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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
= LOCAL AND PERSONAL .

The Misses Lorraine and Margaret
Graham returned Saturday from a
short visit with relatives in Allan
tic.
The Misses Nora and May Hunt
were passengers to Des Moines Mon
day morning to spend a few days
with friends.
ID. w. Wood left Monday evening
for Minneapolis, Mimi, where he
spent few days looking after bust
ness matters.
DIR. A. l.. Brooks who attended
the meeting of the Iowa Medical So
ciety in Des Moines last week, re-
turned home Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Ryan are the
proud and happy parents of an eight
pound daughter born to them Sun
day evening. Mother and daughter
are getting along very nicely.
Thomas Hansen of Yankton, S. D.,
arrived in the city Saturday morning
for a weeks visit with his brother,
Andrew Hansen, who is doing some
tile ditching here.
Miss Henrietta Jensen spent over
Sunday at the parental Bertel Jensen
home, returning on Monday to her
studies in Des Moines, where she is
attending the 4 C's.
Jens p. Jensen. Peter F. Jensen,
Carl Andersen and Evans Marquesen
were passengers to Council Bluffs
Monday. While there they looked
after business deal.
Miss Alice Kester who Us taking
Home Economies at Ames college,
spent the weekend at the home of
her parents. She returned to
Ames Monday afternoon.
Chris Dreher who has been look
ing after his farming interests at
Sheridan Lake, Colo, returned home
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dreher has
sold his holdings there but will
probably reinvest in other parts of
Colorado.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
CADDoCK TO wREsTIE

Ed Stranger Lewis and Earl
Caddock will wrestle to a finish, two
falls out Of three, at the Des Moines
coliseum on the evening of June 8th.
This information reached Des
Moines Monday morning in tele-
gram received from Oscar Thorson
from Chicago where he went in an
effort to sign Lewis to contract.
Thorson has been after the contest
ever since Caddoek defeated Zbyszko
early in April but had been unable
to reach an agreement with the
Stranger" or his manager, by mail
or telegraph. B. G. Sandow, who
pilots Lewis, seemed reluctant to pit
his man against the Iowan, especial
ly in Des Moines.
A large number of Audubon fans
will attend the match.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation for the county of Audu-
bon, Iowa, to be held at Audubon on
June IL, 1920, to FIJI the position Of
rural carrier at Gray and Extra and
vacancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other postoffices
in Audubon county. Applications
should be forwarded to the Civil
Service Commission at Washington,
d. C. at the earliest practicable
date. cost
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
TOWNSHIP CAUCUS

A republican caucus will be held
at Greeley Center on Monday even
ing, May oath for the purpose of
selecting a township ticket, delegates
to the county convention and also
the selection of township commit
teeman.
FRED REYNOLDS, Com.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-20
Gnon TRI-Ck FOR SALE

have for sale a 1920 model G.
M. C. one-ton truck that has been
run about 200 miles and is in per-
Andersen, Hamlin, Iowa. 20-2t
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
LOOKING OVER -.
SHIP BIDS
Senate Commerce Committee Makes
Careful Comparisons Between
Value Of Vessels and .4a
Offers Made.
[By Don E. Chamberlain, United
Press Staff Correspondent

Press STAFF Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The SEN
ate commerce committee today scrut.
inized bids received by the shipp ing
board for former German sa-ps.
Chairman John Barton Payne Of the
board, was called before the commit.
tee to present the figures and ex-
plain them. .....
Senators on the committee planned
Ito make careful comparisons be-
tween the estimated value of the yes.
sells and the amounts bid before per-
.mitting deals to be closed by The
board.
The committee will report its and-
ings to the senate for final action be;
fore the board accepts offers.
In view of the low bids submitted,
some senators doubted If the ship
ping board would recommend accept
ance of any Of them. A definite
policy with regard to disposition of
all government owned passenger aud
freight carrying vessels expected to
be sought Of congress as a result of
the collapse of the auction of ex-Ger-
man liners, it was learned in ship,
ping board circles.
Payne told the commerce commit
tee that the shipping board had al.
ready rejected the bid received in the
auction which closed yesterday and
another auction will be held next
month, subject to the approval of con.
greSs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
Up
Of RAFT
ER1ERs
War De lent Announces
Big Sp.~Dr Drive Against
Unpatriotic Citi-
Zens.
THERE ARE JUST 171,911
Lists VIII be Published, Either In
Whole or In Sections for Bene-
fit of Police Depart
THERE ARE JUST 171,s11

