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UNE
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By Arthur Brisbane
The Weather
Forecast Fair.
Maximum yesterday "7
l Illinium today 40
If ATT, TRTR
No. K.
Today UnnVkR
U UVV U LU G
Politics Politics
4 Kinds of Prayers.
Where's the Army?
We've Lent Too Much.
(Copyright, 1827. by New York
Kvcninc JournaljBno.
ONE eoiTPspniulont observes
absence of the "hip-liip-lioo-rny"
spirit in Knnsas City.
Politicians arc cautious, nud
how can you "hip hooray" un
less you know what important
people are going to do ?
Oruanized labor lias twenty
planks ready for both party j
j hit forms. Olio calls for a live- !
day week. Another calls for '
2.75 beer, fully legalized. j
It, is safe to tell Jnlior that it !
will XOT jet 2.75 lieer or much j
of anything else that it asks, j
Hut, like the farmers, unions j
will get beautiful promises and
Y a patting on. the hack that will
make their chests stick out.
Clergymen of four religions
will pray for the llepubliean
brethren in Kansas City. An
hpiseopaliail, II ( alllOlK' a .lew-
ish rabbi, and a , Methodist
preacher will ask Heaven to
help and enlighten. Xothinjj
prevents Christian Scientists
from giving the convention ail
sent treatment. It may need it.
4 i '
I'jilcss very young, you re-j
, , " r.. , J i
member Champ Chirks cam- j
paign song,
lain t 110 dlttcr-!wunB
ence if he is a hound, you got
to stop kicking my dog
around."
('blimp Clark and AVnotlrow jkeep the nntl-llpovei- Texas dele-,
,''.,. .j. iffaU'H out of the convent Ion. -.
W llsnil, who beat limi, arc hOfll senator Fess remained out or
gone. And in this campaign we !sl)jht until he was brouuht nKaln
. , .. ; to the front of the platform by a
have two hounds, a Republican ' llt ol,tbuls,f cheering in one
oil scandal hound and a Demo- section of the Kuiu-ry. iiiscoveied
. , . .n .to be mainly it chorus of demands
iralii! graft hound. They villjfol. K,H.(.(.h l. Wni iKc,s.
he kicked around considerably
licforc the campaign ends.
f
"Our old cat and another
one" applies to that army of
fanners to march on Kansas
City, 100,000 strong, to lay
down the law about farm re
lief. Only 14 farmers had arrived
Monday, and they must hurry
back to attend to crops.
M
Thai's the disadvantage of
isolated farming. Kailroad men
iuid great industrialists that
gather at, "conventions or at
Washington, never have to hur
ry back. They have hired men
to run- the works while they
help run the government.
London's Financial Times
says "America has lent too
much money to Kurope, and if
money remains elicnp in Lon
don, Kiigliind will regain her
(lid pre-eminence as banker for
(he world."
America's boyish financiers,
silly enough to buy Russian
bonds from Kerensky, are silly
enough for anything.
Recently Europe has been
lending in America at 7 per
cent money that America lent
. to Kurope at V3 per cent. "'The
I'nited States has heen heavily
"roverlending," says the Uritish
authority, ftalhcr, we began it
when we lent ten billions in a
war that wasn't ours.
London's keen linanciers watch
for op.iortunities to dip Into our
markets.
Hrltish speculators expect a boom
In Wall Street should President
Conlitlge be renominated again, but
apparently he won't he.
The Tnrls "Temps." authoritative
French newspaper, discovers a yel
low plot to drive white races from
Asia
Japanese and Chinese are in col-1
lusion, according to. the "Tpitiiw,"
and. while hostile on the border,
they are really united in their de
termination tn keen A tin tnr Al.
ntles
This country has no cause of com -
nlnint. We are determined In keen
America for Americans.
-I
(Continual on Pao Four)
VOTE GOES
Attempt On Floor, of Con
venton to Unseat Hoover
Texas Delegates, Voted
Down By a Huge Majority
- Main Flight in Platform
Framing.
