- r. Part One Pages 1 to 8 v SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY- 6, 1924- PRICE FIVE CENTS. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR mm 16 Pages r " Two Parts ! : "'v.. - - - , ' - I-. '." ; i- : ... ty??' - fr. fr-r- f 4 h . I r ; t k . V-.S : V DEADLOGlv IS Compromise Candidate Is Declared Only Way to ; Give Weary Democratic Convention a Nominee McADOO MANAGERS IN r DEFIANCE OF SCHEME '-: '''.. ' i; ' ' ' '.i Robinson, Glass, Ralston and and Davis Held to Be Likely Candidates I NEW YORK, July 5. Peace negotiations - for ' selection of a compromise candidate for the presidency were undertaken under serious difficulties tonight by a group of democratic chieftains up on whose ' shoulders the party's national convention had placed the task of freeing It from its record-breaking deadlock. ' . . i) Giving their assent and coopera tion were many of the supporters of McAdoo and Smith apparently convinced at last that neither can be nominated. Weighing heavily against the forces working .for a compromise, however, stood an ' open defiance from the McAdoo campaign managers wno declared their " only compromise candidate ' was' McAdoo. -H -;r -; The mandate "of the convention voted with- a sigh of relief from the warring elements, empowered the conferees to undertake nego tiations "for the purpose of reach ing an understanding so as to has ten conclusion of this convention." As the weary delegates left the convention hall after 77 fruitless ballots they appeared to have no doubt that their leaders would un dertake to find a candidate on which' there" conld be a general agreement, but three hours later David Ladd Rockwell, the McAdoo Iield marshal, announced that he would enter-the conference with no such object In view. ""I T ' As he Interpreted it, Mr. Rock , well said, the purpose of the meet ing was to seek an amendment' of convention" procedure, so the ano malous situation which has held the convention powerless through the entire week can be broi1?ht to an end and a nominee selected. Under such' circumstances.', be add-ted;- the J high man In the : voting could not beexpected to step aside , for anyone: .""..f '" ' ' t- Thomas Taggart of Indiana au thor of the motion calling the con ference, when told of Mr. Rock well's interpretation said; - -: ' 1 "Judge Rockwell or anybody else who places such an interpre tation on the language of the mo . tion knows better. Its terms are plain. It says the conference is For the purpose of reaching? an understanding, so as to' hasten the conclusion of this convention,' that means anything that will clear the way for a nomination." ' ' Mr. "Taggart was asked if it meant even an - agreement on a recommendation . for a candidate. He replied that it did. -" The campaign managers for the other candidates, including Gover nor Smith, did not go into details n their Interpretaton of the "con renton's, action, . but they leff no doubt that they all went .Into the conference willing to take what ever, selection might be found gen erally accepted. Among the Mc Adoo delegates there, were many who openly voiced the same con viction and, the general : impres sion was one of optimism, that the long fight was almost over. ? Behind the doors of their coun cil room the conferees conjured tonight with an ever narrowing list of names Robinsonn of Ar kansas ; Glass of Virginia ; 1 Ral ston of. Indiana; Davis of West Virginia and others--let escape only stray scraps of information to Indicate in ! what direction the wind was blowing. : ' ' The peace parley bad its real beginning earlier in the day when the forces opposed to McAdoo join- ' (Continued on page 6) THE WEATHER OREGON:; Fair weather with moderate temperatures,-" Sun day, moderate northwest winds LOCAL WEATHER (Saturday) ' Mexlmum temperature, 75. Minimum temperature. 54. River, -1.4, stationary. ; Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear. Wind, northwest. GROWERS. EXCELLENT! PRICE FOR CHERRY . Scobel Day fruit' distributors of New York, according to an announcement yesterday 1 by Paul McKercher. tjieir representative for this district, have negotiated deals in Lam bert cherries that are netting the local growers 18, cents a pound. : s .