Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, 1920-06-29

CUMMINGS ASSAILS REPUBLICANRECORD I INKEYNOTEADDRESS ) Declares* That Action of r Party in Senate on Dispo Disposition - sition Disposition of Treaty Is - est Page in History" e SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. - The a League of Nations covenant, was ti championed as the "Monroe doctrine -of the world," by Isomer Cummings, s temporary chairman of the Demo- - cratic national convention, in his key keynote - note keynote address here today. !, Os the peace treaty's defeat in the e senate, he said: "No blacker crime - against civilization has ever soiled a the pages of our history." e He characterized the Republican o platform as "reactionary and provin- - cial." "Filled with premeditated slanders and vague promises, it will s be searched in vain for one construc- - tive suggestion for the reformation -of the conditions «which it criticizes f and deplores," he continued. He declared that the peace time . record of the Democratic party from March, 1913 to the outbreak of the . world war has to its credit "more . effective, constructive and remedial 1 legislation than the Republican , party had placed upon the statute books in a generation." Praising the administration's , course in the war he said: "We . fought a great war, for a great cause and we had a leadership that carried s America to greater heights of honor 3 and power and glory than she has r ever known before in her entire his history." - tory." history." Referring to congressional investi investi. - . investi. gations by committees," he . said that over 80 investigations nave . been made, over two million dollars t wasted and 'result has been to ; prove that it was the clearest war . ever fought in the history of civili- J zation." Democratic Achievements f ."Peace achievements of the Demo Demo, - , Demo, cratic party," he asserted, the . Ifarmer from the deadening effects of usurious financial control. La La! - ! La! bor was its Magna Charta ol . liberty. and finance were t released from the thralldom of un un. - . un. certainty and hazard." - "The income tax law," he said-, > "relieved our law -of the reproach . of being unjustly burdensome to the 5 poor. The extravagancies and in inequities - equities inequities of tariff System, were I removed 'and a non-partisan tariff ( commission created. Pap-Amjerican Pap-Amjericanism - ism Pap-Amjericanism was encouraged and the bread breadthus - thus breadthus cast upon the waters came back I to us many fold. Alaska was opened i to cortimerce and development. Dol- > lar diplomacy was destroyed. fA cor- rupt lobby was driven from the na- ' : tional capitol. An .effective Sea- - man's act was adopted. The federal trade commission was created. Child - labor legislation was enacted. The parcel post and the i;ural fifee de delivery - livery delivery were developed. A good, roads 1 bill and a rural credits adt were ! passed. A secretary Os labor was - given a seat in the cabinet of the ' president. Eight-hour laws were adopted. The Clayton amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act was pass pass' - ' pass' ed, freeing American labor and tak taking - ing taking it JrQin the .list of commodities. The Smith-Lever bill for tlijs im improvement - provement improvement of agricultural conditions was passed. A corrupt practices act was adopted. A well considered warehouse act was Federal employment bureaus created. Farm lotin banks, postal savings .banks and the federal reserve siystem were established. "The federal reserve system, pass pass, - , pass, ed over the ojiposition of the lead leaders - ers leaders of the Republican party, enabled America to withstand the strain of war without shock or pffnic and ulti ultimately - mately ultimately made our country the great greatest - est greatest creditor nation of the wtorld." Turning to the record of thje Re Republican - publican Republican congress since 1918, Mr. Cummings said it was 'barren of achievement, shameless in of tftne and money and without parallel for its incompetencies, failures and repudiations." President Wilson's two appeals be before - fore before congress for legislation dealing with profiteering, reduction of taxa taxation, - tion, taxation, aid for' soldiers and laws to improve relations of capital and'la and'labor - bor and'labor were ignored," he declared, and "after a year of sterile debate our country has neither peace nor recon reconstruction." - struction." reconstruction." He dwelt particularly on attacks made upon the president. hLalice followed' him to the peace tablie, he said, and widespread propaganda made it imperative when he returned from Paris to a struggle for that which had been won at incal incalculable - culable incalculable cost. . This meant wre<ck of f health, sickness for months on a. bed of