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REDS LOCKED 0UT "~ BY PROGRESSIVES Communist Tactics at Cleve- | land Convention Beaten at All Points. RADICALS MAKE THREAT Declare La Follette Seeks to Lead | Workers Backwards From True Progress. By the Associated Press XD, July 5.—Communists and Communistic activities appeared from a number of angles during the session today of the conference for progressive political action, but in every instance the attempt to keep them out of the convention records was successful. The credentials the onslaught when refused to award liam Mahoney of St. Paul. mittee stated that the Farmer-Labor I'ederation of Minnesota, whose cre- dentials Mahoney carried, was enti- tled to representation, but that Ma- boney had been instrumental in form- | In§ a third party at the St. Paul con- vention of June 17 and was not a fit person to be seated as a delegate in this convention. A protest against this action from Delegate R. D. Cramer of St. Paul was unavailing. Previously Cramer had attempted to et the floor on numerous occasions, but could seldom get the recognition of the chair, and when he did he was invariably sidetracked with counter- miotions, Brings Counter Attack. The decision on Mahoney brought a sharp counter attack from the Com- munists when the Workers' party of | America, represented in the galleries by William Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthen- berg, had circulated a statement at- tacking La Fallette and the convention. “In an economic sense. this is the most reactionary political convention the statement said. truggle is between the | sreat capitalists and the workers, added tae statement. “The capitalists have a clear prozram, expressed by the Republican and Democratic parties. Against this there must be a clear-cut workers' program for the socialization of industry.” “This convention stands for an im- possible middie program. Never Stands for Progress. “This social group never knows what it wants. It never stands for progress “To tiMs bewildered group Senator La Follette hands down a_decision to Tun as an ‘Independent Progressive.” The king has spoken. The convention , must swallow it. ‘The workers’ party will _fight against the attempt of Robert M. la Follette to lead the workers— backward.” The statement was signed by Fos- ter and Ruthenberg. Finally, just before the end of the convention, Cramer got the eye of the chairman, who recognized h but asked that he permit a few an nouncements to be made before mak- ing any motion. Cramer agreed, but after the announcements were made, Representative La Guardia moved to adjourn. and the convention voted it favorabiy over Cramer's protest that the steamroller was working. He stated that he wanted to offer a reso- lution to recognize soviet Russia. < COTTON NOW GROWN ABLE TO RESIST THE WEEVIL From the Popular Mechanics Magazine. Cotton with bolls so thick that they resist the attack of the weevil has { been produced on a Georgia experi- mental farm as a result of ten years of breeding by J. V. Cochran. Start- ing three hardy and thick bolled va- rieties of cotton, he carefully mixed the pollen of each flower with that of all the other: Only the largest, best formed and thickest bolls were used for seed. The lint was taken off by hand and the seeds again carefully selected, only the hardiest being saved for planting. Each year the bolls became larger and thicker, until now they are said to be able to defy the attacks of the pest. Examination of the burrs in the field a few weeks ago revealed that practically every one had been pep- pered with holes around the stem, but that the cotton had been left unhurt, with very few exceptions. The thick- committee began they pointedly credentials to W The com- ness of the boll had defied the attacks [*public of the weevil. A few bolls near the tops of the stocks, which were at- tacked when very small, were de- stroyed or had lost one or two locks of cotton, but these were scarce. — Habitants Rooted to Soil. From the Toronto Globe. French-Candians are devoted to their families and their soil; there is ¥ no doubt about that. They have been told it for many years by politicians and writers, and now they have demonstrated it. The proof comes through recent awards by an organization of the City of Quebec, which has discovered one family that has been on the same land since 1629, and it is believed still occupies the original house. An « island of Orleans habitat has 270 liv- ing descendants. Louis Hebett, the first Candian set- tler, came in 1617, and his son-in-law, Ovillaume Coullard, was first to use a presidency. By the Amiociated Press. CLEVELAND, July 5.