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Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight
nnd Tuesday? continued moderately
warm Bcntlo vnrlnblo winds.
TEMrKnATtmw at each noon
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1920
Published Dallr Eeept Bunflar. fluhserlptlon rrlea 16 a Tear br Uau.
CoPTTUht. 1820. by Publla VtHnr Compsnr.
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1 REAL- STRAW
'State Delegation Kept Intact
for Sproul, Until Right
Time for Break
ALSO GAVE WINNING VOTE
TO COOLIDGE, HE STATES
Declares Wood and Lowden
Were Victims of 'Fool Friends'
and 'Slush Fund' Expose
Mayor Moore, back from Chicago to
,iij, salt! it was the part of strategy
to hold the Pennsylvania delegation for
Governor Sproul until the delegates
wild vote for a candidate other than
General Wood or Governor Lowden.
Wood and Lowden, he declared, had
wch opposition because of the Senate
campaign investigating committee rev
elations that the nomination of cither
wnld havo placed tho election In No
vember In doubt.
The Mayor stated tho nomination of
Senator Harding and Governor Coolldge
vis "eminently satisfactory."
Still Hostile to Varcs
When tho Mayor was asked for his
rlews on the recent city committee
meeting, which resulted In tho election
of. Thomas F. Watson as committee
chairman, he replied:
"While In Chicago many Inquiries
were addressed to mo concerning the
action of the Republican city commit
tee at Philadelphia. I had too much
to do in Chicago-to discuss Philadel
phia politics nnd do not yet know thor
oughly what took place at tho recent
committee meeting, but no matter what
took place it does not alter the posi
tion of the Mnyor with respect to his
duties toward citizens of Philadelphia.
"The Mnyor is the Mayor and the
city committee is the city committee. If
the city committee desires to co-operate
Trith the Mayor In furthering big pro
jects and keeping lnw and order in the
community, its services will bo wel
comed. It will not be recognized to per-'
petuatc the power of the contractor
bosses."
Mr. Moore reached this city late last
nijht. He was "lost" for several hours
this morning. Durrcll Shunter, his
private sccrctnry, and Sergeant Dooncr,
his bodyguard, had been tumble to lo
cate him until he walked Into Cltv Iinil.
It is understoodAhttnnssedih..nlzkt.nt
we union lnguo. - j
Wood Has Friends Here
"If the convention had been a
deliberative body, which no great na
tional convention ever Is, the Mayor
asserted. Governor Sproul would hav.
had n much better chance of belnu
nominated. Considering the dcslro of
lome of the Pennsylvania dclcgntlon io
vote for General Wood nnd Johnson. It
was the pnrt of ntrntogv to hold tu
rennSWVnnlntia fnTtlint frt tlnKnnl All
,bnt one agreed to this program null on
" annoi we were enabled to pros
tata solid front.
"The position of the Pennsylvania
delegation was dignified from firbt to
last and It commanded the attention ot
'1? legates nnd excited their wonder,
v. ? ,.a"J' wo woro nblc to turn tho
"(le to Ilmding with Governor Sproul
Himself announcing the vote, Pennsyl
vania at once assumed the most con
spicuous position In the convention. It
put over Harding nnd was able also to
Mjt the winning vote for Coolldge.
Everything we could do having been
ne for Governor Sproul, it was the
Part nf wisdom to turn in with those
MBtcalculntPfl to win not only the nom
ination but the election. Our dole
JMlon might have determined the fate
e Loudon or Wood, most likely Low
n. ,nnositin to botii of these
SE s 1)Con,ls(' of campaign expen
auures i wis growing to such proportions
i to furnish the enemy with the vorv
K. l. W '?' campaign" imr
do nits , M 5!mn,1 lmi1 ""nothing to
ttlli.. ' 'ir!ct;tion nt J(ling. ami
MpBequonces of the nomination of Wood
d hSim' nch f ,l,?ra R00'1 mc who
WYoKeuiar,,ii" cx,cnt tl,c vic-
As it turned out. Governor Snroul
lon '"li'""8 ?K,,rp i" tl.ePro -nton,
nnd Pennsylvania secured in
PMilWe .7,",li,lntIp,s nominated the bes
S nation1 '"''"'"'Vly. after the
Ct a, "f. I'r,m'"t for vI-,l PreM
LL8",.sl,0''e 'wets' the CoolldEO
bncil h.- r '" UrpKn- It was fol
itat.. '.. Arizna and other western
w ,m Brpw ,n volume as to
Pe out geographical lines aitether!
Comention Hall "Sardine Uox"
it ffi " wffi!f...Jn ..'." '"? box-
"ore be i ifni "Ullc,ninn never looked
rival T .tiIai,,lt.,Utl "u " nr
ventU11.ros",t.ot tlio Chicago con-
Hardin, nn,i f,'nV,l?ntly satisfactory.
ith falh nnS ,l(,l,,lbl'f,nH onn tin to
Jwn us1nCriV'r- Hnr,yB I" well
' to th,t 1 l rnnjylvnni and be
om ue l,Jirtur3y, Amcrlran type in
bir tlVi "lvo ,cnfidence. lie is a line
K,..h?lB-.M!l Personalltv ,.?i '.'
""ft" M!'KI.JleySiii?Ual 8tntUrC vcr'
bj. hut 1,ntiol affairs than Hnrd-
& ! ?nuU.lin?hha? tyPic?t " ?w
"" an that our forefathers
Copjlnurton VtTn0, V
mm Two
BOW ENDS FATALLY
M" "t Shot Durlnn ArnUm.B(. n,
' Durin0" Way t0 Hoapltal
raes Ueau no.n-.aV . '' "vo cents,
fatally shnt i?I; " ,s'cnt("i avenue, was
na and MoInnHn,Bht nt Chclten'nve.
