooguppoxtersdug. themselves in, firmly determined on a last ditch tight, the torty-second roll call was started. It showed new dritts to Cox as the votes were shouted back to the platfom . from the unsuppressable murmur among the delegates' now regardless of the tatigue ot the prolonged fight, al though the great galleries above them were by then almost vacant. Great blocks of empty seats showed where worn-out- spectators had given it up by midnight and gone home expecting another day. When ueorgia was reached t!ic delegation chairman leaped to his chair and shouted that his state tor- merly in McAdoo ranks would join hands with Uhio "to name the next resident." He cast the soli.l Georgia vote for Cox and the. shout tnat loilowcd seemed to rock the building. McAdoo followers were still hold ing grimly. Again the Texas block ot tortjt. votes went in for him. XJ Western states, which led the way in Ins drives, stuck hard, and even the tact that Cox had swept beyond the tirst majority vote recorded tor any candidate did not shake them loose. 1 lie forty-third rollcall began in a riot of noise that made the poll audi ble only as the surges of sound paused to let the figures reach the clerks. l-ittle by little the drift to the Cox column continued gaining momentum as it ran. "Get into the wagon, roared a man in the galleries, and .the; Cox boosters took it up. Votes for other" -candidates- than C'oxor Mc Adoo brought yells to "Come out of it" and "Wake up." In the New i'ork delegation a challenge for a poll sent a dozen men scurrying to argue with the chal lenger. He was the center of a fire of argument and objuration he Cotild not resist. Finally, after a new move by McAdoo supporterS-.loadjoiirti in a last desperate effot to stave off de feat had been roared down, the last ballot, the forty-fourth, began. Alabama Gets Into Wagon. The result was forecast with the first vote. Alabama swung solid to Cox. State by state, delegations who had stuck out for McAdoo with divid ed delegations followed suit. The slide had set in and there was no stopping it. The convention had its mind set to nominate on that ballot. Up and up mounted the Ohioan's to tal of votes. As it passed the 700 mark, wih the . necessary two-thirds just ahead, the tumult increased min ute by minute until the last votes were heard onlv vaguely on the plat-1 form. Pennsylvania went over and the Colorado chairman leaped to his chair to change the vote of his state to Cox. Half a dozen other chair men were waving for recognition to make similar announcements. Chairman RobinSon hurried to his desk with Sam B. Amidon of Kan sas, a McAdoo chief, who he present ed only after a furious assault witn the gavel foced a partial lull in tne cheering. Through a continuous racket, Amidon moved that the rules be sus pended and the nomination be made unanimous. All over the great hall men climbed ud on chairs to wave their arms for silence, and then stand poised HKe college yell leaders, to signal the an swer to the question. Thousand Voices Shout 'Aye Banging his gavel in a final thump, Chairman Robinson put the question, and the answer roared back at him with all the volume of a thousand voices in shouting the ' tremendous Aye that made Gov. Cox the Ucm- ocratic nominee. The forty-fourth ballot never wrs completed. In the great chorus ot affirmation, it was swept away as un necessary. Many of the' changes which would have been made had the vote been carried out were never re corded, and on the face of that bal lot; Gov. Cox received officially 7w 1 -J votes, but they were, never to taled for he was nominated oy unan imous voice of the convention. The nomination of Gov. Cox means that the two great parties not only have gone into the same state for their candidate, but have picked men rt'ho lor years have been associated nil re or less closely in the same pro fession. Like Senator Harding. Gov. Cox is a newspaper man, and the home towns in Ohio" are not far apart. Roosevelt by Acclamation. San Vrancisco, Cal., July 6. Frank lin D. Roosevelt of New York, As sistant Secretary of the Navy, was nominated for Vice President today by the Democratic National Conven tion and became the running mate of Gov. James M, Cox of Ohio, the Democratic choice for the presiden tial nomination. The first cries of -'Cox and Roose velt" rang through the convention hall and were mixed with the shouts of the vote of acclamation