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CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1920.
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HO BALLOtWILL ;
- BE TAKEH TODAY
Prospect Went , Glimmering'
. vWhcrt Platform Committee
.. Announced It Could Not
Report TiU This Evening.
, LEAGUE OF NATIONS
, 'PIANK THE TROUIUJE
President Wilson's Friends
Were Forced to Accept an
. t a x ti l n.
Sivmenameni u riaiw, , je-
; for It Could be Adopted.
' (Br ta AwU(l Prcaa.) .
San Francisco July 1.-ProSpeets
for a ballot lnto; today, for ; the Prepl;
dential MindblatCv ,wnt glimmering ns
thev tic legates to tne .Democratic na
tional convention assetuhledfor . the
-fourth day's session.. A long and blt-
' rer fight over the league of 'Nations
declaration tir 'which supnofter of
. president Wilson were forced to ac
cept an, amendment to the adnilnistra
tin plank before It-could lie adopted
Vo delayed the work "f ih, platform
committee that theri'Wtle likeli
hood that tha delegates will get to
balloting hefore' tomorrow, 'i - ,.' !
The-platfbrm committee worked tui
v til nearly daylight this morning over
the League plank and then nought a
few hours rest before resuming, delib
eration lit 10 O'clock. i ::.V:.
Members of the committee' express
; rd the hope that they, will lie 'able to
. jnake a. report to the -convention late
today but- ug a fight U In prospect in
. the committee- -on '.prohibition and
IrlSh questions1 with another, battle on
. 't he floor over these . pla nks a nd -1 he
, League of Nations,, leaders in control
of the convention have stopped flgnr
. 'Ins: when the voting will begin. ,Vot
v lug for a President will not ltegiii mi:
, jtil the platform has been ; adopted. ';
- junnt iranknesa ana. Bpinte cmsncs
marked, the -delwte i in ,the platform
. committee, in which Senator 'Carter
; (J lass, the .chairman 5 (William J.' Bry
an ; .Senators Walsh. Mont,1 WaUh,
Iasx, Pomerene, Ohio, and vice pres
, ident. Mnrshall took DarUThenctton
of the commutee was nor ofBcSnny an-
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menda rntiUcation of; tne treaty ana
League covenant without reservations
which would impair its essential in
tegrity.. Tp thig was added an amend
ment of Senator Walsh, Mass., that the
Democrats ..do not oppose reservations
which make more clear or specific the
obligations of the United Stntes ;o
the associated, nations In the world
war, . ' fSI
The substitute planks offeretl , by
Senators Walsh, Mont, and Pomerene
and .Mr. Bryan were defeated. ;
ncplraFFlgin- this stidrlnvbgkqjjqkcc
' The convention proceedings tolay
called for nal ' nominating.' siieeoheg.
Ten candidates were placed boforo the
delegates yesterdny-in Hn 8-honr" ses
slon that was full of orntory and stir
ring - demonstrations.-. Tlx one set
speech on the program was that of
Governor Cornwell, of West Virginia,
placing In nomination John W. Davis,
ambassador to: Great Britain.
Whether the name of any other can
didate will be placed before the del
egates was not known as they as
sembled, but there were reports tha t
one or two other names might be pre
sented. ' Among them was that of
Chump Clark, former speaker of the
House of Representatives, - who ha
been mentioned as a dark horRo can-'
didate In event the convention ' finds
itself In deadlock. . - '
VNST0N SAI.EM FIREMEN
WILL 00 ftVT ON STRIKE
; The Men Ask For Minimum Wage of
$U5 a, Month. i
' (By tk Auoelated Prea.) '
Winston-Salem, July 1. Falling to
secure an advance in wages, which
they asked for, a large number of the
remen of this city have tendered their
resignations to become effective not
- later than July 10. The men asked for
n mlnhaum wage of $125 per month
' for men in the service nine months or
longer. The remen are not organized,
, and they offered their resignation be
cause they can command higher wag-
' cs io other lines of work . s
The people of the United States are , Robert Borden, premier of Canada, at
buying silk manufactures' at the rate a general ramus of unionists here fo
ot more than $1,000,000,000 a year. day.' . . ,
Interest Quarter Opens in Our Sav-
ings Department July 1st
; Deposits made before July 10th in this depart
ment draw' interest at 4 per cent.; ' 1 ;
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- -'HiintltiL'tdiit N.J Y-. Julv , I.