-II-r; This firm bought 10 cars of the Lamberts, one: carload of which was shipped July 3, selling f. o. b. Salem at $2.70 for a package of 15 pounds. The other nine cars will be sold on about the same basis. i - i j -j j I Mr. McKercher was ; in Salfm tWo weeks ago and made the contracts with O. E. Brooks and a pool of growers. The company has operated in Hood River for several years, but has never before entered the Salem field. Last yefgr the com pany distributed in 2G2 cities. i j Scobel & Day will again come to this district in the fall to buy prunes.! The firm will take prunes from the same men with whom the cherry deals have been made, put them up in 1 6-pound cases and ship' them green. It is said they will net the growers between 4 and 5 cents a pound, eqivalent to 15 cents for the dried product. This prize is nearly double what the growers,have. been receiving for some years. J Scobel & Day have been handling the pears of the Paul Wallace orchards ; for 20 years and will j handle them again this year. .) j- , ;. -HW " ; ii-- r, : !': ! I i IpiSl Wife jot.Former:. Governor and Supreme Court Jus tice Dies Last Night Mrs. W. P. Lord , widow o f the late Governor W.' P. Lord, who al$o Berved , a ! term as justice of the Oregon supreme court, passed away - at the Salem hospital at twenty minutes' of twelve last night. - Mrs. Lord was 79 years of age, and had resided in Salem for many .years. ; She had fceen In ill health for some time, and un derwent a major operation two weeks a'gOv ; "f-T-- i 1 5 i- Mrs. Lord is I survived hy two children, W. P. Lord, Jr., promin ent -attorney of Portland, and Miss Elizabeth Lord of Salein. ; Prior to her last illness Mrs.' Lord had been prominent in local social and civic affairs. , A letter written early yesterday by E.lla' McMuna and i addressed for publication to The Statesman contained' the following tribute to MrsLord:- ; i : j . ,;:v -v. Now that Mrs. W. P. Lord is ill, I feel prompted to pay her a deserved tribute; which I am sure will -find echo in the hearts of hundreds of Salemites. - AH un derstand with what an' open hand she has dispensed hospitality at her home, . even to opening her flower gardens to the; public on the very day she was stricken with illness. , But all may not know the value of her work in trying to secure a linen factory for Salem. Herself a Mqntegne (one of the first families of Vir ginia), the wife of a former'gov ernor of the state and an ambas sador 'to a foreign country; trav eled, cultured, brilliant, and yet splendidly democratic, Mrs. Lord deserves for her work a statue on the capitoi grounds, i f , AY-r'.-'.'-'r . Residents of Hunter, Wash., are Ready to Flee Be : fore Coming Flames HUNTERS, Wash., July 5. -At midnight tonight, while the dan ger was not believed passed, the force of 400 or 50(K men 'battling to save this little Stevens county town from a. prairie fire were hold ing their own, hoping a change of wind would end the danger. The front of the fire is seven miles long. i Cedonia'. a little village north east of here, is doomed, it is be lieved, reports indicating that the flames, if they continue' in their course, will sweep through it by morning, i j HUNTERS', j Wash., July 5. With the flames of a prairie fire but half a mile distant and the wind -driving jthem' toward ihe town, residents of Hunters tonight have their possessions packed so TOREATETJiB TOWN (Continued 09 page 6) RECEIVE CROP EI TO EO -i : f'i Quest forjnternational Olym, pic Honors to Commense in Paris Today PARIS, Puly 5. (By Associat ed Presk.J-f-America's sturdy ath letic force, one of the finest ar rays she has even sent in quest of International honors, was ' ready tonight j for the opening t6morow of the Olympic track and field bat tle with 45 nations, headed by the powerful Finnish te'am, seeking to break " the hold America , has had upon athletic supremacy since the revival j ot -the Olympic games, v The battle for ctxief -hdnors in' the eighth Olympic