by which he was nominated without a ballot. Despite the disinclination of the Tammany organization to accept him, Roosevelt's name went over with a baud-wagon movement during which all other candidates were withdrawn. James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois was withdawn early by former Gov. Dunne, Gov. Stewart of Montana announced his own withdrawal, lid ward L. Doheny of California and former Gov. Hawley of Idaho were withdrawn and Maj. Gen. L. D.' Ty son of Tennessee, in persun, an nounced that he would not be a con tender, as did D. R. Francis of Mis souri. Nomination of VV. T. Vaughan of Oregon, who had re ceived state primary indorsement, was changed into a second for t he successful, nominee. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, who was considered as a can didate and refused to allow his name to be used, finally was urged to con sent if he should be "drafted." It so happened that the Tammany cowd decided to accept Roosevelt, wlu brought to the ticket the participa tion 01 an administration man, and Colby s-name was not considered further. Roosevelt was placed in nomina tion by Timothy L. Ansberry, a for mer representative from Ohio, who sat as a Cox delegate in the District of Columbia delegation. Seconds sprang from all parts of the conven tion hall and although Roosevelt was not formally nominated until well af ter the business of nomination was taken up, there was never anv doubt about it and never at any time was there- any opposition. The seconding of his nomination by Gov. Smith of New York, from the Tammany dele gation, clinched it. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, per manent chairman of the convention, was appointed chairman of the com mittee to notify Gov. Cox of his nomination -and Chairman Homer S. Cummings of the Democratic Na tional Committee was appointed.. chairmuirof the committee to notifv Roosevelt. STATE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN HERE Ben Neale Meets With County democratic Committee, Ben Neale, chairman of the Dem ocrauc state Committee, who is the party organization for the ap tile party organization for he ap proaching campaign, was in Butler Thursday, accompanied by Frank Armstrong, secretary of Publicity, and met in- conference here with the county committee. A noon-day lunch was served for Air .Neale, Mr. Armstrong and the members of the county committee, following which a meeting was held at which Mr. Neale addressed the committee outlining the achievements and accomplishments of the party. $aoo,ooo Fraud in War Bared. Risk Bureau Washington, June 30. Three more arrests were made by the. Treasury secret service today in connection with the alleged conspiracy of em. ployes of the War Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury to defraud disabled soldiers out of part of the money due them from the govern ment. Those arrested today were record ed as W. B. O'Connell, 1300 Massa chusetts avenue; Harold S. O'Con- neii, 023 Nineteenth street, N. W., not related to the first; and T. E. Graves of 820 Ninth street, N. W. Graves was a negro employe of the bureau. It is alleged that Graves was a tool of one of the white men and that he obtained part of an $1800 payment due to a soldier, merely transmitting the money. The men arrested yesterday on the same charge of conspiracy to defr&ud disabled soldiers were William Salis bury of . Buffalo, N. Y.; Patrick O'Brien-of Des Moines, la., and David M. Griswold of Brooklvn. N. Y all of whom were employed in the claims division of the War Risk Insurance Bureau. Thev were arraigned hefore United States Commissioner Mason N. Richardson shortly before noon today, where they waived examina tion, pleaded not guilty and were held tor the grand jury, their bond being fixed at $16,000 each. -St Louis, carpenters went on a strike last week when their demands for $i.5 per hour was refused. LIFE TERM FOR BRADLEY Warrensburg Jury Returned Verdict in One Hour. Warrensburg, Mo., July 3. After deliberating an hour today a jury tound James Bradley guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to ute imprisonment 111 the Missouri penitentiary. Bradley was convicted ot participation in the killing 01 Joseph Talbot, sheriff; John McDon ald and James Stapleton under sher- itts of Lafayette County, near Lex ington, May 4, 1919. 