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V1-V;.v ;': ;-; '..-; .- .;'.:'-v vv;-l;;Vv'"-i . . . -' rW .. V . -fK. : V The Weather v PAGES TODAY TWO SECTIONS Generally fair Sunday and Monday, ..iioit warm. ;...,'- t River stage at FayetteHlle yester day f- feet VOL. CHI. No. 165 OLDEST: D AILYIN; THE STATE.: 18 h r , w : yAsaaa ui a syaffiB mw K ?' w -v FOR s g s . i 1AB0R CHALLENGES IEPDBL1CAM PARTY Decision Reached To Appeal To The Democrats For Recognition Montreal. June 12. Organized labor today threw down the gauntlet- to the republican party and now will appeal t0 the democrats for recognition of lts platform demands. - This decision came when the Amer ican Federation of Labor, in annual convention here, unanimously -condemned the republican platform adopt ed in Chicago as a document,, "defiant In its defense of the enemies of labor" md one that "proposes an Industrial enslavement and an abrogation of the rights as precious as life Itself." Declaring that the republican party "turned its back upon labor.'i the mnvention instructed Samuel Gompers 8nd Matthew Wool, president and vice- nresident of the federation, to suDmit in "identical form" to t the democratic party convention at San Francisco the nroposals of labor which were present ,d hy them to the republicans in Chi- in s lenethy report bitterly assail ing and condemning the various planks nf the republican platform.; President i Gompers and Mr. Wool brought the en tfre matter before the delegates., The tabor leaders indictment of the party was greetd with enthusiastic cheer md applause, while - hisses" and. moos (round up the reading of several of the republican planks. Without debate the "report was ap proved. . :. V' '' ' The federation went", on .record as condemning the republican platform on the grounds that it: Denies labor the right to strike against the govern ment. . "; 3-' Remains silent-on the right of wage earners to organize trade unions and attain justice by collective . bargain ing ' ' ;- 1-v ' -Offers no remedy for high cost of living and denies the- Importahea --of profiteering. .... ' , -. ; . Hepadiates labor's demand for ' re peal of compulsory ' arbitration sec tions o! the Esch-Cummlns transpor tation act. Denies lawful right of workers to cease work in tho plank on peaceful arbitration of wage disputes. Aims to undermine' sovereignty of the Mexican people and "fulfill the hopes and aims of those whole sole object is the exploitation of the peo ple and boundelss resources of Mex ico." Fails to urge congressional legis lation to prevent federal courts from usurpation of authority in declaring unconstitutional acts passed by con gress. Fails to favor federal compensation law and election of federal judges by the p.,ple for six year terms.- Threatens the right of the people to bring about "a change in the admin istration and laws of the ' government bj1 peaceful means as is guaranteed by the constitution." '-' ' -''' 1 The heritage left to the republican party by Abraham Lincoln, . . declared the reoort, "is abandoned In the plat form which embraces every oppor tunity to strengthen" the concept of repression and coercion' o$ ' the work ing People. ; . . .--- , Before adjourning until Monday the convention accepted the .invitation, of Secretary of Labor Wilson to recom mend a representative to represent the federation at the coming, meeting of the international labor commission was established under the . league, of na tions. The United States wilj; be-represented at the commission's' confer ence by a representative from -tabor. Industry and government, but', they will have no voting power until this country joins the league.