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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01
BRITISH PRESS
COMMENTS ON
FRISCO SESSION

LONDON, June 29.-Newspapers
and British officials here manifest
considerable interest in the Demo-
cratic national convention at San
Francisco. Chances of the various
aspirants for the nomination were
analysed, but there were few express
sions of preference.
The Daily News said: I'VE on this
eide OF the water would be accused
OF prejudice were we to express a
preference among the aspirants for
the Democratic nomination for presi-
dent. Therefore, it is unnecessary
Tor us to say more regarding the
claims made for American Ambas-
Sador John w. Davis than that he
mas shown good judgment and the
power of inspiring respect for both
himself and the great nation he rep
fesents, This will insure him a high
place even in the notable list of dis
ungulshed men who during the last
125 years have filled his Office
Inc same newspaper declared hos
t1Ilty of American labor would defeat
A. Mitchell Palmer. "The Democrats
nave little hope of winning on a. Will
SON platform. but they can probably
make stiff fight if they are able to
draft platform which will conciliate
labor and the Irish in the United
States"
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State That Testimony
Against Jenkins Was
Forced by Torture

MEXICO CITY, June 29-Several
indians, exclaimed with regard to
their previous testimony in the case
of William 0. Jenkins, Of Shelby
Vile, Tenn, former American consul
lar agent at Puebla, testified today
that they were suspended in the air,
struck and threatened with death by
shooting until they agreed to testify
against jenkins, according to a
Puebla dispatch to FL Universal this
evening. Jenkins was kidnapped by
and later was charged with COM
plicity in his own capture.
The testimony is being heard be-
fore the third criminal coIEt of
Peubla. Igliacio Musquez, former
secretary of the second criminal
court, declared court papers were
stolen to damage the case against
Jenkins and the judge was deposed
when he was about to free the
American. The bandit Cordova was
cross-examined for four hours to-
day but his testimony was not dis
closed.
Interviewed in Mexico City to-
night on his arrival from Peubla,
Gordova said he had kidnapped
Jenkins, but that the latter was not
an accomplish. The agents of the
Carranza government, Cordova as
serted, had made attempts to induce
him to testify the kidnapin was
the result of a scheme between him
self and Jenkins, but he had declined
to make such statement. Any dec
larat1ons purporting to come from
him accusing jenkins of being impli-
Gated in his capture, CordoVa assert
ed, were pure fabricationS.
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Bride Says Killing
Was Purely Accidental

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - That she
held the pistol in her hand and that
it was accidentally discharged was
the story of Mrs. Margaret Larmon,
sixteen-year-old Bowling Green
bride, on trial with her husband for
murder of Ralph H. Rushing, taXicab
driver.
The girls testimony corroborated
that of her husband, Bernice Lar
mon. According to their story they
married against wishes Of their par
ents and left Kentucky under an as
sumed name. At Tallahassee they ar
ranged with Rushing to take them
to Thomasville,. Ca, in his car. They
left an unpaid hotel bill, but intend
ed to send the money back after
they met a friend in Thomasville.
Harmon told his bride not to fear
about being overtaken and drew his
revolver, their testimony ran. She
passed it to Rushing, who examined
it. When he passed it back lurch
of the car caused 1t to be discharged
and to kill Rushing instantly.
The trial will be concluded later
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Envies Waiter Who Can
Lose $1,000 at Poker

eff waiter and a window clean
CT can sit in a game of poker and
each lose $4,000, I want to be either
right away" declared Deputy Assis-
tant District Attorney Driscol1 in
Jefferson Market court, New York
recently in opposing the discharge of
the waiter, Harry Weiss, of No. 102
Suffolk street. who was charged
with maintaining a gambling house
at No. II West 21st street.
Detectives kiernan and Ritzmann
Of Inspector Boland's staff testified
that they saw Weiss and a score of
window cleaners playing cards Wed
nesday, night with a considerable
amount of money before them.
Weiss attorney, Alexander Lang,
admitted some thousands of dol
lars passed in the game" but stoutlv
maintained the amount involved did
not supply the necessary element
to constitute a violation of state
statutes. Weiss was discharged, as
were several other players charged
with diSOrder1v conduct
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HARDING PLANS
REPLY TO SPEECH
OF CUMMINGS

