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FREE SELLING IN
THE CORN MARKET

Chicago, Ill. June 2O-Omcial no.
tice that the food administration
license of commission merchants does
not cover the carrying of cash grain
for customers who are not licensed
brought about general selling today
in the corn market Prices declined
sharply in consequence, big receipts
here tended also to weaken prices.
Opening quotations which ranged
from u to 1870 lower with July
$1.44B to SASS and August
$l.461b ~ were followed by an add
tional setback.
Oats, like corn, weakened owing to
the food administration notice, re-
ports Of excessive heat in the south
west failed to check the downturns.
After opening IS to hc lower, with
July 7215 to y, the market rallied a
little, but then sagged further than
before. n
Provisions dropped with grain and
hogs Houses with stockyards con
nectionS with the chief sellers.
Thu DAVIS range nf nTjnaS f01IHUVss
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Slope County Asks
Bar On Lindbergh

Bismarck, N. D., June 2$.-Fearing
an address by c. A. Lindbergh,
scheduled for Amidon Friday, may
create trouble, T, M. Agnew, secre-
tary Of the Slope county council Of
defense, and of the draft board,
called upon the state council today
to enforce resolutions adopted by the
council and ratified by the people,
prohibiting political speeches.
Slope county also demands that
Del Patterson of RenviTle, Nonpar-
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accommodate 40
Accommodate 10

ID
With the enrolment Of 1s Grand
Forks boys and two leaders, the
Fargo Z. M. G. A. boys summer
camp, to be held on Lake Cormorant,
south Of Lake Park, Mimi, June 20
to July 6, has been enlarged to ac=
commodate 40 instead of SO boys, It
was announced today by John w.
Adams, general secretary.
The Grand Forks list includes
H. B. Frame and Richard Baugh-
man, leaders, and Alden Squires,
James A. Walsh, James McCracken,
Frank Ladder, Kenneth Smith, Ar
thur Sorlie George Bostrun, War
rem v. Smith, William N. Black, Rus
sell Berge,. Byron Berge. Max Hal
ltnger, Paul Lough1in, Virgil Secord,
Harry Turner and Duane Squires.
There are also 81 Fargo one La
Moure and two Wahpeton boys en-
rolled.
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: Briefly Told
Hubbelrs coRee.-Advt.

HubbelTs CofEee.--Adve.
Shop at RlcKsra -Advt. 81.
Rerbst's for noa7ery.-Advt.
Call Liberty Taxi Line-5s1. adv.
Have Knight Prtg. Co. print ie.-Ad
Hen3rickson's shoes for style
Advt-
Can the Yellow Taxi. Phone 511.-..
ADV. ~
Nick Nonen taxi. Phone asa
pr. Basye. osteopath. Phone sss7.
--Advt.
Gas ranges connected and repaired
by Q. F. Miller, the gas man. Second
hand gas ranges for sale. Phone
1865 or 3541-W.-Advt
Harry R. Arneson, of the w. J. Lane
Co, real estate. transacted business
at New York Mills, MINI, Wednesday
returning to Fargo Wednesday night
DR.. T. M. Meadows, Lehr, is among
the well known state physicians at
tending the annual session of the
North Dakota State Medical associa-
ton in Fargo.
Lon Rupert. OF the Rupert-Warnel
insurance agency, Is spending seyera,
days with his family at the Ruper
cottage on Big Pine lake, and MAX
ling fine catches of hsh, according x
word reaching Fargo.
Buy w. s. s.
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Pharmacists
Are Admitted

-Four were successful in passing for
full registered pharmacist licenses,
and three for assistant. at an exam
ination conducted in Fargo this week
by the state board of pharmacy,
which concluded it's work Wednes-
day.
Those for full registered certificates
are Philip R. Nelson, Fargo; Arthur
]. Anderson, Kathryn, N. D.; Allen
McGann Fargo, and Francis ]. Rob-
inson, CIokis. MINI.
For assistant, Edith Galloway,
Rolla; o. B. Lindelow, Darlington,
and Myrtle I. Painter. Cakes.
Admitted by exchange arrangement
H. H. Cook, South Dakota; Dor
rance Ferris, Wisconsin; A. E. Lar
son, Minnesota. and J. o. Thompson,
South Dakota.
Members ofrthe board participating
in the session were H. L. Hausaman,
Grafton, president; w. S. Parker,
Lisbon, secretary, and Bert Finney,
Bismarck. and w. P. Porterfeld,
Fargo.
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Work Of Socialists More
Dangerous Than Sabotage
BY l. w. W. inSbruce Camps

