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MKOKOIM), OUKCON. Tl'KSDAY. JI'NK V. 1!'S.
N.,. Hi!.
Today HOOVER'S N
Weather .Year rAgo
Minimum 82
.Miiiiiiiiiiii , 4ii
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Dull Politics, Happy Land
Watching the Condemned
O'Casey's Surprise.
Jehovah in War.
(Copyright. 19!7, by New York
Evening Journal. Ino.)
"1UPPV the nation that hns
no history" was said, when
history meant wars.
llappy is this nation that can
afford to take so little interest
in nominations to he made at
Kansas City this week, and at
Houston later.
The extent to which the enun
try runs itself, and gets along
somehow, is shown in lack of
serious public interest in the
nation's most important task.
Our President, once selected,
has more power than any reign
ing monarch. And our people
take it for granted that every
thing will be all right, no mat
ter who is elected.
Is it not a fact that .half the
Voters, at least, are more, inter
ested in this year's new nvtto
bile than in their year's new
President
Our solemn fathers were so
careful in arranging the new
government. The people were
to rule,- but not absolutely,
would choose electors, superior
men, nnrjj the electors would
select the 1 resident.
Now politicians and corpora
tions, about which the, lathers
new nothing, take the respon
sibility, while the people look
oii,.taking things as they come,
iiute content, t . ,t
Visitors in the Kiviern. look-
, ing over the blue Mediterrane
an, often say to a secretary, or
servant, ''Look in the paper
and see what the weather is
like in Xew York."
If Xew York is freezing, the
Riviera dweller is happier.
Cotton Mather assured his
Puritan New Kngland congre
gation that the blessed in Heav
en would be permitted to look
down and sec friends burning
in hell and made happier by
ibe sight.
4
To make your own lot seem
bear.ible think of hruve ficn-
eral Nohile and his crew, adrift
on Polar ice.
That ice is frightfully rough,
often piled up in hummocks,
each a small mountain. The gas
Jiag, "dirigible" no longer,
drifts and drags, at the mercy
of the winds. To abandon that
dangerous, shifting shelter and
its food and heat supplies
would he fatal. Seeing and
killing an occasional bear is the
only hope as the fliers wait for
rescue.
Those brave Italians neetl all
the. courage ami fortitude that
took them on their perilous ad
venture. M
Sean O'Casey, living in Ire
land, wrote fine Irish playa,
".Iiino and the l'aycock," "The
Plough and the Stars" mid oth
cfc Kreat successes.
O'Casey went to 1-ondon, i;ot a
wife, a dress suit, and, perhaps, a
slight English accent, and now the
Irish players refuse to produce his
latest work, "The Silver Tassle."
W. II. Yeats, who would like to
be friendly, says the play is too
long, without substance, and Rets
nowhere.
Poor O'Casey Is shocked and sur
prised, hut his experience is not
new. When Robert Hums went to
lire In Edinburgh, met fine ladies
with titles, and wrote sonnets, his
stuff was worthless. If llunyan had
written Pilgrim's Progress" at the
Kits, Instead of writing It in jail.
It would not have lived. A man
reflects his environment, and con
ditions about him.
Some churches refuse to Join
hymn-slotlne contest because they
don't like Kipjjng's "Hymn ltefore
Action."
Continued on Pass rour) .
ILIONS
O.K. ENDS
STRUGGLE
Pennsylvania Leads March
for Band Wagon Without
Dissenting Vote Idaho
and Vermont Follow Suit;
All Observers Agree lt!
Will Be Hoover Thursday;
On First Ballot. I
(By Byron Price, Associated Press :
Staff Writer)
CONVENTION HALL, KAN
SAS CITY, June 12. (I)
Convinced that Coolldge won't
run again, the republican na
tional convention assembled to
day In convention hall ready to
nominate Hoover and go home
as quickly as the formalities
will permit.
