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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21
aHuMoR BY WIRE

| Il Minneapolis-Mofe than three
hu19red couple here, some OF
Whom have lived ~ man and wife
For Is years-were registered %
legally wed for the first time yes-
Ssrday when certificates long hid
den In . desk Of the late Rev. Talk
;0ersten were filed with the county
clerk.
u Milwaukse-"Can / have the evi-
sdence? asked Joseph v. Quarles in
court trying to recover liquor stolen
s1rom his bono BY . man caught In
ne act f'You certainly can" was
the reply. but what about the pris-
loner!" "0h. let him Co." said
Ionaflss.
| Pasadena. CALI. F. Newell,
commissioner Of public health,
found three Mexican children play
sing ball with . small object, In
lvestisation showed the object to
~ . three weeks old baby.
6ausalito. Cal.--Doubting the
g1treogth Of his old iron safe, post
master Shoemaker hid stamps
worth $500 In the stove ct home.
HIS daughter started . fire. Now
i6hoemAksr owes the government
i1of the stamps.
Tnlea--A son With IL toes was
horn to Mr.. and Mrs. John Ross.
Ooaining, n. Y.-Arrival Of Sam
luo1 Gompor6 ~ Sing Sing nriaon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21
SUGAR PROFIT
IS S1A.04 ON
HUNDRED LbS|


SIT Lake City. Utah, Aug. n
Indictments charging the unA,
Idaho Sugar company. IL oa,cen
and many other prominent 81.
Lake City and Ogden business III
with having made exorbitanf psuoh'
In Tho sale oe sugar, in violation 4,
the Lever act, were returned tod,,
by . special United States srsAi
jury, which has been in secret "a
sion here since Aug. II. Bench
warrants have been issued for ID
arrest Of those indicted. I
The Indictment cites two d.
stances where sugar which COZ
$9.44 to produce, was sold to Id.
bers at $23.4S per hundred pour
bag.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21
PARENTS WATCH
CHILDREN DANCE
PIaygrouAlsl Close VITA Prsgfans
-Exhibition On 1t 1cCahc's
Store.

Clothes lines packed with doll
clothes. everything from . kiddie
kar to an automobile. and hand
kerchiefs. quilts. aprons and tam
O. shanters are on display 1t the
Second avenue window Of the L. s.
McCabe store today. The work vas
entirely done by the children Of the
city at the four Rock Island play
! grounds which closed yesterday.
The name Of each child IL pinned
to the piece. Of work done by
her or him. Prominent among the
handiwork and woodwork are
three patch quilts, dainty aprons,
dozens of handkerchief, all sorts
Of doll clothes, cushions, ham
mocks and other needlework. kid
die kars, dressers. beds, tables.
chairs, hobby horses, garden sticks
and other woodwork.
The Thirtieth street playground
pageant which was to be given last
evening was postponed until Mon
day evening, II weather will then
permit it. Miss Alice Quinn, In
charge Of the square; has put IN
considerable work to mako TIE
pageant one Of the prettiest Of chill
dren's fetes.
Parents Marvel.
Hundreds Of parents marvelled
1t the improved gracsfulness OF
their children a. the aesthetic
dancing program was given at
| Denkmann Square yesterday after
noon and ct Long View park on
Thursday afternoon. The crowd al
the DenkmAnn park was smaller
than expected because Of the rain.
but at Long View five hundred
children were In attendance, either
taking part or watching the pro-
gram, while 200 parents looked on
| Three special dances. Isle Of
Golden Dreams, HumoresQue ard
PiSxicato, were given by 20 pupils
Of Miss Ruth Blakemore, supa1.
visor Of Long View park, and who
has been giving dancing lessons q
J the park this sumner. The dancing
, exhibition, together with tn ten
. mis- and baseball matches, games
, and display OF handiwork and woot
: work was the final program 10
the Fairgrounds which were closet
: yesterday.
II Many Participate.
The following girls took part Il
the costume dancing: Helen Sage
Janice Mattheys. Dorothy Wengert
Rose Mary Gotthart, Esther Nolin
: sky. Mable Carlton, Anna Wengel
I Rose Silverman, Alma Dittmar
: Olive Mogler, Lucille York. Lucill
Carrouthers. Adelaide Connell,
I Louise McMullin, Pearl Storbecl
% Helen Coffin, Esther Coffin, Susa
!, Kerndt, Virginia Stafford. Mar
It Elizabeth Griffen. Adele Hayne.
Il Beryl Ralston. Kate Spence. Dol
othy Manhardt and Jane Marshal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

