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HOLDING WHIP HAND
AT SANJANCISCO
Strength of Former Treas
ury Head Grows as Rival
Factions Jockey to Dis-!
place Him
BY DAVID LAWBEWCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 2,
The old political adage, “You can’t
beat somebody with Nobody,” applies
directly to the situation in which
the forces opposed to the nomination
of McAdoo find themselves as the
hour of balloting draws near.
“We’ve stopped ’em,” comes the
whispered assurance from the Palmer
scouts, who are out in the lobbies :
keeping up the enthusiasm of their |
supporters. Somewhat the same ,
thought proceeds from Cox people, ;
who talk vaguely - about a combina- (
tion of New York, Illinois, Indiana
and Massachusetts, which “will
surely stop McAdoo’s nomination.” I
But on the inside, where the lead
ers of all the booms foregather,
another situation really exists. The
McAdoo people have a few politicians .
and strategists in their ranks, and
rather definite word was sent to
the Cox headquarters that if the del
egates are coerced into a combina
tion to beat McAdoo, there never
will be any support given Cox if
the convention stays deadlocked for
a week.
The same kind of a threat was sent
to the Palmer managers, and natur
ally the men who are eager to nomi
nate Palmer or Cox don’t want to
antagonize so large a block of votes
as are held by the McAdoo men. To
get votes, affirmative and not nega
tive cominations must be made.
Tammany Can’t Fight McAdoo
Tammany couldnt’ afford to enter
into any combination against Mc-
Adoo.
There are at least twenty votes for
McAdoo in the New York delegation,
and if it became apparent that New
York was trying to deadlock the
nomination of McAdoo, Tammany’s
chances of getting the Wilson sup
porters to vote the state ticket
next fall would be imperiled. Sim
ilarly Tom Taggart, who wants to
•un for Senator next fall, isn’t tak
ing any risks by incurring the un
necessary hostility of McAdoo men
n Indiana, and George Brennan, who
is trying to inherit Roger Sulli
/an’s leadership in Illinois, is treqd
ng cautiously, too.
The talked-of anti-McAdoo combi
lation becomes less and less tangible
•imply because those who started it
aad dark horses of their own to
trot forth and merely wanted to
stop McAdoo nomination, as he
seemed to be the leader in the race.
The effort came too early.
Both the supporters of Palmer and
Cox are not thinking of dark horses.
They are thinking of their respec
tive chieftans. Each group believes
victory is possible and is pursuing
i conciliatory course tow'ard the
•ival camp. That’s better politics
than negative combinations. It looks
sow as if the McAdoo strength on
the first ballot will be larger than
vas anticipated. Having withstood
;he drive in last forty-eight hours
■ gainst their candidates, the McAdoo
lelegates sit tight, determined to
•tick to the very end. act
like crusaders who know what they
want. That’s their strength, in fact,
it is the big factor in any conven
tion.
McAdoo Strongest Democrat
An affirmative minority that
knows what it wants has a much
better chance of acquiring delegates
that a negative minority that sim
ply is out to beat somebody and can
not offer a substitute.
The talk of dark horses also came
soon enough to help McAdoo, for
the merits and demerits of every
Democrat of prominence have been
talked over by the delegates. Vice
President Marshall, Champ Clark
and Homer Cummings are the dark
horse trio. The first two would not
be satisfactory to the Wilson forces,
who control this convention. The
vice president is said to be opposed
to the president’s stand on the
League of Nations. The former
speaker is held in high esteem, but
most of the delegates think he is
too advanced in years, though his
friends point to Clemenceau as an
example of political vigor in the
sixties.
Homer Cummings perhaps i s the
most popular with the convention
personnel, but the delegates to this
gathering are aware that they must
have a candidate who is popular
with the masses, too, if they don’t
want the contest again Harding to
be a default. Cummings is an able
lawyer and a splendid orator, but
he has never been elected to high of
fice. He ran for United States sena
tor in Connecticut once and was
■■'tJET'the other McAdoo never
was elected to a public post. Never
theless he has had two big jobs—
secretary of the treasury and direc
tor general of railrbads—and the
who are for him are con-
Yjpced that whether or not it is suf-
to win there is a decided
sentiment for McAdoo among the
rank and file of the Democrats
throughout the nation, and that 'f
McAdoo can’t win next autumn nc
pther Democrat can.