liiliitflliilnir - his- KplnjtlUie nl-
hiici. Wn. (I. McAdM) "today de-
M clineil to )e prrsimded ) nws-
paer men to make au.v comment
ifS on the-activities' -of tlm.Denio-
M oratie national oonwiition ut-San
Francisco, wberni his- name lias
Ih-cii plni'cd in -. nomination : for
v the presideiitcy,' - .-
sJ5 ' "Mr: McAdoo says he ban Jioth-
lug whurteyer iio say,', was ,: the
answer brought by 'a liialil to the W.
& riewsnaow men who have Iteseig- W.
-Kfd -thefcvArtoB-.tiora'e-' lhrniighont
the morning in u f utile effort to
rjf interview, the -former Mw-retary
rt4 of. the Treasury. .. "
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MiADOO PllCEI IN NOMI-
; v NATION IN BRIEF; SPEECH
Convention Assured That He Would
, "Awejit the .Nomination.
Auditorium June. .'Ml. Wllllain O
McAdoo was placed In upjninutlon for
the ' presidency late this '.afternoon' al
the Demo-ratic national. Ofmvcntion in
one of the shortest namiiuitlii speech
es on record,, by Dr. Burri Jenkins, of
K II (ISAM t Ity. . : .. , U . . .'.
- Uenklns told the 'convention that he
had iiitenUeit-t. jwHr' ft"TTew iui'llnt.Iur
speerh for MeAdmt, "but 011 accfmAt oi
persistent and, insistenf requests from
him that his name'imt le presented in
a speechi 1 have det'ided not to do so."
I am sui-e that from, the spirit
manifested liY mv delegation' and thU
contention that we shall drart -him foi
the service- of the .country,- said Jen
kins., -; . ' ;'-. '-,-:-:'
'"' know that If so drafted, he will
accept the nomlnatlbn,"'sard :JenKlH.
nuil any rumors of telcgnims' snppos
ed to Jiave lKen received denying that
he would accept the nomination' 1re-
falsehoods' perpetrated by the enemies.
of our . party. .1 ' therefore place ; In
nomination Wm. 1. McAdoo." nnd the
pent-up enthusiasin -of ijhe McAdoo
fin-ces broke Iookc in a loud ami noisy
demonstration.'; -f . ;-. "':-. ' '
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WOMEN CALL OFF THE
- - - CONFERENE . t'lNNEll
Tennessee Delegation Gave Them the
Cold Shoulders Will Turn ; td the
' North parolinar Deletation. ' -
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Sari: Francisco,' JtUy -. 3. ReprSsen-
tatlves of the national women's jjarty.
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aicuibers- of "the TiHiaAww 'd?legatlSo
today In the interests of the suffrage
amendment through a social ssslon of
the Tennessee Legislature have called
It off. Judge W. C .Houston and oth
er members of the delegation, showed
no disposition to confer with suffrage
leaders and the meeting was abandon-,
ed, according to Mrs. Abby. Scott Bak
er, of . Washington, 'and the womeu
will meet the North Carolina delegates
instead, today.
Arrested For Predicting fiov. Snulh's
; , ' ; . Nomination. . -
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,." New York, July 1. Alleged to bavi'
predicted that' Oovernor. Smith - wotihl
be ! nominated for president . by- the
Democratic national convention. Mrs.
