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BEADERS of the 'l'tnes-Recorder
** will see the Democratic show at
San Francisco this we ekJ through the
eyes of two of America’s greatest hu
morists, Will Rogers and J. W. Raper.
Raper will continue to give you
"Josh Wise at the Donkey Circus,”
which has made thousands chuckle
during the pre-convention period.
Rogers will write his characteristic
paragraphs which made such a tre
mendous hit during the Chicago con
vention, the first of which appears
here today.
Happily, Rogers’ children are re
covering from diphtheria and he is
able to fulfill his contract after all.
Both these features are copyright
ed by The Newspaper Enterprise As
sociation of which the Times-Record
er is a member.
They make up the greatest humor
service offered by any newspaper at
a political convention. Don’t miss any
of them.
WILL ROGERS SAYS
SOMEWHERE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, Washington, D. C., June 29.
After thahking Penrose for all his
favors* to me and complimenting nun
infv tion on this Democratic ouija
seance, en said: * *
“Well, they are doing a lot of
knocking and asking questions out
in 'Frisco, but if you want to go
where the answers are coming from
to the knocking why go to the
White House.”
“I said, “But President Wilson is
sick. He can’t be their control during
th "Say an i was supposed to be sick,
too,” said Pen, “but I put ever did
not I? He has just as gpod a tele
phone as I had.” * j
I said, “I havw/ letter here from
Col. Hcuse that Ought help me see- j
' ng pen said. “I wouldn't mention yt if
I were you.” *•** a ,
I said, "I believe he will seethe.
He used to always come to heaFmV
jokes when I was with the Folliel
and laughed at them then, especmU
ly the ones on the Republicans. U
. Pen said, “Why shouldn’t he see
you? You are not a Republican sen
ator.”
♦ ♦ ♦
So .when I arrived at the White
House all I could see was some men
putting in telephone wires.. There
wasn’t an office seeker m sight.
I met Admiral Dr. Grayson com
ing out. I asked him, “How is the
president?” . ,
Admiral said. “I don’t know as the
doctor has not come this morning. ’
Then I met Tumulty, our presi
dent during most of this adminis
tration. I said to Tumulty, “I want
to see Mr. Wilson and I don’t want
a single office or favor.”
Tumulty grabbed me and Tustied
me right in and said, “you are the
only verson that ever called here
that didn’t want something.”
* • *
The president seemed glad to see
me when he found I was not looking
for an appointment, and said, “Well,
Will, tell me .the latest Republican
joke.” . . . .
1 said, "I know a good one. Nine
tenths of the Republicans never
even heard it till Chicago—
lßg”
T asked *T,hat do yHu
think of Bryan’s chances at this se
ance?”
Mr. Wilson said, “I think they are
just aasgood as they ever were.”
* • ♦
I asked him, “Mr. Wilson they
say you caused Senator Delegate
Jim Reed to be unseated. Is that
so?”
The president said, “I didn t un
seat him. I simnly phoned the ush
ers not to let him in.”
• • *
T said to him, “Do you think you
will run?”
He said, “Well, if I don’t I will
put the boy in.” i
I said, "What de you mean, the
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COMMITTEE SEATS GA. PALMER MEN
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NOMINATING SPEECHES PUT ON PROGRAM FOR TODAY
DISCUSS SUICIDE
IN VAIN HUNT FOR
ELWELLSLAYER
Two Facts Seem to Point
To Theory He Shot
Self
BY JAMES HENLE,
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
NE WYORK, June 29.—Was the
. hand that killed Bowne Elwell his
own?
1 Did the vain, self-centered butter
fly that flitted between the under
world and the upper suddenly find
itself enmeshed in a web of in
trigue? Was he afraid that his up
perworld friends would no longe- re
ceive him? Were “lady butterflies”
the cause of a suicide?
