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fcVvOL. VI. NO. 246
Enter.d as Bond-ClM, Matl.r at , th. Profile., at Philadelphia. P..
unar th Act of March 8. lsTO.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1920
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Copyright, 1B20, by Publlo Lcdr-r Company
PRICE TWO CENTS
DEMOCRATS AS CONVENTION OPENS
Chairman Challenges Republicans on League of Nations Issue; Boom for McAdoo Strong
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joSgistcqit
emyth Goes to Harrisburg to
Argue Against P. R. T. "No
Transfer" Plan
DEPENDS ON 1907 PACT
TO WIN HIS CONTENTION
public Service Board to Hear
Logal Experts Today In
Transit Arguments C
The battle against the fare increase
proposed by the Rapid Transit Co. be
an In earnest today coincident with a
deration by City Solicitor Smyth
flint It will be carried to the United
at.1.. Qnnrnmn C.tHirt if nCCCRflaf?.
; r. Omrfl, tuIHi two assistants, left
Ci.ii.'. -in. or nVlnrlt trnln for Harris.
oil wis .".-". rv.-, ... tJ..UC
Jiiirg to onen the contest ociore mu j. uu
"lle. Service Commission, which must.
Vole whether the compnny cun uuuD
sfree transfers July 1. -
The city solicitor holds that under
thp 1007 agreement between the city find
the company the city's consent Is im
perative before a fare Increase .may be
come legally operative. ....
" "I am convinced that the rights, Jus
tice and equities are with the city In
this contention."
Says Agreement Is Broken
, "It Is an outrageous thing," the city
solicitor continued with great emphasis,
"to think that In face of a solemn agree
ment between the public utility com
pany and the municipality the company
can arbitrarily violate this agreement
of Its own volition.
"When vou consider that the munl-
elpality Is an arm of the state and that
' in act of assembly creating the Public
'Service Commission effect substitutes
the state for the municipality in this
contract, it Is Inconceivable that such
substitution means the state can have
Its. contract abrogated by the utility
corporation regnrdlcss of the wishes of
the state. It is inconceivable that the
poloe power of the state can be turned
'over to the company;" . '
Ir, Smvth expressed disagreement
with the view that the State Supreme
court's decision In the Scrantpn trolley
cac formed a precedent for tfie present
contest. .
VThc State Supreme Court, In the
'BcrAnton case, upheld a fare boost
although a Scnnton ordlnnnco stipu
lated a five-cent trolley fare.
Discusses Scranton Case
"The Scranton case is not a tprec-
trtent." ronpnitiil Sir. Smyth, "be
1 1 rauoo u-lillo tin. tirdlnnnco specified a
I J ftre. It did not contain n contract for
'. rilnmnt linMvppn thn rltv nnd COm-
panv relative to fore Inereases."
k ,'The city solicitor professed full con
.fidence flint the Public Senicc Commls-
1 tlon will uphold his contention that the
citj s consent to tnc proposcu tare ln
crrace is necessary.
Iilkc nn cxnert eeneral. Sir. Smyth
was prepared with Jilternntlvo plans of
action should the cnmission bowl over
his contention.
"Tuo things nre possible." ho as
sertrd. "I will either nppenl to the
Superior Court from the commission's
ruling, or I will file a bill in equity to
rotruln the faro Increase on July 1.
"Through nn nppcal the way lies
open to the United Stntes Supreme
Court. The notion's highest court, while
It lias ruled on virtually every form of
I" contract, linn never ruled on n contract
between n municipality and n public
utility compnny, such as the contrnct of
1007. An nppcal will bo carried up
to the United States Supreme Court if
l necensnry."
Unllard Heads P. 11. T. Forces
Hills A. Unllnrd, commander-in-chief
pf the 1. II. T. legal battalion, will
' he In liersonnl charge of the company's
nsht to ward off or neutralize tho at
tack of the city nod business organiza
tions. The company will-oppose both peti
tions. FifKt. it nllecPM thnt tho pom-
lni'slon does not possess the power to
iisue the retraining order, nnd on tho
' Issue of rebnte slips pending tho final
adjudication of the entire enso tt snys
the slips would entail too much trouble
and cause fnr too much confuslou on
IlieMirfaop lines of the city.