Only the final complexion of a
few platform planks and decision
who will be the nominee for vice
president a decision to he made
largely by Hoover himself re-1
mained in dispute when Chairman
Uatler of the republican national
committee rapped for order at
three minutes after 11 o'clock.
Out in front la the start, the j
movement for Hoover had become
a real bandwagon parade in the j
last few minutes before the conven-1
tioa bexan. In turn Pennsylvania,
Idaho and Vermont and Mich indi-,
vidua! holdouts as Secretary Mellon
and Chairman . Itutler, went over
Into the swelling cam,) of the ma
pority. There remained no doubt
nf n nomination on the first h:illot. j
barring only a bombshell explosion
of nlmost unprecedented - pro nor-
itions.
! It will be Thursday before the
' balloting can begin, but the Hoover
men who are handling the levers
of the party organization expect to
be on their way home by Thursday
night.
Today the convention only went i
through the motions of -etting It- ;
self organized, hearing the keynote :
speech by Senator Fess of Ohio,
annotating the commltttes which
are to draw up the platform and
smooth out the details of the con- 1()Mte, nut that Dawes got down
vention organization and joining , ol( tbe vice-presidential rostrum
with Madame Schuman-Heink la ' wlcn ti)c Mc-Nary-Haugen bill was
siagiug the national anthem. i under consideration in the senate
There will be no afternoon Bes- aiui Btiie,) in piloting that measure
slon. tbrough when it wns first passed
The Usual Performance at the session before last.
It was three minutes after 11 : His agricultural stand and his fin
o'clock when Chairman Kutler anciul connections, they contend,
rapped for order and put the con-, will make him acceptable both to
vention under way. , the east and the west.
Willie delegates and spectators
stood, Hlshop S. c. Partridge oi ine
Ki, Isrnnnl church pronounced the i
opening prayer, petitioning for ,
"peaceful and harmonious" party ;
consultations nail lor nn outcome ;
which should be to the highest good :
of the people. i
Amid the first bandclapping of I
the convention Madame Schuinnn
Heiuk took her place beforre the
microphones and led the standing .
delegates anil visitors In sinking ;
"The Star Spangled llnaner." Her
celebrated contralto voire, which i
for a generation has been a Joy to ;
two worlds, trembled with emotion j
and her hands clasped and un- j
clasped at her side as she pro-;
nounced the notes of the anthem
of her adopted land. j
Seated again, the convention wns j
called apon by Mr. Butler to stand
and have its picture taken. Itut as 1
i soon as it got oa lis ieet a pno-,
tographer with a big megnnhone !
asked It to sit down main. It did
so. In a roor of laughter, and thej
ring of previously set flashlights i
r.bnut the gallery rim went off'
with n great explosion and In I
a blinding glare of light a hundred
enmeras did their work.
Mellon Takes Seat
The submission of the temporary ;
roll and the formal reading of the
convention call followed in quick
and prosaic order, followed by a
short Interruption as Secretary1
Mellon walked down the center
aisle and shyly took his place with
the Pennsylvania delegation. He '.
sat under the state standard in an
end seat oa the front row not 30
i feet from the chairman. With one
lean hand he clutched tbe slender
white pole holding the stute label
aloft and took n look nhnut him.
Then he crossed his hands in his
lap and sat. one nf the quietest of
the thousands in the hall.
The reading nf the convention
call, performed by Roy O. West of
Chirapn, secretary of the repnhll-
can national rommlttpe, did not In-
terent the delegates very much nnd
they kept a loud hum nf conversa
tion ffHtifr while Sf-nator Kess of
Ohio, the temporary chairman,
m-ftiteil watchfullv from a seat wfth
the Ohio delegation, all set to take !
i Continued on Pag Eight)
EXPECT DAIS
RUN AGAIN
AS GIP.'IE'
Coolidge's Running Mate
. Logical Choice, Says Mr.
Mellon Reported Dawes
Willing to Accept Nomi
nationFarm Bill Stand
a Factor.
(By Ralph W. Wheatley, Associated
Press Staff Writer)
KANSAS CITY, June 12. (!)