Society Girl Dies
While Driving Auto
NEWARK, N. J„ July 2.—Miss
Catherine Van Ness, society girl and
prominent member of the “million
aire colony” at Hu ton Park, West
Orange, died at the steering wheel of
her automobile here after driv
ing about the city with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Van Nes.
She became faint and turned the
car into the curb, stopping the mo-
■ tor. Then she leaned on the wheel
and lost consciousness.
Miss Van Ness was to have been
married in September to John Met
calfe, a member of a prominent fam
ily of Morristown.
section. _ . . .
! She’s a Human
Add Machine
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KANSAS CITY.—A mere adding
machine is nothing in the life of
Miss Esther Kaplan, thirteen-year
old school girl. She recently estab
lished an international record as a
rapid calculator against a special
demonstrator for an adding machine
company. Miss Kaplan solved six
problems in addition in forty-seven
seconds. Her machine competitor
took one minute and forty-two sec
onds. Four other types of adding
machines were as easy for her to
beat.
‘PURE LIQUOR’LAW
IS INTRODUCED IN
GEORGIA HOUSE
“Pure liquor” legislation was in
troduced in the house of representa
tives Thursday by Representative
R. W. Barnes, of Bibb county, in a
bill making it a felony for any per
son to manufacture, sell or transport
any whisky or liquor containing
potash, wood alcohol, naphtha or
other poison.
Mr. Barnes’ bill provides that in
cases where such poisonous liquor
causes the loss of eyesight, paralysis
or insanity, the seller and manu
facturer shall be sentenced to life
imprisonment. In cases where death
results from drinking such liquor,
the death sentence shall be imposed.
Mr. Barnes’ bill caused quite a
sensation in the lower branch of the
general assembly, and it is under
stood that efforts will be made to
secure its passage at an early date.
Judgess Salary Increase
The house authorized an increase
to $7,500 in the salaries of the judges
of the Atlanta city court and the
criminal court of Atlanta by pass
ing two bills introduced by the Ful
ton carrying those pro
visions. The present salaries are
$5,000 per year each. ♦
Abolition of the whipping of con
victs is provided for in ai bill in
troduced by Representative Mun
day, of Polk, which repeals those
sections of the present code authoriz
ing the whipping of convicts to
tain discipline. Much agitation h 9«
been aroused over this question in
the past few weeks by the Atlanta
Humane society as the result of al
leged cruel treatment of prisoners in
the convict camps of Fulton county.
Considerable extension of the pen
sion system is contemplated in a
bill introduced Thursday, providing
that Confederate soldiers who en
tered the service after October 26,
1864, shall be eligible to receive state
pensions. Under the present law
Confederate- soldiers must have had
at least six months' service to become
eligible to draw a pension in Geor
gia.
Regulation of aeronautics in
Georgia, is provided for in another
measurejntroduced at the request of
Judge Price Gilbert, of the state
supreme court. This measure pro
mulgates rules under whidh airplanes
may be operated within this state,
requiring that all pilots shall be
duly qualified. The bill is patterned
after laws on aeronautics now in ef
fect in several other states.
Vocational Aald
Os particular interest to the manu
facturing interests of Georgia and to
all persons employed in industry-* is
the bill introduced by Representative
Johnson, of Bartow, providing for
the co-operation of the state of
Georgia with the federal government
to secure the benefits arising under
the vocational rehabilitation act pass
ed by congress in connection with
the vocational educational system.
Mr. Johnson would appropriate the
sum of $21,353 to provide for such
co-operation during the next fiscal
year.
, When the house adjourned at 1
o clock it still- had under considera
tion the bill by Mr. Cole, of Coweta,
providing that all promissory notes
and other evidences of indebtedness
shall be stamped by the county tax
receiver to make them collectable.
This measure was under considera
tion on Wednesday and a good por
tion of Thursday’s session was de
voted to speeches on the measure.
This bill is part of the tax revision
program to get intangible property
on the tax books.
Bills Passed
The following bills were passed by
the house;
My Mr. McKenny of Upson—To
amend the act creating a public
school system for the city of Thomas
ton.
