Medford Mail Tribunf'
Bsllr Twmty.thlid Yeu
MEDFORD, ORKCSOX, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 3928.
No. 38.
Today SNOW UPON
By Arthur Briibm j Ql 00001110
Railroad Rajahs.
10 Billions in Sight.
Dangerous Scrapping.
Archimedes and Jo.
' (Copyright, 1927. by New York
Evening Journal. Inc.)
i Eastern rnilronds, with gov
ernment's permission and the
public's blessing, will combine
various systems int oone big
System, mnltiijg possible great
er efficiency and greater econ
omies. Freight will not be
hauled over mountains when it
might go along level ground.
And employes will cease wast
ing time trying to divert
freight to their railroad from
goiJfc other railroad.
1 Some railroad presidents may
not like it. The Indian rajahs
didn't like being united under
British control. But they were
reconciled when they found
thTmselves just as proespcrous
us ever and much safer.
I Walter Parker, who knows,
tells the foreign trade eoonve;i
tion at Houston that tbis coun
try will some day do a business
b! ten billions a year with our
Latin-American neighbors on
the south.
1 Uncle Sam has the Millions
for building up the trade, but
to get it and keep it we should
imitate British and Germany.
They send young men to learn
the methods of foreign coun
tries. To reply on "go-getter,"
high-power salesmanship is sil-
ly.
Also we ought to select our
consuls for what, they ... know
!mt business in foreign coun
tries not for what they knew
fcbout polities at home.
t In Ohio, where coal miners
tire striking, Prosecutor Paul
y. Waddell is quoted as fol
lows: "We have had to imi
tate some of Russia's methods
jniid forget what we learned in
school about the constitution,
j In other words, according to
.the public prosecutor, it has
(been necessary to "scrap free
speech guarantees." If you
lot men talk they will do what
Vou don't wont. The simplest
.thing is ot prevent them talk-
ing'-
That was done in Russia long
fore Bolshevism took charge.
lie czars, in the long run,
und that it didn't pay.
Mine owners may learn,
eventually, that writers of the
constitution knew what was
good for this country. They
were not Bolshcviki; far from
! it, and included conservative
' rich men.
Mention to 1,000,000 Amer
icans nt random three names,
Archimedes, Descartes, Joe
Waleott, and they will know
. Joe Wolcott for every one no-
quainted with the other two.
Thirty years ago Joe Wol-
' eott had crowds following him.
Jfe was called "the giant kill
er," "Ihe I'.arbados demon,"
''the Rlaek Cyclone," and the
wclterwiopht. champion of the
World. The greatest heavy
jveights had to think up pood
excuses for not meeting him.
Xmv Joe AVoleott, a shrunk
en, round-shouldered, small
sized colored mail, dressed in
n porter's uniform, opens the
side door of a theater in New
York to let the audience out
when the show is over.
, His show is over.
' Less profitable, but better
on the whole, to be Archimedes
ChlcflKo's crime commlslnn
name three Judges of the crim
inal court, accusing them of be
in;? In partnership with criminals
and supplying unpleasantly con
ducing proof. , O
(Continued on Paga Four)
O
DLUOOUVO
OF Oil
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: Floods In the Lowlands!
Frost In The Highlands
I Wind and Rain Lash!
Atlantic States Damage ;
to Fruit May Mount to j
Millions. !
; ATLANTA, ttn., Apitl 2S. ()
', After tspreadlng destruction by j
! rain, flood and storm in the low j
j lands, the elements turned their !
I Hiry today to the southern hills I
! and highlands where record low i
j temperatures and heavy snowfalls!
j followed in the wake of hlnh j
winds. !
The Cumberland and Shenan-'
doah valleys in Maryland and, Vlr-1
Kina were drifted with snow,? crys- j
tals of which contrasted strangely
with the pink of apple blossoms,
while Ashevllle, N. C, with the
mercury at 29, wore a suow blan- j
ket and was the coldest city in j
the south. I
With weather bureau forecasts
for frost in the whole region as
fur soulh as central Florida, grave
fearH were held tonight for Iruit
I orchards, lender growing crops and
gardens.
