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MOO MAN
OPENS FIRE
UPON PALMER
Judge Bonniwell, Campaign
Manager in Pennsylvania,
Charges Attorney General in
League With Wet Interests.
"SCRANTON WETTEST
PLACE OUTSIDE OCEAN"
Declares Breweries Are Going
Full Blast and Saloons Are
Running Wide Open Tells
Of Drop in Price of Whisky.
Chiracs Tribune-Omaha Boa I.eturd Wire.
Washington, June 2. The mys
terious McAdoo boom emerged
from the political catacombs today
and swatted the Palmer candidacy
yAh a violence that echoed and re
verberated throughout the capitol.
The Palmer forces, headed by
the attorney general, struck back
savagely and the welkin rang with
the exchange of blows, somewhat
to the displeasure of the democrats
oc:upying ringside seats.
Attacks Attorney General.
The combat was staged before the
senate committee investigating cam
paign expenditures. It began when
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell of
Philadelphia, leader of the McAdoo
campaign in Pennsylvania, bluntly
charged that Attorney-General Pal
mer, through his henchmen, had
entered into a deal with the liquor
interests, under which certain por
tions of the Keystone state were
permitted to become "as wet as the
Atlantic ocean."
When Mr. Palmer heard that I
Judge Bonniwell was giving tuch
testimony he rushed at once to the
committee room with fire in his
Quaker eyes. He took a seat op
posite the judge, and sat glowering
at him during the remainder of his
testimony.
Palmer Demands Hearing.
Attorney-General Palmer immedi
ately demanded a hearing and the
committee promptly granted it.
Standing across the table from
Judge Bonniwell Mr. Palmer shout
ed that the testimony was "utterly
false" and was simply a repetition
of slander which had been circu
lated during the primary campaign
to defeat him. He admitted that the
government was having a hard time
of it trying to enforce the prohibi
tion law, but laid the blame at the
door of the bureau of internal rev
yie which up to a few weeks ago
had been headed by Daniel C.
Roper, who will be field manager for
the McAdoo forces at the San
Francisco convention.
Judge Bonniwell, livid with anger,
demanded "five minutes for re
buttal." He declared in turn that
Mr. Palmer's statement was "false
from beginning to end." The attor
ney general left the committee room
and when Bonniwell's few minutes
had expired the committee turned
its attention too other matters.
Describing the recent primary
contest in Pennsylvania, Judge Bon
niwell said:
"In this campaign the Palmer
(CamUnaed oa race Two, Column Three.)
Possemen Surrender
Hope of Capturing
Convicts' in Woods
DuBois, Neb., June 2. (Special
' Telegram.) The last chapter in the
"battle of DuBois 'woods" will have
been written at daylight tomorrow.
It was last Friday that more than
,100 heavily-armed men surrounded
the thick timberland five miles from
;.here and across the line in Kansas,
v Nebraska and Kansas officers led
the posses. '
The officers said they were confi
dent the two escaped convicts had
taken refuge in the jungles of this
,forest Day and night since then
an armed patrol has been main
tained, r ' ,
Tonight officers said the hunt
would be abandoned, at daylight to
morrow. It is generally Denevea
here that the bandits have com-
letely eluded the officers.
With the Women at Chicago'
Chicago TrHu-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 2. Occupational
speaking, Mrs. Emily Vandecook
Browne of New York is in a class
by herself among the women at the
convention. She is a sea pilot, the
1 widow of Commodore Browne, who
discovered the group of Pacific
islands that bear his name. She has
come to Chicago to cheer for Gen
eral Wood. She was active in dnll-
;ing the first women's preparedness
league on Governor's Island and
General Wood was military adviser
to a class of 500 girls in the same
. camp.
IT.t.r, Rn daughter of
Alia vivm .. ct -
Mr. C H. Bayne of South Man
chester, Conn a youthful and highly
attractive eastern society debutante,
passed op a chance to take a long
summer cruise on a yacht in order
to come to the republican conven
tion and work all day over a type
writer. She is a volunteer worker
at Wood headquarter and works
from 9 in the morning to 4:30 in the
afternoon without pav. Florence
t a ' j...u... r
iL ivrwaen ana oenerai wood s cniet
opponent, is one of Miss Bayne'
f . dearest friends. -
The Ohio women's delegation,
supporting Harding for president,
will arrive Friday or Saturday, Mr.