Mandan, N. D, June 20.-speak-
ing at an intensely enthusiastic
meeting held in Mandan last night,
Congressman P. D. Norton declared
that the poisonous propaganda now
being spread about North Dakota
is more dangerous to the govern
ment's success in the war than the
I. w. w. sabotage work in the west.
''The streams of poisonous false
hoods that irresponsible and selfish
Socialists are pouring out daily up
on the farmers of our state. Is as
great a menace to the government s
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ANNUAL MEET OF
THE R. A. N. CUT
TO One DAY AS
A WAR MEASURE
Address Of Grand High
Priest And Reports Fea-
ture Opening

The annual address of Emil l.
Mackenroth, Fargo, grand high
priest; and the reports of Harry
Lord, Cando, grand treasurer; Wal
ter L. Stockwell, Fargo, grand secre-
tary; and of the committees on
finance and fraternal correspondence
by Grant s. ,Hager, Grafton, and q.
George Guthrie, Fargo, respectively,
were features of the opening session
of the annual meeting Of the North
Dakota grand chapter, r. A. NJ. in
the Masonic temple this morning.
Though scheduled for two days, the
meeting will be brought to a close
late this afternoon, the program hav-
ing been so arranged at the morning
session as q war measure. The
change will result in a considerable
saving. ...
The annual election of officers will
be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Two Not Represented.
Only two state chapters were not
represented when the meeting open
ed this morning. Every grand chap
ter officer DIS present, with the ex-
ception of Henry r. Biting, Mandan,
grand master Of the third veil, now
in government service at Judge -advo-
cate at Camp Cody, N. M. H..- +
The report of the grand treasurer
showed the finances Of the chapter
in excellent condition, while the re-
port Of the grand secretary showed
the chapter roll to have Increased
considerably in the. past year, now
numbering 3,133 for % chapters.
Hear Lieutenant Hill.
The afternoon session will be ad-
journed at $3.50 o'clock to allow the
officers and delegates to hear Lieu
tenant Hill, a returned Canadian Of
ficer, in a war address for Masons
and their wives in the temple audi
forum.
This evening the officers and dele
gates will join with Keystone chap
ter, Fargo, in a patriotic meeting.
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Grand jury to
Return FRIDAY

The federal grand jury, adjourned
late in May, will be rreconvened in
Fargo at 10 o'clock Friday morning
to take up unfinished business and
such other business as may be
brought before it. Some Of the al
legged espionage act violations, for
which indictments was returned at
the former, session, but quashed by
the decision Of Judge G. F. Arnidon
in the demurrer Of B. H. Schultz, Ell
lendale, Dickey county, will be again
brought before the jury, M. A. Hill
dreth, district attorney. said this at
ternoon. H.
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Smith TO Talk
To Stan1bSeuers

Corporal Smith, 'Pershing soldier,
who has been touring North Dakota
for some time. will speak at the
knights of Columbus hall in Fargo,
Friday evening, to the War Savings
stamp committee workers.
A dinner at $50 o'clock will pre-
cede the address, and every man list
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J. P. Johnson, secretary: McKin-
ley lodge, NJ. B. A, will meet in reg
uIar session in A. o. u. w. hall Fri
day evening. Glass of candidates to
r. b. Hatcher, w. M: A special
communication OF Shiloh lodge No. j.
A. r.. & A. NJ, will be held In the
temple at O'Clock Friday evening,
June 81. r. c.. degree. Visiting Ma
sons are welcome.
Chas. T. Wichert, II. p: Keystone
chapter, r, A. NJ, will confer the
Most Excellent Master degree before
the grand chapter this evening at 8
o'clock. The companions are urged
to be present and assist in the work.
The work will be followed by a social
time. Lunch will be served,
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CHICAGO PRODUCE.