Si,.Wol,a Btrcct. u- two men,
f"tehotnLe,B1.,,,Mn yp" old. of
b' U'e po W n Btr.ce$' is 1'elng held
gtyCrted W,nI v5Un,e"' Tic
"ball (tame h i V w conclL,,,Io" of a
?r red, and n,' ',?rby- Shots
in Ms back " fcl1 w"h bullt
CW two men
?, over to DUtikt nlnni1 turned
ita8"'1 (-0Ucy. Dctw,,vc McFar-
to'a"wu1?osfia,tho way to the .Qcr.
nhn va.i !.
,hl1 or tfuVWJJn"'.'"".
I
EDWARD KRiVMBR
South Philadelphia boy who was
hilled by lightning In this city yes
terday Germantown and Camden Girls
Are Victims Boy Dies
in Hospital
GLENSIDE MAN INJURED
Three children were killed nnd a man
seriously injured ns n result of in
juries received in automobile accidents
yesterday.
Three-year-old Katie Rosso, 028
Ferry street, Camden, was struck by
nn automobile In front of her home nnd
died of a fractured skull this morning
nt Cooper Hospital.
Samuel Wilson, 2113 South Tenth
street, who drove the car. said the child
ran directly in front of his automobile
In attempting to nvoid nnothcr.
Mildred Welkel. two yenrs old, 200
East Uortcr street, Germantown, was
struck by nn automobile, while
playing in front of her home shortly
before 0 o'clock, last night. Samuel
Lawn, 0042 Ross street, driver of the
enr, took the girl to the Germantown
Hospital. Physicians there said that
death had been inttnntnncous.
Joseph Fortunnto, fourteen yenrs old,
141 Fcdcrnl street, dlctl in the Penn
sylvnnin Hospital from injuries received
when he wns run over by n motortruck
ot Second and South streets. Alfred
Ouogtrccthl, Chadwlck street nenr
Jackson, wns today held without bail
by Magistrate Ilarrigan In the Thlrfl
nnd Do Lnncey streets station house to
nwnit tho nction of tho coroner.
William Or McCluskey, , of Glenslde.
watf-struck' -by"nn fntftttttrhHeH hile
crossing Willow Grove pike nt Onkdale
avenue. His skull was fractured and
several ribs broken. He wns taken to
Abington Hospital.
William Fisher, North Van Pelt
street and Montgomery avenue, was
nrrestcdnnd held in bail by the Abington
police.
HITCH IN GERMAN CABINET
Majority Socialists Refuse to Enter
Coalition With People's Party
Itcrlln, June 14. (Hy A. P.)
Leaders of the majority Socialist pnrty
today notified Herr Heinzc, the moder
ate conservative chieftain, who Is trying
to form n cabinet, of their refusal to
enter n coalition government in which
the Gcrmnn People's pnrty wns repre
sented. Herr Heinzc, according to one
report, then abandoned further negotia
tions. Another report, however, states Herr
Heinzc will confer with bourgeois party
leaders for the purpose of nttempting
to form n coalition government, made up
of clericals, democrat) and members of
the (iiTiunn People's party, which
would commnud 100 votes against 11)0
held by the two Soclnlist fnetlons.
FRICK ESTATE $77,326,000
Inventory of Financier's Personal
Holdings Filed In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, June 14. Pupers filed
here show thnt the personal estate of
the Into H. C. Friek aggregated $77.
:i2IS.OOO. Stocks nnd other corporation
holdings were valued at Sin.iri0.212,
and since Mr. Frick's deuth. dividends
on these stocks aggregated Sl,0'Jtti"7O.
llnuds nnd necrueil Interest nre listed
at ?1.0SU,.ri20. Cash on hand was
$707,21)2. It is shown that tho amount
due the estate on claims wns ?2.4S1.
(tftfi. There Is a total of $13,210,210
tangible personal property in New York.
S32T..r34 in "Massachusetts and $11,100
In Pennsylvania.
3 CHILDREN KILLED
IN AllTOAGCIDENTS
WHY BOTHER ABOUT HOLDING
A DEMOCRATIC
Putting Up Candidate Merely to Be Knocked Doivn Is Poor
Sporting Proposition Chicago Settled It All
Saturday Night
Ry ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Copyright, 1010, by J'ntKo Ledger Co.
Xow that everything has been set
tled nnd Wnrrcn G. Harding i to be
come the next President of the United
States, it becomes our duty to put the
homo folks hep to the gentlcmnn who
had the most luck with the Rcpubllcnn
delegates. Here is tho dope:
Horn in Ohio fifty -five years ago.
Attended school tchen a boy.
Left school nnd went to trork.
Quit icorfc and ocoime a newspaper
man,
Yas elected United Statci senator,
which ptoved he had mohU friends in
Ohio.
iiecame dissatisfied with his job and
decided j become President.
In addition to this. Senator Hard
ing stated last Saturday night thnt ho
was much obliged for tho honor and It
camo as a surprise because ho knew
nothing of it until last winter.
Picked Harding Once
Tho nomination of Harding wns not
a surprise to tho readers of your cor
respondent, for ho suld last Wednes
day that tho Ohio senntor would get the
nomination, True, he made other se
lections on Thursday arid Friday, but
V N , .