Vleo-l'rosiilent DnweB' prospects
for-renomlnntlon snared high today
when Secretary .Mellon said he wns
the "logical candidate.
A meeting of the Pennsylvania i
ifoloc-'il Inn will lt eiilln1 soon Iim '
said, to consider its stand.
At the Cleveland convention Sec
retary Melloa more than anyone
else wns respoaslble for the nonil-
! ant Ion of the Chicago banker.
Leaders hero believe that Dawes
will accept the nomination as ted
Clifford of Evaaston, III., the vice
president's home, has set up a
Charles G. Dawctt j
Dawes office hero and is going I
through the same maneuvers that I
he adopted at Clevelund. where he .
had charge ol Dawes' campaign.
Dawes, his friends believe, will
solidify urban leiinbllcanlsm anil I
balance the Hoover ticket. It is
KANSAS CITV, June 12. lP)
Senator Itorah of Idaho today en- 1
dorseil Vice-President Dawes as a i
running mate for Herbert Hoover.'
Senator liorah's announcement
was made soon after Secreiar
Mellon had endorsed Mr. Dawes
for another term as vice-president.
"I should be glad to see Mr. .
Dawes nominated." Senator Itorah
saitl. "He hns mnite n most ex
cellent presiding officer. lie hns i
been one of tbe advisory lenders
In farm relief matters and has a
very high standing throughout the
country with atl classes of people."
LOVE BEQUEST IS
I
SAI-KM.
Martha F.
Ore, June 12.
Traver, Hchool tem her
nf Wafdilnu'tnn roiinty, it iillowfil
tho entire $ 16.000 eMtato of tho
late Kdunnl I. Naylor, notwith
standing a content in court by
numorniiM relativrn of Nay. or. Thlr
in the dfi-ree of the nupremo
rour:, in an opinion written by
Chief .Inutile Hand, afflrmlnK
.htdice fieorne II. linuley of the
lower court for WnnhinKton coun
ty. Xaylor nnd the teaeher were
enpaced to marry. Hut on the
ni:ht of 7eeember 8. 1910, he win
niyfteriouly thot nt hin hoini
near Korewt firove by ftn unlden
l if led assailant. Nine yearn later
he died from the wrmnd nnd dur
ing that period Miss Trnver cared
tor him constantly. In return for
thin service he entered Into a
eontrnrt villi her to will her hlK
entire estate.
Naylor died In lf20,
having made the will.
without
His fi
ance, however, was nnle in sun
stantiatp the contract to the sntis-f-rtin
of toth the circuit and su
premo courts.
.
XKWAItK. Sylvan Mass of Hal-
more tprhnfeallv knocked out
Johnny Odin of. Paesaic (7).
; ; ; . , '"fgV ';-i -;;
'DIAMOND QUEEN" TAKES OFF IN
' Lra WkrUf-. vtP
Central Press telepboto of the take-off of Cl aries A. l.evine's trans-Atlantic plane Columbia from Cor
liss field, I.. I., for Old Orchard. -Me., prepaiutoty to u truns-Atlaulic attempt in which Miss Mabel Hull.
"Queen of Diamonds." hopes lo lie the first woman to cross the ucean by air. Her rival. Miss Amelia
Karhurt, Lostou welfare worker, lias lieen waiting favorable weather at Tiepussey, Ncwloundlaad, with
Pilot Wlhner Stultz and l.ou Crovtlon, niechiitiic, lor her attempt at a trans-Atbinlic crossing. The crew
of the Columbia, and tts owner. Charles t.eviuo. are also shown. They are. left to right, l.evlne, Miss
Poll, Oliver I.c lloutlllier, pilot, and Arthur Argles, co pilot.
CAPLCARRANZA J " GIRL HOPS RUSH AIRPLANE
n uuwn
BY HEAVY FOG
Mexican Lindbergh Gets As
Far As Mooresville, South
Carolina Makes Forced
Landing in Dark, With
Rare Skill.
