DAVIS NOMINATION
IS BLOW TO G. a P.
af the UaM
mm
mm lar ImriiM- thssi m
way* to • I
MM ef Ml
Mr. Carta haa
* United
Coon than any ef Ma
piratiaa at the I
ed by politicians a (aw montha ajo
fc# ® potiibility IwcAtisc1
be waa calalngoad in tha ftit-vuiah
mt breed ef statsamwi who Ihre and
act by principle mate ad of politics.
Republican politician* would have
iwafanad any other nominee to Da via.
Wherever Republicans ana gathered
tMa afternoon there waa tha um
dbappuintment that out of the chaos
af tha convention, which had haen a
growing delight to them, should come
the one figure who commands tha
raapsct and admiration of all parties,
da man who waa supoaed to be safely
eliminated aa "too much of a states
Man and not enough of a politician.'*
Samuel Compete la away, bat there
rpriseed at American
of Labor qoartars that
the A. F of L. will be behind Davie.
The Clayton Act ia often called labsr*s
"Bill of Rights," and its authorship
ia not forgotten aaumg tha the Fed
erattoniata. Nor ia Davis's record ia
championship of liberal legislation
affecting labor forgotten
Party Praat%e lud
One of the most prominent »apab
bran liitoi declared thia afternoon
that the Democrats had »at» laved all
*r practice they may km loat dar
ter the ewrantioa deadlock by uniting
on Darts. This Republican called
Davis the bad equipped man hi either
party far the Presidency.
Kiel jwhere there was the yrsateet
■at pi lea that Daria should emerge
triumphant from the maelstroas of
■adiaon Square. Every professional
had relied opon the eternal paradox
that Daris vras too big a man to be
acceptable. Par months prominent
leaders of both partiea have said In
ene breath that Davis was the beat
man the Democrats had and hi the
next that he coald not be nominated.
Om of Nation's Orstor*
Davis ia one of the rreatest orator*,
■a the country—not the fulsome,
sonorous orator who make* the eagle
scream and relie* upon the trick* of
tkr platform to appeal to the emo
tion* of aa audience. hot • man who
appeal* to the reason and intelligent*
W any audience, from a street corner
fathering of idler* to the moat en
lightened assembly of Intellects that
the universities or the profsasion* can
muster. No man has been in greater
demand on commencement day at uni
versities or when the member* of the
har ot of the other professions meet
far reunion.
It la not to be overlooked, as a poli
tical asset, that Davis is handsome.
TV cast of his features, a frequent
sipi asaliili. Ma quickness of wit, his
attractive smile have often been liken
ed to Woodrow Wilson's And It la a
■ammonplace expression in Washing
iin that Davis is the "Intellectual
lair" of Wilson
He is ooasidared a thorough dry.
tat the Anti-Saloon League ance ac
him of bainc aligned with the
he fought
to the Interstate
i law* that would permit the
prlillsged i
then forever getting enmeshed in the
There has haasi aa more
of-Mi
Daridinr to meempt Mr. Dari* waa
»l«r*»d by • l»«t majority in what
wan concmlad to b* i Republican dia
triet. 8* wm tt^htM in ltlS, but
rwiftMd An*. », ItU, to
lidtor Gtnaral. Hia
with zrrat prida to Ma part in th»
drafting of thr Clayton Act. Ha waa
a m«mh*r of th* important Judi
ciary Coaunittoo which brought out
ihia mcaaur* exempting labor onion*,
from th* operation* of th* -Sherman
Anti-Truat laws and hia frimh
claim ita authorahip far him though
it did not b«ar hia nam*.
Saved Eight Hoar La*
In the proof of their contention that
Mr. Davis ia a libaral, they cite Ma
part in the shaping of this measure
and hia fight to preserve the A dan
aon eight-hour law. Aa Solicitor
General, Mr. Davis made ana of tba
greatest an—isnts ever prsa—tad by
the Government and is credited with
the laurels for the victory in having
the conatitutionality of the law upheld
by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Da vis'a record on suffrage has
added to hia popularity among women
voters. Ho was Chairman of the
West Virginia Democratic State Con.
vention, which was the first to com
mit the party in that State to wo
man's suffrage.
