Medford mail tribune., April 15, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

Mebforb Mail Tribune'
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1928.
No. 24
Today
By Arthur Brub&ni
Waiting and Hoping.
To Amaze an Athiest.
Healthy Body, Healthy
Mind.
King, Queen and Henry.
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1 (Copyright, 1927, by New York
Evening Journal, Ino.)
Thousands gathered on a
I.oiil' Islam! limdiiiL' field, tliei
eyes tunu'd oward the north
eastern sky, hoping to sec the
German plane Bremen.
This luo'rnFniJ! the story of the
latest bra'yc','attempt was told
Men are willing to die in the
attempt to conquer the ocean,
and for that reason they will
conquer the . ocean in time
There is no power in Nature
stronger than the will of man. j
Time heals wounds, banishes
hatred and fear.. We now await
eagerly the coming of a Ocr
uhii airplane. Suppose that
plane had started in this direc
tion DURING THE WAH. , '
Charles L. Smith, an atheist
who would not keep quiet about
it, is accused of annoying the
Reverend Dr. John Roach Strn
ton, Baptist. The trial begins
next Monday.
How amazed would be the
atheist, how edified the spec
tators, if, imitating an ancient
prophet, the Reverend Dr. Stra-
Tflh lw.fiit-n lnlim niwl int.i-
till ml 1.1 lilllM a Imlifien flrrim.li
K ........ ..,......., ..-(.-
witli water mill pull flnvt-n
Wr-niii thn elnnilK fire tn start it
L-oiiig. Atheist Smith would
- - -
Ifecl small; and atkc it back,
' after that.
A young boy, his " spine
straightened in n hospital,
seems to have had his mind
".straightened" at the same
time. Ileforo the operation he
delighted in pulling wings off
flies, and other cruelties. That
is ended.
-4
A healthy brain demands ajmentary reports today led to tho
1 l.l... k.l.. .....,tn..4 i belief that the Bremen came down
mnui.. uuu.. i nc B''
musician cannot produce llflP- t
niniir with violin nr niniin out i
.. .
ul tunc, unions hiu iimii
that mi'lit be Itcltrr men anil
wnmou if trephining could rc-,
move pressure from the top of
the brain. Lack of reverence
niiglit thus be eliminated.
f
Intorestiii"; g n t h c r i n g at
Cliveden, the house of Lady
Astor, who frequently stirs up
the Uritish House of Commons.
King Cieorge and Queen
Jlnry were there, so was Henry
p'ord, and they talked for two
hours. King and queen know
more about automobiles now
than they ever thought any
body eould knoT
Itritons would like to know
just what the king and queen
of England and the automobile
king from Detroit talked about.
Ford will tell them when he
gets ready.
t I island, far from the millions wait-
One thousand letters, sent tOiinc: to welcome them.
i ti 4n..n..t After more than a dav and a
j.isju etcrgymen, i w-t ..,
Catholic and Jewish, signed by
iii-nimnniit Protestants bee the
piommuit rotestanis, tjeg nit (
1 0(HI to nrenc 1 sermons and
V, 4 ... '.
I'iriiy for n treaty
v ar.
Vliy not insert in eaeh pray
cY u paragraph asking the Al-
mii.lilv to bestow on the COV-
llli.lil to m stow on uu. to
eminent of the United States
l.rnini eiiniiL'h to prepare for
drains etiouMi 10 prepare ior
war, in case it should comet
4
Those clergymen praying for
peace should implore success for a
new capitalistic combination unit-1 vent Immediate continuation of the '
ing Kn-Tland and the United States ', Bremen's flight from Ireland to,
under the leadership of Sir Alfred! New York. I
Mond. one of Britain's gritest In-1 Kor one thing the fuel tanks;
dustrlalists. I were empty when the Bremen land-1
Organized money has s good ed on a little lake on the mile-!
deal to say about war. and whenlsquare island and the nearest sup-j
organized money estaonsnes ihibi-
national partnerships It
wants
peace, to boom business.
