North Carolina Newspapers

HIS AYEATHER ; yATQ I LAIIL. sa ymm . Bern tmumat I we Btlmoaa u4 ' Local thsnderaaowsrs Satur day aad fiaadny. mild temper ' atar. --. VOII CXL NO 171. TEN PAGES TODAY. ? RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19 1920. t TEN PAGES TODAYC PRICE:" FTVE CHITS MOTQRCOMVQYTO REACH RALEIGH AT- 12 OCLOCK TODA Cavalcade Will Be Met at Wake Forest By Delegations r; From City j WELCOMED TO STATE B T . : FRANK PAGE AT OXFORD Will Be Guests,of Citf Until , O'clock Monday" Morning - Barbecue This Afternoon and Dance at Auditorium To night; Col. Benneban Came ron Accompanies Convoy " M amber af th Bad - Cross, aad ether organizations, wha coat plat Jainlnf the , delegation going eat to asset tha Government Convoy at Wake Ferest. ara rvosMatcd ta ha at tha efflce ef Mr. M. A. Rashtoa at :N o'clock thitf meraiag. . Piloted by a larg delegation ... from Jtalaigh,-representing' municipal and elvie orgaaiaationa, the Goverament Coavoy of 65 motor vehicle and it Tcraonnelef 43 -officer and 150 enlisted men, touring the country la tha inter eat of better road, army recruiting, : ana to create aentiment for motor ve bielee ai an aid te railroad, will reach the city at noon, today, - parade dowa Fayetteville street, and later go Into encampment for the week, and at the fair Grounds. s , ---Th3ejrvey catered the i-Stato from Virginia early yesterday morning and waa welcomed to Tarhelia by frank . a-aae. Chairman- at tha. Statu High : way commission who apoke oa behalf of Oovernor Bickett, and (he State Ad miniatration. Arriving at Oxford, hi Ant atop In North Carolina, the eon want into camp, una WW more "- at. 8 o clock today, whn. they win move toward Jtaieigh. - While in the city the peraonnel of the , eonroy will be the gueita of the Cham ber of Commerce, Botary Club, EiwanU club, ajid the Bed Crae.-Uofthes . organizations wil, send .- delegation! to Wake Forest today to meet ttara. At ; o'clock thia evening; a barbacua will - TBrnt- tm tflaijrht at tha City Audi - toriun rill hn honor gneitl at a danee. "' Tomorrow they will be extended the informal hoe pitamy of tha. cUy generally. Oriain velly the' dance wu planned for the of plana were changed to hare one dance , ' it the Auditorium. . t. airtyFira VaMclea. ' The eenroy ia the largest unit of 1U ; aort that bai erer been net out for tour of the country, and before the a trip cadi in tha early fall, it will hare ' . traTeraed the entire continent. Includ . ' ed in the transport division ara two podge touring ears, 8 White trucks, " B tin r ford trucks, 8 Fackards, 4 ataa ' darixed - B ' cargo carriert 2 FWD trucks a. kitchen truck and two motor ryelea. Ia the service nnlt la a Dodge . touring car, Z White ihop trucks. -White taTgo -tmcka-and -e Cleveiaad tractor. The Headquarters unit hai I ' Cadillacs, S Dodges, and two White staif observation ears.. and an ambul- inee." All unite have two motereyelea, The f ollowing ta-tfie peioi-ot3he- tonvoyt t Lieut. Colonel' John T. Franklin rommanding officer; Capt. Thomas H Walsh, adjutant: Major J. E. 8cbill, - apcrations officer; Capt. H. M.' Thatcher atatistieal offieerr Capt. Perey-Jame ' Carroll, surgeon f Capt. Hugh' Miller, engineering officer; Capt.' Stallsburg, 'L. officer: Cant. W. T. Kilborn first Lieutenants C. E. , Curran, John F. Alcure, Elmer Henry Kickllea and Win. B. Lute? -Second Llenjtenants J. C, Wilson and Kenneth W. Ban ford ...Observation officers for the army are aa follows: Colonel W. B. Scales, Mai ". P. McCasky, Major ;W. H. Welsh, -.