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
KILLS BY
INJURE
CHUMANDWOMAN
Lad Dies Instantly When Struck
on Way to Swim With
Friends
TWO COMPANIONS ESCAPE
BUT SUFFER FROM SHOCK
Mrs. Wi R. Davis Thrown Fro'm
Chair by Bolt Running
Thrpugh House
One boy wns killed, two were Injured
and n woman wns thrown from her chair
by lightning during a severe electric
storm that did much damage in the city
yesterday afternoon.
Edward Cramer, fifteen years old.
1141 South Twenty-sixth street, was'
struck and killed. John Carr, nine
teen years old, 1188 South Twenty
sixth street, and Lawrence Lcarlo,
twelvo years old, 2010 Alter street, his
companions, wero stunned.
Tho three were going swimming. The
bolt came out of a sky that was hardly
clouded. The three were thrown to
tho ground. Pedestrians on the Penrose
ferry bridge, which was near by, saw
tho youths lying on the river bank nnd
went to their assistance.
Cramer died instantly, physicians nt
St. Agnes' Hospital said after examin
ing the body. The other two wero not
hurt seriously, but are suitcring great
ly from the shock.
Mrs. William A. Davis, 15014 Spruce
street, was thrown from her chair on
the front porch of her home by n
lightning bolt, but escaped with a few
bruises.
Tho bolt struck the chimney of her
house, went down the chimney, es
caped through the range into the house
nnd then went out the front door, Mrs,
Dnvls just missing its full force.
Lichtnlnc nlnyed havoc with tele
phone nnd elcctrlcnl wires. Electric
lichts flashed on nud off in the storm
darkened nren as the intensity of the
storm increased or waned.
Telephone service at the Fifty-fifth
and Pine streets police station went
out of. commission during tne storm,
while tho electric lights at the Sixty
fifth street and Woodland avenue Rtn
tlnn suddenly went nut and the nollcc-
men hurriedly scurried for the gas jets
to illumine their headnuarters.
The strong wind thnt accompanied the
brief storm 'snanned telephone wires
nnd the vicinity of Seventy-first street
nnd ."midland avenue was strewn with
thendenfcTreHliBnemrwraTljlRcow-s
nccted phones of West rmindeipnia
subset ibers.
ACCUSED OF 'FLIMFLAMMING'
Two Men Held on Charge of Swin
dling Manayunk Saloonkeepers
Two men accused of "flimflainmlng"
Mnnnyunk saloonkeepers were held for
a further hearing today by Magistrate
Price In the Mnnnyunk police station.
The defendants were John Hogon,
twenty-four years old, Mutter street
nenr Cumberland, nnd "John Green,
twenty-one yenrs old, who lives In the
ISOO block on East Huntingdon htreet.
According to the police, the accused
men bought nenr-beers and had a bnr
tendcr change n $.1 bill nnd a $10 bill
in one saloon, thou offered even change
for the drinks nnd asked for the return
of the $10 bill. The bartender, confused
by tho operation, passed back the note
but neglected to get its equivalent in
Manlier bills nnd silver
Detectives of tho Mnnnyunk station
on receiving n complnlnt from one
saloonkeeper, made a round of saloons in
that section. They say they snw Hogan
nnd Green' trying to repent the alleged
triek.
lloth were held in $300 ball for n
further hearing June 20.
SHRINERS GO TO OREGON
400 Leave Reading for Journey
Across Continent
Reading, Pa., June 14. Four hun
dred Shriners, members of Rnjnh Tem
ple, this city, and their guests leave
Reading today in two specinl trains for
the Pacific coast to nttend the imperial
council nt Portland, Ore. With the
pnrty nro Gerald D. Wins, potentnte,
nnd a delegation from Abou Snad Tem
ple. Pnnnma Cnnnl Zone.
They will hnvo the honor of traveling
the grcntcst distance to the council, the
Hawaiian Temple being replaced in this
respect for the first time.
CONVENTION?
only to fill up spnee. Wednesday's
selection was on the level.
r Cnlvin Coolldge is to be tho next
Vice President, but thnt doesn't menu
nnythiug. It carries ns much impor
tance ns thut twenty-six-inning tie be
tween Roston and Ilrooklyn last month.
Cnlvin can get all of the dope In n
couple of seconds from Tom Marshall
or whoever is Wilson's understudy.
We nre positive that Hurtling and
Coolldge will bo the next lenders of our
nation, because we heard ou good au
thority In Chicago that the President
would NOT Be nominated In San Fran
cisco. Therefore, It must be Harding
and Coolldge, because they were NOT
honored in the far-western city.
Will Find Out Later
It must be tough on the Democrats.
The guy who is to bo defeated tloesn
know It yet. In fact, he won't know
It until some time after June 28, nnd
then his wholo summer will be spoiled.
There was a lot of funny stuff pulled
on tho sweltering delegates in the Coll
scum. F'rlnatnnco, tho the nominating
speeches. Th,ey wero entirely unneces
sary because every ono know' who was
in the race and the orators just added
CcnUaat-4 o,rc Xblrtera, Coluem two
. i r ..
Harding Too Busy to Take
Job in Printing Office
When Senator Harding's sponsor
in the Rcpubllcnn National Conven
tion, ex-Governor Frank R. Willis,
mentioned" "the democratic simpli
city" of his candidate he might have
used n recent Incident In the senator's
career as an Illustration. Mr. Hard
ing on a visit to a small town in
Ohio happened into a newspaper
office, doubtless from force of habit,
bo having learned the printer's trade
when a young man. He visited the
"composing room," the place where
the type is set, and without making
known his identity, obtained the
foreman's permission to operate one
of the linotype machines. As tho vol
unteer's deft fingers How over the
keyboard of the machine swiftly nnd
accurately, the foreman watched the
proceeding with admiration.