—The text of the platform of the Conference for Pro- gressive Political Action follows: “For 148 years the American peo- ple have been seeking to establish a government for the service of all and to prevent the establishment of a sovernment for the mastery of the few. Free men of every generation must combat renewed efforts of or- ganized force and greed to destroy liberty. Every generation must wage a new war for freedom against new forces that seek through new devices to enslave mankind. “Under our representative Democ- racy the people protect their liberties through their public agents. "he test of public ofticials and pub- c policies alike must be: Will they serve or will they exploit the com- mon need? “The reactionary continues to put his faith in mastery for the solution of all problems. He seeks to have what he calls the ‘strong men and best minds' rule and impose their decisions upon the masses of their weaker brethren. Wants Greater Service. “The progressive, on the contrary, contends for less autocracy and more democracy in government and for less power of privilege and greater obligations of service. Under the principle of ruthless in- dividualism and competition that gov- ernment is deemed best which offers to the few the greatest chance of in- dividual gain. “Under the Progressive principle of co-operation that government is deemed best which offers to the many the highest level of average happi- ness and well being. Laws of Compensation. “It is our faith that we all go up or down together—that class gains are temporary delusions. and that eternal laws of compensation make every man his brother's keeper. “In that faith we present our pro- gram of public service: “(1) The use of the power of the federal government to crush private monopoly, not to foster it. “(2) Unqualified enforcement of the - constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech, press and as- semblage. “(3) Public_ownership of the na- tion's water power and creation of a ic superpower system. Strict public control and permanent con- servation of all natural resources, including coal, iron and other ores, oil and timber lands, in the inter- est of the people. Promotion of pub- lic works in times of business de- pression. Retention of Surtaxes. “(4) Retention of surtaxes on swollen incomes, restoration of the tax on excess profits, taxation of stock dividends, profits undistributed to evade taxes, rapidly progressive taxes on large estates and inher- itances and repeal of excessive tariff duties, especially on trust-controlied necessities of life and of nuisance taxes on consumption to relieve the people of the present unjust burden of taxation and compel those who profited by the war to pay their share of the wars cost, and to pro- vide the funds for adjusted compen- sation solemnly pledged to the vet- erans of the world war. *(5) Reeonstruction of the federal plow in this country in 1628. A few weeks ago the Art, Sciences and Letters Soclety of Quebac for- warded a questionnaire to parish priests of the counties of Quebec and Montmorency, at the heart of the old colony of New France, asking for information about the old families. It was desired to know what family had been on the same land for the greatest number of years. The family which had remained on the same land for the greatest length of time in Quebec County, was that of Ismael Redard of Charlesbourg. It had been there since 1629, and still occupied the original house. His Time Had Not Come. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Charles Standen of Brooklyn, N.Y., was a sallor on the Standard Oil tanker F. W. Willer. On a day when the sea was very rough he slipped as he was going off watch and fell into the sea. He caught the life pre-’ server which was thrown to him, but ‘never saw his ship again. It could not stop in less than a mile, and while presumably it turned and searched for him, it Is easy to un- derstand that he could not be seen in_the rough sea in the night. This was in the open sea 1,000 miles south of Panama. The aston- ishing thing is that the man kept alive twenty-four hours in the water J) gna that a freighter coming along, he ‘lookout happened to see him, a mere speck, on the water. It is the most remarkable case of rescue in the annals of the sea. Standen was taken to Wellington, reserve and federal farm loan sys- tems to provide for direct public control of the nation’s money and credit to make it available on fair terms to ali, and national and state legislation to’permit and promote co-operative banking. Right to Organize. “(6) Adequate laws to guarantee to farmers and industrial workers the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the main- tenance or improvement of their standards of life. (7) Creation of a government marketing corporation_ to provide a direct route between farm producer and city consumer and to assure farmers fair prices for their products and protect consumers from the profiteers in foodstuffs and, other necessaries of life. Legislation to control the meat packing industry. (8) Protection and aid -of co- operative enterprises by national and state legislation. “(9) Common international action to effect the economic recovery of the world from the effects of the world war. “(10) Repeal of the Cummins- Esch law. Public ownership of rail- roads, with democratic. operation, with safeguards against bureau- eratic control. “(11) Abolition of the tyranny and usurpation of the courts, including the practice of nullifying legislation in conflict with the political, sociat or economic theories of the judge: Abolition of injunctions in labor dis- putes and of the power to punish for contempt without trial by jyr; Election of all federal judges with- out party designation for limited term: New Zealand, -and brought back to this country by the Union steamer Maunganul. He will always hive & story to tell (1Z) Prompt ratification of the child labor amendment and. subse- quent enactment of a federal law to protect in Re- Senator Robert La Follette and his xon Robert, jr., who will be his right-hand man in third party fight for the Platform of Progressives Has Varied Reform Planks moval of legal discrimination against women by neasures not prejudicial to legislation necessary for the pro- tection of women and for the