o1mlaien ~ subscriptions -
oGe bf-Wselkly paper, the Watch
26vQe. Of the Rock Island high
ocA6b y VIII b held next week In
lnoct1on N1tA regisf1nt3on. A.
I enso1linG etu1ents afe urCot
81 eubeo1ibe ~ DE paDef, giving
(AolF elaDe yoAe - thns eaeh class
onnyts correctly crsdttsd.
xs4lD oamDatgA II bofngs launched
un11e ~ aIsDices Of lAbt DeoDes-
- watch Tower stan, - this
VoAfAD sOcepe will not = Delected
Sntit the new term ~ Inns. The
1t11o fseslvins tho hishsst 1erceot-
- e ~ members 70 subscribe .
- ToWor VIII be given : party on
U10o1y eyedinS, SspG II.
5akA3t1ough the cost Of the paper
AAs increased TO 81 . year. exclud-
11lt&te annual edition. It II figured
go 0eh copy amounts u six
cents Apiece.
]: :ss y, II School HisisrA
We wish TO remind the new
etu6euts, the freshmen. that they
~ urged to subscribe for the
school paper. considering that It
amounts to six cents per copy and
thae u the end Of the year they
viii have . complete history =
~ ysar's work, from the II Is
Sues" Arnold Lau. principal Of the
high school, said this morning.
The campaign for class sub
scyiptions have always meant COM
petition and hard work on the part
Of the students. This years drive
coming In connection with regis
!traiion y expected to mean mTe
icompettion both ~ . school work
will not interfere and there ID a
PARTY as an inducement.
/: Urges Early Assignment
!. Students are reminded to code
:psrsonally on the day Of registra-
ltion - per the schedule and get an
early assignment. The schedule
below will be followed:
I MondAy-e to II o'clock. Seniors
whose last names begin with -
:tsss AL inclusive. 1880 to 4 o'clock
! Seniors whose last names begin
with letters M inclusive.
Tuesdays to. IL o'clock. Juniors
last names AL inclusive. 1880 to
IL o'clock. Juniors. last names M
inclusive.
Wednesday - . to IL o'clock,
6ophomores, last names AL inclu-
rive. 1880 to I o'clock. Sophomores,
last names M inclusive.
Thursday--o to ~ o'clock, Fresh
men, last names AL inclusive.
1880 to o'clock, Freshmen, last
names M inclusive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

Compressed air ID being used to
prevent piers and shores from be-
ing worn down by waves.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

Cattle. other than mich cows. on
farms in the United States are esti-
mated at n, ASS, 1000 head.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

An electric hatchery in Califor-
MIA is said to have q capacity Of
100000 eggs and . weekly output Of
! 10000 chicks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

Following years of agitation, Or.
for university has finally decided 10
grant degrees to women.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

British Columbia exported A.
900 900 feet of lumber during IL
first six months Of 1890.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21
Obituary
Mrs. Mauricfa Cosdllo.

Mrs. Mauricis Costello, aged a
years. 2502A Fourth avenue, died
at l o'clock this morning at st.
Anthony's hospital. Mrs. Costello
had been q resident Of Rock Island
for the last two years.
The deceased was born at Lemi-
tar. N. NJ, on May 3, 1875. Surviv-
ing are the husband, F1orencio
Costello, and two daughters. Flu
neral arrangements have not been
made.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

Elvers, OF young cells, are being
supplied by the British ministry d
agriculture from . breeding place
in the River Severn.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-21

80 O. - s, . - -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-13
CREEL DENIES
peclsres There was No wrong Doing In
Transfer Of Tile Governments
"OHicjal Bulletin"

