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THE REGISTER RECEIVES THE FULL SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If You Do-You Will ithout Our Government We Could Have No True Liberty. "The Great Impersonation" ThJ Register's new serial story starting to day, is so interesting that if you read the first chapter you'll be certain to follow it v. -Vx t-T TT VCJT clear to the end. i (Formerly The Register and Leader)' LmJ YOh' 7U XQ- 3r2- PES MOINES. IOWA.

MONDAY -Q20. -TWELVE l'AGES PRICE 3 CENTsT A i i i i .11 IT i.i i i. i- i I 1 EARLY PHASES OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AS SEEN BY "DING" -8fi9' 4vHE EATS' I GiRAND PRt C7 I fa I WRWlW Iffl U-SVI A EVERY MORNING SBFORE vi 1 DOUBLE RodMS MwwDrjfJL Supplied Bv the announcement vR Irv LJL1-' i re that 4vg TXy SAMP7B EXHIBITION 'TO TAKE MAIN SHOW SY TrtB tiAMty 11 JEADLOCK LOOMS "Shock Troops" of MiUtant Suffs Will Picket Republican Convention OUSTED KING OF GREECE EXPECTS TO GET HIS JOB BACK IN NEAR FUTURE Frank Vanderlip Finds Utter Lack of Definite Trend of Affairs in Councils of G. 0. P.

at Chicago Politely, and Likewise Impressively fidence among the followers of any one man. There ts quite general canfidence that certain candidates will not be able to win, but no uon-vlctlon In any quarter, even In the quarters most intimately close to the candidates themselves, that IN G. 0. P. AS MEET NEARS Dark Horse Talk Flies Fast With Arrival of More Unin-structed Delegates.

''Ry The PrmO CHICAGO, June 6. Prospects for a deadlocked republican convention are growing with the arrival of unlnstructed delegates who hold the balance of power. Out of the deadlock which will be produced by the failure of Wood. Lowden or Johnson forces to command a majority, will come the nominee, be a dark horse or one of the big three. The Lowden forces tonight are claiming as high as 250 votes on the first ballot and the Wood forces equally as many.

The Johnson claims are not stated In figures, but the California senator's headquarters are claiming hourly additions to his column. Test Ballots Won't Nominate. After looking ovei the much mixed situation witlf its of head and leadership, the men whose influence counts in the Dartv coun cils have come to the conclusion that about The best way out Is to let the candidates with the largest number of supporters trot a few I heats to show the convention what! they can or cannot do. Those fav oring this plan are perfectly certain that none of the candidates will be nominated on the text ballots. After the three leading candidates have demonstrated to the convention that they have not enough votes to nominate themselves.

It is argued that the delegates themselves will be in better position to determine whether they prefer to combine on one of- the three, or look at some dark horse. Dark Horses Bans Riders. Up to this time dark horses have gone begging for riders because tnose wno naa any considerable support like Johnson, Lowden or Wood refused to look at others for fear of indicating weakness before a test of strength had been made. Even those who favored a dark horse were unable, to attract any NTIXrr.l) OX PAiK i. roi.t Mx i.

HEAVY FIRING ALL ALONG REPUBLICAN LINE IN IOWA TODAY Conlcsis For JPripal Offices in Doubt As People Go to the Polls. BV li. J. WITSOX. Political forecast today: Clear calm for the democrats; contest for nomination on eithtr state or congressional ticket.

Clouds of doubt hang low over republican territory in Iowa. Sharp winas or opposition arising from Brookhart camp, J)id fair to rip up tent stakes in Cummins' en-. campment. "Campaign thunder followed by political mist hides rising sun of next republican nominee for governor. Stars of candidates for lieutenant governor dimmed because of surplus and akin to Milky Way.