ad- vancement of social welfare. Great Lakes Waterway. “(13) A deep waterway from t Lakes to the sea, “(11) We denounce the mercemary system of degraded foreign policy under recent administrations in the interests of financial imperialists, oil monopolists and international bank- ers, which has at times degraded our State Department from its high serv- ice as a strong and kindly interme- diary to a trading outpost for those interests and concession seekers en- gaged in the exploitations of weaker nations, as contrary to the will of the American people, destructive of do- mestic development and provocative of war. We favor an active foreign policy to bring about a revision of the Versailles treaty in accordance with the terms of the armistice and to promote firm treaty agreements with all nations to outlaw wars, abolish conscription, drastically re- duce land, air and naval armaments and guarantee public referendums on peace and war. Oppose All Dictatorship. “In supporting this program we are applying to the needs of today the fundamental principles of Ameri- cap demoeracy, opposing equally the dictatorship of plutocracy and the dictatorship of the proletariat. “We appeal to all Americans with- out regard to partisan affiliation, and we raise the Standards of our faith so that all of like purpose may rally and march in_ this campaign under the banners of progressive union. “The nation may grow rich in the vision of greed. The nation will grow great in the vision of service. Separate Resolutions. “(1) Resolved, That we favor the enactment of the postal salary ad- justment measure for the employes of the postal service passed by the first session of the Sixty-eighth Con- gress and vetoed by President Cool- idge. “(2) Resolved, That we favor en- forcement and extension of the merit system in the federal civil service to all its branches and transfer of the functions of the personnel classi- fication board to the United States Civil Service Commission. ©(3) Resolved, That we favor tye immediate and complete independ- ence of the Philippine Islands, in ac- cordance with the pledges of official representatives of the® American people. “(4) Resolved, That appropriate legislation be enacted which will provide for the people of the Virgin Islands, a more permanent form of civil government such as will enable them to attain their economic, indus- trial and political betterment. “(5) Resolved, That we deeply sym- pathize with the aspirations of the Irish people for freedom and inde- pendence. b “(6) Resolved, That in the prevail- ing starvation in Germany, which, according to authoritative evidence, is beyond the scope of private char- the G ity, and in the event of like destitu- tion in any other country, we con- sider it humane and just, and in con- formity with our traditions and for- mer practices, that the aid of our government should be extended in the form of the delivery of surplus food supplies to a reasonable amount and upon such conditions as the emergency may justify. “(7) Resolved, That we denounce every such use of the armed forces of the United States to aid in the ex- ploitation of weaker nations, as has occurred all too frequently in our relations with Halti, Santo Domingo, Nicaraugua and other nations of Cen- tral and South America.” HOW A MAN’S LIFE IS SPENT. A Statistician Estimates Time Con- sumed in Daily Activities. From the Living Age. Some person with a statistical frame of mind has amused himself by tabulating for the London Daily Herald, the Labor government's organ, what he calls “a bill of life.” Assuming that the average man lives seventy-five days in excess of the Biblically assigned seventy years, he divides this time among the various human activities as follows: Sleep The anonymous statisticlan admits that his schedule “varies greatly ao- cording. to where we live and the taste, temperament and social.cen- ditions of the individual.’ who feel that such important items as Nos. 8 and 12 are seriously’ under- wm takg beart fipm this o e U.S. DYEINDUSTRY MENAGE IS SEEN Department of Commerce Warns of Ruinous Foreign Competition After Survey. Warning that the great new American dustry born of necessity during war days—the production of dyestuffs and coal tar products—must be closely on guard against ruinous foreign competi- tion is given by the United States De- partment of Commerce after a careful survey abroad. For example, as a result of the survey in the Belgian market made by Com.| mercial Attache S. H. Cross, with head- quarters in Brussels, it was found that about 90 per cent of the Belgian dye- SWffs required are furnished now by Germany. The competitive position of American dyes has been impaired by the exchange situation and by low prices fixed by the French authorities on reparations’ dy which have fre- quently been sold in the local fleld as much as 50 per cent under the world market price. It is doubtful whether any means other than direct sales organizations could greatly stimulate the sales of American dyestuffs under present condi- tions, the Department of Commerce survey indicates. The whole trade is under the real control of the govern- ment and will undoubtedly remain so as long as deliveries of reparations dyes continue, Summarizes German Field . As a guide to the American industry in its fight for preservation of this great enterprise that was shown to be so essential to the national welfare, and which must be preserved to make this country self-sustaining and to keep it