California Sheriff
Combines Pleasure
And Political Work
Chisago Tribune-Omaha Beo Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 2. Sheriff R. R.
Veale of Martinez, Contra Costa
county, California, allows to mix a
little pleasure with his business
while here. His business is to boost
Hiram Johnson for the presidency
and for pleasure he proposed to get
cut at odd hours and hunt for 'Gene
Geary, the killer, who has so far
eluded the police.
"Had 'em call me at the hotel at
5 o'clock this morning." said Sheriff
Veale. "Understand you are looking
for this gun-shooter of your's this
'Gene Geary. They allow he's a right
bad hombre. Killed a couple of nvx
and is around the dance' halls brag
gin about it.
"Got up early this morning and
thought I might scare him out of his
hole. Need my horse, though. Ridin'
f-n street cars don't get a man no-
whar.
"Didn't run acrost hide nor hair
of him. Trail was too cold. Trackin'
ain't as good here as. it is in ny
country. I've gone out and got other
men just as bad as this Geary
hombre."
"Have you abandoned the chase?"
"Not yet. I allow to be here alt
this week and next week and I will
keep an eye out for your bad man.
If I meet up with him there will
Le a lively rookus. I reckon I'm as
last on the trigger as any man in
these parts."
REFUSE TO SEAT
DELEGATES SENT
FROMKANSAS CITY
Action by G. O. P. Committee
Taken on Grounds of
Fraud in Selection.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee leased Wire.
Chicago, June 2. Kansas City's
brand of politics is distasteful to
members of the republican national
committee, which voted unanimous
ly tonight to refuse delegate seats
in the national convention to either
of the contesting factions from the
fifth Missouri district, comprising
16 wards in Kansas City and seven
townships.
This action was taken on the
ground that there had been fraud
somewhere in the selection of the
delegates. It was stated in the com
mittee that the republican party
could not afford to uphold such
methods as were disclosed in the
arguments and briefs of the oppos
ing sides. There were charges of
"hog-tied" conventions, colonization
of negroes, of mustard gas to drive
out one faction, fraud in the count
ing of ballots and in the selection
of judges and clerk. ;.
The contesting delegates were
known as the marks or "boss" ele
ment and the antis. David M.
Procter of Kansas City and Thomas
J. Hedrick of Buckner were the con
testants, the regulars on the calen
dar, and Robert J. Flick of Kansas
City and Jesse L. Martin of Inde
pendence - were the contestees.
Neither faction of delegates was in
structed and there was no charge
of money having been used in their
selection. It was rather the method
by which both factions sought con
trol of party machinery in the dis
trict that was objected to. Albert
L. peeves represented the Flick
Marun group. Isaac Krimbal, the
ether group.. The air in the commit
tee room was blue with accusations
and charges.
The committee voted down a mo
tion of Committeeman S. A. Perkins
to seat Flick and Martin. A roll
call was demanded on this and the
motion was lost by a vote of 22 to 3.
Cotton Jumps $5 Per Bale
On New Orleans Market
. New Orleans, La., June 2. Cot
ton jumped $5 a bale in the first 10
minutes of trading after a delay of
three hours in opening the exchange,
while waiting for formal approval
by President Wilson of a resolu
tion amending the agricultural bill.
The government crop report, show
ing the. lowest May 25 condition
on record, caused exciting buying.
Prices advanced 92 to 100 points.
Favorable Report Made
On Postal Wage Measure
Washington, June 2. Favorable
report on a bill prepared by the joint
congressional committee providing
increases in the pay of postal em
ployes, aggregating $33,000,000 for
the first year, was ordered by the
senate postoffice committee.
C. C. Pavey, president of the Har-ding-for-President
club, will take
charge of the women's headquarters
in connection with the Harding can
didacy. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Gordon Battelle of Columbus, Mrs.
Robert Patterson of Dayton, Miss
Georgia Repley, Mrs. W. E. Malloy,
Mrs. C. C. Waltermire, Mrs. John
Todd and Mrs. George Widnor. all
of Columbus, and numerous .others
from various Ohio cities and towns.
