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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

After sixteen ballots to find presi-
Dental nominee, the democratic con-
vention found itself in practical
deadlock and after having been in
session eight continuous hours dur
ing which it disposed Of ballots at
the rate Of thirty minutes each. re.
cessed for rest and conference to re-
sumo at o'clock this evening.
Recess which was taken under pro-
test Of the Cox people, who We're
trying to avoid it. The Palmer peo-
pie and the McAdoo people welcomed
it, for it gave them opportunity to
strengthen their lines and confer. Sen
ator Harrison of Mississippi, one OF
tried to hold the convention in ses-
sion but the delegates We're tired,
hungry and sick Of balloting and
tc all practical purposes the con
vention was in recess before the clerk
finished calling the roll to decide
the question, for the delegates were
piling through the doors in noisy
huDDuD long before CHAIRMAN hOD-
inson had opportunity to announce
that the recess resolution had been
carried by 6l9 votes in favor of it
to 4S5 against it,
All the counts in the 16 ballots,
Governor Cox had made steady gains
until he had taken the lead from Nc
Adco and was heading toward a ma
iority Then on the last ballot of
the session-the sixteenth John w
Davis American ambassador to Great
Britain whose votes from West Vir,
ginia had been standing steady all
day suddenly loomed up with new
strength which he drew from all the
others. He figured in the center Of
the dark horse talk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
Masked Bandits in Kansas

Pittsburg, Kan, July 3.-The mask.
ed bandit who held up Tom Quinn
near Frontenac and robbed him OF all
the Central Coal and Coke company
pay envelopes, undoubtedly discovered
very soon thereafter that his desper.
ate attempt had been Il financial fail
lure. All he got was the envelopes,
AS was his custom, Quinn was taking
the envelopes bearing the names of
the employees and the respective
office of the company where the
amounts due eaoh to tho Pittsburg
money was to be placed In them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

that occurred and happened in the
presence Of the court during the pro.
gress of the trial Now, ! don't hest.
tate to say that l am sorry. indeed,
if in fact it is true, that there is not
some provision Of law by which the
defendant could be punished for the
reason of his infamy and the degen.
eracy manifested in the method he
used in getting that article before the
public. 1t would be the same thing
U it had been reversed to Mr.. Ferris
instead of Senator Gore. 1t is not the
statement, it is the villainy, the
doube-dealing, the betrayal of conf
dence, the moral degeneracy that the
court is considering"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
FOURTH BALLOT nNOFFICIAL

The fourth ballot as officially an.
nounced follows:
Total votes, 1856: McAdoo, 1886: Cox,
11S: Palmer. 2jl; Gerard, 2, Cum.
mings, 81; Owen. 80; Hitchcock, 25;
Meredith. %; Smith, 96: Edwards. 81;
Davis. 81; Marshall 81; Clark, 8.
Bryan, I; Glass, %.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

reached new heights of fervor His
audience was swayed until it seemed
that he played upon its emotions at
will. When he hurled his last defiance
at the liqLor traffic with a prediction
that when the veil was torn aside,
when the women Of the nation were
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment, by another state, they and the
children would be found battling for
the cause he championed. great
shout went surging up into the vault
ed dome Of the roof in an endless sea
of sound
1t urged into action a Texas dele
gate who pulled the state stand
ard from the floor and drove through
the aisle to the platform. A score
Of state standards joined to form a
hedge along the platform front.
A battle was fought around the Cal
ifornia standard and it was smashed
to fragments. A. woman delegate from
California finally was carried up to the
speakers platform, waving franti-
cally tattered remnant of the state
emblem. Another woman, dressed in
white and with a drum slung to her
side, was lifted to the speakers
table, and this was the only sign
OF a pre-arranged effort at a demon.
stration.
Delegates Were Adamant
Mr.. Bryan came again to the edge
of the stand and waved to the crowd
below. His face was shining and the
spotlights made the tears that rolled
slowly over the deep burrows of his
face sparkle like jewels. He was
moved deeply and showed it, but his
eyes went always toward that silent
sitting group Of delegates which yield.
ed no iot to the tide of feeling that
swept down from the galleries.
Presidents Spokesman
1t took a desperate pounding OF
the gavel to quiet the storm. 1t be-
gan slowly to swell up again. Fin
ally, after threat that the galleries
would be cleared, Bainbridge Colby,
Secretary Of state, chosen to answer
for the administration on the league
of nations, got the floor.
Cool, unhurried in speech, Pres,-
dent Wilson's spokesman struck at
once at the emotional qualities at the
appeal Mr. Bryan had made He dis
missed the great effort of the Ne.
braskan on prohibition, almost with
out notice, approached his own topic
with lightness of touch that brought
laughter at times and with consum-
mate skill sought to. turn aside
the rush of feeling Mr.. Bryan
had counted upon. He also was &c
corded a reception and a demonstra.
tion, this time with the noise ana
cheering supprted by band and
organ, but the crisis was over
Bryan's Last Stand Waterloo
1t hardly needed the effort of Sen.
ator Glass as platform chairman to
assure the full and complete vic.
tory for the administration forces
and the committee draft platform
which followed. Even the crowd in
the galleries appeared to expect It,
for despite the tribute 1t had palc
Mr.. Bryan, a chuckle of Amusement,
and spatter Of handclapping greet.
ed the volley of tremendous noes"
which sent the Bryan plank to defeat.
The vote on the dry plank was
overwhelming, roll call having been
asked by Mr.. Bryan. and it went down
with almost three to one against.
In the succeeding votes on his pro
posals, the thunder of the negatives
almost blotted from memory the fact
that scattering, feeble murmer
Of ayes had preceded it in every
case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
SEVENTEENTH BALLOT OFT.
CIAL