games between the United States and ' Finland promises to be thrillihg and many expect that the eight dayg Of com petition will develop perf ormafices eclipsing in keenness and excelr lence those of Stockholm 12 years ago. which so far have been re garded as the high water mark of international competltidn. w t '" The j'ev of the championship, which includes 26 events, finds the camps of the two 'outstanding contenders confident but a major ity of observers is convinced that the all around team strength of the Americans' will ' carry ithem through to victory once more. Finland's chief chance for glory, it js ' generally believed, rests-' in the ' possibility ' of her fathering more 0f the coveted gold medals than the Yankees. j f ! ' Finland's principal hopes- of gaining the greatest athletic hon-1 ors ' it! has ever known are built principally on the sturdy shoulders of the! great runner," Paavo Nurmi. holder of seven world's records, who Is prepared to run in five rac es and: who is expected to clean up In the distance events Finland had such stars as Wil-land lie Ritola, Iannes Kohlemainen, Villar Kyronen and Stenroos, fbr the distances from 1500 meters to the marathon. - -A'. Dance Produces Money i H I -I For Silverton Library " " SnjvERTON, Ore., July 5. (Special to ' The Statesman) Nearly $80 has been added to the fund j with - which to purchase bookaj for the ; public library of Silverton.. The money was rea lized from a dance recently given for tie benefit of the library. The dance, : attended by a good sized crowd, was held in : the armory and music was furnished by the Silverton concert band. M " AVriters of Demand Found ) CHICAGO, July ! 5, Impres slons'on note paper found today in the home of George Peek, 49 years! old, and his son, Clarence,' 24, fpirm hands, Witlnebago cou'n-s ty p!rove conclusively that they wrote the letter to SViatot and Mrs. j Medlll McCormick,' request ing that $50,000 be placed under a cuivert. adding, "if you ' do ybu will I live . happily , according ;tQ Thomas McGuire, head of a detec tive agency. Father and son are under arrest in Rockford. ; - ' ' " Fliers Reach ' Karachi f KARACHI.! British India, .July 5 - The American around,' the world, fliers have, reached' Karachi from! "Umhalla. i ' OPERATION IS Successful Attempt Is Made to Draw Infection From Foot. Affected With Blood Poisoning PRESIDENT AND WIFE NEAR DURING ORDEAL Room in Hospital Will Be Oc cupied Till Their Son Is Out of Danger : WASHINGTON, I). C. July 5. An operation describee, as success ful was performed upon Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 16-year-old son of President land Mrs.' Coolidge, at Wafter Reid hospital' tonight r in An attempt, to arrest: the course of-an attack .of septic poisoning. One of the physicians said "We acconaplished all that we ex pected." . V-' '" i The president aftl Mrs. Cool idge were at the hospital during the operation, Mr; Coolidge going there " when -the operation was de cided upon and the latter ' accom panying her son when he was re moved this afternoon from the White House. They remained across the"hall from the ! operating room during the' ordeal ; but as soon as it was over Mrs. Coolidge 'went to the bedside "and a few t minutes later the president r joined" ' her and stood by the bed for a few min utes. - '. '' i . - v ' ' ' '. ' The physicians remained in conference"" for some time after the operation, those in attendance including Dr. ! John f' B.' Deaver, Philadelphia surgeon, and Dr. ' A. Kolmer, blood specialist, also of Philadelphia; Major James F. Coupal and Lieutenant Comman der J6el ;T. Boone, White House physicians ; ' Dr. Chi ties W. Rich ardson of -Washington, and Colo nel W. LL Keller, commandant of the hospital. - r - - Hh- " " V ' The physicians tame out Of con ference without issuing any for mal statement and an hour after the operation i most of them left. The president 'and Mrs. Coolidge; however, decided to remain at the hospital throughout the night. "They desired to remain at the hospital, j if ; was understood, be cause the condition of their son was