The question of tho underlying com
nnulM of tlic P. It. T. Co. also will
ie considered by the commission In
liinring the argument on a demurrer
tiled by the underlying companies
"Icing thnt the suit ngalnst ihem ln-
Itmcd by Philadelphia business asso
ciations be dismissed.
uiluntlon of the P. It. T. Co. Is
expected to be ordered as a result of
the hearing,
''he valuation of tho Pittsburgh
taction system took eighteen months
I" I'Ollllllete. Tliorn (a iimlnral-nml n tin
feeling among the members of tho
commission thnt the Philadelphia ro
nuest for n valuation was due moro to
lira to tor delay than nnytlt nc clso
U Is certain thnt thn pninmlNMlnn will
concern itself mostly with the kind of
.1- " onm U, t IB UIUII
ilUCK nor nrnnnqn t tnhn ntf-ti Untinn nt
f"?...frt etlonnl squabbles, cither between
il leal factions or between factions
In the 1 it. 'p , ,.,.. t i.
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xS r ii" U. 1h understood thnt there Is
a reeling to regard the complaint of the
l" as more or less of a political ploy.
TWO DIE IN HAMBURG RIOT
Food Disorders Cause Declaration of
Stato of Siege
London, June 28. (Uy
P.)
,? .Persons nro ilenrl and ,
clchtv
""ice rendered by the Itnplt Transit
S' ""d whether thp increase in fare,
ciTcctlvc. July 1, is reasonable or Hot.
1 MO (WtlMlittLutf.. la- f . ....lul.A.l
JJBlUUll
Kr2, WW Jry ,n. ft "wtiiwm. -floor. , , . 41l ,
?MtchSf?,-".,? " Central, toy' flighted oil. lamp placed n he stow
AtV 'w!lar 'JJJ :Hv'W to' W cawed the re, ,
Delegates See in McAdoo
'Man Who .Can Win in Fall
Strength of "Crown Prince" Lies in Conven
tion's Belief He Is Best Vote-Getter
' for Party
By CLINTON
CovvrtoM. JStO, by
San Francisco.
June 28. Mc-
Adoo is stronger among the delegates
than among tho leaders. The state
bosses who counted upon blocking him
nronot sure of their delegates. His
candidacy is tho most vital one before
the convention, nnd Son Francisco is
witnessing nn extraordinary political
spectacle, a spontaneous movement for
a man who has declined to have his
namo put in nomination.
It is a movement In the dark. No
one1 here speaks for Mr. McAdoo. Those
who organized the McAdoo forces Sun
day night and adopted plans for his
nom!natl6n nro like people living upon
n volcano. They don't know when the
McAdoo candidacy may blow up. They
don't know when Mr McAdoo may is
sue another statement further dis
couraging his nomination.
If they had thejr way they would
hold San Francisco incommunicado
until after tho convention adjourns.
Failing this they bombard their can
didate with telegrams begging him not
to issue any more statements until after
the nomination is mndc.
It is a curious movement, the Mc
Adoo movement. Usually to bo nomi
nated n candidate has to have some one
present who can make promises for him
when the critical moment comes nnd a
state's vote is to be got by reaching an,
understanding with its lender, uncro
is no one here to make promises for
Mr. McAdoo. The men who have vol
unte6rcd to manage his boom can't even
promise that he will accept the nomlna-
tlon if it Is offered to him. All they
MINISTERS DEMAND
Phila. Union Calls on Mayor to
Enforce Laws Against Games
and Business
COMMITTEE TO SEE MOORE
Mayor Mooro was called upon today
by tho Philadelphia Ministerial Union
to enforce the law ngalnst sports and
business on Sunday.
A resolution ndopted- nt the union s
final meeting for the summer declared
that tho day In this city is rapidly
.being turned into n "Continental Sun
day' . 3
Offered by the Iter. William Bamford,
pastor of St. Luke's M. K. Church, the
resolution, in pnrt, follows:
"whereas, The wcitare 01 our cuy
depends largely upon proper respect nnd
obedience to the law of the common
wealth j and
"Whereas, J. Hampton Moore was
elected Mnvor of this city by citizens
who expected thnt he would give an
administration of wliicti nil coum oo
proud ; nnd
"Whereas, This hope has not been
realized and there Is more Sundny
business and moro Sunday sports than
ever before nnd tho Lord's Day is
rapidly being turned into n Continental
Sunday; and
Whereas. The Mayor has requested tho
co-operation nnd support of Christian
people; Thcrforo be It resolved:
"That this body cnll upon Mayor
Moore to talto up this matter with the
director of public hafcty and see to it
that tho law of the state be upheld ; and
be It further rctolvcd that a committee
of frVe bo appointed to advise Uic Mayor
of our action,"
The committee of five consists ot mo
Rev. J. M. Iscnbcrg, chairman; tho
llev. William Bamford, the Rev. 0.