Mrs. Ross C. Bryant of Los
Angeles is here as a Johnson snp-
forter. She is a director of tht
.os Angeles Women's club. 'I
have known Senator Johnson ever
since he started Jaw practice," she
said.
Among the women arriving today
was Mrs. Lafayette B. Gleason of
New Yyork, whose husband is tem
porary secretary of the convent: n.
She refused to talk politics. "I am
a home woman," she said. "I am
quite willing to leave politics to
my husband and the other men."
Women of all camps are disturbed
by the announcement that a band of
professional hecklers are coming
trom Washington to create all the
disturbance they can at the con
vention, around the hotels and eUe
where. Some plan may be. solved
to put the soft pedal on these un
welcome guest,
REPUBLICANS
FINISH DRAFT
OF PLATFORM
Plank on Mexican Situation
Written Into Document at
Last Minute by Senator Fall
Of Special Subcommittee.
OMIT ALL MENTION OF
WET OR DRY QUESTION
Expect to Work Out Provision
On Soldier Bonus at Chicago
No Attempt Is Made to
Reach Decision on League.
Washington, June 2. The tenta
tive draft of the republican national
platform was given its finishing
touches at conference today and
Senator Watson of Indiana, who has
been in charge of the task, will leave
for Chicago tomorrow to confer
with prospective members of the
convention's resolutions committee.
The plank on Mexico was added
to the draft today. It was written
by Senator Fall, New Mexico, who
headed the senate's special subcom
mittee on Mexican affairs and later
was revised in some minor respects
:t a conference attended by Senator
Watson, Senator Lodge of Massa
chusetts, republican leader of the
senate, and a number of other prom
inent republicans. It is understood
to follow in general the recommen
dations made by Senator Fall in his
report to the senate, declaring that
unless conditions in Mexico are im
proved the United States should in
tervene. No Mention of Prohibition.
All mention of prohibition is Emit
ted from the tentative draft, and it
was understood those who conferred
here would recommend against any
declaration on the subject. That is
sue, it was suggested, should be re
garded as settled. The tentative
draft contains a declaration, how
ever, urging prompt ratification of
the woman suffrage amendment.
Another declaration still missing
from the platform is that relating
to the soldier bonus. The leaders
here said they were unprepared to
make any recommendation on the
subject under present conditions
and that a plank on the subject
would be worked out at Chicago.
League Plank Not Yet Written.
No attempt was made to reach a
final 'decision on. a plank relating to
the league of nations. Several ten
tative declarations have been draft
ed, however, and will be laid before
the party chiefs at Chicago.
In its work the conference had
before it the platform adopted by
the Virginia democrats and recently
given the approval of President
Wilson. It was said that every
effort was made so to phrase the
republican draft that it would make
the issue as clear and direct as
possible.
Farmers' Referendum
Shows i Big Majority
Against Land Tax Bill
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 2. The results of
the first referendum taken among
farmers on national questions by the
American Farm Bureau federation
were made public Wednesday. The
vote shows an overwhelming major
ity against a bill now before con
gress levying a 1 per cent tax on
the ownership of land in excess of
$10,000.
The report was, made by the ex
ecutive committee of the federa
tion now in session at the Hotel
i-herman. Nearly 400,000 farmers
voted.
It is planned to lake other refer-
endums, shortly, notably on the
question of arbitration in all labor
disputes and on the repeal of the
Adamson and Townsend laws.
At the instance of the New Eng
land members the question of wom
an's importance in the federation
will be taken up during the meeting
here. The committee has been re
quested to appoint a national ad
visory board of women to serve un
til the constitution of the federation
can be revised to include women
members of the national board.
Fire Causes $1,000,000 Loss
To Oil Pumping Plant
Greeley, Kan., June 2. The Stand
ard Oil company's pumping station
here, valued at more than $1,000,000,
was destroyed by fire late Wednes
day. The fire was still burning
Wednesday night and efforts of the
employes and a volunteer fire
fighting force were being directed
toward keeping the flames .from
reaching two 50,000-barrel storage
tanks, both of which are practically
full.
House Delays Vote on
Mandate for Armenians
Washington, June 2. Democrats
on the house foreign affairs commit
tee today delayed immediate action
on the senate resolution rejecting
President Wilson's request for au
thority to accept a mandate over Ar
menia. Chairman Porter, however,
announced that the resolution would
be reported tomorrow and put be
fore the house during the day.