Barometer marks 'change' in state audltorshlp. with arrow pointing to 'no change' for secretary of state and state treasurer. Hate marked with complications shows attorney generalship subject to trade winds. Temperature will range from cool in early mornine-fo verv hnt hv nightfall, when medium heavy vote will be recorded. Sun rises at 7 a.

when polls open, and will set (for losers) when polls close." So tjie political forecast for Iowa today! Every candidate and his campaign manager lay claim to vic tory, and therefore merge into elements of storm and foreboding, creating naught but doubt In the mind of the forecaster of events political. Hardy indeed would the prophet be to flatly fling to public print, as his, any of the various predictions given out by opposing candidates. For today is the date when the voters arise to blast hopes, aspirations and predictions. Up to the last minute before the polls opened the Cummlns-Brook-bart fight held the center of the stage. Saturday railroad men took charge of literature distribution fSr Brookhart, and distributed Brook-hart literature in village and hamlet, and In many points placed It in farmers' wagons end autos.

Pledge cards totaling over 1,000 were received at Brookhart headquarters SundayL bearing the signatures of farmers ana suDsenners to tne Homestead. The signers thereof promised to vote and work for Brookhart today. Cummins In Danger. The Cummins camp will benefit by reason of county ticket fights. The organization republicans will make use of this attraction and campaign to' work for Cummins throughout the day.

They will try in every manner possible to offset the vote cast by those, who change their party affiliation In order to vote ror Brookhart in the republican primaries. A long distance telephone call from the sixth, fifth and third districts brought news to the effect that "Cummins is up against the hardest fight of his political life." This from his friends and supporters. In the sixth congressional dis trict it was reported that Orlmes of Montezuma was galninr on Con Ram8eyer.i Friends of LEAGUE, MEXICO, LABOR, ARE MAIN PLATFORM ISSUES G. 0. Leaders Predict Harmony When Planks Are Put Together.

(By fc Aaaoelattd CHICAGO. June Republican platform builders went seriously to work tonight on the more troublesome of the planks remaining to ba fashioned, One of these was the declaration on the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations, a subject of long Btandlng and bitter controversy. Another dealt with industrial relations, bringing into contrast widely diverse schools of economic thought. A third related to a topic of debate and now somewhat complicated by recent developments south of the Rio Grande. Predict Perfect Harmony.

On all of these, entire harmony was predicted by all the party leaders, although most of them con ceded that some interesting scrim mages possibly reaching the con vention floor would have to be. fought out. Complicating the task, temporar ily, was a reacliou against lue plai- form worked out by some of the leaders In Washington. The movement against that program, apparently leaderless. was based on an objection that republican senators had taken too free a hand in pre-convention platform construction.

With the. belated arrival from Washington of several senators. representing extremes or republican opinion on the treaty, the long; senate fight over the league of nations virtually was transferred hern. They will make a renewed effort for a program on which all republi cans can stand. To Battle on Treaty.

Vt The Irreconcilables and the mild reservation ists of the senate ars prepared for a bard battle on tha treaty plank, senator isoraa. or Idaho, a leader of the Irreconcil ables. arrived late in the day Willi plank which will have the backing ot the Johnson forces. The mild reservatlonists held numerous conferences and prepared to draft plank lor suDmlesion to ugden Mills, chairman of the executive) committee on policies and platform. Republican women "irreconcilables" after two defeats today In tha caucus of women delegates and alternates, finally put through their demand for equal representation on the national committee's executive committee.

The proposal was carried on the final vote, 75 to 74. i Want More Than One-third. The moderate faction held out for a declaration that the women asked "adequate" representation, -Mrs. Robert Burdett of California, defining "adequate" to mean, at least one more than one-third of the executive committee member ship. The moderates wer opposed by Miss Maray Garrett Hay of New York, chairman of the women's republican executive committee, and Mrs.

Fletcher Dobyns of Illinois, while their resolution presented by Mrs. Medlll McCormlck, Illinois, was indorsed by Mrs. Bagley of Massachusetts, Mrs. Helen Reed of New Mrs, Burdctte and Mrs. Carter of Kansas.

Ah adonted. the resolution de clares that the women wanted, tha chairmanship of the republican national committee; two secretaryships on the committee and equal representation on the national ONTTXCEO ON FACE II, TOirai 1. vertising everything from shaving soap to automoile accessories presented a busy scene today. The room is smaller than a. sleeping car, and even the small advance guard of workers has to hold some of its, overflow meetings on the sidewalk.