"Pretty nifty work," commented
the boss printer, and turning to tho
manager of the newspaper, who had
entered the room just as Harding
had finished the "job," added con
fidentially, "Might be a good Iden to
hire that man; he's a mighty fine
linotype operator."
"Yes," ngrecd the manager, "he'd
be a valuable help to us if he wasn't
kept so busy down In Washington.
That's United States Senator War
ren G. Harding."
CARUSO ESCAPES
BIB
N HAVANA
Theatre Audience Panic
Stricken by Explosion, but
Tenor Was in Dressing Room
RECALL BLACK HAND PLOT
Havana, June 14. The audience nt
a panic yesterday nnd six persons
wiTf seriously injured wncn a do nn)
exploded in the midst of the fnrcwcll
performance of Enrico Caruso. Hun
dreds were bruised nnd beaten In the
rush to get out of the theatre. The
bomb, which was placed in a wnsh
room of the gallery, wrecked an ncoustlc
box nnd some of the scenery nnd crash
ed on the stage.
Cnruso was In his dressing room
when tho bomb exploded. Ho rushed
out to see what the trouble was and
the manager of the theatre fearing that'
another bomb might have been placed
in the thentre, rushed him out to the
street, still in his costnme for the sec
ond net of Jfl"ona dql.Dcstino" nnd
hhrrlcoTTnmfo-lrnotr5?w
Romb Placed In Washroom
Tho bomb, with a pressure of 30.000
pounds, wns placed in the washroom of
tho gallery. It wrecked the acoustic
box, three walls of the washroom, and
sotne of tho Jbcencry crashed on the
stage.
In a moment tho thentre was In nn
unronrt Crmvilu mvnnf nul.ln !. n
guards in the nlslcs in the rush for the
fsiis, women minted and men fought
each other.
Scores wern trnmnlml In !.a T.n.:i i.
gallery audience pfunged down stairways
io mo streets and ninny emerged with
bloodv fnrp.q ntwl elntlma )A.n n ..i.Hn.i,.
No complete record of tho number in
jured wns obtainnble, but hundreds were
ui-iiu-ii ior minor injuries. The police
guard nccorded for the Cnruso perform
ances wns umihln )n lin...1l U . I...
., , -"- .v. ,11,11111,- me Mm-
ntlon nnd reserves were rushed to the
scene to hold back the street crowds
attracted by the explosion.
Musician's Instruments Wrrerltil
Tho musicians rus
from he pit, nnd wli
on tliHstrcct their
nud tnu carried b
Tho musicians rushed under the stage
nen several nnpeared
clothes wern Mnnili-
hnftnonjl !-lt.... i
, ,r um".ii wuuin lino
musical lnsrrntiionfa Tl. .. .-i . ,
, j.,,,,- miiur, rum
in costumes of Egypt, rushed frantically
uui, iiiiikiiik n noetic scene ns thev uere
swallowed up in the street .throng.
iVLcormiiB io uruno .irnto, secretary
to Caruso, tho bomb wns timed for the
triumphal scene of "Forza del Destlno"
but tho performance wns forty -five
minutes late. Besnnzonl nnd Escobar
were singing the fnmous duet that closes
the second act when tho bomb exploded
Tn tho rush few orffa ,(... -.i-a-.i
.... -"- --- -.v", ..wiiii-i, luiiueu,
men fought each other and scores wero
trnmnlprl nn nMin n.i.lln- i ,
. ,..-... ... . miuicuuc (Minified I
down tho stairways from tho gallery
mm i-iui-iKi-ii uiiu mo wirucia Willi uloody
fnces nnd clothes torn to shreds. Hun
dreds were treated for minor injuries.
New Ynrlt. June 1.1 rnt,at AnAf...i
three threatening black hand letters
hero in November, 1010, nnd it is sup
posed the bombing yesterday of a Ha
vana thentre (liirlnr- Mm tn.n'a .,.,...,..
.; " .v..... n limit -in
nnco in "Forzn del Destlno" may have
uccii uuuuiiT iniiniiesiutiou ot attempts
to wrest money from him.
The letters of 1010 demanded $10,000.
which Cnruso was to take to Jamaica,
LI., on n ccrtniu date and time nt
night. Caruso did not comply, telling
friends he might hnvo kept the nppolnt
nient. but thnt he was afraid of expos
ing his moneymnking throat to the night
nir.
Tho police worked In voin on the
case.
EaMhampton. N. Y., June 14. A
plck-nnd-shovel brigade of private de
tectives this morning began n systematic
search of tho 100-iicro property of
Enrico Cnruso In n finnl effort to dis
cover the hiding plnee of $500,000 worth
of jewels stolen from the tenor's home
several days ago. The detectives are
confident the missing jewels are secreted
within the estate.
The guards were doubled last night as
n result of threats ngnlnst members of
tho family and also to frustrate auy
attempt to remove the jewels. None of
the employes is permitted to leave the
grounds.
The nfflelnl Inriulrv Intn tl, n... ...in
-;--. "-" '",. ...w w.u mnu will
stnrt in tho Cnruso home tomorrow.
FATAL WRECK AT CHICAGO
Reports Place Number of Dead From
Two to "Thirty
Chicago, Juno 14. (Ry A. P.) Icre
Marnuette train, from Grand Rapids
to Chicago, was wrecked early this
morning nt tho One Hundred and Third
street crossing in South Chicago, Pollro
reports said thirty passengers were
killed, but the rntlrond compatiy placed
tho number between two and sevon.
