I ' i-- EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY. :
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VOLUME XXIL liEMSER ABBociATBD pREaa LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, '1924. member associated press NUMBER 219
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(By Harry U. Uiiiit)
VAKUINGTON( NBA Hucvlaf..
A new nullonal iiiovk- BtUr in f
1 by falured on I ho acreen of
the, Amuricun theaters this uum
iiht. . . .
!' no hundsoine iiiutimo Idol.
Neither is ho- a. Mtalwart, Uasli
Idr flffuro from tho piuiiiB.
The role in which he will bo
cast In neither on of iovo noi
of aUenturo. Jnuteud, h(. - win
pletuio ,he part of a gulet, ploti
ding; varnest, everyduy sort or in
ilivid uul tho serious-minded con.
nelintlou, undruinatlu IlfH nf tin
a vh nice American who roe-',
okiiIk'H that tt live Is to labor.
and who accepU the burden of
existence witho'Jt protent, seek'iiff
to solve ihn own problems fur
Jittuself, not asking thut soclutv
solve litem for him.
t'erhaprt you'Ve already ffuos( d
Ins Identity.. Yes; this new stir
to be featured in the films is none
other than Calvin Coolldgt', tho
"culm and courageous uandldato
of the Cleveland convention."
Coolldge's campulgn munagefi
Intrnd that every movlc-gorr In
tho t'nlted Mtates- shall feul a
personal acquulntanee with and
interest In their cantlldato before
eluetlon day next November..
They believe, that his "New Kite
hnid face"- and his "New Una.
hind qualities" as they can
portrayeil In tho movies will be a
tremendous asset In assist In tr lua
ehellon. ' I
Ills very primness. Ills I'lirltanl
severity of eountenunee, his taci-;
t urnlt y and his disregard of, if
not litn actual contempt for tlj1
pleasure und the soft things ofj
life, as they wilt be presented
through the movies, are. cxpectt .1 1
to kindle a feeling that he rep
resents a return to the. type of
Americanism and Ideals on which
this riutton was founded. ft -And
this appeal, his barTiers
believe, will be far more effectlvn
In v inning support from the grout
(Continued on page R
VAUl-IINTON (fly the AsioeL
r(pi I're.sN) The foot ahd moiiili
dis'H3P in I'alirornia has been hI
moHl romplet'ly oratliealed, Vho
department of Justice announced
today.
Kxeepi fr an oecuslonal flare
up. outbreaks of (he hoof disease
are ho 'effectively under conl rot
HihI rest r let ions of tourists , and
automobile travel within Califor
nia has either been removed or' Is
modified. There is now practical
ly no delay' or Inconvenience.
. T. R. LEE
Ir. T. It. l.eo was found not
jrnllty by the Jury In the circuit
emirt htlo yesterday , aflcrnoon oi
the charge of violating the federal
narcollc law. The testimony wan
finished and the Jury went ou:
about 4:3ii o'clock yesterday nflor-
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NEARLY GONE
IS ACQUITTED
V flJHiif. yxrK-r two huUM of delibera
tion they turned In a verdict in fa
vor of the defendant.
l.ou Gong Men Is being tried on
the same charge before Judg--K
nowles today. The defendant1
asked for separate trials which
were granted at tholr original ar
raignments some time ago. The
Judge )n expected to submit the case
t the Jur some time luto this af-
m A 1 1 k i;t q ;otat io M
iMHtTUANO, re, (A I1) Mve
st(Kk steady. Kggs' one to two
e. nis hluher I'G'ffZSi. llutter and
bnttirfat firm.
Many Communities To
Celebrate July Fourth
Fourth of July celebrations in
1 nion. Baker and Wullowa conn
it's have been prepared for by
uirloiiH communlUes Including Hl
gi'i. Mawlllo. Baker and Wallowa
li'ke und clUwns of Gils portion of
Eastern Oregon will not lack a
:tte for enjoyment on America's
natal day.