Pioneers to Be in IJnc. Two suffrage pioneers, the Rev. Olympla Brown of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Anna Kendall of Alabama, both over 70 years, old, will hold the picket line. Their banner will be inscribed with the words, "How long must women wait for The principal banner to be carried bears the following: "We protest against the continued disfranchisement of women for which the republican party baa become responsible.

The republican' party defeated ratification In Delaware. The republican party is blocking ratification in Vermont. The republican party is blocking latlflcation in Connecticut. "When will the republican party stop blocking suffrage? A Home Market. Here's your opportunity to sell, and what is more to see reproduced in a big league newspaper, the pictures you delight to make.

The Sunday Register wants them. And besides paying the regular rates for every picture used, It is offering substantial cash prizes for the two biest pictures In five divisions, and sweepstakes prize of $25 for the picture turned In, regardless of class. The five divisions -are news pictures, "freak" or "curious" pictures, historical pictures, character studies of well-known Iowans, and landscape studies. For the best in each class we offer $10, for second best, $5. The contest lasts from June( 1 to June 30, but get yours in before the Judges are entirely swamped.

Address entries to the Photogravure Contest Editor', The Sunday Register. lrD0RSES NEIGHBOR DAY Cardinal Cibborts Back of Affair Scheduled for Saturday. BALTIMORE, June 8. In line with the governors of several states, Cardinal Gibbons has given his indorsement for a national Neghbor day, the date for which has been set for next Saturday. The cardinal was in conference recently with Franklin K.

president of the national committee on com munity organization, and In addi tion to Riving the Idea his per Ronal sanction he worded a proc lamatlon to go to the country over his signature, calling attention to the- day. His proclamation Is similar to those issued by the governors of Obio, west Virginia, Arkansas, Wyoming. MAID HELD FOR THEFT Charged with Stealing at Homo of Harrv Alleged to have stolen clothing and other articles from the home of Harry Goldman, where she was employed as a housemaid, Mrs. R. C.

Dorm, colored was brought to DesJVlolnes last night from Waterloo, where she was picked up by authorities. The woman was brought back by Detective Tom Pettlt, who went to Waterloo after her yester day. (Special Cabla Dispatch to The Ragiater.) (Copyrlrht, by Public Co.) GENEVA. June 6 Former King Constantine's arrival In Italy Is the first step toward his triumphant return Greece which is on the eve of a grave political crisis, according to reports received here. The former kaiser's brother-in-law, enjoyes the protection and support ot the Italian government whl-ii iponly favors his restoration In conversation with Italian statesmen.

Constantine has outlined a policy of an entente between Greece, Italy and Rumania for mutual protection Of their interests in Asia Minor and the Balkans. Constantine's Plan Is hailed with enthuslBsm In Rome, where the expected downfall or Premier Venl-zelos is impatiently awaited. Questioned by an Italian interviewer as to whether he intended to mount the throne of Greece again, Con stantine replied significantly. "I have never abdicated; an aid was to leave Greece during the war. The Greek people do not want a repub lic.

Proclamation of a republic would only precipitate those events which may clearly be foreseen to- day. When I return to Greece, I shall not revenge myself on my enemies, for my only desire Is to accomplish the work of reconcilia DR. HANSON RESIGNS Pastor of First Baptist Church Leaves Next Fall. The Rev HoWland Hanson, nan. itor of the First Baptist church, ten- dered his resignation, effective next fall, at the morning service yesterday.

Dr. Hanson said last night that he had not determined his plans for the future and probably would not make a definite decision until fall. F0UR KILLED IN EAID Atlanta Police Take Big Toll at Negro Gambling House, ATLANTA. Juno 6. Four men were killed, one injured and nine arrested here last night as the result or a police raid on a house In the Negro section of the city where it was alleged gambling was in progress.

Claude Jameson, a detective, who was shot four times and three Negroes who barricaded themselves in a roffm were killed. tion at the morning service yesterday, to take effect In the arly fall. Ho has several plans for the future under consideration, one being a pastorate in southern California. Dr. Hanson came here in 1905 from Belolt.

where he had been a preacher for several years. His service record Is a long one, having served in several different churches all over the country. He graduated from Princeton university and the University of Chicago. While at Princeton he was in several of President Wilson's classes. At Chicago, he played on the first college football and baseball teams that the school had.

