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TEACHING OF JUHY
DUTY IN COLLEGES
URGED OF JUDGES
RY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1—
The jury in a criminal case recent
ly returned a verdict of acquittal
which the trial judge denounced as
the most foolish verdict of which
he had ever heard. Another eminent
jurist complains that there is at the
present time an apparent unwilling
ness on the part of juries to convict,
especially to return verdicts calling
for the death penalty, and says that
the only possible explanation for this
■■ is that it is a reaction in the jury
box of the general disregard for law
that seems to pervade the country.
In one crimnial case it was found
necessary to summon 650 talesmen
before a jury of 12 could be secured
to try the defendant. In a civil case
involving the rights of a railroad
1,200 talesmen were summoned.
These incidents and facts are cited
as evidence that something is wrong,
not with our jury system, but with
the way the system functions under
present day conditions. Men who are
studying the problem say that the
trouble lies with Mr. Average Citi
zen.
Most Americans who would fight
for their right to a trial by jury,
' which is guaranteed them by the
federal constitution, are exceedingly
reluctant to do their duty when some
one else invokes that right and they
are summoned to jury duty.
This aversion to serving on a jury
Is sometimes due to a dislike of as
suming the responsibility for set
tling questions affecting the liberty
■ or property rights of others. More
" often it is due to the feeling the
average man has that he can not as-
to sacrifice the time jury duty
Mtentails.
But whatever the excuse, jury
..dodging has grown to serious pro
„ portions, especially in the larger
..cities, i
“ The citizen who evades military
duty when his country calls for
fighting men is denounced as a
slacker and held in general con
■ tempt. Citizens who can and do not
r--vote at primaries and elections are
• being subjected to criticism almost
-as harsh for their failure to dis
charge the fundamental obligation
of. citizenship, and now those who
evade jury duty are coming in for
,their share of opprobium.
Many Called, Few Chosen
Commissioner of Jurors Frederick
O’Bryne, of New York, is authority
for the statement that in the five
counties comprising that city 58,000
‘“men served on the various juries
other than federal juries. An equal
number were excused from jury
‘ duty for legitimate reasons, and
more than 100,000 were summoned
and examined before the 58,000 who
‘ served were selected. The commis
sioner says that citizens of intelli
gence and education know far more
about how to sidestep jury duty than
they do about performing it, or about
their obligation to perform it.
, His experience has led him to sug
gest the advisability of having
classes in jury duty in all colleges
and universities and the making of
a special drive to impress upon the
average citizen his responsibility for
upholding the jury system. Citizens
shrink from jury duty, he says,
largely because many of them are
not made to realize that it is an
honor and obligation of citizenship.
1 ’ “That is why J? Should like to see
college students instructed in the
subject of jury duty,” says Commis
sioner O’Bryne. ‘‘Many are called
who do not know what is required
of them. Students could be taught,
and there are many books which
they could read on what is required
of a juror.
■ “They should be made to realize
that the constitution of the United
States provides for the ju-y system
’ and that it is with us to stay. The
course should not b> one of occa
sional lectures hut of constant lec
tures and recitations as in any oth
er college course. The student would
then emerge from college with a
sense of citizenship that is not felt
by men who fail to appreciate the
necessity in the public interest of
their service in the jury box.”
There are certain classes of citi
zens who are exempt from jury duty
• in most states, including clergymen,
physicians, dentists, pharmacists,
veterinaries, optometrists, attorneys,
teachers, editors, reporters, federal,
state, county and city officials, for
eign consuls, captains, engineers and
pilots of vessels, superintendents,
engineers and conductors on rail
roads, election inspectors and clerks,
and all persons who are physically
incapacitated for jury service.
Flimsy Excuses Offered
Excuses that are offered in the
effort to avoid jury duty are often
of the flimsiest character. Some
men seem to think that the mere
fact that they do ty.ot want to serve
is sufficient reason for their being
excused, while pressure of business,
sickness in the family and sudden
calls out of town are always being
heard by the court.
Most men who have teen arrested
for violation of the law are exceed
ingly anxious to conceal that fact,
but when they think that it may
help them escape jury service they
have been known to relate their
delinquencies eagerly if not pride
fully. And in this day and age of
the übiquitous automobile and the
equally unhiquitious traffic cop it is
the rare individual who has not been
arrested at least once. However, ar
rests for speeding and similar viola
tions of traffic regulations do not
suffice to keep a man out of the jury
box.