Sir Joseph Duveen, International
art dealer, pays J3 .000,000 for the
(Continued on Pag Four)
iFOG, NOIFUELJ
innriwirM in I READY FOR OVERSEAS FL1GHT U
IFJXEDj jfd ?
Scant Tidings From Air j t -V" V4"
Heroes, Held Jn Ice Pris-1 r SSr
Scant Tidings From Air
Heroes, Held n Ice Pris
onMay Return on Res
cue Plane, to Plaudits of
Millions Safe Landing
May Solve Air Mysteries.
ST. JOHN'S. NT., April 14 . (yP)
Because of a congestion of mes
sages an the Marconi wireless,
veiy little news from the marooned
trans-Atlantic plane Bremen was
received today. .
Representatives of Canadian and
American newspapers were busy
attempting to charter sealing
steamers or obtain airplanes to
take them to Greenly island. No
planes are available here for such
a flight.
' HALIFAX, N. S., April 14. (P)
The Canadian government steam
er Montcalm tonight was making
12V4 miles an hour in her fight
to reach Greenly Island where the
trans-Atlantic plane Bremen is
virtually abandoned. If able to
maintain their progress the Mont
calm should arrive at her destina
tion about 10 a. in. Sunday morn
ing. in his report tonight the Mont
calm's commander reported:
"Heavy, open ice in nil directions."
Under the existing conditions, .lie
considered the ship was making
3ood progress.
QUEBEC, April 14. UP) Hrlef
messages today indicated that the
marooned trans-Atlantic monoplane
Bremen may have saved enoiKh
i fuel so that it can continue its
flight if necessary repairs can be
made with what few tools are
available on Greenly Island in the
Straights of Belle Isle.
At first it was believed that a
forced landing on the tiny island
I had been necessitated by exhaust-
I Inn .-if tho fnrtl Himnlv lint fl-ntr-
,.,..,.........,....,,. !
j umci i j uciaunt; me jiuuiq goic "t
hope of establishing their position I
the dense fog through
which
they wandered for hours.
if repairs can be made, only j
enough gas to fly to Port Saundera,
fjr(y miles away, only six or eight
gallons, would be needed, to ob
tain a sufficient Rupply to con
tinue tho voyage. Commercial gaH
oline Is obtainable at Fort Saund
ers but It was said that the it re-
men engine could be adjusted to
use this instead of, tho special fuel I was the work of cxternilst fascists : have exploded was rounu iniact. sinipklns, John dribble. Hill How
it burned on its ocean fllKht. themselves who wero trying to "It was the most harrowing nrmlln , Vaughn Stone and Leonard
In the meantime while the fliers settle their account with the i experience of my entire life," said Haysscn.
wero preparing to get out from I reigning dynasty. This report hadi'vV- H. Evans, Chlcngo traveling The audiences, at both thenters
their island prison, plans were un-i It that Mussolini had withheld sulcsman who witnessed tho trag-; ler0 liberally applauded when the
der wav from tho outside to wt from King Victor Kmmonuel until ! edy. "The cries of victims whoncwa f the Medford band's vlc-
In to them. Hecause of the nature :
of the Ice nack surrounding the ,
island and separating it from the
mainland, it was believed to he pos
sible only for planes equipped with
sklls. A plane of this type left
Murray Hay. Que., today piloted j wn .black shirt followers to as-1
hy Dr. Ixiuls Culsinler, and was!Hume klnglv nower himself.
expected to reach the island dur
ing the night, leaving again tomor-1
row with the trans-Atlantic fliers j
If they were willing to leave their
own ship behind.
(By the Associated Press)
The first men ever to make a
non-stop westward airplane flight
across the North Atlantic are mar-'
ooned on a tiny ice-bound northern !
,)Hlf )n the a(r (m;r hmm
spent in blindly wandering through
an Impenetrable fos. the Junkers
monoplane ,remen ,,,,, Frl(av
on Oreenlv island In the Straights
tor lielle Isle, between Newfound-
land and Labrador and it seemed ;
unlikely that the Journey could be 1
continued for several days. '
SIoRsages relayed to the outer
world by doc sled, radio and tel-!