By the Fulton Delegation—To fix
the salaries of the judges of the At
lanta city court at $7,500 per year.
By the Richmond Delegation—To
authorize the Richmond county board
of education to issue $50,000 worth
of bonds.
By the Fulton Delegation—To fix
the salary of the judge of the crimi
nal court of Atlanta at $7,500 per
year.
By Mr. McKenny of -Upson—To
amend the charter of the town of
The Rock. (Companion bills.)
Vice President of
Brazil Is Dead
RIO JANEIRO, July 2.*— Delphim
Moreira, vice president of Brazil,
died at his summer home in Santa
Rita, Brazil, at 8 a. m. today follow
ing a long illness.
Moreira was acting president of
the republic on several occasions dur
ing the basence of Epitacio Pessoa.
He was also the republic’s chief
executive from December, 1918, when
the retiring president left office, un
til July, 1919, when Pessoa
augurated. *
SENATE PASSES
MARRIAGE AND
OTHER BILLS
The state senate Thursday morning
passed the Dorris bill regulating
more strictly the issuing of marriage
licenses in Georgia; reconsidered Its
action of Wednesday in killing the
Blasingame-Wallace warehouse re
ceopt bill; and passed Senator Ivan
Allen’s bill making it a misdemean
or for a husband to desert his wife,
after amending the bill to make Its
provisions apply to wives as well as
to husbands.
The senate also adopted two house
resolutions, one calling for a joint
committee of the house and senate
to investigate the financial status
of the state; the other requiring all
political meetings held in the senate
or house to have the full consent
of either body’s committee o» public
buildings.
Senator Ennis presided at the
morning session, President Olive re
linquishing the chair in the expecta
tion of making a speech from the
floor against the resolution offered
Wednesday by Senators Ragsdale and
Duncan, condemning the actions of
the state Democratic convention on
May 18 and lauding the national con
vention for seating the Palmer dele
gates at San Francisco. The reso
lution did not, however, come up for
consideration Thursday. When it is
taken up Friday morning by the sen
ate, it is expected to precipitate one
of the bitterest forensic battles of
the session.
The Dorris marriage license bill
was passed by a vote of 30 to 12.,
The bill is designed to place
a ban otf elopements, by re
quiring that applications for mar
riage licenses be filed in the office
of the ordinary five days before the
date of marriage. It requires that
the license must be secured in the
county in which at least one of the
contracting parties resides. It fur
ther provides that ministers perform
ing marriage ceremonies must file
with the. ordinary within thirty days
after the ceremony the' original li
cense.
Warehouse Measure
Prior to the vote on the measure,
Senator Kea, of the Sixteenth; Sena
tor Elders, of the Second, and Sen
ator Flynt, of the Twenty-sixth,
made short speeches, Senator Flynt
declaring that he was in favor of
making marriages hard and divorces
easy.
Senator Blasingame, of the Twen
ty-seventh, moved that the senate
reconsider his bill which makes in
valid a public warehouse receipt giv
en for storage of cotton and other
property on and after two years from
date of issue. He stated that he de
sired to amend the bill so as to
make it deal only with lost ware
house receipts. This bill was kilie
by the senate Wednesday by a sub
stantial majority. Senator Blasin
game’s motion to reconsider was car
ried, and the bill will come up for
discussion on Friday.
Senator Doris of the Forty-eighth,
moved that all local senate and
house bills which are uncontested be
placed before the senate today for
passage. Unanimous, consent was
given to his motion, i A number of
bills passed by the house were given
their first reading in the senate.
The Parker-Shingler-Wallace bill,
providing for a bond issue of $50,000
to, be used in construction of a state
system of highways, was postponed
indefinitely bn motion of Senator
Elders, of the Second, who declared
that a bill on the same subject mat
ter was adopted at the 1919 session.
The senate by a vote of 27 to 0
passed a bill prohibiting the plac
ing of steel traps on any land with
out the consent of the owner of the
property and -without attaching to the
traps a tag secured for that purpose
from the state game and fish de
partment. The senate tabled a bill
the effect of which would have been
to prevent prosecutions for the vio
lation of .the Sunday law's until an
indictment had been made by the
grand jury.