The jury is the characteristic fea
ture of English or common law, and
distinguishes it from the systems of
continental Europe derived from the
la.w of the Roman Empire. Original-
Ijg juries were composed of all those
persons who had knowledge of the
subject matter. They were sum
moned into court to state upon their
solemn oath what the common opin
ion of the neighborhood was as to
those facts which formed the basis
of the criminal charge to be tried,
or the basis of the right to posses
sion or enjoyment of land or other
property which was at issue, such
being the typical cases of early days.
It soon became a matter of gen
eral acceptance that the testimony
or opinions of twelve substantial
men would be sufficient to establish
. the facts in a given case and to in
, sure justice and fair dealing, hence
. the idea of the jury of twelve ’‘good
men and true.”
As the judicial system grew,
however, the courts came to have
jurisdiction, litigation grew more ex
tensive, and it was soon found that
the attendance of twelve persons ac
quainted with the facts of each case
to be tried would be unduly burden
some, if not impossible in many in
stances.
Out of this situation grew the plan
of submitting legal controversies to
the decision of an impartial jury
sworn to determine the facts after
all the testimony had been present-
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLT JOURNAL
“MOST SUCCESSFUL GIRL,”
MOTHER OF FIVE CHILDREN,
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Mrs. William Nye, of Mansfield, Mass., who at 21 is the mother
of five healthy children pictured here, and who is called the most
successful girl in the world.
Raises Family Without
Skimping on Total of S2O
Per Week in Massachu
setts Town
BY HAROLD MATSON
MANSFIELD, Mass., June 28. —
This village lays claim to the most
successful girl in the world.
It sounds an extravagant boast
until you heir why:
She is 21 and the mother of five
healthy babies.
She spreads and stretches her hus
band’s S2O-a-week income in such a
manner as to keep the family lard
er filled, to pay all bills, to save
enough that they have been able
to buy a flivver.
She sings while she washes
clothes (a daily task).
She' loves her children and they
love her.
She loves her husband and he
loves her.
She plans to have one or two more
children.
In the little shingled house at 126
South Main street you may find
the girl, Mrs. William Nye, busy with
her endless tasks. She looks as
young as her age. Her clear blue
eyes, her cheerful smile, and her
flaxen hair bobbed in the latest cut,
make her a pretty girl. Perhaps
she will be in z the back yard hang
ing up clothes.
Or she might be gathering eggs
from the chickens.
Or feeding the four pigs.
Or picking vegetables from her
garden for the evening meal.
Or scrubbing floors.
Or preparing food for her chil
dren —
Any of these and an almost count
less number of daily chores that are
hers.
She won’t admit the praise that
has been given her, but she won’t
hesitate to tell you that she is as
proud as she can be, that she is con
tented and that she wouldn’t trade
places with anybody.
Her children, Earl, 6; Florence, 4;
Robert, 3; Kenneth, 2. and Gordon,
11 months, are fat and red-cheeked.
JMESE TO TAKE
PART IN NEW ALLIED
WORLD BEBT MEET
LONDON, July 1—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Japan has accepted
the invitation to take part in the
interallied conference on reparation
to be held in London this month, it
was announced by Reuters today.
She will be represented by her
ambassadors to Great Britain and
France.
PLAN OF BERLIN NOTE
DISPLEASES FRANCE
By Constantine Brown
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal anil
Chicago Daily News—Copyright, 1924.)
PARIS, July I.—Germany’s ac
ceptance of the British-French note
on control of armaments was not
received in Paris without misgiv
ings, Nationalist papers emphasiz
ing the fact that the condition put
by Germany that the inspection
should be terminated September 30,
is preposterous since it would give
less than ninety days to the allied
authorities to accomplish a very dif
ficult and complex investigation.
It is asserted if the allied gov
ernments accept the condition Ger
man officials co’jln make the whole
investigation fareial by adopting dila
tory methods. Despite this serious
drawback it is believed that the
French and British governments, in
order to show good will toward Ger
many. will accept the German con
ditions.
ed by witnesses who are sworn to
tell “the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth.”
In the early days men who served
on juries prided themselves upon
their importance in the community
and upon the fact that they were
rendering a real public service. Un
happily those days are passed and
today litigants are largely at the
mercy of professional jurymen, of
which every community has its
quota, and of citizens impressed into
jury duty against their will and
who. therefore, are apt to be in an
unjndicially indignant frame of
mind.
They smile shyly at visitors, but
soon are friendly and telling about
how their dog, Sport, fell down the
stairs and cut his leg, or about the
24 new baby chicks. When their
mother calls them or corrects them
they obey willingly.