A nn id Crlswell wui an-estetl at a ho
tel here today, on a' charge of fortune
telling. The political forecast was
said to have lieen made to two police
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Twin-City Revenue is More Than 80
Million, '
. Winston-Salem, June 30. The In
ternal revenue collection at the local
oflce for the fiscal year ending today
aggregated $80,344,344.60, these figures
breaking all former records In the his
tory of. the office and jiearly doubling
the amount collected the year previous.
which was $48,432,008,24. The custom
receipts of the local office the . past
year totaled $3,797,41 .SS. -: '
linger Wins in North Dakota,
.- Br ihm, Associated Press.)
Fargo. North Dakota, July, 1. Re
turns from yesterday's North Dakota
primary from 379 precincts out of 2,
064 in the. state, gave William Langer,
the regular Republican candidate for
the gubernatorial nomination, 22,000
votes . against 11,081 for Governor L.
J. Fraaier,-' the non-partisan league
candidate. - .
Premier of Canada Desires to Retire
to Private. JLUat-
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Ottawa, July 1. Desire to retire
from public life was expressed by Sir
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UKI!.E.IVltiLilV, IN. I'., !if'WS
Raleigh Publisher Now Has Four Dailj
, fapera on fits ( liaiit. -
(B)- tfav AM04-lata Prexn.) '.' f,
.' Jlsk-igh. N. V July 1 Through
ti-niiHactioii uiade-xeverai dass ajto
John A. Park, of 'Vho-Kalelgh Times
aihls to th.- chain. of Park pitbllca
tions t heJtgteenv.lt lt- Dally News, al
Oreenvllle; C.v having '.'acnutreif tin
paper fr.ohr' Mayo. ' publisher :
the Wiishiilgton. X: ' (I. Dally News
The paper was taken over by Mr. Park
aid his associates today. ' - y"' r ' V -
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dallies 1 'in the state ' now ' iimle the
manngement-of iMrf park, the otherf
,.MK uie jtnuMUQ ximes jiaifieii : -roe
Joninal, Sew llcrit. All of the Park
publications are served by the Asso
ciated Press and while under the
same " manageintMit are separate and
distinct brjfanizatioiis. . i :
JUDGE LONG'S MANAGER
DENIES A COMBINATION
Iredell Jurist Has Not Lined l?p His
Candidacy With Any Other ("andl
daeies, - .';"-,.; -- ''-; ," ''': ''. .-'
Statesville, .Ttjne,' SO.Int'erviewing
W. J). Turner, manager of Judgf B. F.
Long's campaign in regard to recent
publications about the judicial race, Ik
say there isTabsolntely" no combina
tion of lineup with' anylKMly so fai as
Judge Long is concerned. .:'' '-'':.
"Judge Ijong Is put--- forward," he
said, "on his own merits, and is gain
In in popular favor every day. He made'
no enemies in the first primary. Since
the elimination of four strong men, the
race is between'. Long, ..who has stuck
to his Job, and Stacy, who. has served
judge a while and quit the. job to re
turn to practice. 'Over 300 lawyers
have come-.over to Long glace the first
primary, and men of influence in all
the vocations are declaring for him in
large numbers every day. Htacy's coun
ty gave Hoke .217 votes,- but gave
Stacy 3.885. Iredell gave Hoke, l,ft79'
votes. The figures show Long was the
favorite. Official. ' returns - tell the
story." '. -'. !;-. ;: "
. Governor Turner's prediction, from
authentic advices from all over the
state, is that Judge Long will be nom
inated by a large majority. Ho wlin
get a big vote in the east as well as in
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TID3 COTTON MARKET
Sold
15 to 65 Points Net Higher
-: July Advances to '38.45, ,; ;':
(By the AaaocUted Praaa.) -
New York, July. l.--There.' wag re
newed covering in the cotton market
a t the opening ' today. , More private
crop reports' Were issued v indicating
substantial improvement in prospects
as compared with' a mouth ago, but
they failed to create a uy' fresh sell
ing. This promoted a covering move
ment, and after opening firm at an ad
vance of 50 points on July nnd l.ri to
18 points o new. crop positions, the
market sold 15 to (55 points ,'nef high
er. -, July advanced to, 38.43 while -Oc-tolH?r
Sold at 33.40. . ; -
i Cotton futures opened' firm1. ' July
38:00; Oct. -33:23; Dec.1 32:00 j Jan.