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-A round
up of willful draft deserters is to be
started at once, the war department
announced today. There are 1891
listed as draft deserters. They will
be prosecuted vigorously. it was
stated.
Lists of the draft deserters will bd
published, either in whole or locally
in sections, for the information OF
the department of justice and local
police, it was announced.
Those registrants who failed to
obey the induction orders or to en-
train for mobilization camps, but sub.
sequently served honorably IN tho
army. navy or marine corps before
Tho armistice. will be relieved OF the
charge of draft desertion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
IS. NOT SEEKING
Says it is Imperative Duty Of Any Man to
Accept Nomination for President
if Offered.

|TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
| NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.--Wiliam G.
lMcAdoo today declined to permit his
name to be voted on in the demo-
cratic presidential primaries OF
Georgia declaring every effort should
be made to send "uninstructei dele
gates to the national convention
from every state where possible.
But McAdoo said he regards 1t "as
the imperative duty Of any man 10
accept nomination If 1t should come
to him unsolicited"
McAdoo made this statement in
telegram to Mayor Miller S. Bell of
iMilledgeville, Ga, his boyhood home,
where his name had been entered in
the primaries. He said:
Your telegram informing nle that
the citizens OF Milledgeviils have
entered my name in the democratic
primary of the state OF Georgia for
president of the United States. duiy
received. l am deeply moved by this
manifestation of the confidence of my
friends who live in the CITY OF my
boyhood and the state of my nativ ity.
1T is indeed an honor to be consider
ed by them worthy of such high sta
ition. feel, however, that I should
|candidly state my position. I am net
seeking the nomination and am re-
!luctant to do anything that would
create the appearance of candidacy.
II cannot help feeling this is peculiarly
a time when we should fight for prin-
ciples and not for individuals.
"The momentous year through
which we have . just gone have
T., I,f tx>f hr,vS, h
lens which go to the very roots OF
our social and economic life and in
sistently demand settlement. The
destiny Of the human race will be pro-
foundly affected by the things we do
and by the wisdom we show during
the next four years. Patriotism and
constructive leadership Of the highest
order are necessary and l am con.
yinced that we are most likely to
secure them if the supreme consider
alton of the national interest is not
submerged in a contest of individual
candidates. for the presidential office.
Therefore I should like to see the
next democratic national convention
composed Of untrammeled men and
women bound to no particular candi-
date and allowed to- express their
chCc llSciJ IHlOuSll tue dDOll-
.tion Of the unit rule.
"While / realize that under the
primary laws uninstructed delegates
from some states are impossible,
nevertheless I think it highly desir-
abale that every effort should be
made to send uninstructed delegates
from every state where possible. Per
sonally | should be delighted If the
next national convention might
actually be a great democratic con.
ference where the utmost freedom of
action should prevail and where the
motive of high service alone should
control. If in such a convention a
platform is adopted and candidate
IS selected representing the great
constructive, progressive and spiritual
forces of the day, the favorable
opinion of the country would be en-
listed at the very outset. The issue
would then be sharply drawn between
us and the forces of standpatism and
reaction which are already over
reaching themselves and claiming
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
DISCUSSION Of
PEACE TREATY
Senate Continues It's Argu-
ment, With Hope of Rati-
fication Waning at Each
Session.
IT MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Duty Of President to Suggest Some
Other Way Of Ending War, II
Treaty is Turned
Down.
by L. G. Martin, United Press Staff
| COrreSDOndent