Four deaths in Florida from yes
terday's storms had brought the
total deaths to ten in three states,
since the floods and storms began
early in the week. Many persons
have been injured.
satiii ffi'nlnt nd v": I
chee livers in Georgia, and along
the Apalachicola and Choclawee I
rivers where several thousand per-!
sons have evacuated their homes, j
The road bed weakened by the j
torrential rains, a Central of .
Georgia passenger train was de
railed by n landslide at Hatcher's !
Station. Gai, today, resulting in ;
injuries to four persons. i
Serious damages from flood and J
storm were reported from Georgia
where the Stuilla river Is on n I
rampage and threatening several i
bridges near the city. !
Aiuila irrnwprn in VIvirinIa honed1
the snow blanket would shelter the
fruit and blooms but were nppre-
hensive lest temperatures fail to
rise and heavy frost come. -
High winds disrupted communi
cations throughout the south,
many places being virtually iso
lated today.
Eastern Mason-DiNon line Rlates
were (liKsiiv; out from n belated
winter blizzard today which de
scended upon fruit trees in full
bloom, drove plowmen from their
fields, blocked railways and high
ways and tore down telephone and
telegraph wires.
In the far south the flood men
nee continoed with the apprehen
sion that the storms to the, north
would dangerously swell the livers.
In parts of Pennsylvania lour-,
teen inches ni snow ten ami me ,
gale swept it Into drifts six feet I jt0!it typing team, Salem sec-1
deep. The snow covered most afond; Ashland, third; Dallas, Myrtle
Pennsylvania and West Virginia PolIU corvallis, honorable men
and lawe sections of Kentucky, Uon I
Maryland and Virginia. Ametcur division -Orpha Word-i
Along the seaboard the snow on Newberg, second; Rcsford
changed to rain, driven by a north- udlson, Kugene, third,
caster from the Atluntlr. . Kovlca division Alice .liuen
The steamer South Shore broke : nnKi Kgene, second- Peneva
away from a tug and was driven volkmar, Myrtle Point, third.
asnore at Alianiic i-liy yesieruuy
after three men were lost trying
to launch a life boat, and In tho
shelter of New York harbor, three
were swept from a municipal fer
ry and one was lost.
A schooner was reported sunk
off the Delaware breakwater.
The weather prevented the lire-1
men fliers from flying from Wash- j
Ington to New York, forcing down i
the relief plane which set out for ;
them after bringing them from !
Canada to New York the day be-;
fore. j
Several Pennsylvania, West Vlr-1 VortKST OIIOVB, Ore., April
glnia and Maryland towns were ; :s. Corvallis high triumph
without telegraph or telephone 1 ed in the fifth annual high school
service and the Associated Press music tournament which closed to
wns forced to broadcast news from ' night nt I'aelfic university and
Pittsburg to several papers In the
throe stales.
Damage by frost to fruit trees,
it was feared, would mount Into
the millions.
FOR THIS IEK'1
RAN FRANCISCO. April 28
(A) The weather outlook for the
week beginning April 2ft was an-;
nounred here today by the I nit-
ed States weather bureau os
ons.
Fr western stains-The outlook
is Hir nur we.iiaer m v auiuriiiu
and Nevada nnd occasionally tin-!
settled to the northward with wet j
spells in Washington and the i
norftern parts of Oregon and Id-1
aho.
Temperature frequently below
normal over the plateau section.
and about normal elsewhere.
ON 25,000-MILE
Snapshot as party of flyers prepared to take off from Fresno,
Cal., on a 25,000-mile jaunt over Mexico and South America. Left,
Fresno Stephenson, flight chief, and Jimmy Angel, pilot, right. Be
low, the plane.