"Kr""" wlrc. Kave assurance ram
! though the plane as damaged, the j
j three filers. Baron Khrenfrled Von '
"uenefeld. Captain Hermann Koehl
captain James Kltzmauritj ;
ere uninjured and being well'
I cared for by the little Island's four-
teen inhabitants. j
I Three factors combined lo pre-'
cit 19 nunns ine ice. 1 tie pro-'
peiior is nrosen and lastly the
plane might have great difficulty
In effecting a take-off from the 1
iroien sunace 01 tne island even
after repairs were made and
the
(Contlnuea on I'a( Eifht)
This B''e.t three-motored pln
French for another transatlantic
tlrely closed and repairs can be m ide while traveling at full Hpned.
Top. Is n front view of the plane. Itelow, left to right. Captain
Maurice Urouhln, who has been selected to fly tho plane, tho design
er Couslnet. and the engineer, Glonelll.
TALY GRIPPED
Ruling Party Act as Judgej
and Jury For Masses and;
Prisons Overflow Bomb
Outrage at Milan Explain- j
ed King Is a Puny Pup-1
Pet. ;.u
Ar:t(Af Anuti-tn Anrll 14
" ' 1
BY TERRORISM
AND A I TA
W ) Newspaper dispatches ti oin j twenty injured In an cxplosian ; instilled a tlno spirit nf co-opera-Hakck,
Italy, on the Itullan-Jugu 1 wi,ch destroyed a dance hall hero ' tlon. Tho victory Is tho sweeter,
Slav front,.,-, ,uote travelers a. J lailt nie, Twcnly bod,es had , bastXntr forZf hlcai
Miyinff that punic und chaos rt'iKn ; 1)0en identified early tonight, and , , h school, is a ureal a triumph
throughout
-u--
Jiaiy. inn ponce,
aided by fasctMt militia, arc mild j
to hilVC inauKuiated a reign of tor-
"enemlcn of fascism."
Hundreds of persons suspetti d
if helm:
arrested
town of
anti-fascist, arc
daily in almost
every :
Italy and
thrown into I
overcrowded
prisons.
One traveler brought' a report
that the bomb outrauo at Idilanl
the last minute his decision nutlwere buried under the flaming)
tn co tn Milan.
to go to Milan.
Other travelers alleged that
Mussolini has coninletulv terror-:
Izcd Victor Knimamiel and Is onlvl
waiting for proposals from his!
ZE
-WEST STATES
WITH HEAVY SNOW
CHICACO
April 14. m
Spring today
meant eighteen
in .Minnesota, a
incnes ni snow
temperature of six decrees above
zero In South Dakota and snow
and freezing weather In Illinois,
North Dakota. Wisconsin and Iowa.
t npaved highways in Wisconsin
"""'' ' "in,
were burled under show that snow,
plows were unable to clear because
the roads were too sort to bear
the machines,
Helievlng that the winter had
Passed, snow fences used to break
drifting snow had been removed
in most of the northwest, and as
a result virtually all highways
were covered with drifts.
In Marathon county, Wisconsin,
only one road was open. In the
vicinity of Chippewa Falls, trains
wore being operated with two loco
motives. The "unseasonal storm swept in
from the northwest, rain turning
to snow yesterday. Itns service
In Minnesota snd Wisconsin, was
in many Instances, dlscontihued
! One driver turned to Minneapolis
1 19 report drifts seven feet
covering the highways.
high
ie has been constructed by tho j
flight attempt. Ihe plane is en- I
GAY DANCERS
Horror In Missouri Town
Due . To Explosion - That
Sounded Like Dynamite
Bomb Man Hurled Into
Wires Saved From Death.
WEST PLAINS, Mo., April 1 4.