Chicago. June 2O.-Butter. higher;
receipts 2o,0S2 tubs; creamery extra
48; flrsts 41@42h; seconds 87@SS.
Cheese, steady, unchanged. Eggs, re-
S2R@34; ordinary firsts 29@32; at
mark, cases included, 29@83. Pota-
toes, lower; old, receipts IL cars, Wis
consin, Michigan and Minnesota sacks
S1.50@1.60, ditto bulk S1.25 Obs;
new, receipts so cars, Texas and
Louisiana sacked Trtumphs $2.500
2.90, ditto white $2.25Q2.50. Poultry,
alive, unchanged. a.
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the despicab1e, damnable and trail
torous work of l. W. w. followers
who are burning down saw. mills in
Oregon and Washington, and plac-
ing spikes in, spruce lumber and
logs throughout the west in order to
impede the government in it's manu-
facture of aeroplanes, which are so
much needed to aid and assist our
boys now on the battlefelds Of
France and Belgium, to defeat the
hordes of Huns who are battling
against them and attempting the
destruction of democracy through
out the world
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TMo MoRE EMI.IsT.l

Axel M. Christianson and A. W..
Barker both Of Cass county, today
volunteered at the local hoard offices
as auto workers for the new army
camp at the North Dakota school Oh
mines, to be opened at Grand Forks
on July 1. Eight Cass county boys
have now made application Cor this
service The county's quota IL ~
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Daily Market Report
STOCKS DULL
and IRREGULAR

New York, June 2o.-Early promise
in the stock market of a, general al
becoming very dull and prices some
what irregular before midday. Gem
eral cigars running counter to other
stocks of the same class, reacted four
another six points for a total of 16
since Tuesday. Brooklyn transit ex-
tended it's decline to four points and
the other utilities were under press
tude taken by the war finance cor
poration. Liberty 37a's sold at 99.S4
to 1888, first As at 94.08 to 1920, Sec
|ond As at 94.10 to 94.16, and ANS at
SO to 96.06.
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tisan legislator, be compelled to
apologize for ignoring these resolu-
lions and declaring, 1.-THE fellows
that drew up that resolution ought
to be hitched up with a mule and
driven down Main street, and that
is about worse than could say for
the mule"
Dindbergh, author Of ''Why Your
Country Is at War;" has been speak
ing for Frazier and the Nonpartisan
ticket this week, after his. own state
repudiated him.
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gT. PAUL LIVESTOCK.

South st. Paul, Mimi, June 90
Hogs, receipts 6,1o0; 20. to $50 lower;
Cattle, receipts 1000; killers Is to
rs cents lower; steers $7.50@1T50;
cows and heifers $8.00@l4.50; veal
calves steady, ST.00@14.75; stockers
and feeders slow and weak, $500
1900.
Sheep, receipts 200; steady: lambs
S10.0O918.00; wethers $7.00@13.50;
ewes $5.00@18.00.
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PAPER DRIVE
Big SUCCESS

The paper drive of the Salvage
department of the Fargo branch OF
the American Red Cross Wednes-
day was a. big success.
More calls were made to head
quarters Tuesday evening and
wednesday than the collection
trucks could answer, and the work
OF collecting continues today. De-
partment directors today were cer-
tain that enough to make two carr
loads would be collected by night.
1.-THE response to the departments
call was very good" said Mrs. 3.
L. Bentson. eve were simply
swamped by telephone calls"
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HOME GAMERS ACTIVE.
Washington, June 20.--Home can
ming viii preserve at least 1900,
100000 quarts of foodstuffs this
year as against S50,000s000 quarts
last year, according to an estimate
of the department of agriculture to-
day.
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ed for service in the war savings
drive Is expected to attend.
George HOLSTER. state chairman;
A. w. Cupler, county chairman, and
A. W. McNair, city chairman, will
give final instructions for the cam
paign by which it is expected the
county win pledge to buy 1907 900
worth Of stamps.
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BACK 10 U. 9. a.

Gilbert Kjorven yesterday declared
his intentions at the clerk OF courts
office Of becoming a citizen OF the
United States His application will
come before Judge a. Y. Cole Of the
district court this month. Kjorven
was 81 I. ST. citizen four years ago,
but went to Canada and filed on I
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CHARLES BREWER IN FARc0

