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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 151
GEORGIA CONTEST UP FOR DECISION TODAY
IGNORED BY G.O.P.
WOMEN TURN TO
THE DEMOCRATS
Big Delegation Reaches
Frisco With High
Hopes
By GERTRUDE M. PRICE,
N E. A. Staff Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—The,
social welfare of the nation is the I
definite aim of women delegates to I
to the 1920 National Democratic
Convention.
And there are 100 women delegates
to the Democratic convention .as
against 26 in the G. O. P. convention.
Calling this conclave the greatest
opportunity in political history for!
progressive American womanhood,|
picked feminine leaders from all I
sections of the United States got;
on the job early and received a typ
ically California welcome from party
chiefs.
Woman’s Program.
Women delegates are here with,
a definite program. Their aims are:!
First—Make the Democratic !
platform thoroughly and progres
sively expressive of woman’s needs, i
Second—To help nominate a !
candidate for president who can !
be rightly called a friend of equal J
suffrage.
Third—To make a valiant shou’d
er-to-shoulder campaign for the
interests of the child and the pro
tection of the child-bearer of the
nation. !
Fourth—To demonstrate to the I
womanhood of the country and to |
the the public-at-large that the I
Democratic party is the open door !
through which woman can most es- |
fectively win service from their i
government.
Authority for this general pro
gram is Mrs. Geo. Bass, Chicago
chairman of the W’oman’s Bureau of
the Democratic National Committee,
a foremost leader in the ranks of
Demociatic women, with headquar
ters at the Palace Hotel.
“50-50” POLICY.
Her claim that the Democratic
party is the best medium through
which the women of the nation may
attain their aims, is backed by the
actual 50-50 policy which the men
of the party have accepted.
There will be 100 women dele
gates on the floor of the convention,
150 women alternates, a woman from
every state on the national commit-1
tee, and 17 women members of the i
national executive committee to 151
for the G. O. P.
In all there will be in the neigh-1
borhood of at least. 300 women at|
the convention, each doing a definite ‘
work for the advancement of wo-|
man’s intersts.
Speaking of the remarkable con
trast between the way in which the
two parties are meeting the women,
of the nation, Mrs. Bass said:
“Daily, hourly, by letter and by ■
telegram, 1 am receiving word from'
good Republican women, from all f
sections of the country, who voice!
their disappointment and chagrin
over the cold-shoulder given women;
and women’s interests at Chicago by ■
the G. O. P. ‘Old Guard.”
Not Party Bound.
“To say that Republican women
are disabreeably surprised and)
thoroughly disheartened with th< i
party they had espoused and through
which they had hoped to gain cer
tain definite progress for all woman
hood, is to put It mildly.
“1 have no hesitancy in saying I
believe a majority of the women of
the nation are now readv to vote
for a Democratic candidate for
president regardless of their - arty
affiliation, if one be placed in nomi- i
nation worthy of their faith.
“There will be a very large inde-|
pendent woman vote in the nation’
this year, I think. j
“There are thousands and thou
sands of women, with the ballot, 1
who are not interested in any party 1
particularly, who are ready to sup
port a man whom they have reason
to think is unafraid to express his
views and to stand on a concrete
and progressive platform.
“The Republican convention, just
closed, has shown to women of
America that not a s ; ngle construc
tive idea was promulgated in this
of what party they may,
v >men of all sections of the coun
try are alive to the fact that the
Republican party has tied their hands
through congress of our president
su that not even peace could be de
clared in the land.
“Women believe in progress, in
constructive policies.”
Yale Scores Double
Regatta Victory
NEW LONDON, June 25.—Yale
scored a double victory over Harvard!
this morning in the annual regatta!
on the Thames course, winning the
two-mile freshman race by one
length and the junior varsity two
mile race by one and a half len -ths.
THE TIMES
“JOSH WISE”
Jff\/ ' AT THE DONKEY
CIRCUS
- BY J. W. RAPER
Creator of “Josh Wise." ,
(Copyright, 192 c by The Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
CAN FRANCISCO, June 25.
This town is just beginning to
assume the ante-convention look.
About the only ones here now are
the candidate managers and their
lobbygc’”® It’s a bit early for the
boys who throw their lunch boxes
at-d banana skins and paper nap
kins on the sidewalks.
• * •
However, things are moving,
Chinatown has finished all the
preliminary arrangements for a
cloocy feud. This will draw the
put keity necessary to attract us
yaps from the east and south.
Some day the Ringlings wn, buy
Chinfrtcwn and hang a gate at the
main entrance.
* * *
Tom Marshall arrived last veek
and since then he has attracted al
most as much attention as he does
in Washington.
* * ♦
San Francisco restaurant and
hotel prices have been low so far.
