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The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
HIRAM SILENT,
GOING TOCOAST
Senator, Still a Sphinx,
Buys Ticket to San
Francisco.

Senator Hiram Johnson continued
yesterday to maintain his sphinx
like silence, in spite of appeals from
various parts OF the country to re-
pudiate the Republican platform and
head a third party ticket.
The Senator has remained in COM
plete seclusion since his arrival
here.
1t was learned yesterday that
tickets and Pullman reservations
for California have keen obtained
for the Senator and Mrs. johnson,
but the date en- which he plans to
leave was withheld. Inquiries,
however, ELECTED the information
that no reservations were available
before July 6.
The telegram reported to have
been sent to Senator Johnson ad-
vising him that more than 5000 sig
natures had been obtained to a Pc
tition circulated in oregon asking
him to become a candidate for Pres
ident on an Independent ticket. has
not been received at his cffice. it
was stated.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
PALMER GOING
TO CONVENTION
Attorney General to Direct
Own Fight at Demo-
cratic Session.

Mitchell Palmer, Attorney Gen
eral, will go to San Francisco to
direct his campaign for the Demo-
cratic Presidential nomination. AS
Democratic national committeeman
from Pennsylvania Mr.. Palmer will
leave Philadelphia next Monday on
the special train which will carry
the Pennsylvania State delegation.
He will be accompanied by Mrs.
Palmer and expects to be in San
Francisco to attend the meeting OF
the national committee June 25.
''Of course I shall remain in San
Francisco during thee convention"
said Mr.. Palmer yesterday. Mr..
Palmer. as national committeeman.
also announced that he had desig-
mated Lawrence H. Rupp. of Allen
town. former chairman of the Penn
sylvania State Democratic Commit
tee, to act as general counsel for
the delegation at San Francisco. Mr..
Rupp will be charged with the duty
of presenting the case of the elected
delegates before the national COM
mittee and the committees on
credentials IL any contest against
any of them is offered.
public Ledger serviee.)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
FARMER SLAIN IN BED
BY COLORED ED'WORKER

Wilmington. Del. June Is.-Isaac
Hammond. a farmer residing near
FELTON,. was murdered at an early
hour this morning by a coiored
farm hand, Clarence Broadered
who secured a gun from the attic
and. prWng open a bedroom win
dow. fred. Mrs. Hammond, who
was lying beside her husband. sum-
moned assistance and the SLAYER
was captured by Sheriff Cook ana a
posse. He was taken to the Kent
County Jail at Dover. No motive
has yet been found.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
ENGLAND GIVES
UP12TANKERS
United States Wins Fight
For Ships Surrendered
By Germany.

The twelve Standard Oil tankers,
which few months ago threatened
to become a sore spot between the
United States and England. have been
turned over to the United States, 1t
was announced yesterday by the State
Department, and delivery Of them to
the Standard Oil Company Is to be
made within the next few days.
The only provision in the trans
fer, 1t was, stated, was that the
vessels should still be subject to dis
tribution If a special tribunal to be
named in the case sees fit. The
award of the tankers to the United
States now was made under a pro-
vision of the reparations clause of
the treaty which states that bene-
hcial results as we'll as legal owner
ship shall be considered in the max
Ing of awards.
The twelve tankers, which were
turned over by Germany after the
signing of the arniistice, were claim
ed by Great Britain on the ground
that they were enemy property. The
Standard Oil Company advanced a
claim for them. as the German COM
pany had been a subsidiary of the
Standard Oil. and cited a case in
English prize court. Negotiations
In the matter reached such a critical
stage that for a while this govern
ment under the orders of President
wilson. held up the delivery to Eng
land OF the lmperator and six other
former German vessels to force the
surrender of the tankcrs.
CPubiic Ledger service.)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
WomanBooned
For Democrats S
Running Mate
Mrs. Annette A. Adams Has
Support for Place on
The Ticket.

