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The Washington times., 1920-06-08
HUGHES TO Be
USEDASDECOY
Hope to XIII California Senator
BY Reoiting History OF =.
1916 Campaign.
SPR0UL THEIR CANDIDATE
Merry Time Promised by Fight
ing Progressive If camou-
fIage Is Attempted. .

CHICAGO, June 8.-The big
bosses Of the Republican organi-
zation have at last hit upon
scheme for spelling Hiram john
sons chances of winning tho
Presidential nomination.
They are going to try it with
Charles Evans Hughes, who fi1-
zled in the 1916 campaign.
Hughes is not their real candi-
date. They plan merely to make
use of him for the purpose OF
eliminating johnson and then toss
Hughes into the discard after all
chance of the nomination going to
johnson has been disposed OF.
Will Back Sproul.
Gov. william G. Sproul Of Pennsyi-
vania is the man they will really Try
to put across
whether-HuEhes- will permit him
self to be used in this manner by tho
anything-to-beat johnson manipuls-
tors has not been ascertained.
For that matter the question has
not entered into the discussions OF
the Old Guard leaders who are trying
to put it over. Their sole purpose Is
to get johnson out of way, and X
this can be accomplished by making
use of Hughes, they are willing to
20 along with the scheme, and hope
to see it succeed.
Scheme of Old Guard.
The plan to use Hughes as q part
OF the elimination machinery is un-
derstood to have been conceived by
little group of old-timers, such a.
Senator Jim" Watson, Senator Reed
Smoot. Murray Crane and Senator
New.
| All four are determined to do every
thing possible to prevent Johnsons
nomination. Their plan to do this
with the aid Of Hughes name is out
lined as follows:
VIII Rattle skeleton.
Hughes will be thrown into the
fight for the purpose Of dragging out
the old skeleton of the 1915 nasco and
throwing into the open in the con
vention the whole story OF why
Hughes lost that contest
An effort will be made to lay De
fore the convention charges to the
effect that Johnson was responsible
for Hughes defeat. The old bosses
think that by doing this Johnsons
delegates will leave him. and with
him safely out of the way they think
they can drive forward Governor
Sproul and make him the nominee.
| The scheme is cunningly conceived.
hut will not succeed. Have the lead
ers stopped to consider what johnson
might have to say from his seat In
the convention II an attempt Is made
to charge him with the responsibility
(continued on Fags 2. Column 1.
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At CRIME TALE.
Youthful Slayer Of Two Also
Sneers as Eyewitness De-
scribes Station Tragedy.
DISPUTE CAUSE OF DEATH
Claim That Wounds Were Not
Fatal Indicated by Ques-
tioning of Witness.

81 am shot in the stomach all to
hell. Get me out Of here quick" ex-
claimed Detective Sergt. James E.
Armstrong after his abdomen had
been pierced by a bullet from the
revolver of John McHenry, the
youth now on trial for his life, for
staying Armstrong, in Criminal
Division No. 1, District Supreme
Court, Justice Gould presiding.
Gives Graphic Description.
These were the dying words ut
tered by Armstrong twenty seconds
after he had been wounded, according
to Sergt. John F. Hall. Of Washington
Barracks. who witnessed the shoot
ing in Union Station December IA last.
and gave a graphic description of it.
Il was in the terminal getting in
formation about the departure Of a
train" Sergeant Hall testified. when
I saw the defendant come from the
barberahop. i also saw Detective
Armstrong and = colored employs OF
-Auicare near by. I saw the colored
man point to McHenry, and Arm
strong then walked over to the boy.
McHenry held his right hand in his
wight coat pocket, and when the de-
tective seized him by the shoulder, the
defendant pulled the revolver from his
pocket and fred at the officer. Arm
strong grabbed the hand holding the
revolver. when McHenry brought the
weapon into play again and fired two
more shots.
Armstrong swooned and fell, and
1t was then that he cried out: Il am
shot in the stomach all to hell"
McHenry Smiles sneerinsIy.
Under cross-examination by Samuel
McComas Hawken, OF counsel for the
defense, Hall went into minute details
OF the scene In the station-where he
stood and where Armstrong was shot.
He described the location according
to the compass. When Hawken tried
to mix up the witness, McHenry
smiled sneeringly on two or three oc-
casions.
McHenry also laughed. putting his
hand over his mouth. when a deGcrip-
tion of the revolver used by him in
shooting the detective was being
given by Hall.
IL was the evident intention OF NC
Henry's counsel to show McHenry
only fired on the detective in self-de-
fense-to indicate that Armstrong had
drawn his revolver, but Hall declared
Armstrong had not done so.
That the defense also will try to
prove Armstrong; death was not di-
rectly due to the bullet wounds in
fiicted by McHenry was shown when
DR.. william Browne Carr, district dep
uty coroner. and DR.. Howard Hume
the surgeon who treated Armstrong in
the Providence Hospital after the Of
ficer had been shot, went on the stand.
Both Blamed Wounds.
Both physicians gave II as their
opinion that the death of Armstrong
was due to peritonitis and other poi
| sonous conditions of the abdomen, di-
rectly due to the bullet fired into the
officers stomach by McHenry.
Attorney Hawken questioned them
as to whether or not the officers
death could not have been caused by
conditions of his stomach other than
those brought about by one of the
bullets. The physicians secuted this
theory.
"State whether or not you gave De.
tective Armstrong while he was a
Continued on Page 13, Column ~
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Penrose Keeps Busy
On Wires to Chicago