OT-Thlrty eight persons arc
. . . ...ii..j
Known 10 navo ocen kiuuu
I fi-lnmlu nnil ciitiitlvnu fl'rtWlIfvl tVO
morgues in nn effort to Identify
the marred and shattered bodies
Seventeen persons wero unac
counted for anil were believed to
bo amonK tho unidentified dead,
'V ciii uiiei-s jury, ,,
moned by lilehnrd lireen, prose-
fiitliiR: attorney could not aKice
; on tho causo of the explosion and:
uiljuurncu uiuu cunesuay.
A gasoline tank supposed
to
delirls. people wo anew we couio
not do a thing for, will remain j
with mo until I die.
aelirls. people wo anew wo couia
"They didn't have
chance, j
The hunt of tho building
was ,
blown out
collapsed.
and the uppnr floor!
The dancers wore:
hurled into a blazing furnace from
(which thre wan no encape. lies-;
cue . work could not be carried
I nn. The flames provpnted our
doing: anything but Just standing
by and listenlnK to the cries.
"I was standing in front of thc!
irommereial hotel whirh Is almost
directly ncross
u , .m
the Welsor building, when sudden
ly there came a tremendous blast
like the explosion of a dynamite
bomb, Flatc glass along tho street
was shattered and tho very ground
trembled.
"With my companions wo rush
ed across tho street to the demol
ished building. Hanging from
some kind of electric wires was a
man. He had been blown from
a second story window and had
managed to grab hold of the
wires. We called to him to drop
and we would catch him. Ho did
and wan onlv nllghtlv hurt.
"We managed to save four oth-
or men but after that we could
do nothing more hut wait for the:
firemen to extinguish the blaze
so that work
In the ruins.'
could be carried on
ti'kshay last dav
TO IlKGISTKIl
I.. C. Oarlock will keep tho
registration office In the
Chamber of Cummerco open
every night until p. m In-
eluding Tuesday. April 17,
which is the last day to regis-
ter fur tho primary. Hvery-
4 body must be registered, no-
one can swear in their, vote
on election day.
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PLUNGED INTO
INFERNO
LACK,
MEDFORD HI ,
BAND WINS!
STATE TOGA
.
Gain Coveted Honor Sec
ond Year In Succession by
One-Half Point Over Al
bany High Judges Take
Hour To Decide Corvallis
Is Third.. .
COKVA1.US, Ore.. April 1 1 (P)
In competition so close that the
judges required olio hour to de-
.. winnP , Mmlford high
school band retained the state
championship in the fifth annual
high school band contest at Ore-
i gon State college this afternoon.
Mediord, under the leadership of
I Wilson Waite, scored one-half
j point higher than Albany high
I school, led by William Nichols.
Corvallis high, three times win
ner, led by H. S. McCourley, took
third place.
The contest today waB the I
largest in the history of the Htale. J
Eight bands with 250 musicians
wero here including an "all girls
band" from Seaside. N I
Other toama In the order ofj
placing were: '
Jefferson (Portland), l.a Grande,;
Grant (Portland), Franklin (Port-
land), and Seaside. '
The competition was followed by !
a concert by the college military
band. j
The judges were Androw Ivoney,
lr.. or l.a Grande military ,bnn,d; ,
Ldrt'' Hrown,' Portland rfympliOh.
orchestra: Charles V, Atwood,
Bandon municipal band. i
' Tho winning of tho state chanip
I lonshiu in the O. A. C. band con-1
1 tests by the Medford high school ,
; organization, Is a personal tribute
, the ; skill and labor P 1 11- j
,'""11 " m.u, ..."., I
i studont members in whom lie nns '
I nu nnv urnlt rill fttflt ItU 11 flflcl
basketball court
The band will return home Into
today, in time for Its personnel
to be at their studies in the morn
1V
Tho Imml members nri: llelnHT
i ..,.i i i i,. u'..,ui
1 Talln. Bob Btolt.o. llnnald Krlti?
,,.- Wo,,.i. Allen Carley, Cm-
j (1, . Hur,0o t l)p.oss Gilbert , Vlv- I
Ian Wood. Charles WhIMocu,
Charles Conway. Chester llavld
son. Charles Trautfealher, (Hen
tory was thrown on the screens.