by L. c. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The SEN
ate continued today to discuss the
peace treaty, but, with hope OF ratifi-
cation waning, much more interest
was displayed in the reported intima-
tion by President Wilson to the allies
that he might have to consider with.
drawing the treaty from the senate
If the proposed Adriatic settlement is
enforced.
In the absence Of official informa.
tion, most senators were inclined to
skepticism concerning this feature of
the Wilson note. Few of them would
reventure to comment upon It,
There was some inclination as q
result of the reported withdrawal
hint to defer voting on reservations
or taking any definite action with re-
spect to the treaty until the presi-
dents intention is made clear. Sena-
tor Lodge. chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee, said
France and Britain would yield to
Wilson rather than have him with
draw the peace treaty and the tri-
partite agreement of defense be-
tween the United States, Francs aad
Britain.
II Wilson withdrew the treaty,
senators said, it would be his duty
to suggest some other way of formal
ly ending the war with Germany,
either through negotiations of a
separate treaty or passage of reso-
luton declaring the war overt This
might be followed by negotiations Of
treaties of amnesty and commerce.
The democrats have not given UP
hope of getting enough votes to force
adoption Of one or the other of their
compromise proposals on article 10. 1t
takes majority vote to adopt res
ervation and make 1t part Of the
resolution of ratification. This is
quite a different process from final
ratification, which required a two
thirds vote.
Senator Hitchcock now has forty
democrats pledged to the alternative
compromise reservations. If he can
get nine republican votes he can
have one of his plans built into the
ratification resolution. Efforts are
being made to get the mild reserva-
ton republicans to furnish these nine
votes. -. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
WOMEN'S LEAGUE
WILL ADJOURN
First Congress Has About Completed
Its Work and Hears Mrs.
Gait Give iIer Farewell
Address.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
{ CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-The first con-
gress of the League of Women Voters
was prepared to adjourn today.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. presi-
dent of the suffragists' organization
since 1916 made farewell address
at mass meeting last night. She
urged an educational test for voters
an eight hour day and support Of the
principles of Americanism. She will
leave for Spain within a few days to
preside at the international suffrage
convention.
Announcement of the result of the
election of directors-at-large was to
be made at the closing session today.
Officers elected today were:
National chairman, Mrs. Maude
Wood Park, Boston; vice chairman,
Mrs. George Gellhorn, st. Louis: Sec
retary, Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Birming-
ham, Ala; treasurer, Mrs. Richa
Edwards, Peru, Ind; Mrs Carrie
Chapman Gait was elected honorary
chairman
The convention, by a close vote,
adopted a resolution opposing com
pulsory military training.
Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns of Illinois
made an appeal for endorsement Of
compulsory military education.
Il have brother sleeping in FTan-
ders who died because the United
States was not properly prepared"
she said. Compulsory military train,
ing is necessary to prevent future
wars"
In the league fight Mrs. Catherine
Waugh McCulloch moved striking out
of the reservation phrase.
After considerable debate during
which the reservations were support
ed by Miss Blackwell and Mrs. George
Munson, Of Kansas, the amendm ment
was adopted.
Mrs. Munson contended such reser-
vations should be adopted as would
keep the United States "out of purely
European troubles"
She declared I'VE all have brothers,
husbands or sons and we do not want
to see them fight on European battle
fields to settle European diff cultieS
which do not affect US"
Following the adoption of Mrs. Nc.
Cullochs resolution, Mrs. Munson
moved an amendment making the reso-
of nations" and not the specific league
now under consideration by the senate
The amendment failed to carry and
the resolution was adopted.
Directors at-large chosen today
were:
Mrs. Maude Wood Park Boston
Mrs. Richards Edwards, Indiana, and
Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Alabama.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
HER FATHER FELL DEAD
WITH BROKEN HEART

to their home in Shreveport, La.
M. H. Harris, 60, merchant of that
city, fell dead in Post street as he
was leading his daughter away from
the court, where they had seen the
conviction of Charles E. Day on a
white slave charge. Day had been
found to have deserted his family OF
a wife and four children in Kansas
City, Kansas, and to have brought
Miss Harris here.
Harris, a feeble man. had aged dur
ing the trial. His step faltered as he
led his unwilling daughter away from
Day She and Day had burst into
tears when the verdict was read.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS
sN FROM FAR AND NEAR