“Remarkable? Yes, if you look at
it that way,” Mrs. Nye laughs. “City
folks may be amazed at my family,
but they are more frightened at the
idea than at the experience. It is
not so hard if you have to do it, and
if you can be happy with it all.”
Married at Fourteen
The girl-mother/was 14 when she
married. Her first baby came in a
year.
“I loved children and wanted
them. Why should I complain? I
have what I want,” she says.
“People ask me if I realize what
a remarkable thing I am doing and
I tell them I usually realize it about
10 o’clock every night.” She laughs
at that and quickly adds, “but I am
not complaining. Things are get
ting better all the time.
“But you mustn’t fprget my hus
band,” she urges. “He gets up at
5 o’clock every morning, too, works
around here and then sets out to
walk nearly four miles to the saw
mill —you see, the car is being re
paired now. And then he walks
home at night and works until 10.
“How do I make the S2O enough?
Well, it takes care of itself. No,
nothing like a budget. We buy what
we need and don’t buy what I can
get along without. The house and
land is clear so we have no rent.
That, makes it easier.
“We aren’t saving anything right
now,” she explains, “because the
car is costing something, but soon
we can put a little aside each
week.”
Household budget experts might
learn a thing or two from Mrs.
Nye, to say nothing of what she
could show child-raising experts,
too.
“I look forward to it all with
great pleasure,” the mother declares.
“Just think! When I am 35 I will
have a 20-year-old son, an 18-year
old girl, a 17-year-old son, a 16-year
rild son, a 15-year-old son—and who
knows, maybe some more. They’ll
all be like pals to me—well, they
are that now.”
MFFLEW
111 CLEVELAND ED
OPEN CONVENTION
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July I.
William H. Johnston, chairman of
the conference for progressive ac
tion, arrived here today to take
charge of the preparations for the
convention which opens July 4.
Johnson will deliver the keynote
address.
Although efforts will be made to
conclude the convention Friday,
leaders at the conference here be
lieve it will last through Friday and
Saturday. Night sessions will be
held if necessary, they said.
A statement is expected from Sen
ator Robert M. LaFollette within a
day or two which his supporters be
lieve will make it clear whether the
Wisconsin senator would accept the
nomination for the presidency.
Storm Victims Sought
As Ohio City Buries
Her Dead m Silence
LORAIN, Ohio, July I.—Lorain
buried its dead privately today, the
seventv-four known victims of the
devastating storm of Saturday eve
ning. while down town in the ruined
business section of the city, khaki
clad troops moved about.
Where the State theater had stood,
a light steam shovel puffed as it
scooped at the debris where more
bodies may be found.
'the smell of hot soup came from
the rolling army kitchens, while
the Salvation Army maintained shel
ters and Red Cross dressing sta
tions still found something to do.
Nine-t°uths of the business dis
trict of Lorain will have to be re
built, engineers say. Nearly all of
the buildings left standing were so
badly weakened by the tornado they
will have to be torn down.
All of the homeless had tem
porary shelter today. School build
ings and tents furnished quarters
for about 2.000 persons.
The search for those reported
missing continued and crews are
carefully searching ruins in the
hope of finding seme one who
might be alive.
DEFEAT OF SMITH
IS SEEN IN TREND
OF DAY'S BALLOTING
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York, July 1.-—William Gibbs
McAdoo or John W. Davis appeared
to be the alternative confronting the
delegates to the Democratic national
convention after fifteen ballots from
early Monday till past midnight.
McAdoo upset the calculations of
his opponents by holding his lines
and reaching 479 votes when the
convention adjourned for the night,
while Governor Smith had 305 1-2,
which was. one-half a vote less than
his high mark for the evening.
The combined McAdoo arid Smith
vote amounted to 784 1-2, while the
favorite sons held the remaining
313 1-2 votes. It requires two
thirds or 732 to secure a nomination
at a Democratic convention so it
was evident shat the group of fa
vorite sons with nearly one-third
and the McAdoo and Smith blocks
each had it in their power to pre
vent a nomination.
The chances of the McAdoo men
lie in a supreme effort to pass the
majority mark of 549, which they
plan to do today, hoping the con
vention will follow an old precedent
and furnish the remainder of the
votes as an act of generosity to one
who has received a majority.
Smithites Prefer Davis
But the Smith delegates do not
love the McAdoo group and would
prefer John W. Davis, The favorite
son votes could be swung to Davis
and there are many McAdoo men
who believe Davis plus Governor
Bryan, of Nebraska, for vice presi
dent, would make a strong ticket.
