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• - - ,.T=r==---—^====- -SEWARD. A|AsAlTHURSDAY. JULY 1719207 _ _ _ TEN CF.NTO PERCOPY
VOLUME \1\ . NUMBER 38. _.___- - • ---.. _—
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SAX FRANCISCO. July l— The
platform committee of the Democratic
National convention worked until “:“0
o’clock this morning and then adje u n
de and b gan further work at 10 •* -
clock th > morning.
The administration forces failed to
secure the adoption of the treaty
plank without amendment. Substitutes
of Bryan, Walsh of Montana and IVm
erene were thrown out. lhe treaty
plank a> it now stands reads “We re
commend without reseivation which
would impair its essential integrity
t«> which amendment Walsh, of Massa
chusetts, objected. I*y a vote ot to
IS the following reading was attach
ed: “but we do not oppose reservations
x.hich make moie clear or specific our
obligation to the associated nations.
The platform advocates collective
bargaining for farmers and decline
for the recognition of the Mexican
government when »t establishes itaoli .
and 7T\e'pTr\HT*nh^
calls on the legislature ot Morula,
Tennessee and North ( arolina to rati
fy the suffrage amendment. The plat-1
form also suggests that the Irish
question he brought before the League j
of Nations. The platform, so far, is I
silent on prohibition and declares j
against compulsory arbitration, but .
deplores strikes and lockouts advoeat-1
ing some peaceful way be found for
the settlement of industrial disputes.
It is believed that a minority plat
form report xvill be submitted, espec- ^
ially on the treaty and prohibition. ,
The Alaska plank commends the ad- (
ministration for railroad construction
coal and oil land development and also |
recommends the extension of the farm
loan act to Alaska. ;
When the platform committee re
sumed xvork this forenoon a sharp
fight started for the dry plank. Bryan
announced there would be a fight for
the plank to the very finish. The Irish
plank also remained to be acted upon
by the full committee. A deadline
against newspapermen has been
drawn fifty yards from the doors of
the platform committee room but the
newspapermen are getting the dope
just the same. Chairman Glass an
nounced at 2 o’clock that he hoped to
be able to present a complete platform
today but was not certain.
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• WOMEN DELEGATES
• NOW AT SAN FRANCISCO *
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1— Mrs.
William H. England of Oklahoma,
Vassar graduate and mother of six
children, is one of more than .*'>00 wo
men who are delegates to the demo
cratic national convention. Her hus
band was a delegate to the Republican
national convention at Chicago last
month.
Among the other Oklahoma dele
gates are two women who trace their
ancestry to Indian chieftains. They
are Mrs. Richard li. Kite, wife of a
physican. foimerly of (Jooigia, and
g.und niece of Sequoyah, inventor o!
the Cherokee alphabet; and Mrs. Eu
gene II. Lawson, wife of an attorney
ami oil man and daughter of the Rev.
Charles Johnnycake, last chief of the
Pelewares. Mrs. Kite was first chair
man of the Woman’s democratic club
of Oklahoma. Mrs. Lawson was form
erly president of the Oklahoma Ked
* ration of Women’s Clubs and both
were prominent, in war work.
Miss Laura Clay, delegate at large
from Kentucky, was one of the organ
izers of the Kentucky Equal Rights
Association in 1X88 and is reputed to
be a “practical farmer.”
Mrs. Elizabeth Marburv, delegate
at large from New York, who was do
fbVitfed f»y "trfe t*tiite<l States.' France
Belgium and Italy for war work, is
first vice president of the League o'
Catholic Women. She came to the con
vention with Mrs. John Sherwin Cros
by, “mother of New York women dem
ocrats.” in a special train from New
York that carried 51 women delegates
and alternates.
Texas sent a nationally known fig
ure in Mis. Percy Pennybackor, club
loader. One of the best known of Cali
fornia's eight delegates is Miss Mary
E. Kov. who has been identified with
many phases of civic betterment work
Mrs. John W. Troy of Alaska was the
first woman delegate to arrive here.
Seventeen women, headed by Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, wife of the secretary
of the navy, were appointed by Hom
er S. Cummings, chairman of the dem
ocratio national committee, as nvm
bers of the executive committee of .‘14
Mrs. George Bass, first chairman
of the Women’s Bureau of the demo
cratic national committee, and Mrs
Mary Holland Kinkaid, assistant di
rector of publicity, in charge of wo
men’s activity, arc among the leaders
here. Mrs. Bass is a Chicago civic
worker and had charge of the 1016
democratic presidential campaign in
12 western equal suffrage states, 10
of which cast their electoral vote for
Wilson.