- An attempt to place the federation on record in support of strikes by un ion school teachers failed, when Wil liam Hutchinson, president of ; the carpenters and Joiners union, . object ed to the introduction of such" a res olution. - - -. y . '; " - Condemnation of the i republican Party by the federation convention was declared tonight, in a statement issued by Mr. Hutchinson, to be an attempt by Samuel Gompers to play organized labor Into the hands-of the democratic party. ... -:- '."V-': :;V WILL NOT TRANSPORT KIDS BY PARCEL PbST Ruling Made When Two Chil dren Make Application, Washington, June 12. Children may pt be transported as parcel post, first distant Postmaster General ..'.Koons rul-ed today on passing upon two appii cations received at the Washington city Postoffice for the transportation of chll- 0rsn through the mails. . ' lX ; Kons said children, clearly did W armless live animals which Fiuire food or water while in. do notrew transit. ' AL0T EIGHT GERMAN TANrtES TO THE V. B. lof arla Jun 12. Eight oil tankers be ''nging to a German subsidiary of the aiirl. rd Gil company finally have been 'lotted to the United States for th aeon H?rt of Petro1 and oil to ' Europe, a ? t0 an official ' communication cl, th,s evening by the -reparation mmission. . , . -: con!lese vssels had been the-sub ject of riKht 8y slnce January, M919. The Italv nations, among them France, Quest" Great Britain, were .involved, has'h Wn of ownershlp of the , tankers later reservel and will be examined Djr an arbltraUon tribunal. . - "7-t 7. FARMER BOYFOR VICE PRESIDENT CooKdge Was Active In - Police Strike - Boston, Jun 12.- Oalvin Coolldg of Northampton, Mass., although in public life in his adopted state " almost ever since his 7 graduation from . . Amherst college in 1895tVwaslltt!l .known out side of Massachusetts iintil the greaCer part of the police force erf Boston wnt on stride in September, 1919. Coolldge was governor of the state. He ordered out the state , guard to; "patrol the streiets of Boston after a night of riot ing stating that law and order would be preserved and declared that the. strikers were deserters and, that' their places would be filled by other men. ' : ,, , . at-vr an4 Order' XCroops maintained order for ; several weeks, and a. new police force was. re cruited.. The stand taken by the gov ernor carried his , name ,to all parts - of the country andV in his , own . state he was promptly nicknamed "Law and Or der -Coolidge." ? ; . .As th , presidential .campaign of 1920 approached his admirers 'tried.-to induce hlra to become an active candi-datie- for, the republican nomination t or president. 'They had gone so far air to open headquarters for him in .Wash ington and Senator Lodge : had offered to present 'his name to the v national convention if the governor so desire-d, when he: announced publicly that he was not a -candidate knd that he con- siaerea tnat wnue ne was governor nis job was at the state: house.- The had quarters were closed. -. : " His History Calvin Coolldsre was born on a farm in the village of Plymouth. ,Vt.. on July 4, 1872Hls fathor In addition to car rying -on the ; farm, : was the. village store -keeper,' : Ooolidg'O's a n c e s t o r s, from the time John Coolidge settled In Watertown. Mass.. "in 1650, - were , all farmers. '. ... ... i i - . Young Coolldge worked on;- the farm and. In .the store and attended the. vil lage school. There he progressed in his education In 'academies In the. Vermont jtowns of.Ludlovr and St. Johnsbury and. his father. sent-htm, to AmherBt college. i Coolidg next studied law in the of Ae'e-of 'a4aV--flrm. in -Northampton ,and was admitted rto the bar. He- opened? u law. offlpo tn ,thQ same city. His first public office, was , .a member of - the Northamptoh - city. . council - in 1899. yt'--:f--y- In 1918 he ' was nominated by - the republicans without opposition for gov ernor and was elected by a plurality of about 17,000. . He was re-nomlnated-in 1919," was ; reelected by a plurality of more than 125,000 and '. received the largest total ever cast for .a governor In Massachusetts. ' Governor Coolldg was J- married .in 1905 to Miss Grace Goodhue, of Burling ton. Vt. Their two children are both boys.' When he was chosen governor he did-not abandon his modes-t rest dence in behalf of a double house- .in Northampton but took up his quarters in a single room in a small; Boston ho tel, In the - business district."' returning the 100-odd miles to his home, for the week-ends. - 7 ; ' . He .was awarded the honorary de gree of doctor of laws by. Amherst, Tufts-and Williams colleges in 1919. MRS. KEN YOH SAID K TO HAVE CONFESSED Quoted As Saying She And Dr. ' Tetlow Were - Intimate ! Stonlngton, Conn., June 12. Neither state nor defense being: ready - for a hearing, the case of Mrs Mabel Ken yon charged with killing Dr.' Herbert Tetlow, a retired physician, by, shoot ing, was continued In the town . court today 'until June 26. -, v ;-'-. Mrs. jKenyon .was' sent, to the New Haven county, jail. , It w'as announced by the authorities today that Mrs. Ken yon : had confessed to 1 the': physician's killing. :. She was quoted as saying that r. Tetlow and she - had been in timate ' for five' years, that the physi cian was the father of her seven months old : child, but had been f cruel since the child's' birth. Sh went., to him with a plea that he be kind to :hr, but according-to the confession attributed 4 to her, ' the physician said., she was a "mad woman" "and - attempted to take the pistol which she had in her hand. She said she was not-entirely clear as to the. discharge ; of the ,' weapon, but admitted It was in her hands when the shot , was fired, the' police said. ; J. COOLIDGE WIIiL ACCEPT REPUBLICAN NOMINATION Receive.d News. InvHis Apart - ment With Wife At His Side j Boston,; Juns 12. 3overnor Coolldge, when notified tonight that he had been nohilnated - by' tho republican conven tion for, the vice-presidency, author ized the Associated Press to say- that he would accept the nomination. ' . : Governor Coolldge received word of his nomination in. his apartment at the Adams house - in - company ; with Mrs. Coolldge and ' his aide, : Capt.1' Charles S. Riley,' and his secretary, Henry P. IiOAg. The governor r indicated that - ho was very well pleased with the honor. . 1 ' i , '. ." " t V -.:'. ii;-.'-. V HARDING TO: CAPITAL Chicago, June 12. Senator Warren Harding, , the -republican, nominee, for president, will - leave for Washington tonight on a Pensylvahla- railroad .spe? olal train" four hours ;'. after the con vsniioa adipux n V-". :7:7"; ':":-i V w ' . V'-V'v ;-;r;-;'VVv " 7:y.i-"7 V;; POLICE wimm i THEORY IN ELWELL MURDER Picture Gallery Of Beautiful ; -Women Now Being V'- ' - V"- . Investigated - New .Tork, "' June 12.- Joseph B. El- well, wealthy sportsman and authority on whist, who .was found dying' in his westside ' home yesterday, may . have been shot to death by a man Inspired by jealousy, according to. a theory on which detectives were, working , today, The medical examiner's'. report today confirmed ? the police investigation in the declaration that Elwell was shot with: a 45-callbre , pistol, an unusually large weapon'for a woman to use. At the same '.time Importance was attached to .the -.story : of Elwell' s chauffeur, Ed- ward B. Rhodes, that ne knew a num ber of women friends of; the dead man possessed keys-to his home." - The po lice . are. mow. seeking , these