m vii,i,i; win, iii:aii
Tin-: i;Aii.i; s hi;am
MA.Wll.LK. Or. (Special to
the observer) The committee on
arrangements for tho Fourth of
July celebration at Maxvlllc is ex
ceptionally busy at tlie present
Bine working out all the details
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ing Party Dead, Re-" I !l 1 mm mj 1 Score of Lives in Three H..r ,i i uHb....-.i T ...-an 7
ports to London Say rf f Mid-West States rrT. i W j h 4
HIGH ALTITUDE
WAS ATTAINED
Royal Geographical So
ciety Expects to Aban
don Attempt for This
Year. fc . v
I.OMKIN ' (y (he AHMOelalcd
I'reys) .sir Francis YounghUH
band. problem or the Jtoyal Geo
graphical society, PrldaV night In
formed the . newspapers that a
telegram had been received by the
M ount Kveresi e-xped it Ion coin -mlttee
In lxndon to 4h effect
that the expedition to scale
Mounf I0vere.it had ended In dis
aster Involving the death of two
members, George l-tlgr Mallory
and A. C. Krvlne.
Interviewed at Westminster, Sir
Francis shIiI It was nol known
how the disaster occurred, hut
that It probably happened a fort
night ago. '
The expedition, according to Hlr
Francis, was within a short dis
tance of (he summit at n groater
height than ever had been. reached
before. It had experienced great
difficulties forcing H; way through
tremendous bllznardu which lasted
for Byrne weeks. ;
; Tho members of the expedition.
(Continued on pagA 6)
IMPORTS RABBITS
OF CHINCHILLA
' TYPE TO D1BLER
IMltl.lMt, Ore. (Special) Uokh
(I'erry iind Itoy Morris are going
Into tho rabbit-raising' business
right.
They have sent to Kngland for
three of the Chinchilla rabbits
( These rabbits are noted for their
fine fur and are .valued at a high
price. Mr. I'erry and Mr. Morris
(have been forlunate to secure them
from the company but will have to
wall until the middle of Augunt for
the animals us they are so much
In demand and there, are so ni'iny
orders ahead, Ihat . the shipment
will be delayed.
Mr. and Mr. Mirris will lie lit-
firs! liTtntroduce this type of rab
bltB in the northwest.
Itritlhb labor (jovernnieiit
Ieuouii4e by ConitiiiiiiiMM
SAl.FUtl). Kngland (AC)
The Communist parly of llrltahi
does not like the present labor
cabinet and at" a recent meeting
passed some strongly worded reso
lutions denouncing them as being
antagonistic to the working clashes.
( nc such resolut Ion proposed
by T. Hell of Glasgow, referred to
the "treachery shown by 'the Itoy
al and )ahor Government of Mis
Majesty King George' to the work
ing class by becoming the wlllln-r
tool and accomplice of capitalist
exploiters." ,-
Mr. Hell said the labor party
leaders were reactionaries, and the
vilest creatures in the working
class movement. Once mounted
to bourgeois office they kicked
away the ladder which the work
ing class hail raised for them, and
went Into (lie pump of the bour
geoisie. The disease of emplriUs
was running through the whole of
ficial labor movement, he de
clared. "
to make this a huge succesi and a
celebration that will he a credit
to a community much larger.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for entertaining a lure
crowd and the caterer has placed
a large order for meals, etc.. and
no expense will be spared to make
everything "Just right for the
visitors.
IIAK Kit MAKING FINAL
PLANS FOll JI LY l Ol ltTII
BAKKR. Ore. (Special t(J the
Observer) A large and enthusi
astic meeting of the American Le-
(CoDtlaued oo page M
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fe - iniiriT-Jllllinn . Entire Commu- l-... I A Tn f- ii a tii
I !J V-- if PROPERTY DAMAOK: , I " l '
I Ii II . AROITT . $3.1100.00(1
J 1 II ' '. . i coiiiilli.il una Ilia wrvlcM will ! W ' 4g "" , ' i
I II' 1 . ' , . rt. ' IwW Monday arinniion hy Hip 1 .'ir
I 81' Hrtt ' Wave' Ann-Storm m Kni,..,...,! ..h...i. i.. to, - i,.u. I . '.' V
' Mississippi and Ohiol'"1;"'',1'"1 '"T.."' J".' Oal!!?rT W,
Hill Itreiinnii, heavyweli(lil Hi
gHM, who was shot and killed
in bin Now York oabaivt by (wo
underworld characters - believed
to be members of a iKMitlcg gan.