During the war. Dr. Hanson was ctive In community service work. He was first pastor to hold special service for the soldiers at Camp Dodge, arm aided in the religious work at the camp. Until his plans have been definitely made Dr.

Hanson will retain his pulpit position here By MARK 8UA.IVAN. Special to The Kmlatfc. CHICAGO, June 6. If any readef of this dispatch had been able to drop into Chicago at 11 o'clock, tiia jnornlng, if ha had been a man of such standing and STJCh wide acquaintance that all doors are open to him, and that public men of every degree and every shade of political opinion are glad to talk to him frankly in confidence; if, in addition, he had been newspaperman, with a newspaperman's eager curiosity about news and and a newspaperman's alert energy in the collecting of information if the reader had had this experience, doubtless he would feel satisfied that he knew what is happening here in Chi cago. What Vunilerlip Found.

Now it happens that Just such a man did.have Just such an experi Frank anderiip is a bann er. he was a banker he iwg9 a government omciai ano a lnewBpaper man. He came to Chi ninl.nne a fre8r cago this morning with a fresh mind and a hungry curtosljy. He had been in Japan for some months. He had Veccntly landed on the Pacific coast, and the train deposited him this morning, at 11 o'clock in the midst ot the fluid mass of men who compose the situation here.

He spent six hours going about from leader to leader and at 5 o'clock this afternoon these were the results of his talks: There is absolutely no crystallization upon candidates. Things are in a completely fluid The astonishing thing Is that Important men do not know what ts likely to happen. Important men do not even know what they themselves are going to do. They have not made up their minds yet. To a 'degree they are kept from making up their minds by the fact that no one else has made up his mind.

No leadership is developing. As to candidates, there Is nocon- CUTS THROAT IN SLEEPER Man Attempts Suicide in Berth With Penknife. Stashing his throat with a pen knife, a he lay In a berth in a sleeping car in the Rock Island yards, J. Frank Martin of 805 Bancroft street, made an attempt to commit suicide at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Ill health was given as the cause of his attempt.

Police Surgeon Burns was called and the man was taken to Mercy hospital, where Dr. Crowley is attending him. He is expected to recover. DAYCASE UP TUESDAY Civil Service to Bear Ousted Police-man's Plea. The civil service commission will act on Tuesday night regarding the appeal of Ab Day, formerly chief of police, who was dismissed from the force last week by Chief Donoghue Day filed his appeal Friday.

Day's case rests on his membership tn the civil service. Day claims he Is a member, but police heads deny lt. Denver School Head Dies. DENVER. June 6.

Carlos M. Cole, superintendent of the public schools since 1915 died In a local hospital this afternoon. Mr. Cole had been suffering from influenza since an operation for appendicitis May 28. and Saturday suffered a relapse which ended in death.

CHICAGO, June 6. Polite, but impressive picketing of the republi-can nattonal convention was decided upon today by "shock troops" of the National Woman's party here ader theKieadership of Alice Paul. The picketing will start Tuesday morning and continue indefinitely. More man. a nunared women, repre senting 22 states and every phase of women's activities, will carry banners bearing slogans.

Verbal heckling has no plate on the program. tight for ftuffragp. Every effort. Miss Paul said, will be directed toward inducing national leaders to urge the governors of Connecticut and Vermont to call special sessions of the legislatures in their states and pass on suffrage. Direct action on anti-suffrage governors is the short cut to a solution of the entire suffrage problem, It Is declared.

Suffrage headquarters, a little shop directly across Wabash avenue from the coliseum, nestled away among half a dozen billboards ad "HEALTH WEEK" OH TODAY To Hold Special Clinics at City Hall. Examination and treatment of the city's physically unfit will feature a "public health week" which begins today under the auspices of the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Two agencies of the bureau, the health center and the Public Health Nursing association, will co-operate in the week's activities. People unable to pay for physical examinations will be examined at special clinics in the basement of the city hall every night this week from 7:30 to 8:30. The clinics will be in charge of specialists, who will make the examinations and treat cases free of charge.