women. although, suspecting none of .them tq have done more, than supply a motive. : No powder burns were . found aboitt ! the' wound jof Elwell's headp according to -the findings -of the : medical: exam iner, which rejected the suicide theory; The night before he was shot Elwell was on a gay ' party with a group of friends. . - Their merry-making- extend ed Into, the early morning, hours. - , Elwell' moved- in" a set of ..wealthy sporting and society foiled; and in this connection it was recalled that In suing him . for separation in 1911 ajid asking alimony of J5.000 a -year,- Mrs.- Elwell asserted he made from $5,000 to SIO'.OOO a night playinfer bridge, and that on one. occasion he made ?30,000.e " - . f " ' - JShe said -he owned $500,000 worth of real .estate, - "had -i personal property valued at $100;eoo, ' received' $5,1)00 to $8,00 a year InToyalties from his books on bridge: and had "earned $18,000 In structing, young society kt&fk how , to play. -' -i';' v-". fr'? S A' picture gallery of beautiful women found :y: In .the ? west .side- residence of Joseph B. Elwell,. .wealthy , sportsman and -authority ' on .whist, tonight was being investigated by v the police for a clue to ttfe .mysterious rmutder yes-terday.-'.. .r -;; -.'"?" . . ... ... -; " -;- Detectives who today,, expressed be lief that Elwell had been shot to death by a man possibly : one v provoked to jealousy -turned, 4o this picture gallery for; the original whose intlrhacy with the' dead sportsman may have 'aroused this blood tluatrx-. " V'. -. ,' i--. -i ; ;. The gallery is' said to "include pic tures of many wmen. widely known in society.; .Rumor has even included the name of a . Russian beauty; 'who in the reign of the . czar, ' bore . the title of princess. y.,:-;if -,,i - 'Vli - . i The report of the medical examiner, made today that Elwell met ht flnti, from a 46 calibre revolver inclined the pouce to oelieve. that man had. fir h shot. - They nolnted nnt that it rii have been difficult for a woman to have handled effectively so heavy a weapon. HARDING HAPPY .WHEN "SHOT" BY CAMERAMEN Middle Name Is "Gamaliel" Wif e Makes Statement . -. v - r - - - . S .V ' - I ' . "I. t -r. . ..iiioiswt June ijr.-;aught 'at the hotel to which he rushed from : Useum , after his . nomination, Senator Harding made no formal - - atat ATm Ant but- declared he was "very happy," and Mftrli7' Tft." . ml ' . . - "v-"j s'k.cj.ux iu iiib ' irienas. . 4.ne. repuoncan , nominee showed piamiy nis elation- when he - emerged from his ; rooms ;,wlth Mi's. - Harding to face a battery of camera men. -. "If y ou want to Make "Mrs. Harding Iowa, yieasea. saia ; tne man :.wno the repuDiican' party had Jtrst - conferred the great honor, "tell her about the price or minmery, coming down." 4 There was a burst of - laughter - in which Mrs. Harding joined- and the cameras clicked a ifvely ,; accompani ment as ; the:. photographers: adopted the suggestion;.-, . ; -: . f'-.-v:-. Mrs. Harding, was - beaming . with happiness, asked for some comment upon her feeling -as to the- distinction given her husband by ; his fellow ,r publicans, she said:'. - v j . v : -.". "I am tremendously ' pleased, of course. But ; I : think . my- husband Is worthy of this honor . and I am con tent to. be in the reflected light." Senator ' Harding's middle name Is "Gamaliel.". ;t:7.,,te"" PENROSE SAID TOBE A NEARING DEATH'S DOOR Telegram Says - Senator, f Ex pected "To, Live But Few Hours " Chlcasro.' . June' 12. Members ' of the Pennsylvania delegation said they- had received a telegram from Senator Pen rose's physician saying that the senator was - very low ' and . .might V not live through the day. - For that reason they were inclined to question the state ment respecting senator Harding -at- Hrlbuted to; the senator- in Philadelphia ;;v ' ' 27lt GIRt' BIEET9 DEATH " ' . " 7 ' i:-;-:. v, : 7l" SPEEDING IN AUTO Augusta,; GaX tjuhe: ;12. Mlss' Rutb Inman, 20, of - Augusta, ' a membejof a prominent Georgia : f amily, twus Vkilled today ten v miles out; from f Augusta when an automobilein which she was a passenger, was .wrecked in 'attempt ing to-take a"- sharp 'curve r whlje going at. el; 'high : rate". of ; speedi::VV V;-'." ?