A number of pormlneiit speak-
ers have been billed for tho regi
ular meeting of Urn I'nion Coun
ty i'pmona grunge which Is to be
held, at the lCustern Oregon KxV
perlmental station ut union , on
J'jrje tS, beginning at 10 oclomc:
In th morning. I
Ktate Markia Agent ' C. r W.
Hpenco, and I'uul Carpenter ooun-
ty agriculturist of Baker county
both prominent grunge boosters,
will be on the program aa will
lr. W. T. I'hy, of the l'hymer.:.
farm of Hot lakc and one fuff
lfnlon county's best orators an J 1
agricultural boost ers. J
A closed , meeting of the .I'o-
monu grange will be held in llo:'
morning In the station buildings, '
with a big picnic dinner at noon!
and speaking and a musical pro-'
gi-um in the afternoon in th
grove. ' j
Uohert Wilbycombe, manager
of the experimental farm, will j
have his "Uzzle" all dolled. up
to show the visitors over
grounds und explain the. work of.
the station. , ( ' 1 j
All farmers and those Inter-!
ested In the meeting are Invlt'i'I j
to bring their dinner and attend
the afternoon meeting which is
open to the general public.
Bootlegging or Tiainbliii-r
Itcllevcd ill Hoot of AW
I.MS ANGKI.KH (AP) Iloot
leggf'ng or gamldlng Is believed by
frieiiflK of Kacheme Igarashi the
cause of his murder near San ped-
ro. Igarasht's body, with that of
anolber Japanese kIIM unidentified,
was fonml yesterday under a cliff i
near San Pedro. I
BASEBALL
PACIFIC coast m-:agi i-:
SELECT UNION
IT
Clubs- " W. is. Pet
San Francisco AU 2 .flan
Seattle 41 'M W2
Vernon 4 Sfi .B:-!
Sacramento mi 37 .4H"t
Salt Uike Hi 'AH .47 J
Portland it 4 40 ,4'yt
aa Angeles 4:t .4'.':
Oakland IU 42 ,4R
Ilea or 7. Bee l.
At Salt iJike. It. it. 11.
Portland 7,7 J
Sail Nike Itl 10 .
Batteries Rachaee, Itedb nt and
Cochrane; Singleton and Cook.
Seat I le K. Senator 3.
f; At Kaoranioritfi It. II. K.
Seattle ..' :.. H 14, J
Saeramento 3 11 0
Batteries Williams and
Baldwin: Hull and Schang.
Tlgor.i ii. An gel n I .
At I -on Angeies R. H. i;.
Vernon 6 16 2
AMt Angeles 1 7 1
Batteries Thomas a nd I .
Murphy; Crandall and Jenkins.. .
Oaks seals IA.
At San Francisco R. 11. K.
lOaklund 2 , 'J I
Han Franctsi-o 15 17 1
Batteries Bochlcr. Malls. Rob
ertson and Read; Griffin and Ag-new.
Hot Wave1 and Storm in
Mississippi and Ohio
. Valleys Leaves Trail of
1 Destruction.
CHICAGO (By tlie Assoclat-d
Cress). 'More than a scon' of
deaths and property damage esti
mated : at $.1,000.0(10 Is the re
sult In. three states of .the hot
wave and the storm w h 1c h y es
terday swept through tho Miss
issippi and Ohio valleys.
Five ' deaths . occurred .from
storms In Illinois and 17 deaths
from heat In Ohio. '
V COIA'MBUS, O. (By the Associ
ated press) Fourteen persons are
known dead In Ohio as the .result
oA tho. first heat wave which iu
enveloped the stale for the last 4$
hours. , -
, ' . MICIttTKY AT 02.
i DKTBOIT (By. the Associated
I'ress)T An unidentified man was
found dead on' the street, ,lhn''firKt
victim of heat ' prostrutlojv :T"i
tcmperaturo. , has ctllmbed ito I Ji
degrees.
. L' ' ; '
' K"AN(1MM British Indlu (By
the Associated press). r A cargo
boat h&t night collided with one
of' the American round-l bo-world
airplanes, badly damaging the
wings of the craft. It is. hoped,
however-, that repairs can bo made
by Monday, when tlx aviators ex
pect to leave for Culcullu.