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B \BUSTS DROP FROM
INTERCHt’RCH MOVE
BUFFALO. X. Y., July 1— The
Northern Baptist convention voted to
terminate its connection with the In
terchurch World Movement. The Bap
tists recently raised $100,000,000 in
connection with the Interchurch World
Movement drive for a billion dollar
fund but conducted their own cam
paign.
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$7,000,000 IS NOW
AVAILABLE FOB U. R. *
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SEATTLE, July 1— Seven mil-|*
lion dollars for the construction of ,c
the go\eminent railroad in Alas
ka became available today togeth '
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er with other appropriated sums*
for northern purposes. A cable
* grant today from ( ol. Mears to
Major Pole, of the purchasing l>e- v
part incut, announced the work ol
pushing steel northward would he
continued until the end ol the cal
endar year: the Susitna bridge *
* would be completed by the middle
of November and the gigantic
bridge would be built o\er Hurri
cane (lulch next year.
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ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, July 1— Steamer A’a
meda sailed for the north at i> oVltufk
his morning with MO passengers, til*
I'ollowiup being for Scwatd:
Mn. J. Von "Maur,
Elizabeth Woolworth,
May Woolworth,
E. Ely.
Belie Blathcrwick,
Hilda A. Campbell.
Ella M. Marshall.
Miss M. Moore,
Mrs. H. McDonald,
Miss G. O’Connor,
Miss M. L. O’Connor,
John Me Knight,
W. C. Barrett,
K. E. Walker,
R. S. Duty,
Mrs. E. L. Sweek and chihlren.
Sam Gilmore.
M. M. Moore,
G. A. Spangler,
J. T. Sente r,
P. W. Sprang",
E. T. Bomstcad,
H. M. Chittanden,
M. E. Heavy.
Matties Smith, #
Ethel Godfrey,
C. M. Murphy,
Morris Roberts,
Georgina Me Wynn,
Fifty two steerage.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, July 1— Halibut b
quoted at seventeen cents, only two
small boats having arrived; sable at
five cents and red and ling cod at two
cents.
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FAMILIES WITHOUT
YOUNGSTERS BARREL
ST JOSEPH, Mo., July 1— Waltei
H. Fulkerson, St. Joseph banker, b
building a row of houses for rent tc
families in which there are children
Newly married couples will also be
allowed to occupy the houses with the
provision that if there are no childrer
: in their families at the end of on<
year’s residence they will be asked tc
vacate.
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PORTLAND, Oregon, July 1— Par
I
rot & Company, Richard Adams, its
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agent; the Starr Fruit Company and
L. M. Starr, President, have been in
dicted by the Federal Grand jury for
| profiteering in sugar. It is alleged
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that those indicted bought several
j carloads of sugar for the alleged pur
, pose of preserving fruit here but in
stead shipped the sugar to Omaha ant.
other inteiior cities and sold it at pro
fit of $-1,000 a carload.
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CHICAGO, July 1— Retween four
l ive mid ion pounds of sugar have been
' received here via Canada billed to
packets, runneis and wholesalers, at
nine and nine and a half cents. Feder
al investigators report this transac
tion. They declare the retail price,
should not exceed eleven cents.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 1— Sugai
prices arc dropping. There has been a
steady decline since the maximum ol
twenty six thirty was reached a few
weeks ago.
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HAVANA, July 1— Cane growers
• nd sugar mill owners claiming con
trol of two million, one hunched and
efjrtitv thousand sacks of unsold sugar
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have definitely pledged not to offer
more for sale until the prices here
reaches twenty four cents.
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BRITAIN WATCHING U. S.
NANA PROGRAM CLOSELY
LONDON, July 1—Walter Hume
long. First Lord of the Admiralty
1 declared in the House of Commons
that the Admiralty was following
important developments of the naval
program of the United States with
the greatest closeness.
Mr. Long said the Admiralty would
not fail to ask Parliament for nec
• essary power if its members thought
they were falling behind their proper
naval standard.
GERMAN PROFITEERS'
PRICES FORCED DOWN
COBLENZ, July 1— German mer
chants in the American area of
occupation decided to reduce their
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prices an average of twenty per cent
I after the army had opened 28 stores
i in the district to serve American
soldiers. Some articles were lower
ed fifty per cent over night.
Army officials declare the Ger
mans have been profiteering, some
stores exacting as much as 700 per
cent profit.
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MAYFLOWER TO SAIL AGAIN
TACOMA, July 1— A replica
i of the Mayflower will sail into
> Commencement Bay September 6th
and anchor in front of the Stadium
i as part of the celebration planned
i here for the tercentennial anniver
i sary of the landing of the Pilgrims.
