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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
McADOO AND PALMER LEAD FIELD IN FIRST TWO BALLOTS
 FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE

SAN FRANCISCO. July 3.-The Democratic National Convention was called to order shortly after 10 o'clock this morning to resume bal loting for a Presidential nominee, two ballots taken last night after the platform had been adopted hav- ing brought no nomination. Twenty-two candidates had re- ceived votes in the first ballot and while many were favorite sons, who were expected to lose most if not all their votes in succeeding bal lots, several were decidedly in the race.
 A two-thirds majority of the 1090 votes were necessary to nominate and William G. McAdoo. who led on both first and second ballots, had less than three hundred.
 Bryan Planks Downed After Sen. Carter Glass, Chair | man of the committee, had finished | reading the draft of the platform shortly after o'clock, William J. Bryan presented five proposed blanks drawn by. himself and prohibition plank written by. former Congress man Richard P. Hobson of Ala tbama. All went down in a storm of Noes" after al furious debate
 Bryan received "a bowling dem ontstration lasting twenty minutes after he had concluded his speech for the dry plank but the balloting showed it was a personal tribute to his past services for the Democratic party and not anIexpression of sym pathy with his present views on the platform
 Wet Plank Presented w. Bourke Cochrane of New York took the platform and presented a wet plank, which acknowledged the validity of, the National Prohibition Amendment but favored mOdifica ton of the Volstead Prohibition En forcement Act to permit "manufac- ture for home consumption of ci- der, light wines and beer. It also the amount of alcoholic content in notwithstanding" beverages.
 The reading of the plank was greeted with a mighty shout and prolonged cheering, but again the balloting did not sustain the dem onstration, the plank being thrown out along with one, presented by B. L. Boheney of California, pro vidng recognition of the Irish Re- public.
 Balloting Started With the platform adopted the convention immediately turned to balloting for Presidential nom inee.
 When the roll call of states for the first ballot had been completed l it was found that William G. Me Adoo led with 266, ten votes more than Atty-Gen. A. Mitchell Pal mer, second highest. Twenty other candidates divided the balance of the 109O votes cast, Gov. Alfred E.. Smith topping the "also rans" with I109 and Sen. Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama trailing with one-half vote.
 Alaskas vote was cast three for Palmer, two for McAdoo and one for Gov James M. Cox of Ohio.
 Little Change on Second Little time was lost in taking the second ballot but the result was not materially changed. McAdoo gained twenty-three votes, bringing his total to 288 while Palmer was given 264, a gain of eight. Tht other votes were widely scattered
 as in the first ballot Alaska's vote
 went McAdoo two, Palmer three Vice President Thomas R. Marshal
 one.
 Adjournment was then taken uh lUl 9:30 o'clock this morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
High Commissioner to U. 5.
 Is Appointed By Mexico

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Fernan- dino Igleias Calderon has been ap- pointed High Commissioner of Mex ico with the rank of Ambassador. the State Department has been ad- vised It is understood that he will endeavor to obtain recognition for the new Mexican government by the United States
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
Mennonites Desert Canada
 For Colony in Mississippi

REGINA, Sask., July 3.-Mennon- ites will leave their lands in the Swift Current district same time this month and will go to Missis- sippi, where they have purchased 125.000 acres of land, according to statement made by J. E. Frlesen, administrator of the colony. Their present holdings will be sold for $5,000,000. They have paid SIS an acre for land in Mississippi.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
Edison Company Boosts
 Wages and Reduces Rates

BOSTON, July 3.-An increase of ten per cent. in the pay of all It's employees, went into effect on July 1. the Boston Edison company an nounces. About 2,00O workers benefited.
 At the same time the company made a reduction of five per cent. in the price of electricity for light ing to its 115,000 retail customers
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
N. Y. Peeved Over Census
 Figures, Starts Recount

NEW YORK, July 3.-Dissatis- faction with the governments cen sus figures which showed New York had gained but S54.26S new resi- dents in the last ten years, has caused city authorities to start 70O enumerators on a test recount in IF representative Manhattan districts
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
Alaska Delegates Split On
 Prohibition! 2 Dry 4 Wet