These are the questions with which
the New York authorities are con
fronted, and they are becoming more
pertinent every dav. District At
torney Swann declares that the po
lice are no nearer a solution of the
“murder” than they were five min
utes after it had been reported. As
a murder it is at present an im
penetrable mystery. But perhaps
it was not a murder at all.
Point to Suicide.
There are two facts which seem
to point that way:
FACT NO. I.—The position in
which the ejected cartridge shell
was found was such that it could
not have been ejected from a Colt
automatic unless that weapon were
held upside down. If the pistol had
been held upright it would have
been thrown out to the other side.
Now a man shooting himself is more
likely to hold a pistol Upside down
than one corrfmitting a murder.
FACT No. 2.—-The hole which the
bullet made in the wall behind El
well’s head shows that the bullet
was r jted -on a level course, that is
paratiai to the floor. As Elwell was
sitting at the time anyone, to have
shot him in that way, must have held
held the pistol at the hip and, fur
thermore, have been forced into a
cramped space between Elwell and
the mantel.
As against this theory a number
of argumgnts are advance, one of
the most important being that no
weapon was found-in the room.
But suicides in New York some
times leave behind them no weapon
that can be discovered.
Weapons Sometimes Disappear.
Preposterous as this sounds, it
is true. Recently an Italian killed
himself by plunging a knife into his
heart. There was no question but
it was a suicide. The windows
to the room were barred. The only
door was locked from the inside.
Rut the knife was never found.
A second case was that of a man
who shot himself with a revolver.
A careful search failed to reveal the
gun. But this mystery was solved
later. A man had put the hand
some weapon into his pocket. He
,later replaced it where it was found.
Officials are not convinced that
Elwell committed? suicide. But the
suicide theory has'Nbet no means been
abandoned.
Elwell was commonly known as
a man of wealth; his habits were
those of a person who never has to
think of money. But he was also
a gambler. His estate is being in
vestigated to determine whether he
had faced financial adversity.
“Elwell was usaully careful to see
that he was a better bridge player
than this opncxnents. He was never
anxious to play for high stakes with
other experts—men who could play
as well as he. He lost his nerve
under' the strain,” says a man who
knew him.
Admiral Fullam Stands
By Naval Preparedness
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ June 29
That a sense of duty to the country
and navy moves him to stand un
flinchingly in support of the princi
ples of organization preparedness is
| included in a statement by Rear Ad
; miral Fullam, whose name was men-
Rear Admiral Decker in
i charges against Secretary
f i Admiral Fullam testified
>., support of Admiral Sims
committee invgstiga-
navy’s conduct'Of tie
war.
boy—”
He said, “Why, my boy, McAdoo.”
• • •
I said, “But the boy said he
wasn’t running.”
Mr. Wilson said, “Os course not.
! At the start let Palmer and Cox
get deadlocked like Wood and Low
den. ‘ Then I will phone them to
stick the boy in.”
* * *
I said, “Ah, you mean to put him
over, Ala Harding.”
The President said, “Well you stick
with me during this ouija convention
and you will be on the right end of
the phone.”
THE TIMMSfgORDER
afl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DlXiE~pgft?
G. 0. P. EXPECTATION OF
APOLOGETIC RIVAL DUE
FOR DISILLUSIONMENT
' —SAYS RICKEY
No Doubt of Wilson’s
Place in Heart of His
Party
By H. N. RICKEY.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.
The first session of the Democratic
national convention was a short
three hours in length, but in those
three hours there was more enthus
iasm, more human interest, more in
spiration than during the entire five
days of the Republican convention
at Chicago.
In the first place, the arrange
ments for the convenience and com
fort of delegates and visitors, both
inside and outside the beautiful con
vention hall, were perfect. Both the
San Francisco committee _ and the
sub-committee of the national com
mittee having the convention in
charge had outdone themselves to
the end that When Vice-Chairman
Kremer, of the national committee,
called the gathering to order the
scene that was presented set a new
precedent for political gatherings.
During the half hour precedin" the
opening each of the scores of Dem
ocratic nobles among the delegates
and visitors was given and ovation.