-V'. ;'V;;yV;:-vV; 'Yi-HY':' '71' 7"'-:'7.,:--7'.-. ' ? ' i : -C- : j -; JEALOUb I-- . 7-' SENATOR WARREN G.' r1 1 - - --i r ' n 1 r n 1 a Mm .vv. fffJgp ''-fwMvi - .vs? MA Jm, , 'mmmA v M ; 5iKkH) f - v fm ' iiKk tiii( v ipP " 9iP - ' ;i '77 'S;r,. wz&P$ - ill,. . mWv iii " r- -, WARREN G. HARDING WAS '" "'7:"'-7 i-X1''i-:?i vVi-t.-..' v-.,..'-y," m r .- tj.' Tys-tVi. '-77 ' ON COUNTRY NEWSPAP. is jn owvJujDiisneri:Ui:JKap.e ay Through Colleg ry majority : 17: 7-t7 Warren 'Harding'; has always :been a resident; of 'Ohi9- which 'stateihe- hasj represented"' as "United tSates senator slnce"19lC ; "tii 'private 1 business. tllfe; he Is a ptftllsheriOf the Marlon. OhlQ. "Star."- - r-- -" : 77-77 v; 7771 ' 7 He was borpon - a 4 farm,-hear, "ethe village of VBloomingV Grove, . Morrow county, Ohio, November ! 2, ,1865,7 the eldest : of " jeighti children. .HJsTw father;,: Georges rC.i -Hardtni;. was a country, doctor whos -forebears came -;- from .ScQtland-i focegoing.. to vOhio, th Hayings -.were residents; of - Pennsyl vanla",-" where -some ef them were'masf sacred by r.Indians.X. Others ; fought In the; Revolutionary- war. The mother ; of WarrenMrs.Phoebe Dlckerson, ,was descended . Jroni , an old-time Holland Dutch familyi the .;Van Kirks. -:C i ; , ; .7. v V-- - Vx; Jonraallwt. ' - . W;' ; In his youth Warren Harding lived the life ;of a, farmerboy attending the. village . school iintU ; fourteen ; years of age, when' he' -V entered .-Ohio V. Oehtral roller rof Liberia -from which he was graduateVi8;ld.if?r ;of;l.tlie collesrB paper - he -nrst . aiaptayea a lateni, : tor journalism He jviras . obliged .-, X6l stop school "nowand then 7 and earn the money, with;. which -to 4 pursue-, his- col lege coursed Atione.: time he, cut,, corn, at another painted , barns and at ' still another love r a ' team and "helped to grade the -roadbed of a new . railway. At v sevnteeir-;he ? taught a - . district school and" played -a horn'1 in the vil lage brass : band. '; . .i '; '... ; 7::' :7i -- .A-i--Prttr.: V ;.'.-.V-;v: -;,; - a nAA iifmeirfhe'worked in the lage' printlns- of?tce;in .time-becoming ''ttrnaxtfAr fl.ndl.ter a'llno- type operator- He Is a practical press man and a job; printer, and. as a "make ran' "isVsaldto-have -few .equals. The - lucptece4 he has -carried, as s. senator ; ialv th? old prtoter s e-f v.n-tift'-was sticklne-tyPo -v " In 188 Dri'Haraing movea niB,uii"r : ivTaririri V vAVshort; time 'after ward theVfather purchased for ' War-: v . it. - then j amflll i paper. $7 7777 zr-;i?:s ? f.., ..... , -v:-vs s,lTr Paper, ' v.- , Onthe- Paperren Hdlnper formed .-every- u-i.w . , mlnihgr edltor..v Inall the irs the - senator has owned it there. : has nev;r,kbeenVaWfke-o one. SenatoViHardiAg-is closely identified with : many other large business en terprises in Marion and -othet parts of IhT state. --He- Js director of a bank tnd ,i several 77 V large - manuf acturing plants . and,: is .a trustee of ?he Trinity Baptist church. " - ; nr.. - tt acinar f has twice J represented Ti,te(nh -aenatorlat district of tr in : the vstate ?.v"lsJitu?f- '".U.-?'-;-,1.v -S-y -:YJ Y:7Y .-S'r "7r YY-YlYrY7:Y--.