Wife Desertion Bill
Discussion of a bill by Senator
Allen, of the Thirty-fifth, making
it a misdemeanor for a man wilfully
to desert his wife and leave her
destitute or fail to provide for her,
and making the wife a competent
witness against-him, was then taken
up This bill was introduced by Sen
ator Allen at the last session, and
was favorably reported on by gen
eral judiciary committee No. 1, which
amended it by adding that there!
would be no conviction of a husband
on the lone testimony of his wife
Representatives of the Associated
Charities, who have been advocating
the bill, were in the senate as in
terested auditors of the debate
An amendment .to the bill offered
by Senator Smith, of the Seventh,
which would make the provisions of
the bill apply to wives as well as
to husbands, precipitated a heated
discussion, participated in by a num
”®r senators. Senator Nix, of
the Thirty-fourth, spoke in favor
of the amendment. Senato Kea, of
the Sixteenth, spoke at length, de
claring he would not support this
onl unless the amendment was adopt-
“Without this amendment, the bill
.<™ un l ust and unhun >an,” he declared.
We have just passed a eugenic mar
riage bill. Now this bill Confronts
“ s J ’ i a u nd A. Understand one is coming
which will prevent flogging convicts
1 am unable to understand all these
reform measures.”
Senator Kea made the point that
L£° uld . unwise to enact legis
lation which would punish a man
for deserting him wife, and make no
provision whatever for the punish
°/ a^ vise who deserted her
husband without cause.
•••• •• Amendment Passed .
. lh ® amendment to the Allen ’bin
flnally , adopted and the bill was
then passed by a vote of 29 to 13.
-J 12 ®, 4 J? efore adjournment at 1
o clock, the senate concurred in the
house amendment to the senate bill
creating the new county of Seminole.
On motion of Senator Elders, how
ever, it immediately reconsidered this
action. Senator Elders having been
notified by the attorney general that
a roll call was necessary to concur
in the amendment. It is expected
that the amendment will be con
curred in with the proper formality
Friday morning, when the bill will
go to the governor for his signature.
Bills Introduced
The following bills were intro
duced by Mr. Barrett, of the Thirty
first-—To provide for registration of
airships and the issuance of certifi
cates of registration, and to require
airships to display plates or mark
ers bearing number assigned to
them. The bill would require Per
sons operating airships to obtain a
license from the secretary of state
It provides that every owner of an
airship shall file annually with the
secretary of state a statement show
ing his residence and postoffice and a
description of the ship. It provides
for payment of registration fee of
$5 for each ship.
By Mr. Kagier of the Twelfth—
To provide for election of members
of the county board of education by
the people
By Mr. Alien of tne Thirty-fifth—
To provide that female felony con
victs be turned over to the various
counties, instead of placing them
upon the state farm.
Greenwood, Miss.,
Gains 33 Per Cent
With 7,793 Count
WASHINGTON, July 2.—The cen
sus bureau today announced the pop
ulation of Greenwood, Miss., as 7,793,
an increase of 1,957, or 33.5 per
cent.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1920.
MRS. M’INTYRE, OF
SAVANNAH, NAMED
COMMITTEEWOMAN
BY ROGERS WINTER
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 2.
Mrs. Frank I. Mclntyre, of Savan
nah, a prominent club woman and a
sister of David C. Barrow, the dis
tinguished young Savannah lawyer,
Thursday night was elected Demo
cratic national committeewoman
from Georgia by the national conven
tion. Her name was placed in nomi
nation by the Georgia delegation like
the rest of the names for national
committeemen and national commit
teewomen by their respective states.
The nomination of Mrs. Mclntyre
as national committeewoman and of
Clark Howell as national committee
man from Georgia was received with
applause, in which the Palmer sup
porters took a prominent part. The
Palmer forces here had thrown their
support' to Editor Howell and the
Palmer delegation from Georgia
against the-delegation elected by the
state convention. Editor Howell’s
nomination was the final culminating !
point to their victory, as it signified
his continuance on the national com
mittee for another term of four
years. Two names were placed in
nomination for national / committee
woman in the caucus held by the
Georgia delegation. One was the
name of Mrs. Mclntyre and the oth
er wits the name of Mrs. J. E. Hayes,
of Montezuma, president of the Geor
gia Federation of Women’s Clubs.