Charles Brewer. a former well
known Fargo resident, later Of Bis
marcl, and now OF ST. Paul, arriy-
ed in Fargo this morning and will
spend about a week here and at Bis
marck on vacation and business
trip. Mr.. Brewer is again an active
worker in the newspaper field, and for
the past five months has been ex-
change editor OF The st. Paul Dispatch
Mrs. Brewer, who has been visiting
at Hawley, Mimi, for the past two
weeks, will join her husband here this
evening, and probably will accom-
pany him to Bismarck.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK,

chicago, III, June 20.-CU. S. Blu
reau Of Markets -Hogs, receipts
$4,000; fully 25o under yesterdays
average. bulk $16.25916.55; bushers
S16.35 @i6.55; packing $15.7OQ16.35;,
light $16.50956.65; rough $500
Cattle, receipts 10000; very dull;
little change on good kinds; medium
and light cattle slow, 10 to 25c lower,
Sheep, receipts $4,000; slow to 25c
lower; best native spring lambs zoe
lower; closely sorted. ..- -.
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 20.-Flour,
unchanged; shipments 49,800. barrels.
Rye $I98@2.06. Barley 96c@$1.29.
Bran $32.15@S3,45. .. ~.
compared with 1872 cars a year ago.
Corn, No. yellow $1.55@1.65. Oats,
No. 8 white 1908. Flax $S.92% q
1854,
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Schn1dhlQ PreuS
Speaking for Steen

julius schmahl, secretary of state
of Minnesota, will open a tour in
North Dakota this evening, speaking
at Glen Ullin today; at Gladstone
Friday; Richardson, Saturday and
jamestown next Monday.
J. A. o. Prous, state auditor Of
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Buy W. S. s.

Thorn Thomas, alias Gus McLaren,
was agraigned before Judge H. F.
Miller yesterday charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon, and
his case was set for June Is. Thomas
was arrested Monday at Valley City
for attacking a man with a razor on
Front street in Fargo Sunday night.
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CHICAGO CASH MARKET.

Chicago, III, June 20.--No. 3 corn,
i.68; No. 1 yellow s1.45@1.57. Oats,
No. white 1909; standard 7S& @
79. Rye, No. q nominal. Barley $1.00
Obs. Timothy S5.00@7.50. Glover,
nominal Lard. $24.50. Ribs S22.00
022.50. ss'.'e'--72'. 80 =.
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PIoNEER coNVALEscLNa.

P. III. Cummings, pioneer Fargo
implement dealer, just returned from
California, where he and Mrs. Cum
mings spent the winter for his health,
is convalescing st the Cummings
cottage on Big Pine Lake.
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92 ABSENT ONEs.

SO far Auditor w. r.. Tucker has
received 80 absent voter ballots for
the June primary election in North
Dakota. A large number more are
due here as many more applications
for absent ballots were sent out.
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Minnesota, also comes to North Da.-
kota, and will speak in Trail, Nelson
and Steele counties in the interest of
the Independent ticket.
Both men were renominated in the
Minnesota primaries this week by
overwhelming margins.
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M. L. Hout and wife to Otto Lund
and John Martinson, 9 80 1T lot no blk
IL K "a DIS ad: $1.
Geo. .. Hall and wife to John @.
whitney and wife, lots s-9-10-lI blk
"BBs Hrskine's ad: S1.
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Graduate Piano
Recital Friday

The Presentation Sisters will pre-
sent Misses Audienna Clairmont,
Kathleen Hagarty and Alice O'Toole
in a graduate piano recital on Friday
evening, June 81, in the auditorium
Of the Sacred Heart academy. The
program follows:
Overture to William Tell. ........
........ Rossini L. NJ. Gottschalk
Alice O'Teole. Audienna Clairmont.
Grand Senate Pathetique, Allegro,
Adagio. Rondo. ................
...G......L. V. Beethoven, Op ID
Kathleen 'Hagarty.
March Wind. ..................
...E. A. Mcdowell. Op. 46, No. 10
Audienna CIairmont.
Delilah to Samson ..s...........s.
............ Camille Saint Saens
Song without Words. ............
mo. xxi. Mendelssohn, Op. So
:. Alice O'Toole. ...
Czardas ..-.....' .....''
....R. A. Mcdowell. Op. "a. No. 4
Kathleen Hagarty.
Fantasia Impromptu 80. :...:..
................F Chopin, Op. 66
Audienna -CIairmont. ...,.-@ H.,
Polonaise. .Op. 26. No. IF. Chopin
The Erlking. IF. Schubert-F. Liszt
Kathleen Hagarty.
Witches Dance .......%..... 80.
....E. A. Mcdowell. .Op. II, No. 2
~ Alice O'Toole.
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Peggy Hamilton has designed a
number of exquisite gowns for
Gloria Swanson, who appears for the
first time as William Desmond's new
leading woman in Triangle's latest
production, Society for Sale" Two
of Miss Harilton's most Winsome
designs are also shown in a fashion
shop scene in which Miss Swanson
appears as 8 model before she be-
comes wealthy and attempts to in
wade London's best society. Miss
Hamilton's s. creations have attracted
considerable attention in the fashion
world. She is retained by Triangle
at a large salary to create new and
interesting designs for their artists.
Fernininity often finds helpful hints
in her creations Society for Sale"
will be shown at the Princess Friday
and Saturday.
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Press Meeting
At Grand Forks