North Fork River Rising;
Flood Feared at Norfolk
Norfolk, Neb.. June : 2. (Special
Telegram.) A flood in the North
Fork river is threatened at this point
following torrential rains at Plain
view. Part of the town of Pierce
is flooded. The crest of the flood
will reach Norfolk by Thursday
morning. -
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Safety Deposit Boxes
Rented by the Pint or
Quart in Washington
Lincoln, June 2. (Special.) Safe
ty deposit boxes are rented by the
pint or quart in Washington, D. C,
according to Railway Commissioner
Tom Hall, who has just returned
from a business visit to the national
capitol.
Mr. Hall said that on this trip he
had some valuables with him which
he thought it would be advisable to
place in a safety deposit box for the
time he was in Washington.
"What size do you wish, the pint
or quart size?" asked the obliging
clerk at a strong box establishment
which he visited.
Mr. Hall does not state which
size was the one he had most fre
quent use for.
WOMEN APPEAL
FOR SUFFRAGIST
DEMONSTRATION
Plan Big Protest Meeting at
Opening of Republican
Convention.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, June 2. Immedi
ately upon the announcement of the
defeat of the suffrage amendment by
the Delaware legislature today in
spite of the efforts of President Wil
son, who took a hand in the struggle
last night, and sent telegrams to
three democratic members urging
them to vote for ratification, 5,000
appeals were sent out tonight by
the National Woman's party to
suffragists in the middle west ask
ing them to take part in the protest
demonstration at Chicago June 8, or
to contribute to its expense.
The call to the demonstration of
protest before the republican con
vention was signed by Alice Paul,
chairman of the National Woman's
party, just before she left for Chi
cago to organize the suffragist
forces there. It reads as follows:
"The republican legislature of
Delaware refuses to ratify the suf
frage amendment. The republican
governors of Connecticut and Ver
mont, where the legislatures are
counted upon to ratify, refuse to
allow their legislatures to meet. We
are confronted by a serious emer
gency.. It looks as though republi
can opposition would prevent mil
lions of women from voting this
November.
"Will you join us on June 8 at the
republican convention in Chicago in
a demonstration of protest against
republican action in holding up rati
fication in the one state needed?
The demonstration probably will
take the form of a line of women
in front of the convention hall with
banners of protest against' the op
position of the republicans.
"If a host of women voice the
disapproval they feel, the republican
party can hardly continue its present
course.
"If you can not take part person
ally, please send a contribution for
the traveling expenses of someone
to take your place and for the cost
of headquarters, banners, telephone,
telegrams, and other expenses con
nected .with such a demonstration."
Committee Will Urge
Quick Ratification
- Of Colombia Treaty
Washington, June 2. Ratification
of the treaty with Colombia will be
recommended by the senate foreign
relations subcommittee Saturday, it
was said. Chairman Fall will' pre
sent a report which is expected ?v
place before the committee the some
what tangled situation that has grown
out of the efforts begun in 1914, to
enter into a treaty and which neces
sitates further negotiations before
it can be acted upon by the senate.
Progress on the treaty was halted
lest August by the Colombian presi
dent providing for practical con
fiscation of foreign-owned oil pro-
oerties in Colombia. The obstacle
was removed by the Colombia su
preme court which declared the de
cree unconstitutional.
Six Mine Workers Killed
By Explosion in Shaft
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2. At least
six men were killed by an explosion
in the coal shaft of the Ontario Gas
Coal company, near Cokesburg, Pa.,
today. The men were buried under
tons of earth, and the foreman said
he would not be able to tell the ex
act number of dead until the bodies
had been recovered.
Soon after the miners went down
the shaft today , there was an ex
plosion which dislodged great
masses of earth and buried every
man in the shaft.
Cuba Puts Ban On People
From Mexico Due to Plague
Havana, June 2. Cuba declared a
quarantine today against Meco
and New Orleans on account of re
ported bubonic plague. Steamers
arriving today from Mexico were
fumigated and passengers sent to
quarantine. The Cuban sanitary
department began extraordinary
measures for ridding Havana's
wharves of rats.