DOl.l.INC, KIKI.D, Washington.
-June I L'. (Pi Captain Knillio t'ar
ranza. tbe Mexican aviator, landed
at Holling field at fi:tl' p. in. today
froni Mooresville. .V. ('., complet
ing tbe last lap of a flight from
Mexico Jieatm yesterday morning.
MO01ti:SVIl.l.K, N. ('.. June 1J.
Captain Kmilio Carranzn, young
Mexican aviator, wiio was forced
down by fog here today on an at
tempted non-stop hop from Mexico
City to Washington, resumed his
good-will flight to Washington this
afternoon.
MOOl:l-:sVII.I.K. N. C.. June 12.
iff) Captain milin Carrana was
forced by fog to abandon his pro
jected non-stop fllnht from Mexico
City to Washington at :t::ia a. m..
eastern time, today. lie came
down near a commerce department
beacon light iu a forced landing,
but was unhurt.
MOOKK.SVII.I.i:. .X. f.. June 1
(tV) Captain Kmilio Carranua.
young Mexican airman, who was
forced down here shortly before
dawn today on nn attempted iion -
tep flight from Mxica City to
Wa.hint:tfin. announced this morn-
Inp that he did not think he would
renitnie hia flight to Wafhinton
today.
He tald that the fog was too
heavy for flying at present. lie
would not deride definitely, how
( ever, he said, until hi could go to
the landing field nnd ascertain air
condition?.
! The 23-year-old Ittln flier ap
1 pen red to take his forced landjng
very hard.
, Ills landing In Hie darkness here
was nn exhibition tf skill, resi
dents said. Moi'e than a score ut
a ut ('mobiles provided the landing
lights after n'Md'-ntK had h en
awakened by the roar of hH motor
as be circled the city, skimming
the hnuMcinpH In an effort to get
. his bearings.
! "I ran Into head winds over the
, C.ulf Of Mexico, bill had 111 He
trouble until a reahed ,prnt. inc
hing. H. C." he said.
When he beiatne hopclevdv lit.
i he flcf id d to land a nd was n p-
, proximal. -iy 30 miles efl-t of bl
route wlwn he saw the I!l'Ms (1f
: Mooresville. If did not know
' where he win until he IhihImI
Captain ' 'orra n.a. who took off tetnpi t juke off for l-:nt,-h,,ol
from M-xico City yr;,.r,(iy morn- after four uicui-'-essf ol cffoits tool
log at H:lo. b;,, been flying IS '"""n made lo g"t the lii-., vlly bela
bours and L'O minute when fot;.'d lOine off the water, Tbe plwie
rorced him to abandon his lion- j vfll returned ty its moorings for
stop attempt here. miibt.
3K r.iri -i
(IFF- flTHFR
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'Queen of Diamonds' On
First Leg of Flight to Eu
rope, While Miss Ear
hart's Plane Refuses to
Rise From Water After
Four Attempts Weather
Conditions Good.
ii.Miiioit u t:. x. r..
!') rl hc plane t 'pliunhiu h nm
New 'il on it planned At
lam If flight, nn-lvcil lu re to
day at '::to p. in., (eastern
hlaiHlaril liiiH').
SVDXKY. N. H., June (IN -
The nnnu;ine tolumlia p.tr-si-il
ovi'i Hydnf.v at 4:JT Atlantltj day
light time lliiH al'ternooii ntid load
ed noi'theaMt out ttYt-y Uie water
for llaibor (iraee, NK.
I llAliltlSlitill. N. S.. June 12. -Vl
A lltane, believed to be the
1 trans-Atlantic monoplane ('oluio
ln:i. with .Miss Mabel lioll anil three
men aboard passed nvr her
p. m. i
flyini;
!iMMii standard time,
list very t'asl.
lioosKVKi.T kh;m. n i-: w ,
: VOItK. June 11. itVi ix .l;ibel 1
who would 111;.- (.. be the first
wimiJII) , rniKH tiu, AUfinlie by ;
(ljr, t(M,k off at 7:L'0 o'clock thi !