The train, was -bringing week-end
parlies back from Michigan summer re
sorts. t ,n.. , ,.,
CONSERVATISM KEY
TO
OF
Republican Party Seek3 to Unite
Foes of Radicalism Under
Its Banner
EXPECT CANDIDATES'
POPULARITY TO GAIN
Trend of Nation to Rebirth of
Former Political'ldeals Re
flected by Convention
Ry CLINTON W. GILBERT
Covvrioht, 1010, bu PuWc Leioer Co.
Chicago, June 14. The delegates to
the Republican Nntlonnl Convention, as
they shook hands with each other, bld-ding,good-by
In the lobbies of the Con
gress Hotel, said: '
"Well, it was the best that we could
do," nnd then, after a moment's hesi
tation,, they brightened up nnd said:
"It will look better as tho campaign
goes on."
One senntor who participated im
portantly in tho conferences In Colonel
George Harvey's Blackstone rooms
showpd a true perception of what had
been done nnd of tho necessity for do
ing it. He snld: "This ain't (he-uses
that colloquialism) 1880. And this ain't
nny 1004. We haven't any Grants or
Shermans or Roosevclts this time.
If wo had tried to put ovcy nny
one else but Harding, the conven
tion would have got nwny from us nnd
would have nomlnntcd Wood or Lowden
nnd we'd have had a second-grade can
didate plus the burdens of the compalgn
money scandal." '
Fifty-seven Varieties
The pnrty managers faced another
difficulty beside the lack of command
ing figures among the candidates. There
were fifty-seven varieties of people who
wero nntl-Dcraocrntic. They had noth
ing in common except their disgust
with the Democratic administration.
The miracle of fusing nil these diver
gent elements into a single party with
pne mind nnd one purpose wns beyond
human capacity. The pnrty managers
had to pick out for the party the posi
tion which in their judgment was likely
to gain the widest support.
In making this choice, their personnl
prejudices nrfd nrcdilectlons undouht-
.fdly. influenced their .'decision.., Rut
iiicj cuuiu-not possibly -hold to the
party Jill the possible Republican votes ;
they could only hold the largest-possible
section of this nnti-Deniocrntic cle
ment, and this they have attempted to
do by putting tho Republican party
into its natural place ns the conserva
tive party of tho country. The con
vention did its best in the sense that it
took a definite position nnd .the nor
mal Republican position, nnd in the
sense thnt of the inferior material nt
Its command, It choso the best.
There is no mistaking the significance
or what has been done. The Republican
convention of 1020 has done whnt tho
Democratic convention of 1004 did. It
1ms elected to bo definitely conservative
It has put up n conservative candidate
for President nnd n conservative candi
date for Mce President upon n dis
tinctly conservative platform. I'suallv
party expediency dictates the offering
of a hybrid ticket upon n platform thnt
squints in both directions. You hnve
a conservative for President, perhaps,
with a radical for Vice President upon
n platform where both can stand.
Lilto Democrnts in 1001
Perhaps ono should not give this
convention too much credit for courage
in avoiding the usuAl compromise. The
delegates would have liked to name
Senator Johnson for V co President ns n
slight bait to the radical voters. Rut
Johnson would have none of It. At nnv
rate, the Republican party is repeating
the Pnrker experiment of 1004, curi
ously enough guided by a publicist,
(olonel George Harvey, who was the
voice of the Ryan-Whitney group
which turned the Democratic party
back from Rrynnism Into the ways of
conservatism when Pnrker wns nom
inated. Two views prevail here of the prob
able consequences. I shnll quote two
turn flM eirnretcjlni ft.nn, 1A. i-..
S 'iV, T ? "" ;i"x-BCIuni,ive
nnAp' ot.lrKnia. and William Allen
) hlte. of Kansas. Mr. Slemp is a
figure in the old gunril. Mr. White is
a political sentimentalist of highlv in
dependent inclinations. Mr. Slemn
says, "The-thing Is going to look better
every day till election." And he means
it. nntl lins reasons for mennlne it
Mr. White snys, "It will bo difficult to
carry Kansas with the Harding. Coo
lldge ticket. And Mr. White being In
politics only for fun, always means
what ho says when he makes political
predictions nnd he, too, had reason, In
this case, for meaning It.
Let us take first the conservative's
view of the situation and see whnt mnv
bo said for it, see what wns in Mr
Slemp's mind. As n result of whnt "the
convention hns done, tho party is in n
definite position and may assume the
nggrcssive. There is no danger, nt
least there is no necessity of fnlling Into
the error of 1010 nntl pussyfooting nil
the wny ftom nomination to election
The pnrty malingers hnvo not endeav
ored to cover under ono bnnncr im
possible political elements. The pnrty
front is compact. The mistake of being
a mere opposition pnrty has been
ContlmiMl on Puie Tlilrtwn, Column Ono
Harding and IWifc Rode
in Caboose in Nebraska
An engineer who hurried Senntor
nnd Mrs. Harding to n lecture dnto
in the caboose of his engine ten
enrs iigo In Nebraska called nt
liendqunrters In Chicago during tho
convention to see Mrs. Hnrdlug.
"She wns so pleasant I wanted to
see her ngaln," he told tho women
nt headquarters. She probably won't
remember me. She wns so chummy
with us nil In that dirty caboose."
When Mrs. Harding wns told of
the visit she said: "Indeed, I do
remember him. Ills nnmo wns Hum
phreys. I nlwnys wanted to thank
him for the. help ho gnvo us."