I'CIXVKXTIO.N H.M.I.. KANSAS
CITV, June 13. W Twrnty-lwo
tllstrlet (loli'Kiiti's from 'IVxa.s. hits- j
tile I" Hoover, fulled lo Rain per- j
niaiK'iil KfatH 111 llio l-optlhticall
ronvcnllnii toilay iifti'i a flKlit liail I
been inado from the floor lo place :
them on the roll In place of Hoover
J llledRcil delegates. I
I 'rhi. i-.ill c:i)l vntiv 31 r. U. to (1711 1.'. I
as In reality the first test of
strchKtlt In the convention between i
jlhe Hoover nntl .'inti-ll o o v e r
forces. With few exceptions ilele- i
Kates lined up as party leaders be
lle.ved they would when balloting
for a nominee beKins. The conven
tion then adjourned until 7:30 to
nlKht. 1 There were wild shouts from the
foe of the commerce secretary
when the bit- Illinois delegation
and those from stmie of the other
mMllll, ,,,, nol.,hweKU.,.n s,iltcs
aKilin.it lloover.but his
I friends came back with Jubilant
d e m o n h l r fi t n s when, their
strength was. shown, particularly
as Secretary Mellon and the 7ii
Pennsylvania delegates Vted to
'ry for will itoKeis
I.niiBhinKly the rest of the as
semhlaKe craned Its neek to see
what would happen hut the Okla
homa cowhoy humorist kept hi.4
seat in the press stand and the
ehalrinan pounded for ordr until
the oulhtli'Ht had heen iiuieted.
Throuph It all the hand still Wits
dolnff 111. best to keep some Sfin
blnnce of notion In the eonvcntlon
and succeeding very poorly be
cause its niiisle was almost lost in
Iho rumble of conversation.
All of this time
the parllamen-
tnry situation, as they say in the
senate, was that Ihe convention
was waiting for the report of Its
committee on delegate credentials,
which bail been In session most of
the time since yesterday. The
chairman of this committee was
.Mrs. .Mabel Wnlker Willclirandt,
first and only woman assistant at
torney general. The convention
had been waiting for her for near
ly an hour when she finally walked
down i u center aisle anil was
escorted to the platform.
Woman .Makes u Hit
Looking as frpsh as a daisy after
the trying work of the committee
over which she presided, .Mrs. ,
Wlllohrnndt was presented to the I
convention by .Senator l-Vss while
every delegate took notice and
most of them cheered.
In a voice as clear as any heard
in the big hall Hie lady chairman
made a brief preliminary state-
nient at what the committee had
done and then began reading from
the formal report of the committee
typewritten on u sheaf of legal
sized bond. The report began with
I'lorlrta. explaining the rb cum-
stances which led up to the dele-
gale lontest in that state anil then
proceeding similarly with the
other states from which there ?
deletrate contestH.
The word was passed about dur-
ing ine reaoiug inai mere was a
possibility that the eontewting
Wurzhnch faetion from Texas, un
seated by the credential eoniniti -tee.
might take its fight to the
convent inn floor itself but that
none of the other disappointed
would-be delegate would appenl.
While tho dry details of the cre
dentials committee work were read
the Idg convention listened withvnn
intentness due rather tn the novel
ty of fcmiifne partie lntion In Its
routine worg than to any Interest
In the report Itself.
.Mrs. Willebrandt'fl clear vofce
neemeit tn reach every part of the
building. She was wholly self
possessed and assured In meet In &
her first convention as an official
part thereof.
An oecAsional spatter of hand-
f-'Pilng -was about all the inmr
uptlon the assistant attorney gen
eral met ns she continued rending.
The hall remained
remm kah.y
quiet nnd attentive
I A Mr. U illel.randt eonrlmte,!
' D!,n,'' ' IIllllnR' Delaware,
HOOVER
m,,,M"K " ',r"y n" ' '" i"i;rorm.