dismantled still in Georges novelty
store, The owner was preparing for
flight.
Table Etiquette.
ROCHESTER,, MINI, Feb. lS.-The
latest rule in table etiquette, please
do not talk about operations in the
dining room,'' is displayed on signs
in hotel dining rooms of the Hospital
city"
Swallowed Her Teeth.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 18-Mrs
Sarah e. Black, 81, during an attack
of Indigestion, was gasping for
breath, when she swallowed her false
teeth and died from strangulation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
ALLIED REPLY TO WILSON'S NOTE
Eleventh Hour Change Made When Lords Grey
and Cecil Declare Situation is Really
! One Of Grave Concern.
by Ed L. Keen. United Press Staff
Correspondents

by Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondents
LONDON, Feb. 18.-The allied re-
sly to President Wilson'S note on the
Adriatic question was handed to Am
bassador Davis last night, the Morn
Ing Post said today. 1t was under
Stood the completed text was modi-
fled considerably from the first draft
prepared. The London correspondent
of the Matin in Paris said he learned
the first draft was completed Satur-
day, but was held up at the last mo-
ment for reconsideration, after which
it was decided to word the document
in more conciliating tone.
THE eleventh hour delay" in the
hote, the correspondent said, was
due to Intervention by Lord Grey and
Lord Cecil. "who considered the
\ question very grave"
The situation today was believed
to contain grave possibilities. IT was
learned from authoritative sources
that Premier Nitti has told Premiers
Lloyd George and Millerand that he
cannot return to Rome this time
without some definite decision as to
the disposition OF the disputed Adri-
attic territory. Nitti, according to
this information, said he was tired
bf running to and fro between Lon
don and Paris and that a SHOW
hown" was necessary If he was to
retain control of the Italian govern
tnent
The position of France and Great
Britain was described as that of the
man between the upper and the
neither milestone. It was inevitable,
officials pointed out, that they must
offend either Italy, the United States
or Jugo-Slavia. The two leading
European powers, officials said, were
confronted with the delicate prob
iem of choosing the lesser OF three
evils
To correspondents here, the rapid
.ty which has marked changes in tho
situation was bewildering. Those who
have followed the situation closely,
interviewing the various allied lead
sers almost daily during the various
stages Of the controversy, have seen
all their predictions sooner or later
overturned.
Some British leaders today were
convinced that the only solution is
to submit the entire matter to the
league OF nations. There was gen.
Ieral impression 1t would furnish a
Z fine test case for the sincerity with
which the nations have accepted the
League, inasmuch as four Of the sig
natory countries are involved.
, In other quarters there was a
growing conviction that Great Brit
ain will go to almost any length to
.placate President Wilson and pre-
vent a breach with the United States,
working on the principle that it
would be better to incur the enmity
of both Jugo-Slavia and rtaly than
lose the future cooperation of
America.
Nearly all the press emphasized
this point, urging utmost caution in
the allied reply. The Globe summed
up conservative opinion by asserting
jthat In their anxiety to satisfy the
aspirations Of Italy and Jugo-Slavia,
Great Britain and France for time
seemed to have forgotten Americas
interest in Fiume. President Wilson
OBVIOUSLY is "touchy," the newspaper
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18