San Francisco. June 16.-with the
launching Of a boom for Mrs. Ann
cite Abbott Adams. of San, Fran
cisco, for the Democratic vice-Presi-
Dental nomination. there is one
question tonight agitating both men
and women among the advance
guard to the Democratic National
Convention: a
"wrl the~convention nominate a
woman for the Vice Presidency"
Two other names of women whom
the Democrats might attempt to
place close to, II not actually in the
White House, have also been. men
toned. Mrs. Adams. however. has
developed the most support. perhaps
due to the fact that as assistant
United States Attorney General. re-
Gently appointed. she holds the high
est public ONCE ever given a woman
in America. She has not, however,
indicated whether or not she will
become an active candidate for the
nomination.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
(By Universal service.)

East Hampton, June ia new
sensation was provided in the theft
of Mrs. Enrico Caruso's s5O0,0OO
gems when Henry ]. Goldsmith, at
torney for George Fitzgerald, Ca
ruso's chauffeur. announced today
that he would ask for the arrest of
the noted tenor and his wife. The
assertion followed the arrest of
Fitzgerald on a warrant charging
him with illegally possessing a re-
volver.
The authorities said the action
was taken merely to assure the
chauffeur's presence at the John
Doe investigation of the robbery.
Fitzgerald charges an attempt is
being made to frame" him.
Another development came in the
statement of Thomas ]. Corrigan,
a detective working on the mys-
terry, that he would ask the attor-
ney general to name an interroga-
tor II District Attorney Young does
not ask the questions he feels will
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
new MEXICAN
POLICY0NU.S.
BLOOKEDFOR
Miguel c Covarrubias, Named
Foreign Minister, Friend
OF This Nation.
OPPOSED OLD REGIME
From Exile in England He
Worked for Better Rela-
tions Across Border.
OPPOSED OLD REGIME

Hope of a now turn in the con-
duct of Mexican affairs was ex-
pressed by American officials yes
terday following the announcement
that Miguel Covarrubias had been
selected by Provisional President de
la Huerta as minister of foreign
affairs. Mr.. Covarrubias, in addi-
tion to long training in diplomatic
affairs, was a consistent opponent
of the policy laid down by Gen.
Carranza and was a firm advocate
of closer relations on the part or
Mexico with the United States and
Great Britain.
Due to this position Mr. Covarru-
bias was In virtual exile during
the world war. when Carranza ac-
lively aided the interests of Ger
many. He made his home in Eng
land then and in a series of articles
in the English and American maya
zines urged the Mexican govern
ment to adopt a different attitude
toward the Anglo-Saxon nations
He returned to Mexico a little more
tina ma year ago, but did not take
an active part in the movement
which led to the overthrow of Car
rama.
American officials and men in
Washington who have come in con-
tact with him say that he is not a
partisan Of any of the factions or
leaders in Mexico.
Married nm American,
Mr.. Covarrubias began his career
in the Mexican foreign office about
1887 under Ignacio Mariscal, who
for so many years held the foreign
portfolio under President Dtaz, and
two years later was sent to Wash
ington as third secretary in the le-
cation under Minister Matias Ro-
nero. Mr.. Covarrubias served in
Washington in all grades up to first
secretary and was later. for a time,
charge d'affaires during the abb
sence of Minister Romero In Mexico.
About 1895 Mr.. Covarrubias was
appointed Mexican Minister to Chile
andey thereafter served successively
as minister at Brusseis Buenos
Ayres. Rome, Berlin. ST. Petersburg
and London. He resigned from the
diplomatic service upon the over
throw of President Madero by Gen.
.Huerta and has held no
government post until his recent
Mr.. Covarrubias Is known to have
a special attachment for the United
States. Early in life he was mar
ried to an American lady of New
Orleans and has one son and two
Public Ledger service)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17

BANDIT $4,000
Desperate Holds Up Truck,
Binds Guards and Calmly
Rifles Sacks.

Atlanta, Ga, June 16.-Liberty
bonds valued at $4,000 were stolen
by q highwayman who last night
held up a postoffice truck and ran
sacked the registered mail bags.
postal authorities estimated today.
An exact accounting can not be
made until persons to whom the
bonds were addressed report, 1t was
said. The bonds were being sent
from the Federal Reserve Bank
here to banks at Savannah and
Macon.
The robbery occurred at a down
town corner when the bandit
stepped on the running board of
the truck and covered the driver
and guard with two pistols. order
ing them to drive to a secluded
spot, After binding the men the
robber leisurely went through the
pouches and departed.
He was described as a middle
aged white man.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
Campaign toMake Liquor Big
Democratic Issue Rages; Drys
Lay Banage in Coxs Trenches