I l'""t
of that state, was recognized
(Continued on Pago Bix)
POWERFUL FIGURE
: C;f?fev t'i
'mJV Mir
, Andrew W. Mellon, of Pittsburgh, multi-millionaire secrciary of
the treasury, is a powerful figure at the Republican national conven
tion in Kansas City, Mo,
OREGON ENVOY BORAH WINS ON;
Awe nuntfiMn nDV di km mn
noiw uiiLvimu uni i imw uui
nnnn rtAnimn TnnunirinnniiP
bUIVI rAKNIb KUUDLLLUU nd'
Wm. F. Woodward, Dele-
gate From Portland Given
Horse Laugh, When He!
Startles Committee On
Rules W i t h Spearmint
Regulation. i
(By M. E. Barker, Associated Press
Staff Writer)
t KANSAS CITY, June 13. (fl)
j The Pacific Northwest, represented
i on the platform subcommittee of
j the republican national convention
j by John 1. Sullivan of Senttle, has
been granted Its rieRiies in several
jtespects in the subcommittee's pre
! limiiiury deliberations.
It became known tndnv that
planks on reclamation, tariff rev. , In Ihe early morniiiK on a law eli
sion, veternns" relief, increased fed-' forcement plunk milratiintinlly in
eral uid for forest roads and trails the form as presented by Senator
; and development of Pacific coast 1 l.orah of Idaho.
, harbors nml rivers had passed the i t'nder Its provisions the parly
scrutiny of the subcommittee for : would pledKe Itself and its nonil-
, reporting to the full committee
later today. j
The reclamation plank in Kon
1 eral terms follows lines requested ;
by backers of the Columbia basin
j irrigation project, though contain-
ItiK no specific mention of the Col-
nmbin nroleet or unv other,
It olediies tho linrtv tn reelnmn-
tion development as rapidly ns
practicable.
While nn Rlieclllc mention l
made of cedar lumber or shingles
n the tariff plank, it declares In
.-general terms for tariff revision
whenever necessary to protect
J American Industry against foreign
invasion. Pinnies for increased fed-
; Cral aid for construction of trulls
and toads through federal forests
; were presented by lYgar .1. Adams
, f Huge ne. Ore., who also advo-
cated a proposal for federal de-
vi.lmimenl nf Pnelfle cr,n.it rivers
! and harbors ns rapidly as shipping
itn.iu ,.r tun.1.r.n..,l. u.m..n.ini
needs of the section demunilrd.
i With a "favorite Bon" vice - presl -
deutial candidate of their own to
present to the republican national
convention, members of the Oregon
delegation were todav considering
other possiblo candidates for the
nomination.
Some consideration was being
mtcii it vi 1 1'oinfiii uavteH mi ij-
nomination by the Oregon delega -
tion. Willi some of the members
he would be acceptable if he meets
with the approval of Die Hoover
leaders.
William F. Woodward, Oregon
member of the convention commit
tee on rules nnd order of business,
met only amused grins when hp
proposed as his contribution to the
committee's ruport, a resolution or
derine delegates and visitors to the
convention to pork hlr chewing Ihe contioversy over the farm re
gum in the hal', and usherettes pa- Itef plank ntl shl not be settled until
trol the l.-len during the sessions the snhjeet had been taken to the
bearing tinkling pitchers of lee llnor of th convention,
water for the refreshment of the- ! . rr" TTZ.
delegates. He denied that the lat-
. loP ,irviui,.M h.,i
wftft tho prohibition plank he is
ndvoeatliiK for the national plat
I K LA M ATM FA 1 .1 X Keno d Is-
Uict will build new schuolhouio.
AT CONVENTION
'v ,
I
Prohibition Issue' May
Fnimht Ollt On Floor Of driven In a norllnveslerly dlroc
ruiiyill UUI Ull riUUI ui i ,.n,,nrted the noslllon of
Convention, Though Sub-
Committee Approves
Idaho Senator's Stand,
,
01
(By James L. West, Associated
Press Staff Writer)
KANSAS CITY, Juno 13. UP)
Hurdling the prohibition enforce
ment plank problem, the republican
convention resolutions committee
found ftself blocked early toilay on
the question of farm relief and
after five hours adjourned at dawn
to resume its discussions in the
middle forenoon.