ASHLAND GIRL
WINS FIRST AS
!E TYPIST
Eugene Wins State Trophy;
In 0. A. C. Contest
Salem Second, and Ash-!
land Third ' Accuracy;
Honors Go to Corvallis.
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CORVALLIS, Ore., April 28.,
(P) Eugene high school today re-j
tallied the state trophy cup j
awarded the best typing team. In,
the state, t.v tjiklni? first nlaco i y
'in the sixth annual state high !
school contest sponsored by th-j !
commercial training department ,llrenll ot fisheries was intro
Or0nS","h S""6 C,"?e.',. wJn"c"1 "'" 'V Chairman White
the individual novice champion-
,.h..n ,h. sis words !
a minute. She won a trip to the!
'vulnnnl meet In ncramento
One hundred and fifty contest-'
ants from 36 schools took part
in tho contest
t in AcUei-mim nf Pnt-vji l n tnr.u
flrsl place in accuracy' wilh ;ii Fisheries laboratories Alaska j published In this paper hereafter.
rt'ord of 57 15 and one error, j ffiO.OOO; Washington state $100, -i The principal work of the Med
Caroline I.etl'ermayer. Oregon.000- f"r'l station has been to furnish
City took first in the amateur' Purchase ( and repairs of the information for the nlr mall and
division.
The Corvallis team won ac -
curacy honors with a team aver-j
age of 5.6 errors. Eugene and
iJanas wcre second and third
other placements were
STATE TITLE IN
j was declared winner of the Grand
Sweepstakes of the tournament.
Second place went to Franklin
high. Portland. aid Salem high
took third place. Oregon City was
fourth.
Kir.vt place for piano was
awarded to Carolyn Haberleck
Tillamook. First for violin nolo
No. 1. went to Howard Halbert,
Corvallis, and first for violin No.
to Kugene high school.
Kulaine Cox, Franklin, won first
for girls high voice. First for
boys' hitfh voire was awarded to
Harold AVlteraft, Turner high
school. Lucille Cimmings, re
ceived first for girls low voice,
and Merwin Dant
!enson (I'ort-
land) first for boys' low voice.
j Sweepstakes in thf class A
fol-jwent to Franklin high of Portland
nnn in cms n, 10 j-orsi rovp.
Tomer Mh n in .h ei.. f.
iiepari mi'ni,
in the pianoforte Tillamook
placed first with Hilverton sec-
ond and Salem third.
Franklin wns second In violin
No. 1. nnd University high (Ku-
gene) third.
In violin-No. 2. Corvallis high
wu nccond anil Solum third,
FLIGHT SOUTH
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BILL PROPOSES
$35,000 TO BUY
ROGUE
Construction and Mainten-
ance Program By U. S.!;i;;1;'.i.0';,)hw"'s SUition' 1,1 :
Bureau Calls for Cultural
Plants Over Five Year
Penod Measure Now In
Committee.
WASHINGTON', April 2S. (P)
revised bill to provide a five
5 far construction and maintenance
urogram for the United States
! of the merchant marine and fish-
ei'les committee. "-
inu measure, ucsisiuneu iu m-
corporate additional cultnrul es -
tablishments specified stations to
established during tho five
I years. Included in the stations
tor liins it wouitl uuinorizc:
I Rogue river sub-station In Ore
uogue river suo-siiiiioii in ii-
! Bon. .io.u"".
Herond year authorizations:
Purchase of Mill Creek station
I in c auiiii nut, ?-u,uuu.
1'urcnaso and repair or nine
White Salmon station,
Washing-
Ion, 126,000.
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THREATENS SUIT
NKW VOIiK, April 28. IP)
Max inn Cates Dempsey, claiming
to be the first wife of Jack emp
sey, former heavyweight champ
Ion, said today that she had re
ta (tied counsel to bring action to
et aside the divorce decree grant
ed Dempaey in 1H1D in Salt J,uke
City more than four yearn before
he married Kstelle Taylor, screen
actress.