The Americans, upon their .-arrival
here yesterday from Ilpng
kok, Slum, made a perfect land
ing in a high wind. The" flyers
were tired a Her buttling the ele
ments all the way across the Guir
of Marthuhan. ' -
ItAN'GOtiN, British India (By
the Associated Press) Tho three
American army airplanes arrived
here Friday from Bangkok, Kium,
on their trip around the world.
HLANL lb HUhl nnuiup mn
Late News Flashes
PORTLANirK STAND KXI'LAINKD.
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP)-Kuithcr indica
lions Ihat Portland interesls would base their opM)si
tion to the establishment of party grain rate fium teiv
ritory south of the Snake river on the tost of railway
operations' down the Columbia as compared to the haul :
over the mountains to Puffct Sound ports, as well as
differences of distances as Riven in the testimony of
J. P. Newell, consulting engineer of Portland, became
apparent at the opening of the interstate commerce
commission hearing today.
Late yesterday he reintroduced an exhibit contain
ing figures used in the original Columbia Hasin rale
case and this morning he continued explaining the
figures.
60-MILK StKKI) FATAL.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP). Quinlo Kafanelli, care
owner, was killed and L. K. Cummitigs seriously in
jured today when their automobiles, speeding at GO
miles an hour, crashed through a viaduct rail, broke
a telegraph pole and landed on tide flats 40 feet below.
Police arc investigating to learn whether the accident
was the result of liquor running or not. A witness'
- said a second car wan closely pursuing the wrecked
machine.
' PASSKNGKKS SAFE.
SAN FRANCISCO (Al). Passengers of the Pacific
liner Columbia, which went ashore on Cano Island off
Costa Rica, were taken aboard the U. S. navaJ trans
port Chaumont today, und are en route to Dalboa,
Panama.
Funeral urrangeiaents have been
compiled and the services will be
held Monday afternoon by . the
KpiNeopal church in llonan - hall.
Interment will take place tn the
Oddfellows cemetery where her
lather, George W. Webb, is burled,
lie passed on here a few years ugo
at the age of !I6 years.
Mrs. Stevens helped to umke his
tory In la Grande and her name
will long ho remembered In the
minds of residents of this section.
She was a woman of outstanding
qualities and was loved and renpect
tl by all who knew her. '
She crossed the plains from Mis
souri with her father in I K6A and
in IH74. half a century ago, was
married lo Jasper Ktevens at the
first service ever held In the his
toric K pi sco pat church, which was
razed over tho protest of pioneers
lhis spring to make way for a new
edifice.
She Is survived by her widowed
husband, one brother, Arthur G.
Webb, of Idaho, one sister, Mrs.
Kale; Fnutler, of Pendleton, and
several other relatives.
; Tlie remains wilt lie In state at
Tin Ht evens home on I'irsi sirooi.
until lime- Tor iho funeral. The
curtaet wlh not be opened at tho
services which are to bo held at
two o'clock.
I ' KNTKItl'ltlHK. Ore. (Special to
the Observer)- IjiIo reports are
looming In to the effect that grass-
hoppers are appearing In large
numbers both in the valley and In
t In hills, states a local newspa
per. They arc small as they have
been hatched only a short time.
.Many farmers have bought poison
of Al T. Kinney, In charge of the
county's squirrel poison supplies,
und are making determined efforts
to kill the hoppers before they get
large enough to devour crops.
Since early in t he season the
hopper situation has been uncer
tain, l-ast year the Insects were
thick und did Immense damage.
(Conllnilnd on tn.rn R)
UUIV to UUI
ji
At long a (hero are IkiiUcs thoru will ho con tests
leel them, ll hwiiih. lloiut't MIks Allyu King, of Halelgh,
cboM-n In a North Carolina omtesU .
FINE PROGRAM
Tomorrow', proRrHiii rlimlriR Ilic
lOuHli-rn lUi'Boli riirlallHii J'luirrh
convrnllon MhlHi in hi'llltr liiild
hfro thtM wrrk will l! out! of H
iihjmI noli'worthy y'l prcm-ntoU ilur
InR I hf m-HHlon. urcorilliiK to ltv
I'rpnd O. W. JonfH. loi:ul ptiHtor In
churgu or Iho mrrtljiir. .