Davis’ friends have circulated lit
erature in his behalf showing that he
has been the counsel not only of the
Standard Oil company but the plate
glass blowers’ union, the Irish Free
State, Eugene V. Debs, the Associ
ated Press, Tammany Hall and
“Mother” Jones, of West Virginia.
This information is being broadcast
to prove that Mr. Davis, who was
recently president of the American
Bar association, has had among his
clients other institutions besides cor
porations. It is also stated that the
Anti-Saloon league has upon occa
sions attacked Mr. Davis for his
views on the Volstead act, though
.he is not known as a “wet.” He is
one of those who believes the Vol
stead act can be modified without
violating the spirit of the eighteenth
amendment.
Leader of “Dark Horses”
The delegates continually talk of
Davis as a compromise candidate.
The voting Monday showed that he
is the leader of the “dark horses”
and that when the break-up begins
the West Virginian may be the big
gest beneficiary. He has not been an
active candidate here and is highly
respected as an able campaigner. He
has no organization on the floor of
the convention and while his nomina
tion from that viewpoint seems un
likely his reserve strength as the
second choice of the convention is
unquestionably in the minds of many
McAdoo and Smith delegates.
The idea of having Governor Bry
an, of Nebraska, run for vice presi
dent or possibly Senator Walsh, of
Montana, with John W. Davis is be
ing discussed as a means of winning
western strength for the ticket.
Judging by the tenacity of the
McAdoo and Smith factions, no nom
ination may be expected before late
today.
Greensboro Taking
Lively Interest m
Road Developments
GREENSBORO, Ga., July I.
Much interest is being manifested in
the proposed Ridge route from El
berton to Greensboro via Lexington
and Maxeys. This highway will go
from Anderson, S. C., to Elberton.
If it is secured from Elberton to
Greensboro, it is expected that a
highway will be completed to Eaton
ton, joining the one to Gray and
Macon.
The highway can connect at
Greensboro with the Detroit-Jack
sonville highway, the Atlanta-AU
gusta highway, and the Greensboro-
Eatonton road, thence to Macon.
An effort is being made to get Put
nam county to help in erecting a
bridge at Reid’s ferry, connecting
the counties. It has been suggested
to build a memorial bridge, dedicat
ing it to the boys of Green and Put
nam counties who fought and died
in the World war. An effort will
be made to secure federal aid on
this project. It is understood that
Greene county already has its half
of the money in the bank for the
erection of this bridge.
Greene county is taking a great
interest'in its highways. The coun
ty commissioners are co-operating
with the state highway department
and the Greene county link of the
Atlanta-Augusta highway is being
placed in excellent condition. The
road is being straightened and wid
ened from the Taliaferro county line
to the Morgan county line. The
road will be placed in wet-weather
condition. There are already several
miles of permanent road on this
highway.
Work is progressing on the Greene
county link of the Detroit-Jackson
ville highway, which is State Route
No. 15. This highway is being top-'
soiled, widened and graded from
Watson Springs to Greensboro. From
Greensboro it will "be put in first
class condition to Sparta. Already
two fine concrete bridges have been
built between Watson Springs and |
Greensboro. The county commission •
ers are using convict labor on the i
project, aided by the government in I
furnishing funds.
Wall Street Runner
Who Disappeared Gets
Indeterminate Term
NEW YORK, July I.—Pleading
guilty to grand larceny, William Le
bish. Wall street messenger w’ho dis
appeared with $45,000 worth of
bonds and later was arrested at Mor
gan City, La., today was sentenced
to an indeterminate penitentiary
term.
Mrs. Anna Olive Dies
As She Opens Prayer
HARLEM, Ga.. July I.—Mrs.
Anna Olive, one- of the best-known
citizens of Columbia county, died
suddenly at the Methodist church at
this place Sunday evening. She had
been called upon to pray, and while
offering her prayer quietly passed
away. Mrs. Olive is survived by
four children, Tom and Lee Olive.
Mrs. Sallie Seego. and Miss Fannie
Mae Olive. Mrs. Olive was buried ,
at Lynwood cemetery.
M’ADOO CANDIDACY
BOOSTED ON FLOOR
BF ALBERT WILSON
RY THEODORE TILLER
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York, July I.—Although not a
member of the Georgia delegation
there is one Georgian here who is
working as hard for William G. Mc-
Adoo’s nomination as ■ though he
were the McAdoo campaign man
ager. He is Albert Wilson, promi
nent Atlantjan of wide acquaintance,
who is moving among the delegates
and putting in a boost all along the
line for McAdoo. Mr. Wilson is en
thusiastically “doing his bit” in the
typical Georgia way. The Atlantian
is popular with members of the
Georgia delegation and is practically
one of them.