She said the grounds will be
that the pa pern In the d-orce j
action were served on her in Weln,
Nov., on February 1, l!tl!t, and Mrs. Amnmla R. Invanhoe, form
that an interlocutory decree was er well known eastern Oregon edu
entered only three days later. She ! calor and who was nult well
said she and Dempsey were mar- ! known In Medford through fre
' rled in Farmington, Utah, on Ocio-
I ber 9, lfllfl, when she was twenty
anl Dempsey was 21 years old.
MOCN'T VF.KNON. Wash., April
28. Damage estimated at ap -
proximately $100,000 was caused
here early today when fire wiped
out sfx buildings and partially de -
Htroyed several others. Including
two garages. In the main businet-H
section of the city.
OHKOflN CITV, Ore.. Apr. 27.
fP) Plunged inio the Willamette
river near Jennings Lodge Ittc yes
terday when a rowboont filled with
water, Earl Simons, 40, was drown
ed. Pay York was rescued. The
piow of the boat was pulled under
water as tho men, who were fish-
it, ft. a ..n t - i. .
to pull In a heavy anchor.
WAKH1NC.TOV Anrll ? HPf.rfft Iv.mhne, lulled Htnles navy
Commissioner Jefferson Meyers ' "rfi"''. n"w "tatluncd In the 1
of the United Ktates Hhipping Phlllnlnes. are tinmed as trustees f
I board, has left Wnshlngton for"' ,he l.y'ton Ivanhoe will j
' Portland, Ore., to attend lo tho.'" remembered here us the sec-t
formal transfer to private owner- retarv to I'eul li. Mi-Ken when
shlp of the first group of the ""' l'r was general manager of
, shipping board's west coast cargo 11,0 California Oregon Power com- !
'vessel recently sold. P"ny. j
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lEXPANSiON OF !
jLOCAL WEATHER
STATION NEARS
i i
New and Broader Forecast
Service Inaugurated
About May 1 In Same
Classification as Larger
Cities Needs of Avi-!
ation Met.
I.. Waller J)Ickr meteorologist, '
In charge f the local L'. S. !
! eatlier Ilureau office, announces
!that additional daily weather in-1
formation would ho available for;
publication in the .Mall Tribune;
in the jnear future. The work of;
!lhe loon I office has been greatly
1 exiian.lf. 1 during the past few.
I montli4 and It Is now In the;
.same classification as the offices'
, in many n( ihe larger cities. !
the ' new service. mentioned'
above, 'will Include the local slat"
forecasts, mitre local weather
data than has appeared in the
past, anil telegraphic reports from
a number of other stations thru-!
out the western half of the eoun-.
try. The, plan followed In many;
of the large cities will be follow-)
ed so far as practicable. It will;
begin ns soon as the necessary!
blanks are received. probably
May 1. or shortly after that date.
A brief history of the .Medford!
Weather liureuu office is of in-1
terest. A special observer's stu-1
tion , was maintained, In connec
tion with the county agent's of
fice, from .March 1911 to Junol
192,7. Beginning with July 1112 7. 1
the duties of the special observer
were taken over by the Airways
Station, established bv i). M.
Little, previously of Itblca, New1"
vor. Mr. i.mie sen.
to I
Medford to establish the Pilot 1
"When he assumed the duties!
of the former special observer, '
nn assistant was :issinnod to hisj
office, UwiKht J.. natulan of Med-j
i ford being appointed to tho posi-
;'. m October of last year,
.Mr. l .tit le was asuiKned to the
weatWi Juiuiaji. .f hi ii frost nervico ,
in California, with Kloyd IJ. J
Voung. Ho wuh relived by Mr.'
Dick, who came hero from Kt. j
I.ou1h, Mo. i
During the spring season. Mi'. !
Vouiiff makfH his AVashlnRton
Oretfon fruit I-frost headquarters
in tho Medford Weather Bureau
of ficeH.
Arrange men t worn recently
completed whereby U has become
possible for tho local office to be
j iui -niMiieu wuii leieKrnpnic reports
jfrnm a number of other weather!