On a call of the roll of the delega
tion, Mrs. Mclntyre received twenty
seven votes and Mrs. Hayes received
eighteen. There are forty-five or
more delegates voting in the Georgia
delegation, and each is casting his
pro-rata share of the Georgia con- i
vention vote of twenty-eight. The [
nomination of Mrs. Mclntyre was a
victory for Pleasant A. Stovall,
chairman of the Georgia delegation,
who had supported her from the
start.
Nothing was done Thursday night
by the national convention except to
elect national committeemen and na
tional committeewomen from the
several states. The convention held
a night session beginning at 8 o’clock
on the expectation that the platform
committee would be ready to report,
but the long continued and bitter
fight involving a wet or dry plank
on national prohibition was not yet
ended when the convention met, A
recess was, therefore, taken for the
state delegations to caucus on their
national committeemen and commit
teewomen, and after their nomina
tions had been confirmed the con
vention adjourned until 10 o’clock
Friday morning.
Committeemen and
Commiteewomen
For Southern States
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—Demo
cratic national committeemen and
'committeewomen selected to repre
sent various states during the next
four years have been announced as
follows:
Alabama—. T. Sanders; committee
woman not selected.
Delaware—Senator J. O. Wolcott,
Miss Rena Evans.
Florida—J. T. G. Crawford, Jack
sonville; Mrs. Louise K. Mays.
Georgia—Clark Howell, Atlanta;
Mrs. Frank T. Mclntyre, Savannah.
Louisiana—S. B. Hicks, Mrs.
Joseph E. Friend.
Maryland John Walter Smith;
cpmmittewoman not selected.
Mississippi O. G. Johnston,
Clarksdale; Miss Henrietta Mitchell.
New Jersey—Robert 9. Hudspeth,
Jersey City; Mrs. James B. Belling
ton.
North Carolina—Angua W. McLean;
Miss Mary O. Graham.
South Carolina—John Gary Evans;
commiteew'oman selection today.
Tennessee Cordell Hull, Miss
Chari Williams.
Virginia—Carter Glass; commit
teewoman not selected.
West Virginia —C. W. Ossenton,
Fayetteville; committeewoman not
selected.
District of Columbia—John F. Cos
tello, Washington; Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, Washington. ,
Total of Nominating
Votes May Change
On Each Ballot
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—The
number of delegates entitled to vote
on the presidential nomination is
1,096, two delegates from the canal
zone having been seated by resolu
tion in the convention.
The number necessary to a nomina
tion is two-thirds of those actually
voting, so the nominating total may
change on each ballot.
Should all delegates vote, the num
ber necessary to nominate would be
731.
Mrs. John W. Davis
Placed in Nomination
As First Lady of Land
AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO,
July 2.—Mrs John W. Davis was
placed in nomination before the Dem
ocratic national convention Thursday
for “the first lady of the land.”
Seconding the nomination of Am
bassador Davis, Mrs. Julia Brown,
of West Virginia, included Mrs. Davis
as a gracious lady, fully qualified
tn every way to undertake the dutigs
of mistress of the white house and
placed her in the running along with
her husband.
Seaman, Thought Dead,
Is Found in Prison
WASHINGTON, July 2.—George J.
Rozzell, a navy fireman and former
ly of Hartford City, Ind., is alive in
tne naval prison at Portsmouth, N.
H., and apparently in good health,
the navy department was advised to
day in an official report from Rear
Admiral A. S. Halstead, commandant
of the Portsmouth navy yard.
Rozzell had been reported dead. In
response to an inquiry by Rozzell’s
father, the navy department started
an investigation. Admiral Halstead
reported that Rozzell’s "conduct in
confinement is excellent.” Rozzell is
serving a five year sentence.
Wrap Yourself
Up—The Latest
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NEW YORK. —Papa’s pants may
soon be made from paper. Here’s a
nice cool, "neat yet not gaudy” sar
torial arrangement of the well
known paper. The gentleman rustles
when he walks like ladies used to be
fore they did away with petticoats
Os course should spring skies dump
down the agile rain drop papa will
have to hie for shelter. If he doesn't
—well, the consequences will belong
to papa!