Outside of members of the Georgia
delegation, who have rather held the
center of the stage here because
they form a keystone of the McAdoo
stonewall battalion, other Georgians
have figured prominently in the con
vention proceedings and in the news
of New York.
Before leaving for Washington,
from which point he will leave for
Georgia, Senator William J. Harris
was temporarily a presiding officer
over the Democratic convention. He
wa s called to the chair by Chairman
Walsh, the permanent presiding of
ficer.
Senator Harris wielded the gavel
for about an hour and a half.
Georgia’s Protest Published
Senator Walter F. George, who
has returned to Washington, occu
pied a seat on the platform and en
tertained members of the Georgia
delegation at dinner.
Ralph Smith, of The Journal staff,
is quoted in New York newspapers
today as spokesman for Hollins Ran
dolph, chairman of the delegation,
in protest against the treatment ac
corded the Georgians by the hostile
Tammany-packed galleries. The
New York papers make the error of
calling Mr. Smith the “secretary to
Mr. Randolph,” but outside of that
the little story is all right, and re
flective of the feeling in the Geor
gia outfit. Mr. Smith says that “the
Georgia delegation will never forget
the heckling ithas received from the
galleries in this convention, nor the
fact that at one time when it was
under attack the band played
‘Marching Through Georgia.’ ”
Customs Patrol Fleet
To Conitnue Blockade;
$900,000 Rum Taken
WASHINGTON, July I.—Results
obtained by the customs marine pa
trol since its organization last April
1 to supplement operations of the
coast guard in curbing rum-running
in the vicinity of New York harbor
have justified its continuance for
another four months. It was an
nounced in a statement today by
Assistant Secretary Moss, of the
treasury, it was originally intended
to discontinue the patrol on June 30.
After a brief suspension of ac
tivities necessary to overhaul and
refit boats and equipment, Mr.
Moss said, the patrol will resume
operations '‘‘with augmented equip
ment, including machine guns and
.rifles, manned by picked crews de
termined to surpass their previous
r-.ord. A summary of its achieve
ments showed the. patrol has cap
tured 70 vessels, with 31 now under
seizure, and seized 12,500 cases of
liquor valued at $900,000 ashore.
Smith Fractures Rib
But Resumes Flight
With American Planes
CALCUTTA, July 1—(By the As
sociated Press.) —Lieutenant Lowell
H. Smith, commanding the three
United States army planes flying
around the world, fractured a float
ing rib on his right side in a fall
from a culvert near the flying field
here yesterday afternoon. Despite
the pain and discomfort he announced
that he would continue flying.
The planes leached Allahabad this
morning from Calcutta. >
BRITISH FLIER IN HONG KONG;
MAY HOP TO SHANGHAI NEXT
HONG KONG, July I—Major A.
S. C. MacLaren, British world flier,
who arrived here after a six-hour
flight from Haipong, intends to
push on tomorrow to Foo Chow, and
possibly on to Shanghai, the same
day. MacLaren’s mileage to date
is 9,055.
Coolidge, Dawes and
Butler in Conference
On Campaign Plans
' WASHINGTON, July I.—Cam
paign plans were up for discussion
at the White House today with the
arrival here of Charles G. Dawes, Re
publican nominee for vice president,
and William M. Butler, chairman of
the Republican national committee.
This is the first meeting between
the president and General Dawes
since the Celveland convention, the
latter coming- here as a. White
House guest at the invitation of Mr.
Coolidge.
Attempt to Fleece
Alabamian Is Charged
To Three Men Held
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 1.
Three alleged confidence men, Ed
McCoy, Robert Howe and Jim Bal
som, the latter said to be known to
the police of Denver, are under ar
rest here charged with attempting to
fleece Frank Stow, of Birmingham,
Ala., out of SIO,OOO. E. L. Jackson,
postoffice inspector of Denver, was
instrumental in placing the three
men in custody last Saturday.
British Labor Party
Again Suffers Defeat
On Finance Measure
LONDON. July I.—For the sev
enth time since coming into office
the MacDonald labor government
was defeated in the house of com
mons yesterday on a conservative
motion to amend the finance bill on
a minor point in the committee
stage. The amendment, which was
supported by the liberals, in spite
of Chancellor Snowden’ opposition,
was carried by 220 to 165.
GENERAL PERSHING BOOMED
FOR VICE PRESIDENT’S POST
AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Friends Would Draft Noted
Solider, No-Party Man, as
Offset for Dawes on the
Republican Ticket
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Special Leaned Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1024.)