31:32; Mar. 30:72, : - .. .'
Society Girls Dies Suddenly In Car,
. .;- (By tha AMoefsted Prcaa.)'
Newark, N. J., Jnjy 1. Miss KafJi
erlne Van Ness, socilty girl and prom
inent member of -the "millionaire col
ony" at Hutton Park; died at the
steering wheel of her automobile here
today after driving about the city
with her parents. -She became faint
and turned her car into th curb, stop
ping the jnotor. Then she leaned on
the wheel and. lost consciousness. . She
was to have been married In Septem
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' Japan plans to spend enormous suras
during the next few years in the con
struction of ""a deep sea , harbor for
Tokio' to afford facilities for large
vessels which now have to dock at
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PROGRAMME FOR. TODAY.
' f By the" Associated Press.).
fe'"' Ran' Francisco. July 1. -Today's
15 DembcratiC-rOonveiitiou program
is as folbm-S; - 1 . . -
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H : "J'rayer bt ReL.Ioslah Stblev.
of Ciilvai-y'Prfsbyierliiii Church,
f. rtftir lTflm:Sc. ..J - - , -
itesumption-t ' of, i'lill'-of states
for' present flrton ft Preslilentlal
candidates,).' Theiname of John
W, D4YL. Vitmbiissador: to ring-
wild.- is to, .bn tireset'itedj-'
. Unort of the phltfotiu commit-
ttto if.-'1 foitftv . i-hiihiirLflwtt VDduuu
NEGRO WHO ATTACKED c i v
WHITE WOMAN ARRESTED.
Confessed That He Attatked Wife of
v White Farmer, Near Iinwood. 7, :
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' Salisbury,. July A . ne'gro giving
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his name as McDonald, was arrested
tins morning and. confessed ; tnnt he
attacked -the. wife of a White fiirrocr
near ( i.invrooa late yestcrnay a ter
noon,aoecrding to the -(alicers who
brought him to Salisbury plhla morn
ing. The negro also told rtlie onltrs
that he had killed a "man in Wlnston
Saleiu several das ago. Sheriff Krid
er and several other officers, shortly
after, the negro was brought here, left
with him for ad nnknowa destination.
Black Man Assidtg Aged .Woman and
' .ii. Runs. ' "
. Spencer. June 30, Thi , Llnwood
sectlon of Davidson co.;Tity and part
of. Rowan was thrown In1, f renaled ex
citement tonight by vicious annuu.lt up
on Mrs. Jriseph MeCarn, aged by
a strange iiegro. : . i
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pasture after a cow and the first she
knew was when a big . .black? - negro
threw his hand over her month and
other around her neck and chocked her
to the ground and after assaulting her
fled to the woods. :;..,'. r.i cl ::
" Tlie screams of Mra McCnrn.bronght
to her aid, John1 Raper and others,
hnulffag wheat In a field nearby.. The
men saw the negro leave the scene of
the crime and gave the; alarm.ri -"-
The sheriff of Rowan- and a- hum
ber of deputies with hounds and many
others in sutos have gone to the scene
while the Dayldson officers and practi
cally all the male population, including
a thousand or more around Linwood;
are scouring the woods for tlje. negro.
Late tonight one negro bad been caught
and brought before Mrs- MeCarn but
she said be wns the wrong man and
was turned loose.. The whole section
around Llnwood is. in a state of high
excitement and the possexpects to
catch the. negro before morning, -
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New quarter in our Sayings Department opens.
July 1st. Any deposits m this department made on or
v before July IQth draw interest from July first.'. !: 1
- .You can start an account by .the deposit of- one
I - dollar or. more.