SEATTLE, July 3.-Two Alas ka delegates to the Democratic Ma tional Convention at San Francis co voted for William J. Bryan's dry plank yesterday and four for the Wet plan koffered by w. Bourke Cochran, according to a special dis patch received by the Seattle Post Intelligencer from it's political cor respondent at San Francisco,
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
China Ratified Treaty;
 Seeks League Entrance

PEKING, July 3.-China's ratifi- cation of the treaty of peace with Austria has been promulgated by the government. It is held this will entitle China to participation in the League of Nations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
Cotton Crop Larger Than z .
 Last Year, U. s. Forecast

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The 1920 cotton crop will approximate 11,450.- 900 bales, considerably more than last year, according to Department of Agriculture forecast made public today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
STUFF CHIEF EXPELLED 

NEW YORK. July 5.-AlIan A. Bryan. chairman of the Stutz Mo tor Car Company, who became in- volved in a controversy with of- ficials of the New York Stock Ex- change at the time 1t was alleged a corner existed in Stutz. has been expelled from the exchange.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
BUMPER CROPS IN PROSPECT

TORONTO, Ont, July 3 - Crop prospects in Canada from coast to coast in regard to grains, fruits and vegetables. according to reports to- day give ground for optimism as to Canadas agriculture and horti- cultural production for 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
Georgia and Azerbaijan <
 Sign Treaty of Peace

PARIS. July 3.-Georgia and Azer- baijan have signed a treaty of peace, according to Constantinople advices. The former will continue to occupy the region of ZakoEtly, the, future status of which will be determined by a mixed commission.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03

The dispatch said Charles H. Der ry and J. Harmon Caskcy voted dry and Gov Thomas Riggs, Jr., George B. Grigsby, John w. Troy and l.. T. Erwin wet.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03
NO ISSUE MONDAY

July 4, falling on Sunday. Monday will be legal holi- day. There will be no issue of The Empire on that day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-03

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
the slogan of one who wishes to keep

the slogan of one who wishes to keep
well
The dangers of infectious diseases,
the immediate suffering and often
times the long train Of after-effects,
such as weakened eyes, pus formations
in the ears, disease of the kidneys and
other serious disasters to health, bring
home to each of us the value of know
ing how to prevent disease germs from
entering the body and how to keep
we'll.
Measles, scarlet fever, pneumonia,
tuberculosis and other communicable
diseases with which we are all of us
familiar are spread by germs. The
germ is the seed of the disease, which
If it finds root in the body, multiplies
and causes illness.
When this seed or germ is present in
the body of one person in such multi
tude as to cause disease it is not diff
cult for it to be transferred to the
body Of another person unless both the
sick and the well person exercise great
care. Germs are to be found in the
excretions of persons suffering from
these diseases and also in the mouth
spray or spittle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18

crisis Of the count-ys history. He is
able, honest, progressive, experienced
and efficient. I remember when he
first came to Chicago as a poor young
man to study law. [ saw him admitted
to the bar and later enter public life
snd rise to fame, and feel proud OF
his great success.
"He has proven the best governor
Illinois has ever had, and we have
had some great executives in the his-
tory of the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
LAST LINCOLN PALLBEARER
LOOKS TO LOWDEN TO LEAD
Simeon w. King, Friend Of Enamel
pator, Expects IlIinoisan's Record
to Make Him Party Choice.

Simeon w. King, active in Illinois
Republican politics for 70 years and
the last surviving pallbearer who Off
ciated at the funeral services for
Abraham Lincoln held in Chicago, has
declared his intention of supporting
Governor Frank o. Lowden for presi-
dent.
81 have voted for every Republican
president since Lincoln and l expect
to cast my ballot for Lowden next
November" said Mr.. King. II have
known Frank Lowden for thirty years,
and he is just the type of man the
country needs for president in this
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18

These germs may be carried to the
body of healthy person by means Of
utensils touched by the sick. By far
the most dangerous carriers of disease
germs ara the hands. Food, milk, wa
ter, towels, cloths and handkerchiefs
can be boiled to kill the germs but the
hands cannot be cleaned so easily, and
their warmth enables germs to remain
alive longer upon them so that when
hands are used in holding or preparing
food the disease seeds are transferred
to the mouth and enter the system.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
FARMERS own SHIPS
THAT COST BILLIONS
Other Taxpayers Also Become
Partners in Sea Trade as
Result of War.
WHAT SHALL BE DONE
WITH FLEET A PROBLEM
BY WINTHROP [. MARVIN,