-Captain D. J. Neumellet, X A. Bonn tree. Field Direetdr and ""Mae" Bonn tree. Mascot of the convoy. Colonel Bcnneham Cameron, of Baleigh, and BtasrvUle. president of the Bankhead -Highway Asaociatioa, and Captain John Kirkland, of Hillsboro, are accompany lag the convoy as far as airnung- GEO. W. PERKINS DIES ' AT CONNECTICUT PLACE New Tora. June H.Oewg: W Fe kina, flnancier, died thia mowing at tha etamfOTd-Hali-eanatorwnv-JStanfc ford, Conn. It became Ifnowa June 11 that Mr, Parkins had suffered a nervous break- iowf l aaamberaof Jti) Jfamily sdid not intimate that his Hie was aanger. " Mr." Perkbir-wa! taken -to8tmford about ten dayi ago wfits hlnow; eeorge W. Perkins, Jr, announced tne cnange -wiade afford, hia iatber . a . com plete rest and seeluiio n his friends bo sought bia counsel oaring ma pouu lal campaign preceding the Chicago eon ntuia. The affection to1 which Mr. Perkins tueeumbed ia believed to be the result af influenza and pneumonia contracted while serving with the Y. M. v. A. in . France during the war. " SOVIET AMBASSADOR IS RECALLED BY GOVERNMENT i Washington, June 18. (By the Asso ciated Pwsa.)--Ludwig C. A. K. Mar tana, who for more than Bfteen months has been in the United States aa the self -styled Russian Sovie t admasMdor .s been icited by the Soviet authori . tiea, it wa learned 'tonight in official circles.' t;. -.v ' - ' ' '' " Martepj eonfidential secretary Ban ford Jiuorlevia left the" Tnited States atveral wecka ago by way of Canada and now is believed to be attending the epa t erence being held in, England by Gregory Krasrin, Botsheviwi Minister uf Commerce,, it was said tonight by Dc partmenS of Justice oXAeiaJs' ' . - r Cannot Permit Hi Name :to.B35:S the National Former Secretary of the Treaaurt that lie could not permit his name to go tlon a a candidate for tha presidency Interstate Commerce Commis sion Makes Move To Relieve Cities In- Distress ewiTwd Observer Barear - - VV DUtrict National Bank Bldg. ' - M - By S. K. POWELL. " iBy 8pecial Leaaed Wire.) Washington, D. . C, June 18. The proispeet o, indailf laj'lijta.l flaiwHteM- half dozen more Eaatera North Car olina,' towns, coupled with tha acute slt- aatioa ia tha s, Jiew England -tates, caused tha Intwttatrt Bmmeiea Cam mlssioa to make i. move through the director general of railroads for im mediate relief to these cities and to take under consideration tha matter of asking tha President to plaea aa embargo on expert shipments of coal. The seriousness of tha Eaatera Caro Una situation was presented ta Com misatoner Aitcheion by a committee of business men, municipal authorities and commercial secretaries thia after noon and follow close upon the keels of an analogous situation pictured to the-eommieion yesterday by Bepresen tatives of New England industries The Tar Heel delegation wae aecomH panied to the1 Interstate Commerce Commission offices today - by Bonator M. Simmons, Representative John all sad ' HjtbertMartinf--secretary tS Senator Overman... Senator Simmon and Mr. Small presented tha eaae for the delegation. New Bern,' Wilson and Morehead City, according to the facta brought but at the hearing, are in grave danger a a result of the threatened eeal ism. ine. Baleigh, FsyetteviUe and Wil mington were represented by proxies In the verbal complaint making. immediate temporary relief was aa1 si'red for the eastern Carolina section aa a rsuU-of-n.eonf erenc a Jetween Director of Car Service Bobbins, of the commission, the director general and a committee from the full del gation at tha hearing. The - delegates told . Commissioner Aitchesoa that seven thousand cars of coal are lying 'now ' in - the ; Newport News terminal waiting for ships j to take them -to export trade. --They of fered airplane pic tn r of the congest ed, yard to show the actuation. - A.' T. Gerrana, of th John L. Boper Lumber Company, presented tha situation as it affect New Bern. Tha whole life of the city ia threatened, ha aaid. The' lam be company furnishes light and water to 4h city and it i practically without eaaw---..-i-ji.,.-, ... Wilson also appeared , to be in dire distressMorebed City's fish business ia ia danger and hundreds of people are apt to be thrown out of employ ment v.,.- .'(.