W. Liggett, tho Rev. Groves W. Drew
and tho Re. W. L. mcuormicK.
The meeting was held in tho Central
Y. M. 0. A., Arch street near Broad.
.; LIKE SCENE IN MOVIES
Detective Leaps on Runaway Horso
and Chases and Catches Another
Two horses owned by a meat-packing
concern hod n little runaway gallop at
2:30 o'clock this morning before n dis
trict detective did a-few "wild West"
ctunta find linlioil tllplil.
Tim nnlmnls. without harness of
any kind, bolted from a stable at Nintn
unci Winter streets. At Tenth and
Snrlnc- fjnrden streets Detective MC-
Cormfclc, of tho Tenth and Buttonwood
htrccts station, leaped on the back of
ono horse, quieted the nnlmnl, then
chased the other runaway. The second
horso wns caught at Thirteenth und
Spring Gnrdcn streets.
$4000 FIRE IN STORE
Master 8treet Man Driven From
Dathtub by Costly Blaze
Flro caused $4000 damage to the
hardware store of Solomon Snlkln,
Fifty-sixth and Master streets, early
j esterday, ,
Tho hardware man becamo aware ot
the fire wh,ile he was bathing. All at
nnco the wntcr in the tub, which was
directly over the store, began to In-crease-
to a Turkish bath temperature.
Salkln gol; out of the tub and noticed
a tiny spurt ot name couhur iu.uuku
the bathroom.'flooF, . ,
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SPORTLESS SUNDAY STRIKE 0
W. GILBERT
VuM Ltdg'tr Co.
ican do Is to nolnt to the genernl prop-"
osltlon that no one will refuse n nomi
nation once it is made.
BelloTO no's Man to Wln
Tho delegates have cpmo in with the
belief that McAdoo Isthc man who can
win. For"- example, Fred Lynch, the
MInncsotn bss, Is strongly nntl-Mc-Adoo,
but tho delegates have arrived
ready to give McAdoo half a(dozen votes
on tho first ballot and a good majority
of the delegation later. In "Wisconsin
there Is a spontaneous movement, to Mc
Adoo who will get substantially all that
delegation on nn early ballot. Mich
igan Is instructed for Hoover and its
leaders are really for Palmer, but half
the Michigan delegates will vote for
McAdoo beforo many ballots. Ken
tucky usually goes with Ohio, but al
though the neighboring state has one
of the two really strong candidates for
the presidency, a ptt of tho Kentucky
delegation prefers Mr. McAdoo to Gov
ernor Cor.
There is a Bort of McAdoo stampede
which is not waiting forfhc conven
tion to open In order to get itself start
ed. Tho deleeotes believe they can win
with McAdoo. They do not believe they
can win with Palmer, or Cox, or any
ono else mentioned. They want the la
bor vote which they believe McAdoo
enn bring to tho Democratic party and
thev have listened to the conductors.
brakemen nnd firemen of tho railroads
on which they have crossed the country
and been Impressed by their arguments
for tho former railway administrator.
Tho -program of tho McAdoo volun
teers who now includo practical pollti-
Continued on Face Thirteen Column Six
P. R. R. ACTSTO HALT
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Officials to Confer With Union
Chiefs Following Threat of
Walkout Tomorrow "
VOTE '4111 TO 14 TO QUIT
Demands of Shopmen
in Ultimatum to P. R. R.
Removal of thrco foremen against
whom the union "workers have griev
ances. i
ImmediaTo reinstatement of all
gang leadors or foremen who lost
their Jobs because of activities dur
ing tho April strike.
Dropping of all criminal charges
against H. S. Jeffrey, a union offi
cial, for acts pertaining to his office.
A minimum pay rate of eighty-five
centB an hour for mechanics and six?'
ty cents an hour for helpers, regard
less of wago board decision.
A conference about August 1 to
draw up new agreement between
men and roads to substitute for old
one, which expires September 1, or
a continuance of old one until such a
conference Is held.
Leaders of the Pennsylvania Rail
road shopmen, the organization which
has given the railroad until 11 o'clock
tomorrow morning to dischargo certain
foremen under penalty of,,n general
strike of the shop crafts, will confer
with p. R. . oinclais at uroaa street
Station ot 2 :80 o'clock this afternoon.
They nro going to the conference,
according to their chairman and coun
sel, II. S. Jcffery, determined not to
compromlso their demands.