Cole and Grammer to Get
Another Stay of Sentence
Lincoln, June 2. (Special.) An
son V. Cole and Allen Grammer,
Howard county murderers, will be
given another stay of sentence by
'Governor McKelvie pending the
hearings in the U. S. circuit courts.
The stay of execution will be for
30 days which will carry them over
until Friday, July 2.
Authorizes Sale of Pier. .
Washington, June 2- An execu
tive order was issued by President
.Wilson today authorizing the alien
property custodian to sell the Hamburg-American
line pier at New
York City, designated a pier No. 65.
SEASON ANSWERS
BARUCH LETTER
WITH NEW CHARGE
Declares Copper King and
Associates Stole $200,000,
000 Instead of a Mere
$50,000,000.
Washington, June 2. -B. M. Ba-
ruch, former chairman of the war
industries board, wrote to Repre
seotarive, Mason, repoblicanj I llinoift,
today asking that he submit at once
to congress and the attorney general
the evidence which prompted him to
charge in the house recently that
Mr. Baruch had "stolen $50,000,000
from the government in copper
alone.
Mr. Baruch further demanded that
he be "immediately brought to the
bar of justice and condemned to
punishment if found guilty and ex
onerated if innocent, trom the in
famous and . malicious charge you
make against me."
Says He Stole More.
Mr. Mason, in a letter of reply
made public tonight, saifl that since
looking over his previous statement
he would amend it to say that "you
and your associates stole $200,000,
000 in copper alone." He added
that the matter on which he based
his charges already were before con
gress in connection with the investi
gation of war expenditures.
"You certainly do not expect me
to present this matter to your par
ticular friend, Mr. Palmer, attorney
general," Mr. Mason said and add
ed "I shall, if I live, ask the attor
ney general of the United States
after March 4. 1921, to proceed civ
ily and criminally against you and
your associates."
Profits Both Ways.
Declaring that Mr. Baruch. when
head of the war industries board,
had appointed a co-operative com
mittee on copper with John D. Ryan
of New York as chairman, and
presidents and owners of copper
producing plants in the United
States as members, Mr. Mason
charged that this committee had al
lowed copper producers to buy at
one price and sell at another. He
also charged that this committee af
ter the war permitted 100,000,000
pounds of copper, which the gov
ernment, he said, purchased at 23
cents a pound, to be sold back to
the producers at 15 cents a pound.
"Bad Grammar," Wilson
Says in Vetoing Bill
Washington, June 2. Because of
"bad grammar," President Wilson
vetoed a bill to make the interstate
transportation of immoral motion
picture films a felony. The presi
dent' in his veto message said the
transposition of a phrase in the bill
made it ambiguous.
The house on receiving the veto
message conducted an investigat on
and found that an enrolling clerk
had transposed the phrase
The bill as "corrected" by the
president was repassed tonight by
the house.
$20,000 Shortage Found in
Funds of Unidentified Dead
New York, June 2. A shortage
of $20,000, representing money taken
from the pockets of unidentified
dead at the city's morgue, was dis
covered today by Commissioner of
Accounts Hirshfield and Public Ad
ministrator Hoes, who have report
ed their discovery to the district
attorney's office fpr presentation to
the grand jury. ,
Pension .Bill Passes Senate.
Washington, June 2. The senate
passed and sent to conference the
house omnibus pension bill contain
ing about 650 individual claims
h
Will He Submit?
FLIVVER GOES WILD;
CLIMBS A WALK,
THEN BUMPS THREE
Something Went Wrong With
Steering Gear While Trio
Receive Injuries.
Four persons were injured in au
tomobile accidents last night.
When a steering knuckle on I. W.
Guttman's Ford broke while he was
driving west on Thirteenth and
Farnam streets, about 9, .he car
ran onto the sidewalk and struck
Charles Haven, Dodge hotel Haven
suffered bruises on the hands, arms
and face. ; " - -' ' .. i..-. ,
The "flivver" kept on and ran into
and hurled Charles Love, 1124 South
Thirteenth street, against the Pope
drug store plate glass window. Love
received a lacerated scalp and cuts
on the face and and right leg.
Charles Chinn was the next vic
tim. Charles was on his way to a
cafe when the wild. "Lizzie" struck
him He was walking on the west
side of Fourteenth street. Chinn re
ceived a bruised hand. Guttman is a
salesman for the Sinclair Oil and
Refining company. All the injured
were attended by police surgeons.