on the Democrats that William j
Bryan will act as bodyguard for
the plank pledging enforcement OF
the Eighteenth Amendment. which
was somehow lost at Chicago.
The wet proponents It was learn
ed. will attempt to prove to the
Democratic convention not only the
necessity of declaring for the lib
eralization of the volstead act, but
also the political expediency of such
a move.
Now Question of Honor.
The two planks suggested by the
rival factions follow:
Anti-Saloon League-"we declare
for the effective enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment and laws en-
acted pursuant thereto as construed
by the Supreme Court of the United
States"
Anti-Prohibitionist declare
for the effective enforcement of the
Eighteenth amendment. but call
upon Congress for a modification OF
the enforcement act" ..
I'VE never asked any political
party to make prohibition a party
issue while IL was a divisive issue
in politics" said Mr.. Wheeler in
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
WILSON MEN CLAIM
MISSISSIPPI CONTROL

Jackson, Miss, June 16.-Admin-
istration forces claimed to have
complete control of Mississipprs
State Democratic convention when
the first session opened today:
A caucus of party leaders before
the convention opened decided
Gov. Lee NJ. Russell will be op-
posed as a delegate to the San
Francisco meeting because of his
unfavorable stand on the Wilson
administration. Influence of the
administration forces was to be for
an uninStructed delegation it was
reported
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
Quiet is Restored in Duluth
After Mob Hangs 3 Negroes
Held as Assailants of Girl

on another moose and shortly after
ward the body again dangled under
the arc light. slowly revolving as
the rope frightened.
Father F.. j. Howard, in his
clerical black, climbed part way
up the pole to plead for the re-
lease of the other prisoners. He
was jeered. At intervals of eight
minutes Elmer Jackson and Nat
Green were jerked into the air, the
mob quietly watching their last
struggles. one group of men cling
ing. to the free end of the rope,
looped over a cross arm of the pole.
The men dispersed quickly. Today
when State troops arrived from FIT.
Smelling, there was quiet in the city
and officials believed the soldiers
would be sent home at once.
The storm broke slowly. Reports
of the attack on the white girl were
spread about town by afternoon
newspapers. Groups collected in
the streets.
Firemen Drench Mob.
"All of a sudden" Police Lieut..
Barber said, "the groups matted into
one huge mass which came tearing
down the street toward the Jail. We
refused to give up the prisoner, of
course. Then they got timbers and
began wrecking things. We couldn't
stand them off.
We called on the fremen. They
came on the gallop, laying lines as
they came. They poured water into
the mob, using the highest possible
pressure, but the main body stood
firm. Most of the men just bumped
their backs and went on battering
the doors. When they got inside
the men quickly satisfied them
selves that three of the prisoners
were guilty, hauled them out and
hanged them.
AS soon as the three were dead
the crowd dispersed and all was
quiet. 1t happened so quickly it
didn't look real"
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
Chauffeur, Held in Jewel Theft,
Seeks Arrest of the Carusos,.
Charging He is Being "Fran1ed'

be necessary to reveal the identify
Of John Doe"
Fitzgerald's attorney, Goldsmith,
In statement tonight, said:
We regard the arrest of Fitz-
gerald as a cloak to shield the real
culprit. Fitzgerald is absolutely in
nocent of any crime whatsoever. At
the time of the John Doe inquiry /
VIII ask that the owners of the
pistol which Fitzgerald used on the
night the robbery was reported also
be apprehended as particeps crfmi-
mis-. They are Mr.. and Mrs. Enrico
Caruso."
Fitzgerald this afternoon wired
Caruso at Havana, Cuba:
ARRESTED for having gun you gave
me. Madame refused to go INV hail ;.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
GIRLSFATHER
KILLED ELWELL,
Is new THEORY
Lexington Clue Starts Hunt
For Mysterious Man In
Panama Hat.
IURFMAN KNEW ANNA
Valet Believed to Have
Given Facts In Telling Of
Fifty Lady Friends. :"
TURFMAN KNEW ANNA