The seventeenth ballot as officially
announced, follows: McAdoo 332: Cox
442; Palmer 116: Davis 81; Cum
mings 10; Owen 36.
Seventeenth ballot in the democratic
national convention produced no nom-
ination and great deal of change
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

Salina, Kan, July 3.--After Bonnie
Smith, \ Salina boy, recently lost his
left eye when 1t was struck by bull
let, he exclaimed that he was mighty
lucky, Notwithstanding the fact that
the eye was destroyed. 1t was a glass
eye. Bonnie concluded that had the
bullet struck his right eye, he would
have been left totally blind. With his
glass eye replaced by new one. he
now is none the worse for the acct.
dent. He was sitting on the> front
porch Of his home when stray 20
bullet shattered his artificial optic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
Turned the Galleries Loose

Auditorium, July 2.--(By Associated
Press Special Night Wire).-William
]. Bryan with one Of his old time
speeches in support of q bone-dry
plank, for the democratic platform,
turned the convention almost upside
down late this afternoon by mag
netism and force of his oratory and
started one of the greatest and nois'
est demonstrations that the assembly
yet he'd seen.
When Bryan had concluded his
replv to the advocates of wet
plank. the demonstration cut loose
ON the floor and wholly unaided by
the band or the organ or any of the
other instrumentities which had been
effectively used to keep other demon
strations going, 1t proceeded spontan-
ously and resisted all efforts to get
the convention back to order.
Fight Over Standards
Bryan, standing smiling in the lime
light at the edge Of the speakers
platform, and with tears of emotion
coursing down his cheeks, reviewed
a procession of prohibition enthusiasts
who tore up state standards and
started q moving column Of delegates
about the hall. There was no more
fieht over whether state standard
should 60 into the demonstration,
particularly spectacular battle ragged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
SIXTH BALLOT UNOFFICIALl

There was little progress toward
a nomination in the sixth ballot. The
leaders stood:
McAdoo 36S l-9; Cox 1876; Palmer
26j l-2. McAdoo gained unofficiallN
IL 1.2; Palmer gained 81 1.2 and Cox
a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
FIFTH BALLOT UNOFFICIAL)

The fifth ballot as officially an
nounced was: Total vote cast 1901:
McAdoo, 351; Cox ISL; Palmer, 2il;
Cummings, p: Owen. 81; Hitchcock,
5; Meredith, %; Smith, 95: Edwards,
81; Davis, 80; Glass. "a; Marshall,
30; Clark, o; Colby, ..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
SATURDAY, Session
THIRD BALLOT UNOFFICIAL)

The third ballot as officially an.
nounced was:
Vote cast 1904, necessary to choice.
100
McAdoo 2S2h; Cox, III; Palmer,
25lie; Gerard. II; Cummings, %;
Owen, %; Hitchcock 16 Meredith,
26 Smith, 90; Edwards, 3219, Davis,
2S15; Glass, 81; Harrison, C; Mar.
shall, 26 Clark, 7, Bryan. /; Dan
iels, l.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
SIXTEENTH BALLOT (0FTICIAD
Sixteenth ballot McAdOO 337; Cox
i5l IL; Palmer l6i 1-2: Davis 50.