ASK IKE TO KEEP
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE
WALDPOHT, Ore., April 14. (P) !
n ciiiju r,u'
' u mB iwmm uwm ' - -
nuiiii, id riwiviii:u. ui o........
attended a meeting of the Oregon ;
Iieat hOB Hoosevelt llhlghway asso-.
elation hero today. I
On motion of V. I. Mitchell of 1
Yachats. a committee was appoint-j
! pd to dfaft a rc8)iutn asking
1 Governor Patterson why ho "did
not make good his pre election pro
mise of doing all In his power to
complete and ride over the high
way from the northern to the
southern border of Oregon," during
his term of office.
On this committee, Clyde Mason
of Seaside, and D. C. Miller of
, Tillamook, were appointed.
WASHINGTON. April 11. i 1
A bill to authorize the secretary
of war to transfer a tract of land
In Oregon to the secretary of in-
terinr for use by Indians now oc
cupying it as aflsh camp site
was Introduced today by Itepre-
sentatlve Ij-nvltt. republican of
Montana. The land originally i
was acquired as right of way fur
a projected bont railway In con-,
neiltlnn with Improvements ofi
The Ilalles-Celllll section of thej
Columblu river. I
SAI-KM, Ore., April 1 1. WP)
Hlchsrd K. Durant has resigned j
as field assistant with the state i
engineering department in rhaige :
l adjudication surveys, and has
accepted a position with the fed !
era! reclamation
commission at
ClcElum, Wash.
, . ENDED FLIGHT
HOOVER AND CAMPAIGN MANAGER ill HAIMO
" 5 u tt fini ' r llAlliV
MdMuOOVEnTO
iv uaV- jU f t 4
3 ., -
Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce and candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination, is snapped at Washington, D.
C, with his New York state campaign manager, former Representa
tive William H. Hill, of New York. '
WIFE OF IRISH
FIT
Mrs. Fitzgerald FrownsOn
Any Other Stunts By Herj
Mate -isuerman Aviation
IIILCICOIO OIIUVV WUIIIUOl
and Erin Is Friendly.
' DUBLIN. April 14. (P) With
t'tflotidl Jtuiiij J'iii.iiuUi'ii.tVuiiti-iiia
Uerman comrades of the mono
plane Hremen safe on Greenly is
land, Ireland today hean to con
sider the results of the trans-Atlantic
flight.
"Another bond has been created
between Ireland and America and
tho achievement will do much to
develop air mlndedness In this
country," said Colonel Charles Itus-
sell, former chief of tho Irish Kree j
State ulr corps to tho Associated j
Press. I
It was aaid that already plans:
are in the malung for an all-lrlsh
flight in I'JUS, but it also was Inti
mated that sanction for such uu
attempt was not likely
"Fltz won't do any nioro such
stunts if I can he n it. 1 in wnarv
ilnit happy Utile wife of Ihn Irish.
1 filer xalil nl iliililiimiol. "Iln ban!
! n.. i.. ,
AIR HERO NOW
FERNINS
years. I rejolco al his success but:1"''" weru kimcu at iiorrissovsiuu
I hopo ho will not tin It again."'1"1'1 '" "l agora. A Into report
One possible result of the flight
Is n (lurniiin-lrish ontento ot the
air. In somo circles hero the
Herman shipping Interests who
wero Interested ill tho Hremen with
Huron Von lluonefcld, aro con-1
suicrcd lo nave executett siroito
of gtuiitis liy Inviting an irislitnan
to participate In ino venture. These
circles say that tho success of the
Ion; hap may enable German inter
ests to obtain an air footing in
the Free Htale.
A number of tuitions hnvo been
(loins some spirited bidding for
this because ot' tho Island's geo
graphical position.