New York. June 1s. - Efforts to
locate the murderer of Joseph
Bovine Elwell were concentrated to-
day on Lexington. Ky.
Detectives left here last night
under orders of District Attorney
Edward Swami. to investigate the
most promising clue authorities
have obtained in what Swami
termed -the most mysterious muir
der of a generation"
Swami carly today made the un-
qualified statement that the slayer
Of the whist expert. gambler and
turfman, was the father or brother
OF a girl member of a prominent
family in Lexington, who was be
trayed" by Elwell.
Elwell was at Lexington for sew
eral weeks this spring in the inter-
ests of his racing stable. He stayed
for the Derby. but was forced to
leave Lexington earlier than he had
intended. fearing the wrath of the
girls father or brother. Swami said.
Girls Name Was Anna.
The girls first name was Anna"
Swami said.
Although authorities failed to ex-
plain how they came in possession
of the latest clue. it was reported
that it was obtained from William
Barnes. secretary and valet to Ell
we'll.
Barnes was questioned for several
hours last night by Swami and other
officials
I'VE have learned a great deal
about ElwelI from Barnes. He told
US the murdered man was on terms
of intimacy with at least fifty girls
and women"
Barnes, according to the district
attorney, told how Elwell often had
women in his home. A room on
the third floor was fitted up with
toilet waters. lip sticks. rouge and
other articles for use Of women.
Authorities today had still failed
to explain incidents of the last four
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The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
COAL EMBARGO
IDEA REBOUNDS
Ban Export Of Sugar and
Clothing, Too, Says
Fuel Head.

Efforts of New England interests
to induce the government to re.
store the export embargo on coal
to relieve the shortage in the Nav
England States. brought a yieorop.
protest yesterday from bituminous
coal operators represented by The
National Coal Association.
J. d. A. Morrow. vice president
Of the association. speaking for tn.
operators. placed the blame for
New England's predicament on m.
railroads and the Interstate Com.
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The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
CHINESE CIVIL WAR
APPROACHING CRISIS

Peking, June 16.-Civil war.
which has been smouldering In
China, rapidly approached a crisis.
cabinet authorities believed today.
following the capture of Chang
Sha, capital of Human Province, by
South China rebel forces.
Chang Sha, pivotal point in the
civil war between forces of the
north and south, has been bonn
barded and captured together with
a. dozen adjacent cities, according
to reports reaching here.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17

The opening guns Of the prohi-
bition fight at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention were fired in
Washington yesterday. From the
caliber of ammunition used. the ulti-
mate stand of the party as embodied
In the platform will be preceded by
much more-strenuous encounter
than was the case at Chicago.
A statement issued yesterday by
Wayne B. Wheeler. general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon League, attack
ed Gov. James M. Cox. of Ohio. as
having a record "as malodorous as
Gov. Edwards" and served notice
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
ChildWounded
As Riots Flare
In Dock Strike
Police in Pitched Battles
With Longshoremen Mobs
AT Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, June 16. - Rioting.
pitched battles with the police, and
the shooting of a little girl were
today's sinister developments in
the longshoremen's strike. The vio-
lence was the result of a sudden
marked increase in labor activities
along the water front. The strike.
which is to enforce a demand for
81 per hour, has been approved by
the Montreal convention of the
American Federation of Labor.
The first disturbance occurred
when a number of men who had
been working on the Pine street
docks were attacked by incensed
strikers. The police came to the
rescue OF these men. and more than
100 longsh9remen participated in
the battle 6f brickbats and milk
bottles that ensued. During the
fight several shots were fired, and
little Rose Skopes. years old, was
hit in the arm by a stray bullet.
Two men were arrested in connec-
ton with the shooting.
A riot call brought police reserves
to the scene. By the time the first
riot was over. a second riot call
came in. When the reserves reached
Callowhill street they found a pitch
ed battle in progress between the
longshoremen, the men working on
the docks and the police. Many of the
strikers were armed. The mounted
officers rode into the melee with
drawn revolvers and drove the
strikers away.
Following the rioting 200 extra
policemen, half of them mounted
were assigned to patrol the water
front.
Public Ledger service.)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
FRANCE WOULD
FORCE BERLIN
Reluctant to Enter Spa
Meeting, Arguing Per-
suasion Futile.
BY wYTHE WILLIAMS.