Lynn Black, "16 years old. 4937
North Fifteenth street, was serious
ly injured when run down by a Ford
driven by Will Brown of East
Omaha at Sixteenth and Fort
streets. Black suffered chest and
scalp wounds. Brown was taken to
jail and held on $100 cash bonds.
Black was taken home. j
Building Trades
Are in Row Over
Omaha, Court Case
Montreal, June 2. The prelinii
nary convention - of' the building
trades department of the American
federation of Labor opened here
today with a clash over seating dele
gates from the Granite Cutters' as
sociation and the United Associa
tion of the Plumbers and the Steam
fitters. Objection to them was ma le
with the assertion that the organ
izations were in arrears in the pt-r
capita levy taken to cover the costs
of legal proceedings arising from
an Omaha court injunction last year.
Eventually an amicable adjustment
was made and all delegates seated.
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No Clue to Kidnapers
Of 13-Months-Old Child
Norristown, Pa.. June 2. No
trace had been obtained of kidnap
ers who Tuesday night entered the
home of George H. Cougl.lin of
this city and stole his 13-months-old
son. Blakely, from his crib.
The child was asleep in a room on
the second floor adjoining that of
his parents. Shortly before 2 a. m.,
the mother was aroused by a noise.
The absence of the child was imme
diately discovered, but it was at first
supposed a maid had taken him from
his crib. Later it was found a
screen had been removed from' a
window, and a ladder against the
side of the house furnished a clew
to the kidnaping.
Police of .Philadelphia and other
nearby cities were at once put on
the case. The co-operation of the
state police also was obtained.
The Weather
Forecast
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CLERK IS LOSER
TRYING TO HELP
THIRSTYJRIENDS
Glenn Wiggins Gets Fired
And Drops Roll of $110
By Being a Good
Fellow.
Glenn Wiggins, living at the
Neville hotel, wanted to be a good
fellow. The result was that he lost
his good job, lost $80 belonging to
two of his friends and lost $110 of
his own money.
This how it all happened:
Wiggkis until Monday worked at
the Sherman-McConnell drug store,
Sixteenth and Dodge streets. A
friend of his named Henry Schlak,
716 North Twentieth street, in
formed Wiggins that he could buy
some good liquor.
He Didn't Come Back.
Wiggins told Schlak that he was
not a prohibition crank but just did
not care ,for the intoxicant. But
Wiggins told the liquor salesman
that he thought he knew two fellows
who would buy the whisky. They
were prominent men, too, he said.
They gave Wiggins a check for
$80. He cashed the check at the
Sherman - McConnell store. The
money then was given to Schlak
who was to return with the booze,
but he didn't. Tire management of
the drug store learned of the story
and discharged Wiggins, according
10 nis story.
Loses Roll of $110.
While leaving the drug store,
Wiggins said he took a package of
cigarettes from his pockets and
while doing so, he - believes that
$110, his entire savings, which was
wrapped neatly and tied with a
rubber band, . slipped out of his
pocket. Last night Wiggins went
to police headquarters where he told
his "hard luck" story. He wants the
police to locate Schlak and also aid
him in finding his "bankroll."
The police refused to divulge the
names of the two prominent men
who put up the 80 "iron men."
Congress to Probe Escape
Of Draft Dodger Bergdoll
Washington, June 2. The resolu
tion ordering a congressional inves
tigation of the escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, rich Philadel
phia draft evader, was ordered fa
vorably reported today by the house
rules committee.
G. 0. P. Convention Notes
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 2. "Yes," said
Hiram Johnson, "I am for Lowden
and I'm for him lock, stock and
both barrels. Looking over the
whole field, he's the man for the
White House. He's got them all
faded. I may be a bit prejudiced
and all that, but Governor Lowden
is the man. It'll be the proudest
moment of my life when I vote for
him in the convention. Sure my
name is Hiram Johnson and all the
people in my district are for
Lowden. I am Hiram Johnson of
London, Ky., the eleventh congres
sional district of the greatest state
in the universe and we're strong
for Frank O. Lowden."