1'he verdict came as a surprise to many people here, who openly pre dicted a hung jury, because of a court ruling that it there was any reason able doubt in the minds of the jury the defendant should be exonerated. The prisoner was not in court to hear his fate, because of his removal to the Jackson County jail at Kansas City yesterday. By agreement of counsel it was entered into court records that the defendant was present atthe time of the verdict announcement. Several jurors, in -' explaining the speedy verdict, said the identification of Bradley by C. E. Maddox, chief of police of Marshall, and the attempt of the prisoner to escape from jail in Parsons, Kas., several days after the identification, were the chief rea sons the jury voted for a conviction on the first ballot. The jurymen said they disregarded the alibi evidence produced by the defe"nse, which in cluded testimony and depositions as serting the defendant was in Okla homa at the time-of the-erimer Missouri Farms Growing Larger. Jefferson City, Mo., July 2. After tabulating 190,933 of the 277,244 farms in the state, Secretary Jewell Alayes of the Misso.iri State- Board of Agriculture today authorizes the statement that Missouri farms arc growing larger, and that the average acreage of 124 acres iir 1910 has in creased to 127.8 acres per farm. He further says that in 1919 there grew an average of 18 acres of win ter wheat per Missouri farm, 8 acres of oats, 8 acres of timothy and clover cut for hay, and 52 acres for pasture. The foregoing figures are released by permission' from the forthcoming report-for the year 1919, now in press, and which will appear in the 19-20 Year Book. Race Suicide. When the people of Pleasant Hill jumped on their local Census Enum erator, a man named marker, he came right back at them with charges of "race suicide-," in which he indulged in very pointed remarks as to how the married people of that town were neglecting the Divine injunction to increase and multiply. He shows that while a few years ago. the aver age sized family was composed of five persons, that in the present year there are only three-to a family in Pleasant Hill. He concludes that "the something radically wrong," whiclr1vas been' hinted at in' the cen sus, -objection ls-jtist tne -absence enough children, nothing else.-rllen- ry County Democrat. Argentina Can't Get Wheat. Buenos Aires. July 1. The Ar- m'lltillC tfm-.-rn.iipnt, lin-infT pro.Miri-ll the enactment of a law imposing 4 pesos super-tax on wheat exports to obtain fundswith which to purchase wheat to manufacture bread and re duce the price to the public, is con fronted with difficulty in obtaining wheat because most of the available supply appears to have been con tracted for by England, France, ltsly and other foreign governments. The Argentine government is ne gotiating with tlies governments for release of oo,ooo tons, but has been unsuccessful owing to inability to reach an agreement on the price. Ammunition Being Smuggled Villa. to San Antonio, Tex., July 2. Over 300,000 rounds of ammunition and ap proximately 3,500 mounts have been smuggled across the Rio Grande within the past few weeks, for the use of Villa's soldiers, who are oper ctiug along the Rio Conchas, accord ing to Paul Altendorf, former United Slates secret service agent in Mexico. Altendorf claims- to be in possession of proof to verify his statement. Altendorf gained fame in August, 1918, for effecting the capture in An- rona' of Witschce. the only German spy given the death penalty, during the world war by the L nited Mates. Greeks KOI 2,000 Turks. London, July 5. Two thousand Turks were killed and several hun dred taken prisoner when Greek forces captured the city of Balikessri, on the Panderma-Smyrna railroad, according to an official statement from Greek army headquarters at Athens today. . The Greeks launched a strong at tack against the city of Brussa, the second Turkish nationalist capital, situated twelve miles from the Sea of Marmora. The city's fall was said to be a matter of only a few hours. How He Got It A negro veteran just back from the other side, when questioned about an iron cross he was wearing explained: Boss, it was a extra decoration. Ue Kaiser hissclf sent it to me by a spe cial messenger what dropt daid jus' befo' he give it to me." Ex. CONGRESS SPENT NEARLY FIVE BILLIONS $".558,968,400 Charged Off in Record as War 'Hangover.' Washington, July 1. Approxi mately $5,000,000,000 was appropriat ed by the Sixty-sixth Congress at its session ending June 5, according to a statement prepared today by Chair man Good of the House Appropria tions Committee for the ' final issue of the Congressional Record.. The exact total as given by Good was $4,859,890,327. Of this $4,373. 