&' The director aeneraf nremiaed some immediate relief.' Confiscation of coal hipped: to munieipalitlea nd public serviea aotperatioaa haa-beatt ordered stopped. The Attorney , General ia to pdvise th President tomorrow whether ha a place sn embaro on export ship- menu...:. f, ... The delegation here today consisted of H. A, White, : representing the North Carolina Crushers' Association of Greenville; C. 8. Wallaoe, . Move. ad City; Harry Barlow, of New Bern: F. N. Bridaen: of Wilson: H r. Scott, of Wilson: Mavof D. M. Hill. nusoa; A-T. Uerrans, New Bern SENATOR JOHNSON STILL; KEEPS HIS OWN COUNSEL Chicago, UL, June 18. Senator Hiram Johnson, accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, arrived in Chicago today from Wash- ington en rout to California. He re fused to nnak a atatement on the po litical situation. - - - . .i - ! have cleared ray mind of nolities completely" he aaid. "I have nothing at all to aa vr-1 am -going t my home ia California, lit ' oa the front porch aad look dowa into the bay. .'May be after I have at there a while I will make a atatement." . Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will depart Sunday night .V . i : '- -- - 4 k . . I . i ; VfV . smm - - ... : ; ' j N . ' I ',. ' . COAL SITUATION URGESDEMOCRAl T-iitTiTrrnini ni-Tfvnipri rrFninr ii oiail dLiviuuo 7 1 u rAoo ourrriHuL Democratic Ts, : -1 William O. MeAdoo' anaounnecd lsii night before tha National Democratic eoavan and that this decision ia irrevocable. uuiiai rany days nepuoii- cans Dodge Issue. .. - Jsa aooneement by Wm. G. MeAdoo that he could not permit his aajaa to be put before the Democratic eonveattoa di vided interest here today with the ar rival of leader of tha Governor Cox rsctwu an a dslsrisa to, hlr. Abby Scott Bakef,-r th NsUonal Woman' party, . , :- . , "Oar parry will dam tnd. that th Dcas orrnta giva as tha thirt-ixth State.' Mrs. Baker aaid. - la other word that they use all their, influence to add tha one ratification by Stat legislature of tha National Suffrage Amendment to the constitution necessary to anak tuff rate a National law. A reaolntioa in the platform will help, but inatrnctiona by the power that be ia the Democratic party to those lower down ia what will count most of all. Mr. Baker, who 1 on of th woman who directed the picketing of the Whits House, charged tha Republican Conven tion with having dodged th suffrage issue, la Vermont and Connecticut thera ara Bepablicaa majorities ia the legislature which would ratify the amendment on instructions from the party leader, abe said. Mrs. Antoinette runt, of waahiBa- toar 1. C, who bu been woratag-t behalf Of Mr. MeAdoo, aaid that hi an nouncement waa something that had been feared for a long time. "We who are friend of Mr. MeAdoo, and most anxious to. bring about his nomination, hav known for months that h would be apt to make a statement ,t thia nature, ahe said. "As a matter of fact, he prepared, a similar atatement before, thia and his friends induced him to bold it up. "He ha never given anyone pcrmis (ion to p!e him in nominatioa aad . though aome of as hav takea step to that end. it haa beea with th under standing it would .be neery to get hi acceptance. " "However. I have heard him cay mar" time that if the people, through their delegate called upon him to take the nomination, it would- bo hi patriotic duty to accept, . ' Tha first formal mieting or tbe auo- committea oa arrangemcnta Waa held today, Homer 8. Cumminga, chairman of Ui Democratic Nations committor, pre. idiag. - ilJL'' RE-ELECT SAM GOMPERS - AS HEAD OF FEDERATION Fortieth Annual Coavention Be '. tnrna To Office His En tire Cabinet i Montreal, Jun' 18. Th American Federation of Labor agaia ax preased ill" onfidea"-in the- leaderahip of Samuel Gampera, it veteraa Preaident, whms. it, ro-eJacUd. him today for the thirty-ninth timn at iU fortieth annual convedtkon, her and returns! to. ofllc hi eatir admiaistrativ cabinet. itia election was virtuaiiy unanimous. Th only delegate who voted against him was Jamea A. Duaaan, ef tha Seat tle Con. Central Labor- council, leader of tha Progressiva wing of th Federa tion.', Tha delegate gave tha elderly leader 'a tremendous ovation when he declared:' "I accept th call to duty snd I will obey1 Ho was ssueh af- f acted by tha demonstration. ileprcieatauvea of railroad worker organ nations seconded Mr. Gempers' aemi nation which wss anade