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Warren
c. Harding intends to reply to the
keynote speech of Homer Cummings
to the Democratic convention in his
speech next month.
Senator Harding read the Demo-
cratic broadside carefully today, but
he declined to make any comment for
the present.
The Republican presidential nom
inee was back on the job today fresh
and sunburned from his brief vaca-
ton in New Jersey. He was eager
to plunge into the stack OF accumu-
lated mail, and several important
conferences are on his engagement
pad. 1t will be a steady grind for
Marion, probably Saturday.
Mrs. Harding also appeared to
have enjoyed the brief rest, although
her only comment returning was on
the good it did the senator.
Waiting for his train at the New
Jersey Village last night, Senator
Harding improved his time by min
Cling with laborers on their way
home from work in the mills. His
identity was unknown to the little
knots of workingmen waiting at the
station. Mr.. Harding walked over
TO one STlIuy 1dbOISI oAGI1AS VA -
station bench and extended his hand.
Glow are you today?' Senator
Harding began, without the formali-
ty of introducing himself. Il just
wanted to find out how you are get
ting along?"
The man told Senator Harding he
worked in a tar roofing factory near
by and got $3.50 a day.
"And you know that man got Off on
a particular hobby of mine" Senator
Harding said relating the incident
on the train later. ''He is buying a
home on payments instead of paying
rent. That always appealed to me
And he is saving money, too"
Conductors and porters on pass
ing train recognized the senator and
Mrs. Harding standing on the plat
form and waved to them.
On the train Mr.. Harding fell into
conversation with the steward of the
dining car and several of the porters
He did not seek to get their views on
political questions, but was trying &c
find out how much they earned ano
whether it was enough to raise thell
families on, it was explained later.
Mrs. Harding, Senator Kellogg' OF
Minnesota, and Jimmy Sloan, secre'
service man, composed the party.
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.DODSON SOUNDS
CALO|NEL' S DOOM
The oliver Tone" Man
Warns Folks Against the
SiCkening, SaIivat-
ing Drug

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take a dose of the danger
Gus drug tonight and tomorrow you
lose a day.
Calomel is mercury! When 1t
comes into contact with sour bile.
it, crashes into it, breaking it up,
Then is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. If you are
sluggish, if liver is torpid and bow
els constipated or you have headache,
dizziness, coated tongue, if breath Is
bad or stomach sour, just try Il
spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver
Tone tonight.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get a bottle of Dod-
sons Liver Tone for few cents
Take a spoonful and If it doesn't
straighten you right up and make
you feel fine and vigorous, go back
to the store and get your money.
Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying
the sale of calomel because it can
not salivate or make you sick.
(Advtl
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BY IRVING s. COBB

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 90
In Sundays dispatches, in enumerat-
ing the various booms and boomitas
(Spanish for little booms) which had
blossomed forth upon the eve of the
opening session, I Internationally did
several prominent gentlemen an in
justice by emitting mention of their
booms. This oversight 1 hasten to
correct.
For instance, no account of the
proceedings to date would be COM
plete without word for the Carter
Glass boom This is one Of the
young that it is practically unborn,
but we have a promise that it will
show growth later should develop
ments t1nd toward dark colt, new
ly foaled.
Mr.. Glass, standing up, looks a
good deal like Homer Cummings, sit
burg, Va. This little city is likewise
the birthplace of Senator Robert
owen, of Oklahoma, who, up until
Saturday, was being prominently
mentioned by himself and several
friends for the presidency, with ev-
cry prospect, 1 find, Of carrying. the
full strength of the Cherokee tribe
of Indians, one of whom he is par
TALLY.
That was before Mr.. Bryan took
a mean advantage of Mr.. Owen, who
had never done him any harm in his
whole life, by coming right out and
saying he rather favored Owens.
Like a Black Bean
An Endorsement by Mr.. Bryan at
this convention is in the nature of
a black bean, and. as result of this
mean trick on the part of the boy
orator of the platitudes, Lynchburg
now has only one native son in the
running, the same being Mr.. Glass.
being pointed out that If sent to
the White House he can save the
country considerable money when
touring the country by travelling on
a half fare ticket.
Indeed, there is much to be said
ready been said for Mr.. Glass He
said it himself, however, he is con-
siderably handicapped by the fact
that he hangs about the hotel lobby
comforting with delegates, other
guests mistake him for a bell hop
and If he goes out in the street and
stands on the corner, people try to
he is thinking seriously of wearing
a Boy Scouts uniform to avoid these
errors on the part of the populace.
Then, there is the Marshall boom,
which is being quietly promoted in
certain quarters by some of the In
diana Democrats. Any time an In
diana Democrat can't run for an Of
fee himself, he boosts some other
Indiana Democrat for it. Indiana is
known as pivotal state because its
resident Democrats spend so much
time spinning around and around
looking for patronage.
In behalf of Mr.. Marshall, the
claim is being adverted that, having
served eight years as vice president,
he should be better acquainted with
the duties and responsibility of the
presidency than any other man.. ex-
Guiding Mr.. McAdoo, who is only re-
lated to the job by marriage. But
1 never yet heard that Jawn McGraw
figured a man would make good
baseball player merely because he
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Man and Wife Found
Mvsteriouslv Shot