, mmm ning ( eastern ditylighi time) in
:th. - monoplane Columbia for liar-,
,r (iraee, Nf.. on her fiecrul at-
t. jupt to eway the ti-aii.-Atlantie t
ru-sln. ;
The monophme, veteran of an
'it'i'in flight to iernia ny. was pi
loted by Captains ltv-r lieMoutil-
ijer and Arthur Argles, Amerlean.i
veteruns of the liillinh royal air
force. Aboard the pbine hIm, was I
AiiUi ew Surrlnl, ebb-f mechanic J
for Charles A. l.evlne. the plane's
ner. j
The take-off, after numerous
delays due to unfavorable weather,
was made under rathi-r inauspiet- !
oil circumstance.
The Kay Kroup of ninht club pa- ,
trotis that bad uat ,i,-ii-u i,t the'
field hot Thursday when Mis Itol
made her previous take-off wa
lols-lne. At that time hc wat.)
for ed back l,y fof; afw r six boors 1
In the air. Only a I-w friends of I 1
tbe "'.J' n of Id unonds" w-rc on
hand. Among thee, hov. ev-r. was
lor mother. Mf:. .losefdiltu Itcll of
lio, berlei-. .. v., w ho klSK-,l h,-r
Ibye as stie sU'iie, Ititi. the
.lie
Ti:i-.i'ASKi;v. sr., .inn., i:
-1,1 'I
J!ii Ainellii Kinbail and lb- crew
'of the trans-Atbintlc i.lnn,. I'll'-ud-I
t-hip late today at,., ndorie,. nt.
ON
STAYS
OCEAN RACE
,J.
iu Wi
Italian Explorer and Men
in Desperate Straits With
Three Missing and Party
Divided On Drifting Ice
nUUILLU UllLVV
May Drop FootLFrom Airj1"1"".
(Copyrlgblcil, lll-'H, by Hie
sso-
t-iatcil Prcs.
K l.Nti'S 1!AV, S,llzbcrgen. June
12. lPl At lca:l some of the crew
of (he dirigible
Italia stranded on
the Ice i:u ( north of Spltzbergen
fnced a crisis today as Captain
Ullscr I.mi-si-ii nml l.li-utctiant l.uet-.olii-Hidln,
.Norvelfiian aviators,
rushed preparations to bring them
aid.
With three of Ibe crew definitely
tni-ing ami possibly lost, and the
r' st of tbe civu- divided into two
parlies, drifting on an lee floe west
ward toward land, the
spccl wns used today to r
slmmled KroupM.
Two men arrived at Moscl bay
curly this morning with gasoline
for Lieutenant Holm, who was
stranded at that place after a five
day reconnaissance, during most of
j hlch he had been forced to wait
idly because of fog and unfavor
able Ire conditions.
Ah hooii as the Norwegian alr
inun received the gasidlue he flew
to the scaler Hobby and went into
con fee nee w.i h Captain Larsep
preparatory to making a n"W series
of flights in an effort to find the
; missing men. He repmted that he
I had fig h ted none of t he ltalia's
; crew during his search.
' The two pilots who have hud
inuch experience In northern
(waters planned to fly eastward as
soon as possible searching the pack.
Ice for lb" Hallo's crew. If the
j men fhould be fnuio the aviators
, will drop tnessagen and provisions.
Italian I'laucs (o Aid.
Two Italian planes with 30-hour
cruising ability are expected hite
this week to assist the
Norweginns
III dasher iiv
the be fields. Thej
Italian pbiiie, starlltiK front K'Iuk's
l!ay, wijl fly t,, the west coast and
will then to dtrertly eud to the
spot where the Italia wa wrecked.
It y feared that at least some
of the Itnliii' new may soon face
-liu wiMoi, if th,. rescuers do not
b them iiilckly. it is now tbe
llll'd weelt rot- the stranded ex
plorltn.' party on the t rencheroils
pack be j, n,l their provisions are
leduc. d ibi,iic riu-eftil rationltiir.