by George Perkins, of the Cignrmakera nnioa. They pledged their hearty support te hi leadership, declaring that th con vention a action ef yeaterdav i en dorsing government ovraersfaip of the railroad should not bo construed as a repndiation of hia adsainistratioa. Mr. Gompera eiplaiaed that tha Fed eration ha t not changed its views ia eoaaeetioa with the.aso of light wines and beer, maaufarfuro. and aale of which waa advocated br th convention laat year. " . " ..."i FIRST SPECIAL TO HARDING ACCEPTS THE CONVENTION Newspaper Men TransfsFTheir Activities From Chicago To - --rr. Pacific Coast U- M'ADOO MANAGERS NOT TO ATTEND CONVENTION Manager For Governor Oox U wanei Btatement Urging Sup port For 'Wet" Candidate; : Edwards' lieutenant Gets In ' Limelight On Same Topi In Chicago Interview ":- Ban Franrlaeo, Cal Jan 18. Th (rat apeeial train ta th Democratic Na tional convention opening Juna 2A, frani an Eastern point arrived from Chieago today bearing James B. Preston aad William' Donaldson, auperintendents of the Senate and Hon press galleries, re spectively and 80 newspsper men. - It waa know aa th "pre gallery special." Th first meeting here-afth -subcommittee on arrangement of the Na tional Democratic committee waa aehad b led for late today. . . Annonneement that Bernard Barueh aad Tkomaa Chadbonrne who were to maintain headquarter here 10 promote th candidacy of Wm. 0. MeAdoo bad cancelled their hotel reservation aad would not com to the convention waa made by party leader. E. N. Moore, National committeeman from Ohio,- and manager of th cam paign of Gov. James M. Cox, of that 8tate, ,arrived( with Norman E. Mack, National committeeman : from Now York. "Anaouneetaent of Wayn B. Wheeler, I gemrral counsel of the An ti-Saloon League that the prohibition foTees are going to ask tha eonventioa to present a solid .front against Governor Cox doe not frighten us. Moor .said. do a. "Up to the time I left the .Cast, the New York delegation had not decided whom, they were going to support bnt we hope to awiac them over t Oov- raor Cox7T r ' ' ' Th New York delegation favor mod ification of th Volstead act so that each Stat may, decide whether it waata Wines aad beer. Mack aaid. L"Tbe poor wall a th S)rh art en titled to their beer and wine," be tatd. They ahoold ba permitted to aettj the qneation for thmlTa. V.'-a'j fT" Soma aort of a planfcwhn ah Irftl ooeetioa also waa favored by th delega tion, b aaid. He announced tnat toe delegatioa had held no meeting to dis cuss a candidate and did not expect to da ao nntil it arrived ia. San Francisco. WALKER VICE. MAKING BIG ' -- CLAIMS IN EVE OF MEETING Chicago, 11U Jnae 18. Walker W. Vick, of New York, campaign manager for Gov. E. -t. Edwards, of New Jersey, in Chieago, today on his way to San Francisco, declared in a statement that tbgre would ba not 1cm than aavea tun dred delegate ia the Democratic Na tional ttonrenthiBr in favor- of a awdU ficatioa of tha Volstead Act. permitting tbe as of light wine and beora la suen State a wish to do ao, with State eon troliLregulationainari ;'i gaheraT and liberal federal act" " "Opposition to the eighteenth amend ment is not today a political issue," Mr. Yirk's statement said, "but the Volstsad Act is open to amendment aa has beea pointed out by Governor Edward sn1 hy such distinguiahed jfepuDiieaa au thority a Senator Knox, of Pennsyl vnnia. "Th Volstead Aet ia ao extreme that it haa placed in the criminal class mil lions of women, wha make th home grown fruit light wines ror domestic I'.ae ; millioa of farmers who make and mature eider from their orchards. ' It places under a baa million of our eiti vena who for generation have, regarded licht wines and beers a much a part of their Uaily food as the bread apon thetr tables. Evil eooeequeneej have followed the enactment of this, unwise and undemo era tie Jw, Moomhinlng ba grown (Coatinaed an Pag Twa.) WATER POWER BILL-NOW BECOMES LAW OF LAND . MSBssnanstr-' ' ' ,1? " President Wilson Fails To Sign Besolntion Bepealing- War- - Time Laws t Washington, Jane 