All three Of the leaders lost on tho
10th ballot.
Cox fell short il, McAdoo and
Palmer 2. These votes were almost
given to John w. Davis, ambassador
to Great Britain, whose total in that
ballot was so. Mr.. Davis was being
much talked Of as a dark horse on
which the forces might unite with
administration support.
1t was the first loss Cox had suf-
fered since the balloting began.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
Recess Follows Second Ballot

After the announcement OF the
second ballot, the convention re-
cessed until Saturday morning at $3.50
o'clock.
1t is generally understood that the
big-wigs will seek to line up for
someone of the candidates who will
be strong enough to land the nomi-
nation early.
However the forces of Palmer and
Cox are standing firm, while the
unit rule, which has been adopted by
states, will prevent individual can
didates from breaking
With Sunday at hand and with
Monday to be observed as the Fourth
Of July, the fourth falling on Sunday,
coupled with the fact that the dele
gates are worn out and anxious to re-
turn to their homes, there is some
possibility of a stampede to someone,
bringing about nomination in time
for the delegates to catch the late
trains out Of San Francisco, across
the mountains and plains to the east
ward
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
Snys Ills Prayers

Governor Cox of Ohio is a general
trustee in the United Brethren church,
which church viii not tolerate liquor
In any form.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

around possession of the California
standard where, when Mrs. Georgia c.
Ormsby of Oakland attempted to car
ry the standard into the demonstra.
ton a number of men attempted TO
prevent it.
An assistant sergeant at arms,
Francis j. Honey, pounced on the man
and threw him into the crowd. All
that remained Of the standard when
the wreckage was cleared away was
tattered part Of the pasteboard top
which once had borne the letters of
the states name. Alabama standard
suffered a similar fate and the bits
were triumphantly borne about the
hall by the prohibition forces.
BalIOting on Candidate
The balloting proceeded with little
enthusiasm only occasional rippes
Of applause coming as delegations
gave majority votes to one of the
three leading candidates. A mild
round Of hand-clapping greeted the
one vote cast for William j. Bryan,
in the second ballot, while Kisses ano
groans came from different parts OF
the hall when one vote was recorded
for Hearst, and hearty laugh greet.
ed the vote polled for General Wood"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
SEVENTH BALLOT UNOFFICIAN

Total vote cast 1901. McAdoO 1868 l-2;
Cox POS; Palmer s65; Cummings 2O
Owen S6; Smith 98; Edwards 30;
Davis 80; Glass %; Marshall 13;
Clark Z; Colby /.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
EIGHTH BALLOT UNOFFICIAL,

Total vote east 1901. McAdoo $50;
Cox 3l5; Palmer 262; Cummings Is;
Owen S6; Smith 2: Davis 22; Glass
81 Marshall II; Clark 6; Gerard
/.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
NINETEENTH BALLOT (OFFI-
CIAIl

The 18th ballot as officially an.
nounced follows: McAdoo 3271-2,'
Cox ass; Palmer l'9 l2; Cummings
10; Owen 81.
The changes shown were: Palmer
gained 8; and Cox 10, while Nc
Adoo lost 3. Davis lost IL.
The figures for the leaders on the
Goth ballot were: Palmer, ITS; Cox.
45ek; McAdoo, S4oh; Davis, Ss;
owen. IL.
McAdoo gained one from Cox In
Rhode Island. Cox gained one in
turn from Palmer, In South Dakota.
Tennessee split, Cox losing, 18 Of
which two went to Palmer. ten to
McAdoo, two to Davis, and 2 to Cum
mings,
McAdoo lost to Cox in Wisconsin,
The changes show that on the 20th
ballot were: Cox, lost 11h: Palmer
lost III. McAdoo gained 13: Davis
s; and Owen, 4.
When Chairman Robinson attempts
ed to announce the results Of the goth
ballot, he got applause as far as the
name McAdoo when the McAdoo
crowd. apparently all set with q dem
onstration and with the nccompoal@
ment al fixed. began q Whooo ~
tcontinued on E40o TWO 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
Churcl, Affiliation

William Gibbs McAdoo is a member
OF the Presb, terian church.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

Total votes cast 1901. McAdoo 1856;
Cox 321; Palmer 257.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