During this same period at Chicago
there was no sign of erfthusiasm for
anybody or anything. The first
demonstration was for President Wil
son. The band struck up the “Star
Spangled Banner” and as the inspir
ing strains of the national anthem
swept through the beautifully dec
orated auditorium, bringing the
twelve thousand men and women to
their feet, an American flag of enor
mous size was let down from the
ceiling in front of the splendid pipe
organ back of the speakers platform.
The beautiful tones of the organ, re
leased by the hands of a master or
ganist, merged with those of the
band. As the lost notes died away
and before the spell was broken the
flag was furled, revealing an illumi
nated oil painting of heroic size of
the president.
11,500 Cheer Frenzily.
There was an instant of silence
and then at least 11,500 of those
twleve thousand people burst into
frenzied cheering. If their had been
any doubt as to the place Woodrow
Wilson holds in the hearts of the
great majority of the delegates and
visitors, the fifteen-minute demon
stration which greeted his portrait
would have removed it.
Kremer’s speech was longer than
is usual for the formal opening
speech, but it was a fighting speech
and well received. His frequent ref
erences to the president and the
Leagte of Nations met with en
thusiastic response from the dele
gates and visitors alike.
The keynote speech of National
Chairman Cummings, as temporary:
chairman, was a masterpiece from
the standpoint of the logical presen- i
tation of the Democratic side of the!
tremendous issues which the voters I
will be called upon to deUde in the
coming campaign.' Entirely apart
from the merits of the case, the ef
fort of Cummings, both as to sub
ject matter and manner of presen
tation, was incomparably superior to
the long drawn cut and dreary ef
fort of Lodge at Chicago. This is!
not alone my opinion; it is the!
unanimous verdict of the hundreds
of writing men in the press section
of all parties who suffered at Chi
cago while Lodge delivered himself.
If the Republicans have been fig
uring on an apologetic defensive de
mocracy this year they are going to
be dissillusioned, if one is to jjudge
by the Cummings keynote. It was
a forceful recital of the progressive
and constructive accomplishments of
[the Wilson administration during its
four years prior to the great war.
Cummings graphically described the
country’s magnifiicent effort during
the war under the leadership of the
president and the Democratic con
gress, an effort which defeated Ger
many. In his discussion of the League
of Nations he charged the represen
tative majority of the senate with
having defeated the league because
of jealousy and for political pur
poses.
Fine Company for U. S.
; There was roar after roar of
cheering when the speaker called at
tention to the fact that with the
exception of the Central powers the
j only nations in the world who have
I not joined the league for mutual
[ protection and safeguarding the
world’s peace are “Bolshevist Rus
! sia, Revolutionary Mexico, Unspeak-
I able Turkey, and thanks to the Re
publican senate, the United States.”
A resolution of greetings to the
[ president expressing sympathy be
| cause of his long illness and grati
■ fication that he is recovering hi'
health was adopted with a roar of
unanimous approval.
Altogether it was the most inter
esting opening session of a national
convention within my experience.
The name of no active nor receptive
candidate for the pr idential ’ imi-
AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1920
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nation was mentioned during the
proceedings, therefore there was no
straw to show in which direction
the wind is blowing presidentially.
But after the session in the cor
ridors and later in the evening in
the hotel lobbies everybody or near
ly everybody was talking McAdoo.
Can McAdoo’s friends get him the
nevessary 728 votes, or will the op
position be able to block him and by
deadlocking the convention force the
nomination of a darkhorse. That is I
the big question. There are prob
ably more people who believe that;
McAdoo will be nominated than take
the other view. Everybody agrees'
that it is McAdoo against the field.'
Few outside of Cox headquarters be-1
lieve that Cox can possibly survive!
the attacks of the drys, headed by
Bryan.
The officers of the Anti-Saloon
League are here in force. Wayne
Wheeler says that they are here to
get Cox’s goat and that they are go
ing to get it. It looks as though
they may, certainly Cox’s chances do
not seem anywhere near as good as
they did 4 hours ago.