1 CitkchsfBanaV and Trust Compaiiy
1 . - .rHAS. R. WAGONER. President"; - 1
-CHAS. B. WAGONER, President
-) '.-V .., A. F.GOODMAN, Cashier .'-.
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A BEAl'TIFl'L WEDDING
Marriage if Mr. Chester Freeman Ma
- gee and Miss Josephine Ilarkey. -
A beautiful wedding took place yes
terday afternoon at All Saints Episco
pal church, when Mr. Chester Freeman
Magee and Miss. Josephine Harkej
were married by the rector. Rev.' Al
fred I 'a wronee. , - ' , ,
Miss Nell' Herring, at the beautiful
organ,' .recently placed In the churcti
as a'' memorial -to the. late rector. Rev.
Samuel M. Hanff,, played soft airs and
with the stirring tones of Mendels
shou's wedding inarch annouhced the
brblal party. The bridesmaids, Mlsset
Margaret Yorke and Rose Kennedy, oj
Charlotte, Miss Ruth Harkey, of Mo
bile, Ala.l and Miss. Emily Hill, ; of
cliarmingfii pale green orgnd.v.swltti
Wide tulle hats, and bouquets of deep
pink roses. Mr. Frank Yorke, of Char
lotte and Mr. Kay Patterson, of Con
cord, acted as nshers. The groom wat
attended by his best man, Mr. Clyde
rtennedy, of Charlotte. , , -
.Just at seven o'clock,, the brldf
came in on the arm of lier copsin. Dr.
Francis 0. Rogers, of Little, Riwk
Down un ' aisle C:irpented . Ih white
where stately lilies crowned' the ends
of the pews she .walked through the
soft evening .light to the.aitar, ablaze
with candles and fragrant with lilies.
She might have steppefl from au ' old
picture, so unsint was she in her wed
ding, gown of ruffled tulle, caught here
and there with sprays of orange blos
soms, and " long -ourt train of satin.
The-veil, bound nbout hethead with a
wreath f the bridal flower, framed a
lovely face. .-'And just as dainty, was
hei- little flower girl, Miss Jnuei Rog
ers, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fran
cis O. Rogers, Who In a charming frock
of ruflled net bore sweet flowers before
the bride ' 1 - " .
Mr. Maeee was In the service dui1
lug the war, stationed at Camp Green,
and 1 Is pleasantly . remembered in
Charlotte..' He is In business in Low
ell. Mass. Mr. and Mrs, Mafjee left
last night via Savannah, where they
take the boat at tlntUplaee. Mrs. Ma-
gee ivho formerlyrllved ' in Lpxington.
N. C, tauglit In tile F.rlanger sciimits,
and Is lovingly i rememltered by her
little pupils,-' She is a niece of Mrs, B.
F. Rogers, of this place. rTlie number
of pretty presents they; received ; nt-
test the popularlty-of both
Mrs. Roevrs Invited -a numner j or
friends to her home to wish them God
speed. Delicious lees and cakes were
served and ' all' went merry as a
marriage bell." :, ! ; G.
High Pohit Has 14.30J People.
(Br t, AaaoclataU Prcaa.) -.'
Washington, July 1. Census flgtires
announced today included High Point,
N. C, 4,302 increase 4.777 or 50.3 per
ccut.5 ''..i--' .-'; -.'-,.i" ''': -..':.
In the opinion of export authorities
Canada could increase its production
of sine fo supply one-tenth - of ' the
worlds demand, which estimated at
Lrivef 1,000,000 tons annually. V
OPPOSITION FAILS TO
IlkllUII I III IIUI IbklllU
Overnight Conferences of the
Forces Determined to En
compassMcAdoo's Defeat
Fail to Have Results.
CANNOT FIND
A CANDIDATE
Who Can Command the Nec
" v essary- Two-Thirds Vote.
Champ ' Clark Being Dis
cussed as a Possibility., I
- (By (he Aaxorlaled Praaa.)