BY WINTHROP L. MARVIN,
Author of 1.-THE American Merchant
Marine; Its History and Romance"
Washington, d. C.-The farmers of
| on large scale. They own shares in
a corporation that controls $500 great
| merchant steamers built since the war
began.
Most of these farmer-owners have
never seen the ships in which they own
share, and good many of them have
never seen the ocean. They are tied
to an enterprise that somebody else
runs for them. But they are footing
the bills along with the manufacturers,
the workmen the merchants and the
miners of the country, and these bills
are likely to prove staggering unless
some way is found promptly to make
| the most effective use or disposal Of
these 1890 vessels.
This is the substance of a situation
that has arisen as result of the gov
ernment's emergency shipbuilding &C
| tivitieS in the war The suffering world
cried for ships, and the America peO-
| pie heard their cry, and built the ships
Money was poured into the shipbuild-
ing program. Yards were created
where none existed before. Armies of
workinen were trained in the trade of
shipbuilders. An enormous output was
attained Suddenly the war came to
an end. The shipbuilding program was
| then under such Roadway that it could
| not be suddenly stopped. 1t is still
going, in fact. In cases where con-
struction on a ship had not advanced
| too far, and the materials could be
sold, contracts were Cancelled, but on
| ships in more advanced stage, com
pletion was necessary to prevent great
loss.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
Natural Mistake

81 hear that the cook Subbubs m go
ried has left him" y
Eyes; force of habit" n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
Too Many Interruptions.

Orator-lt's no use talking any fur
Their; every time / open my mouth q
silly fool speaks!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18

A misunderstanding.
"My back is to the wall"
"When you scratch it don't mar the
wallpaper"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
The Proof

''Do l throw my voice all right
this hall?"
We'll, ! can't catch your words"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
A Balkan State.

"What form of government are you
living under here?"
Nobody knows"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-18
House Studies Problem,

House Studies Problem.
The vast shipbuilding program has
been and is still under control of the
United States Shipping Board, a body
of five men appointed by the President
The actual building is in the hands Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the
stock of which is held by the Shipping
| Board. AS the Shipping Board is
financed by Congress- every taxpayer
! in the country Is shareholder in the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, and has
Il measure Of responsibility for the ac-
tivities of the United States Shipping
Board itself.
| These are the reasons that make the
present situa ton of the Board. and of
the merchant marine, one of vital in
! terest to the country at large. The
war emergency which led the nation
into the shipbuilding business has
passed. We have the ships on hand.
| They were built a the peak of war
costs Of labor and material. What
| shall we do with them? Congress
is dealing with that question at
present, and the House already has
taken steps to offer the ships for sale
to American shipping men, thus reliev-
ing the public treasury of the risk in
volved in their management by the
government in the years of keen COM
petition that are to come.
The Flag on the Seas.
This action by the House followed
months of study of the subject by rep
resentatives who arrived at the belief
that so complex thing as a merchant
ship could be more economically man
aged by experienced men who had
passed their whole lives in the ship
ping business than by any temporary
board or copmission of the govern
ment. Many of the inland members
reasoned that II it takes a farmer,
brought up from boyhood on a farm,
successfully to operate a farm, surely
1t takes sailor to operate a ship.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
is holding series of hearings on the
subject, that means much in the main
tenance of our flag on the seas. 1t
appears to be the almost unanimous
opinion of public men at Washington
that the ships should not be owned
and operated by the government, now
that the war emergency has passed.
Tia M,in N,a.t;nn
British owners, as whole, have a
lower investment per ton in ships than
We have, rs they nave greater per-
centage CT ships which were built be-
fore the era of high war costs. The
question of how We can compete with
those ships on the open trade routes
Of the world is most vital one, to
which every taxpayer should give his
earnest attention
Congress has taken up this great
question of our ventures in seagoing
under these new conditions in a non
partisan spirit, and the hearings now
going on before the Senate Committee
view to finding out the sentiment OF
the country on those questions
The main question is, How NAV
these ships built by the government
and owned by the people be turned
over to experienced shipping men for
management which will insure our
holding our own on the seas? 1t is q
similar question to that involved In the
turning back of the railroads to pri
vate management after temporary con
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14

