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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Wilson May Save Jobs of
Pensioned Postal Clerks
Eight Employees of Omaha Post Office, Due for Re-
trement Under Burleson Interpretation, Ask to
Stay in Service-President to Decide Case.


With Wednesday as the dead
l;pe' for governments employees enti-
tied to pension to certify their re-
tention in the service, So railway
mail clerks and eight postal en-
ployes Yesterday made application
to remain in the service.
President Wilson yesterday an
nounced in dispatches from Wash
ington that he was personally taking
hand in the controversy which had
arisen over the Interpretation of the
pension law. A decision, hes said,
would be given in day or Two.
These Would Stay on Job.
Local postal employees who desire
retention and their years in service
are: Dan Tillotson, 220l Fowler
avenue, 81 years; George Anderson.
1926 Sprague street. 81 years; An
drew Bennett, 1909 North Nineteenth
street, 81 years; John A. Mckenzie.
802 South Twenty-frst street. 81
years; Thomas c. Parkins, III Park
avenue, SO years; J. NJ. Stafford, 1916
North Fortysecond Street. SO years;
Andrew Petersen, 1918 Sprague
street, 43 years. and &C. Rose. 2429
Pinkney street. 80 years.
Postmaster Daniel said that their
applications would be sent to Wash
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22

mgton yesterday to be acted upon.
The men claim they are still efficient
TO continue in the service. They
were recommended by heads OF de-
partments for retention.
Some Plan for Rail Clerks.
]. H. Musgrave. superintendent of
the railway mail clerks. said he had
no orders from Washington that
would give his So employees who de-
sire to remain a chance ITO make ap-
plica ton for retention.
MY orders are nd changed
said Mr., Musgrave. fThe SO men
in my employ must automatically
pensioned and retire unless Presi-
dent WILSON intervefes." a
Mr.. Musgrave said that he had
100 substitutes to take the places
of the men who leave the service.
Both Postmaster General Burle-
son and Pension Examiner Saltzga-
Der stated Saturday that "Superan-
nuated" employees must be automatic
ally pensioned August IS. The final
word is up to the president.
Men reaching the age of 70 ysars
must be automatically pensioned
despite their efficiency,- according to
Burleson Interpretation of the pen
sion law
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
OF
WORLD COURT MAY
BE KEPT SECRET
Plans Virtually Adopted Pro-
vide for Closed Sessions
Upon Request.

The Hague, July 2l-Secrecy may
enevlope the proceedings of the high
court of nations in certain cases un-
less the league of nations council
changes the plans which already have
been virtually approved by the jurists
commission in drafting the plan for
the tribunal. In the main the sub
commission of the jurists has decided
to follow the five power plan sub
mitted by the five neutral nations for
the proceedings of the high court.
but has inserted "a clause providing
that, while generally the arguments
before the court shall be public, one
of the parties may demand that these
be held in secret and that the court
shall have discretion in certain cases
involving some other interests.
All decisions, however. are to be
read al public sessions. In the event
a charge is brought by one party be.
fore the court, the other interested
party and all the members OF the
league OF nations are to be informed
of it. While some of the jurists
think this means that publicity ins
evitably will follow, there is no OF
ficial provision to give the press or
the public access to briefs or COM
plants.
The procedure of the court IN
other respects is to follow generally.
the model of the supreme court OF
the United States, with a special pro-
vision for the expression of minority
opinions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Cox to Make Western
Tour During September

Columbus, O., July 2l.-The CEN
tral and eastern states will comprise
the initial speaking forum of Gov
ernor Cox, democratic standard
bearer, according to tentative plans
announced today Almost imme-
diately after his notification, now set
for august 7. the governor plans to
spend the three last weeks in
August in these states and then start
western tour early in September.
1t also was announced that the
vice presidential 6ominee, Franklin
ID. Roosevelt, probably would tour
The west, including the Pacific coast
states, while Governor Cox is in the
east. Mr.. Roosevelt then will trans
Ter his activities to the east while
his chief is west.
The candidates itineraries were
gone over hurriedly today by
George White, former Ohio con-
gresham, chosen yesterday as
chairman of the democratic national
committee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Hang Murderer 65 Years
Old in Mississippi