I bureau stations. These ore used
to prepare a weather map for
I forecast purposes, and for pre-
(paring part ot tno dala to be
omer piiois stopping nere. j no
service has opporently been nign-
ly HurrcMfjful, fiH wns indicated by
the fculiMfactlon over the Munition
on tho part of nome "Washington,
D. C. offirialH who recently niado
a survey of the Pnelfie nlrwayn.
When interviewed, one of theao
officials indicated that the work
and facilities for Increased ser
vice of the Medford weather liu
reuu office would he expanded
to meet the growing requirements
of aviation.
At the present time the office is
capable of meeting all the local
needs. Those Me1 ford people
who are looking to the future.
howA'er, can Bee that expansion,
and Increase in the personnel will
probably he necessary before many
months.
ipient visits In the past to M ed
fnrri to her son I-ytton Ivanhoe,
and his three motherless minor
children, whom the father placed
in three good Medford homes as
1 paying bonrders, even before he
,.ft about IS months ago to locate
'jn Kj( de Janeiro, UrnvM. left an
,1H,!l)e f $o,000 In stocks and
1 bonds, and about $;tooo in cash.
The wm f j,.H (vanhoe, who
was 74 years old anil who died
In Portland, April 13th- last, huh
admitted lo probate In Porlt;ind j
l;it week.. The West. Const Nut- '
h.lial hunk was named as execulol. .
Medford people will be pleased to
know that the beneficiaries In Ihe )
will Include the three gnindchll-
dienon .Medford.
Mrs. Ivanhoe's two sons, I.ytton '
Ivanhoe. now In llrazll, and 1'nr-
Radio Weather
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Increasing; use of radio for
communication is having an ap
preciable effect on weather on
land and scu, according to Cap
tain W. II, Parker, of nn ocean
liner plying between New York
and French and English ports.
The captain blnmes radio for the
violence of gales, high scus and
freak weather conditions, saying
that tho electrical waves form a
network of conflicting forces.
HELD jACCIDENT
Singleton Died From Rifle
Bullet In Chest Es
tranged Wife, Hysterical
Had Visited Scene a
Few Hours Before.
KOSKIirnu, Ore.. April 28.
A) That Krmal Singleton, 37, of
Oak Creek, whu.se body was found
at the homo of his father, "W. ti.
Singleton, today, wuh, killed thru
the accidental dischargo of hid
own rifle, was tho thoory held uy
officei-H late today, following an
investigation of bis death. Tho
body was found 100 yards from
the house in the woodtt where
Singh-ton had been c tilling trceH.
Death was caused by a wound
from a .25 calibre r if lo which
was found besiilo tho bady. The
bullet struck bo breast bono and
was deflected Into tho heart, Tho
man's breast waa ualy burned
by powder.
1 lis widow was in noseburg
when told of tho accident, and
became hysterica). She recover
ed sufficiently to tell officers that
she had gone, to the farm this
morning to secure so mo of her
clothing, furniture nnd other ar
Heles. While there her husband
was in good spirits, she said, and
helped tier load the articles Into
tho automobile. Ho later, how
ever, refused to talk to her, sho
said.
Singleton apparently went Into
the woodH Immediately after hla
wife left. Ho was a niemher of
the Glide llodent I'est club and
carried his rifle with him con
stantly in order to kill siulrrc!n
and birds for tho community
pent eradication rout est,
Tho body was brought to llose
burg lato today.
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JKl-fiKNH. Ore., April 28. (A')
Portland high schools won ten
first places anil Vancouver. Wash.,
high si hool won Iwo first places
In Hie twelve events In Ihe annual
state hli;li school relay carnival
on llayward field today.
HetiHon Tech of Portland won
three first places. Grant and
Franklin of Portland and Van
couver each two and shln'ton,
Jefferson and Lincoln high schools
of Portland, each one.
Only three former records for
Ihe state carnvlal reninln stand
ing. Heven records were broken,
one tied and records wcre set In
two new oventa.