Disputes over entrance to the
Coliseum during the republican con
vention will be settled by an ad
justment bureau which is to be
opened this week by Brigadier-
general James A. Ryan, who has
been placed in charge of a force of
ex-service men who will guard the
aoors. inasmuch as there are
150,000 applications for the 13,000
seats, it is apparent many will be
disappointed and will trv. various
schemes to get by the guards.
Jaime C. de Voyram, resident
STRIKE PUT
OFF; TO MEET
AGAIN TODAY
HI . !!
Wage Controversy Will Be
Settled Without Walkout,
Rank and File of Carmen
Declare at Meeting.
RADICAL EUEMENT TRIES
TO BOSS CONSERVATIVES
Executive Committee Makes
Plans for Second Conference
This Morning Both Sides
Decline to Offer Compromise.
The present wage difficulties be
tween the street car men's union
and the Omaha and Council Bluffs
Street Railway company will be
settled without a strike, according
to the rank and file of the; union
who attended a spirited meeting last
night in the new Labor tempie,
Nineteenth and Davenport streets.
More than 300 members attended
the meeting.
Efforts of the more radical ele
ment of the union to force in line
hundreds of men who voted against
a strike by denouncing them us
"traitors to the cause," and "double
crossers," were of no avail.
"The older men in the union are
against a strike," a motorman, who
had been with the company for more
than 15 years, said.
Attacks Anti-Strikers.
A speaker who championed the
cause of a strike declared the men
who signed the petition circulated
by the company against the strike
did not have any backbone.
"The company would think more
of you men," the speaker said, "if
you would come out and declare
yourself in the open instead of
pussyfooting around and thinking
that you are going to get a stand-in
with the boss. You men who signed
that petition stating that you would
remain loyal to the company haven't
any backbone. If this union is going
to get anywhere we must all stick
together." ,
A more conservative speaker was
declared "out of order" by the chair
man when he sought to tell why he
had voted against a walkout.
Meet Again Today.
, After the meeting had been ad
journed the executive board held a
private session and discussed plans
for ' a second meeting with com-
pany officials whfch will be held at
U this morning.
Allen H. Burt, member of the
general executive board of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electrical Railway Employes of
America, whom street car officials
have refused to meet, counseled with
the executive board and advised
them what moves to make at this .
mornings session.
Mr. Burt refused to comment on
the result of the session of the execu
tive board, but stated that the out
look was promising.
Strike May be Averted.
When asked whether the mtn
would agree to anything except a
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Nonpartisan League
Members Driven From
Town by Egg Barrage
Topeka, 1 Kan., June 2. Three
Nonpartisan League officials, their
clothing bespattered with eggs. at
tempted to tell state officials how
they had been driven from Ellin
wood Tuesday by men dressed in
soldiers' uniforms.
The men Walter Thomas Mills,
national orgar.izer; J. O. Stevic, To
peka, state organizer, and M. L.
Amos, Ellsworth, editor showed an
American flag which they said they
were carrying when the egging took
place. It also bore egg stains. . ::
Without succeeding in getting an
interview with any state official, they
left the building. Mr. Mills declared
"there appears to be no seat of gov
ernment in Kansas."
Mr. Mills said that they were at
tending a farmers' picnic when men '
in soldiers' uniforms escorted them
from the ground, later throwing
eggs at them and placing them in a
stockyards.
commissioner from the Philippine
islands, has arrived, heading a dele
gation of Filipinos who are desir
ous of a plant in the platform look
ing to independence for the islands.
"The people of the islands were
piomised their independence in 1916
by the Jones law," said Mr. De Voy
ram, "just as soon ns a stable gov
ernment could be established in the,
islands. They have a stable gov-,
ernment now." s
"We're not going to ask any intf-
Japanese legislation," said R. W.
Shingle, national committeeman
from Hawaii, "but some of the peo
ple in the islands would appreciate
some sort of stable curb placed upon
the Japanese. The Japanese there
are trying to dominate the islands
an?. their farmers are exerting every
sort of pressure to enable them to
become landowners.
Chester Murphy of Portland. Ore.,
chairman of the Oregon Hoover
club, will be remembered by foot
ball fans 6f the country as the
greatest quarterback that ever
played the game in the Pacific
coast country. He was a member
of the Leland Stanford, tr iim'i.,.
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