old, of No. 1913 West 145th street,
New York, and his wife, thirty-fou"
years old, are in st. Laurence hos
pital suffering from gunshot wounds
which they received at night in their
apartment.
Hartman is unconscious and his
wife Is in a daZed condition, unable
to give any information.
Tenants in the apartment heard
shots, but paid no heed Half an
hour later Mrs. Hartman was found
in hallway, having collapsed from
loss of blood.
Hartman was shot in the left tenn
pie and Mrs. Hartman in the left
shoulder and the right hand.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01

NEW YORK. - An equestrian
statue of George Washington, heroi-
cally proportioned and of imperish-
able bronze, stands in the plaza at
the Brooklyn end of the Williams
burg bridge.
Walking in the plaza as dawn
touched the skies Policeman Frank
Crane glanced casually at the statue
and then stood fascinated. For
astride the bronze charger which
carried the effigy of him who was
first in war and peace a ragged citi-
zen sat. His arms were clasped Sc
curely about the waist of the Father
of His Country; the arms of Nor
pheus, in turn, held the ragged citi-
zen fast.
But before the policeman now the
concrete Cor granite) problem: How
did the dashing horseman behind
General Washington achieve his posi-
ton up fifteen feet of polished stone
pedestal?"
Ultimately, by throwing showers
of pebbles at the man, he awoke him
and ordered him to descend. The
man showed a disposition to argue,
but argument may never hope to pre-
serve it's equilibrium on statue in
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01
Train Bandit Is
Shot by Passenger

SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 29.-Po-
Ice today are searching along the
Southern Pacific tracks near Davis. a
few miles from here, for the train
robber who held up passengers on the
Atlantic Express late last night The
bandit fell from the train when Al
Rodell, of Cleveland, Ohio, fired three
shots into his breast.
About 5000 in cash and a quantity
of jeWelry had been taken by the ban
dit from the passenger in the last
two cars on the train. He climbed
aboard from the observation platform
and compelled brakeman to accom-
pany him and arouse the passengers
in their berths.
AS he attempted to enter a third
coach he discovered Conductor Null
downey locking the door and fired
twice without hitting him. Rodell
followed the bandit back to the for
and shot him three times
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01
Wild Man Stirs Community and Sets
Them Wondering Whence He Came

men from all over the county. Au-
tomobile parties from Stanton, FL
lott, Red Oak, Griswold, Coburg,
Villisca and the surrounding towns
were on the scene. Farmers from
practically every township in the
county took part in the hunt. More
than ESQ automobiles were parked in
the district.
Two weeks ago, while in her gar
den, Mrs. Geist. living near here, saw
strange man creeping along the
fringe of the woods.
Chartered Like a Monkey
He came toward me, but he did
not utter a sound" said Mrs. Geist.
HE spied a small box and stopped
and sat down on it. Then he got uD
and ran into the woods, where he
climbed a tree and chartered and
laughed like a, monkey"
Mrs. Geist ran to the house and
telephoned neighbors, who assembled
for protection.
A few days later Mr.. Geist saw
the wild man. HE stuck out his
tongue and twisted his face like an
ape" said Mr.. Geist. when I walk
ed toward him he took to the trees
and disappeared into the forest"
On another occasion, when Mr.
Geist and several others cornered the
fellow in a bend in the river, the
wild man escaped by diving head
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Discussing B0oms,
Says Senator Dozens NH
Get FuU.CHerOkee VOtf
been living for eight years next
door to the Polo Grounds