If McAdoo is nominated a great!
effort will be made by his western!
friends to nominate for vice-presi-,
dent Victor Murdock, a Progressive!
Republican leader and now chair
rrfan of the Federal Trade Commis-|
sion. lam told that several months
ago McAdoo expressed a preference!
for Murdock.
MRS.GRADYTOIES
‘SUICIDHN CELL
No Trace of Poison Is
Found but Antidotes
Are Given
Mrs. C. L. Grady, who is held in
jail here under sentence of a year’s
imprisonment at the state farm, threw
a good scare into Sheriff Harvey
last night, when some one in the jail,
informed him that the woman had
taken a quantity of poison in an ef
fort to end her life. Her husband,
who is also a prisoner in the jail is
believed to have started the alleged
hoax Mrs. Grady swallowed a pow
der, according to reliable reports,
but this siad to have had no poi
sonous ingredient, and Dr. Franx L.
Ca ;<>. who war called hurried’ ' tc
attend her, said he found no trace
of poison symptoms. As a precautlon
arv measure, however, the won-an
was subjected to a course of antidotal
medicine, which resulted in her being
made really sick in a short time. Her
condition, at no time, was alarming,
and this morning she showed no trace
of illness.
Recently Grady was removed from
h ; s cell on the second floor of the
jail to another adjoining that of his
wife. Mrs. Grady is under S2OO fine,
which has not been paid.
GRADY CONVICTED OF
ATTEMPTED JAIL-BREAK
! C. L. Grady, who came into public
| notice recently when he Was convicted
] on an illegal check charge in Super
[ ior court, was tried yesterday in City
! ecurt on a charge of malicious mis
chief and found guilty by a jury. The
i charge grew out of an attempt by
I Grady to break jail in which he de
stroyed two bars in the coun'v jail.
[ the malicious mischief statute being
. the only law covering the case.
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast for Georiga—Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday.
SENATOR REED
IS DENIED SEAT
IN CONVENTION
Former Decision in Ore
gon Case, However, is
Overruled
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29—(By j
Associated Press) —On the first di
vision of the platform committee on
any angle of the prohibition fight,
the Bryan dry forces were forced,
over their protests, to present their
case first in the committee hearings.
The vote was 27 to 25.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29—(By
Associated Press) —The administra
tion supporters strengthened their
hold on the national convention to
day through a series of victories in
the credentials committee, which
decided their hotly fought contests.
Senator Reed, of Missouri was de
nied a seat in the convention and the
Clark Howell delegates in Georgia,
pledged to Palmer, were seated.
The credentials committee, howev
er, overruled the national committee
in the Oregon cape, both decisions
sustaining the rulings Saturday of
the National Committee.
Prospects for a spectacular fight on
the floor over the credentials com
mittee’s refusal to seat Senator Reed
and the decision to seat the Palmer
delegates from Georgia were hedged
about with uncertainty as the con
vention met this afternoon.
SUB-COMMITTEE OF NINE
DRAFTING PLATFORM.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.—(8y
Associated Press). —Active prepara
tion of the Democratic platform, del
egated last night to a sub-committee
of nine under administration leader
ship, waited today while the platform
committee of 53 kept open house for
final suggestions and arguments from
many sources. Observers who stud
ied the make-up of the sub-committee
declared the real contest over the
platform would come after the sub
committee report was laid before the
full committee.
BIRMINGHAM
HAS 178,270
WASHINGTON, June 29.---The
census of Birmingham was given out
today as 178,270, an increase of 34.4
per cent, or 45,585.
No Ice Shortage Here
In Peach Crop Crisis
WASHINGTON, June 29.—Every
legal remedy necessary to protect the
public interest will be used by the de
partment of justice to save the Geor
gia peach crop which is threatened
with disaster through the refusal of
the ice concerns to provide for its
transporation, it was announced here
today.