PHILADELPHIA, June s--sen-
stor Boies Peprose was reported ~
sresting fairly comfortably" yes
etAsy by Dr. Herbert n. Carpenter,
his personal physician.
DR.. Carpenter denied runors that
the senator was In such pain that
asrceties ksd to be edwinistered.
ssThe Senator is sitting up," said
the physician, "nnd II pretty busy
on the telephone with Chicago.
There was some Improvement In
Ills condition today
Leighton G. Taylor, the Sen
ator's secretary. said that the
Penrose household hsd been pay
ing more attention to convention
work than to MATTERS Of the
Senators illress- He ssad that the
Senator was In constant communt-
cation with ChicsGo By telephone
and telegraph.
Taylor was asked II the Senator
had any ststements te make ss to
the sproul hccm or other matters
of the cepvention.
.If ne has, ssid Mr.. Tsyiev. az
will he Glad TO set them to ycu ss
soon ms possible. J don't know
whether the Senator las any ideas
on convention matters or not. He
k.. many things on his mind that
4 know peth,nG Of"
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3B|GBATTLES
TOBE FOUGHT
Permanent Chairman, ResoIu-
tions Leader, and Stand on
Treaty Real Issues.
BY GEORGE n. HOLMES.
International News Service.

CHICAGO, June S.-The Republican
day Of days dawned in Chicago with
haze of uncertainty hanging over
the entire political situation, with
every one of the fifteen or so avail
able candidates still in the running.
and with several rousing lights in the
offing.
The day broke clear and cool, with
a gentle lake breeze rustling the
flags that hang over Michigan ave-
nue. and the campaign literature that
lies in windrows, in the cutters.
Sessions Are Embossed.
The long cherished dream of the po-
IiticaI reformists for an Embossed"
convention seems realized-at least in
the sense that today. when the 9S4
delegates trooped into the flag
draped Coliseum, there was not one
single figure which could be called
dominating"
Instead of being one "boss," there
were at least a dozen men whose in
fiuence among the delegates was such
as to be termed commanding. And
there were no signs, no outward
signs at least, of collusion among
them.
The situation as IL affects the Pres
idential possibilities, particularly the
"big three" consisting of Gov. Frank
o. Lowden, Gen. Leonard Wood. and
Senator Hiram Johnson, has not
changed greatly in Chicago in the
last forty-eight hours. There has
been some drift to Hiram johnson.
The coming of the delegates them
selves only served to increase the
crowds, the talk, and the general
confusion that hangs over the 1920
conclave.
UnpIedred Hold Victory.
The one outstanding, admitted fact
early today was that there are in
Chicago more than 500 unpledged, un-
bound delegates in whose hands lies
the choice of the possible next Presi-
dent-a clumsy voting mass hard to
control and harder still to manipulate.
The evidence Is In; and the case is
already in the jury's hands. II only
Continued on Page 3, Column o.
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II you were in this building where
the delegates meet you would see an
army of men standing up, most Of
them in straw hats. A few with
the soft felt hats from the West that
despises effeteness, or newness. You
would see William Jennings Bryan,
sitting at the left elbow of this
writer. And you would see a face
with one smile chasing the other
across it, as the shadows Of clouds
chase each other across green fields.
He looks triumphantly to his right
and says, "Well, Brisbane, prohibi-
toin has got the Supreme Court be-
side it now" The natural reply
was, "Slavery once had the Supreme
Court behind it, but it didn't last"
BY this time the Rev. Charles F.
Woodcock, Episcopal bishop, should
|hxxe prayed for the welfare of the
crowd, but it is evidently to be a
late start.
Fanny Hurst, writing for the
Hearst papers, is talking to Mrs.
Hume, one Of the five lady dele
gates from California, who tells
her how just before she left, while
she was cleaning house with a
towel tied around her hear, a lady
called, saying, "Give me an order
for a dozen photographs. You will
need them in Chicago" Lady Del
egate Hume replied, 81 had a pho
tograph taken ten years ago, and
l will never have another taken"
"Then," said Mrs. Hume, "the
photograph lady took one look at
me and said, swell, I don't blame
you.'"
You know that Johnson has his
whole State, every intelligent
honest man and woman back Of
him, rich and poor. Mrs. Hume,
who cleans house, is there, and
Fleischaker, and Crocker, who
counts millions. Men in California
worth millions swear by him, and
tell you they are ashamed to think
| that they once fought against him
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PERSH|NG seen
ASDIARK HORSE
Resignation Timed to Permit
Use of Name Should big
Four" Deadlock.