pain; and worse, the sicknects of heart which comes from the knowl knowledge - edge knowledge that political adversaries l are savagely destroying not merely the I work of men's hands, but the world's I hope of settled peace. This wa.s the ! affliction - this the crucifixion. Tull Text of Speebh It is not reservations that. the president stands against, said Mr. Cummings, but. nullificaton. He told how President Wilson had published the tentative text of the league cove covenant - nant covenant widely in 1919, asking for criti criticism - cism criticism and receiving suggestions from Taft, Hughes and others that were incorporated into the re revised - vised revised draft of the league." Senator Lodge, he said, refuse*! to offer constructive amendments at any time. "So Intolerant was his; at attitude - titude attitude that he would not oven con consider - sider consider a compromise proposed by for former - mer former President Taft of his own party and which, was assured of sapjport of forty Democratis. senators. we«- ator Lodge knew that he controlled the senate an dthat in his own time and way he would destroy the treaty. Mr. Cummings' address follows in full: and Gentlemen of the Con Convention: - vention: Convention: "At this high hour when the des destinies - tinies destinies not only of political parties, but of peoples, are at stake; when social unrest is everywhere apparent; when existing forms of government are being challenged, and their very foundations disturbed or swept away, it Is well for us here in America, to pause for a period of solemn delib deliberation. - eration. deliberation. . who assemble in this great convention, counsel together, not 'merely as members of a party, but as children of the republip. Love of country and devotion to human serv service - ice service should purge our hearts of ail unworthy or misleading motives. Let us fervently pray for a Divine bless blessing - ing blessing upon all that we do or under undertake. - take. undertake. Let us pledge ourselves anew to equality of opportunity; the unity of our country above the interest's of groups or classes; and the main maintenance - tenance maintenance of the high honor of Amer America - ica America in her dealings with other na nations. - tions. nations. people will shortly determine which political instrumentality is (Continued on Page 3, Column 1)

M'ADOO BOOM GETS' FRESH IMPETUS AS CONVENTION MEETS Democratic Hosts Spend' First Day at San Francisco; Listening to Keynote and Organizing for Work Convention Program For First Day's Session Noon: Convention called to or order - der order by J. Bruce Kremer, vice chairman national committee. 12:05 p. m.: Prayer by Kt. Rev. P. L. Ryan, vicar general diocese of San Francisco. < 12:10 p. m.; Reading call for convention by E. G, Hoffman, secretary national committee. 12:15 p. m.: Address by Vice' Chairman Kremer formally open opening - ing opening Convention. Announcement of j temporary organization. 12:30 p. in.: Keynote address by temporary Chairman Homer S. Cummings. . 1:30 p. xn.: Presentation of res- olutions calling for the appoint appointment - ment appointment of committees. 1:00 p. m.: Roll call of states for presentation of members of following committees: Resolu Resolutions; - tions; Resolutions; credentials; rules and or order - der order of business; permanent or organization; - ganization; organization; notification of presi presidential - dential presidential nominee and notification of vice presidential nominee. 2 p. m.: Selection of honorary vice presidents and secretaries of convention. 2:30 p. m.: Adjournment follow followed - ed followed by meetings of the various committees. SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. - Dele 28. - Delegates - gates 28. - Delegates and leaders were prepared for a fight over both platform and candi candidates - dates candidates as the Democratic national convention assembled today for its opening session. An innovation planned for the opening of the Democratic national convention today was the silencing of the great gathering by a bugle' call instead of the usual pounding with the gavel. As the bugler's notes came to an end and the buzz of con conversation - versation conversation on the floor ceased, a de detachment - tachment detachment of marines standing in front of the platform were to raise the national colors and present arms while the band, high up behind the chairman, played the Star Spangled Banner. The formal call to order by Vice Chairman J. Bruce Kremer was to follow. The arrangement was made by Secretary of the Navy Daniels at the suggestion of First Sergeant H. Hornbostel, who is chief of the sec secretary's - retary's secretary's personal escort during his ' visit to San Francisco. ' The actual convention work itself was only preliminary and perfunc