freed from German commercial dom- ination, the Department of Commerce has had a summary of the German dyestuffs industry prepared by Thomas W. Delahanty, assistant chief of the chemical division, bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, setting forth the history, composition’ and function- ing of the Interessen Germanschaft, or German Dye Cartel. This report records the production of each member of the cartel, with an analysis. The factors which aided the success of that industry and the limita- tions placed upon expansion are pre- sented for the purpose of serving as a guide to our domestic dyestuffs in- dustry. All of the basic principles which have characterized German success in the dye industry—centralized control and amalgamation, elimination of wasteful practices, specialization by plants, com- plete lines of products, utilization of by-products, co-operative buying, sell- ing, production and competition in world markets—are presented with a background which will permit those concerned in this country to properly interpret _information emanating from that country. These warnings to the American dye- stuffs_and allied industries is being transmitted through the branch offices of the Department of Commerce in all the large cities of the United States. SLAVE GIRL RULED. Only Person Who Could Sway Mad Sultan of Turkey. From the Denver News. From a slave to Sultan’s favorite ‘and practical ruler of a great empire is the story of Mihri, a Circassian girl, chief haremite of Abdul Aziz, the mad ruler of Turkey, 1861 to 1876. According to a popular tradition in Constantinople, Abdul Aziz had formed a sentimental admiration for the em- press of France, whom he had met in Paris in 1867, and made a vow to find a girl even more beautiful than Eugenle. After scouring his whole kingdom he found Mihri and became her devoted slave. Abdul Aziz, who had shown signs of mental weakness when he ascended the throne, became more and more in- sane as time went on, and his_mini- sters were unable to do anything with him. Mihri was the only person who could persuade him to do anything. ‘When he became violent she generally succeeded in calming him. During niné trying years she handled the reins of goyernment with all the skill of an experienced statesman. The Sultan was devoted to Mihri and lavished all kinds of gifts on her. Not content with bestowing on her his own money, he made such inroads on the nation’s treasury that the people final- 1y called a halt and Abdul was de- throned. Mihri stood by him and shared his prison. After his death, ‘which' occurred four days after his ab- dication, Mikri was Il‘llt by fl:e new Sulton fo a government palace in Asia Minor and was never heard of again. For Safe Keeping. From Everybody's Magaszine. “You're lookin’ bad, Wullie.” “Aye, I've been in the hospital an’ the doctors have tooken awa' ma ap- 2k’ onything. It 'nn‘v..lltqln'nr u&i HAILS LA FOLLETTE AS SAVIOR OF U. § Senator Shipstead Says Wis- consin Leader Can Answer . People’s Cry for Relief. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5.—Giving his apprgval to the movement to bring Senator La Follette of Wiscon- sin into the field as a candidate for the presidency, Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, declared In an address before the. con- ference for progressive political ac- tion that the call of the times is per- sonified in the Wisconsin senator. “We have reached the condition,” said Senator Shipstead, “under which men are deprived of the products of their labor under the forms of law, and under judicial decrees that are at variance with the fundamental American system of government and of life. Our farmers are gradually becoming tenants on the land their fathers cleared and tilled. Our merchants have ceased to have any real control over their business. They are permitted to continue in business ostensibly their own, while the prices they shall charge are determined by those who furnish the good or make them. Congress Is Scored. “Our working men are depri-ed of their equal rights under the law and are made subjects of the irresponsible will, sometimes called the conscience of our judges sitting in our courts of equity. In other words, government by injunction ig displacing govern- ment by law. Economic autocracy is growing, while economic liberty is passing away. Individual initiative and voluntary co-operation, which lie at the foundation of all success, in America as elsewhere, is being de- stroyed, necessarily resulting in the growth of dependents and poverty among our people. g “The control of money and credit, and therefore the control of all wealth, having been concentrated in the hands of a few by acts of Con- gress, our people are gradually be- coming dispossessed not only of the property which they have saved. but of the property which their labor is capable of producing in the future.. So again, we find our people in distress, longing for and struggling toward a rebirth What could be more fitting than that this new birth should take place in this convention. 1 believe the time has come: I be- lieve the call from the people is here, and that we have the answer personi- fied in Robert Marion La Follette.” WASHIHET"ON RIFLE TEAM WINS SEA GIRT MATCH Takes Eastern Small Bore Cham- pionship With Score of 973 Out of Possible 1,000. By the Associated Press. SEA GIRT, N. J.. July 5—The Na- tional Capital Rifle team “of Wash- ington today won the third annual eastern small bore rifle team match with a score of out of a possible 1,000 bull's-eyes. A The Roosevelt Rifle team of New York City was second with 968, and the Mahwah Rifle Club of Mahwah, N. J., third, with 964. The match was shot by teams of four men at distances of 50, 100 and 200 yards. 