NAVY MAY ACT
ON ADMIRAL’S
RAP AT DANIELS
WASHINGTON, July 2.—Action
Probably will be taken by the navy
department within twenty-four hours
on the matter of Rear Admiral Ben
ton C. Decker’s recent attack on
Secretary Daniels and Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt, it was said today
by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Coontz.
Admiral Coontz declined to indi
cate what action he expected to be
taken, but said the matter had been
referred to Secretary Daniels who is
attending the Democratic national
convention at San Francisco.
A reply from Mr. Daniels within
twenty-four hours is expected, Ad
miral Coontz said.
“I have not acted on my own re
sponsibility in regard to Rear Ad
miral Decker’s letters,” declared Ad
miral Coontz, “because many of his
charges against the secretary and
Mr. Roosevelt were - personal. For
that reason, I believed it to be the
proper course to put the matter up
to them.”
Admiral Decker, who is now com
mandant of the Seventh naval dis
trict, with headquarters at Key West,
Fla., in a recenfty published letter
to Chairman Hale, of the senate
naval committee, charged Secretary
Daniels with having “intentiontally
and deliberately” misrepresented cer
tain facts in his testimony before
the senate committee and alleged
that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
was sacrificing the efficiency of the
navy for political ends.
CHINESE EVOLVE
SCHEME TO BEAT
JAPANESE PLAN
TSINAN, Shantung Province,
China, July 2.—While the Shantaung
problem remains unsolved and the
Japanese occupation of areas Ger
many formerly controlled continues,
a means to oppose the Japanese has
been worked out along economic lines
by C'hu Ying-kuang, civil governor
of the province.
C’hu Ying-kuang, who has come
to be regarded by foreigners of the
Far East as one of China’s greatest
administrative figures, has launched
the daring proejet of building within
Shantung a great system of high
ways to be used by an automobile
truck service in connecting all im
portant centers. As a corollary, he
plans to deepen and improve water
ways so that these roads and
streams will afford to Chinese of the
province a transportation system
that will place them on an equal
footing with the Japanese who now
control channels of communication.
Under the direction of T’and En
liand, a graduate of Purdue universi-
Prohi Agent Asserts
Elwell Was Member
Os “Whisky Ring”
NEW YORK, July 2.—James S.
Shnvlin, supervising prohibition en
forcement agent, announces he has
obtained information that Joseph
Browne Elwell, turfman and whist
expert, shot to death in his home
here June 11, had been engaged in the
purchase of large quantities of liquor
for speculative purposes shortly be
fore his deatn.
Elwell, according to Mr. Shevlin,
was a member of a “whisky ring”
which included several prominent
business men and sporting associ
ates of ese slain turfmgn. His in
formation, Mr. Shevlin said, showed
that this "ring” had made plans for
large profit through the sale of liquor
in this city and at Saratoga during
July and August.
Mr. Shevlin’s information was ob
tained through the examination of
a man said to have been in close
touch with Elwell.
“Although we have obtained no
evidence as yet to support the the
ory that these transactions led to his
murder,” said Mr. Shevlin, “we are
seeking such information.”
i Kansas City Women
Assail Foes of Reed
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Julv 2.—D m
ccratic women in United States Sen
ator James A. Reed's district here
today turned loose on Missouri wo
men who fought Reed at the Demo
cratic national convention.
At a meeting of Jackson county
women's Democratic committee a res
olution’ was adopted praising Reed
and censuring Mrs. W. W. Martin, of
Cape Girardeau, who urged the Dem
ocrats tA* refuse Senator Reed a dele
gate’s s#at. .
DEMOCRATS IND
G.O.P.OIGETO
AID SIIFFBIGISIS
Republicans Making Fight in
Vermont and Wilson in
Tennessee —Gov. Roberts
to Call Special Session
WASHINGTON, July 2. he race
between Democrats and Republicans
for credit for the final ratification of
the federal woman suffrage amend
ment was on again today. Senator
Warren G. Harding, Republican presi
dential candidate, has made the state
of Vermont his party’s entrant in the
suffrage race.
In a conference with Governor
Clement here yesterday he advised
he calling of a special session of the
egislature to act on the suffrage
amendment.
President Wilson and other Demo
cratic leaders already have pinned
their hopes on Tennessee, where a
special session to act on suffrage
has been called for early in August.