perfunctory, - tory, perfunctory, but the arrival of convention lay served to bring further into the open the questions which had been ( iividing delegates and perplexing the slder politicians in their pre-war conferences. , The keynote speech of Homer S. 1 Hummings, as temporary chairman, was the principal feature of the iay's program. Later in the day the ' iewly-seiected convention commit- 1 tees were to furnish the first real 1 ievelopments as they began their ;asks of writing the platform hear- : ng appeals from contests over dele dele?ftte - ?ftte dele?ftte seats, and making up the con- 1 petition rules and a slate of perrria- ! sent. convention officers. The livest subject in minds of lelegates manifestly was, the im imjending - jending imjending prohibition fight, but trflk of J :andidates was gaining more and ( nore attention as the rival mana managers - gers managers got down to cases with the big sody of uninstructed and unpledged lelegates. ] Today for the first time the en- , Ire convention personnel was here i md the opposing elements were tak- , ng definite be/rings. The latest turn of the McAdoo >oom furnished a new angle to the invention preliminaries but its pre pre:ise - :ise pre:ise effect on the relative situation 1 if the candidates was not yet clear. ; Announcement that the former sec- j etary of the treasury, despite his leclaratlon that he did not want the 1 tomination, wmuld be willing to ac acept - ept acept it, was variously accepted by i he several elements in the fight. By some it was declared the de de'efopment - 'efopment de'efopment meant that McAdoo, whose : lupporters hitherto had planned to :eep him in the background for sev- ] iral, ballots, now would be an active , untender from the start and that ' n consequence the convention, like hat of the Republicans at Chicago, could have a "big three" tunning lose together at the opening roll rollall. - all. rollall. The possibility of such a de- 1 brought renewed claims ] if consistent gains from the sup suplorters - lorters suplorters of Palmer and Cox and set he dark horses champing impatient impatienty - y impatienty as they recalled what happened to he big three at Chicago. The Palmer and Cox. managers ought to discount the apparent slg slglificance - lificance slglificance of the McAdoo announce announcement - ment announcement which was made last night by 1 Jational Committeeman Love, of , Texas, without saying whether he . iad any direct authorization from ' Ir. McAdoo. It was apparent, how- , ver, that many of the McAdoo work workrs. - rs. workrs. who have been canvassing tor , ©ties without much organization or ystem, accepted the statement of : Ir. Love at its face value. Among the best informed poll- , icians, the general opinion was that ' t still was too early to definitely orecast what would happen. They uggested that the Love statement nly put the technical situation back inhere it was when Mr. McAdoo an anounced - ounced anounced recently that he did not care obe considered a candidate. At that ime both Attorney General Palmer nd Governor Cox were active candi candiates - ates candiates and their supporters were laiming victory. In the pre-convention scramble for elegates, many of those who had een McAdoo supporters promised to ote for other candidates, but the IcAdoo men declared today that radically every one of these could e brought back into the fold. There was frequent mention of ecretary Meredith, of the depart department - ment department of agriculture, as a possible unning mate for Mr. McAdoo. Mr. leredith's presidential campaign eadquarters were closed Saturday .-hen he announced he was in no ense a candidate. A discussion of candidates mani maniestly - estly maniestly still was subordinate in the minds of many of the delegates to he prohibition issue, and they re rearded - arded rearded the inevitable preliminaries f the opening session with impa impaience - ience impaience as they waited for the time (Confined on Page 6, Column 3)

16BRGIAREGIURS TO OFFER DIVISION OF VOTES OF STATE 'Credentials Committee Nex\j I to Hear Contest May Propose Howell-Vereen Race in September Primary BY ROGERS WINTER . (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 27. When the regular Georgia delegates go before the credentials committee on Monday afternoon for the second inning of their fight for seats on the floor of the national convention it is quite probable that they will not de demand - mand demand to be seated as a whole, but will ask for the same division of seats which they proposed to the Pal Palmer - mer Palmer people in Atlanta convention, and which was scorned by the Pal Palmer - mer Palmer people with quite a show of self selfrighteous - righteous selfrighteous indignation. They will not contend that the Pal Palmer - mer Palmer delegates ought to be excluded altogether from the convention. They