"Thero will be no compromise," said
Jcffery nt noon today. "They'll have
to meet my terms,"
Jeffcry himself gnvc out tho news of
the conference. Ho refused to say
where In Broad Street Station It would
he held, and likewise refused to name
tho P. R. R. officials who would tnke
part. Ho said that the railroad hud
called him up nnd suggested the meet
ing. A few minutes after ho hal made tho
announcement of tho conference. Mr.
Jeffcry tried to get tho chairman 'of tiic
state labor board, W. J. Trncy, on the
telephone, but failed. Mr. Jeffcry likely
will attend tho conference.
First Move to Kvndo Strike
Tho meeting nt Broad Street Station
Is tho first public movo to avert the
threatened strike T1 the shopmen. Their
ultimntuni reached the railroad officials
this morning, following a strike vote In
which tho helots were 4111 to 14 In
favor of a walkout.
No statement was forthcoming nt
Broad Street Station on tho ultimatum.
The railroad still Is advertising for
guards and brnkctuen. A statement on
tho general sltuntlou wqB Issued. It
follows: t , . ,
"General Improvement wns indicated
In this morning's reports from all nsints
of tho Pennsylvania system which had
been ntfected by the recent abandon
ment of work. In tho Philadelphia yards
110 crews wcro working this morning
out of a normal force of 11R. In the
engine houses and shops, 100 men out
of those who quit work Saturday hnvo
returned, and this morning 207Q nvjn
were it WW, making 01 per cent o(
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. HOMER S. CUMMINGS
Chairman of tho Democratic Na
tional Committee, who as temporary
chairman of the convention sound
cd the Democratic keynote
WILLIAMS BEATEN;
- TILDrJflMPHS
Mavrogordato Defeats Former
Champion in British Tennis.
Garland Advances
MRS. MALLORY A VICTOR
Wimbledon, June 28. William T
Tilden, of Philadelphia, and 0. S.
Garland, of Pittsburgh, two oft the three
American survivors In the last eight
of the British lawn tennis singles cham
pionships, won their mntches today In
tho tournament here.
Tilden defeated Randolph Lycctt, of
Australia, 7-5, 4-0, 0-4, 7-5, while
Garland beat 0. R. Blackboard, tho
young South African, 4-0, 0-1, C-3,
0-1.
R. Norris Willlnms, 2d, of Boston,
witH. uueiuca., py .inemiore iuwuiuvror
Lgordato, of the British Davis Ci team.
in tne tourtn round ot tno women's
singles Mrs. Franklin Mallory (Molla
Bjurstedt) defeated Mrs. Lclsk, of Eng
land, 0-3, 0-1.
Tho. Tlldcn-Lycett match was hard
fought from tho beginning until the
Phlladclphian' took tho final yoint. Til
den scored in tho first set, 7-5, but Ly
cott rallied In the second set and evened
the count Here Tilden again reached
the heights and his tennis amazed the
gallery. He captured the third set, 0-4,
and then squelched a rally on Lycett's
part in tho final set, winning, 7-5.
Garland did not scorn to have his
stride in the first set of his match with
Blackboard, but he got going In tho
second set, and from that time on it was
easy for him.
Tho other American favorite, R. Nor
ris Williams, 2d, of Boston, was
matched with Mavrogordato, of the
British Davis Cup team. The Britisher
beat Willlnms in tho first set, but the
American came back and won the sec
ond set.
2 KILLED, 1 HURT IN BLAST
Tire and Rubber Factory Also Dam-
agedlto Extent of $35,000
Pott3town, Pa., June 28. A fire
early today damaged the plant of the
Vulowcld Tire and Rubber Co., caus
ing n loss of $35,000, William C.
Walsh, tho compnny's genernl mannger,
nnd James A. Maney wcro killed by the
explosion of a drier, nnd Frank Wnlsh,
a brother of the former, wns blown
into the street and badly injured by
tho explosion. The men were engaged
in perfecting machinery to prevent
fumes from filling tho factory. The
bodies of Walsh and Maney wcro badly
burned.
The accident supposedly wns caused
by the overheating of n drier. It Is
thought that, when Maney opened the
door, flames, shot out nnd Ignited in
flammable chemicals nearby.
MILK TRAIN STONED
P. and R. Engineer Injured by At
tack of Strike Sympathizers
Men snld to bo In sympathy with the
roil strikers stoned n milk trnln of the
Bending Rnilwny nt American nnd
Dlnmond streets this morning.