"Mother" Jones, famous labor load
er, turned to Davis during one of the
periodic labor disturbances hi the
West Virginia coal fields and engaged
him as counsel both for herself and
for Eugene V. Doha whan the two
were indicted for alleged treaaon and
inciting to riot.
As a diplomat few men gained
greater credit at home and abroad
than Mr. Davis. President Wilson
chose him in the summer of 1*18 to
be one of the three members of a com
mission to enter into negotiations
with Germany for the exchange of
prisoners and for adopting a mutually
aatiafactory standard for the treat
ment of war prisoners not released.
It was considered a difficult mission
nnd Dsvis discharged the responsibili
ties so effectively that ft had much to
do with the decision of President Wil
son to make him Ambassador to Eng
land.
WOMAN PRESIDENT OF
COTTON MILLS
Mr*. SteraWfer Named Aa
Preaident of Revolution Mill*
r.ranilinrii
Mr*. Berth* S. Sternbergsr was
yesterday elected president of the
Revolution cotton mills And her 18
year old dsugbter, Miss Emells Stern
berirer, was elected a director.
The election of Mr*. 8ternberger
m believed to be the first instance in
North Carolina, possibly In the south
of a woman's being made head of an
industrial organisation of the aise of
! the Rrvofatiqft cotton mills. And
V-<s Emelis Sternberger Is believed
to be not only the ynungwl director
of such an enterprise bat ths only
young woman of her age in the Unit
ed Statea to occupy such a position.
Mrs. BternbssgsC succeeds her hus
hand, E. Sternbenrer. srho died May
27. He was for many years preaident
of the IstoMoi cottom mills. Mrs.
Sternbsrger Is recognised aa a wma.
aa of unusual businesa Judgment.
TV Revolution cotton mills has
2.MS looms and Tl,iOO spindles and
Is sae at the largest mills in North
Carolina. Greensboro Daily News.
held In CMmk. tmmr to St. U* om
to Hew York, tw to QmImmM* tm
Denver aatf Sm FimiIiii, aad mm to
rantiooa—pl>w where held, aamhuM
ballot on which he won, and too fata
at tho polla:
1MW—Cincinnati, JaaMa Buchanan
of Penney Ivan to, nominated an tha
nomination Frank I tn Pierre who had
beaten htm om tha 49th ballot foor
ynn before at Batthnore. Buchanan
waa elected orer John C. Preeman of
California, firat nominee of the new
npafclion party.
1M0—Charleaton. S. C, after 51
ballot* with no nomination, con Taction
adjourned to Baltimore, whole Steph
en A. Douftai, of fllinoia, waa nomi
natad on aeeond ballot. A convention
of anti-Dnuffla* democrat*, aleo held
at Baltimore, nominated John C.
B>mhaiii1d»» of Kentucky, without
oppoaition on the flrat ballot. Both
candidate* ware defeated by Abra
ham Lincoln.
ISM—Chicago George McClellaa
of New Jersey. nominated on the ftnrt
ballot. George R. Pendleton, of Ohio,
nominated for Tin piwHwt on the
second ballot. Defeated by Abraham
Lincoln
IMS—New Tort, Horatio 3eyn_oar
of New York, nominated mm twenty
»fond ballot. Defeated by U. 8.
Grant at Illinois.
1*71—Baltimore. Horace Greely of
New York, nominated on firat ballot.
Defeated by U 8. Grant
U7I.—8t Ix.un Samuel J. Til
den of New York, nominated on me.
and ballot. Defeated by Rutherford
8. Hayes, of Ohio.
1880.—Cincinnati. W. 8. Hancock
ef Pennsylvania, nominated by accla
mation after the aeeoad ballot. De
feated by Jamaa A. Garfield of Ohio
1M4. Chicago 0rover Cleveland
of New York, nominated on second
ballot Fleeted over James G. Blaine
ef Maine.