25 STOWAWAYS ON SHIP. Vessel From Philippines Has Rec- ord Number. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July Twenty-five stowaways, two Americans and twenty-three Filipinos, arrived to- day on the United States Army trans- port Thomas from the Philippines and established what local shipping men said was a record for the number of stowaways on one ship arriving here. A man_who said he was Dr. William Cornell, X-ray expert, and who said he was sent to the orient eight months ago by a_philanthropist organization, was one of the Americans. The other was George H. Ganvay, seventy-two- year-old negro, who went to the Phil- ippines twenty-five years ago as a soldier and stowed away to get back to the United States to spend his de- clining years in his old home in the south. 5 The Americans - were permitted land. The Filipinos will be returned. pe e Nine Given Commissions. Nine residents of this city have been appointed second lieutenants in the regular Army as a result of the examination held last April. Their names and designations are—William F. Bullus, Signal Corps; Malin Craig, jr., Field Artillery; Howard D. Cris- Well, Infantry; Paul R. Greenhalgh, Air Service: Thomas J. McQuade, In- fantry; Willlam C, Saffarans, Infan- try; Winfleld W, Scott, Field Artil- lery; Duane G. Warner, Air Service and Thomas C. Wood, Infantry. PICTURESQUE ENGLISH FARM. to Painting of Demesire at Great Hautbois Hangs in Noted Gallery. From the Christian Science Monitor. One valuable lesson that many an old English farm teaches is in the importance of preserving and embel- lishing, whenever possible, features of natural beauty. If a farm is pic- turesquely situated, an effort is gen- erally made to retain part of its nat- ural advantages and not to turn all of the available space to practical account. The Church farm at Great Haut- | bois, in Norfolk, England, is an ad- ‘mirable illustration of this point. The farmhouse, built in 1640, appealed to John Crome, who introduced _this Jacobean dwelling in his painting of Great Hautbois common. This picture now hangs in the = Metropolitan Museum in New York. The house itself has been carefully restored and improved since Crome's day, but the surroundings are very much as they must have been in the eighteenth century and even earlier. Beyond the small garden, full of old-fashioned, sweet-smelling flowers and herbs, is'a slight rising crowned with a gTove of pine trees. Farther on the tiny river Bure zigzags its way through rich meadow land. Across a stretch of pasture is another copse where the foundations of a Norman castle are still visible in the thick grass. Near by is the {vy-covered ruin of a medieval church. —_— Famous Mirrors of Venice, From the Chicago News. ‘The world’s most famous mirrors ‘were made in Venice, with the very frl‘.mel of transparent or colored ass. It appears to have been a German, who, in the sixteenth century, took to Venice the fact that the looking glass might be made by backing it with tin, but it took the Venetians a century to rediscover the secret of tha an- clents of making transparent glass. The Venetian art was introduced into France and England in 1673 Mirrors of that time are still to be seen set In the walls ef the great w. of Versailles, scene of many us-conferences and balls, Many Legal Tangles In La Follette’s Path *|State Regulations Vary Considerably Number of Petitioners Required for Nomination Differ in Localities. Robert M. La Follette, independent candidate for President of these so- called free and equal United States, has taken the first step along the road that leads in the general direc- tion of the White House, but which sometimes branches off to a wilder- ness where weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth make a sad welkin ring. He has taken the first step by |allowing himself to be indorsed by a duly constituted and consecrated con- vention of his fellow citizens. But before his name can be placed upon the ballots of forty-eight states for the approval or disapproval of 100,000,000 or so Americans on next election day, Sen- ator La Follette and his cohorts must do a deal of hustling and bustling to comply with the varied state laws concerning those who would take upon their shoulders the hazardous and arduous duties of a presidential candidate. Simon_Michelet. a Washington at- torney, has compiled briefly and neat- ly a digest of the various state laws concerning requirements for the plac- ing of presidential electors on the ballot. The list of laws shows an en- tirely different attitude on the part of the various states. Some of them are exceedingly hard-boiled about the whole proposition, while others show a leniency which would allow Mr. John Doe, were he so inclined, to set up for himself in the middle of the public highways a soap box, stand thereon, proclaim himself a candidate and proceed to corral the votes. The number of these votes would depend, of course, upon the strength of the candidate’s voice and the height and strategic location of his soap box. Thousands Must Petition. A study of Mr. Michelet's compila- tion of state votes, a hurried trip to an adding machine and the total of a list of figures that resembles Mr. Jack Dempsey’s