A stono hit tho engineer of the trnln
on 'the head, knocking him out of the
ib nnd rendering him unconscious. lie
is Hnrry Llnmnn, 2050 North Colorndo
Htrcct. Ho is in tho Episcopal Hospital
suffering from n possible fractured hkull
A riot coll was sent totlio Fourth
nnd York streets station. A half dozen
districts responded. When tho police
arrived tho rioters hnd disappeared.
Llpman Is said by the pollcp to hove
fired scverol shots before- he was knocked
unconscious.
"I climbed down off tho cabin after
finishing work," tho engineer told the
police. "Then a 'gang nppenred and
begnn yelling 'StrlkebrcnkerlJ I went
buck to the' cabin to protect myself.
Then I wns knocked out."
Llpmntr said he had been employed
as n rallrond- matt for twenty years,
wns not a strikebreaker and would not
quit his work until tho brdthcrhood
ordered a walkout.
SUSPECT BUBONIC PLAGUE
Second Case of Malady Believed
Found In Beaumont, Tex.
Ileaiinioi Six June 28. A second
cio suspected of being bubonic plague
wns discovered hero today,
Federnl, state and city authorities
hnvo Inaugurated an extjnslvo rat ex
termination campaign,' distributing
thousands qf traps throughput tho city,
A jtegro woman died of the pluo Sat
1 urday
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PALMER'S MACHINE
IS WELL OILED, BUT
Attorney General's Only Hope Is
to Eliminate Former Sec
retary of Treasury
PRESS AGENTS INFLATE
PENNSYLVANIA'S BOOM
Supporters Claim 325 Votes on
First Ballot, but Increase of
Strength Is Doubtful
By a Staff Correspondent
Snn Francisco, June 28. As the
delegates rind sightseers began to con
verge on the auditorium fr tho first
session of the Democratic National
Convention this morning Attorney Gen
eral Palmer and his followers in the
Pennsylvania delegation confidently as
serted that he was In tho lead f or the
presidential nomination with upward
of 325 votes, and barring the mysterious
and unknown 'McAdoo vote, whose di
mensions no man can foretell, there was
every indication that this assertion was
justified by facts.
But this is not nt all to say that
Mr. Palmer is going to get the nomi
nation for which he has been working
night nnd day during the last six
months. Not by a long shot. He may
get away In the lenu whep the barrier
Is lifted, although even this is not sure,
since many thing can happen before the
first ballot, but even then he will have
a long distance to run to win a mat
ter of some 400 more votes Necessary
to a two-thirds choice.
In this part of the course lie the
hurdles and water jumps and other ob
staclesr .The best guess possible con
cerning Patmer's chances after a pretty
carefulr survey ottho ground during the,
last forty-eight hours is this: The only
hope for him hangs upon the utter and
complete elimination of McAdoo and
the completion of a deal with a lot of
old guard leaders, who also are stilt
looking for a candidate. In nq other
way does it seem likely that he can
corral the 'remaining 400.
' Plenty of Money
The Palmer situation is interesting
to the political observer because It pre
sents nn odd mixture of elements. Out
ward signs Indicate that it has been
tho most carefully and expertly or
ganized of nny of the booms now bob
bing around this breezy city.
Apparently it has not been hampered
by lack of tho first and fundamental
wherewithal, which is money money in
large gobs and ad-lib. checks. The
Palmer headquarters at the Hotel St.
Francis are the most expensive main
tained of nny individual interest in the
town. . In attendance there Is a large
and prosperous-looking retinue of glad
hnndcrs, press agents, managers, as
sistant managers, stenographers nnd
just stnndcrs-nround, none of whom is
of tho type who work for praise nnd
thank you alone.
They arc all professionals at this
game and first-class workers, too.
Then there nre tho visible evidences
of their handiwork, ns well as Invisible
in thn nrm of nosters. pictures, bnnd-
bills and even a newspaper specially got
out dally in Pnlmer's Interest. Every
where you glance In the center of the
town you find the good-looking fea
tures df the attorney general soberly
looking at you from posts, walls nnd
shop windows, captioned, "It's enough
to give a profiteer the blues," nnd some
lucky local printer will probably buy
himself a new car out of the big bus!
,i.cii ho linn done for the Palmer outfit.
The newspaper appeared yesterday
nftcrnoon. It consisted of four pages,
five columns wide, nnd was entitled
"Convention News." All of the news,
except Bomo stocK miormntion noout
points of interest nround Snn Francisco,
consisted of boosts for Palmer and his
boom. In the present white-paper
shortage you can't print newspapers on
a shoetsring. ho nunung iihwh yuics
for Palmer has not been hobbled by
luck of guides, trappers, cooks and gun
carriers.