a visit In tho cty with her sister.
Mrs j. u rllon.
Mira stevens has returned from a
VISIT with relatives in Enid, report
Ing nice yi4it
Mis-. Hthc WHrnrr has gone to
Normou tl attend the summer ees-
SION uith, %. q.
AIR ind Mrs. ". j.. Nntcs enjoyed
o. Ni.IJ thr pl.t week from Ed Ice
VI Kansas CITY My.
MI and Mrs. Juo Chambers ana
Nf. and Mrsf W g. hates motorod
t1 Na,Vutt and Delaware sunday,
Nr uul Mu u, g. Jones' of Fort
smith. Nrk. pro In On" city Tor d
Nlst win her parents Mr. and Mrs
e.. NJ Sovurd.
Nh uud Mrs rs Uand ana dauEh-
tyr, fU.hhotM epDut tho past wock
visiting relatives at points IN kuusoH
Dr and Mrs Gutcr puckwort OF
SON Autuuiu ruvua announce tho az.
rist 90 % son at their howo juno %,
Mrs uu,iyNort i4 . dtuCht'r OF Mr..
uuI Mr. iI tI koho ~ thia city
\ quiet wedding took place Mon
l1y afternoon bt tho homo NJ Mr.
4nd Mrs IL To- Jun whom thoir
lNupbtor Miss Rachael barbara,
nus united m marriage to Mr Wi.
Ham sterling Mason ~ oklahoma
Ci'y. boy o. W Martin of the Christ
IAN church. rho homo was bcauti-
fully decorated with ferns and roses
rhcN win mako their hong az okla
Mr. and Mrs \ t. Flippin left Fri
day ion d visit To- points IN California
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14
SUICIDE THEORY
IS NOT CREDITED
Jos. B. Elwell's Friends
Believe jealousy Was
the Motive
NO CLUES ARE FOUND
Suggested That Turfman
Was Murdered by a Hus-
band or a Father

NEW YORK, June l3.--The tho
ory Of suicide was virtually aban-
doned by police tonight In the mys-
terlous death Of Joseph II. Elwell,
wealthy turfman and noted whist
authority who was found in his
home last Friday with bullet
wound I'm his head. lnsistcnce OF the
sportsman's friends that jealousy
may have been responsible In tho
supposed murder stirred the 25 de-
tectives on the case 10 renewed ac-
ttivity in tracing his women acquairt-
anccs. \ thorough search Of the
house failed to produce the slightest
clue, II was said.
Assistant District Attorney Joyce
today belittled the report that wom-
en- friends OF the dead man had KEYS
10 his home He said there were
only two keys. one held by the house
keeper, and the other by Mr. Elwell
Several persons were questioned to-
day, among them Countess 4. do
Szinawska ana her sister, Mrs. l..
Hardy. Neither would discuss the
case.
According to Assistant District
Attorney joyce, the sisters, who were
born I'm Poland, met the turfman in
Carlsbad, Bohemia, early in the
war.
The countess and her sister ad-
mitted, the assistant district attorney
said, that their friendship with Ell
well was broken after they heard he
had made remark associating
them with German interests. This
resulted, Mr.. Joyce said, in deten-
ton Of the countess as an enemy
alien two years ago.
Their friendship was never re-
a. a. hn gst a all
fad gone 10 Washington and had
straightened out the affair as far
as he was concerned Both declared
they had not seen Elwell for n year
The countess denied she had ever
entered the Elwen home but her
sister admitted she had visited the
house once.
Some of the turfman's friends
suggested that he had been muir
dered by "a father or husband ."
II was learned that the day be.
lore his death, Elwcll sold one Of his
race horses to @. $. Winfrey. for
..,eeS trainer In his employ, for
cash :"
Every taxicab driver in the dis.
trlct from Forty second street to
seventeen street whore Mr.. Eiyvau
nVeu, mas been questioned by
detectives In an effort to find the
CAP In which he may have been
or!Ven TO his home early Friday
morning The police are invesligat-
ing report that Elwell was seen in
caoaret after leaving four friends
WI, mtn Wnon ne had attended "A the
ater party Thursday night
folce suspicion tonight was con-
centrated on two clubmcn. both oc.
quaintances of Elwell One of them
he police said, had left the citv
when detectives called at his apart.
ments. According to the police, tho
missing man had made ARRANGEMENTS
Tor hls departure the day before tho
murder and had left about the time
EIwcll WAS kiilp1 'N '''N
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14