will offer to be as fair to the Pal Palmer - mer Palmer delegates as they ask the con convention - vention convention to be to them. They will, suggest an apportionment of Geor Georgia's - gia's Georgia's twenty-eight votes on a pro according to the popular vote in the Georgia primary or ac according - cording according to the county unit vote. In either event this would figure ap approximately - proximately approximately a division of the dele delegation - gation delegation into three equal parts. Os course the first question that would be raised by the Palmer dele delegates - gates delegates when the above proposition is submitted will be the question of the national committeeman from Georgia. The Palmer delegates will hurry away, from a division of the votes for fear the Smith delegates and the Watson delegates combining against them would remove Clark Howell from the national committee and put William J. Vereen upon the I committee in his place. Compromise Proposition When the Palmer delegates raise ( this question, as it is said that they will do, the regular delegates will submit to them the proposition that the names of Clark Howell and Wil William - liam William J. Vereen be placed upon the ticket of the Georgia state primary to be rfeld in September, that if Mr. Howell receives a majority of the popular vote or the county unit vote, whichever way he desires to run, then he shall continue to serve on the na national - tional national committee for the next three years, and that if Mr. Vereen re receives - ceives receives a majorit yof the vote then Mr. Howell shall relinquish his pldce on the national committee and -turn over his proxy to Mr. Vereen, who shall represent Gergia in the na national - tional national councils of the party for the next four years. Th% regular delegates are awanting with keen interest the reply that -will come from Mr. Howell and his sup supporters - porters supporters on this proposition. They are willing for Mr. Howell to be elected to the Georgia commltte at this con convention - vention convention if he will agree to a referen-' dum with the understanding that he shall retire and give his proxy to Mr. Vereen in case of his defeat in the Georgia primary. It is not expected that the cre credentials - dentials credentials committee will be so one onesided - sided onesided in its decisions of the Georgia contest as was the national com committee - mittee committee on Saturday afternoon. A number of the members of the cre credentials - dentials credentials committee have expressed themselves in favor of seating the delegates elected by the Atlanta con convention, - vention, convention, or at least of apportioning the convention votes among the three factions. The action Saturday of the national committee was a personal victory for Clark Howell, who has been a member of the committee for twenty-two years, and is very popu popular - lar popular with his colleagues. Georgia Shriners at Frisco The city of Atlanta an dthe state of Georgia were as well represented as any section of the United States in the crowds that thronged this city on Sunday. Added to the two con contesting - testing contesting delegations from Georgia, there were in the city two hundred Shriners of the Yaarab Temple in At Atlanta - lanta Atlanta and a host of Shriners from Macon and Savannah. They stopped here on their return journey from tl)e great Shriner convention held last week in the city of Portland. The Georgia Shriners were - ing over the election of E. A. Cutts, of Savannah, to the office of imperial potentate of the imperial council which is the highest office in the Shrine. The Yaarab band gave con concerts - certs concerts Saturday night and Sunday at the San Francisco hotel, the Palace hotel and the Chancellor hotel in honor of the two Georgia delegations. They played no favorites when it came to politics but serenaded them all. A great host of Shriners in gor gorgeous - geous gorgeous uniforms spent Sunday here as the guest's of Islam Temple of this city which kept open house for them at the Shrine temple, gave them free automobile rides all over the city and supplied them with a steady stream of handsome Frisco girls wearing hostess badges. Take it from the writer the Frisco girls have got the goods. Nowhere else except in At Atlanta - lanta Atlanta can their equals' be found. In addition to the numerous Shrine pa parades - rades parades and concerts and other festivi festivities - ties festivities which have been in progress here for thirty-six hours there were sev several - eral several parades for the various candi candidates - dates candidates for the presidential nomination. Georgians Parade The Palmer parade was headed by Colonel H. H. Dean, of Gainesville, who acquitted himself with great dignity and eclat at the head of the procession. Not even the attorney general with all his gray hair and stalwart figure can outclass the colo colonel - nel colonel when it comes to bulk. Even the coolnel's political adversaries were constrained to admit that he was no discredit to his state, so far as looks were concerned, as he strode down Market street with a Palmer pennant on his shoulder. Anticipating that they will be seated in the permanent roll of the convention the Palmer delegates have mad© their nominations for the va various - rious various and sundry committees. They are as follows: Credentials, Albert Howell; reso-, (Continued on Page 6, Column