Hnvo Played the Gnme Well
Moreover, ns suggested above, the
work has been done In a thoroughly
prnctical way. Palmer and his agents
have not overlooked n bet. They have
Continued on rai Twelve, Column One
$1 Q.OO'OWET G00DSST0LEN
9 Barrels of Whisky Missed Satur
daya Held Up Over Week-End
Bobbery of nine bnrrels of whisky,
valued nt nenr ?10.000, wns reported
to Hip police today by Jnmes McShnnc.
a saloonkeeper. Twenty-seventh nnd
Mnntnn streets. Tho whisky wns first
missed Snturdav afternoon at 2 o clock.
Arthur Jncftbs, 312 Laurel nventtc,
Cheltenham, reported to the police that
he hnd beeu held up nnd robbed of SIR,
n gold ring, scarf pin nnd cuff links,
early yesterday morning, on Cottmnn
street, Tncony.
MerchantllBo valued nt $70 was today
reported stolen from the jewelrv store
of Lasho & Llebcrman, at 713 Sansom
street. Tho robbery took plncc early
esterday.
' Edwin Coleman, forty -five years old.
f Second street, nenr Pine, was robbed
of $52 at Front nnd Rocd streets, whlje
returning home early yesterday.
flliat art) - sains
lo do ionlxhtf
Wh
dinner ana e tn Jlt Cabaret and
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BAR WAY
k! lV VAfAf?'Mlti atnontlhe Police and sWdlers
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Cummings Aggressive
In Keynote Address
By the Associated Press
San Francisco, June 28. The League
of Nations covenant wns championed as
the "Monroe Doctrine of tho 'world" by
Homer Onmmlngs, temporary chairman
of the Democratic National Conven
tion, In his keynote address here today.
Of the pence treaty's defeat In the
Senate, ho said: "No blacker crime
ingainst civilization has ever soiled the
pnges of our history."
He characterized the Republican plat
form ns "reactionary and provincial."
"Filled with premeditated slyiders and
vaguo promises, It will be searched In
vain for one constructive suggestion for
the reformation of tho conditions which
It criticizes nnd deplores' he continued.
xne oppressed peoples oi tne earth
will look to it in vain. It contains
no message of hopo for Ireland ; no word
of mercyfor Armenia, and it conceals
a sword for Mexico. It is the work
of men concerned more with material
things than with human rights. It con
tains no thought, no purpose which can
give impulse or tnrill to tnose who love
liberty nnd hope tcPmake the world a
safer and happier place for the average
man."
He declared that the peace-time rec
ord of the Democratic party from
March, 1013, to the outbreak of the
world war hns to its credit "more ef
CITY FIGHTING FOR FIVE-CENT FARE, pAYS MAYOR
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Mayor Moore, returning today from, a week'3 rest in Mary
land, In commenting on the city's fight against the fare increases
proposed by the Eapid Transit Co", declared the city is fighting
for a continuance of ne five-cent fare under the, 1907 contract.
flvTENNESSEB LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER SUFFRAGE
WAfiHVJXLE, Tenn., June 28 The Legislatyre will be called
to meet;, on August 0 to consider the federal suffrage amendment,
it was stated today at the' Capitol.
ITALIAN ANARCHISTS DIVORCESUT
RESUME RIOTING!
Plot to Overthrow Government
Feared Red Flags Hoisted
in Many Cities
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE CUT
By tho Associated Press
Rome, June 23. Further disturb
ances in pud nround Ancona are re
ported in dispatches from that city to
day. Annrchlsts nro concentrating
nround the lnbor bureau in Anconn nnd
dispntehes indicate they have a machine
gun. Three have been killed In en
counters with policemen. It is .believed
here that these disorders, coupled with
similar disturbances in other cities, are
pnrt of a deep scheme to overturn the
social order throughout the entire coun
try. Unemployment is the reason
alleged for the strikes and rioting now
in progress.
An nttack was made "upon carabi
neers unrrncits. nnna grennues were
thrown, but the nnnrchlsts were unable
to enter. He-enforcements rushed to
the m ene nnd were met with shots from
neighboring houses nnd it is snid women
participated In the fighting.