IA NRS. EUGENE B. LAWSON.
N Of Nowata. has been designated
AVA as state chairman for Okla
homa for the National Victory Mcmor-
ial Building. of which Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson 10 honorary president. Al.
though the long illness of the Presi
dent has prevented Mrs. Wilson from
taking very active part in the pro-
ject which is enlisting the enthusiasm
and cooperation Of all the great wom-
ems organizations OF the country, he
feels an intense interest in the plan
20 erect q sl0,000000 national monu-
ment in the capital to the honor and
memory of the soldiers, sailors and
marines of the World War and is in
timately in communication with Mrs.
Henry F. Dimoek, OF Washington,
who is the active president and or
iginator OF the idea. The Chairman
will also have the cordial sympathy
and support Of the Governor, who is
honorary chairman for this State, and
President Wilson is also deeply in
terested in the project OF which he
has written that it undoubtedly cx-
presses what the heart Of the whole
country approves"
The National Victory Memorial
building will not only be a majestic
monument to tbe greatest outpouring
OF patriotic sentiment and energy in
the history of the nation, but it will
be also building OF the highest
utility and through the functions and
activities it will shelter, will become a
sort OF NATIONAL center Of patriotism
with which evcry city and taml,t In
the land will have an intimate con
nection. Congress has donated the
site for the lW,ju.. or u.- Mall
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14

IRIS. EUGENE B. LAWSON.
" Of Nowata, has been designated
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14

auction bridge party eivcu by Mrs.
\ y ltulgcr
Al. Il b. Murphy has returned
from visit tn friends boz Musk"s,r
lnJ Fort Gibson
Mf..ps MuNur lud I0uf1 sthrm-
sh,r OF Coluus,illc have returned to
huu homo after visit iu the ciiN
"a IA Mrs. 4 V. Robinson ana tnu.
uy
Nrs Mary ~ Conner of Srtmr
GcIi. Mo. spent the past week iu tho
city the guest ~ Nrs Faulkner.
Mr ana Mrs \ J. katoa enjoyed
10 visit the past week. from Russell
Moore OF NoWata.
Miss carrie Wnlklcv hoa returned
from visit to relatives nt No1.
sho. Mo
Nrs. Martha uluch hpd son Ray
Wuud of OrdWHN colo. spent th.
past week visiting her sister. Mna
Ella GarsL and family
Mt ana Mrs A q Chnllburr lcf'
saturday Tot Chicago TO attend The
national republican convention and
VIII also Visit relatives 100 Illinois ur
fure returning home.
Mrs * u Uarunrd aud Mrs
John Bernard lcft saturday for "a
,slt with fri,nds at Chutcau.
Mr ana Mrs i g biricl,son ana
grandson. John Shnnklln Gilkoson
spent Friday In Tulsa.
Mrs virgil Hendricks aud daurh
tor Junnltl ot oklahoma City are
ho guests " MIR. and Mrs ChIrius
". Garden.
Np paul Fry entertained about
20 ladies Friday IN honor Of h'i
mother. Mrs J. u MrlntuHh oi
chelsea, tho house hciug beuutifuliN
decorated tur.thc occasion, \ lovely
two course luncheon was served
MI and Mira O. T. pSdrctr an.
nuuncv the arrival Of a son 1t thei'
homo ON Juno {. Ilo has boon
named Robert Floyd.
Mr., and Mrs n Hand aud d1ugh
tor Catherine left Saturday FOR u
visit tu relatives at Ncllville. ARK
Miss paralCc Bollcu returned "a
her homo IN Muskogcc Monday after
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-14

tor during the war or were repre-.
sented by fighting men will have the
privilege OF contributing.
Every employer, association, church
club, community, or other organisa.
tion that displayed service flag OF
honor roll during the war will be
entitled to contribute, the basis of
participation being IS for each star
or name. In this way the lofty and
magnificent monument building in
Washington will become a perpetual
tion OF the sacred service stars and
honor rolls OF all the land. This
idea is TO be visualizcd and material
'ized by reproducing on some surface
OF the interior OF the building of pat
riotism each OF the stars Of all the
service flags of all the land. Lists Of
the donors as well as Of the soldiers,