Representative Fisher, Tennessee,
here today, said there was little
doubt of suffrage being ratified in the
southern state.
Governor Clement .after a confer
ence with Mr. Harding, would not say
definitely what he would do about
a special session, declaring that
Vermont did not care to act hastily.
Mr. Harding today was getting ready
to go to Marion tomorrow. He will
leave here by automobile.
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR TO
CALL SUFFRAGE SESSION
WASHINGTON, July 2. —Governor
oberts, of Tennessee, in a telegram
received by the National Woman’s
party, declared definitely that he
would cal la special session of the
legislature of his state to meet Au
gust 9 for the purpose of acting on
the federal suffrage amendment.
REED KEPT FROM
FLOOR AT FRISCO
BY 17-YEAR-OLD
BY LABERT ST. CLAIB.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 2.
The person who really kept Jim
Reed off the floor was Gregory
Hughes, a seventeen-year-old boy.
Just before the credentials commit
tee reported that it had barred Reed,
the senator appeared at Hughes’ tick
et taking station, presented a gallery
ticket and attempted to pass in.
Blocking the senator’s progress,
Hughes sent him to his regular seat.
Reed made only a feeble protest, and
the boy grinned.
No Clue Yet to
Bandit Who Robbed
Train of $59,000
AUGUSTA, Ga.; July 2.—The dar
ing theft of $59,825, constituting the
marine baracks payroll bound for
Paris Island, S. C.» from a local pas
senger train in Augusta on Wednes
day, remains unsolved.
No arrests have been made and
the case stands where it was Wed
nesday night, when the only clue to
the identity of the bandit who is
said to have overpowered the two ex
press mesengers, was the statement
of several persons residing in the
river bottom, below Augusta, on the
Carolina side of the Savannah river,
that they saw a man fitting the de
scription endeavoring Wednesday to
get across the river.
Although the same man is believed
to have ben seen later in the day at
a store six miles below Augusta, no
trace has been heard of him or
the stolen loot since. The two mes
sengers who claim they were chloro
formed, bound and gagged, are re
maining in Augusta in consultation
with special agents of the express
company in an effort to solve the
mystery surrounding the identity of
the bandit.
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‘Man of 100 Loves’
Is Fast Worker
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LOS ANGELES. —John Roy Dew,
the “man of 100 loves,” was a fast
A'Orker, according to Miss Mildred
June Hunter, seventeen, daughter of
Mrs. L- C. Hunter, here. In less
than a week Mildred consented to
elope and Mrs. Hunter had loaned
Dew $350. He said he was wealthy
and had an estate in Vancouver,
British Columbia. Dew is an ex-con
vict and boasts that he has won the
hearts of more than 100 women and
that one of them gave him $200,000.
He is known in many cities as a
heart-breaker. Now he’s in jail on a
charge of false hotel registration
while the police check the charge
that he stole $2,500 worth of gems
from a woman here.
People of Jamaica Are
Fighting Prohibition
KINGSTON. Jamaica, July 2.
Thousands of residents of this island,
the home of Jamaica rum, have
united in a protest to the govern
ment and legislative council against
prohibition, state control of the
liquor trade or alteration of the pres
ent licensing system.
A measure has been introduced in
the legislature by the . government
providing for state control of the
trade after the legislative council had
been asked to consider also the ques
tions of prohibition and licensing.
Those opposed argued in a memo
rial to the government that the man
ufacture of rum, as a by-product of
sugar, had been carried on in the
island for hundreds of years and
formed a very important industry
which would be seriously affected if
prohibition were imposed. They ob
jected also to state control chiefly
on the ground of expense and risk in
volved.
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THE CONVENTION
Democrats Are Day Behind
With No Pros
pect of Early Voting on the „
Nomination
Today’s Program
Ten a. m.—Convention called to
order.
Prayer.
Report of committee on plat
form and resolutions.
Adoption of report °n platform
and resolutions.
Balloting for presidential nomi
nees.
Presentation of candidates for
vice presidential nomination.
Balloting for vice presidential
nominee.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—A day
behind schedule and with the hardest
and most important o fits work still
ahead, the Democratic national con
vention resumed this morning at 10
o’clock to hear the report of the plat
form committee and face the inev
itable floor fight Over the prohibi
tion, as well as probaly, fights over ’
the League of Nations and the Irish
question.