NOMINATION
SENATOR HARDING
MAYOR AND SMYTH CONFER ON FIGHT OVER FARE RISE
Mayor Moore nnd City Solicitor Smyth conferred today on tho
steps tho city will tnko to fight the proposed fare rnte rise of the
Philadelphia Rapid Trnnslt Co. and the battle being waged on the
underlying companies to free the operating company from th
neavy rentals being paid. Tho Public Service Commission will sit
in Harrlsburg next Monday to hear the case.
CHARLES H. HARDING. BANKER, DIES HERE
Charles H. Harding, recently resigned president of tho llxa's.
of North America nnd pfomlnent wool manufactuier, died today
at his home, 5040 Overbrook avenue, after several months lllucsa,
followln ga paralytic stroke.
SUFFRAGISTS, BACKJLONDON CAUTIOUS
APPROVE HARDING REGARDING HARDING
Miss Mary Wlnsor Declares
Leaders Are Not Satisfied
With 0. 0. P. Plank
WILL KEEP UP VOTE FIGHT
"Governor Harding was an nnti
suffragist; we educated him until he
voted for suffrage In the Senate. Now
we will finish his education."
The speaker was Miss Mary Winsor,
of Haverford. just returned from pick
eting the Coliseum, at Chicago. With
her were her sister, Miss Ellen Winsor,
nnd Miss Ella Ricgcl, of Bryn Mawr.
All three are veterans of the vnrlnus
suffragist plcketlngs at Washington,
and hnve served terms In jnll for the
"cause."
"We are not satisfied with tho reso
lutions of tho convention," continued
Miss Winsor. "Wo will never be sat
isfied until we get cither Connecticut
or Vermont or both to ratify suffrage.
The Republican nnrtv tried to bluff the
women of the West into believing they
had already given us the vote, antl It
was for that we went to Chicago nnd
picketed tho Coliseum. We were given
two hours to clenr nwny from the en
trance by the police the first day, but
when the time came we just gripped
our banners firmly and held our ground,
as we had been legally advised to, and
the police cleared tho men away In
stead." 'On tlii train comlne home." ald
MIsi. jlivgel. J'ive met, James KrvHl-Wn--:hreyfLclcrk-of-MhTelaVvhe
lloufc. lit toiu us mat inero wns n
good possibility of tho Delaware Logls
latum beinc called to a sneclnl session
to consider suffrage. Wc feel thnt our
work in Chicago Iia been accomplished,
because we called the bluff pf the Re
publican pnrty, which claimed it had
given in suffrage already. We were
ably led In Chicago by Miss Mary Ing
hnm, our state chairman, nnd Mrs.
Lnwrence Lewis, chairman of the na
tional ratification committee."
"We found most of the delegates to
the convention ignorant of the situation
regarding the ratification of the suffrage
amendment," Miss Winsor added. "Wc
were not seriously heckled during our
educational campaign for them. One
thing which nmusetl us greatly was an
old womnn who weni along our picket
line ench morning remarking nloutl
'Disgusting things,'
"I think I can safely say that we tjamc
we saw and we conquered to tho extent
of letting tho Rcpubllcnn party know
that unless they stop opposing our get
ting the thirty sixth state they will soon
hnve to fuco millions of nngry women
voters.
"If they help us they will no doubt
be the recipients of our grntltude if
they secure thnt winning state for us.
We will fight them so long ns they con
tinue to sny that they have already
given suffrage to us."
INVESTIGATING MAN'S DEATH
Body Is Found on Lot at Thirtieth
and Latona Streets
The police nre investigating the cir-eum-tnnces
surrounding the denth early
todn of Charles A. (Jruggan, twentv
eight yenrs old, of 3025 Grays Ferry
road. Gruggan was found upon a vn
ennt lot near Thirtieth and Lntonn
streets and when taken to the Polyclinic
Hospital was pronounced dend.
.Tames Stewart. 1318 South Twcntj
ninth street, and Louis Stricklnnd, 2033
Wharton street, sny they stumbled over
tho body while they were crossing the
lot shortly nfter 2 :30 . o'clock. They
notified the police of the Seventeenth
district, who removed Gruggan to the
hospital Physicians nre undecided ns
to the cnii'e of his death.
N. Y. LAW OFFICERS SUED
District Attorney and Assistant Ac
cused of Bribing Witnesses
New York. Juno 14. (Ry A. P.)
Suit for SI ,000,000 dnmagoB wns Insti
tuted in federal court here today by at
torneys for (instou R. Menns against
District Attorney Kdwnrtl Swnnn nntl
Assistant District Attorney John T.
Dnoling.
The complnlnt chnrges the defendants
with conspiring with nfiicinls of the
Northern Trust Co., of Chicago, "to
bribe nnd corrupt witnesses" to testify
falsely against the plaintiff in his trial
for murder of Mrs. Maud A. Robinson
King nntl to defeat probate of the al
leged Inst will of James C. King, of
Chicago, her husband.
GERMANY IS PAYING TOLL
France Given More Than 4,000,000
Tons of Coal In Reparation
Paris, June 14. (Ry A. P.) Up to
May 30 Gcrmnn deliveries of coal to
France under tho Treaty of Versailles
amounted to 4,080,000 tons. It was
officially nnnnunccd today by the repar
ations commission. Of tills totnl, 405,
000 tons were given to Luxemburg.
Italy received 310,000 tons nnd Rel
glum 08,000 tons In the same period,
Germany, up to the end of May, tho
announcement shows, also hnd deliver
ed to France 0.147 horses. 40.720 bend
of cattle, 07,47(1 sheep antl 7575 goats.