NEW YORK, July 1. —Ever since
they came to New York some of the
delegates to the Democratic national
convention have contended that a
“service man” should be put on the
national ticket as an offset to “Hell
and Maria” Dawes, of the Repub
licans.
Today these same delegates
thought they had solved the prob
lem. Their idea is to draft no less
a person than General John J. Per
shing for vice president. They are
endeavoring to bring other delegates
to the same view and say they are
meeting with gratifying success.
General Pershing was General
Dawes’ commanding officer in France
and he was considered four years
ago for definite political honors.
To the objection that General Per
shing is not a Democrat, his propo
nents at the convention here say
i that neither is he a Republican. He
has never voted either ticket. Hav
ing been in the army, all of his life
he has never mixed in politics—not
national politics anyhow.
The Pershing boomers believe the
Democrats would make a ten-strike
by placing him on the tail of the
ticket. They say he was appointed
commander-in-chief of the American
forces in the World war by a Demo
cratic president and that his great
military honors came to him under a
Democratic administration. The
mere fact that until the death of his
wife many years ago General Per
shing was the son-in-law of Senator
Warren, of Wyoming, a dyed-in-the
wool Republican, should not classify
him as an adherent of the Grand
Old Party.
So far as can be learned no one
at the convention has consulted the
general about his incipient boom. As
before stated, their idea is to “draft”
him, and inasmuch as the A. E. F.
commander believes in the “draft,”
the delegates declare he could not
consistently decline the nomination
if it were tendered to him.
There have been fewer "soldier
candidates” for office after the World
war than in any other var period
of American history. The Pershing
boomers say that after the Revolu
tionary war, General Washington
was called to office. After the War
of 1812 General Andrew Jackson
was called to office. After the Civil
war it was Grant. After the Span
ish-American war Roosevelt was
called to the vice presidency, Ipter
succeeding to the presidency. The
Republicans. have chosen a service
man for second place, so the Demo
cratic goblins are likely to get Black
Jack Pershing if he does not watch
out.
Now that night sessions have been
the regular order of the convention,
the delegates and their wives have
solved the problem of what to do
with their metropolitan evenings. As
a matter of fact there has not been
much difficulty on that score from
the very beginning. During the first
week of the convention the local
committee on entertainment had pro
vided dinners and receptions and
dances for most every night and vio
lently protested against the holding
of night sessions.
The theaters have not had much of
an appeal the delegates. This
was partly due to what the visitors
regarded as “outrageous” prices at
the box offices. There was no In
crease jn the prices anywhere. The
managers had all agreed to' that.
But when it was announced as a
great “concession” to the Democratic
hosts that they could' go to the “Fol
lies” for $5.50 a seat, the “conces
sion” was a flop, to use the parlance
of the theater. Rather than go to
the theater the delegates have pre
ferred to stand around the hotel lob
bies and gossip about what was like
ly to happen. They always do that
at conventions, anyhow. Old conven
tion towns like Chicago never make
any special provisions for the dele
gates. '1 hey know they will go their
own way.
There has been much “room visit
ing” here just as there was in Cleve
land, soy the official “rum hounds”
from Washington have succeeded by
never-ceasing raids in drying up
what may be called the convention
zone of New York fairly well. Ag a
matter of fact the prohibition en
forcement people are planing roses
on themselves every day. They feel
even caused the arrest of a Chicago
even caused the arest of a Chicago
aiderman who had some hard s'uff
in his suitcase. The federal judge
let him off with a $lO f-no, but it
was a great moral victory for the
Haynes brigade just the same
So “room visiting” still j 3 a popu .
lar pastime and no one apparently
tv ac t suffering from over-aridi-
These piping~days of peace at the
convention have brought forth the
piping voice of ladies. The delega
tions are vying with each other in
Putting forward the lady delegates
to annuonce the votes on the various
ballots being taken. Most of the
women have wee small voices which
have difficulty in reaching the re
cording desk, but occasionally a
trained speaker announces in tones
that can be heard all over the hall.
Such an effort a 1 ways wins applause.
The Texas delegation is giving ev
ery member an opportunity to an
nounce a vote—men and women
alike There are forty persons in
tre delegation, so they can run 40
ballots before repeating.
During all of the first day’s bal
loting, Senator Walsh, of Montana,
the permanent chairman, received
one vote. So whenever he had to
announce the results the chairman
would insist upon calling this one
vote scattering.” i t reminded some
ot the Boston newspapermen of the
ecclesiastical convention held in the
Hub city sometime ago for the elec
tion of an Episcopal bishop. In an
nouncing the final results one re
porter wrote that “the Rev. Mr.