PUTFORMFIGHTIS EXPECTED TO GO TO CDNVENTIDN FLOOD Senator Glass Seems to Have Defeated Walsh for Chairmanship of the Reso Resolutions - lutions Resolutions Committee SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. - The fight over the Democratic platform began today in deadly earnest with the meeting *of the resolutions com committee - mittee committee which wiW write the party's declaration of principles for imesenta imesentation - tion imesentation to 'the convention. Every indication is that on one, two or perhaps three questions the fight will be carried from the reso resolutions - lutions resolutions -'committee to the convention floor. The wet and dry and League of Nations issue seems certain to go to the floor and the Irish ques question' - tion' question' may also cguse debate there. The. first clash between the forces supporting the Wilson administra administration - tion administration and those opposing it was ex expected - pected expected to come in the selection of the chairman of the resolutions com committee, - mittee, committee, scheduled to occur late to today. - day. today. Senator Glass, of Virginia, administration choice for chairman, appeared early today to have won out over Senator Walsh, of Montana, for the place. Prohibition The situation as the convention met as to three troublesome plat platform - form platform questions were: , William J. Bryan, leader of the drys and Nebraska's member of the resolutions committee, had a dry plank to present to the committee, which reads: "We heartily congratulate the Dem Democratic - ocratic Democratic party on its splendid leader leader-1 - -1 leader-1 ship in the submission and rajifica rajifica, - , rajifica, tion of the prohibition amendment - to the federal constitution and wc pledge the party to the effective en enforcement - forcement enforcement of the Volstead law, hon honestly - estly honestly and in good faith, without any increase in the alcoholic content of permitted beverages and without any weakening of any other' of its pro provision." - vision." provision." Postmaster General Burleson and James Nugent, of New Jersey, lead leading - ing leading wets, also had'planks varied in language, but all to the same pur purpose - pledging - pose - pledging purpose - pledging the party to favor modification of the Volstead law so that the individual states may deter determine - mine determine what they will permit in the way of alcoholic content. Both sides were determined and very confident. Administration forces, who want the platform to remain silent on the question, also expressed confidence that this would be the outcome of *the fight. There is no question, say those who have care carefully - fully carefully canvassed the delegates, that the majority of them favor a moist plank, but whether they will vote for one in the face of the contend contending - ing contending forces is a question. League of Nations President Wilson, Mr. Bryan and Senator Walsh have planks op this question. In spite of the fight that Bryan and Walsh are making on the president, it appeared likely today the administration forces will win. The president's plank, which Sen Senator - ator Senator Glass will present, pledges the party to ratification'without impair impairing - ing impairing reservations. » Bryan's plank declares against mak making - ing making the league a political issue and urges ratification with safeguarding reservations. Walsh's plank pledges tljf party against any compact requiring the United States to engage in foreign wars; impairing the power or right of self defense; endangering the Mon Monroe - roe Monroe doctrine, or giving any other nation a greater vote than the United States. Irish Question The administration is against men mentioning - tioning mentioning Ireland, but may concede a mention of Irish independence in con connection - nection connection with the League of Nations holding for the league as the hope of the Irish and other subject peoples for freedom. Irish organizations, in concert, have prepared a plank, emphatically put putting - ting putting the party on record as sympa sympathizing - thizing sympathizing with Ireland, and favoring recognition of the Irish republic by the United States.