- -l" 7-Y:7 ..i.Y7- '- V 7Y7:7--Y':777,i' Y:'--7'y77'7y77 ' Ohio HARDING Op OHIK? M iuu,vuu served, one term -as lieutenant gover- nor Atthe 1914 -election -Hardlna; was elected - United - States senator by -a majority .of more -than : .100,000, run- nnig 7,000 : aBead or- tne rnext nignest on' .the 'ticket,lA-jIn the -;senate" he is a member of the committee' on, foreign MJss?Florence'. K.iing in VT' i i Board Makes Statements Rela- tive To - Application ; Of V"'"- Findings;;'-' 7 l Chicago; June ;12-The United States railroad, lahqr -board; announced; today that ltsjwage decision, when made will be effective as of. May. lr 1920. ', It will apply; according-' toHhe- time served, to all employes '; who .were t In- the service on May 1. and who ' remained-- or who have c6me into the service lace add remained. ;,! 0 : '-r-y -' ,' -: 'Jy ' -' ;The' board added', that, the; decision will cover only " the . employes of : the roads1 represented I by the executive committee andsof suchother :roads as are properly, before. the board." . ; - ;.-: : ;' The decision, however, will cover ap proximately 93' per 1 cent . of the ralli road - employee of th- Utftted 'States," said the statemenV and, the. board ' will as soon a practicable give a hearing to e,URe' representaiyes of ; the short Jinee V lJL - - ATi aijd other, -carriers not ; represented at the -recent hearings - and as soon after Ward as possible.': The decision for the employes of these carriejra will also ' be made. " "- . -;; i ' ,:; - " . ;. .''-.. iVicADOOjWILL NQT.G0 ; ' My TO DEMOCRATIC MEET - 4 Makes Statement On His Return -Pom Trip To The West l-'-New-Tork,'." June42WiUiam G.lMc Adoo. former secretary; of the., treasury and ;Mra, McAdoo, returned here: today f. Hirmir. 'thx went, t Hi8i frln., he said.T had no political slgnlfi- cance. Mr. McAdoo announced he would not attend;he democratic jiatiohal con- RAILROAD WAGE TO IS vBE RETROACTIVE ventlou In Sanr Francisco. -.' i J U i TOiuT nomination.- ;- i7'Y7f 7 YV .- : . YYy..y Y-Y - -' -- ' Y ' .T-." 5 A''-: YrZ Yl VV- y" i"Y77;f 77 t.yf j - "J7-Y?7; 1y yAYY - Ay' - Y '$7-' 'V;;v: '; ";'?;' "7--V- 'Y7Yy v-:. 7:K.7:,x -'777 "' Tlr Bad arrens Did Not Want Him Nominated Has Fears - His " Son Will Be Ai- : sasinatett-rBui He WiU Vote For Him Harding's Home town Wild With Excitement. Marion, -O., June 12.This llttle. Cen tral Ohio city of nearly 85,000 people went wild with . Joy 'and; enthusiasm tonight ''- when it -learned that one of its ; citizens,. Warren . G. Harding, had been nominated: f ar the presidency by the republican national oonventlon. Minutes before if was announoed of f icially at ,ChicagOr that Harding- had been - nominated,-. Marlon started oele orating wnat it considered a sure thing. ' Factory : whistles were ' tooted, church bells, were rung and Harding's friends and 'neighbors gathered' on the -streets in shouting, - laughing groups. No one' was at ; the Harding home to receive; the; news. The house,1 one of the modest wejling'otlhe ;city, was Hardlnc's father and; sister who live here, were the center' of enthusi astic grroups of ' townspeople, " who dls- cussed excitedly the . developments of the day at ' the Chicago, convention. - The - father Dr. J J. . P. -Harding, s practicing physician received the news of. the . honor .to ; his ; son.- on . his sev enty-sixth birthday..: .He seemed; high ly -elated,". as did; a'., sister, ;. Abbigall Harding,-; who teaches English in the man on mgn scnovi. ,.. ; . . . w , The elder,- .Harding . . received.; the news without excitement;. He declar ed that- he had not wanted his son to be "nominated," but now., that, he is nom inated he declared he would vote. for blmor prBidenVv V r i v ' - ; Earlier In--the day .when Harding's nomination appeared assured, the: fath er told Intimate friends-; -he - nopea Harrenweuia; net- be . abmlnated, . ae sol.mti presi8etsvnd men . JMtv Mgh office are "assassinated; He, said ,he didn't . want his; "ioy; narmea. xm ever- theless Dr. - Harding j appeared to te the' happiest .ang Uhe j world .' to night. -. ' :A7y 'le-'-; -.., V. '-' . v . -'. r Mother vRelatfvee. -, ; . ' ' ' . Wnabinarton. June .