18-Th water- power development ' bill, tea yer in the "making, TiBaTly '"liar bewrmt law. Announcement that President Wilson had signed the measure prior to Jane 11 wis made late today at th Whit House At the same tim it waa an-. aouneed that be had failed ta sign th joint resolution repealing most of the .. , . ... J 1 L-.i nr-uoiB hvi, u u wm uflunRvmi I olutioa providing for negotiations with Canada relative to th embarg on th shipment of wood pulp to ' th United State. .. ' V ' Another bill,' which failed to receive tha-Fresideat'a- Bppr OVLwouia Jiav authorised the War : Department -to transfer motor equipment to the . De partment of Agricultnr for road con struction and other work. Beside the water power measure, th President signed several bills paased in the closing day of th recent session of Congress.' They included an aet authorizing th enlistment in the military force p. nan-English-speaking citizens and aliens; sa art -paying for aet of falsa teeth for Michael Mac- Garvey, and five bridge- bill. Na explanation of the delay in an- nouaeing.the President' approval of! tha water power measur waa mad. ... j PEACE TREATY AS CAr. E Republican Nominee Answers President Wilson's Challenge : On The League HQOVE!. ENDORSES OHIO T MAN FOR PRESIDENCY Former Food Administrator ;.; Also Finds XepnbUcan Plat " iform For Mosf Part Con strnctive and v Progressive " and . thinks Compromise - Planks. Are Acceptable v .Washington, Jun 18. Senstor Hard ing, tha Bepublieaa Preaidentlal nomi ne, today - answered -President -Wil-; sob's challenge to msk th pee treaty the dominant issue In the coming cam paign with a tatemnt that th Repub licsa party, would "gladly welcome a referendum oa the question of the for eign relationship, of thl republic The Bepublieaa eaadidatt in further rerlrina to Presidsnt Wilson' declara- toim as contained i aa interview llshed today expressed confidence that "the- Befnblieaa attitnde of preserved nationality will b qvcrwhelmingly en dorwd."'!' " . ' . Mr. Harding'! -. assertion made to newspaper mea at hi daily toafereae war followed by a atatement by Her bert Hoover, ana ef the Senator's rival for th r nomination, ' endorsing" the choice of th Chicago convention and urging all Republican to support th national ticket. Ifr. TTnnve Issued his aiatemnnt after IPAIGI S r-twakfat--onfersne with , anatnrlandjisned nsortteriona. For one, A. Harding, arranged by hte latter. The eonferenee, it was explained, wss' pari of tbe Bepublieaa nominee s general plan of meeting party leader to learn their view -and bei hsrnwnious orgsalistlon - the various party groupa.- , Hoovar Eaaarsa Platform. -Th former food administrator in hi statement said th Republican platform progrcaaiv and th compromise planks oa th treaty and labor a . well aa on a. number -af other subjects were sue eeptible to a "forward looking inter pretation. Boms lssuca, including re rganixatioa of flection expenditure and th primaries, ha added, were 'not dc,nte& health with." but jhe if- S.ii7'-i-.iL.iia-sf- i:..-r vclupineat ef "sercral fifly argasdaa- tioas built upon several individual view points would b diMstrouf. - Spaada Day la Caaferaac. Senator -Harding spent virtuaiiy th entire day in conference with Harry M. Daugbterty, of Columbus, hi pre convention campaign manager; George Clark, of Canton, chairman ef the Ohio State Bepublieaa advisory , committee. and others in regsrd to plans for the campaign Definite action on a number of sub jects ia expected to be taken Monday at a conference which the nomine will hav a committee appointed, at Chicago and composed of Chairman Hays, Na. tieaal -Committeeman A. T. Hert. Ken tuckyi Jacob L, Hamon, Oklahoma! 