They act like rank amateurs com
pared to Chicago. But they may
show their skill when the boys
from the congress gaiter and two
piece underwear zones begin to ar
rive. Then prices may be not only
reasonable but more than reason
able.
• * •
A regular old-fashioned San
Francisco fog hit the town last
evening. The fog was so thick that
the long-legged boys from Texas
and Kentucky couldn’t see their
feet.
* • •
This town is much wetter than
Chicago. But that is only natural,
the Pacific ocean being much
larger than Lake Michigan.
»» • »
Son-in-law McAdoo’s refusal to
be a candidate caused a lot of com
ment in the first five minutes after
it was known. It added greatly
to McAdoo’s popularity.
• ♦ •
You hear no end of talk about
Lowden and Col. William Proc
tor Cooper. The general opinion
ALL DEMOCRATS TALKING
COX, GARDNER DECLARES
Ohio Governor Being Looked to Strongly For Vic
tory, is Indication at
San Francisco
BY GILSON GARDNER
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25—The
reactionary record of the Republi-
cans at Chicago
has left the politi
cal road wide op
en.
The democrats
have a chance to
win with a pro
gressive candidate
and platform.
Will they take
it? ' That is the
question.
The chance to
win has given a
new aspect at once
to everything here
at the Golden
Gate. When the
party was looking
GARDN£P
for a goat Mitchell Palmer’s candi
dacy found no opposition. McAdoo
was genuinely uninterested and the
convention took on much the char
acter of a sparring match between
Mr. Bryan for the Dry League and
Everybody Else for the Wets.
Now the Democratic managers
have started a real honest-to-good
ness search for a progressive candi
date, and have begun sawing out
planks for a sure-enough progressive
platform.
Cox and Harding Opposite
All of which accounts logically for
a sudden and almost unexpected
prominence of the Cox boom. What
about James M. Cox of Ohio?
What indeed?
1. He can carry Ohio in the
election over Harding, having
demonstrated the fact by being
elected governor three times, and
winning the last time in spite of
the election of Republicans to ev
ery other state office.
2. He is the antithesis to
Harding. As the Republicans
pride themselves on the reaction
ary record of Harding so the Dem
ocrats pride themselves on the pro
gressive record of Cox.
3. As Harding is certain to al
ienate the labqr vote, Cox has al
ways nolied the labor vote.
4. Both are daily newspaper
editors; both were poor newsboys;
PUBLISHED IN THE OF
■ I
JACK PAP£/2
! Josh Wise at the Donkey Circus!
I Which is another way of announc
ing to Americus that J. W. Raper,
creator of the famous “Josh Wise,” is
the latest addition to The Times-Re
corder staff of stars covering the
democratic convention at San Fran
cisco.
Josh will stroke his whiskers, chew
his wheat stray and write daily per
tinent (and impertinent) paragraphs
on the democratic show which will
give you the chuckles—and an
! insight into lots of things the serious
! minded writers will overlook.
; Raper is one of the top-notch ‘col
yum” writers of America. His ‘Josh
Wise” paragraphs every days in the
i Cleveland Press are quoted every
where. You won’t want to miss a
single one of his convention com
ments.
Rapers’ services for the San Fran
cisco convention have been secured by
the Newspaper Enterprise Associa
tion, of which The Times-Recorder is
a member.
The first “Josh Wise” column ap
pears herewith today. Read it—and
you’ll watch for the rest.
seem* to be that the Republicans
have all the luck.
* * *
Somebody here has advanced
the idea that a woman should run
for vice president, but I have too
much respect for the unfair sex to
discuss it.
* * *
The “boys” from the far East
don’t give a hoot about the two
thirds rule. They will be satis
fied with 2.75 per cent.
both have been in Congress; both
are newspaper proprietors and both
are average speakers.
5. Cox has stood for personal I
liberty, including free speech, free i
assembly and the right of labor to
organize. Harding is the Mitchell
Palmer of the Republican party on
these matters.
Long Liberal Record
Cox has a long record of legislation
which he helped to pass favorable to
labor, farmers and business, as well
as the well known Ohio constitutional
convention which he helped to liberal
ize.
Finally it is urged in behalf of
Cox that the issue, as between pro
gressive policies and reaction could
not be better emphasized than by
the nomination of the Democratic
candidate from the same state as the
Republican candidate, making Ohio
the storm center of the canvas and
making the home records of the can
didates the text of the debate.
Mitchell Palmer will show most
votes on the first roll-call. While
his managers claim over 500 he has
pledged about half that number. This
means nothing for reasons previously
stated.
Will the ghost of McAdoo stay
laid? That’s one thing that worries
them all. No matter how emphatic
he makes his repudiation there is a
secret fear in the hearts of all other
managers that he is only being coy.