The few leaders OF the G.. o. P. re-
naming in Washington today declare
General Pershing chose the psycholo-
gical moment to announce his retire
ment from the army, thus allowing
his name to be used on the floor of
the Chicago convention as an "unim-
paired dark horse"
They say the apparent breach in
the Republican party caused by the
opposite views of the Wood and John
son wings might possibly be healed
and that General Pershing might
stampede" the convention.
So far as the Presidential aspira-
tion on General Pershing's part is
concerned, he has never said he would
be a candidate. He spurned the Of
fer carried across the sea by Frank
Hitchcock. who made a trip to Chau-
mont especially to proffer his serv-
ices as campaign leader. Some months
ago in this city. in an address to the
Nebraska Society, Pershing declared
he was not a candidate. adding. how
ever, that no man could refuse such
a great honor IL 1t were thrust upon
him.
Organization Was Formed.
"Pershing Organization" was start
ed by amateurs in the generals be-
half in the middle Wost, early In the
year. But due to the fact that Cen
eral Pershing signifsaD no intention to
become a candidate. even after his
name was entered in the Nebraska
primaris, the organization went out
of business.
The three Woods brothers, million.
aire business men OF Lincoln, Neb.,
sought to enter the general in the
race for the nomination, but aban-
lContinued on Page 3. Column u
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ASK FREIGHT RATE RISE.

Increases of "a per cent in freight
rates between points east OF the Mis-
rlssippi and points west of the Mis-
slssipi were. asked for by represen-
tatives OF the carriers today at the
hearing OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Evidence In support OF
this demand will be submitted during
the day.
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TRIAL OF CARL AUSTIN
POSTPONED UNTIL OCT. 5
7. Morris Wampler, of Washington,
Retained to Assist State in
Prosecution of Slayer.

MANASSAS, Va. June s.-The trial
OF Carl ]. Austin. who asserts he
shot and killed J. r.. Bailey Davis,
prominent business man, to avenge
the honor OF. his home, has been post
poned to October 8.
T. Morris Wampler. OF Washington.
has been retained to assist the Com
monwealth in the prosecution
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3 MEMBERS REAPP0INTED
TO D. c. SCHOOL BOARD
DIR. Abram Simon, DR.. Henry b
Learned and Mrs. c. s. Cook
to Continue in Office.

Chief Justice Mccoy OF the Supreme
Court this noon announced the reap
pointment of three members OF the
Board OF Education.
The reappointed members are DR..
Abram Simon. DIR. Henry b. Learned,
and Mrs. Corsiie s. Cook
The Washington times., 1920-06-08
FIRM POLICY FOR IRELAND
ASSERTS LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON, June 1.-THE govern
ment intends to bring to justice all
persons associated with crime in Ire
land, and II will take all steps to sup
press organized murder and intimida-
tion," Premier Lloyd George an
nounced In Commons yesterday.
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Die IN GERMANY
NCLASH WITH TROOPS

BERLIN June S.-Three persons were
killed and six wounded in a clash In
the southeastern neutral zone when
an attempt was made to dissrm a COM
pany OF Reischwer, according to in
formation received here today.
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