still j critical. The operation was said to have revealed osteo myelitis, or an infected Inflamma tion of the bone marrow bf the lower left , leg. -. Blood poisoning set in from a broken blister on the right : foot during a tennis match 1 ast Monday. "'. The infection is understood to have, localized in part there and notwithstanding the serious con dition of the patient he was said to be resting as well as could be expected after the operation. t is believed that a blood transfus ion scarcely will be necessary. Jv i Anotnerr physicians' ' consulta Wlon will be held at 8 o'clock to- biorrow morning and pending it $no further! statement: was expect ed. ' President and Mrs. Coolidge had a room near the sick' chamber were in constant touch with the patient during the night. I. BUI ON SHIP River Steamer Is Inferno of j Death for Crew; . Sur f vivors Swim AshoYe BALTIMORE. Md July 5 Tw6 negroes :and a negress are known to have lost their v lives , and a' fourth negro, a deck hand, is thought to have perished In a fire which destroyed Ihe steamer Three Rivers, while bound from CtIbs Field, Maryland;- f or f Baltimbre, off Cove point. Chesapeake bay, early today. Five youths, mem bers of the Baltimore Morning Sun'g newsboy's band. "are missing and it is believed they -were' lost, I AU the survivors, approximate ly 90, of jwhich 54 " were -remaining members of . the newsboy's band. Were, brought to" Baltimore by the steimer Middlesex, which had gone' to the assistance of the burning steamer. 7 ' '-" ' " Scenes of terror which began as soon as the - alarm was given Continued more than half an hour or until all the survivors had been picked ' up." ? Timrr Fir ROES innrr 1 1IIIL.L IIL TOWN OF TRAIL SURROUNDED PY BLAZING FIRES Villag: 1 Near Crater Lake Threatened , By Forest . Flames on All Sides I MEEIPORD, )re.," July 5. The village 1 of Trail, on the Crater Lake highway,! 26 miles, from Med ford, l4 practically surrounded to night $y forest fires, believed to have started:'by fire crackers set off by (Fourth of July picnickers. The blaze covered 1.6 acres and has leaped ,Rogue river, threaten ing valuable timber, t -Four; or five fires In the Apple gate district, started by lightning last Tuesday, ar reported under contro OFFICIAL PRAISE Army Officers Find Oregon National Guard m hxcel- lent J Condition ... Another laurel was added to Oregon's already long list of .'mili tary achievements when Brigadier General George A. White, head! of the' 'siate- military 'forces, was singled out for special laudatory remarks in a! report submitted by a number of United States' army officials covering a ' detailed In spection and I investigation ' of the Oregon national guard. : The! group :of army officials was headed by Colonel Wiley Howell who with his assistants conducted the atfnual check of the national guard f or the war department and went 1 jinto everything . from the state of instruction of officers and nori-cdmmisaioned -officers on down to the. care of minor items of property and money accounts. Inspection of. the money accounts was completed Only yesterday by Major T."'W. King, inspector gen eral's department. "Highly.' ef ficient," Is thVfinding of the Unit ed States government after all re torts had been submitted.- pi The" j special reports covering General : White's work . says , in prt: j - ' . ' "The energy, efficiency, "ability and enthusiasm of this officer seem to the inspectors largely re sponsible for the complete equiph ment,f the high proportion of the enlisted strength and' the excel lent Standards of training of the Oregon national guard. There ap pears to be throughout the guard strong sentiment Of support' for General White rind his Ideals." ' The United States government having several million dollars 'in vested In, Oregon 'national guard equipment, and having spent more than naif a million dollars on the Oregon citizen' soldiery" during" the present bienniel period, tg said to have made its Iriquiry and inspec tion rigid. T Nearly two 'months were spent py inspectors "in com pleting the jinspectlon, which in cluded a visit' to' every guard sta tion In Oregon, including the new (Continued on page 6.) 