Scattering received three votes.”
M hen Judson Harmon, the vuner
able Buckeye Democrat, arose to an
nounce that Ohio cast her 48 votes
solidly for James Middleton Cox. I
comparatively few persons in the
vast assembly of disciples of Thomas
Jefferson recognized him. Mr. Har
mon was serving as attorney gen
eral in the cabinet of Grover Cleve
iand before many of the delegates
attending the present convention
were born. He is in his 79th year,
but still is one of the stalwart war
norses of the democracy.
M hen Senator Pat Harrison read*
the announcement to the convention
that former Secretary Fall, the two ■
Dohenys and Harry F. Sinclair had >
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924
MORSE EXONERATED
IN TRIAL OF PHILIPS
FOR LUMBER SALES
WASHINGTON, July 1. —Ernest
C. Morse, former director of sales
of the war department, was exoner
ated today by Judge Bailey, of the
District of Columbia supreme court,
in the case in which John L. Philips,
of Georgia, and others are on trial
in connection with the sale of gov
ernment surplus lumber.
Peaches Bring Fine
Price in New York
MACON, Ga., July 1. —Georgia
peaches in New York yesterday
brought as high as $5.50 per crate,
which is the highest figure since
the first fruit of the season was put
on the market. This price was paid
for choice peaches. Some of the
lower grades sold as low as $1 per
crate.
The Hiley Belle and the Georgia
Belles will be put on the market in
a few days, and these varieties are
expected to bring from $3 per crate
up. TYey always sell for a good
price. The Elbertas will follow and
some of the No. 1 shipments are
expected to bring about the $5 per
crate mark-
The tally peaches did not bring
the revenue expected for the reason
that they did not measure up to
first-class qualifications. Most of the
shipments, however, netted owners
some profit, although in some in
stances it was rather small. The
growers expect to get the big profits
out of the crops shipped from now
on.
Naming 6 Certain Man’
Would Force Campaign
Into Court, Says Reed
KANSAS CITY, Mo„ July I.
From his sick bed here Monday, Sen
ator James A. Reed issued a state
ment in which he asserted that “if
a certain candidate,” whose name
is now before the Democratic na
tional convention, is nominated for
the presidency, the Democratic party
will likely be compelled to conduct
its campaign in a federal courtroom
defending its candidate against se
rious criminal charges for violation
of federal statutes. He did not
the candidate referred to.
Senator Reed dictated this state
ment:
“Os course, I do not know what
the convention will do, but I should
be greatly surprised if it should nom
inate as a candidate for president
a man whom the Republican lead
ers in all probability are eagerly
waiting the opportunity to indict for
violating the federal statutes which
forbid federal employes and officers
appearing before departments with
in two years after their employment
to touch any matter or claim pend
ing during the time of their em
ployment.
“The facts df> not seem to be In
dispute and should we nominate
such a man weare likely to conduct
our campaign in some federal court
room, defending our candidate
against a serious criminal charge in
stead of being led by him in a great
battle to be fought out in the public
forum, where the Democratic partv
would have the natural advantages."
Four Killed in Wreck
MEXICO CITY, July I.—A train
collision between Tlalnepantla and
Atzpotzalco, about seven miles from
Mexico City, has caused four deaths
and a number of injuries among the
passengers. The first and second
class coaches of a mixed train pro
ceeding to Mexico City became un
coupled Sunday night, the engineer
not knowing that he had lost the
coaches until some time afterward.
The cars collided with a freight
train.
heen Indicted at Washington In
connection with the oil scandals, the
band burst forth with “The Stars
and Stripes Forever.” One of the
elder delegates suggested that
“Down Went McGinty to the Bottom
of the Sea” woultl have been more
appropriate. But these modern
bands don’t know many of the old
ditties.
The official stenographic reporters
of the convention welcomed the bal
loting period with a great sgh of re
lief. The perfervid flow of oratory
which had marked the convention
from the opening session to the close
of the klan and anti-klan fight early
Sunday morning, had overworked
the shorthand men almost to the
point of exhaustion. The official re
porters of a Demcoratic gathering
always dray a heavy task. One man
could have handled all the work at
the Cleveland convention. Here It
has required a young army.
It remained for a young newspa
per woman to spring the first new
evening gown of the convention.
While the lady delegates were still
garbed in their daytime frocks the
lady reyorter appeared in the press
section all dolled up in pink with a
Spanish shawl draped around her
decollette shoulders.