In addiliou to tbe problem of
conserving their fooft ,ii,i,iv. the
lt:iM;,'s men tuit take care of
their hoi eompatilons who-.e b gs
wf te broken when tbe gondola of
Ibe iilr-blp wns broken off on May
h,n tbe luilla libit In land.
The litjnie, i men were with tbe
parly of ,ix which is being per-
on.illv led by fieneral I'mbcrtn
Nol.ilc.
(Contlnum! on pago flvo.)
COL ROOSEVELTRnniinRF
10 VISIT HERE
IN EARLY FALL
Ex-President's Famous Son
Promises S. S. Smith He
Will Fish Rogue Floyd
Cook Is Busiest Man;
'It's Hoover,' Says S. S.
Ily S. s. Smith.
KANSAS CITV, Mo., June 11.
(Special to Mall Tribune) Above
the din and roar of million In
hotel lobby and different candi
dates' headquarters, endeavoring
to block onward march of Hoo
ver; despite iho Ioiik looked for
funnel-shaped draft cloud for
Coolldge that has not appeared,
mid dust cloud caused by predict
it march
of
farming hosts In
Caillllacs, a
Smudge Pot" Perry
says, Hoover Is the outstanding.
candidate and will be nominated. 1
Days of McKlnley and Llryan ,
campaign of free silver and i.old :
bug were vividly brought to n.ind
Col. Thrnrinrc lloevrl(,
ImilKht by olfl-fastilonpil torrhllKlit
lii'oi'OHslon, with modern trim-
clly Is handsomely deco-
' rated and brilliantly lighted, and
' extended a hearty welcome to
I guests. Hands, drum corps, chant-
!ers and thousands of marching
footers for favorite candldal-.-s
supplied "some music" anil plenty
of ntdse.
Delegate ployd Cook, secretary I Joined tbe swelling- Hoover chorus
of the Oregon delegation, !s the ! Ijut a few' hours before.
busiest man around Oregon head-' Senator Kess saved his tribute to
;ciuarlers at Aladdin hotel. l:n ! "" President until the very end of
; Sheldon Is bet e, representor n , 11 "I'ceeh which otherwlso was
Los Angeles paper, while ltulpli"" ol,-rhloncd republican key
! Williams. Oregon national cnnl-11 giving tho Kretitest nttention
imltteeman and vice-chairman of Pro-Pclty and peace and pro-
the committee. Is a big man In ! "B " m, n-" n,l . p,.
i.mrlv circle. f""" rrM- the greatest
i1 ,, , benefits possible "short of tin-
utmost' ' ,.,,'.,..,,
,cl, the1"' l- "'nie to visit writer this
fall, fish in Hague Iliver, hunt
deer nnd bear.
,.a- ,thi '
.Mcl.afferty, California secre'aty.
for Herbert Hoover,, told the; This speech and a few other
writer .he attended l.'nlversUy nrouenlnir preliminaries, took up the
Orecon with v. I, Vawtn- end whole or the opening day's session,
a little IlKht-hulrcd -girl, wnolThe leaders hope for an ndjourn
aflerwards became Mrs. 'awter. ' menl by Thursday niKht.
1 When Hutler announced bv ill-
Baseball Score$
American
Philadelphia
Detroit
Kbmke, Qulnu mid
Carroll and YVnodall.
II. II. K.
. :i II 1
.2 II 2
Cochrane;
11.
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II. K.
New York : ir,, 17 1
Cblcuno 7 i:i 1
Pipgras, Cninpbell and Collins;
Adklns, Cox, Couually and Crouse,
llerg.
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Washlnton
, Cleveland
.lones anil Ketinu; l.eveson, llayna
and I.. Hewell.
National
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Cblcnuo
llrooklyn
II. K.
PltlsbnrK
Phlludelpliln
hrenier and Smith; Miller, Mo
draw
Wlllotighhy und l.eraln.