1 ! ' ' WHITE RECEIVES Gleanings From Day's News May ; i' r Raid 1 LONGVIEW, Wash., July 5. Mrs. j Rudolph Otto, 1 6, wife of Rudolph Oftp, 25; was blown to death by a . dynamite explosion, believed by deputy sheriffs to have be6fa;set Off by her husband near Coffin Rock, one mile from here, at 1 o'clock, this afternoon. Her husband is in custody but denies responsibility for the tragedy. .. ; ,. - ' - - J - -.-..': , y, Chinese Itald Vessel , jSHANGHAI, Jtily 5.- (By The Associated Press. ) -ChineseJ cus toms officials . today raided the Amerfcan sailing vessel Talbot In port here,' and' seized arms and ammunition valued at $50,000, The seizure was made-' on the ground that munitions -were to be" landed In violation of the arms convention! ' 4 " i : If pfacLaren: at ashlmitb KOGOSHIMA. Japan, July 6. . (By j the AP.) A Stuart Mac La ren, the "British aviator, -who is on a flight around the; world; left Ihere at 7 o'clock this morn ing for Kushimoto. MacLaren ar rived here yesterday from Shang hai.1 hi Man Jumps From Train ; 3T. MARIES, Idaho. .July. 6. A.)-!: Lalng of Seattle, said to be connected with "4 wholesale paper and' twine1 house"" there', Jumped from an ' eaetbonnd, Ullwaakee LFOLLETTE IS SUPPORTED Bf Conference for Political Ac tion '.Adjourns 1 -'Endorsing Wisconsin Senator's: Every , Wish , v THIRD PARTY TO BE FORMED IN JANUARY Delegates Content With En f dorsing Platform land I 1 Planning Campaign CLEVELAND, July 5.lj(By the AP.)Af ter endorsing Robert M. La Follette as a presidential can didate and providing for the or ganization of a political party next January the con ference for Progressive Political Action wound up; its' convention early tonight. . - The- conference empowered its national ' committee to select 7a vice presidential candidate after conference with the "La Pollette for President'- Committe."' La Pollette was endorsed as 4 candi date on his own platforB. 6 The convention then adopted for it self a platform embodying the ideas contained in the Wisconsin document and in the"? statement principles issued at' the St. Louis session of the conference last Feb- ruary. ?'fi' Xt The-final day of the gathering worked ; out strictly according to plans of the leaders: and without appreciable opposition. But just before adjournment .some! ,of the delegates, dazed by the rapidity of events, had to be assured by the chair that La Follette actually had been "nominated," . and that definite provision had been made for the new party. v; The confusion arose from -the fact that the "report of the 1 com mittee . on. organization recom mended this action, and that" ho separate 'motion of. endorsement was offered.' The report itself was adopted without a dissenting vote, but the significance of this action did' not 'dawn on either' delegates of galleries, and Ihere was a' total absence of demonstration:! f ' ' Repeatedly, today as yesterday, the name "La Follette" was the signal for an outburst of cheering and 'applause. Yet the' culmination of the convention's workj coming In the form "of a committee re commendation, did not draw even a pattering- of handclappfng. All elements ta the convention were intent on showing they were back of La Follette's 1 candidacy. After, losing, a' fight before the or ganization' committee for Immedi ate formation of a new pirty, the Socialistas, led by' Morris Hill- quit of New! York, were the first" to second the" endorsement re port; '- ;. - 'v '' ' I ' - A ;: Dynamited American Ship train near her0 today and was in stantly killed. r : ' ' i. i. ; . T j - "Admits Brother's Murder iSEWARD, Neb.. July 5. Geo: L. Balster. confessed today to the murder - of his brother Edward, March ! last and was sentenced to life: imprisonment -In j the state penitentiary. ! ; . 1 -r! .v, -' 1 r ! i '''' -. i Weather for the Week SAN FRANCISCO July The U. S. weather tureau. gave out to day; Its first Pacific qoast forecast covering a period.