been living for eight years next
door to the Polo Grounds
For a Mess Of Penrose
OF the Hoover BOOM perhaps gso the
the way the convention feels about
it. In politics, circumstances certain
ly do alter cases with amusing ra-
pidity. If Herb hadn't sold his po-
litical birthright for mess of Pen
rose, he today would have the bright
est prospect of any man for being
nominated here in San Francisco by
the Democrats, with excellent
chances, in the opinion of many WISE
acres, for beating Harding to a
souffle in November. AS it is, about
the only place where he still is run
ming strongly is Belgium.
Finally, I feel that this supple
mental summary of booms would not
be completed did it fail to include a
paragraph dedicated to the Balm
bridge Colby boom. I have decided,
therefore, to give it, a paragraph.
This boom is not.
Mondays session gave the crowd
kremer style of delivery and the ap-
pointments of the convention hall:
Mr. Kremer concurring heartily in
the first named. Otherwise nothing
of vital Importance marked the first
hours of the first morning of the
Many of the old-time notables were
missing from the scene. Death, this
past four years, has claimed some
and the sings and arrows of party
disfavor fatally have perforated the
political polls of divers other of
the ancient war horses. as lLardner,
the ever original, has nicknamed
lucky, has been claimed by eternity,
as has Rogers Sullivan, of Illinois.
HeadlIners Are Absent
Martin Glynn,, of New York, de-
liberately stayed away. Joe Bailey
likewise is among the absentees and
until this year, Joe Bailey has been
conspicuous figure in Democracy s
council, his real prominence as a
leader dating back to that ever me-
United States senate, when he made
violent attack on Albert Jermiah
Beveridge's most vital organs, to- wit,
his vocal chords.
But this year Texas would have
none of her erstwhile favorite son.
Dave Francis is on the spot, full
life-size, but his fellow statesman
Of Missouri, Jim Reed, has been
given the bounce twice by the con-
stituents at home and once by the
national committee. At last the same
conviction has been impressed upon
him which was Impressed once upon
a New York gentleman called Cohen,
member of the old knickerbocker
family of that name, who, having
been thrice flung violently out of a
window of a hall where a Tammany
assembly club was holding a dance,
sat upon the sidewalk and remark
ed: 1T know now what the matter
with those loafers. They don't want
me in there"
Now, Jim, Reed can take a hint,
too. And that is about all he will
take here-except the air. The trou-
BILE with Jim is that he is not ortho-
dox on the League of Nations and
next only to J. Ham Lewis new
toupee, the league is the most sacred
thing there is at this convention. 1t
is all the more sacred because in the
private opinion of good many gents
who are cheering loudly for it in
public, it's so dead.
copyright, 1920. Bell Syndicate, Inc. }
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01

RED OAK. Ia.-There's naked
wild man in the woods in the north
ern end of Montgomery county. Full
ly 1000 people, headed by Sheriff
Ed Peterson, spent one entire day
searching the bottoms along the
Nishnahmotna river for the fellow.
They did not find him, but discovered
T. several scooped-out places in the
river bank where he is believed to
have slept. Sheriff Peterson plans
to have out 5000 men to search the
entire county.
For a month reports of wild man.
entirely nude, roaming over the
northern end of the county with
Seeley's mill as center. have been
coming into Red Oak. He was seen
by dozen different people. He was
reported as about thirty years old,
with a long, matted beard and hair
and with muscles like an orang
outang Two weeks ago, when pur-
sued, he took to the trees like d
monkey and by swinging from
branch to branch made his escape.
Swilns River Dog-fashion
On another occasion, when neigh
borhood pursuit became too warm
and he was cornered near the Nish-
nabotna, the fellow plunged from a
high bank into deep water and, dog
fashion, went across the river with
almost incredible speed
The all-day hunt was made b
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Ragged He Was, but President Of
U.S.. He Would Be, in His Speech