RANCH TRAGEDY
NEAR ROSEBURG
BRUADCAST CALIFORNIA
RECEPTION
TO FLYERS
New York Welcome to Bre
men Crew Over Network
Monday Morning K.
G. 0. Serve Oregon Ter
ritoryAviators Rest Be-
fore Official Greeting.
POltTr.AN'n, Ore., April 28.
(A1) Tho celebration in connection
wilh the welcome In New York
City Monday of tho Oormnn
Irlsh crew of tho trnns-Atlnntlc
piano llremen, will be carried in
to tho west by radio.
Tho ceremony in New York will
.start at ":.10 Pacific standard
lime and will cnntlntlo until 9:30
a. in. It will bo carried over tho
national network of fitatlons, and
will he broadcast In San Francisco,
i'orthmd and Henttlo. Oregon
territory will be served through
KUW.
NKW YORK, April 28. (fP)
The crew of the trans-Atlantic
montiplano Itremen arrived here
by train Into today after having
paid honor to the memory of
Floyd Bennett at IiIh grave In
Arlington national cemetery at
Washington.
The filers were met by city
officials nnd prominent aviators
and escorted through a cheering
crowd to cars which took them
to the ltit Carlton hotel where
they will stay until their official
welcome to tho city Monday.
The pilgrimage was tho sole
activity of the Atlantic conquer
ors during their short stay in the
capital. At once their spoken
thoughts were of returning to
New York and tho advisability
of flying in tho unfavorable
weather was discussed by them
for three hours. It was then de
cided to make the Now - York
trip by train and they loft short
ly after one o'clock.
Tho departure was without
knowledge that both tho senate
and house had shortly boforo
passed separate bills to authorize
their decoration with tho disting
uished flying cross by President
Coolidgo. Their intention. -a8 an
nounced by Uaron Von Huonfeld
was to return here by plane from
New York next Wednesday to pay
respects, to the president; and It
was considered likely that the
awards will havo been authorized
by that time and would bo con
ferred. Meanwhile an enthusiastic re
ception will engage them In tho
metropolis.
Miss Herta Junkern, a friend
who accompanied tho fliers to
Arlington and placed a wreath
of greens on Flayd Bennett's
grave, talked by telephone io
Now York with CJrover Whalen
in chargo of the reception for
Mayor Walker before taking the
train this afternoon.
Their formal roceptlon In Wash
ington will include a visit to tho
tomb of tho xinknown soldier in
Arlington; luncheon at the White
House; a dinner In their honor
by Ambassador Von Prittwltz of
Germany and Minister Hmiddy of
Ireland and other functions.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April
S. (!) Ilruco Dennis, owner and
publisher of the Klnnyith Morn
ln. News nnd the Klamath Kvo
nlng Herald, announced tonight
that he would not be a candidate
for the Republican nomination to
congross from the Second district
to fill I ho Slnnott vncancy, and
asked all of his friends In the dis
trict to Htipixirt Robert W. Saw
yer, editor of the Hend Unlletin
nnd present highway commissioner
for the place.
"For several dnya sentiment for
Mr. Sawyer has been growing In
Harney, Malheur, Lake, Deschutes,
Crook, .lofferson anil Klamath
countloH," salt! Mr. Dennis, "which
convinces me that he Is the man
who can be nominated and elected
In fill Slnnott' place.
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1IOHTON, April 28. UP) Mrs.
Helen Tufts Ualllo, direct de
scendant of a revolutionary hero
and leader of an Insurgent group
wfthln tho Daughter of the
American Revolution, today faced
tho necessity of defending herself
against formal charges designed
to censuro her and suspend or
oust her from thnt organization.
WASHINGTON, April 2S. M"
Award of the distinguished flying
cross to the crew of tho firemen
and to &.fi French and Italian avi
ators who have flown to this coun
try was voted today by tho sennte
In a bill sent to the house. Previ
ously the house had voted to so
decorate tho crow ot the Premiu.