395,279 is for government expenses in' the fiscal year beginning July I, and $486,495,048 is to meet the deficiency for the fiscal year ending with this month. Chairman Good said Congress had reduced estimates of government de partments for next year by $1,474, 422,062, the total appropriations in only two measures exceeding the esti mates. Congress added $64,120,000 to thepension bill and $70,861,000 to the postal bill. The latter increase was to meet advances in pay to postal employees, while the pension increase was absorbed in part by increased pensions. Good charged off $2,558,968,400 of the appropriation as direct war "hangover," the sum including the funds provided for the railroads, for the interest on the public debt, the payment to the sinking fund and $293,168,400 appropriated for re-education, hospital treatment, and insur ance payment f or veterans of th world war. The army and navy to gether got $855,958,862 for the next fiscal year, leaving a total of $979, 319,916 as the funds for all the other civil functions of the government during the year. Won't Await Lever Act Ruling. Washington, July 3. Continued prosecution of profiteers under the I -ev er food control act, at least until the supreme court reconvenes in the fall, by the department of justice was assured today. Justice Pitney of the supreme court, sitting in chambers, refused to . grant the application of the Willard Company, of Cleveland, O., involved in a sugar case, to re strain the federal government from pushing pending cases until a final decision is given in litigation involv ing the constitutionality of the Lever act. Justice Day, at his home in Ohio, refused a similar request by a cloth ing company a few days ago. While the Lever act has been held to be unconstitutional by district judges, the cases cannot be decided by the supreme court before October. A Dry World is Predicted. Chicago, July 2. World prohibi tion is in sight, because manufactur ing nations have learned they cannot compete with it dry United States, William "Pussyfoot" Johnson, anti saloon leader, who lost an eye in a . melee With an English mob, declared hew- today. ' Knglaud will be dry by 1930, John son predicted, and declared that the Democratic platform adopted in Sun Francisco- next week will have no wet plank. He said he was surprised at the effectiveness with which . prohi bition i;i being cut'oncd, when he ro- turned from abroad. Second Coming of Christ Predicted Within 14 Years. Chicago, July i.-7-"F.vcrything looks as though between 1920 and 1934 there will be some remarkable manifestation in the Christian world. ''We predict the coining of Christ. His need is shown in the increase of materialism in the world; in the rapid approach of chaos." Thus spoke A. M. Johnson, Chi cago, chairman of arrangements for the "Second World Conference on Christian Fundamentals," which is in progress in Moody Church . Taber nacle. MISSOURI NOTES "A few cases of small pox in El Dorado Springs created considerable alarm a few days ago. The El Dorado Sun says all danger of an epidemic or of the disease spreading is passed. Mrs. Lvnch. mother of lav I.vni-h who killed Sheriff Harlow and son at Lamar earlv last vear viae armiitterl on charge of being an accomplice-to tne crime in the ' circuit court Greenfield last week. at XV. R. Wilkinson of St. Louis. vice-chairman of the state board of agriculture, Thursday sent a telegram to the platform committee of the Democratic national convention urg ing a plank permitting farmers to make cider and light wines. Such a plank, the telegram asserted, would cause an exoduS from the cities to the farms and thereby assist in jre- ducing the living cost. An airplane flight from New York City to -Nome, Alaska, and return, a distance of 8,600 miles, will be started July 15 by the United States army air service, the war department an nounced Saturday. The trip, accord ing to the department, is to be made in order to practically Drove the - feasibility, of opening up new trans continental lines of communication, which will materially aid in the growth and economic development of the country. - " --.--r ". . -