Anyhow. 1t may be said that Ok
lahoma oratory compared favorably
with other brands exhibited at San
Francisco. A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
OFFICIAL FIRST BALLOT
(Friday Night
McAdoo. 266; Palmer, 256; Cox, 13t
OFFICIAL SECOND BALLOT
(Ei.ilnN Ninhi

McAdoo, $50, Palmer, 256: Cox l59.
COwcn received 3S votes on the first
ballet and 30 on the second).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
BALLOT UNOFFICIAL

On the eleventh ballot the three
leaders stood: McAdoo $50; Cox 332;
Palmer 255.
Cox gained eleven. McAdoo loss
five and Palmer lost two
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
EIGHTEENTH BALLOT toFFICIAD

McAdoo $3.50 l-e; Cox 45s; Palmer
ia l.2; Davis i2.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
TWELFTH BALLOT COFFICIAD

On the twelfth ballot the leaders
stood: Cox 4ol; McAdoo 375 IL; Palm.
er POI.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
After Strenuous Day of Baohng Democratic Convention
Was Forced to Recess Over Sunday Without Choice

Tired and Sweat-Stained the Sturdy
Democrat Delegates Recessed Friday
Night After Two Test Votes Each One
Indicating the Race Is Anybody's; All
Machinery of Administration Worked in
Perfect Order, But There Is Hands
Off Attitude Shown at White HouS,
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TnlRrEENrH BALLOT soFE1Q1Ala
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Balloting Steadily and Working
Strenuously All Day and Until the
Midnight Hour Struck, Democrats at
San Francisco Failed to Name Their
Choice for the Presidency Saturday
AndRecessed Overt to Monday Morning
With Cox Losing and MAdoo Gainin

McAdoo 1863 l.2; Cox 428; Palmer
1872 l-2.
FOURTEENTH BALLOT (OFFTCIAL)
McAdoo 1855 l-2; Cox 443 l.2: Palmer
1872.
On the fourteenth ballot Cox
gained fifteen, McAdoo lost eighr
votes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

Auditorium, San Francisco, July 2.
Associated Press Special Night
Wire). Working without intermis
sion from the moment It was first
called to order, stopping neither for
lunch nor dinner, with the "Declara.
tion Of Principles" adopted. almost
unanimously, as reported out of the
platform committee, tired, dusty, hol'
low.eyed, but enthusiastic, the dele
gates to the national democratic con-
ventlon cast their first vote, begin
ming at 1920, San Francisco time, this
evening.
The Reading Opens Gates
At l247 this Afternoon the reading
Of the platform was completed and
the motion made to adopt the same
as read. Within three minutes from
the time the reading had ceased and
in less than minute from the time
its adoption was moved. William j.
Bryan was on the platform readine
my prohibition plank"
For almost seven hours oratory
flowed in a continuous stream, and
then the votes were taken on the
amendment, one by one, and in one,
two, three order, they were voted down
and the platform, as reported from
the committee, was adopted.
Prohibition Non Longer An Issue
The Administration program went
through without hitch and the
Democratic platform, assuming that
prohibition is no longer at issue, car
ries i'm it's structure not a splinter
Of a wet plank, not shaving Of a
dry one.
When Bryan spoke he was the
same old magnetic Bryan, the man
who time out Of number stampeded
Democratic conventions, with delega'
tions tearing up their standards and
marching about the hall shouting
cheering, reiterating, 1--WE want Bry'
an"
Dcfeated--One Two, Three
But when the votes were taken
upon the amendments which he had
prepared he was not In it, but dem
onstrated that while he could still
carry a convention off its feet, he
no longer could stampede the dele
gates with the music of his voice
and the perfect periods with which he
rounded out his sentences
The delegates liked to hear Bryan
talk, Just as audiences at Chautau'
qua lectures like 20 listen to him.
But sitting under sound Of his voice
did not, on this occasion carry with
it the mystic spell which has here
tcfore drawn the delegates from all
sections Of the United States to his
standard.
Administration Organization
The convention is an Administration
organization, judging from the regu'
larity with which all Administration
desires have been carried out and
Rryen, with all his cloquence, with
all his quoting of Holy Writ, with
all his poetry Of intcnation, with all
his perfection Of enunciation, with
all his smiles and graccfuiness OF
bearing, found himself powerless to
carry the convention over. In vain
he appealed to the Democratic party
to bury Demon Rum In vain he
pictured the return Of the drink evil.
The platform had been written, IL
held all that was deemed necessary
and the delegates voted down every
measure and got busy with the first
ballot toward the nomination of the
standard bearer for 1920
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

FIFTEENTH BALLOT (OFTICIAD
McAdoo Si4 IL; Cox 46S 1.2; Palmer
167.
On the fifteenth ballot Palmer lost
fifteen, McAdoo lost eleven and Cox
gained %.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04
NINTH BALLOT UNOFFICIAD
TENTH BALLOT OFFTCIAD

McAdoo 1856; Cox 32l 1-2; Palmer
251.
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The official ballots follow.