Men that work for a living will
take of their coats and fight for
him. He is the candidate Of al
honest Americans at this moment,
11:20, who ask only what is right.
And although Bryan says Johnson's
nomination is absolutely impossible,
nevertheless Johnson will be the
next President of the United States.
II honest and intelligent delegates
standing in crowds under the names
Of their States are beaten by those
that eat Ivory soap or Wall Street
soap, then johnson will run as an
Independent, will get at least q
million more Republican votes than
Roosevelt got, with enough Demo-
cratic and independent votes to elect
him. johnson will be the next Presi-
dent of the United States.
The band is playing "Three Cheers
for the Red, White and Blue" Frank
Noyes. Of the Washington Star. has
come In. He and many others there
believe that the tune has started up
because he arrived. 1t is not neces-
sary to tell you that every inch of
this enormous building Is covered,
, everyone standing, wondering, wait
ing, buzzing, waving a flag
Chauncey Depew at this moment
is mislaid in the Missouri delegation,
probably rebuking those responsible
for the twenty-five hundred dollars
a head" delegates. twenty-five hun
dred dollars isn't much of q price
to pay for a first class workman.
Depew (this is written with regret)
looks as young and as healthy as
William Jennings Bryan, although
he is more than twenty years older.
Bryan is sixty, was nominated for
the Presidency twenty-four years
ago when he was thirty-six years old.
He would look fifteen years younger,
if, like Chauncey Depew and Judge
Gary of the Steel Company, he had
taken light French wine mixed with
water every day Of his life, leaving
pie and ice cream alone
It is a fact that the successful
men of the world have not been wa
ter drinkers, also a fact that the
successful nations of the world have
not been water drinkers, also a fact
that the water drinking nations have
been failures. Ad look at India, sub
missive to the others. The Supreme
Court can't change that. Look at
Ireland still fighting after 700 years
oppression. Could she do that on
water?
Mr.. Bryan has just looked at what
you have just read, and he says,
Brisbane, I don't eat pie. l eat
radishes, letture, and tomatoes, three
times a day."
Edna Ferber, charming young
genius, in a purple dress with red
spots and a permanent wave, says,
why, Mr.. Bryan. you couldn't eat
tomatoes for breakfast
| But as a matter of fact, a tota
abstainer, one of the fe wsincere
ones being Bryan, is apt to eat at
almost anythingg at any time, not
knowing that his system Is calling
for iron in q vegetable form, which
is most easily obtained, by dilutins
and swallowing light red wine con-
tanning the iron from the skin oi
the back grape. Think what al
ostrich, pure water bird, will eat
Miss Ferber, who has a garland
of flowers in red embroidered down
her back and young pearl neck
lace, is Mortified to hear that Mr..
Bryan never eats candy or ice cream.
At this particular moment Will
Hays has appeared. Waving his
hand and smiling through his young
face at a crowd that cheers.
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BRITISH WARSHIP
LANDS MARINES
IN IRELAND

DUBLIN, June 8.-Ten boat
loads of marines were landed
from a British warship at Nut
ton Island yesterday to garrison
the west coast.
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

loss n. m. The delegates arc
slow In arriving, there being only
a scattering mt this hour. It's q
happy throns. however.
The lights are flashed on and
the convention begins to show
siGps of coming to order. Hun
dreds OF delegates and spectators
are still walking about the atsles-
IIOf-senstor Lodge has ar
rived and walked to the seats Of
the Massachusetts, delegates on the
convention floor.
rIO4-The hall IL now alIinG
he seen. In the last twenty
Into the big building.
VIII Hays walks onto platform
and is given . rousins recep-
ton.
IIt2o-The first cheering starts.
The band ~ playing "Disie,- and
the crowds responds with q faint
wave OF yeHh"H' peeHnte~ ana
sv~~tators alike rise to their feet.
1Iis4-Couveution L. formally
called TO order.
rr,as. VIII Hay. walked to the
front OF the platform and saidi
.Tke convention will be In order.
Prayer will he offered by Rev.
Charles Edward wocdcock. bishop
of Louisville. TIE convention
will please rise"
As the delegates sna spectators
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BOSSES SCHEME TO Beat JOHNSON With SPR0UL
LODGE KEYNOTE SPEECH DENOUNCES DEMOCRATS
Brisbane's Ringside Story
OF Opening of Great
Republican Convention
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. 1870. by Inter national News Be