Pittsboro, Miss, July 2l.7His
death sentence once committed to
life imprisonment by an acting gov
ernor only to have the governor re-
turn, issue statement that the rec
ords of his office did not show a
commutation and order him from the
state farm back to the death cell,
Charles H. Ivy, IS years old, today
was hung in the little brick Jail here
for the murder of Love Bagwell in
1919.
In the hope that Governor Russell
would grant eleventh hour executive
clemency for which the sheriff of
this county and two members of the
pardons board hod interceded the
hanging was postponed until today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
NOMINEES ASKED
TO Join MOVE TO
RELEASE DEBS
Third Party Standard Bearer
Calls on Harding, and Cox
to Ask for Pardon
for Socialist. d

Denver, July 2l.-Parley P. Chris
tensen, farmer-iabax party candidate
for president, today telegraphed to
Senator Harding, republican nomi-
nee, and Governor Cox, democratic
candidate, suggesting that all join in
demand upon President Wilson to
Immediately release Eugene V. nebs
from prison.
The text Of the message follows
Il have been selected by the farm
er-labor party as its candidate for
president of the United States. 1t
is my intention to inaugurate as
quickly as possible a nationwide
campaign in behalf of the ideals of
political and industrial democracy
embraced in the platform of that
party. But l dislike utterly to start
on such campaign while one of my
opponents is in prison, and especial
ly while he is in prison for no crime
other than an honest public en-
preston of his political views.
refer to Eugene V. Debs, nominee OF
the socialist party.
The war has been over for near
ly two years, and whatever justif-
cation there might have been on, the
part of the government for denying
Debs his freedom during the war,
has now been, dissipated by 20
months of peace. Mr.. Debs may be
utterly wrong in his ideas of how
best to conduct the affairs of society,
and so may | be and so may you,
but my conception of liberty includes
the right to think wrong. | say to
Mr.. Debs and to others with whom
l disagree, including the candidates
of the republican and democratic
parties, I loathe your ideas like
death, but l will defend with my lie
your right to express them
Does it not appeal to you as a
matter of simple justice that the
presidential candidates of the demo-
cratic, republican and farmer-labor
parties should join in a demand upon
the president of the United States 10
Immediately release the socialist
candidate from the Atlanta prison:
As for me it shall not be said | have
been a party to the persecution OF
any man for the opinions he holds
and | should so regard myself if |
failed to publicly announce my con-
demnation of. the Imprisonment OF
Debs, since | have entered a race i'll
which he is competitor. Your
sense of sportsmanship must have
led you, since your nomination. to
consider the position of Debs. ]
beseach an answer from you to this
proposal"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Prohibitionists Name CON-
moner by AcCIamation;
Friends Say He Will Not Con-
. sent to Head Ticket.
BIG DEMONSTRATION
FOR CHIEF OF ANTI-WETS
Miss Marie c. Brehm, Long
Beach, CoIo.., Is Chosen as
Permanent Chairman Of Con-
venti0n in Session at Lincoln.

Lincoln, Neb., July 2l.-William
]. Bryan was nominated by acclama-
ton as the prohibition party's presi-
dental nominee at the national con-
.vention here today. The nomination
came after resolution rendering"
him the position of standardbearcr
had brought out the fact in debate
that he had telegraphed friends here
that he could not accept
The text of the resolution follows:
BE it Resolved. By the prohibition
national convention assembled in
Lincoln, Neb., this 2lst day of July,
1920, confronted by the cowardice
of both old parties as shown by the
silence of their platforms on the
great issue Of the century and in re-
sponse to a flood Of requests from
men and women of all parties, that
we hereby tender our nomination for
president of the United States TO
that peerless moral and political
leader, William Jennings Bryan.
Disregard Telegram.
"And be it further Resolved. That
we hereby instruct the proper Of
ficers of this convention immediately
to communicate with Mr.. Bryan and
report his reply to this convention"
An attempt to table the Calder
wood motion rendering w. ]. Bryan
the nomination was made after the
reading of the Bryan telegram by
Howard The motion to table was
overwhelmingly defeated.
Miss Marie Brehm then relin-
guished the chair and placed in ac-
tual nomination w. ]. Bryan, de-
claring he must not be merely
rendered the nomination but actual
ly given it"
A parade led by the Missouri del
egation was started Immediately.
South Dakota joined and then all
the delegations fell in line. Some
one started playing the Star
Spangled Banner on an old piano
and the delegates whooped and
yelled at the top of their voices. The
riano continued with my Country
'Tis OF Thee" and then swung into
"A Hot Time in the Old Town to-
night" Someone grabbed Howard
and forced him into the parade.
Howard is Critised.
A letter from Charles w. Bryan,
brother of w. J. Bryan, was read to
tie convention Ssking that his name
be not mentioted I'm connection
with the nomination and that the
Calderwood resolution should not
be passed. -
c. w. Bryan in his letter said:
Kindly request the members Of
the convention to omit Mr.. Bryan's
name from consideration in connec-
ton with the nomination or in the
adoption of such a resolution.
Friends of Mr. Bryan and in the
cause of prohibition will discourage
such action" The letter was ad-
dressed to c. N. Howard, a New
York delegate. Howard read it to
the convention.
H. P. Faris of Missouri declared
that Mr.. Howard "had come here
purposely to prevent a nomination
CONTINUED on Page Two. Column TwoJ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
c. 0.P. EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEETS TO
PLAN CAMP A|CN
Chieftains Confer in Columbus
Prior to Pilgrimage to
Notification Ceremony
at Marion.