German deliveries to Belgium in this
period were 3110 horses. 43,481) head
nfYntte. .12.044 shoe,, mjn '... .
28,330 fU'
British Know Little of Nomi
nee's Personality and Fear
League's Fate
READJUSTMENT EXPECTED
Ry the Associated Press
London, June 14. Warren G. Hard
ing's personality nnd record being quite
unknown here, newspaper comment this
morning expresses neither satisfaction
nor disappointment with the Republi
can choice of a presidential candldntc.
Severn! newspapers refer to him as
n "dark horse" nnd infer from cabled
reports no represents a compromise.
Two or three journnls assume the re
sult of the Chicago convention hns
opened tho possibility of the election of
a Democrat to the presidency, which of
Into has been regarded here as extremely
improbable.
Among those taking this view are the
London Times nnd the Daily News, the
latter telling the Democrnts "the best
cnrtl they can play Is to persuade Her
bert Hoover to accept their nomination
In spite of everything."
Discuss Future of League
The future of the League of Nations
and of Rrltish -American relations arc
points much discussed in the light of the
nomination of Mr. 'Harding. The
Morning Post, which is n stern opponent
of the league, says: "Mr.- Hardlnc is
a politician, not an idealist, nnd may
commerDVijiiiMiiuyVthe American
nejl5,"kSvhohh)wiBo marked liking for
being governed by edict from Mount
Sinaj,'1 nnd Tredlets,tbat if the Re
publicans wirt(yHe?Iegue will fall to
the dusty stage of desuetude."
Curiosity as to how Mr. Harding In
terprets Ellhu Root's "ambiguously
worded" plank is expressed by the Tel
egraph, which thinks it will not be sur
prising "If this ambiguity was delib
erately cultivated on the principle thnt
thp least said the soonest mended, us
it will be much easier to abuse Mr.
Wilson's failure than to suggest a sat
isfactory alternative."
Sew Platform Vague
The Times, referring to a statement
by its Chicago correspondent thnt the
Rrltish must be prepared for n thorough
readjustment of their -relations with
the I'nlted States antl his prediction
that the process will not be easy, soys
"That depends In great measure upon
ourselves. If we have a straight, clear
and honest policy in world affairs af
firmatively based upon those principles
which nre common to us nnd Ameri
enns, we mny have tiresome disputes
to reach nn ngreement, but there can be
no doubt ns to the result."
"The vagueness of the Republican
platform." tho newspnper continues,
"leaves plenty of scope for its favor
able interpretntion in strong nnd hon
est bnnds. We hnve much faith in the
Atnorionn conscience, nnd if we npponl
to it ue must come Into court with
clenn hands."
The Express believes that "friendly
relntions with Great nritain will un
doubtedly be pnrt of Mr. Harding's
policy ."
Paris, June 14. Few newspnpers in
this city venture to comment on the
nction of the Republican National Con
vention nt Chicago, although they all
devote considerable space to the nomi
nations. "It is a triumph of the mnchlne of
tho party organization, or its bosses,
over personnlities sufficiently powerful
or well supplied with funds to be in
n position to nppenl directly to the
nation," declares Pertlnnx, political ed
itor of the Echo tie Pnris.
In examining the plntform of the Re
publican party, Pertinnx pays special
nttention to tiie possible resuscitation
of the Panama controversy and the
Cnnndian wood pulp question.
This posture relative to England and
Canada, ho finds, to a certain extent
symptomatic, but he adds : "We need
not fenr that such an nttftudc will de
generate into abstention from European
affairs or hostility toward Europe. Too
iiiniiv elements of tin Republican party
arfc bound up In our nffnlrs nnd our
preoccupiitions. The silence observed
regarding Ireland shows the desire felt
nt Chicago to keep on good terms with
England."
St. Rrlce, in the Joumnl. thinks the
nomination wns a triumph of party dis
cipline, remnrkiug: The organizers
hnd to steer between two rocks n battle
betweeji persons nnd u clnsh of prin
ciples nntl they maneuvered with re
marknblc skill."
"Mr. Harding is n champion of the
international political point of view
which raised the American Sennte
against the Versailles treaty," says the
Journal. "Rut all Frenchmen are
greatly satisfied with the elimination
of Hlrnm Johnson, whose heart and
spirit hnvo never been greatly in favor
tn France. Mr. Harding is of a typo
made up of uprightness and kindness
and work. He deserves our respect and
our generous sympathy."
The newspaper comments on the fact
that Mr. Harding Is an Intimate friend
of Myron T. Herrlck, former United
States ambassador to France and n real
friend of this country.
Lewis Out for Vice President
Dallas, Tex., June 14. (Ry A, P.)
James Hamilton Lewis, formr-ly
United States senator from Illinois, de
clared here last night that ho would be
a candidate for the Democratic nomina
tlon for Ice President at the 8au Fran,
claco coaYeatlpn, ' .jv-
HARDING ARRIVES
ATTHECAPITALTO
PLAN CAWIPAIGI
Conferences Will Be Held With!
National Chairman Hays and
Other Managers i
PENNSYLVANIA BOY SCOUT "1
BAND GREETS NOMINEE
Keystone State Delegates' Pari
in Bringing About Senator's
Selection Remembered
Ry the Associated Press
Washington, June 14. Senntor War
ren G. Hnnling, of Ohio, Republlcni
Presidential nominee, wns back nt hU
desk In his office at the Capitol today.