0. D. Hilles, New York, and Ralph E, William, Oregon, and former Senator John W. weeks, of Massachusetts Senator Herding had planned to Uav Washington" tomorrow - for-- a vetio before going to hi horn in Jrfarion Ohio, but his plans wera nnexpectedly changed today and it was said the vs cation trip might be entirely abandoned Certain -friends of -tha-Senator were understood to believe that In view of the numerous conferences in prospect it would be more adviaable for him to remain' ia Washington until he goes home, Si eta More Congratalatio Governor Spruol, of Pennsylvania who waa one of the candidates for the Republican nomination, in a letter re ceived today, congratulated Senator Harding, and assured him of his sup port" in the "campaign'.- . A similsr letter wu. also received from Franklin MseBeagh, former Secre tary of the Treasurer, who asked th . (Contlad on Pag Twa.) GENERAL PERSHING PAYS TRIBUTE TO GENERAL LEE Former Commander of Ameri can ExpditionaryForcts Abroad Visits Tomb Lexington,. Vs., June 18. The heart of the old South opened here today to reeeiva-- Oh. Joha .J. Pershing at th tomb of ?en, Hot)t. E. Le in, Memorial Cbspel. - General Pershing laid a wreath npon the - recnmbenV- atatue. of Lee, while aged gray -clad veterans atood at attention , beside" khaki-clad aona and grandsons who bor old glory forward on th battlefields of Prance-. General Pershing waa Introduced by Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Washington and Lee. In a brief eulogy the General reminded his audi eneathat General Lee bad gone dowa in history as one Of the world's, great est' renerala and Christian aentlemen. Ha exhorted American to emulate Lee character and lifa in war and in peace, I From the tomb of Ler Geheral Persh ing, hi Staff, Confederate veterans and World War veterans proceeded In line of march to th tomb' of Btonewall Jackson.- With bared head and steel gray eyes aglow General Pershing paid a tribute to the great military strateg ic. He mentioned the fact that Gen- eraal Jackson's miliary turtle! are studied throughout the world and ex pressed his pleasure to be able to pay a tribute to the great soldier -end Chris tian gentlemsa whom MrKinley so sd. mired and npon whom the world looks with admiration and awe. General Per shing U ia Lexington- a th guest of th Virginia Military Institute. ' - 3lQQaUEEESES!T PERMIT BEFORE CONVENTION CONSIDER BRYAN AS POSSIBILITY MeAdoo Statement Causes, Lot of Speculation In .Washing ton About Nominee 1- The New and Observer Bureau, 803 Duitriet National Bank Bldg ' , By B. E. POWELL. (By Special Laaaed Wire:) . - Washington, D. C, Jun 18-The flat annouacmnt in th atatement of Wil liam G. MeAdoo, that ha. will not per mit nse of hia nam for nomination for President wa preceded here today by authoritative statements ' from, "close friends of th former Secretary to the aama effect and they caused something more than a mild exploaioa ia admin istration circle. -Not oae of McAdoo'a eloa friend here, ttnleaaJU President WUson himself, anticipated that he would decline the nomination aad none of them took ear iously tha report a day or two ago pnb-lthat h had already decided the mat ter. It prompted lotref talk verywhre, the most of it consisting of (peculation' a to the probable nomine at San Fraaciseo. In administration circle thera Were two wU founded report, oa that - President Wilson himself will be placed before tha convention for ita nominee and the other that the great commoner, - William: Jennings Bryan, ia one again to be the standard bearer of th party. ., . .. That revolving around Bryan loosed W. MfXcan of Nartk JoHnvOa-lfe etlrted lo th opinion that Bryaa will not only be tha dominant fignra at tha convention but that ho will for th th nominee of th Democratis par -McAdoo'a elimination -foeusea atten tion on Bryan. Up until today, practi cally every one outside-of tha Palmar, Cox, Edward aad Davis eampa hav conceded that MeAdoo would be eaaily -aomrnatoeV-Th) tide that . ..started., to him last October haa swelled ao that it appeared Impossible - to nominate any on elan.. Tha Bepublieana have baea so certain that MeAdoo woald be th meminee-nntfl they have been eonecn trating all their fire on him, waiting 'l?' V.!? - MrAdoo a -withdrawal, if ltnay h MrAdoo'i wtthdrawal. If U may t sailed, not ealy make Bryan the flom Inaat figure bat it eliminste Con nnd Edwards. Tha Commoner haa aaid h