* The ship will cany descendents of
► those who crossed in the original May
flower.
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SAN* FRANCISCO, July 1— Late*
yesterday afternoon after Senator
Owen, James Gerard, Chairman Cum
mings, Attorney General Palmer and
Senator H toheock had been placed in
nomination for the presidency on the
National Demoe.atic ticket. Dr. l»ur
ris Jenkins placed in nomination, Wil
.iam McAdoo. The speech was one of
I the shortest on record. Dr. Jenkins
Cold the convention delegates he had
intended to make a formal speech but
on account of persistent requests from
McAdoo had decided not to do so. Dr.
Jenkins said that he was sure that if
| McAdoo was drafted for the honor of
unning for President, he would do so
*n accept the nomination rumors and
Visehoods to the contrary.
Following the nomination of Mc
Adoo, Secretary of Agriculture Mere
dith was placed in nomination, also
I Gov.* Cox, of Ohio, Governor Smith of
! New York, and Gov. Edwards of New
Jersey.
The convention adjourned at 7 o’
clock last night to meet again this
forenoon at 11 o’clock.
The big demonstrations yesterday,
came with the presentation of the
names ot’ Palmer, Cox and McAdoo al
though there was a spontaneous out
burst when Gov. Smith was named.
The Cox and Palmer demonstrations
were expected but nomination ofMcA
doo came rather as a surprise because
it came after days of uncertainty. The
McAdoo demonstration was easily the
longest, loudest, and most tumultuous
and kept the convention in an uproar
!ci the better part of an hour. The
Palmer tumult lasted half an hour and
Cox a little longer than half an hour.
The bands played, processions were
"01 med and the convention was in
hues When McAdoo was named,
Washington, Oregon, Alaska and oth
er standards swept first into the big
pjocession, the demonstrators chant
ii g “Mac ’ll do” ceaselessly. Standards
of more than thirty states were final
ly in the McAdoo procession. When
Gov. Edwards was named, the band
I j !ay#d “How Dry l am” much to the
delight of the delegates and those in
i »he galleries.
TODAY’S CONVENTION
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2— The
| Democratic convention delegates were
late in assembling this forenoon and
after the prayer by Rev. Josiah Sib
ley, of San Francisco, and the singing
of the Battle Hymn of the Republic,
the ressumption of the call of states
for nominating presidential candidates
was started.
New Mexico seconded the nomina
tion of McAdoo which was the signal
for a short demonstration. W. C. How
lan, of Lenoir, nominated Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina and this
was seconded by Mrs. Martha Nelson
McCann, of California.
North Dakota passed and Oregon
seconded the McAdoo nominaFon
causing another demonstration. The
cJA was passed to Virginia and repre
, sentative Flood presented the name of
Senator Crass and John W. Davis was
1 nominated by Cornwall.
The administration forces are still
scouting a dark horse to break the
McAdoo condonation. Marshall and
Cummings are most frequently men
tioned. No candidate appears to have
gained much since the nominations.
HUNTINGTON, Ny., July 1— Will
iam A. McAdoo declined to commit
today on the presentation of hio name
before the Democratic National con
vention.
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YAQUI INDIANS ARE
BEATING THEIR TOM TOMS
MEXICO CITY, July 1— Once
again the monotonus but ominous
“tom-tom-tom” of the Yaqui Indians
is being heard outside the confines of
Sonora.
General Plutarco Elias Calles, pro
visional secretary of war and marine
for the new revolution, is taking with
him more than a thousand of “Son
ora’s finest,” on his 1,000 mile trip
from Agua Prieta to Mexico City to
assume the duties of his new office.
The strumming of the Yaqui drums
long has been a cause of uneasiness
among many of Mexico’s other sold
iers. Bearing the reputation of being
said to be able to put his enemy to
flight by the mere sound of his burro
skin “tambor.”
There is another and less sinister
side, however, to the life of a Yaqui
soldier. He carries his home life with
him to the battlefield. His wife, his
children, his birds all form part of
his impedimenta.
When not in action, the Yaqui war
riors do not present formidable fig
ures. They may be distinguished from
other tribes chiefly by their peculiar
copper hue and the band of bright red
they wear around their hats. The rou
tine of their camp life is quiet and or
derly.
The Yaqui lad is reared in an at
mosphere of war. Should his father
fall in battle, the boy picks up the an
cestral rifle and begins the realiza
tion of his martial destiny.
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The discovery of pay on the
benches, combined with the develop
ment of extensive open cut diggings
on Dime Creek, will keep Haycock
on the list of producing camps for
several years.
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