I A upccliil iiiiihIcuI prpKi'uiii In o
Imi Klvrn hy W.'K M. lliukli'liiuli
or ImllmmpollK. ImiIIiiiiu, who la
wild lo him- lid liioi" kopiK wrvlwH
It Mi.ii uny oIIht mini In lln! I'nlli-d
'kiuIih, iKirlnnlnif ul T:l u'cluck
In llin (ivt'iiliiK.
I Mr. I huUlrniiili ii Iho Iiiim ii vi'iy
; i hiii triii net or hiiiIih, imiihiihiiiik
Ithi: viirioim koiikh, which urn hIiowii
In conjumllon with Iho hIiikIiik.
TIki rlimlltir Mrrinoil or lliti mih
lon will Ii" di'llvcrj'd liy W. 'I nr
lli r or Ht, l.otllH. MlHaolirl.
Toduy'H prfiirriun Ih Kitttm off In
rim- Hhiipc rlKhl oif Mrliidiiln and
tlui 'uUi'iidttmMi Ih iiilti lai-Ki.
IiusinesK Outlook Is
j Better, Says Hoover
WASHINGTON (AP) A slight
improvement (, the general busi
ness Hit fiat If in, deaplle a general
"stuttering condition," always In
cldi nt to the national political
con vent Ions, was reported nt Fri
day's cabinet meeting by Secretary
Hoover.
The most promising imlit-al Ions,
he declared, were the advances tn
(hi price of wheal ' ami corn,
which, h"" added, however, hail
been counteracted somewhat- from
the standpoint of I lie fanners by
a doorcase III the price of bog.'.
Increasing wheat exports also
were noted by Mr. Hoover.
Credit Men Will Open
Control Office In Chicago
CHICAGO (AP)- Credit muHor
for the region between the Appa
lacbain aid Kooky motmlulus wilt
be placed under I he control of a ,
newly established office at tho Nti- I
(tonal AsHoelation of i 'redll Mn
here, opening July I. ll Is ati
nouneed by J. Harry Tregoo, secretary-manager.
It will be man
aged by K. B. Morn ii ami ll. II.
i.othaln and its aHaics adminis
tered by a committee of five.
"Chicago thus becomes the cen
tre wf credit act Ml ten of the coun
try. ," said M r. Tregoo, "Several
ot her commit lee u Iho will make
the office their head'iuarters. A
more direct touch with association
aelivll tea ami more responsibility
In direct ing I hem will be made
pesdlde. It will put us tn a strong
position lo wipe out commercial
fraud.- A corps of Inveatlgators
will operate out of Chicago under
t he direction of t he Inventlgalton
aud prosecution dvplU'WncmV'
FOR lOMORROW
lo M'
N. V
BULLETINS
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(DXVllTS ;!AG:; NOISY
ii;.wo,s'niATioN in pi;n
HAM-iM, Oiv. (AP) Light ring-
lenders In a gang of la convicts
thrown Into solitary confinement
fill In wing tho frustration of a plot
for wholesale delivery of piisonors
'riiHis4lny. voro Imck In Iho prison
bullpen iislay following a demon-
Ktrnlioii hi thif (111 room last night.
in which tho convicts rattled coll
ibMirs, yelled and hurled lolaco
can1 IhroiiKh half a doien windows.
Tho demonstration was In pro
lost against restricted II berth Im
posed iihiii thoM Implicated In tho
titlcmplcd oHcaH. Tho prlsji was
a hetllam of noise iinlll after mid
night, "
BRITISH F.NVOY TO MFXIfO
LFIT LAST MGHT FOR I . S.
M I X ICO CITY, (AP) -II. Coil
tird Cummins, British charge do'
an-hlvos, center of a controversy
between tho British ami McUcnii
Uovci'iimciitK, left last night for tin1
Culled Hint cm on his way homo.
SAN FRANCISCO. (AP) The
dirriciillloH of II. C. C nhis,
, British charge des aifho In
Mexico CMy, arc due to hi official
errorlM to present the coiiriM-atlon
of properly tadongiug lo .Mr. It'wa
ilc i:nns, 11 itritlsh siibjcit. nc
.cordhig In Mr. V. .1. Pet In, a !
jlor of lr, Fwuih, and wife of n
i physician In a I . S. murine hits
jiltnl here.
i Mr. Poltu said Iho protest by
I Cummin tigutuM the trcnimciit nc
Ifordi'd her Kior bronubt British
diplomatic Into disfator vllli the
jOhi-cgim uovci'iimcin.