San Francisco." July 1--Overnlght
onferences of the fore's socking t.l
effects a combination to defeat r the
oominatinn of Wm. (f. Mcdoo failed to
reach any agreement on -a ' candidate
and the only accomplishment. seemed
to be a stiffening of the determination
to hold solid If possible, a .veto block
if vote. - -'-- ''
As a cimnter move, to meet the coin-1
blunt Ion against McAiloo, t he admiiiisr
tration forces were scouting for a
lark horse of their own who : could
oreak the' combination if It provwl ef
fective. ; ' " : : , -
Vice-President : Marshall has been
talked of to head the combination
igalust McAdoo , but Thos. Taggart.
head of the Indiana delegation, did
not- attend the conferences. ,
frankly1, admitting thut McAdoo
denied to have the inside track on the
i-ace for the nomination,, the inner elr-
;les of the old Hue Democratic lenrt
frs worked all night devising means
o stop bis nomination ifnd find a
candidate who could coiuiiitiiid the
lecessary two-third vote. ' t
Chamii Clark, ftwrnerspeakerof the
House or uepresentaf ives. wno was de
nied tlie nomination at the Baltimore
convention after having repeatedly re
vived a majority of the votes, was
icing discussed by the old line leaders
is a ' possibility about whom they
might rally. ; -
The answer of the McAdoo people to
that move was that 'if an inner circle
iombinatlhu forestalled the nomina
tion pt the former "Secretary of the
Treasury' there "wonld be disclosed anr
rttheBconlilion- which would produce a
oHxda)'.K-'WV'&'.-vn" ,c,,,2"t,,
name of Homer : S. Cummings, ebntr-
man of tlie national committee1, crop
ped out; whenever the administration's
dark horses were being discussed. The
name of Vice-President Marshall was
generally linked with that of Champ
Clark when candidates to break the
McAdoo wave were being 'discussed
among the old liners. ' '
Managers for Cos. nnd Palmer when
they figured in these discussions in
variably demanded to be shown their
candidates were out of the running.
Former Representative Cnrlin, Palm
er's chief of staff." refused to concede
that, the Attorney General could not
he nomlnhted, and E. II. "Moore, of
Youngstown, Ohio, the Cox field mar-,
shal, said: , ' -,:' '. ''
, "This may be a grasshopper con
vention, but I haven't been informed
as yet that any of the Cox delegates
are going ft jump."11 '
Nevertheless a report persisted that
there was some kind of an understand
ing between the Cox and Palmer men
and that .the managers of these can
didates favored the nomination of any
one rather than McAdoo as they count
ed : thNew York and New JprseV
delegations as sympathetic ( with the
views. . . '
Senator Harding Ccntimios Ills Con
ferences. '
(By the Auorlntnt Pma.) '
Washington, July l.-vWarren (J.
Harding. .Republican presidential can
illdate, i-ontjluuert hj,s conferonces With
Repii.bllcah 'teailers' today,'" tit 'callers
Including Win.' "it. Wilcox: " : of " Nw
York, chairman ' of ; the ! Republican
national -committee In ' 1916 ;. fortuer
Senator Henry A. DuPomV of Dela
ware; Morton WBIand, of Colnmbus,
Ohio. '.'';-.".,''' '. '';f i;:'";'-'"-1 . '. "
Wisconsin New Tork, Minnesota,
Iowa, and Texas arfe the five leading
States in the order named.- ;
BIG PENEFUS
V Financial mependence-r,-.i ;
, Freedom from worry ;
i A comfortabljOld age--- ? n
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Proper tare: M time of lllness-j
There are are hundreds
ings habit. , , ' ' f I---.
'A new interest 'quarter opens july. first" and your
money will-'draw 4 per cent., compound interest. , ,
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CONCORD)f ATIONAL PANIC
Safe Deposit Boxes For. Rent. .
June 21-10
jDEIVIOCRATS ANNOUNCE
ORl TODAY
As Drafted by Sub-Commit-mittee
of Nine and Submits
ted to Full Committee.