Announcement was made today
that the annual meeting Of the North
Dakota Press association will be held
at Grand Forks on July IL and 13
with J. Adam Bede and Alex Kari,
Of Jamestown, as the principal speak,
ers.
-Buv w. s S.
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homestead. He has returned to Far
go and says the old U. s. A. is good
enough for him.
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THEATERs,
Liberty

Liberty -. Bryant Washburn in
''Twenty-one"
Grand-Vaudeville and motion pic
lures.
Garrick-vivian Martin in 1.-THE
Fair Barbarian.
Princess - Hedda Nova in 1.-THE
and the Woman.
-Isis-May Allison in THE Winning
of Beatrice.
strand-William Farnum in @The
Heart Of a Lion.
Orpheum-AlI-star cast in MY -Four
Years in Germany"
Lyceum, Moorhead-Alice Brady in
Her Silent Sacrifice.
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BoY seoUT oRpER.

Boy acoutmastafs and their respec-
tive troops will please meet ia the
assembly room of the Y. M. G. A.
this evening at q O'clock sharp, to
make plans Tor the War Stamp drive
NEXT week.
SMITH sIIhGA8TE ELL
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LODGE NOTICES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack T. Korsmo, ITO
Second avenue south, daughter,
June IA
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RAMK CIRARTNGa-
BTRTHs DION the reeordal.

Today, $277,7sT07; year ago, $16o,
556.68.
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GOmbers Elected
By AcclQn1QtiOn
(By Associated Press. !

st. Paul. Mimi. June 2O.-Samuel
Gompers was reelected president Of
the American federation of labor, by
reclamation at the convention here
this afternoon.
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COUNTY TREASURER.

I am. a candidate for the nomina-
ton Of treasurer Of Cass county at
the Primary election, June &c. 1918,
and solicit your support.
Pol. Adv. 3. G. EDDY.
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Buy W. S. S..

jamestown, N. D., June 20.-A
big Red Cross sale at Clementsville
brought in net amount of nearly
$1,000. Refreshments, auction sale
and dance all contributed their share
to the success Of the undertaking.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

DRIVER for truck. Luger B'urni-
ture Co.
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FARGO PRODUCE MARE1BF.

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k947L4 I1fsa - Z. III II LII
Acting Scout Commissions
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WANTED-Girl for general house
work Mrs P. w. Clemens, 613 10th
Ave N. Phone 3511-J
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| FOR SALE-House and lot and entire
/ household goods. Phone 1911, 315
| 9Th st. s., Moorhead.
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WANTED-Man for office and to drive
car; good position for right party.
NJ D. Dec. Co.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Queens to Support
Newton for Governor
Proposal Seen as Tammanv
Peace Bid to Federal
Administration

Byron r. Newton, Collector of Gus
toms. will be supported by the Queens
County Democratic organization as 2
candidate for Governor, it, was an.
nounccd yesterday through Mason O.
Smedlcy, chairman of the COMMITTEES
| and Borough President Maurice r.
Connolly.
/ The suggestion of Mr.. Newton's s name
is said to have originated at Tammanv
Hall and has the significance of peace
bid directed at the Federal administra-
tion by Charles F. Murphy Mr.. New
ton is supposed to be President viii.
sons choice for the office, and local
Democrats hope his selection will he
a means of harmonizing discordant
party clements that have remained in
open antagonism since the snlit
between Tammany Hall and the White
House '''''
1t was said that neither Mr. Newton
President Wilson, Mr.. McAdoo nor anv
one c!se close to the Administrator
had been consulted by local party
leaders. The action of the organiza-
tion is taken to mean that Mr. Murphy.
besides wishing to concliate Washing,
ton, believes Mr.. Newton is about the
only man in the state upon whom all
elements of the party can unite.
Mr. Newton was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury at the haS
ginning of the Administration and
until he assumed his present most he
acted as Secretary McAdoo's chief cy.
ccutivc and adviser.