The subcommittee of 15 agreed
nees to the observance and vigor
ous enforcement" of the eighteenth
amendment, "which Is identified by
name."
The farm relief plank as reported
i by the administration leaders pro-
j voked so much discussion that the
members of the committee were
satislicd that an agreement was
Impossible until further conferenceH
i could be held, nnd It was for tills
reason mat an adjournment, was
taken.
Tho failure of tho subcommittee
I to conclude ita labors In its over-
; night session made it certain that
Hie platform would not be presented
lo Hie convention until tomorrow,
I After the subcommittee has wound
' UP Us work the entire resolutions
' committee must pass Jud-Tment
upon Its action,
Adoption by the subcommittee of
the Ilnrnh plunk regarding prollihl-
Hon enforcement Is certain to lead
i to
in n ffifht In tho entire committee
1 and from there It may find Its way
to the lioor or tne coiveni ion.
Leaders in the New York, xew
Jersey and other delegations have
declared against any declaration by
Ihe convention which" would iden-
i tify the prohibition amendment
over other amendments In the con
in hi !'.
j As the subcommittee ndjourned
; members could not even venture a
'guess ns to the lime that would
be required to thrash out the farm
relief problem. It was indicated
very clearly that the .division in
the committee was wide and It was
regarded an possible that this sub
ject might have to be referred lo
the entire committee for a deci
sion. There also were intimations that
t mf, flam. 8,h 0" 1 M
THKPAKSKY. Nf . June 1.1.
; The start of the monoplane
FrletidHbip for L'tirdpe was Heferred
until tomorrow after two unsuccefs-
f ul attrinpts had been made to lift
the tdane from Tropassey harbor
J today,
fl r
ii iinnii r
mi mit
n b m. mmm 1
m WAS HUKI
a IN WRECK
is. 4 i
Latest Reports Declare
Leader of lll-Fated Polar
Expedition Is Injured
Refugees Now Drifting
Toward Spitzbergen, Is
Belief Polar Bears a
- Menace.
I
KOMI:. Juno K'..- l.ntoHt re-
povts froin ihe struiulcd crew of
lh; (lirluihle Italia reveal thai tlen-
cm I V nilnTtn ,otil( hliiiM'lf wiik
iiiluriMl on lite r:m nn and rlKlit
i let; w)n-n the ulrHhi)'s Hondo In wuh
lorn Irum lur on the tee north of
HnUzlifrKim.
The. -Aenerul in his report, how
1 ever, sniil that his arm wn cured
! and thut his lew wns nearly no,
I The report, imidft pnhlic in a
j cmniminiiii' ly the officiul iipwh
UKcncy Stefani, naid that in
add it Inn tu (tonoral Ntiliilf the
others injured were Dr. Klun
At u 1 in tire n. Swedish metvor
oloKist, who BUiiered had contu
sioiiK on his arm, and Chief Techni
cian t'erini, whose risht Iok was
broken helov: thKnee. Or. Malm
Kren lad recovered from his hurtH
by the time he and two others of
the erew left the Noblle party on
j May at) in an effort to reach lund.
('eclnni. however, will need Ions
: attention before bein.-; cured.
(Copyrighted 1928 by the
Associated Press)
KIN'flS HAY, Spitzbergen, June
lit. P) (liusenpi lliogia, radio op-tfC-V;r
of lnc Italia, reported to tlto
Hp lmS 'sdin Cilia ill Mllnnn today
lltat the Noiiile paity wns being '
71'""nh '"""""'i
ins tiriii ca rr viiii; iiiu iu- ,
bile party slowly in the direction ;
of their wonld-he rescuers who are
now malv ins; every effort in the
sealer Hobby to reach North Cape,
whore an air reconnoisance can be
made toward Koyne iKland.