- of more than 2 '4hours. The forecast was for the period from July 7 to 12, in clusive, and read as follows: From July 7 to 12 in the Pacific states there will be continued fair weather in the interior nd con sidefably clondy weather near the coast. The temperature; j will re main :. near normal; Because of the -expected absence of precipita tions the : hazard to r grain and brush forest fires will 'remain un diminished. : j i f-i: U' . r ' ' -Xi i North Pole Flight Postpone! ROME. July 5. The; .airplane expedition to the "nortlu pole under the! direction of Lieutenant Loca telll, organization of wb'iich, with the' cooperation, of the officials of the Italian, air, service was - an nounced yesterday to be definitely postponed until next year,j because of tack of time for preparation. HARVEST WAGE SCALE! IS SETi IN WASHINGTON Scale; Slightly Lower Than Last Year Is Adopted " Through Wheat Belt WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 5.- A harvest wage scale, rang? Ing slightly lower than that paid last year, was adopted at a meet ing of Walla -Walla county farm ers here today.) It f is Baid to be higher than that adopted In some of the other counties In the" wheat belt' ; " ' I - i r ; The proale- follows: Combine driver. 27 head.' $6.00, 33 head $7.00; separator man combine $10.00; stationary $8.00; header tender $4.00: sack sewer $ff;" sack jig combine $4.00; steam engineer $7.00; header box j driver $2.50; tank driver $3.00; roustabout $4.00; header puncher- $6.t)0; loader $5.0Q; hoe down $400; water buck $4.00 ; i cook combine crew $2.50; header - $3.00, and two headers $6.00. t - S DANGEROUS Many B fazes c Yesterday Muellhaupt Barn, Moore Home Damaged Salem's fire department - found itsel ( in a predicament simitar ; to that of the famous Light Brigade Saturday afternoon, with firesljbe- ing, substituted for the guns that volleyed and , thundered; when within' the period of a few min utes two serious f res and a half score of minor blazes demanded im mediate attention In the same neighborhood. , V - ' Answering a call to a barn on the Otto J. 11. Muellhaupt, prop erty at 1066 Chemeketa a little after S o'clock, interest was trans ferred almost immediately to the Willia. S. Moore residence; 1235 North : Fifteenth, , with several blazer between the two place, three blocks apart. , 'J ; V Breeze Aids Fire. ! - . i Fanned by a heavy breeze the embers" were carried " from! the barn to the Moore . house, the sparks apparently following the alley. .The barn . was practically destroyed and the upper portion of the Willis residence badly dam aged by the flames'. Scores of volunteer fire fighters- came to the assistance of the department, dragged hose ! around and helped to put out small roof ahd grass fires. The home of Judge John H. Scott, 1089 Court, was -menaced for a short time.. A house and garagg at 210 Ndrth Twelfth owned by W. J. Haberman . and '(ConUnr-'d on page $.) TREE STIRS SCRIBE OAK IS PEN THEME WANTS NO RADIO By ELLA McMUNX i , How splendidly everybody ral lied to Colonel Hofer's support about that oak tree threatened with death. It will be spared, of course, but it is a great pityithat it is necessary for anyone to ,be forced to rise; upon bis hind: legs and roar in protest against such destruction.'. There Is a- national organization, incorporated, known as the "Tree Lovers Association," which needs a branth in Salem. i-One of the directors is onif own Fred 3A. Wiggins, now of Toppen IshWash., and I iave taken the liberty of sending Colonel' Hofer's letter to hlmit I do not know! how they save the-trees, but I think that whenever It is known that a tree is to be slaughtered, dnd the person planning the work is known, it would be nice ' tor a number of us ladies and. gentle men to call j at his house- and hang him. I have never known a; person so treatea to cut aown any more, trees. A lot of dear people are sorry for us because we haven't a radio, a telephone,! electric lights, a phonograph, an automobile and water through a faucet; j And we let 'em be sorry, because 4t does ; folks good to get- mellowed np and sympathetic: besides it makes them better satisfied; with what they have at j home. j But really I don't hanker fori any-; thing ! they have in townhut a barrel of ice cream.' 