income tax developes the [rst and probably the most in- teresting fact that about €4,515.01 citizens, a large number qf whom must not have voted in. the primar- ies, must affix their signatures to various papers declaring in effect, that “We Want La Follette,” and have them certified by notaries public and filed with the Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, some time between now and next November. The number of the signatures to petitions declaring the volce of the people demands La Fol- lette varies in the different states. For instance, in eight of the states the number of petitioners must be at least 1 per cent of the total number of voters in the last election for governor. In New York, where the laws frown on candidates not friendly to Al Smith, there must be at least 12,000 petitioners, and there cannot be less - than fifty in each county. North Carolina requires 10 per nt of the non-partisan state vote in the last election. Virginia requires only that there be a written notice of the candidacy attested by two witnesses who have paid their poll taxes. South Carolina never gave the matter enough attention or thought to pass any laws on the sub- Jject, Florida requires twent; voters from each county, while Mis- sissippi only requires fifty qualified voters to sign petition and file it with the election commissioners fifteen days before the election. Many Restrictions Seen. The laws above described have only to do with the filing of the nomina- tion papers in the states.- The re- strictions which are placed upon those who flle these papers are interesting. In eighteen out of the forty-eight states the petitioners must not have voted in the primaries. How much of a drawback this will be to Mr. La Follette is questionable. The pri- mary vote includes a rather small percentage of the total number of state voters. The attitude of the average state voter is to let George do the primary voting. while he waits for the big show on election night. So Mr. La Follette may have an easy time as far as this is concerned. GIFTS ADD TO BEAUTY OF ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH Memorials as Donations for Dec- orating Interior of Edifice De- clared Remarkably Effective. St. Thomas' parish has recently been recelving many memorials which have greatly heiped in its in- terior church decoration—especially of its chancel—whereby it is today frequently conceded to be .the most beautiful parish church in the Dis- trict. The most recent gifts are two iron screens with double folding gates before the two organ cham- bers on the north and south sides of the east end of the church, presented by Joseph McReynolds in memory of his mother. These gates have added greatly to the appearance of the whole church, but particularly have they improved the_ entrance to the organ chambers. In one of these, on the south side of the church, the fittinge up of a chapel has enabled the church to provide a small sanc- tuary for the services when few are expected. The screen and gates which have been given permit as If his claim of a million supporters is justified, he should have no difficul- ty in finding enough of them in the eighteen states who failed to vote in the primaries to sign_the necessary papers designating him as their choice. Arizona requires that signers did not participate in the primaries while the wording of the Californ law states that signers “should not” have participated in the primaries, leaving the question, after a fashion, to the voter's conscience. Florida states that signers must not have at- tended the primaries or conventjons of other nomineces, thus precluding the possibility of a tried and disgusted Democrat, returning sleepily from New York, whole-heartedly proclaim- that he’s now for La Follette. Other states which allow a man who voted in a primary to affix his name to La Follette’s nomination papers have a few interesting restrictions. In Il- linois they must submit a “hook cf addresses™ so that eagle-eyed officers of the law may sneak up on them in the middle of the night and determine whether they actually live where they said they lived. In Towa the signer must give their business occupations, as well as their addresses. Must Be Res In Missouri “bona fide" inees. Supporters. supporters of the nom- This probably means that to prove they are bona fide supporters they must have witnesses to the fact that on various occasions they pro- claimed loudly, proudly and in a voice heard around the corner, “I am for La Follette.” In_Michigan epresent only the candidate may one party.” = 1- lette. then, in’ becoming a canfiineis in Michigan must repudiate his Re- publican affiliation, for the present at least. In New Mexico “No title or de- sien may infringe on regular party selection. This, then, absolutely for- bids the nominating papers of Mr. La Follette bearing such an emblem as a crippled donkey or a weary and ff-rlorn elephant. In Tennessee Mr. La Follette can be placed on the ballot so long as the petitioners for his name Pay their poll tax sixty days before ¢lection. The same holds true for Virginia. The Nebraska law states 0 candidate defeated at pri- é““Hlb]". This will not hurt La Follette as he was not de. feated :flnlh;'nbw?fia ka primaries. He Raduity s e law applies only The designation of the independent candid interesting item dealt state election laws, name must be chosen to the petition and fined to three words. not be difficult, as would fit the bill, but pendent Party” the party of ate is another with “in the In Arizona the by the signers must be con- This should “Independent” o -ratng Uld‘ Inde- fen; not be allowe. In California and seven other states the law specifically requires that “In- dependent” be the party designation. In Delaware a committee selects the title and emblen ‘This bringe up in- teresting possibilities of what the emblem might be, A picture of La Follette with one foot on a racing donkey and the other on an elephant might be considered appropriate, while, on the other hand, the com- mittee might select Mr. La Follette's Well known features, with his better known pompadour, as its emblem. Five Words Allowed. 