a park He was in the middle of a
glowing metaphor when balance left
him and he began to go. AS he to-
bogganed down the horse and then
the pedestal the arms of Crane in
closed him and set him on the grass.
And now" said Crane, land be
quick about it-what were you doing
up there?"
Exactly" said the man, a little
diffidently, what everybody was do
ing in Chicago the other day. You
should have been here at midnight
and heard me nominate myself in a
speech which was at once a prose
poem and a masterpiece of reason
ing. Literally, instead of figura-
lively, I stood on platform which
Washington was not too proud to
occupy. But oratory, unfortunately,
has it's limitations and its draw
backs. 1t was while I was cheer
ing myself for fifty-seven minutes
that sleep overcome me and 1 knew
no more"
Along after breakfast time, and in
the Bridge Plaza court, the man said
his name was Edward Lynch, and
that so far as he knew he had no
home.
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HEADQUARTERS
FOR M'ADOO MEN
OPENED AT FRISCO

headquarters as William G. McAdoo
will have at the convention We're
opened here today. They consist OF
three rooms rented by personal
friends of Mr.. McAdoo, and are to
one is in charge of the rooms nor
is a publicity campaign from them
being planned. Conferences nightly
perhaps will be held by McAdoo s
supporters during the remainder OF
the convention.
Tentative arrangements for the
McAdoo committee that is to work
in the convention have been practi-
cally completed. Under the leader
ship of Samuel B. Amidon, of Wi
chita, Kan, a steering committee
consisting of half dozen first lieu
tenants and one man or woman from
each state has been perfected. Prac-
tically all of the members of the
committee are delegates, and will
work on the convention floor.
No claims are being advanced by
the McAdoo supporters as to the
number of votes on the first or sub
sequent ballots. Reports made by
men of different state delegations
however, claim anywhere from 25C
to $50. These figures represent the
minimum and maximum reports. The
number of "second-choice" votes in
sight are said to number more than
800.
Mr.. McAdoo's friends say he may
run third in the balloting on early
votes. They expect Palmer to lead
because he has a tremendous com
plimentary" vote that would be cast
for him on the first ballot. Cox may
run second, they said, and after that
the break will be towards McAdoo
The Tammany delegation is having
hard time deciding what to do re-
garding McAdoo. 1t will cast its
will not make a hard fight for him
because he is being groomed for
Tammany's candidate for mayor OF
New York at the next election.
Indiana delegates say they will
stick by Vice PRESIDENT Marshall as
long as he is in the field, but if he
should withdraw, McAdoo's friends
say they will get number of Hoosier
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Chickens Are Fortified

NEW YORK.-A mixture of ce-
ment and water is poor breakfast
food for chickens, according to Nicho-
las Doscher, of Whitestone Queens.
Three prominent citizens of his
barnyard devoured this substitute for
shredded wheat, promptly turned to
concrete and died in as petrifed con-
dition as any early Egyptian mum
my.
They didn't even lay a single hard
boiled egg by way Of exchange.
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Woman II Sees Train
For First Time in Life

MADISON, Ind.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Turner, II years old, of near Ben
nington, had never seen a railroad
train until recently, when she was
brought to Madison for the purpose
by her son, M. V. Turner
While she lived near the Ohio river
all Of her life, Mrs. Turner has
never ridden on a steamboat, and
says she is perfectly content to fore
90 that experience during the re-
mainder of her life. She crossed the
Ohio river once when she was a
small girl, but she says that is the
only time she has even been on the
wa
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u S. Joins Hunt for Baby

NORRISTOWN, Pa.-The federal
government has taken hand in the
hunt for the kidnapers of thirteen
month-old Blakeley Coughlin.
Recovery of the baby or arrest of
the kidnaperS or "The Crank who
obtained $4,000 ransom by represent
ing he had the child, is sought by
the chief postal inspector here.
Cards describing the baby were
mailed recently with his picture to all
postoftices in the United States to
be posted for information of the pub
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long from a high bank into the
stream.
There is no intention on the part
of his pursuers to injure the wild
man, unless for se1f-protection, but
the concensus of public opinion is
that the strange creature must be
captured at all hazards.
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Allies Will Withhold
News of Boulogne Meet

LONDON, June 28.-No further
statements. relative to the inter
allied conference held at Boulogne
will be made until after the allied
Lloyd George declared in the house
of commons tOnipht
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AGED Woman Drowned

TOLEDO, O.-An attempt to res
cue a pet chicken from a tank of
water caused the death near here of
Mrs. Emma Barbara Wilson, eighty
nine years old. In reaching for the
chicken Mrs. Wilson lost her balance
and fell headlong into the tank.