would bolt if either ia aomtaated and no amount of anti-Bryan centiraant is going to persuade the loader ta son nate any one to whom ha ia ao bitterly opposed. Against Cox thera ia tha ad ditioaal argument that the Catholics will aot support him because he i a di- voreed man. If Mr. Wilsoa ia not to , ba eoa sidered, and hi eloa friends ara 4ia- agreelng today as to whether ha ta or not, and Mr. Bryan la deemed, an na Dossibility then tha next beat maa earn to be Secretary of State Bain bridaa. Colhr .although many adminia tratioa Democrat are guessing tonight that Carter Glass, who ia slated for chairman of the resolutions committee, will have the MeAdoo backing. Pal toeriir-iiot-belng aer iously- saasidarsd and Bntike Harding; there la so partic ular group able to put aim over. Senator F. M. Simmons will be nom inated either by lr. McLean or State Chairman Warren, it wa announced today. One of the tragedies of tbe MeAdoo withdrawal, it waa said here todsy. is that th nominating speech of Rev. Burriss Jenkins, declared by newspaper men to bo th spiciest thing of th campaign, will not be deliver ed. -X- ANNOCNCEMINT DID NOT COME AS MUCH OF SURPRISE Washington, June 18. (By tha Aneo- eiated Pre-s.TTha refusal of William G. MeAdoo to allow hia name to be presented to the Democratis National Convention apparent! old aot come a a very great surpris In inner, adminis tration circles. To other Democratic leader in Washington, however, it teemed to be wholly unexpected and to hia friends it cam -aa a- keen d appointment. Some party leader aaid Mr. MeAdoo s self-elimination left the situation more or les "in flux.' They had regarded the former Secretary- of the Treasury as one of the forem-n candidate for th nomination. Whil Mr. MeAdoo had insisted from th first that he wa not a candidate and that tha delegates should go to San Francisco nninatrurted --ia -known -.that- a - number, of - them wers favorable to hi candidacy. Ia i fact, th MeAdoo boom had reached such proportions thst th Sea. at committee which investigated pre- convention campaign expenditures made repeated ' efforts- to- locate atini organization behind it. B. M. Barach, of Now Fork, aad a number ef others were Questioned, but they insisted that there was no organization and that no funds aa behalf- of Mr. MeAdoo bad been erent. Dr. Burr is Jenkins, of Kanaaa City, Mo., aad ' planned to place Mr., Me Adoo's bam befor th eonreition. Re wa-4avitsd to do ao at a meeting of MeAdoo anpportera here laat month, which was attended" by "Jouett Shonse, assistant secretary ef . tbe Treasury, Daniel C. Eoper, former eommiaaioaer of internal revenue, Frank B. Wilson, former director of Liberty Loan pub licity, ana otners. . . Coincident with Mr. MeAdoo a aa nouncement that ho would not permit his name to go before the convention, Mr. Shout issued a -statement saying that an "active fighCLwnuld ti waged for tho nomination of Senator Caxter Class, of Virginia, who ha been looked uponi a the certain cfcsic to head the (Coatinaed on Pg Twe.) Former Secretary of Treasury Says Decision To Stay - Out 01 presidential Race Js...Pinal.;:,V.. ; MUST REHABILITATE HIS i FINANCES IN-ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY Record of Sepnblican Congress . and Platform and Candidates : of Tha Bepnblioan National I Convontion . Assures Demo-' ': z cratlo ; Success Next Fall, MeAdoo Says In Telegram ; Hopes. Friends Will Appro - data -Hia Sincerit Zand Will ; Do Everything Possible at San . Francisco In Behalf of V Democracj t ' New Vork, Jun " 18. William : 6. MeAdoo who haa been considered hy party leader aa oa af the prineioal candidate for tha Democratic Prel deatial nominatioa, aaaooaced tnnighl-' he could not permit his aama to go before tha Ban Francisco contention.