Gray Tilllman, manager of the
Americus branch of the Atlantic lee:
and Coal corporation, stated today
' that there was no shortage of ice
here for fruit cars, the sir-'ly being
adequate to care for all demands in
this section.
Coolidge Given Law
Degree by Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt„ June 29—The
American people were urged to ac-1
cept the larger responsibilities of;
the world for great economic and po
litical freedom and to employ their
moral force in solving the problems !
of the future in an address by Gov-1
ernor Coolidge, of Massachusetts, Re-1
publican nominee for the vice-pres
idency, at the University of Vermont |
commencement yesterday.
The degree of doctor of laws was
conferred on him.
2 Killed by Explosion
In Vulcanizing Plant
PHILADELPHIA, June 29—W. C.
' Walsh, president of the Vulc-Weld
! Tire and Rubber company, and J. A.
j Manny, his assistant were kiled Mon
; day morning by explosion of a drying
1 machine in the company’s factory at
. Pottstown, Pa. Several employes also
I were injured.
R. T. Matthews, of Lee county, wax’
a well known citizen here today com
ing up from Smithville on a business
mission.
Clay Clark and Gordon Clark, for.
[ mer residents here, are visitors in
Americus today, coming from Atlanta
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Court
ney McGehee, which occurred this
morning.
ADMINISTRATION FIRMLY
IN CONTROL; ROBINSON
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
Nominating Speeches May Be Made Today, While
Platform is Being Shaped up in
Full Committee
AN FRANCISCO, June 29—(By Associated Press)
—The administration forces went into the second
day of the national convention apparently in full
control of the situation, with Senator Glass as chair
man of the resolutions committee, Bryan excluded
from the sub-committee named to actually draft the
platform, while Secretary Colby sits althe represent
ative of the president and Senator Ja»T. Robinson,
of Arkansas, chosen as permanent chairman.
The convention was tn of 1
1 " ' convention was to meet at I o clock this
afternoon, with reports of committees to be made, the speech of
Robinson heard, and possibly nominating speeches, while the plat
form was being considered.
The threatened anti-administra
tion fight so far as it related to the
organization of the convention ma
chinery, was shown to have collapsed
early. At the same time the com
mittee on rules had cleared the way
for nominating speeches to be deliv
ered while the resolutions commit
tee was working on the platform
By unanimous action it was decided
that the various candidates may be
placed in nomination, but that nc
balloting for the nominee may bf
conducted until after the platform
has been adopted. This action was
taken simply to hasten the work of
the convention very much.
The administration forces now
have a .strong grip on the machin
ery which will wnte the confession
of faith for the party’s 1920 cam
paign. There will be a battle over
many planks, but the leaders appear
ed confident the differences would
be ironed out in committee.
Events showed no marked reac
tion overnight. In the discussion of
nomination booms there seem to be
a general impression that the pros
pect of McAdoo’s selection has been
increased, but there were no defuiite
developments with the members of the
cabinet in the race, Palmer and
Former Cabinet Member McAdoo be
ing urged just as vigorously as ever.
No candidate has yet been formally
characterized as the choice of the
president. The administration fore
es, machine-like in unanimity on
other matters, are at odds on can
didates, each group supporting its
own man. The reflection of their
joint committee victories, therefore
is not easy to trace in the nomina
tion fight.
The McAdoo forces came into the
convention for the first time today
with a working organization, includ
in': a floor leader and a representa
tive on practically every state dele
gation. Their problem was to find
supporters to round up the necessarv
two-thirds vote. The Cox and the
Palmer forces also were rounding up
supporters for the opening ballot.
The leading dark horses mentioned
today are Marshall, Cummings and
Ambassaifcir Davis.
Profiteering Charge
In Anthracite Industry
SCRANTON. Pa., June 29—Charg
es of profiteering and monopolistic
control in the anthracite coal indus
try were made before the anthracite
coa commission here by Wm. J.
Lauck, former secretary of the War
Labor Board and now consulting
[ economist for the United Mine Work
i ers of America.