BY wYTHE WILLIAMS.
(washington HeraId-Public Ledger
Service, Special Cable Dispatch.)
Paris, June 16.-It is not so much
to be considered whether Italy or
Germany desire to participate in or
postpone the conference at Spa as
whether France will go to Spa. In
other words, Spa is again up in the
air until after the meeting of Pre-
miers Lloyd George and Millerand
at Boulogne next Monday. The
French premier has indicated that
he proposes giving but a single day
to the Boulogne conference, and the
intimation is that he is tired of
International conversations which
have shown no concrete results to-
ward execution of the treaty of ver-
sailles.
There is today a strong tendency
in France in favor of extreme meas
ures. No new decisions of any such
character have been considered, but
the show us" attitude has got a
firm hold on French officialdom since
the German elections. 1t is under
stood here that British public opin-
ion desires the Spa conference, be-
lieving the Germans should be made
to demonstrate in public that they
will come to terms, but the DUAL
dorsay today declases-I am quot
ing its exact language-"The Ger
man elections have proved that exc
cution OF the treaty by mere pur-
suasion is an impossibility."
France opines that the allies have
given Germany ample time to pre-
pare the public for acceptance of
the treaty and that Germany re-
mains deaf to their policy of good
will
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HARDING MEETS
| HAYS MONDAY
| ON CAMPAIGN
Conference With Lodge and
Other Senators Not
Given to Public.
REPLY SENT GEN. WOOD
C. 0. P. Candidate Kept
Busy, But Will Get Away
| To Rest Resort Soon.
REPLY SENT GEN. WOOD

Pending arrival of Will H. Hays,
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, next Monday,
Senator Warren G. Harding will
continue to give his best efforts to
clearing up the mass of correspond
ence coming with his nomination
for the Presidency by the Repub-
lican party. He declined to divulge
the outcome of a conference Tues
day night with Senator's Lodge,
Fall. Smoot and Brandegee.
we discussed the state of the
Union. prospects of the Republican
party, and several phases of the
covenant we adopted at Chicago"
he said.
Mr.. Harding did not state wheth-
er the treaty of Versailles and the
league of nations were among the
subjects discussed in the confer
ence, although those attending were
prominent in the fight in the Sem
ate on the covenant. Mr.. Lodge,
as chairman of the Senate Foreign
Affairs Committee. led the fight for
the Lodge reservations" while
Mr.. Brandegee and Mr.. Fall were
numbered among the "irreconcil-
ables."
Busy Answering Mail.
Mr.. Harding spent the entire day
yesterday in his office. Large num-
bers of congratulatory kilograms
continued to arrive. Among the
letters coming to Mr.. Harding was
one from Mayor J. Hampton Moore.
Of Philadelphia, confirming a state
ment of support made by the lat
ter in Chicago. Mayor Moore's let
ter said:
We rejoice. Count US in. We
will begin organizing Immediately"
Martin G. Brumbaugh, former
governor of Pennsylvania, wrote:
Hearty congratulations and ten
der of service for the campaign"
Gen. John ]. Pershing made a per-
sonal call on the Republican candi-
date yesterday afternoon. He was
accompanied by his aide, Col John
G. Quekemeyer.
Merely social CALL" Gen
CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17
Shocked, Priest
Compels Bride
To Dress Right

New Orleans. June 16.-Father
Antonio Of the Order of the Oblate.
Fathers of Mary Immaculate. to-
day refused to marry a couple be-
cause the bride was not properly
clad. She appeared to him so
shocking. he said, that he had the
sexton put out the lights so that
she might retire and properly cIothe
herself.
A recent order issued by Arch
bishop Shaw bars women who are
improperly clothed.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-17

Duluth, Mimi, June 16.-The
lynching spirit which flared here in
the far north last night and exacted
the lives of three negroes. today
died away.
The three negroes were in a band
of six circus roustsbouts accused of
asaaulting a 17-year-old white girl
here. They were tried" by mob
which battered in the Jail doors,
dragged the prisoners half a block
and hanged them to an electric light
pole at intervals of eight minutes.
Issac McGhie, 22. was the first
victim. He was jerked ten feet in
the air. the flickering arc light
above him. casting his squirming
shadow on the pavement below. The
rope broke and McGhie tearing at
the strangling rope about his neck.
fell to the street. The mob dele
gated a few Of its members to try
again. These men quickly slipped