What It Declares For... I
SILENT ON SUBJECT
v ' OF PROHIBITION1
Advocates Collective ' Bar
gaining For Farmers. The
.League, of Nations Plank
From Virginia Platform I I
'. (By the aaoetatt Preaa.) '
San Francisco, July l.: The Demo
era tie pliitforiu as drafted bv the suIh
cnmiuitfee of Dlnrt "antf submitted til '
the full .committee declared for rati,
fii'iitlon of tl peace treaty as a reipil. -Nite
to preserve the honor and integri
ty of the nation ; suggests that tho
Irish question can lie .brought legiti
mately liefOre the league of nations for-,
settlement, and is silent on the subiei-t
of problliltion. " . ;.- T-"
If advocates' collective bargaining
for farmers ; opposes compulsorv arbi-
tration of labor disputes: declares for
recognition of tl pew Mslean gov-
eminent 'When it has established. or
der: and calls on the legislatures of
Tennessee. Florida and North Carols- ,
na to ratify the suffrage amendment. " .
In many respects the platform foi-.
lows that adopted : by the Virginia
Democrats and approved by President
Wilson.. The league, of nations plank i
in particular was taken virtually as a
whoh from - the Vriginia platform, .
though in .many respects there luive
been man.vMiew subjects added.
Platform Committee in Session lentil '
-3:00 A. M.' .
" San fnincisco, .Inly 1. A plank
dealing with the league of nations was
adopted by the Democratic platform
committee early .fills morning. A Inuif ;
and b'itter fight so delayed the workers -that
the committee recessed until 10 "
o'clock. The leaders hoped. to have it
ready for , the convention' tins after
noon. .- r't ' i . ''. ... . ' ' '. ".
In the treaty battle the committee
failed to secure 'ndoptiou of its plank V
without amendment. The committers ,
by a vote of 32 to IS adopted au addi
tion Jijv , 'Jena tor -XVulsh of i Masa(;liu. .
tfa fltuoiig thos opposing thtaditiui-H v
istration forces, . p'rovlding for rntltl- !
cathin of the treaty of Versailles with
resen-atlons .consistent -with America s ,
obligations. ' .
The sub plauks of Wm. J. Bryan and
Senators Pomerene.' of Ohio. and .
Walsh, of Montana, were thrown out.
Discussion of tlie treaty took up the - -most
of the session which begaivat ft
o'clock last night, and ended at 3 this,
morning-' when the committeemen wero .
so fatigued that they quit work with-,.-...
out taking tip tls' liauor, Irish or nin-,.-,
er controverted questions. -...- v
The committee adopted ' tho lalmrr -and
several, other minor planks, bow
ever. - ;.' --
Rrjan's I'rohibition Plank, - -Siirfi
Francisco, July 1. William J.'s
Bryan's prohibition plaag around which' - ,
today's fight In the -platform commit-
tee is centering rends as follows : ?. ;
"We heartily congratulate the Dem-' .
ocratlc party ou its. splendid leader-; ,
ship ill the submission and ratlflca-, .
tion of the prohibition amendment to
the Federal constitution and we pledge ,
the party to effective enforcement of i
the Volstead law: honestly and In v
good "'faith,, without any Increase In
the alcoholic content of permitted bev-
ersges, and without jinv weakening of -any
other oftta provisions." " ..,.(.
Bid for German Lines Aceeptl. '
'- ) (By the Aaoolaeill Psa, .' '.
; Washington July, 1. The bid -Lof .
$S00,()(t for tlie former German liner '
De Knlli, made hv".tln. American Ship
& , Commerce Corporation was accept- ,
ed today by the shipping board, The
offer of $3,000,000 for the great liner
Leviathan, made bv the United States
Malt Steamship Company, still is un-,
der. consideration. ....... . ' . -.
Overtraining makes an athlete stale, -jn
spite of the fact that he majv be too
fresh. ' ' ;
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