IMS—St IjouIs. G rover Cleveland
renominated by acclamation: Allen
G. Thurman. of Ohio, nominated for
vice-president Defeated by Benja
min Harrison of Indiana.
1892—Chics ro G rover Cleveland
ajrain nominated on first ballot. Elect
ed over Benjamin Harrison.
1>M Chicairo. William Jennings
Bryan. Nebraska, nominated on fifth
ballot. Defeated by William McKin
tey of Ohio.
1900—Kansas City. William J. Bryan
nominated by acclamation. Defeat
ed again by William lfcKinley.
1904—8t Louis. Alton B. Parker,
New York, nominated on first ballot.
Defeated by Theodore Roosevelt of
New York.
190®—Denver. William Jennings
Bryan, nominated for third try at
presidency. Defeated by William H.
Taft, of Ohio.
tfll—Baltimore. Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey, nominated on forty
sixth ballot Elected over William H.
Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, the lat
ter the nominee at the Progressive
i«*r
1»1«—St Loots. Woodrow WilsV
renominated by acclamation. Be elsct
ed, defeating Charles K. Hughee of
New York.
IMMn Francisco. James M.
Cos, of Ohio, nominated m fuitj sec
and ballot Defeated by Warren G.
Harding of Ohio.
im—New York, John W. Davie.
to Dm length of the flag polo, whi
tkto twiilt shot through the wires |
Mo tko pipe The shock caused tl
wen to relax their bold on tho iroa
piping. and h foil across tho high
tension wires nearby, sending the Ml
force of tfca currant through their
li ri Jl mm -i— — :— j. »■
Dofliee, rtoftnc instant deatB.
The pipe almost immediately fall |
to the ground of Ita own weight,;
breaking the circuit and prnhahiy
taring the lire* of the three men who
held the guide wiiaa. Theae were
Farmer, Pearce and WManant, all of
Hinton
lading to the
platform and was assisting in steady-1
ing the _ pipe, according la Private
Thome« H. Miller, who droee the
nampiii 1 truck which carried the men
witaeaa of the tragic accident.
Killer lays he heard a sadden
lightning-like map aa the flag staff
waa lifted into place, and it waa in
stantly apparent that the imient had
the insulated wire. He he
that the current of the high
tension line "jumped* to one of the
the irou pipe.
could k* heard. In lajra. throughout
the time the pipe was in routed, the
vim emttaf an effect similar to
that observed during • imr» storm.
Th* First Observation battery, of
which an the dead and injured ohm
ware members, waa the first battery
of it* kind organised Hi the United
States army. Its object imperfectly
stated is to study the relation between
sight and sound in order to Aid mili
tary observers to locate enemy posi
tions. Tile French originated the
idea and it is said that they thus lo
cated the gun that fired on Paris.
AIR MAIL IS PROFITABLE
U. S. Realize. 40 Por Cent
Abovo Expmm. oo First
Fli*ht Ewt
Chicago, July 7.—A profit of More
than 40 per cent. <r>i realised by the
Government in Um first trip eastward
from San Francisco of the air mail
service planea, Postmaster James A.
Power of San Francisco today report
ed to Second AasiaUnt Poetmaeter
General Paul Henderaon Hi chart*
the air mail service.
An attach at Mr. Henderaon'a office
here stated that the report showed
12,308.48 paid in revenue for the more
than 1,060 pieces of mail carried «
the initial trip eastward. "Not all
the mail went through to New York,"
the informant said, "hot preamini
that it had a«d basin* oar estimate of
the eoet upon the determined figure
of slightly more than M cents for
each mBes operated. The trip coat,
the Government approximately |lr
770 or, to be exact |W.n less than
the amount of revenns received.