1llinois states that there may not be more than five words which desig- nate the party or the principle. Thus, the designation might be “Down with Democrats and Republicans,” “Inde- pendents—not Democrats or Republi cans.” In Indiana the petitioners may select the name and device. In Towa the designation may not be “any for- mer party name.” Thus “Bull Moose’ is forever and effectively barred in Towa. In Missouri no portion of the existing names of existing parties be used, which precludes the possibility of “Democratic and Repub- lican Soreheads.” In North Carolina the designation must be “Non-Par- tisan candidates.” Rhode Island for- bids the name being coupled -with “Republican or Democrat.” In South Carolina the emblem and the name can be anything that suits the fancy of the petitioners, the idea probably being that anybody in South Caro- lina who would vote anything but the stranght Democratic ticket is not worthy of notice anyhow so let him do what he danged pleases. BRIDEGROOMS WARNED. Seven Who Paid for Licenses With Bad Checks Face Action. ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 5.—Al- though he has issued warning that legal steps for collection will be taken, the seven _bridegrooms who gave George A. Digges, register of deeds, bad checks for marriage licenses last month have not ‘“made good the checks." 3 Mr. Digges said today that he will wait until sufficient time for comple- tion of the honeymoons and then take necessary steps for collection. /R Accepts College Post. COLUMBIA, 8. C., July 5.—The Rev. F. Grover Morgan, a_member of the faculty of Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N. C., has accepted the pres- idency 'of _Summerland College, at Batesburg-Leesyille, S. C., it was an- nounced here tonight. He will as- sume active charge about August 1. Lo g Wins Richmond Shoot. RICHMOND, Va., July 5.—Lieut. H. through a grillwork a view of this| C. Liard of Norfolk, was high gun in chapel, and herein is another great advantage. Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, the rector, has just returned from a brief visit to Bermuda, where he had the opportunity of ' meeting old friends whom he had known there in former years —_—— NEW PASTOR INSTALLED AT KENDALL BAPTIST Rev. C. P. Ryland Assumes Charge. Other Clergymen Take Part in Ceremony. Rev. C. P. Ryland, new pastor of the Kendall Baptist Church, was in- stalled Wednesday evening, ‘at a largely-attended meeting. Grants E. Dunkum was in charge of the ar- rangements. Rev. Dr. John E. Briggs, pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church, gave the Scripture reading, and, offered prayer. Miss M. Wilbur sang a solo. The charge to the church was given by Rev. Dr. ‘W. O. Millington, ex- ecutive secretary of the Columbia Assoclation of Baptist Churches. Rev. John Compton Ball, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, gave the charge to the pastor, while Rev. Dr. E. Hes Swem, pastor of the Centennial Baptist Church gave the hand of fellowship to the pastor. Rev. Mr. Ryland made a brief ad- dress. Benediction was pronounced by Rev..C. V. Van DerLinden. 1t 1 ? ants | religious the two-day shoot held by the Rich- mond Gun Club here yesterday and today. His score was 239 out of 250. R. D. “Klondike"” Morgan, with 96 out of 100, was high gun of the final day. —_—— Qualify as Marksmen. Word has reached the War Depart- ment that Lee, T. Corbett, Takoma Park, D. C, William S. McFarlane, Bethesda, Md., and Kenneth J. Cro- thers, North East, Md., have qualified as marksmen at the Reserve Officers’ Training camp at Plattsburg bar- racks, Y. Thought Only of Reward. From the Boston Transeript. The old tradition concerning Scotch canniness when there's a penny in sight recelives a new boost by the fol- lowing story: A sportsman who had been shooting on a highland moor became lost in a sudden mist. He tramped about hopefully until the light failed and at last when he was beginning. to become really anxious he heard the sound of footsteps near t hand. The sportsman shouted: ‘Hallo! Hallo, there! I'm lost!" For answer came a cautious voice out of the gloom: “Aye * * * but is there any reward for findin’ ye?* —_— Not That Sick. From the London Mail. Lady—I want & nice book for an invalid! £ Bookseller—Yes, madam. Somcthing -Er—no~no—er—he's convales- N A B G e | them to render the signers must be| | | | | | | | folowing URGES LA FOLLETTE BACKING BY WOMEN Denver Delegate Says Pro- gressive Campaign Offers Sex Its Greatest Chance. By the Associated Prees CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5.