Children Gy For
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RADIO IS GREATEST
NEW FACTOR OF '
818 CONVENTION
BY OWEN L. SCOTT
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
CHICAGO, July I.—lntent, in
terested, thrilled at the novelty of
their experience, a convention audi
ence of millions, scattered over the
great open spaces of the nation,
follows ballot after ballot, keeping
its own tab of the progress Demo
crats in New York are making in
their quadrennial task of selecting
a candidate for president.
No previous contest ever had
such an audience. None ever so
thoroughly took hold of the imagina
tion of the listeners-in. The broad
casting stations here, relaying the
convention proceedings to every cor
ner of the country, attest to this.
For a week now radio has penetrat
ed from coast to coast and from the
prairie homes of North Dakota to
the ranches of Texas, carrying the
same story everywhere, and finding
a ready response. ■
Hotels entertain their patrons and
a large visiting audience with their
continuous radio convention session;
radio stores are attracting passers
by by means of a loud-speaker street
entertainment of convention doings;
broadcasting stations have their
select audiences, but the great mass
of listeners are grouped about the
home receiving set, getting their pri
vate, practical lessons in politics.
Every Listener Reached
The three great broadcasting sta« J
tlons here report that convention |
happenings have reached every
tener on the millions of tube sets in
the country. i
The first course in political science
offered by Republicans and Demo J
crats directly to a whole people, free 1
of charge and with all trimmings,
has attracted an unprecedented
class. |
The disgruntled farmer of the
Dakotas has heard what two parties
have to say about his predicament.!
and has learned, at first hand, whatj
they propose to do to help him out;'
the worker in industrial centers)
knows from what he has heard the
party attitude of both Republicans l
and Democrats toward him; thej
business man has his news directly'
of what he is to expect from the af
fairs of parties, and even the col-|
lege student, learning how govern
ment may be bettered, is now get
ting a direct glimpse of the work
ings of politics. [
The education In politics Is th*
great direct benefit that comes from
the first radio convention entertain
ment. Professors of political science'
say that in th ecoming campigni
personalities will become more defi
nitely knowq, the workings of the!
political machine better uriderstood;
and the direct offerings of the par- !
ties more thoroughly appreciated
than ever before. ,
In both the Republican and the
Democratic conventions, the peoplel
learned to know the party leaders.|
Grouped about a loud speaker in a
Chicago hotel, the crowd shows it«
particular interest in
They watch for the voice of Chair
man Walsh as he directs the great,
gathered; they thrill at the
speeches of Newton D. Baker; they!
were most interested in the few,
words that Bryan had to say. But
they tired of the steady drone of
nominating and seconding speeches
that proceeded the big fight.
Only demonstrations, somewhat!
intriguing in their reality as the
crowd yelled itself hoarse amid tha
loud band-playing, kept them atten- 1
tive during those times. (
Audience Keeps Tab
But now it is different. With tha
voting in progress, a £ood share of,
the audience is keeping direct tab
of balloting. Thrilled comment goea
the rounds riffien gains for candi-;
dates are noted. It is a real live
battle of ballots in progress that has
a human appeal. |
And just as the hotel audience is
getting a thrill out of the fight in
Madison Square garden, New York.i
so are hundreds of thousands, even
millions of others, finding a new
sensation in keeping up with the
battle that is making most impor
tant political history.
Everywhere this silent, unnoticed
audience is learning its lesson, hard
ly in a position to give vent to emo-'
tion, but eager and demonstrating
as the balloting continues.
Great Granddaughter
Is Born to W. J. Bryan;
Famous Smile Widens
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,)
New York, July 1. —William Jen-'
nings Bryan strode on the platform (
at convention hall last night, gev-,
eral degrees of brilliancy added to
the famous Bryan smile.
He sought out the newspaper cor
respondents.
“Boys, I have a piece of news that
you will want,” said the peerless
one, veteran of many campaigns.
The fourth estate held its breatn
and expected 7 to hear about a nomi
nee being decided upon—who, where,
how and when.
Mr. Bryan calmly took a pencil
from over a scribes ear, and in a
professional manner wrote for a I
moment. Then he issued this bul
letin
“A great-granddaughter was today |
born to Mr. Bryan, the parents are
William P. Meeker and Kitty Owen
Meeker. Mr. Bryan’s oldest grand
daughter.”
Mr. Bryan retired before ths
newspapermen could recover their
wits, quickly enough to congratulate
him. Anyway, he looked very
happy.