The public health nurses will assist- in the night clinics. People able to pay for medical attention will not be cared for at these clinics. POLES MAKING GAINS Counter Offensive Is Said to Be Successful. WAfiSAW, June 6. The Polish northern counter offensive Is gaining momentum, the bolsheviki being driven eastward all along the line, according to a supplementary communique given out by the war office late today.

One one sector. It says, the Poles advanced twenty kilometers In a day. The heaviest fighting Is reported northwest of Borisov, where the bolsheviki are endeavoring to break the Polish' Vllna defense. General Pllsudskl witnessed the opening of the present offensive1, which is designed principally to oust the bolsheviki from the territory gained since May 18. THE WEATHER TODAY WASHINGTON, D.

C. June B. Official forecast: Inwa Partly cloudy and Brob- ably Tuesday; not much change in temperature. The excess' of precipitation at Des Moines since Jan. 1 is inch.

The normal precipitation at pes Moilfes Jan. 1 to date is 12.48 tnches. Temperatures at Dcs Moines yes terday. 8 a. sn p.

7 8 a. p- 7H 1 a. II P. 77 12 I Relative Jiumidity, per cent. 1 a.

noon 41 IT p. Hun rises at Des Moines today at 1:39 a. m. and. sets at 7:47 p.

m. any one of them can win. The I great numberof unlnstructed dele- I gates have not made up their m'nds. These delegates are of a ra'ther higher type than ever be fore, men of such steadiness and substance that one can have con- fdence In what they ultimately do. Issues Not Considered.

The talk Is all of men there Is no. talk of Issues. There Is not even any discussion or any thinking about the votewinnlng capacities of the various candidates. There Is almost no focus toward which men tend to group. It is a situa tion In which accidents can happen and out of which dramatic crises can arise.

There is no conception of the seriousness of the situation. No one has yet set a note of the solemnity of the responsibility which the convention has. No one seems to realize yet the opportun Ity the convention has to make world history. No one Is thinking of the great Icsue involved. No one is glvlne his mind to principles There Is no realization of our pres ent relation to world h'story and to world affairs.

These are the net results of Mr. Vanderllp's observations. Tbey coincide with the observations ot the newspaper men here. Since the newspaper men have said the same things so often and have become sensitive about their inability to say anything else with accuracy, one Is glad to call Mr. Vanderlip as a corroborating witness to explain the inability of the most diligent correspondent to satisfy the reader's quite natural hunger for something concrete.

NEW SERIAL STORY BEGINS TODAY ON MAGAZINE PAGE Don't miss the first installment of "The Great Impersonator," The Register's new serial i story on the magazine page of this paper. It is by E. Phillip Oppenheim, one of the foremost of present day fiction writers. HOLDUP FIRST IN WEEKS Negro Gunman Asks Match, Then Pulls Revolver, A lone negro, believed to be the one who has been operating In the vicinity at Intervals for several months, perpetrated the first holdup reported to the police In several weeks when he held up Joe K. Carroll, 10 23 Eighth street, at the corner of Eighth and School, at 9:30 last night.

The negro stopped Carroll to ask him for a match, and when Carroll handed him a match, he thrust a gun into his ribs and ordered hrm to throw his hands up The gunman got 122 I a a of vice pr. Rowland Hanson, Pastor of First Baptist Church 15 Years, Resigns the congressman did not deny that he would have an exceedingly hard lime of today -to win the nomination and retain his title. The Grime committee reported by telephone that their man would carry the district, making headway especially in Mahaska, Poweshiek and Jasper, i and take an even break In Keokuk, In the first district Thompson, Kopp and Holsteen are pressing '-their claims. With Thompson and Kopp engaged In a wet and dry fight for the -toga. Holsteen sup- portera believe their man will lead DR.

HOWLAND HANSON. The Rev. Dr. Howland Hanson, who for fifteen yean has been pastor of the First Baptist church Des Moines, tendered bis resigna CONTIMEK OK PACK 4, XOLl'MN ft ghe willv be Monday! morning inMunlcipal court. i.