Blood Poieaobtf Score Dm To
/DmAi of ProaMoot's Sao <
Til ii Buh I II) III II York's
hospitals report a hleod poisoning
acare dae to the death of Prullml
CooHdge'a sen. The Mm ahowa ae
sign of dimishiat and Is net confined
to children. AO sorts of eats and
blisters usually treated at honas or
sot trwtld st all are betnr taken to
the hoepftaia bocea— people an
DAVIS NOMINATED
ON 103rd BALLOT
Severn or Bryan hi Hma for aea
onX. place on the ticket after Us
Oh
The nomination of the
*overnor, who ia • brother of William
Jmnmp Bryan, took only one bal
lot. The word that the leader* want
ed him nominated waa paaaad quick
ly about the rrm i itlia hall and al
though active
made far aevaral othar
reanh waa aot lone ia
Mr. Bryan
two-thirda majority when Jo
Daniel* changed tka North Carolina
vote to *♦** it aotidty to tka Nabraa
previooaly had voted 4 for Mra. La.
roy Spring*, of Sooth Carolina; Bry
an It and Owaley 8.
The revolt of the ballot follow*:
Owsley 1«. Barry M 1-2; Silxer
10; Mra. Spriaca If; Davt» 8;
7S»; Hylan I; Flynn IS; Gerard
Morton Clark 1; Enright 5; B
or 7; Whitlork 1; Mra. Miller t;
Renahaw «; Gardner 1; Upakaw 1;
Pittman «; Meredith I Total 1.
097 1-t.
Mr. Bryan wu dtclired nominated
■t 5:22 a. m. eastern daylight MTin(
time. TWn aft*r a few last minute
formalities the convention adjourned
sine die at 2:24 a. m and the del*
rataa for the taat time filed wearflj
out of the old irarden where their
nerve* had been franled and their
patience worn out by more than two
weeks of the moat rtirrtnr scenes in
all political history
On top of all the tmnolt and dis
traction that had rone before, the
final day and night of the long grind
proved a tryinr strain. After re
maining in session until the early
hours of yesterday, the convention
had assembled at noon, and In a ses
sion lasting through the afternoon
had nominated Mr. Davis by a vote
that caste in about equal proportions
from the dissolving ranks of the
BUY AN WISHES TO BE
CLASSED AS BAPTIST
Member of wo CWch bat Telle
New^per Mm He Wu
Mew York. July 11.—Although ha
hi net i member of any church, Gee.
CWh W Bryan, vie* | ndii«a>isi
nooime* of the democratic party,
wishes to be classed as a Rsptist, be
•aid last nirht when qosetioned m te
his religion* affiliations. Mrs. Bryaa
tad the rmnwr'i children are Ma
ker* of the First Baptist charth mt
Lincoln, Neb., aad Governor Bryaa
attend* this church refaleriy with
them, he said.
Gorernor Bryan'* parsats wan
Baptist* aad the iwwaa was
broaght ap in that religion, althuagh
be ha* aerer formerly affiliated with
any charth. The rice prtdMIM
nominee is a beH*ni ia Chriil 1—it|
and a beHerer ia what the ibaish
*tsnds for. he said, hat he is net a
Get 400-Pound Turtle
Wilmington, July I.—When a ■—
star turtle, weighing about <0t fca.
crawted sp on the strand to lay e(p
on the northern extension of Wrighta
ville Beach last night at 11:» o'dack
Hugh IwMny and Charles Whitford.
of thia city, and B. L. Gardner, at
1 Greenville. 8. C.. captured the eea-ge
hur tortoise The turtle, which weS
filled aa ordinary push cart, was
transported to a hostelry at the re
sort, where it will be served tonight
Candidate Making Best Showing
Will Be Elected, Asserts Borah
Voters Vote for Mon, Not Platform, DecUm S—tor ud
Will Elact Maa Tboy Boferra Ha. Braia. mmd Courage te
Halt Corruption ud Clou up Capital.
Chicago, July ll. 8en.tor Bonk
on hi* wy to a fence mending «w
■Ion in Hako paneed Wit and fare
vice to thm word*.
"In my op in km thia cempaign la
goi-.p to lirr mot* than »~«r Mora
make in the campaign and the eon
rtmctire policies of the ladlild—1
candidates. The party platform# «rtg
nifjr very little to tha voter* Neither
tone of the platfoaw iliclnn any
constructive program. 1 deaht tf
tin* are IN people hi the whole
Ufctod States who would he deeply