Postal Strikers Are
Returning to Work
TORONTO. ( API Striking pos
tal workers In a number of lowni
and cities look advantage of an of.
for by (be government to reinstate
all men who returned to work litis
morning. ;
Latest rcporlM Indicated (hat the
; strike Is HiieceHHfui only lu Toronto
and Windsor.
Al Smith Is
Of Bourbon Nomination
Ni;V YORK (By the Associat
ed FresH). Alter a day spent in
greet;ng dch-Knt' s rrom 1 7 state,
(I'-vniiur Alfred );. Smith, Fri
day ulglit was so certain of lite
I Jeiitoc nil Ic president lal nomtna
Hon thai he refused to discuss
dark horses or second choices,'
"There are no such things," he
declared, "I believe I'll be nom
Infilctl. I am convinced Ihat when
the convention gels 1 hroi.glr pay
ing lis compliment to favorite
sons it will get down to figuring
who could most assuredly win the
race to tho Whlto House." . ,
The governor's state of mlud
was Illustrated lu bta uuswcu to
Fight Between the Two
Dominating Feature of
Pre-Convention Days;;
KU KLUX KLAN IS
WORRYING HEADS
Some Leaders Seek Dem
ocratic Platform Car
rying Disavowal of In
visible Empire,
NliW YORK. (AIM Redoubled
effortH to strengthen their positions
today occupied (ho McAdoo and.
Smith camps, as tho , pemocratio
national committee went Into ses
sion for the final convention ar
rangements. . ... '
The fight between William Glbbs
McAdoo and Al Smith Is tho dom
inating feature. The Ku Klux Kluu
also held an Important place In the.
discussions. '
An Increasing .demand from
George l'J. Brennan. of Illinois, and
loaders from other states that tho
platform declare against' (he klau
has added much to platform diffi
culties.
McAdoo maintained silence on
this and othtr planka -
Being a delegate a a very tn
(cresting experience, aays Colonel
F, S. Ivaivhoe who has Just return
ed from attending the Republican
National convention at Cleveland. .
Mr. Ivanhoe left Im Grando and
went directly lo Washington, It.
C, whore he visited relatives who.
live about 40 miles from tho cap
Itul, In Virginia.
When the convention came to
order Mr. Ivanhoe wan thero with
the rest, of the Oregon delegation.
Tho Oregon delegates were lu tho
best location In tho house, two '
Hers back from the platform. In
front of them was the Wisconsin
delegation and directly to the rear
sat the delegates rrom Florida. In
cldenlatly, according to Mr. Ivari
hoe, the Florida group contained
thn-o colored delegates.
The Wisconsin represent al Ives,
boosting for la Follellc, caused a
great deal of rrlctloti In Iho meet
ing by refusing to agree with tho
rest or the convention on political
matters.. Whenever a spenk'-r
would nay something lo which tho
rest of the meeting agreed particu
larly, the rest of the delegates
would rise to their feet but tho
gentlemen from Wisconsin would
remain sealed, much lo the din
gust of the remainder of thoKO
present who repeatedly called on
them to stand.
Theodore Burton's k e y n o I u
speech wus a masterpiece of schol
arly address, said ' Mr. Ivanhoe.
The speech lasted nearly un hour
and a hnlf. An interesting speak
er was the last surviving delegnto
of the convention thai nominated
Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Ivanhoe says the Oregon
delegation was responsible for th'.j
nominal ioti of Lowden. Newspa
per reports had made statement a
to the effect that l-OWden would
decline Hie nomination. In oidr
(Continued on para 11
"Certain",
a fen! are writer who sought com
parative Information op I hu Smith
j and McAdoo qualifications from
the standpoint of the prUo rim:,
I "My height. five feet nliio
j Inches." hu answered tho firiA
q.iestlon.
"My .reach? Washington," wum
his reply to the second.
SeoM Chicago Mayor.
Mayor I ever ot Chicago was
among the visit ora ; at Smith's
headquarters l'rlday und ulthoug'i
the mayor Is credited with having
dried up Chicago, It was unof'l
clally announced that- ho In sup-
(Coutluuca ua puso 6,
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