00 watermel ons, and a pipe organ, and now" In the face of the " water shortage there; I feel like tielng a blue ribbon on the' horns of our faith ful old pump. 1 ! , - r DEFY LEADERS 1 -r - . ISTO Threat to Wreck Chances ttt Californian With Coalition Met W i t h Answer to "Try It 9? ROBINSON AND RALSTON THOUGHT COMPROMISES Taggart and Friends Jockey ! for Position; Little Is -4 I Accomplished 1 -J NEW YORK, July 5. (Ety The v Associated Press.) The ' Confer ence of candidate's maangers, seeking to devise some means of ending the 'deadlock In the Demo cratic natibnal Convention, work ed far into the bight without-arriving at any conclusions. 1 '' i r'At the i outset the conference tan on a rock over j whether the au thorized purpose W the conference was to devise' a' mean's of proced ure' In the eonyention which wotild permiC of a-nomination. The Mc Adoo representatives contended that- It'-.waS.- j -..---v: I ChairmanLHull jannounced shortly after l a in.' when' the conference finally adjourned that it "would reconvene at 4 p. m." Sunday, the interval; would , jbe . spent . by.' the representatives Of the various can,. -dldates in -discussions withjn their own ran as,' 'in tne ngnt or What transpired here id' wht they al ready ktiow,"?. Mr; HuH said.' : : Mr. Hull said there had-been-' no "conclusions" - at - tonight's meeting and thit' there had been1 no' suggestion or consideration ' of concrete proposals to nd the dead lock ''except : of a general naturt which he cannot disclose.' ' "The "chairman said the repre ' sentatives of the candidates haj shown ''proper loyalty to the can ' didates"- ut"hd also exhibited an earnest desire to cooperate in an "effort to solve the problem. v The antl-McAdoo coalition con- ' tended ' the conference was not an ' attempt to eliminate -candidates but that the authorized purpose was to deVise any means of" end ing the deadlock even to agreeing on recommenaarions ror a nom inee. - " Passing j around . that1 eontro verted point, the discussion skirted the subject ' of mises -' without ground. ?' I . possible compro-' anybody . giving tm Durden o t the argument ad- vanced by the McAdoo people was1: ' -"Why should the -leading candl- date ' wifhdra'w . .. ' -i i . . . L Let the minor ity candidates get out. The substance of the reply - of anti-Mc Adoo, - coalition was : " We have demonstrated' you cannot get a two-thlrds-majority" necessary to nominate. . Withdraw or we will unite on a ticket -which will stam pede your tfreL and weary "delerJ gates away from their pledges.". The . retort by jMAdoo managers was in substance: : - "Try it." - The talk among the forces in tle. "anti-McAdOo coalition cen- tered again about Senator Robin-"" son of Arkansas and Senator Ral ston, Thomas Tjaggart'a candidate. They described Senator Robin son as having few enemies in the convention arid ' having many friends. They J described Senator Ralston as-ieing capable of draw ing strength from the McAdoo forces if a" Stampede was at- tempted. in consideration of Sen ator Glass of Virginia it developed tlat'' William Jennings Bryan did not look favorably upon him and that there was! some doubt of hU acceptability to the McAdoo peo- -Pie...,-' - -.. . The 1 supporters. " of John W, Davis claimed special considera tion 'for their' man on the ground that they hadfi evidence 'that he was the second choice of more than two-thirdk of the delegates la the convention! '' The" McAdoo peo ple and Bryanj however, indicated that they preferred to'dlsouss oth ers than "Mr. pa via. ' 1 Decame Known tnat very re cently the McAdoo people, through intermediators sought to eomposa the l difference with the Smith people -by sounding them, out on," . a vice presidential candidate. Thq name proposed was not satisfac tory to the. Smith people and the effort ended there. ;' : ; "A- statement issued by Cordelt ifnH, chairmari of the Democratic; national vcomniittee; at midnight when the session was adjourned said: "Sofar the discussion lias beeri (Continnd on page 2). , 1