But anyhow the Cox people are now
going after the McAdoo following
with both hands.
Bryan a Candidate, Too
Bryan, of course is going to have
a lot to say. Incidentally he has an
nounced that he is oposed to Cox be
cause Cox is Wet. If it were not for
this Dry and Wet issue Cox would
probably be an almost unopposed
candidate.
And, of course, Bryan is really a
candidate himself—all the more so
since Chicago named Harding.
Speaking of progressives, word has
been received here that Bainbridge
Colby, recently named by Wilson as
Secretary of State is to come here as
a delegate from the District of Co
lumbia (though he is a citizen of
New York State) and that he is fa-
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1920
VICE-PRESIDENT
JOB WELCOME
TO HITCHCOCK
Say He Would Not Ac
cept—Sees No Men
tion of Liquor
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Sena
tor Hitchcock, of Nebraska, today
announced that he would not accept
the democratic vice presidential nom
ination if offered him. The demo
cratic platform will no* contain
either - a wet or a dry plank, in the
opinion of Senator Hitchcock.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (By I
Associated Press). —The first guns:
of the Democratic national conven
tion were fired today when the na
tional committee met to draw up the
temporary roll of delegates. Three
contests had been called to ths com
mittee’s attention, but only one,
that which involves efforts to give
Senator Reed, of Missouri, a seat
with his state delegates, promised
more than routine interest.
The Georgia contrast was the only
one officially filed. It was expected
by party leaders that it would be set
tled in favor of the deleg itee friend
ly to Attorney General Palmer, the
decision carrying with it the con
firmation of Clark Howell, of Atlan
ta, as the Georgia national commit
teeman. There appeared to be no
question as to the result in what was
described as “a clear case” where
the statutory provisions in the state
and party rules dictated th course of
the committee.
Wilson Urge Suffrage
Ratification in N. C.
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Presi
dent Wilson has sent messages to
Governor Bickett and Senators Sim
mons and Overman, of North Caro
lina, suggesting that he need not
point out to them the critical impor
tance of the action of the North
Carolina legislature on the Federal
suffrage amendment when it meets
in special session next month.
Crowell, Assistant to
Secretary Baker, Quits !
WASHINGTON, June 25. —Bene-!
diet Crowell, assistant secretary of)
war, has resigned, effective July 1.1
He plans to enter private business.’
His resignation has been accepted
by the president.
German Chancellor
Completes Cabinet
BERLIN, June 25. —German
Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach,
has completed the formation of a|
cabinet, it was announced today.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good middling, 40 cents.
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
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MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
MOULTRIE, June 25—Hogs, 165
lbs. and up 14@14 l-2c; 135 lbs to
165 lbs. 13@13 l-2c; 110 lbs. to 135
lbs. 12@12 l-2c; 110 lbs and down
9@9 l-2c.
Roughs and skips are priced on
basis of quality. Piggy sows dock
ed 40 lbs. Stags dockedl 70 lbs.
Prices f. o. b. Moultrie.
vered by the administration as can
didate for permanent chairman of the
convention and is groomed as a dark
horse candidate, though he is a Bull
Moose by his last political affilia
tion.
Which simply goes to show how
hard some people are trying to make
the Donkey progress.
IMMODESTY IS NOT
SOUGHT BY U. S. IN
ITS WAR ONH. C. L.
<
? W ASHINGTON ’ June 25 ~ The '
? ” conservation of cloth at the !
s expense of womanly modesty will !
< not be endorsed by the govern- !
> rnent. representatives of the Na-
< tional Garment Retailers associa- /
) tion were told today by Howard ;!
S Figg, assistant to Attorney Gen- <
< eral Palmer. >
$ The retailers presented knee- <
< length gowns designed as extreme ;
) in women’s wear for next fall.
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WASHINGTON—These are the first photographs for which President Wilson has posed since
his illness. They were taken at Wilson’s desk in the White House by George W. Harris, of Harris &
Ewing, who spent almost an hour with the president while he was transacting his regular morning busi
ness. The camera remained set up in the room and Wilson did not know just when the pictures were
being snapped. "The president looks fine," said Mr. Harris. "Much better than I had expected.” The
only other pictures of the president since his illness were snapshots taken when he was motoring.
WIDOW BARES ELWELL’S
STRATEGY WITH WOMEN
WOMEN TREATED
WELL AT FRISCO
Hold Nearly 10 Per Cent
of Delegates’
Seats
By MABEL ABBOTT,
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.
Convention machinery is nearly all
installed, and the big plant is begin-
ning to hum. The
Democrats are
treating their wo
men much better
than the Republi
cans in the matter
of representation
of the 1,092 dele
gates, 100 are wo
men —• ne rly 10
per cent. There is
an equal number
of men and women,
on the national
committee. The
women, however,
are '“associates”
with no party au
thority back of
them.