said, adding that the allies would
find 1T wise to reckon with that
fact. ''Fiume really is nothing to
us" the newspaper continued, where
as good relations with the United
States are everything. They are the
corn erstone of our foreign policy
The future Of humanity largely de-
pends upon their maintenance, and
we are not going to quarrel with
America over two-penny strip Of
Dalmatia."
Obstinate Refusal to Compromise.
by Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
PARIS, Feb. 1S.-The allied reply
to President Wilson's Adriatic note
was handed to Ambassador Davis in
London yesterday morning, after Pre-
mier Millerand had approved it, the
London correspondent of the Echo
De Paris said In dispatch printed
today.
A postscript to the note threat
ened American withdrawal from
European affairs II the allies failed
to yield to the presidents conten-
tions for settlement Of the Adriatic
territorial dispute between Jugo-
Slavia and Italy, the correspondent
reiterated.
An official OF the French foreign
office characterized Wilson's atti-
tude as an unexplainable manifesto
tion of his obstinate refusal to COM
promise The note "Tpsets the allied
understandings" and brings the Adri.
attic question back to the stage of an
acute situation as 1t was in the be.
ginning. the official declared.
Allies VIII Yield.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.--The al
lies will yield to President Wilson's
stand on Fiume and will at least
postpone execution Of their plan for
settlement Of the Adriatic problem,
it was predicted at the state depart.
ment today.
The answer Of the allies was ex-
pected to be received at the state
department today.
It is believed to be couched In
most conciliatory terms. The allied
ans wer. it is expected by officials,
will declare that continued participa-
ton of the United States in the
Adriatic settlement and other Euro
pean affairs is most desirable.
There were conflicting reports to-
day as to the character Of Wilson's
original note. After the white house
had stated, through Secretary Tum-
ulty that the note was only ten lines
in length and was not threat TO
withdraw from European affairs, a
state department official said the
note contained an intimation that
Wilson might have to consider keep
ing America out Of the league of ma
tions unless the allies abandoned
their proposed plan OF settlement.
The white house and the state de-
partment appeared to be putting diff
ferent interpretations on it.
Considerable Confusion.
PARIS, Feb. 1S.-Considerable con-
fusion with regard to the presidents
stand existed here in view of contra
dictory dispatches from Washington
quoting statements as to the presi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
ANY OFFICE

with presumptions confidence tho
victory in November.
Holding these views, you can
readily understand why prefer not
to be entered in the Georgia primary
and why must beg my good friends
to withdraw my name. l cannot con-
sistently enter the primary in any
state when 1t is my earnest convic-
tion that the delegates from every
state should go to the convention
without instructions save TO use
their power and opportunity for the
best service OF their country.
mo greater honor than nomination
for the president can come to any
man short of election to the presi-
dency itself. In a democracy like ours
the obligations OF good citizenship
are supreme ana I should therefore
any man to accept q nomination IL 1t
should come to him unsolicited /
say this at the risk OF being charged
with harboring candidacy notwith-
standing the explicit statements Of
this letter, but am sure on the
whole l shall not be misunderstood
"Please accept my warm thanks
for your generous support and be
good enough to assure my friends OF
my sincere gratitude for the honor
they have done me-"
Third Party in Field.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb ia third
political party will contest for the
presidency in the coming campaign
as result Of national convention
of liberals to be held in Chicago on
July 3, the committee of forty eight"
announced here today.
The official call for the nominating
convention will be issued shortly, ac-
cording to committee officials here.
A coalition Of the labor party re,
Gently organized in Chicago, tho
National Peoples league, the COM
mittee of forty-eight and other lib
erals was perfected at an executive
session held in Chicago, according to-
Sheridan Carlisle, Missouri manager
of the National Peoples league, who
attended the sessions. "
Senator Robert La Toilette. Of
Madison, Wis, was prominently
mentioned as a presidential prospect,
according to Carlisle. The socialist
party will unite with the liberals.
according to Carlisle. Charles Ed.
ward Russell former socialist candi-
date for governor of New York. and
other prominent socialists will sup
port the new third party, he said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
Iowa,a Nenro Athlete

Butler, negro athlete of Dubuque col
lege and seminary, intends to try out
for the Olympic games as a. sprinter
and broad jumper He holds a worlds
record in the latter event, although
no longer eligible for collegiate sports,
Butler has retained his amateur stand
Ing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
Nominated by President.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Presi-
dent wilson today sent the following
nominations to the senate:
To be collector Of internal revenue
for the district of Nevada: William
A. Kelly, Reno.
To be member Of the California
debris commission: Colonel William
A. Kelly, corps OF engineers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-18
Police are BaffIed.
{ United Press Leased Wire Sc

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 1S.-Sioux
City police confess themselves com
pletely at sea today on the shooting of
Dean Chandler, ex-war veteran of
Belvidere. H., here Monday night.
Chandler who was shot through win
dow at the home of family with
whom he was boarding, is still uncon-
scious at local hospital and his con-
dition is considered critical.
A cotton glove, one finger of which
was stuffed with tissue paper found
under the window from which the two
shots were fired is the only clew the
police have, they say.
With the Chinese yellow Is regard.