It has nol been possible to es
tablish contact with the portion of
the crew which drifted away with
the -';as has of the dirigible and
their fate is unknown. It was
stated that if the N'oblie party had
been thrown from the llalla 111) to
4 1) inileit further to 1 lie fmutllftut,
llicv would ;u;. e drifted la a south
easterly direction toward the const
ot Spitzbergen itself.
KINfls II AY, SpilzherKen, .lime '
n. (!') An encounter with polar
bears wan one of Ihe most drn- I
niatic moments In lust week's rec- i
onnaissance by Lieutenant Luet.ow
Holm, who spent five iIuvh awny ,
rioni his base ship Hobby seeltiiiK I
ti e Italin. tied up by fox anil kiiso-
line shortage.
Dctnlls of the adventure were.,
brought to Kings Hay todnv by the
b-r breaker liruK.mzn, which put
In here for further provisions. i
When Lieutenant Holm and his i
companion, Pilot Meier, were forced j
to land at 11 randy Lay, because of
log, Polar bears made their np-
penrance while tho pilots were in
: their sleeping bass. The iietirs dis-
piayeu great curtosiiy nnout uio
! plang, approached it where It rested
; on the ice edge and nosed all over
it. ,. j
ItO.M K, .luno is. W general
I'mberto Xobile's own story of
the wrecking of the dliluihle Italhi
in the A ret le was reeeived today
by the Stefani News ngewy. j
It was Miinniai izod as follows:
"At 10:30 n. m.. on May 25
while the Italia was flying nor
mally nt a height of BOO meters,
suddenly the weight lnfrcaned np-.
parently try snow and lee form
mtt on the nag). i ne anxini
began a rapid plunge, which It!
WUH impossible to halt and In two
mtntiics it crashed upon tho polar,
r0 p(u.Ki I
J .rno ra),n nmI mirt of tm, up j
j ,.,. i,r,u Ing were torn away, while
tho bag was carried by tho wind
in un onstcrly direction.
"vXmong the debris on the l'e
all the occupants of tec cabin
were found miraculously ' be
alive. Scattered on the Ice around
them wan almost nil the material
which formed the cabin.
"Only a minute after the plunge!
ynbl'e and his companions cried'
passionately. 'Viva Halln!
"On the evening of .May 30.
about 30 kilometers north of
Koyne Mund, Captain A. Mariano
n nd Captain Flllppo Happl ami
Ihe Swedish scientist. lr. Finn
Malmcren, started with Vmvlslons
for Xorl h Cape. They Intended
to "''r jf) kilometers a dny.
"There wero left with Noblle
the Czci-h-SI6vnk scientist. Pro
fessor F, i.'chounek, Lieutenant A.
vtclterl
Engineer Trolnna. .Moto
Chief Natal ciccionl and Oulscppl
U.ojfoiil
BOOMED FOR VICE PRESIDENCY
WV S e "
An additional impetus has been given the vice presidential boon
of Hanford MacNider, former assistant secretary of war, at th
reunion at St. Louis of the veterans of the Second Division, com.
memorating the tenth anniversary of Chateau Thierry. For th
past six months a committco from the division has been backing it
former buddy for the vice presidential place on the Republican ticket
KANSAS CITV, June 13. (H The Iowa delegation caucused to.
day and voted unanimously to an port Hanford MucNIilcr tor the vlce
luesidenllul nomination.
Baseball Scores
National .
U. ' M
11 - a
12 4
('inrinniiti .-. ft
'New Vork . S
'' Itatlerlen: Mayn. May,
Kolp,
' Rix"- und IMrfnich: Kautknt
KariieH, II (Miry and O'Karrell.
Ft. II. 13. i
Chicago 'i U I
Itrooklyn 7 I II 1 ,
Itatli-rfcs: .Miilnne. Weinert. and :
llarlnetl; ance nud Oelu-rry.
It. It
R.