-12.rBesldes his father and; V-ai'ster 41ting -at Marion, Ohio, Senator.: Harding ":has .one. other eiotAr.. Mrs. -CaTolyn ' t Votaw, wlf e . of Dr. Herbert Votavr and a member of the woman's .bureau of the . . w asmngxon police - department; - She receiyea tne news of ber ' brother's nomination as the - republlcatif presidential ' candidate direct from ; his . headquarters at - Chi cago, over lo,ng;dlBtahJe; telephone. Chicago, June u.-j?r which-, he- believed Would prove detrimental - to- his party caused urov Frank O. IJowden to release ni . aio 1 fmta on the -convention- floor at to day'8 session, according. to a statement "After the eighth ballot upon wmcn I received a nlurallty of .all votes cast, it -was. represented to ? me : that te delegates ..were becoming, restive unaer th delay. Fearing a proiraciea aeau- lock which I, believed ' would, have been detrimental to tne inreresi oi mo wuu try,' J decided; to release, all delegates and advised them to use "their Judgment as to whom they should support.- I have - great . confidence in the " ability and. character of the successful candi date, shall support. hlra with all hearti ness and -believe . the Vticket will ;-,be elected. . The republican Jarty has not had ..such ah ' opportunity for service Jin half a centuryVv - - ;: , ;; fhL .mnriffR ;and, for the: local sun- port of. so many fine patriots men' and women, I shall never cease to be grate ful." : ; ; ':--;.-v "7 . V' ; ;:..; ' , . ;; - .. WOOD EXTENDS TH ANKS - - ; - Chicago, June 12. Maj.-Gen. Lieon ard Wood -. tonight issued a statement thanking the 7 public; for the nation wide ' expression of confidence and support in his campaign ' and I also thanking his associates, for" their work in his behalf .! .The : statement read: , - "At the close of this campaign. I take this opportunity r to thank .from the bottom; of ; my heart all. the men and women who,-have helped me loy ally in ; the - pre-convention and conr ventlon contests I am sincerely grate ful, for - their,, help and 1 appreciate the spirit ;of ' unselfish loyalty in 'which it was given,-. I ? also -appreleate the na tionwide .expression . of confidence. and .support." ; 7.. y:Y- --' v . " -" V. ; HOOVER'.' - - : New prk, .June 12, Herbert Hoover tonight sent the ' following, telegram to Senator Harding:- .v:v ";--,. .' ; rI hasten to tender you my. most cor dial ' personal: congratulations . on : your nomination and on -the great opportun ity which it affords 'you to interpret the desire of .the -American , people.". 7'y- YfS, New York, T.June ... 12. Charles --E. Hughes, nnsuccessful.republlcan" can dldate for the,: presidency In 1916. tp- fnSht: sent tbe followlns tegrara ; to j Senator .ardng: . ; I - iieartiest congratulations .upon vv NOMINATION MADE v APTER fiELEGM CAST TEH BALLOTS " - ;; '--- ' Vkyi-i v.,--- Entered As "Dark Horse'' Class, v Then Swept ; Cbn- ': ":,' 7.