Columbus, O., July 2l.-Members
of the executive committee of the
republican national committee ar
rived here today for a meeting to
discuss campaign plans before going
to Marion tomorrow for~~the cere-
monies at which Senator Warren G..
Harding will be notified Of his nom
ination for the presidency.
Among the first to arrive were
Will H. Hays, national chairman,
and Senator Lodge of Massachu
sets.
The notification arrangement
committee, headed by T. Coleman
DUPONT of Delaware, planned to
meet following the session of the
executive committee.
Among those expected at the
meeting of the executive committee
meeting were Fred Upham of 1lli-
nois, Clarence R. Miller of Mime
sofa. John T. Adams of Iowa, Ralph
E. Williams of Oregon, Miss Chris
tine Bradley South of Kentucky,
Mrs. Corrine Roosevelt Robinson
of New York, Mrs. Jeanette Hyde
of Utah, R. B. Howell of Nebraska,
A. T. Hert of Kentucky, John w,
Hart of Idaho, ]. L. Hamon of
Oklahoma, Mrs. Manley L. Fossen
of Minnesota, Mrs. Catherine Phil
lips Edison of California.
Many republicans from all parts
of the United States were arriving
here today, ready to make the pill
grimage to the notification cere-
monies at Marion tomorrow Spe-
cial trains and traction cars will be
run to Senator Harding's home
town and hundreds will go by auto
mobile.
In advance of the meeting of the
executive committee, Chairman Hays
said only general campaign plans
would be considered and that moth
ing of particular interest was ex-
pected to arise. He declined to
comment on Governor Cox's demand
yesterday in his speech before the
democratic committee that weekly
statements be issued during the
campaign of all contributions and
expenditures. He said he may have
something to say in reply later.
Mr.. Hays issued this statement:
Republicans everywhere are 'rar-
in to go. This unprecedented re-
publican confidence simply reflects
the conviction among the people
everywhere that republican success
is the most essential element Ill
national welfare"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Poles Are Accused Of
Pogroms in Retreat
Before Bolsheviki

London, July 2l,-Qewish Tele-
graphic Agency)-Charges that%the
Poles, retreating before the bolshe7
wiki, carried out numerous pogroms
and perpetrated atrocities of the
gravest nature upon members OF the
Jewish population, are contained in
an official bolshevik wireless. mes
sage received here today. The mes
sage declares that most of the
villages in the Kiev district were
completely burned and that in many
instances Jewish farmers were driven
into the flames. In Potowisze, the
report states, the Polish forces
killed 26 Jews.
From Warsaw, the correspondent
of the agency announced that repre-
sentatives of Jewish organizations
there have organized Jewish de-
fense council for the purpose of aid
ing and cooperating with the Polish
military authorities,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Prominent Chicago Lawyer
Is Victim of Appendicitis

New York, July 2l.-Arthur Je-
rome Eddy, prominent lawyer of Chi
cago. died here following an opera
ton of acute appendicitis.
Mr.. Eddy, who was 81 years old,
was organizer Of the American
Steel Foundry corporation, National
Turbine Co., American Linseed Oil
Co., and numerous other large cor
porations. and was member of the
Chicago law firm of Wetten, Mat
thews and Pegler. HeI was counsel
for many corporations, author of
Eddy On Trusts and Combina-
tions," Harvard law school grad
uate and member of numerous met
ropolitan, Chicago and California
clubs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Floyd Mason, 10, Dies
OF Heart Trouble While
Bathing in Spring Lake