BY International News serVioeJ
CHICAGO June 8-Eleven o'clock in the Coliseum,
same old building, many of the same old faces same old
aag no union jack other European emblem appearing in
it as vet If johnson has his way it will remain the same
as it was when Lincoln out here it will continue to run
this country for this country without the advice or consent
of anybody outside of this country
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Chronology of Opening
Of 6. o. P. Convention
As Flashed in Crisp Bulletins From the Rngside in the
Big Coliseum at Chicago

stood he read his prayer in
strong, firm tones.
11AO =. m~-The Rev. Wood
cock hnished his prayer. 'eThe
star-spangled Banner In played.
while the crowd sings.
Three cheers were given at the
urging Of nm assistant sergeant
at-arms, who asked them for the
greatest country In the world
the United States Of America
I1A0 - Official photograph IL
taken Of the convention.
The call for the convention is
read by Charles n. Miller. secre-
Chairman Hays was given an
other rousing greeting when he
got up to deliver his brief speech.
A delegate called for three
cheers, and they were given
loudly.
Hsys formally pominate~ nosni-
mates Senator Henry Lodge for
temporary chairman. He was
pronounced unanipscusly elected.
III tBB n m-Hays named the
fcllcvvinR 10 escort Senator
Lodge 10 the platforms
Cksuncey NJ. Dcp~w. New York;
Myron II. Herrtch, Ohio, and Mrs.
J. n. Hume, California.
ttiBp-seustor Lodge 10 given q
rcund Of nppIsuse ss Ne mounts
the platform. Gr~st arc lights
arc turned on, snd the wcvie
men grind away. Three cheers
sss q tiger fer Lodge are Givea-
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POLICE KILL SEVEN In
AUSTRIAN BREAD RIOTS

VIENNA, June S.-Seven persons
were killed and twenty-three wound
ed when police fired on bread rioters
at Gratz.
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

Johnson Radical7 Certainly.
He Tells You So.
And He will Be Elected.
Business Men Take Notice.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.


CHICAGO, June 7.-"If it be
radical To demand 100 per cent
service from public officials and
TO insist upon justice and decency
and righteousness in government;
Il 1t be radical to preach that
humanity have equal considera-
ton with property, and finally, II
u be radical to be just American,
! accept the challenge" From
Hiram Johnson's speech in Chi
cago last night.
The "once in four years" has
come, and one half Of one hun
dred million people, calling them
selves most intelligent in the
world" have delegates here try
ing one more experiment in self
government.
Everybody knows we'll that an
overwhelming majority Of citizens
want johnson for President. II
the majority actually ruled, no
convention would be necessary
except to select q competent man TO
preside over the Senate, strong
enough to replace johnson and
carry on his work in case of death.
But government by the major
ity" in this country means ma
Jority rule tempered and controll-
ed by minority wire-pulling.
Many Of the ablest politicians as
sert that "the big three will kill
each other off and that a dark
horse will get it"
The Big Three are Johnson,
Lowden, and Wood, Of course. The
Senate investigating committee
told about two of them. The
third, johnson, is the one that at
least 75 per cent of the Repub-
hcan voters and millions Of Demo-
frats and independents want for
President.
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COLISEUM, CHICAGO. June. 9.
loss a. m. The delegates arc
slow In arriving, there being only
q scattering mt this hour. It's q
happy thronR. however.
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stood he read his prayer In
strong. firm tones.
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WEATHER

rsir sssAsht sss 10
assssws .isS tsapers-
assss. Tsspsrssurs st .
q a. a degrees
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

Roosevelt and Johnson got
FOUR million one hundred and
ninety thousand one hundred and
one votes. Taft and Sherman got
THREE million four hundred and
siqhty-one thousand six hundred
and thirty-four votes. The inde-
pendent ticket beat the regular
tcontinued on Page ., Column ~
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IIrO1-Senstor Lodge has ar
rived and walked to the seats of
the Massachusetts delegates on the
convention floor.
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1riS4-Couveution IL formally
called to order.
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

What ails the. intelligence Of
nation that knows what it wants,
knows what forces prevent its get
ting what 1t wants, yet lacks
courage or organization to have
its way? You feel sorry for a
baby crying for someone to fix
his safety pin, but you wouldn't
have much sympathy for a grown
man In the same predicament
The Washington times., 1920-06-08

At this particular moment Will
Hays has appeared. Waving his
hand and smiling through his young
face at a crowd that cheers.
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