Midnight efforts to compose the
differences over the wet and dry is
sue in the plaftorm committee failed
after prolonged hours of argument,
acrimony and oratory. When all the
eleventh-hour attempts at harmony
were given ~ up, it was announced
finally that all proposals to include
any kind of a prohibition plank
whatever had been beaten by decisive
votes and that the question would
be brought to the open floor of the
convention.
Last night’s disappointed crowds
which had packed the great civic
auditorium from floor to rafters keen
on the spectacle of Wililain Jennings
Bryan setting off the fireworks, trail
ed to the convention again today
determined not to be cheated out of
the show by postponements or de
lays. t
Bryan Starts Trouble
Under the program agreed upon,
Mr. Bryan will present his side of
the question in a speech limited to
thirty minutes, and Bainbridge Colby,
secretary of state, will present the
committee manager’s side In another
thirty minutes, hat
however, does not by any means con
fine the discussion to one hour.
Any number of persons desiring io
speak, who may be recognized by,
Chairman Robinson, also may be
heard for thirty minutes each. In
view of Mr. Bryan’s well-known
fighting spirit and his demonstrated
staying qualities, no one is bold
enough to predict that the fight will
be a short one. Bryan’s repeatedly an
nounced determination to insist on
a platform “no wet can run on,” and
his announcements of last night as*
sured a prolonged struggle, and even
though the predictions of the admin
istration forces that they would be
able to “choke Bryan off” were to be
fulfilled, there was no prospect that
would be carried out quickly.
Exactly ivhat took place in the
meetings of the resolutions commit
tee last night has not" been fully
disclosed, but it is known that when
at the close of the afternoon session
all prohibition planks were voted out
of the platform. Mr. Bryan, in a long
and fiery speech, told the comittee
men that while* he realized that the
administration forces had the votes
to put over their program, they would
do so at the peril of his ©position.
Whatever was the full import of
what Mr. Bryan threatened, it was
sufficient to cause the commitee, aft
er being all ready to make its repdrt,
to consider its decision and decided
to hear Mr. Bryan at a further ses
sion while the convention waited.
McAdoo Men Confident
At this session, Mr. Bryan, it is
said, continued his attack on the ad
ministration forces who pleaded with
him not to pursue a course which
would make for party 'discord and
endanger party success in Novem
ber. Mr. Bryan,* however, reports
from inside the said,
was adamant, and the' majority
finally gave up all hopes of con
ciliating him and decided to face the
proposition of an open fight on the
floor.
With those prospects before it, the
convention when it resumed today,
faced the possibility of a program
that might carry it far,into a night
session after probably a brief re
cess for dinner. Whether the floor
battles could be ended in time to
take up balloting for a nominee be
fore the convention would have to
quit from sheer exhaustion, was a
question.
The McAdoo boomers took ad
vantage of the interruption in the
program to continue strengthening
their line-up. Although they had op
posed a suspension of the rules and
a proposition to proceed to ballot
ing ahead of the report of the plat
form committee early yesterday, they
were ready to accept that program
last night, but those who had agreed
to the idea earlier would not go on
with it because the McAdoo forces
had been using the interim to
strengthen their position.
There were intimations of the con
vention being packed at last night’s
session with an eye to the possibilif
ties of a stampede- Cox forces, while
sure of their delegates standing firm,
acknowledged that they had not been
fortunate in making accessions,
among the Falmer delegates the Mc-
Adoo people were counting on addi
tions to their candidate as a second
choice. The McAdoo boomers were
so confident of their position as to
predict a nomination for him on the
fifth ballot, if not before.
Chairman in Bist Tight
The smouldering ticket scandal in
the convention broke out yesterday
in a fist fight in which Chairman
Robinson had an encounter with Paul
M. Schwartz, of Indianapolis, a.
stenographer to Thomas Taggart, of
Indiana. When Senator Robinson,
so the story runs, called on Schwartz
for his allotment of tickets, he was
questioned concerning his choice for
the presidential nominee, and the
senator replied with his fists, and a
demand for the discharge of
Schwartz by the national committee
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