HEROIC EFFORTS
TO SAVE CAVE-IN
PORTLAND, Ore., April 14. (P)
( rushed sixteen feet below tho
surface of the street hy tho cave
In of sewer construction, Peter
Pulsa. of Tlgard. Ore., a laborer
was killed at noon today. Other
workmen risked death between
crumbling walls of the deep nar
row ditch as they pressed their
futile efforts to release their coin
pa 11 ion.
An hour after tho cave-In the
i i. n ..
fastened ropes about Pulsa's shoul -
ii.,r Vlielliee I,., .till w. ullv.
could not be determined. Only his
feet remained to be looHened.
Then the second cave-in came
and thu workera for their own
lives as they leaped up the. crumb
ling wails.
Another hour passed with sixty
men laboring witii picks and shov
els as they formed a hroud crater
and lined II with planking to mo
vent collapse of 1 lio walls. When
finally Pulsa's body was reached
he was dead. Kfforts to revive
him Willi a piilmotnr were futile.
Oregon Weather
Generally cloudy; moderate
, temperature Moderate west winds
un the coast.
1 ir
i
PROCLAMATION 1
., , ,
To tho Citizens of Mcdford:
Whereas 'ji stiitos of the :
f 1 '"" inclin ing urcgon ore -r ;
I recognizing tho week of April
la-21 as "llo Kind To Animals
Week," and whereas such a
humane movement is ot high
purpose, generous impulse
and n fine influonce in our
community, thoreforo bo It re-
solved that tho citizen of
Medford accept the kindly
ptirposo of this week In Its
liiimntio spirit and bo kind
and pontic tn all animals.
O. O. ALEXDEBFEIl.
Mayor.
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4. 4.
Y DIE, HURT
SOFIA, llulgarla, April 14. W)
! Itulgnria, southern" ltumnnia
land tho eastern section of Jugo
; Hlavhi wero shaken today by a
I heavy earthquake,
I The disturbance, centered in
(southern Itulgurlu between the
j lllaek sea and the city of l'lill-
Ippnpolis with thu town of Tcblr-
"""-'
Thirty persons were killed and
, hundreds injured in Tchirnnn:
from l'luvuiv, said mat lour wero
killed and dozens injured by tho
collapse of houses and mostiuea.
only a portion of tho affected
territory had been heard from and
there Is great apprehension of u
widespread catostrnplie.
Property damago was enor-i
minis. At Tchlrpan ul! public
buildings were either badly dam
aged or destroyed. The railway
station there is ill runlns. Houses
and nuisiities crashed in numerous
villages and thera was particular,
damage at the village of lavor
which Is in tile region between
Tchlrpan and llnrrissovgrad.
Hut mineral springs, which
abound In tho affected region, in-
creased their flow with heighten-
ed teiiiperiiiure after the quake.
I'hllippnpolls, a busy commer-1
elal cetner of K.ri,0Go Inhabitants. i
reported that two persons were'
killed there when a mosque wan
wrecked. The city which was the
ancient capital of Thrace, was al-
N BY QUAKE
pilXII r"j most entirely destroyed by an
r I I I II r 'esi'th'iuiike In 1 H 1 H. Today's
I U I LL'"'""'k w"" ",0 ,",,tv'l',,t f0,t ln thl
an'
region in nearly half a century.
TO
MAAHHIIFIKM),
14. !!) Motion for
Ore.,
'"''!
1 14. (!) Motion lor a now. trial
! f"r Itn'-ert Green, sentenced to
l,r" w"" ""men luuay
by Judge Sklpworth. A stay of
execution for six days was grant
eil with the filing of notices
of
appeal. '
The court will examine a white
substance, elnimed by the defense
to i,e a narcotic under Influence of lho contendors for the re
nt w hich the confession was o"-! puhiican nomination, Hoover, out
tulned, and will grant a now trial )n ,he tront he Is. has been
If It proves to he a liarcotto.
Greer, vvas convicted of slaying
:i i'atclifiig inlet neighbor.