Quiet wns restored by carabineers In
the cetitrnl pnrt of the city, nccordlng
to dispatches received here this morn
ing. One hundred nnd ninety-three per
sons were placed under nrrest by tho
troops, ro-onforecments for which still
are nrrivlng. Sisimeoue Schneider, chief
of the Communist-Anarchistic party,
died today In a hospital ns a result of
wounds received in the previous fight-
At Cndoro, Vcnetln, red flags havo
bppti lioistpd above thp municipal build
ings. Telegraph lines have bppti cut
nnd roads blocked with trees nt Lnrxo,
Cnlln7o nnd Domegge. CnrnhlueerH in
armored enr hnvo dispprspd rlotprs nt
Bribat-so. At ltoncole on nqueductjins
Discontent, which long hns been held
under restraint nt Plnmbinn, hns burst
out violently nnd soldiers nnd police nre
protecting Bhops in thnt city. They
hnvo been nttneked with revolvers nnd
hand grenades nd have replied v
machine-gun fire. Mnnv on ench side
have been killed nnd wounded.
Tun trnltis were nttneked nenr Bor-
cacclo. On one train eight pnssengers
wrnra wnuiulpd nnd live of them sub
eenuently died. Tl'ie other trnln wns
piirrvine police, of whom four were
wounded nnd one killed. A destroyer
hns arrived nt Anconn with re-cntorcc-tnents
for the troops there.
Bnrrncks nt Pisa were ottacked Sat-
urdny, but the nssniinnts were repulsed.
Tho rioters built bnrrlendes In the streets
and pillaged liquor and clothing stores
until order was resto'cd by re-en
ments to the garrison, T"'o of the riot
era were kill
lNl. ns manv hnve been nr-
rested, Titer
erwiwero a mnnberlof ras
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fective, constructive nnd remedial legis
lation than tho Republican party bad
placed upon the statute books in a gen
eration." Praises War Administration
Praising the administration's course
In the war, he said: "We fought a
great war, for n great cause and we had
a leadership that carried America fo
greater heights of honor and power and
glory than she has ever known before
In her entire history.
"Let no one misunderstand us. These
great nffnlrs were carried forward un
der the fttimiilim of Amerlrnn nntriot-
Ism, supported by the courage and spirit
of our people. All this Is freely and
gladly acknowledged, but surely the tirao
hns come when, becouso of the calculated
criticism and premeditated calumnies
of the opposition, we are entitled to call
attention to the fact that all of these
things were accomplished under the
leadership of a great Democrat of a
great Democratic administration. If
the Republican leaders are not able to
rejoice, with us In this American tri
umph they should havo the graco to re
mnin silent, for it docs not He in the
mouths of those who conducted the
Spanish-American war to indulge in
the luxury of criticism."
What "Smelling Committees" Did
Referring to congressional Investiga
tions by "smelling committees," he
said that more xhan-fi'tRhty investign-
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3 YEARS OF SILENCE
Camden Couple Communicated
Only By Notes, They Say.
Husband Fight3 Decree
RELIGIOUS SECT BLAMED
"I'm just like a boarder in my own
house." said narry Hlncke, forty years
old. when ho nppenred in the Chnnccry
Court in Cnmden today to fight divorce
proceedings.
"And just to think," he ndded, "we
hnve been mnrrled since 1003 and
everything wns fine and happy until
January, 1017, when that woman joined
n religious sect in New York. SInco
thnt time I hnven't been a married man
nnd every time I want toVspeak to my
wife I write her a note nnd she replies
the same way."
Mrs. Cora W. Hlncke. who resides
in silence with her husband nt 110
North Thirty-ninth street, Cnmden,
verified the notp story. She brought suit
before Vice Chnncellor Learning in
which she declares that her husband
does not treat her as n good husband
should.
"I can't stand It nny longer," she
said. "Kvery time I want to speak to
him we communicate by notes."
' Vice Chancellor Learning heard the
preliminary ense nnd snld he would set
n (Into for the trial in the near future.
In her petition Mrs. Hlncke sns she
Is the mother of two children, n boy of
fourteen and rt giri of twelve, nnd thnt
she dwelt in happiness with her hus
band until three years ngc. At that
time, nccordlng to the document, his
demennor chnnged nnd his actions hnve
ben "unbearable."
Three uienls n day In silence, eve
nings nt home in silence -'this hns been
the program for three years in the
IlincKp home.
"I'm going tr fight this divorce t
the limit," said Hlncke.
"I'm going to get a divorce," said the
wife.
WILL ASK VILLA TO QUIT
Friend of Rebel Chief Instructed to
Use His Influence
Mexico City, June 28. (By A. P.)
Jose Munoz, a elti-en of Chthunhun,
hns offered to try to persunde Francisco
Villa, the leader of revolting forces In
that state, to surrender unconditionally
nnd retire to private life, A telegrnm
to this effect has been sent to General
P. Hllos Cnlles by General Joaquin
Amnro, Nays the Excelsior.