NEW YORK. April l2.--G"orS" Cr"cl.
vino during m" war headed IN" COM
mite. on public information tonight
made public y letter he haS sent tn
Attorney General Palmer insisting that
MIR Palmer begin An immed!at" irNcsti-
ga,inn of charges by the JOINT congress
romrrir:re ~ printing that tho 'rc'i
rnmmfttrc had wrnnEfu:lH transferred
;he Official Bulletin {" Roger w. hdo-
son of Wellesley. Massachusetts"
At the same time. Mr.. Crccl made
publ;c n letter TO senator R""d smooth
chairman "f tn" joint committee oe-
clnrirg thc senator new thcr" was no
transfer Of tn" Offi"ia! Bulletin l" bao
c0i. bu, that the joint committee had
''sp,ankingly worked IN secret TO frame
the ind!c'mcn; thh' my testimony mas
made absurd.
He added :hat III" senator. as n'ucn
whipping out tn" Crecl committee on
Junr 20. 1919. right in the middle OF
ito orderly liquidation.
The Joint committee charged that the
transfer had been made without COSY 20
R1hsou and suggested institution or
I.r,I ,rnce.rinrs against CreCl. Babson.
7 CLAYTON and Edward :. RocheStcT
,o SEQ /: the government could not re-
cover money from them.
In hts letter Ia Nr. Palmer. MT Greer
;.Scro,or Smoot hns filled the press
uIih m, statement that the government
should take action against mn TOT III?
proceedings IN connection Win III. ~
AL E,,Iic,ir. insist that your office
commence an instant Investigation, and
vat myself and every record at your
disposal. ,o.
II want 10 know from you also Nhat
n-ntec,inn. if any. y citizen has aEaRst
,hc deliberate ISLANDERS OF n member OF
congress. Not only ar" senator Smooth $
charrcs cslsc in every particular. but
nn knew them - hc lies when he uttered
-
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union LABOR TO.
BREAK THE STRIKE
rouH GREAT rBRorHERHooDs GIVE
PLEDGE TO REPRESENTATIVES,
OF THE AA1LRoADs.
Union Leaders Characterize tho Walk
out as Mob Movement" That Il
Bound to Break"

NEW YORK. April l2,-Union
labor's cooperation in an effort to
break the unauthorized strike Of
railroad workers here was pledged
tonight by representatives OF the
four big brotherhoods i'll confer
encc with the representative OF
the eastern railroads. \ statement
given out after the meeting char
artcri2cd the strike as a mob
movement. and asserted it was
"boLnd to break. y
John G. Walber, labor expert
and secretary of the bureau Of IN
formation of the eastern railroads,
who made the announcement. said
il was the "consensus Of opinion
Of the brotherhood leaders that
the strike would burn itself out. "
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-13
WHEELING DISTRICT
MAN SHOOTS WOMAN.
AND COMMITS SUICIDE

NINELAND. y. J.. April l2.-N!lliam
Mercer who carIy today shot and ser!-
nuSl. wounded Mrs. Irene Stiles. was
found dead in n swamp here tonight liH
had boon shot through the head and Oh
C-.re believe he committed suicide.
Mercer cnmr here from Wheeling. y" !:
Va. and was employed by Mrs Stiles
F,,hc- With whom she lived Mrs. stiles
is = widow. When she left for her place
Of employment today Mercer followed
: f,w blocks away b" spSKe TO ne"
and al the same tim" fred n her. thc
huilc, passing through the back OF ne"
head nnG coming out Of the l"ft eye.
Irncrc js no record Of William
Mercer in ,hc city directory, but lnfor-
nation from Martins Ferry is that frr
ears there was y william Mercer VINO
was a tcamstcr AT III" l.hugniin MIL.
hut hts whcr"au"ut during IN" past
wear has h""n urknnwn.)
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DAVIDSON POTTERY CO.. AT
CHARLESTON Is INCORPORATED

Sperial To TIL. lntcllgenccr:
'HARl.ESTON. W. Va, April IA
.rEarirr WAS issued here today by the
s9cretarv Of state to tho Davidson Porcs-
lain Company. of chester. Hancock
county. This company is authorized to
engage in dealing in and selling Of por.
cslain and other clay products. The
canttal stock ia one hundred thousand
dollars and the incorporators are c. {.
Davidson, William Davidson, Sarah J.
Davidson all Of East Liverpool. Ohio,
ard William ellis and W. ~ Ingram OF
Chester. Pa
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Craked the Safe But
Are Frightened Away

SI0I-NT =" TN0 IM''IT-E'N''T-
|l.NNKSTrE''. ". Va. Aprii ';oII 80
lang u.:r"riyr-tn". burglars Grn.Ecd
IN, safr in rhr office of III" Eastern
I.'N.'l.~ coal r"mprw. ~ NlGht"r mIn"'
r.,;... ~ IN, ,xploSlon was heard ny
rr.r 1,-;urE ut the mines. VII" fright
.,'d ... hu-glars away hcfsr" they
could 'ni,r any o. III" money from Inc
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To Return to Work.