- -"Thia decision, he aaid, "ii irrevocable, aa tha path af duty eeema to me clear and unmiatakable.' , " Hi deeiaion wa made- known - In a . tclt gram to Jonrott Bben, Demoeratia dolcgate-at-large from Kansas, who had telegraphed Mr. MeAdoo that aentiment throughout the country was rapidly crystallizing in hia favor, that hia frieada would like toTiave lilrHTicrmit hia aama to b presented to th con fentionjn that they were certain ha coiuu do nominaiea na elected. i Mr. McAdoo'a telegTaja follows: ' "Your telegram af June 17th require r sn explicit and immediate answer. 1 ' am profoundly giaUful to sua and my - other reneroaa friaad- k -'(! u-k spontaneity and unselflshnes havi without my -solicitation, advocated my nomination. Ta cause thera disappoint ment distresses mo deeply, bat I am f MbUto reconsider the - position; , I hav ""eonalsUntiy marnUfnuVhameTy that I would not aeefe th nomination for the Freaideacy. I cannot, therefore, permit my name to go before th con vention. Thi decision irrevokabla aa tha path of doty aeem to ma clear aad namiatakablo. '- - ri ; , "Tha eonsideratioa which compelled ' me t resign na 8eretary of tha Treas ury aad Dirertor-Qenaraf ef Bailroada, fur th armiatic ia 1918 ia large ' measure otill prevail I must hav a -reasons bio opportunity to rehabilitate my private affair and to make that . proviaioa for my family which, la time of peace, ia at one tha sacred duty and the cherished desire of every right- thinking man. Having beea out ol office less thsa 18 months, I have not yet been nbla to accomplish theae ob- jeeta. Moreover, a Presideatial cam 4 paiga Imposes npon the candidate an avoidable expenses, which I am nnabl - -to asrama and which I do not want my, frienda to assume. "Th record of the recent ReDublU eandidatea of the Bepublieaa National Convention make Democratic victory lal the next election almost certain. Vic torywillJse-jaintfaDemocra saopi sirxigouorwara, unequivocal, nnevaaive, noness ana lioerai ptatxorm and put forward eandidatea who will command public confidence. We must stand aqnarely for ratification ef th League of Nations without debilitating reservations and we must be direct and explicit on the important domeetia issues. The time- are net propitious for equivocation or for appeals to blind passion ; to doctrines of hate, or for reactionaries and those who would shnt their ear to th great and swelling voice of humanity wnich criea aloud for the restoration of peace and good will at home and in the world and for i the opportunity to live In an atmosphere of justice, progress- aad-prowpartty. I feel euro that my frienda will. - appreciate the sincerity and propriety of my position nnd that they will da everything in their power at San Fran cisco to assure the continuation ef, fh enlightened principal and liberal poli tic of democracy. These are more than ever essential to tha security and welU Doing Ol 1M amrnrin proyjr. Mr. Shouse'a telegram to- which -Ms, MeAdoo replied-said: -Sentiment throughout the country raoidly--rrjtallixing.; in favor your nomination. I know-' yoa have eon- u.'" sistently stated that yon are not, a candidate and that yon will not aeek nominatioa. Tour many frienda weald like to have yoa reconsider your atti tnde at least to extent of permitting yoSf 'riani fo "be -presented- to eon,--tion. We are certain you can be nomi nated and elected. ginia'a- foor- delegatea-at-large to San' Francisco, h i atatement aaidi , "Mr; MeAdoo withdrawnT aadf-gteafi- ly to' th strength of Senator Glaaa, and , tha Virginia delegatioa -will push Mr. Glaaa' ehaneca earnestly and - enthusi astically in a great hop of succeas." " LACNCH BOOM FOR GLASS AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Waahinaton. June "18. The refusal , of Wm. 6. MeAdoo to allow . hia aama ' to be presented to the Saa Francisco . convention will result in the waging of t active fight for th nomination of Senator . Olan- ef Viitrinia,"-1 declared Assistant Secretary of Treaanry 6houe tonight. Mr. Sbouse expressed his view rela tive to th candidacy of Senator Glass fter receiving Mr. -MeAdoo a telegram. - Tcatimony recently presented to th Senate campaign expenditurea invetti atin -comttiltte identified Mrr Shouse--- ' as One of those participating in a eon- ferenee here aeveral weeks ago at which. (Coatinaed en Fag Tw.) I