Floyd Mason, l0-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mason,
4017 South Twenty-ninth street,
died in the Spring lake public
swimming pool yesterday after
noon.
His body was taken out of eight
feet of water by John Fuller, life
guard, who had been told by boy
that there was something on the
bottom of the pool Mr.. Fuller i'm
mediately dived and brought up the
body. He applied a pulmoter' and
summoned DR.. R. E. Schindel. The
boy was rushed 10 St. Joseph's hos
pital, but efforts at resuscitation
failed.
Mr.. Fuller stated that he was un-
able to bring any water from the
boys lungs, and It was believed that
heart failure caused death.
This was the first death at the
public swimming pools this season.
The boys father is carpenter.
Two sisters are telephone opera
tors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Woman Pours Oil on
Clothes, 'lgnites 1t
and Burns to Death

Alliance. Neb., July 21-(Special)
Mrs. William Sherlock, 55 years
old, living on a farm eight miles
west of here, committed suicide
Tuesday by pouring oil on her
clothing and igniting it.
Her daughter had gone to the po-
tato cellar, leaving her mother alone
n the house. The mother, with her
cicth;ng in flames. ran screaming
INFO the yard.
BY the time she reached her
mother, the clothing had been COM
pletely burned from her bobby. The
woman died three hours later.
Mrs. Sherlock was. known to
have been worrying about her two
sons, Jack, and William jr., who
served overseas iii the war. one of
them having been wounded. Both
sons are now at home.
Mrs. Sherlock is survived by hc-
husband. FIVE sons, and two daush-
tiers. Funeral services were held to-
day William Sherlock is pioneer
farmer n this vicinity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
THREE BUTCHERS
'RESCUEMARY FROM
MOB OF ADMIRERS
Movie Actress Placed in Meat
Cage of Central Market to
Escape Crowd.
New York mes-ChicagO Tribune Cable.
Copyright, 1920.

New York mes-ChicagO Tribune Cable.
Copyright, 1920.
Paris, July 2l.-Paris got its meat
late today because Mary Pickford
and her husband, Douglas Fair
banks, went to take a look at the
Central market and thereby started
a mild but ample riot. Mary was
rescued by three hefty butchers who
showed her into & meat cage aud
locked the door to keep the crowd
from her
Mary and Doug wishing, as they
said, to spend few quiet days in
Paris, had let it be we'll known that
they would visit the stomach of
Paris" this morning Publicity given
their trip was doubtless for the pur-
pose of having all the movie fans
spend the hour from 9 to 10 o'clock
in some other part of the city. Sur
prising to note, they did nothing of
the sort, and an hour before 9
o'clock the streets were blocked
with people who wished to see the
two stars, Trucks, coming to fetch
meat vegetables and other edibles,
and trucks loaded with them could
not move. The automobile bearing
Mary and Doug hit the crowd. The
car stopped and the crowd surged
about it. But Mary wanted to see
the Central market and she told the
chauffeur to 60 ahead 1t took a
half hour to move so yards to the
entrance.
Thousands of arms stretched out
to them and thousands of voices
shrieked. Descending from their
automobile they tried to go down
one Of the aisles. They were liter
ally swept off their feep by crowds,
surging and pushing, as lbnly Paris
crowd can. 1t was at this stage that
three butchers lifted Mary on their
shoulders and placed her where she
could be exhibited with less danger
of bodily harm. A fat woman
dressed in green silk stumbled and
fell into crate of eggs! Her dress
became streaming yellow, but her
enthusiasm changed not.
Finally Miss Pickford got OUT of
the meat cage and walked along
atop of tables among mutton chops
and veal outlets, and achieved her
automobile and her husband and
went aWay,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Prison Sentence Of
lanes Larkin Causes
Big Strike in Dublin

Dublin, July 2l. - A general
strike was called in Dublin today
in pursuance of the movement to
secure the release of James l.arkln,
head of the Transport Workers
union, who is serving sentence in
New York on conviction of GRIM
inal anarchy.
Labor here is divided in the
strike question, even the Liberty
hall chiefs regarding as futile, it
is said, such a method of applying
pressure to the American govern
ment. The order to lay down tools
was not generally obeyed, but the
extreme wing of the labor men were
reported this morning to be forcing
the withdrawal of laborers from
buildings on O'Connell street.
At the city market armed men
caused the workers to cease their
tasks, while vehicles were stopped
and attacked in the streets. A
procession was planned for this
afternoon to demonstrate in force
outside the American consulate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Greeks and Turks Clash
in Vicinity of AdrianopIc