SYRACUSE. y. Y. April l2.-subject
,,sc switChmen on the New York Cen
,raI and the Delaware. Lackawanna &
western Railroad companies voted late
todav to return to work at a: m. to-
morrow, pending the outcome or con
ference with chiefs Of the brothcrhoooS
~ Washington. to which four delegates
from cath roads employees were ap-
pointed A.
Tho proposal will hc placed IN the
hands OF Assistant General SupeIln
,en5cn, rvans Of the New York Central
here carly this evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-13
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON April l2.-Forecast:
West Yirgiria-SnOw and much colder
Tuesday: wednesday, fair with rising
Temperature.
western Pennsylvarla-Snow. follow
&c by clearing Tuesday; much colder In
south portion: Wednesday faiS with
slowly rising temperature.
Ohio-Partly cloudy Tuesday. colder
southeast portion; wednesday fair with
.raslug temperature.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-13
THREE BIG CASSERS
AT M'KEESPORT

pITTSHI EGH Pa. April - Thr""
new E,e wells with dnily production ~
scv"n milton foot. zen million f"'t 49,!
,iEh, million t""t respectively w"r"
lrnught IL IN tn" MrKr"sp"r' H"ld To-
day. on" dry hole was reported.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-13
OUTLAW RAILROAD STRIKE SPREADS
TO THE BALTIMORE s. OHIO LINES

CUMBERLAND AND CLNiikSB( re- >tENEN or
FIRST WN.KOITS on THIS SYSTEM IN IN
AUTHORIZED STRIKE - WESTERN MARRY
LAND MEN ALSO VOTE TO JOIN THE STRIKE
SEVERAL. HUNDRED MEN AFFECTED
>TRIKEHNS NOT REACHED THE WHEELING
DISTRICT
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SENATE REFUSES TO
CUT OUT TRAINING
voluntary Feature Retained in Amy
ELL by Military Committees vote
OF Nine TO Three.