Homer Cummings temporary
• chairman, says he personally believes
that “we should have a party organi
zation that eliminates sex distinc- i
tion,” and that when the convention!
faces the question of how the com-?
mittee shall be composed hereafter)
a majority will favor complete amal-|
gamation. The governing body to
be composed of equal numbers of
men and women wijth absolutely )
equal authority.
All this is highly forward looking
and desirable. But meanwhile, on
the second and fourth floors respec
i tively of the Palace Hotel, the Dem
jocratic men and women are working
I in their age old respective ways just
'as men and women will work so
ilong as they are men and women, no
matter how thoroughly they may
) succeed in abolishing prejudices and
I handicaps and inequalities.
Down on the second floor there is
a big sign in the hall “Democratic
National Committee.” It saw, in se
rene contradiction of all the compli
mentary associate appointments in
tended to make women believe they
are really a part of the committee—
(Continued on last page)
‘Women Are Fools’ Ba
sis of His Love Psy
chology
N. E. A. Staff Special
NEW YORK, June 25—The
strange love-psychology of the mur
dered Joseph B. Elwell, wealthy so- .
ciety gambler, was disclosed today by I
his widow, Helen D. Elwell.
What lay behind his smiling eyes, ;
the alert manners? What was the se- |
cret of his cunning at cards, with )
life and with women?
Mrs. Helen Elwell was a mere girl I
when she married him years ago.
They had been separated for years !
before his death.
“Yes,” she said turning her head 1
toward the window, “I loved him, too, ;
when I married him—it was a swift ■
thing—that marriage.”
“What did he love in me?” and |
she answered herself:
“Inaccessiblity—l was hard to run ■
down, as they say.
Didn’t Know He Wore Toupee
‘I liked him, he was tall and fine
and handsome then. I did not know I
that he wore a toupee—and he had
manners and away with him—oh, )
my dear,” she went on, a little catch I
in her voice, “Beware of those with
a ‘way’ about them—his soul was a
careless thing.
“Os course I did not know at the
beginning what he thought of wom
en—l did not know that it was alone
my coldness that had attracted him.
“But later I learned what he
thought of women —what he said to
himself and to me as he carefully
■ dressed.
“He would stand there by that mir
ror—tying one tie after another—
I trying many stick pins—first a little
! below the knot, then in the center,
; then not at all.
“Women are Fools”
‘His little toupee—made of the
finest gauze-—this he would turn and
turn about on his long perfectly man
| icured fingers and he would say in an
even, drawling voice:
“Women are fools—the fool is in
their flesh. They hide it away, yes,
and the better, the harder to find,
the more exciting—l like doing
things well, but when I’ve accom
plished a thing, then I’m done.’
“Then he would carefully place
his hair as he wanted it and begin
to pat it down, one strand laid ex
actly straight upon the other.
“And he w’ould say ‘I like them
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHAS. AYASH
HOME AGAIN
Americus Man Who En
listed in French Ar
my Returns
Wearing the uniform of an adju
tant in the French regular army, with
service stripes upon his sleeve indi
cating his three and a half years of
service in the front line, Charles
Ayash returned to Americus today
coming direct from Faris. He ob
tained a two months leave of ab
sence in order to return to America
and will assist in the settlement of
the estate of his brother, the late
William A. Ayash, who died a few
months ago.
Early in the war between Ger
many and the allies, Charles Ayash
fired with enthusiasm, offered his
services to the French government
and enlisted as a private in the
French foreign legion, being after
ward transferred to the French
Oriental legion. As a member of
this command he saw service in Syria
and other countries, where the
h rench and allies fought against the
I lirks, and since going to Europe has
visited Jerusalem and other historic
points in the Holy land. He was not
with the troops which captured Jeru
salem, but went there after General
Allenby and his English army had
captured the city. He was wounded
twice, neither of his injuries being of
a serious nature.
After serving for some time in the
Near East, he was transferred to the
French regular army and was given
a commission, being made adjutant
jof the 144th regiment, which forms
a unit of the army commanded by
General Gourgelaud during the very
heavy fighting which marked the last
days of the war. He fought with
his regiment in the French battles of
the Argonne, Champaigne, Somme,
and Chemin-des-Dames, and saw a
number of American troops after
their arrival in France. He is par
ticular to explain that the battle of
the Argonne in which he participated
with not the great American drive
when the Germans were driven out
of the almost impenetrable forest,
and pays -Teat tribute to the Arner
, ican army which accomplished the
(Contiued on Page 5.)
leather
Forecast—For Georgia: Generally
I fair tonight and Saturday.