St. Louis 1 112 I
Huston s 1 :i ll
llalteries: llbeui. I In I.I. and Wil
son; r.rninlt, IMwards, Wert, and
Taylor.
It. II
K.
1'lttsblirg 3 H
Philadelphia, i II
llatterles: (Irimes and Hut
grenves; llenge, Sweullaiul
IjuvIs.
and
AiuerJcan
II.
Washington
Cleveland .
Uatteries: l.l.enbee
1 4. Urown and Kfiina;
I.. Hewell.
..7 14 n
... ft K 0
Alarberry,
Sbauto and
It. H. K.I
Xew Vork ft I ft 2
(.'hit-ago (i 12 2 j
HalterteH: lloyt nnd (Jiabnwr-kl; I
Lyons and Al 'urdy. I
R. II. K.
l'hilndelphia ..." 1 'J 1 4 V
Detroit ':. ft ft 2
liatterles: Quliitt nud t'orhrane;
MillingK, S.n. 1 1, Smith nnd Hhea
and Hargi'eave. -
POHTLAXU, Ore., Juno 1.1. W1)
Carrying ordem to arrest K. H.
Ilest and Kmoiy Davis and move
their families ironi the ground
they occiiiy In the forest reservo
In the Fish creek" district, near
Uoschurg, loreii Cochran, Fnltcd
Htatr-s deputy marshal left hold
last night for Douglas county.
Hecently tho government was
informed that Itest and Davis
woe Mill neciipyiiig the land, from
whb-h tliey were ordered hist year
because It wns not open to settle
ment. Pest and Davis were cited for
contempt of court last year for
failure to obset vo a court order,
directing their removal from the
bind and biter each served a 2
day Jail sentence. On their re
leiio they promised to mo their
fa milieu out In the spring,
Itoth hi o disabled ex -service
men. Ilest is a World War vete
ran anil Davis served !n tho Hpan-ish-American
war. Cochran car
ried a wad of posse slips to (wear
In Help, If needed.
EVERYTHING IS
DECIDED BUT
i
!
FARM RELIEF
Republicans Expect to Set
tle Most Important Issue,
However, Without Appeal
to DelegatesHoover to
Be Consulted.
KAXSAS CITV, June 13. iff)
The resolutions sub-committee of
the republican national convention
today reached an agreement on nil
points for the party's platform ex
cept that on farm relief, which
will be left to the full committee
for determination.
After nearly 24 hours of continu
ous, work, the Kiih-rJmmlttce ad
journed shortly nfler 3 p. m. to
meet later with the full committee
at which time it will submit the
platform as agreed upon and take
up the farm relief question with
that body.
The suh-conimlttee with unex
pected dispatch - approved planks
on the many Ihsuch demanding Its
attention. Including -the llorah
plank speclfleally deelnrlng for en
forcement of the J 8th amendment.
From nlmnnt the outset disagree
ment developed on the farm ques
tion nml hours of ditrussfon still
found members tn dlKogrcomnt.
Heveral mem hers of the committee
expressed heller that the gap had
been narrowed considerably nnd
predicted nn early determination
of the question would ho reached
by the full committee.
WAHHI.VOTON. June 1 .1, HP)
Secretary Hoover got his first com
plete and personal report on the
Kansas City situation today, when
fieorgc !;. Ackerson, his private
secretary, returned from the cone
vent Ion scene, He was taken
straight to the secretary's private
office from his train nnd with
George It. Baker went Into an in
formal staff meeting, tur Intimate
discussion of the two or three' de.
clslons Immediately nwnltlng the
secretary's word.
Tilted back In his big office
chair, the secretary and the little
group of his aides talked over the
situation. It was. known that his
1-nders ut Kansas Cty hnd told
him that his opinion would be
gladly accepted on the disputed
points. How for he would use the
veto potyer nnd what direction It
would take were the topics of the
early conference.