Constantinople, July 21.-(By The
Associated Press Ut was learned
today through French sources here
that scattered firing in Adrianople,
where the Greeks and Turks have
clashed, actually began July lo, Ar
tillery and machine guns commenc-
ing the attack in which infantry
later participated. The civil popula-
ton, according to the Turkish war
Office, has been evacuated from
Adrianople. The fighting is con-
tinuing, according to the Greek
commission.
A Bulgarian airplane was shot
down Sunday near Adrianople and
the pilot admitted he was flying to
the aid of. Col. Eafar Tayar, the
Turkish commandant at Adrianople
There is no verihcatiou of rumors
that the Bulgars are attacking the
GreekS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Fine Police Chief for
Contempt for Closing
Books to Reporters

r. Cleveland, O., July 2l.-Police
Chief F. w. Smith was found guilty.
of contempt Of court and fined $1O0
by Judge Levine in common pleas
court this morning. Judge, Levine
held the chief guilty of falling to
observe the courts injunction order
ing him to open all police records to
reporters for the Cleveland News.
Enforcement of the fine was with
held until the case is finally disposed
of on its merits.
Chief Smith denied he had issued
orders denying News reporters ac-
cess to the records. He said he had
asked subordinates not to give out
interviews to the papers representa-
tlves because of alleged distortion
and eXaggeration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
HOn,esteader of 1908
Sells His Holdings for
OUer Half Million

~Venango, Neb., July 2l.-Spe-
cid. 1.-The remarkable advance of
land values in western Nebraska
was made apparent the first of this
week when Jeff ]. Newman, who
honesteaded here IL years ago on
the virgin prairie, sold his farm
and stock ranch for more than
half million dollars, to Mrs.
Mary Walker Rea of Kansas City.
The deal involves 4,400 acres of
farm and grazing land, all stock,
improvements, growing crops and
equipment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Lloyd George Considers
Answer of Reds Not Plain

London, July 2l.-Premier Lloyd
George, addressing the House of
Commons today, said the soviet
answer to the allies regarding peace
with Poland was incoherent, am
biguous and propaganda largely a.
tended for home consumption. So
far as he could understand, however,
the soviet indicated its willingness
to negotiate direct with Poland.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Duluth Street Railway Men
Strike for Wage Increase

Duluth, Mimi. July 2l.-Citizens
without automobiles or other con-
v1vances walked to work when
strike of carmen employed by the
Duluth Street Railway Co.. halted
trolley traffic. The men demand
20 per cent increase in wages, whici,
the company declares it is unable
to pay under prevailing Scent fare
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Attempt to Break Record
In Launching Ships Fails

, New York, July 21.-An effort to
establish worlds record by launch
ing seven ships in 50 minutes at
the Hog Island shipyard, was spoil
e. when the first vessel the Vaba,
stuck on the ways. When every
effort to release the ship failed the
launching crews moved to the Sec
ond vessel which easily slipped into
the Delaware.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
881 Bodies of Soldiers
From France Arrive

New York, July 2l.-Bodies of
SSl American soldiers who died
overseas arrived here today on the
steamship Princess Mato,ka from
Danzig and Antwerp. Twenty-Five
war brides" of French and German
nativity were among the first cabin
passengers and Polish repatriated
troops composed the majority of the
1904 steerage passengers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
u. S. to Sell Canned
Meats to Reduce H. c. l,

Washington, July 2l.-In an ef-
fort to combat the high cost of Iiv-
ing the War department soon is to
place millions of dollars worth of
canned peats on the market at
prices below even pre-war quota
tions, said an announcement today
from the Office Of the division of
sales.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
AZ Barrels of Whisky
Are Reported Stolen

St. Louis, July 2l.-Theft of az
barrels of whisky valued at aboout
$4,000 from the government bond
ed warehouse at HALEY Park. Mo-.
'8 miles west of here, was discov-
cred today, according to the report
made tonight by Collector of In
ternal Revenue Moore. Circum-
stances surrounding the theft ar
not known.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
Ex-Cashier Is Held
For Embezzle1nent
OF $29,500 Of Funds

Lansas City, July 2l.-D. w.
Stallard, former cashier of a ma
tlonal bank at Ness City, Kan, was
arrested here today on a federal
warrant charging embezzlement
According to the authorities, the
arrest ends search that has eX-
tended over a period of six months.
StaIlard is charged in the warrant
with having misappropriated S29,.
200 of the banks funds and used
the money to speculate in cattle.