WNSNINGTON. April l".-Th" Sen
at.. refused today tO Str1Hc onl "t tH'
army REORGANIZATION bill the provision
for Voluntary universal training recent
f. srihsli,ui..G fnr III" Military COM
rn:,tnr'. plan for obligatory tT"inlnE
.'h,. ;un,,rn OF Senator Nck"llar. Demo-
,.r;,t Tennessee. to strike out. ~as d'-
'"at,d - :" .. The action " III" s'h-
at, WaS rVprvtrG 10 result N carrying
the Voluntary training proposal !nt"
,..uf.r.n," for adjustment bI senate
and house managers.
Df'y Youths between Is ana I years
e asr would b. accepted for The No'ut-
,ary training und"r All am"ndh"h' SuE
r,stci today by chairman MaNS" orth
and written INTO ia" bill Thf previous
,,rapsr Of the r.'lUc" limits Senator
I..nruo' E"pu0licau Of i"'"'SiA'
v.r!.dr,., nlS prouuaal 10 restrict roIuh-
ia:y training "uii%tm"H;S 70 l"N,O"" men
Annually. .;1
Tw.ur-n,c Republicans we're joined
i., r~rlv" Democrats in holding me
.nluriar> training plan IL IN" DiIi.
.,y,n Republicans. B"ran. q Idaho, and
Crnr,,a. uc Nor;h Dakota. r"I"d with
,rr following Democrats 20 eliminate"
tr,fn,ne sections: Dial. South caro-
lima: Harrison. Mississippi; k'rDF: AT
kansas. Mcclellan. Tennessee: R"'h'
Missouri: swanson. Virginia anl Tram
lU'!I. .HElh".
How They voted.
Senator's y no voted j0 retain thc pro-
.~IuHs W"r": -,
E,p,,., ans: Erand.Ece. C-Nn"r, Colt,
r'gm.rInS. Cur.Is, EdE". Franco. Fro
ltrghu, Hal". Jones. "aShins.nh
E,iIogg. Kenyon. Reyes. Lrnroot Mo
,.r-mlcE. MrNary. Nelson. New. l'hlrps.
r,,,r5ny,,r. Srnuo' Spencer, StsrlnS'
Wadsw"rth and Watson
Democrats. Ashuret. N.cEAa3l. 'ham-
},arlai,. t;ia.:s. k"nirick. ME"rS. NJ
cont. l,in"rru". Sheppard, smith 'Ar'-
-,r.t. Tnumas and Wul""U
Tin. senate also defeated IN cm"l!"-
mon, I.- S"ur;"r M"E"llar 10 r"Gu:r"
tnr,, hours daily education al a" ""'"-
.,-S rf .h, regular army.
Slnshed by ths House.
yr Tho house III" military ""m'h'''"
..,,,rr.,.d and will rcpUr; tomorrow tn"
r.,.:!lnr army appropriation b.u carry =
.,,., ,2-- 40 0I4 a drCr"aS" u. O"."'',-
~ ,rr,,, thr war departments "Hii-
u,.,,. E,gld economy = necessary III
,.. 80 =, J+iicir ~ several billion dol
l,r chairman Kahn said IN IN" ma
,,.rr., rrpor, on tho hill. addin. the
-,.,1s rruN.ted would meet tn" needs or
-, military cStabI!-''rcnt during IN"
NEXT fiscal years.
,.,rnui;tor lgur"s are bas"d "7 an
ARMY ,f i.J.GrN enlisted men AN" i"'""U
nrG,r-s as against a total strength "'
~ Gaa proposed h. the department
,r arrro0ria'ion OF s2e.IIi's"9 ~
y,r,a,l "frr clraninE up war worn
.rr,.. rcror' stated. including n" c"st OF
transporting ana maintaining ior'c1 Oh
'h. Eh.c".
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Should Prosecute

NJ, N.'I!I"GGh sad II "a muL with
.r %. p..,, .ri.,. nor n" du', - IN" C"rn-
..r.''. 'n prose "i'' ,r'U' ur ind!'t
.''',i.u1is.
Til. r"..r' nr T.. u,goI.Iy contains
,.,..s ariI ..,.drnc"." y" declared. and
81, r..,rl uf ia" testimony taken IN
.rn",r@"u nnJh thr ,"l.elruCi.uu ~
,.uI.n Sherman Al th.l'!,o'hr. nhtn and
Canlr ,;imnl. Al Rockford. H.. contains
,.,.,f"n,r 81 which n cdepart'n'nt Of
jG~'.," should !tnrr~ilnt".r prrdlrat9
ErNud gar, 'nv""l ga .nHS.
80 ~. mpt Was mad" to save p,ihlic
u,-u.,. NJ Mct'ul!ou2h said adding
"l"u are paying and iuur children
an your CniidrenS children for genera
'iaus - come Will pay srd continue 10
Pa, fer IL" cost plus system. Let Us
Nup. :hat never aEnin in the history or
the requisite VII such reprchcrs!ve
s.'uution y" put Into operation and II
tIr lnhOrS Of this "nmGnittc" have ac-
rrnip'.sh'd that result. v" will be con-
t'E:.
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DAYTON. O.. April 12.-Thrcc hun,
drcd striking Dayton switchmen V9teo
Intr ,ndav Z" return 10 work Tuesday.
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TIL l. | y I T. L IL G EN- { + L

Has the Largest Circulation Of
Any Morning Newspaper i'll the
State OF West Virginia.
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tCoutlrued on Page rougJ
Evening star., 1920-07-02