UFFICIAL FIRST BALLUT
McAdoO 226; Cox 1856; Palmer 256;
Gerard 2l; Cummings 25; Owen 3s;
Hitchcock 18; Meredith II; Smith
1O9; Edwards AZ; Davis 80; Glass
36 l-2; Simmons "a, Harrison 6; VII.
liams 10; Marshall 36.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

OFFICIAL SECOND BALLOT
Palmer 26i; Cox 1853; McAdoo 298;
Cummings q; Gerard 19; Edwards 30;
Owen 80; Davis 81 -; Marshall &c;
Hitchcock 16; Bryan 1; Clark g.; Dan.
iels i; Meredith 26; Smith 1Ol; Har-
risOn Z; Simmons 25; Glass 25 l-2.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
CANAL ZONE ENGAGES
 ATTENTION OF HARDING

ANCON, Dec. 2-The question of a proper military force for the Canal zone engaged the attention of President-elect Harding during his visit here last week. He dis played particular interest in the plans of the war department for an increased force. The visitor was kept busy conferring with Canal zone officials and attending dinners and other functions arranged in his honor, one of the social affairs be- ing a banquet given by President Porras in honor of the distinguished visitor.
 Mir. Harding's address, delivered at the banquet created very favor able, according to comments. He declared, among other things. that the United States and Panama are spiritual partners in one of the gigantic advances in transportation
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
MANY NATIVES WERE KILLED
 DURING WAR ON BANDITS

PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. "A total of 1,442 natives have been killed since the beginning of the in- tensive campaign against bandits on the islands two years ago, it has been ascertained by the naval court of inquiry, which has been investi- gating the slaughter. The total in- cludes ten natives alleged to have
 been killed by Corporal Land and Sergeant Williams, and all but ten fell during the 29s battles, accord ing to testimony introduced during the inquiry. The military authorities
 insist that Barnett's charges of in- discriminate killing are without justi- fication. :.= .*. =.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
FRENCH PREMIER FAVORS
 LIFTING OF SLAV BLOCADE

PARIS, Dec. 2-Premier Leygurs has informed the committee on foreign relations that he is in favor of the suppression of the Russian blockade. He says that inasmuch as the Russian government is now ac- tually operating between Russia and France, it has been decided bY prominent French traders and man ufacturers to do all the busines> they can with the Russians,
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
SUTHERLAND WILL
 START WORK SOON ON ALASKA PLANS

SEATTLE, Dec. 2-Delegate-elect Dan Sutherland has arrived in this city from Alaska on his way to the national capital to make prepara- tions for assuming his official duties as representative of the territory. He plans to start East about the end of the week.
 In an interview published in local newspaper yesterday. the del egate declares that it is his intention to work for fisheries conservation, for the development of the mining industry and for the general un- locking of the territory's immense resources.
 "The fishing situation is grave" he said, 'and demands corrective legislation. Both the cannerymen and the fishermen must make con sessions to save the industry"
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
SENATOR KENYON PLANNING
 SOCIAL WELFARE MEASURE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2- Senator William s. Kenyon, of Iowa is preparing a bill for submission to Congress during the coming session, providing for the creation of a de partment of social welfare to "safe- guard and promote the social wei fare of the people,. The head of the department is to be member of the cabinet and to have jurisdic- tion over the public health service, the bureau of education, children's and women's bureaus, the bureau of
 industrial housing, transportation, employment and home economics.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-12-02
NAVAL COMMANDER MUST
 STAND TRIAL FOR CONDUCT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. e. Secretary Daniels has ordered the court martial of Lieut.. Commander c. H. Boucher as a result of the inquiry into the conduct of the naval government on the island of Samoa. Commander Warren J. Ter hume, who was accused by Boucher of being responsible for the whole sale slaughter of natives on the is- land, has been exonerated by the court of inquiry, but too late to do him any good. Terhune killed himself shortly before the court convened.