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Cincinnati ..
n.
11. E.I
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New York ID l'i I hea ls now- nnd then.
Donobue. .lablonowskl, lOclwards I Despite the warning given be
am! Plolnlch, Hukefnrth; llnnton i'nre the convention opened by
and llogiiii. ichalrniun Itutler against smoking,
.delegates here and there puffed
, H. 11. K. Inway nt cigars or cigarettes, the
'-ouls ! IK 2 smoke rising In small clouds In tho
10 2 center of this delegation or that
Frank bouse. Sbordel nnd Wilson; Tn(,10 ,v, m),pl(lUfie
Smith, .1, C'ooncy and Taylor, r.
bun, (Contlnutd on Fast Six).
IS GIVEN
OVATION
Mention of President in Key-
note Speech Signal for
Tremendous Demonstra
tion Hoover Comes
Close Second Delegates
Already Feel Heat Ad
journ for Day.
f'OXVBNTIO.V HAIX, KAN'S AS
CITV. June 12. Iff) The first ses
sion of the republican national
convention emlcd n, I -a? t n, ...
i ,uy nfIe,. i,inK , " , ',',,,.
: two hours nmt lour minutes.
.
CONVENTION' HALL, KANSAS
' 'ITY. Juno 12. tfl'i President
nvation by the republican national
convention ut the Hist retVronco to
hint by tho kcyitotor, Scnutor
Simon I'Vmh of Ohio.
(By Myron Price, Associated Press
Staff Writer)
COIN V 10. N'T ION H ALL, KANSAS
CITV, June 12. (A'l Although tbe
majority already had made up lis
mind not to draft President Cool
Idge, but to nominate Hoover, tbe
republican national convention be
gan today with a tribute lo Us re
tiring leader -which will live as a
inllesten'i In party history.
the name with which the repub
lican leaders have conjured thru
months of perplexity was thrown
In tbe opening hours of the con
vention 'by the' temporary chair--mnn
nnd keynoter, Senator fess of
Tbe keynote speech described
the president as "lho greatest per
sonal nnd political lorco In the.
world today."
"After five years and seven
mouths of leadership In our na
tion." said the Ohio senator, "be
leaves office by his own flat, which
apiieni-H to ho final nnd Is so Inter-
ipreled by many of his friends In
spite of the fact that his nomina-
itou turn ciccuon would ne a fore
gone conclusion, did bo not for
bid." In these words, the senator stat
ed n conclusion as to tho positive
naluro of Mr. Coolltlires renuncla.
i tlon nlready adopted bv such otl,..
, leaders as Secretary Mellon and
! chairman Itutler of the national
committee, both of whom bad
lound proposals of government
stimulation or artificial remedies
j whlcn , lhB .,i ,.., .,.,
,,UI- prohlems.
To Adjourn Thunulnv
rectlnn of the national committee
he wns directed to present as tem
porary chairman of the convention
Senator Simon D. l-'css, thero was
in burst of upplutise as tho conven
tion ratified the selection.
I I'ess wns escorted to the plat
form by a committee composed of
1 former (lnvernnr Hyde of Missouri
and Mrs. I. aura Curtis Knight or
i Ithode Island, daughter of Senator
Curtis of Kansas.
As Fess ascended to the plat
form the delegates rose and ap
plauded and there again was an
outburst when he wus presented by
t nairman Mtutler.
As the temporary chairman be.
gan his address a bush fell over
the hall, broken only by tbe whin
ing noise of a huge spotlight which
. was trained an lho plutrnrm so th
photographers might get their pit-
Hires or each succeeding event of
I the opening sesston.
As Hi nalor Fess reviewed Indus
trial condition after the war with
'he gradual readjustment most of
the delegates followed him closely
but there was some milling about
here and there. The hall had be
i route excossively hot and fans
!eame Into action, especially nmong
It he women delegates. The men.
for the most part contented them-
selves w ith mopping their fore-