Continued from First Page.)
mer forces, was also asked in. He re-
fused.
Palmer has all along kept well
within the administration halo and
could not afford to hook up with a
declared anti -admi iniStration crowd.
When the conference met. Champ
Clark's name was the first mentioned.
Somebody recalled that he was al
legged to have said in the considera-
ton in the Selective draft act that a
conscript looked pretty much like a
convict. That settled further discus
sion of his name.
Then Homer Cummings was sug-
gested, but conferees did not warm up
to him.
Next Bainbridge Colby was men
toned. whereupon it was pointed out
that he is so near a recruit to democ-
racy that he is hardly warm in his
chair. and they wanted to know if the
democratic party was so scarce of
presidential timber that it had to
take an ex-republican. And so they
talked all around in a circle and got
nowhere. adjourning to meet again.
Can Find No One to Beat Him.
The opposition to McAdoo can't find
anybody yet with whom to beat him
They can only hold him back, and il
is question how long they can dc
that. The Minnesota delegation fur
nished an example in point 1t was
one of the large delegations opposed
to McAdoo at the outset. ching for
Palmer ostensibly. They caucused
Evening star., 1920-07-02
ALEXANDRIA GETS
AN AUTO BUREAU

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 2-An au-
tomobile bureau Of the chamber of
commerce was organized last night at
ia meeting held In the rooms Of that
Z. Williams. president of the cham
Der of commerce, whe briefly outlined
the aims and purposes of the new or
sanisauefi.
A permanent organization was ef-
fected with the election Of ]. e. W.
Ttmbermaf1. chairman. and Carroll H.
May vice Chairman.
A Committee was appointed to ar
range to have signs placed on sll
reads leading to Alexandria, and a
usf1inittee was appointed to confer
with sf1isiats of the American Auto
mobile Association with @ view Of
having this branch Of the association
identified with that body.
All owners of automobiles who are
members Of the chamber of COM
merce are eligible to membership In
the bureau. and those who are not
members of the chamber may join by
making application to j. E. w. Tim
herman or. ]. T. Preston, the latter
secretary Of the chamber of commerce,
The meeting was adjourned subject
to the call of the chairman.
Elks Going to Chicago.
A delegation Of members of Alex
andriR Lodge. No. 76S. Benevolent and
Protective Order Of Elks, will leave
here at 1920 o'clock tomorrow night
for Chicago to attend the annual meet
Ing Of the Grand Lodge. James w.
Bales. district deputy grand exalted
ruler. lett today accompanied by his
wife to attend the convention.
Those composing the party which is
to make the trip are Raymond Rlumen-
field. w. H. P-~Kelly, Clarence F. John
son. Maury w. Gaines. Louis LyIes.
Charles H. Zimmerman. D. G. McWhor-
ter, Henry Callan and Kemp Lambeth.
Evening star., 1920-07-02

and the fact was developed that the
| McAdoo bandwagon sentiment had
caught fourteen of the twenty three
delegates; one. absent, favored McAdoo
on the first ballot with some scat
tering, and by the third ballot to drop
to five for Palmer and the remainder
| for McAdoo.
The conferences Of the opposition
were found to have resulted in no
agreement among the antis upon a
candidate alternative to McAdoo and
development of nothing beyond the
claim that McAdoo was still short of
the necessary two-thirds.
In other words. their confabs pro-
duced only negation and nothing af-
flrmative.
The considerations then may have
accounted for the noticeable increase
in the McAdoo enthusiasm when the
convention got under way. The at
lmosphere was electrified with It. The
iseconding Of his nomination by var
ious states increased the volume of
applause for McAdoo.
Galleries scon BugaboO.
A man in the gallery who cried
hurrah for the crown prince, started
a near riot and was almost moobed.
The galleries at least had gone be-
yond the son-in-law bugaboo and
scoffed at it. The convention found
it necessary to mark time pending
report from the resolutions commit
tee. The president makers were hard
at work among the delegates, McAdoo
workers being most in evidence.
Suppose you have got McAdoo
stopped forever, whom else can you
name who has his strength? they
asked.
other McAdoo workers were busily
spreading the insidious suggestion
that "the bandwagon is ready: don't
wait too long if you want a good
seat"
Postmaster General Burleson was
one of the most active promoters of
the bandwagon suggestion. He was
everywhere among the non-commital
and protesting delegations, and this
was his argument: You concede that
you have only 400 votes against
McAdoo. That should leave McAdoo
694, which is within thirty-six votes
of striking distance. How long do
Iyou think the convention Will toler-
ate a deadlock? The figures are
Burleson's, of course.
Burleson said he wanted McAdoo to
show not oexceed two hundred on
the first ballot. but doubted whether
the rush could be held down after the
voting started.