Accompanied by Mrs. Hnrdlng, hls
secretary, George Christian, nnd a small
group of senators, he arrived hero rt
few minutes nfter midnight nnd went
directly to his home on Wyoming ave
nue. While the Roy Scout bnnd, of Oil
City, Pa., sounded a noisy welcome, tho
senntor nnd his pnrty mnde their way;
through the cheering crowd nt the sta
n' Pausing just long enough for twtf
Insnlight photographs to be taken, na
Incident that wns repented upon his ar
rival at his home.
wenntor Harding told the Associated
Press he would remain in Washington,
about a week. He expected to be busy
for a day or two cleaning up the busl-
m.n jie nccumuiniea ns sennior, nut tntf
coming of Will II. Hn.w. chairman of
""" "cpuouenn raiionni committee,
will force him immcdlntcly into the pnrB
assigned to him by the convention.
Will Confer With Parly Managers
Hn will fftnfnr Ttttli AT, TTnt-a mmJt
his nnlltfnnl mnnnc-nra rvith Mm Mn. a
getting his cnmpnlgn under wny at once,
itiuiougii xormni nniiucntinn or his nom-
iiinuuii wiii noi ne received uv him until
he returns to his home nt Marion, O.
Congratulation! IllUin Ma nnmln.tLn
continued to reach Senator Harding at
i-i uuiiu, wiiiic in. ins nome .urs. Hard
ing wns the recipient of numerous en
thusiastic messages from their personal
friends. Pictures tnken when the nom
inee reached his home include Mrs.
Hnrdlng. Many of the neighbors had
remained up to wltnosi the home
coming, nnd their greeting wns like that
given by the crowd at the station. Inea
McWhortcr, the Hnrdings' negro cook,
was in the vnn of those who rushed
forward to welcome them. Her ex
tended hand was grasped by both Sen
ntor and Mrs. Hnrdlng, while nn operf
smile lllumlnnted her face.
Accompanied by Senators
The senator thanked those who had
gathered to welcome them, but nothing
in the nature of a stutement wns mnda
by him either there or nt tho station.
Among thosp who accompanied tho sen
ntor from Chicago were Senators Lodge,
Smoot, Poindoxter, Sutherland, Rail
and Fcrnald.
The Roj Scout bnnd which was
chosen to welcome Senntor Hnrdlug was)
in Wnshington on a sightseeing trip,
nnd when its presence was called to the
attention of those arranging for the re
ception it wns selected for the honor
becnuso of the part played by the Pt-nn-i-lvnniu
delegation in bringing about
the nomination. The train wns two
hours lnte. but the crowd which had
gathered nt the station listened to" tho
boys practice tho nirb they Inter plnyed
when the train nrrlved, antl wuiteil pa
tiently until the pnrty came through
tin- gates.
Going to his home Senntor Hnrdlng
drove by the White House. On either,
side nf his automobile rode two motor
c.vele policemen nntl close behind came
another automobile filled with secret
service men.
Chicago, June 14. After rubbing
the sleep out of their eyes, the lenders;
of the Republican party nrosc this
morning much refreshed nfter their
grueling work of the last week, and con
vinced thut tho nntlonnl convention, In
nominating Senntor Harding for Presi
dent, hud done n good job.
Telegrams of congratulations for
Senator Harding continued to pour Into
his headquarters heri' all day from
prominent men nnd women representing
all elements of tho pnrtv nnd every
section of the country. The national
committee hns ro -! assurances tho
ticket Harding nnd ''inliiige will re
ceive the hearty support of Republicans
everywhere.
Will II. Huys. chairman of the nn
tlonnl committee, who wns unnniinpusly
re-elected for four ears to that post
Saturday night, after Senntor Harding
had asked the committee to take such
nction, is making preparations to get
the machinery of the pnrtv under way
at once for the campaign. He called ft
meeting of the working force of the com
mittee for 10 o'clock this morning In
this city, when preliminary plans will
be discussed.
Johnson Sends Congratulations
' This message was sent to Senator
Unfiling by telegraph from Senator
Johnson: "Congratulations to you."
Saturday night General Wood and Got
ernor Lowdeu personally extended their
congratulations. Frank II. Hitchcock,
one of the innnngers of the Wood cam
paign, wired Senator Harding the
shoitest messuge of nil. It merely said:
"Heartiest congratulations." From
Senator Knox, who wus prominently
mentioned nlnng with Senator Hurtling
as a likely compromise candidate camo
this inoKsnge: "Am delighted with your
nouiliiution nnd will tin all I can to
secure your election."
Don R. Ilanna. of Ohio, who was a
vigorous supporter of Wood, sent tho
following telegram "M dear Mr.
President: Congratulations and best
wishes. Also extend m congratulations
to Mrs. Harding " Others fiom whom
congratulatory messages were received
today nre Herbert S Iludley, formerly
governor of Missouri ; Judge J. 0.
Prltchnrd. who was North Curolltia'fl
favorite son ; Senntor Kellogg, Minne
sota, and former Senntor William Aldcn
Smith nud Henry R. Joy, of Detroit.
Pcrsonul congratulations nlso wer
extended by a good many of Senntor
Harding s democratic menus. vico
President nntl Mrs. Marshall sent th
ft
message: "Accept our siucerest ji
Hotipl congratulations." rienntor rh
Inn. Democrat, of California, sent "a
personal message of congratulations,
ropulsr Among Opponents
Senator Harding has a rather unique
record in polities. Although ))n ,a
been n stanch Republican and a hard
fighter all his life, he has no personal
enemies even among his Democratic op
ponents, He seems to be liked by alt
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