-7 ;-7- vention Hall - v " ;v PENNSYLVANIA'S VOTE . ' " -ENDS GRILLING FIGHT ? ---7 - Gow Coolldge c First " Became Known During Police V v .': .'v;';;::; StikeiRecehtly'.;VS. r Chicago, June 12-Warren Gi -Harding, United States senator ; from' Ohio, was; nominated for the presidency today" fey the re publican national convention af ter a deadlock which lasted for : nine , ballots and which finally . forced out of the running all tho original f aVorites. - ;; : - VICE-PRESIDENT 4 ' As his running mate, the con- , vention named, Governor Calvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts, up setting a plan of a combination of the Harding backers to nomi nate for the place Senator Irvine , Li Lenroot, of Wisconsin. ; ; - , LOWDEiSf'S FORCES ; The collapse of the , forces of Governbr - Frank O. Lowdeh and. v their: transfer ' in large part to Senator Harding, . put- the- Ohio candidate over, i - ;V ;; v General C Wood " lost heavily, however, when the Harding drift began, and Senator-Johnson,' the third of - the 'trio , of leaders on the early balloting yesterday, also went steadily down hill. ; "DARK HORSES" ; : Entering the' convention . four days ago as a candidate distinct- -ly of . the ''dark horse" class, Senator Harding goVonly. sixtyw -four votes on the nrst ballot yes terday and on the second ho '.J dropped to fifty-six. ' ' v . When" the convention adjourned last, night at the end. of the fourth ballet - ' he, had sixty-one. . " . .. ; 277-Y2 In all night conferences among the party chiefs, however, he was men tioned many times as the most likely to break the ? nomination deadlock should neither " Wood, Lowden -nor Johnson take a oommandlng lead to day. They .'all failed to do so, Wood and Lowden running a neok and neck race for leadership on four more bal lots, while the strength- of the Cali fornia candidate . dwindled steadily. - , , -. Pcka Vvi -': V , . '. Meantime Harding pushed his total to 188, individual delegates from many states swinging to him from the ool umns of the leaders and of various fa vorite sons. The Johnson " managers, fearing a landslide ;was Impending then made a last play to save the for tunes of their candidate. They moved to recess for a couple of hours in order to take an inventory and seek a new combination. - The -Wood ' and lowden forces, both . virtually at ' the peak of their strength, but both disheartened at the" long string of . ballots without - -material gains, fell in with: the recesa plan and the convention adopted it. . ' V In the dramatic succession of con-" f erences that followed the fate of. the candidates, virtually was sealed.: Some " -of . the Wood and -- Lowden .'.managers tried ineffectually for an - agreement V which would hold their - delegates In line and kill off. the Harding boo ml " seme tried to get a Wood, Lowden', Johnson agreement 'to adjourn until ' Monday without making a nomination. Thefe was also a conference between '. Johnson . and Harding supporters in . wWch the Ohloan supporters, tried without success to have; the remaining Johnson strength- swung' to Harding. v' - ' .; Release -Delegate -. - . 'Itvwas . the i parleys between ; the " Harding,, and Lowden men,' however - -which apparently bore thenost fruit when the balloting began again; for Governor Lowden' came to the conven- ," tlon. during the ninth roir call and, re versing a previous plan -.to" go before 1 the' convention, itself, ;issued nstruc- . tiohs from, behind the scenes' releas- ing 'hls instructed delegates." "Senator Harding was also- In the . rear of the coliseum 'platform 4 during the voting -and . conferred " with Chairman'; Hays. -. - Almost as 'soon- as the alphabetical call.-of states '-began after the -recess the- groundswejl for Harding demjn'-.- -strated' that it could not- be f orestalled; v Connecticut,, when her name was called, took, thirteen ' of . the , fourteen '.votes ' from Lowden". and gave them ;to Hard lng. ' InTlorlda ; he ' got .' seven from Wood and then Kentucky, almost from, the .first a s6Wd ;Lowde'n state flopped ' -.-i- . (Continued on Page Two.) ' i 1
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