Hog Cholera Appears
In Herds in Dooly
Dr. H. Wise, district veterinariar
lof the state department of agricul
' ture, went to Cordele this afternoor
to inspect a number of hog herdi
[ near that place, in Dooly county
l where cholera has appeared. Dr
Wise carried a quantity of cholen
seitum with him and will inoculati
all herds in that section before hi:
return as a precautionary measure.
2,000 War Prisoners,
Held By Reds, Drown
LONDON, June 29—Two thousanc
British, Austrian, German and Fin
nish prisoners of war were drownec
' when a Bolshevik steamer, was sunk
i recently in the Neva river, according
[ to a Helsingford dispatch to the Cen
; tral News.
1 City Clerk E. J.’ Eldridge is suf
[ sering with an infected wound on his
hand, the result of a slight injurs
I sustained several days ago, but whicl
only developed serious symptoms to
day.
Mrs. Eva Cooper and young son
Jere Hollis, left this afternoon sot
Vidalia, where they will visit Dr. and
Mrs. Adams during some time.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROBINSON HITS
G.O.P.SLUSHAND
LEAGUE STAND
Far From Satisfied With
G. O. P. Platform
They Say
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29—(By
Associated Press) —Senator Robin
son, iv. a speech as permanent chair
man here this afternoon, assailed the
Republican party for its Cuuago plat
form and for the disclosures of large
sums spent in pre-convention contests
and particularly attacked tfce Repul
lican senators who fought ratification
of the peace treaty.
‘ letted oy every standard which
vctei, usually apple,” he said, “the
Democratic party is entitled to vic
tory in the coming campaign.” A
comparison of the Democratic and
Republican records, a contrast of po
iSi P °J? c,e ® f nd party leadership,
justifies the belief that the Republi
tn n h^h ty k WIU a® dnVen from P° wer
in both branches of congress and
complete control of the government
will be restored to the Democratic
party in the November elections be
cause that party has earned the pub
lie confidence, he said.
Characterizing the Chicago plat
form as a jumble of ambiguitis in
consistencies, evasions, misrepresen-
Jaid°the S h trt “J d ? es and slanders, he
said the big joker was the plank con
-3 Pforring and that most
' t, g !V tlCant omissl °n was in respect
to the excessive use of money in fed
eral elections. On the League of Na
tions, he said, “the chief issue is
1 trict her f t ? e fV n ' ted States shall con
unnl.eSsary 0 wars.” B ' lo " 8 t 0 PreVent
Chairman Robinson declared the
November election will demonstrate
the fact that the presidency cannot
be auctioned. He attacked the Re
publican planks on Mexico, the con
demnation of Wilson for asking a
mandate for Armenia and the League
of Nations plank. He said the Chi
cago convention war frank on only
i one subject, in singing a hymn of
hate for the president. He asserted
that the chief issue is whether the
United States shall contract with oth
ef nations to prevent unneecessary
war or whether waste and sacrifices
of unjustifiable conflicts shall be re
placed by orderly tribunals for the
1 settlement of disputes aneng na
■ tions. Never before. he said, has a
, nationwide political battle been
waged in the interest of justice and
' humanity and peace.
WHY CONVENTION
NEWS COMES LATE
AFTERNOON newspaper read- <
l ers will find accounts of the [
I day’s proceedings at the San Fran
cisco convention very brief, as a \
rule, because of the difference in >
time between San Francisco and !
Americus and other cities in this J
section. The convention was due >
to open this afternoon at 1 o’clock
San Francisco time, which is two 1
hours later than Americus time, n
’■ or 3 o’clock here. Political conven- '
/ tions do not usually start on sched
-5 uled time, and when allowance is '
i i macle for time in transmitting the
) news of the proceedings it will be
( seen that papers going to press by ■
i 3:30 or 4 o’clock, which all after
< noon papers must do, are unable
> to cover the convention proceed
i ings thoroughly for that day.
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