ISSUES AND PLUNKS WORRYLEADERS AT FRISCO CONVENTION Leadership of President Wil Wilson - son Wilson Hangs in Balance, Bryan Now in a Strong Position BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. - Issues and platform planks rather than can candidates - didates candidates are worrying the leaders of the Democratic national convention as they approach their tasks of the week, for the leadership of President Wilson hangs in the balance. With characteristic skill, William Jennings Bryan has maneuvered himself into a position of strength in the all-important resolutions commit committee - tee committee which drafts the platform. The old fight betwen the Democratic sen senators - ators senators who supported Senator Lodge's reservations and those who support supported - ed supported Senator Hitchcock and President Wilson In their stand for interpreta interpretative - tive interpretative reservations to the peace treaty has broken out anew. Mr. Bryan has cleverly gotten be behind - hind behind Senator Walsh of Montana, who voted for the Lodge reservations and who is popular with the western senators and is their candidate for phairman of the platform committee. Everybody thought the Wilson peo people - ple people were in splendid control of things here that when it was an announced - nounced announced that Senator Glass, of Vir Virginia, - ginia, Virginia, had conferred with President Wilson and had secured his ideas on platform planks, no diffifficulty was anticipated in selecting Mr. Glass to be chairman of the reolution com committee. - mittee. committee. But the revolt came suddenly and has given the Wilson leaders much to worry about, they are confi- 1 dent of electing Gless, but it will be a close shave. I League Causing Trouble The people behind Senator Walsh, of Montana, have expressed fears that Senator Glass might put some something - thing something in the platform condemning the Republican senators who voted for the Lodge reservations and thus place in an embarrassing position the twenty Democratic senators who lined up with Mr. Lodge. - For a dead issue this League of Nations business manages to create more live trouble in the two political parties than anything else this year. But the surprising thing is, that in a Democratic convention there should be diffieuity, for President Wilson has declared the league the princi principal - pal principal issue of the campaign.. Mr. Bryan, however, has been insisting that the reservations adopted by the Republican majority of the senate should have been accepted by the president. Senator Walsh, of Mon Montana, - tana, Montana, took the position when he voted for the Lodge reservations, that it was the only way to get the thetreaty - treaty thetreaty ratified. No matter what is the outcome of the fight for the chairmanship of the resolutions committee, the strug struggle - gle struggle will not be ended till the plat platform - form platform plank is written. The Bryan- Walsh elements favor adoption of the peace treaty with whatever res reservations - ervations reservations are necessary to insure prompt ratification. They want noth nothing - ing nothing said about the Lodge reserva reservations. - tions. reservations. Senator Glass wants the treaty ratified without reservations which "impair its essential integrity." Combine Against Bryan In the Virginia platform which he wrote, he had plenty of condemna condemnation - tion condemnation for those who voted for the Lodge reservations, but if he wants ! harmony here, he will have to elimi eliminate - nate eliminate the denunciation and limit him- | self to an affirmative statement of what the Democrats propose to do with the peace treaty. The aspirants for the presidential nomination are wisely keeping out of the though if any danger looms, it is quite certain that a coa coalition - lition coalition of McAdoo and Palmer forces will be made for purposes of organi organization - zation organization and platform, if for nothing (Continued on Rage 6, Column 3)

AMENDMENT FOR SUFFRAGE BEFORE GEORGIA SENATE Opening the second week of the 1920 session, the general assembly on Monday morning resumed work on the calendar of unfinished business left over from last year, both houses taking up for consideration matters that are conceded to be of vital im importance - portance importance to the state. In the senate the proposed suffrage amendment to .the state constitution held ( the floor, coming up as a spe special - cial special order by vote of 22-18 on Friday, when an effort to table the measure failed by a narrow margin. The amendment is In the form of two companion bills by Senator Fermor Barrett, of the Thirty-first. Under their provisions, the word -'would be stricken out of the consti constitution - tution constitution in the qualifications of voters. The passage of a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both branches of the legis legislature - lature legislature in order to secure its submis submission - sion submission to the people and it is considered extremely