The long distance telephone from
Kansas City, over which Secretary
or the Interior Work and Manager
flood of his campaign forces kept
the commerce secretary Informed,
was In frequent use.
Klgln will dedicate now airport
July i.
rinimrnn
ATTACK
; Anti-Hoover Agrarians Not
j Allowed in Convention
Hall Wild Scenes En-
j acted Outside 'We Don't
j . Want Hoover!' Is Battle
; Cry G. 0. P. Leaders
! Not Disturbed.
KAXHAR CITY, June 13.
Two attempts by a throng protest
ing the nomination of Herbert
Hoover to enter the republican,
convention hall were frustrated to
day by police who rained their
clubs menaciiiRly to ward off the
crowd from the doors.
Although nome loaders f the
crowd cautioned against riotous
conduct, some of the men, most
of whom appeared to be farmer.
HurKed against the door ami at onu
time nearly oveivume the opposi
tion of tho police.
Finally the leadt-rs of the pro
testors ot the upper hand and led
the throng off, shouting alternate
ly "We don't want Hoover," and
bowing thWr heads to the tune of
Chopin's funeral march. As tho
music ended the crowd shouted:
"Thftt'8 for Herbert Hoover's fu
neral.". It was dlficiilt to determine just
how many of those who partici
pated In the demonstration were
notinUy farmers. The leader of
the grriiip; Edgar . "Bush, the re
publican candidate for lieutenant
governor of Indiana, said nil of
them were protesting tho veto ot
the MeNayy-ntiutren hill nud thu
nomination of Hoover.
I... V. Price, a I-uh Angeles at
torney and d T-owden worker, at
tempted to incite the throng to
break through the doors, but
Mush and W. H. Settle, president
of the indianu Farm Hureau Fed
eration, cautioned against this
move and won out. After the sec
ond attempt to get into the con
vention ball hud faded, ,the pro
testors marched to their headquar
ter nml "adjourned" for the day.
Lenders said the demonstration
would be continued tonight nnd to-
KANHAH CITY. June 13, WV
A throng of farmers, protesting
the nomination of Herbert Hoo
ver and gathering numbers ns t
proceeded, stormed the republican
I convention hall today and were
prevented from carrying their
(cries to the delegates only by
I the threatening clubs ot pnllce
j men. ' "
I Frustrated in their Initial en
'deavor to storm tho' Interior of
'the convention hall, the farmers,
I shouting "we don't wnnt Hoover,"
at the top of their voices, surged
j outside the hall in a disorderly
and noisy fashion.
The throng, which numbered
perhaps between 1300 and 2000,
was led to the very doors of tho
auditorium by Edgar D. Push,
formerly lieutenant governor of
1 Indiana and- now the republican,
J candidate for that office. . The '
column of protester! swarmed
right up to the front door of the
uudltorlum and were half way
I through the rnnwny which hor
j dei's the hall proper when several
! squads of policemen rushed up
I and by strenuous methods forced
j them back outside, the door. .
Having been repulsed ' In their
j first attempt the farmers stood
outside and shouted "once more
t the farmers get kicked out," and
"anybody but Hoover."
After their attempt to enter tho
convention hall had failed, a com
mittee representing the protesters
went Into" tho auditorium to ask
tho presiding officer of tho con-
f vontlon to permit the farmers to
come In. The committee was
composed of Senator Nye of North
Dakota; Luke Duffy, a state sena
tor from Indiana and Push.
W. I. Settle, president of the
Indiana State Farm Bureau Fed
eration, also ono of the - lender
In the demonstration, declared
that of the officers of the con
vention declined to permit the
farmers to enter, there would be
no forcible attempt to storm the
doors. t- , i t
Led by a brnss hand, whose
musician were clad In overalls
and straw hats, the farmers as
sembled before the agricultural
convention hendqttartcrs after they
had been abjured again by farm
leaders that 'wo don't want Hoo
ver." "Don't Wnnt llnoverl"
The group was placed tinder
tho leadership of four JnrtlnnapnlU
(Continued on Pact BUI