VOTE REAL
SMITH TEST
Triumph Over Reed and
Walsh Tuesday Would
Cinch Nomination
Hoover Keeps G. 0. P.
Lead With Lowden Dis-
puting Granted Golden
State Delegates.
WASHINGTON, April 28. VP)
The political spotlight has shift
ed from mlddlewest Ohio to the
southwest whore he California
primaries of Tuesday will bring
Into competition at the polls three
ot tho democratic presidential can
didates Smith of New York.
Heed of Missouri and Walsh of
Montana.
Just as Ohio furnished the first
definite line of the pre-convention
campaign on the running ability
ot Herbert Hoover, the voting
In California is looked to as a
real test for the three democrat
ic contenders.
There supporters of Smith are
seeking a triumph, contending
victory would make the New York
governor's nomination inevitable.
With Just as much energy, hla
political foea are endeavoring to
stop him, to give the governor
who is out far ahead in the num
ber of convention delegates lined
up to date a setback that would
give impetus to the building uvi
of a block of delegates sufficient
In sizo to prevent his nomination
at Houston.
Tho passing of April finds the
Kansas City convention only sil
weeks nway with the Houston
meeting two weeks further re
moved, of the 1,089 republican
delegates 797 have been chosen
while 644 of the 1.100 democrats
convention votes have been en
trusted to delegates. ...... . . . f .
On the basis -of actual selec
tions Hoover has 867 Instructed
nnd claimed delegates with his
opponent, disputing his hold on
158 of that number. '
lwdon continues as runner-up
with 230, of which his foes re
fuso to concedo him 60.
In tho democratic lineup Smith,
who picked up another big batch
of delegates during the pant week
has 4 lis instructed and claimed
delegates to his credit. With 70
of them undor dlsputo from rival
camps. Itced, the runner-up, has
his home state delegation of 36
and his managers are claiming an
additional 81 of tho delegate
already selected, claims that
need's rivals do not hesitate to
challenge.
Tho mark the democrats are
shooting nt Is 738 V4, the number
required for a nomination at Hous
ton. Tho total needed at Kansas
City is r46, or half tho convention
delegates. ,
Moth Hoover and Smith made
showings in the Ohio primaries
that bolstered tho hope of their
supporters. They also fared well
In Massachusetts, the Smith man
agers later claiming the entire
hay state delegation ot 30. with
the Hoover force predicting the
commerce secretary would have
.17 of tho 39 delegate from the
state, a claim that was Immediate
ly challenged by hla foes.
In Pennsylvania unlnstructed
delegation were selected.
Hoover' capture of 31 ot Ohio's
61 delegates wag hailed by hi
followers as going a long way
toward carrying him near the
nomination. Some have been so
optimistic as to contend It prac
tlcully clinches things for the
secretary while others In his camp,
more cautious were Inclined to'
wait for the Indiana prlmarle
on May 8 and several important
state conventions before making
sweeping claims,
California Is Hoover's home
state. Ho has no opposition In
Tuesday's primary and will walk
off with 29 convention votes from
that Btate, ,
In making their calculations of
convention strength, the Hoover
manager have been counting
strongly on getting uncontested
delegate from a number of states
like Oregon, Maryland and New
Jersey as well as California where
tho commerce secretary has had
next to no opposition.
PENDLETON, Ore., ASrll !8
(P) About a million pounds of un
sold wool remains In the hand at
growers in this county, the largest
amount of any county In the state,
according to local wool authorities. '
Orower are declining to contract
their crop In advance. of shearing
operation, preferring to take
take chances with a raise on the
eastern markets,
SALKM, Ore., April 28. &) A- !
tomcy (lenoral Van Winkle, after
conferring with members of the ,
Oregon delegation In Washington
recently, says It will probably be
Impossible for congress at this ses
sion to take any action on the bill
involving a contract between the
government and the California Ore
gon Power company In Klamath
county. ...