doubtful whether sufficient strength can be mustered even in the senate, to put it through. It does not constitute a ratification of the federal suffrage amendment, agitation on which is not expected to be renewed at this session. The senate will also consider Sen Senator - ator Senator Dorris' bill to regulate the is issuance - suance issuance of marriage licenses. Impos Imposing - ing Imposing certain restrictions on the grant granting - ing granting of such licenses and providing for permanent and accurate records in the offices of the various ordinar ordinaries - ies ordinaries of the state. It was anticipated that the report of the budget and efficiency commis commission - sion commission would be submitted to the gen general - eral general assembly at Monday morning's session, since the commission has completed its Investigation of the financial needs of the several depart departme - me departme - and institutions of the state. The commission's report will contain few recommendations as to ap appropriations, - propriations, appropriations, it is understood, <ue to the financial stringency in the state treasury, but it is believed that a method of increasing the state's reve revenue - nue revenue by taxing intangible property will be suggested. A few local bills stand at the head of the house calendar and not much general business is expected to be transacted during the day's session. It has been indicated that the pro proposed - posed proposed new charter for the city of Atlanta will be introduced in the house this week by Representative John Y. Smith, of Fulton, but the exact date of its introduction has not been announced. The draft of the new charter is complete. It must be passed by the legislature and then submitted to the people in a refer referendum. - endum. referendum. Record Non-Stop Trip Os 1,200 Miles Made In Flight From Omaha NEW YORK, June 28. - John K. Larsen, who yesterday established a record non-stop airplane flight from Omaha, Neb., to Lancaster, Pa. - 1.200 miles - was expected to - completeTTs trip to New York City today. Mr. Larsen, accompanied by two passengers, hoped to make the flight from Omaha to New York without a stop, but was forced down at Lan Lancaster - caster Lancaster by a heavy fog. The plane used 105 gallons of gaso- An average speed of more than 100 miles an hour was maintained. The airplane took off at Omaha at 4:12 a. m. and landed at 5:06 p. m An altitude of from 4,000 to 9,000 feet was maintained during the trip. Georgia Peach Trains Get Right-of-Way MACON, Ga., June 28. - Peach growers of middle Georgia have been notified that the Potomac yards em embargo - bargo embargo has* been lifted for perishables. Peach trains will be given the right of way, it was said.

Lardner Fails to Interview 'Bryan, but Gets a Nerve- Cure at Hiram's High- Pitched Home BY BING W. LABDNEB (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal;) SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. - Wil 28. - Willie - lie 28. - Willie Bryan hit the old burp: Friday and took a load off of the party's mind if any, as they thought he might probably not show up and that would make this convention illegal in addition to useless. Jimmie Montague, the poet, who Is also my boss on this trip, asked me to go to the Great Uncommoner's' room and get a interview, so I went to his room and rapped and a voice says, who is it and I told him the truth, and the voice says, they's no nobody - body nobody home. It was the same voice that said we shouldn't ought to cru crucify - cify crucify mankind upon a cross of gold in 1896 or any other year. This year, he wants a dry plank in the platform which means that prohibi prohibition - tion prohibition will keep on coming and crucify mankind upon a cross between ether and prune juice at twenty dollars a quart. Any way I didn't get no interview out of him, but I did talk to a lot of the delegates and the idea now seems to b§, the only chance the Democrats got to win this fall is to either nominate a lady or else get a man with as cute a middle name as Mr. Harding's, which, as everybody knows, is Ga Gamaliel. - maliel. Gamaliel. As soon as this idea was decided on, the head guys went out and paged all the candidates to see whom had the cutest middle name, but the results wasnt all that could be expected. Bull Name Is "Bing Worm" For inst they found out that Irvin Cobb's middle name is Shrewsbury and Sen Lewis's is Ham and Mar Marshall's - shall's Marshall's is Weasel and Gerard's is Words or something and Cox's Is Waffles or something and Wilson's is Woodrow, and in fact pretty near all the leaders has middle names that begins with a W, including myself but none of them as cute as Gama Gamaliel. - liel. Gamaliel. So, being a pretty fair poli- Wcian by this time to say nothing about quick thinker, which I told them, why not pick on me as their candidate on this plank, because my middle name also begins with a W, but its a whole lot cuter than the other birds and a specially when you put into combination with my Ist name, so they