POUTI.AM). ore., April 14.
(VPi John TI. Gfosy, former mayor
of Snlem. underwent a major ope
ration today at tho Portland sur
gical hospital. Hla condition was
reported as good.
FACE ROW
Smith Penetrates Solid
South For Delegates
G. 0. P. Leader Confront
ed With Stiff Opposition
In Two States Farm
Bill Veto Crucial Issue.
WASHINGTON', April 14. tfP)
As presidential politics rounos
;the turn of mid-April, Smith and
Hoover remain the magic names
around the preponderant delegato
atrength ot the major parties, so
,,ir r0V0Ilcd in definite pledges.
, raiiyg. nut there Is thla dlf-
forenco between them
Secrotnry Hoover faces a solid
anti-Hoover field of competitors
Including a runner up, Governor
l.owdt'ii. already backed by a
formidable number of delegates
and at least one dark horse In
tho person of ; Vice President
Dawes, whose frlenda confidently
predict that he' eventually will
bo tho beneficlury of the whole
anti-Hoover movement. '
Governor amlth has opposed
to him no single candidate whoso
delegato strength to date comes
within a stone's throw ot Smith's
own, nor have the considerable
number of party leaders who stand
against him shown any evidence
of soldarlty either as to candi
dates or Issues.
All nlong the line tho republi
cans are , being , asked to align
themselves for Hoover or against
him. On the other hand the fol
lowers of Smith and those of Sen
ator Heed actually combined In
Oklahoma to control the Btate
convention against any possible
third candldato and there have
been suggestions that something
of tho Bamo kind has happened
in Iowa. There Is this further
difference: Hoover needs but 0
majority of the republican con.
ventlou to nominate him whtlo
Hmlth needs two-thirda of the
democratic delegates.
Both are far away from their
goals In delegates actually chosen
thus far and although the sup
porters of both declare the votes
are In sight, these claims are very
stoutly disputed by the leaders
who aro trying to set tho stop
sign ngulnst these two candidacies.
As matters stand today. Hoover
has Instructed or definitely claim
ed r for him around 200 of tho
C4n delegato votes noeded to nom
Inuto at Kansas cliy, while Low
den has nbout 150.
Smith's instructed and claimed
delegates now number 264. com
nared to 7S3'A noccssary for
a nomination at Houston. His
nearest competitor. Heed of Miss
ourl, has only 3. During the
past weok Smith Increased his
lead over democratic candidates.
Much nttentlon la being given
by political observers In local
conventions In lown which tho
anti-Smith forces led by E. T.
Meredith ascribe to "political
' trickery"
and to the Smith-Reed
dominance of the democratic con-
ventlon in Oklahoma,
At Madison Square Garden four
years ago these dry states were
for McAdno as were Washington
state which Instructed yesterday
for smith and other western states
now counted ln the Smith column,
Furthermore, Oklahoma has
counted herself usually as a part
of the democratic solid south,
now tho backbone ot the antl-
Smith sentiment. It Is Into hW
poliflcnlly hostile territory that
jiiovernor nman nan buikj mr.
I vacation and some golf at Aslt
i vllle, X. c, only to find as soon
as he stopped from the train yes
terday that political speculation
and politics! rumors are sure to
surround him as long as ;he re
mains on southern soil.
The fight on. Smith in the south
Is based on various Issues, Includ
ing hlu nttttmln toward nrohlbl-
tlon and his alliance with Tarn-
,..... .. oii0wers ln that ter-
rltory how(!Ver, are attempting
hrk down hostility. Al
rendy the smith contingent claims
Louisiana's twenty votes at Hous
ton, at least half of the eighteen
from Arkansas and after perhaps
' n ballot or two for Heed, Okla-
1 home's twenty.
the target of (ire frcm many di
rections. Conflicting claims are made as
to the trend of battle, but for the
mol part the Ohio and Indiana
primaries are awaited to give
!some proof of how thing really .
i are going. ' Hoover's efforts to .
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