It Is said Munoz has some influence
over Villa, nnd General Calles has In
structed General Amnro, who Is chief
of operations in Chihuahua, to permit
Munoz to confecwith Villa unofficially,
but to continue his campaign atalnst.
tne rcti cmei'aiB uptu inrtner. orders.
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KREMER ASSERTS
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Vice Chairman Glorifies Party
as Curtain Rises at San
Francisco
MARINES RAISE COLORS
IN SPECTACULAR SCENE
Many Delegates Return to Sup
port of President Wilson's
Son-in-Law
Events of Opening Day
at Democratic Convention
San Francisco, June 28. (By A.
P.) Preliminaries of opening the
Democrntlc National Convention, ns
arranged by the national committee,
were, briefly, ns follews :
Bugle call by a detachment of
marines nt 12 o'clock noon.
Prcspntlng the colors.
Singing of the "Star-Spangled
Banner."
Call to order by Vice Chairman
J. B. Krcmer, Montana.
Invocation by Monslgnor P. L.
Ryan, vicar genernl of 'the Roman
Catholic nrchdiocese of San Fran
cisco. Reading of the cnll for thp con
vention by Secretnry E. O. Hoffman.
Address by Vice Chainngn Krptuet
announcing temporary organization
nnd presenting Natlonnl Chairman
Homer S. Cummings as temporary
presiding officer.
Keynote speech by Chairman
Cummings.
Announcement of committees.
Adjournment.
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By the Associated Press
San Francisco, June 2S. AsscnibHnr
DEMOCRATS
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NOT EVAOE ISSUES
at' noon today for their first sessioa.ji? .a.
delegates to the Democratic National ""ixj
Convention heard a keynote speech byJ
National Chairman Cummings glorifying
the party, and perfected preliminaries,
clearing the way for the real work of
finding a presidential candidate. Vice
Chairman J. 'Bruce Kremer highly '
praised the party in an introductory
address.
Twelve o'clock noon was fixed for the
opening, but hours before ticket holders
gathered in the spacious building which, I
for the occasion, seats more than 12,000
persons. Those who did not hold tickets
were barred from approaching the main
entrance by fences hidden by a screen
of California evergreens.
Decorations of the convention hnll
were simple nnd tnsteful, with the Stan
nnd Stripes ns the dominant feature of
the beautiful display.
The seats of the 1002 delegates were
compactly assembled close to the plat
form and stretched almost across the
width of the hall. Here and there stood
the state and territorial standards, made
of California redwood, showing the lo
cations of the delegations. Directly be
hind were the seats of the alternates
and nil nbout-thera in nn almost perfect
circle wire places for more than 10,000
persons.
Wilson Approved Keynote
With the exception of a patriotic
touch given nt the start by the present
ing of the colors by n detachment of ma
rines, the opening preliminaries were
not unlike those of prior conventions,
The outstanding feature on the prngrnra
was the keynote speech, understood to
have had the npproval of President .
Wilson.
With the preliminaries over, the four
big convention committees will promptly
get down to work. The greatest Inter
est, as usunl, centers In the committee
on resolutions, where the party Issues ,
will be fought out with good prospects
thnt some of them will rench the con
vention floor for final decision.
In the meantime managers of presi
dential booms were keeping in touch
with delegates nnd working for position
In the enrly balloting. The lenders are
prepared for a fight over candidates.
Address by Kremer
J. Bruce Kremer, vice chairman of
the national committee, in opening the
convention sytld:
"Mv Fell'v Detnoernts:
"Led through n labyrinth of devious
political pathways, lost In the mnzea
of tiolltlcal trickery, following the Pled
Pipers of Republicanism, the Chicago
convention emerged upon the well-paved
roadway of stnndpattlsm.
"Thnt heterogeneous mnss promul
gated a remarkable document remark
able In the fact that it Is a masterly
exemplification of the nrt of evasion
Not content with the direct Insult to the
intelligence of the progressive elements ,
wrongly pluccd In their ranks, they once,
more surrendered the control of their
pnrty to the old forces of reaction and i
nominated a leader of that dynasty of
dollars, ngalnst whose Influence th li
rotntnon people rebelled until the great
movement of progresslvlsm drove it
from power nnd Installed in Its stead A
party truly representative of the people,
"In marked contrast to the gathering
of the opposition, we have met today ta
deal with living issues and toy d vise the
people oi .imvricH miu oi cue world ot
Democracy's stand upon tbtM-ueatloag of
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