asked what was the combination and I told them Ring Worm, well that isn't truth and I wont tell nobody what the real com combination - bination combination is, but the delegates have fell for what I had told them and it now looks like I will stampede the convention on this basis, that is pro provided - vided provided I keep out of the' takicabs in San Francisco until it is time for the nominations, or other wise there will half to be put up a corpse "for th,eir candidate and at that I suppose they might just as well. txr How Taxis Save Tires W® thought the taxi drivers in old sla ughterous till . blr<3s here, and they % th ® Chicago boys look dif different. - ferent. different. Last night I and Mr. Mon Montague - tague Montague and Mr. Cobb decided we bet better - ter better go out and call on Hiram W. Johnson and congratulate him, and We got in a taxi and the driver be bej'eved - j'eved bej'eved in saving tires 1 by only run running - ning running on one at a time, and was setting next to Mr. m feobb ii Die back seat and even MrACobb .'can't help lurching sometinkes rid I looked like 1 would a ness of debris and I knocked thr win win(low - (low win(low and asked the driveSr if h had anything vs. us, and helsaid no t was pedestrians he so we felt a little more safer, Ac move pedestrians he missed ... i,/, got, and finely we where they wasn't no So he dumb up on private home in the h p niir'v catch a young eoupli^M rkin i > knock them for a f' wasn't nobody there^^H er> g 0 we

BRITISH GENERAL IS HELD CAPTIVE BY SINN FEINERS CORK. June 28. - Cavalry and po police - lice police patrols scoured the countryside today in search of Brigadier General C. H. T. Lucas, commander of local British troops, who was kidnaped by an armed band of Sinn Feiners at a hunting lodge near Fernoy. General Lucas just returned in company with two colonels from a fishing trip when two cars bearing armed, masked men held up the party. Both col colonels - onels colonels escaped, although Colonel Dun Dunford - ford Dunford sustained a bullet wound in the arm. Sinn Feiners today regarded Gen General - eral General Lucas' capture as the biggest success they have scored so far, de declaring - claring declaring it would prove a damaging blow to British prestige. SO PERSONS ARRESTED FOR ATTTACKING TROOPS DUBLIN, June 28. - Military au authorities - thorities authorities have adopted a new and stronger policy in dealing with dis disturbances - turbances disturbances here. Eighty persons were arrested on Sunday as a result of at attacks - tacks attacks upon troops and police in con connection - nection connection with the railway strike. An armed band kidnaped the rail railway - way railway station master at Mallow, who had dismissed a number of men ow owing - ing owing to their refusal to drive trains carrying troops and police. GREEK FORCES STILL ADVANCE IN ASIA MINOR LONDON. June 28. - Continued progress by Greek forces in Asia -tjiiior was reported in an official'com official'communique - munique official'communique revived from Smyrna by the Greek legation here today. The statement said the Turkish popula populations - tions populations of Philadelphia, Lodag and Aj Ajhissar - hissar Ajhissar had joyfully received the Greek troops who drove out the fol followers - lowers followers of the Nationalist leader, Mustapha Kernel Pasha. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 28. - Al 28. - Allied - lied 28. - Allied military and naval forces have completed destruction of all fortifica fortifications - tions fortifications on both sides of the Darda Dardanelles, - nelles, Dardanelles, in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty, it was officially announced today. Poles Claim Capture Os Much Material LONDON, June 28. - The following official communique covering activi activities - ties activities of the Polish army was received from Warsaw today: "The enemy's resistance has been broken on the river Pripet to Ozer Ozerzyo. - zyo. Ozerzyo. We captured Considerable ma materal. - teral. materal. Two thouand of the enemy were killed." Killing in Laurens County DUBLIN, Ga., June 28. - 80 b Min Mincey, - cey, Mincey, a negro, shot and killed Will O'Neal, about Ave miles from Dublin Sunday morning. The shooting took place at another negro's house, where Mincey went to hunt his wife ana found her in company with O Neal. Mincey is in jail, where his brother, Reuben, is under life sentence foi killing a negro woman while he awaits the outcome of his appeal foi a new trial. finely come to Mr. Johnson s home, which is six thousand ft. above tne st. level, or otherwise he would ot.> ran us into the front parlor and demolished a few Johnsons. Well Mr. Johnson seen that we was kind o' shaky and cured it, and if 1-had of known what kind of a guy he was in Chicago, 1 would of 'V'to 'V'todrew - drew 'V'todrew in his favor and convention for him. Jh at all the news except that that shook down a few '' Los Angeles hasn't s P rea " C1 ',-v H ' yet, .but/ as Mr. Cobb says, if I the fires don't get us, the taxicabs will.