—An ap- peal to the women of the nation to turn a cold shoulder to the Republi- can and Democratic parties and rally to the support of “the fiercest fighter, the kindest gentleman, and the most conspicuous progressive, Robert M La Follette,” was made before the conference for progressive polit- ical action by Mrs. Edward P. tigan of Denver, delegate from women’s committee on political tion. Referring to the Wisconsin senator as “the little giant from the west, who for twenty years has been on guard for the people.” Mrs. Costigan declared “he always advances, never surrenders, conque failure and scorns compromis “Women at last,” said “are coming to real to help humanity they must and understand the economic causes and effects which will enabla rviceable aid in ap- remedies for the age old _evils—poverty, sickness, monopoh, high living costs and war. “This is_a most important day the recently enfranchised women America, as yet untrammeled by party traditions: mot yet bound t¢ party regularity, placing principla above party and ideals bevond com- promise. Women stand on th threshold of the campaign free to choose or to reject the party obliga- tions which must be justified by pro- gressive public service. These women under spur of such cherished public ideas have no desirre to promote ‘more business in government’ Instead their aims are less selfishness in busi- ness and more humanity in govern- ment.” Cos- the ac- Mrs. Costi- e that in piying _proper for Cost of Electing Presidents of U. S. How much does it cost to elect a President? Some statistics on this subject have just been made available by A. W Frye, supreme commander of the Maccabees, whose research shows as follows: Total Republican funds since Grant amount to $42,612.000, against Democratic__presidential campaign funds of $12,480,000. ~Grant's cam- paign managers had $400,000 against his_opponent's $125,000. Hayes had $920,000, Tilden $900,000. Garfield had $1,100.000, Hancock. $355,000 Cleveland beat Blaine by $100.000 when he_ had $1,400,000, Blaine’s $1,300,000. Next Cleveland lost to Harrison, $855. to $1,850,000, but he came back the election and won, $2,350,000 Then came Mark Hanna with the mamoth war chests mated at $25,000,000 for McKinley's two campaigns. against which Bryan could only muster $1,100,000 for both. Roosevelt's_managers had $3,500,- 000 against Parker's $1.250.000. Taft had $1,700,000 against Bryan's §750.- 000. “Even in the Progressive split, credited with handing__Wilson ° the election on a platter fund of $825,000 agai 000, and Roosevelt's followed the only $1,400,000, winning 2,012,000. Harding's $2,700,000 against Cox’s LA FOLLETTE HEADS PROGRESSIVE RACE ON OWN PLATFORM sirst_Page.) to_$1,850,000. $325, upse against managers $1,170, lConlinuPd’_fl' in accorl with the expressed views of Senator La Follette on the political situation. The initial plank pledged “use of the power of the federal gov- ernment to crush private monopoly, not to foster it.” Another sharply criticized “the foreign policy under recent administration: Specific recommendations for the repeal of * the Esch-Cummins act, public ownership of railroads and water power and for retention of sur- taxes on “swollen incomes"” were in line with the position taken in Con- gress by La Follette nd the other Republican insurgents. There was no specific reference to prohibition or the Ku Klux Klan. There was a plank, however, for “un- qualified enforcement of the constitu- tional guarantees of freedom of speech, press and assemblage Convention leaders emphasized that the movement represented here was concerned with economic issues rather than with questions affecting per- sonal liberty. % Just at the close of the convention the organization slapped the com- munists again by refusing to enter- . tain a resolution which would have favored recognition of the Russian soviet. Earlier the delegates had ap- proved action of the credentials com- mittee in refusing to seat William Mahoney of St. Paul because of his connection with the national Farme Labor party, formed last month in St. Paul with communistic elements as units therein. This virtually read Mahoney out of the conference or- ganization and canceled his member- ship in its national committee. Mound-Making Ants. From the Popular Science Magazine. Investigating scientists spent some months last year studying the mound- making ants that live in the Alle- ghenies and found much of interest. The little. busy people had construct- ed some mounds that were thirty feet in_height, massive construction for such tiny people, no matter how busy they may have been, and many other mounds from three to ten feet in height and well proportioned. Special interest was shown in the tiny mounds, only a few inches in height, close together, as if they were prepared as playgrounds for the baby ants, the mounds being in groups well arranged and orderly, one group con- taining over 1,700 mounds of varying sizes of a fifty acre tract, each mound apparently being the home of a colony or ant family, an insect kingdom complete and quite apart from others. Meanings Long Forgot. From Capper’s Weekly. Heels were put on shoes to prevent a horeman's foot slipping in the stir- rup. Buttons on the coat cuff date back to Frederick the Great, who put sharp buttons there to stop soldiers using their cuffs as handkerchiefs. The wedding ring originally symbol- {zed & chain. Thousands of the things Wwe use and things we remnants of a long-forgotten past. Habit keeps them alive; even though their real meaning is as obscure as their origin. Then the Storm Broke. From the Williams Purple Cow. She—It looks like a storm. You'd better stay for dinner. -Qho“srnto—'rn:nkl. but I don't y and do are . EE