Medford Mail Tribune
Dl7 Twmty-tUnl Taaa
MKDFOIiD, Oin-XiOX. SUNDAY. JUNK 17. 192S.
No. 87.
Today FLOOD AND
, B, Arthur Bri,bn. llfin HAHI
Hoover and Curtis.
Prosperity More of It.
Coolidge Knew It.
Safe at Fifty.
(Copyright, 1827, by Now Tom
' Evening Journal, lno.)
T1LK REPUBLICAN TICK
ET, now compli'ti1, rends Hoo
ver aud Curtis. Senator Curtis
from Kansas, . whose genial
"howdy wen" is known to
thousands of friends, was nom
inated on-the first ballot, with
1052 votes.
This puts an out and out
farmers' candidate on the tick
et. It does not mean dissatis
faction with General Dawes, for
there is none.
The Curtis nomination is an
effort to "do something for the
farmer. "
The Republican slogan for
this campaign is to be "COX
TIN I 'ED PROSPERITY AND
MORE OF IT."
That's enough of a slogan.
People decline to think about
more than one thins at n time, i
Ajid when prosperity is the is
sue they don't want any other.
IE Democrats are wise they
will promise "continued -prosperity
with a great deal more
of.it than the Republicans ever
dreamed of."
In his line telegram of con
gratulation to Herbert Hoover,
President Coolidge expresses
thought of citizens, " Your great
ability and wide experience will
enable you to serve our cumi-'j
try with marked distinction."
President Coolidge has known
for months that. Herbert Hoo
ver would be nominated. The
President, who has been a can
didate for office twenty times
and never defeated, under
stands politics. That is more
than yon can say for some gen
tlemen from New York state
and elsewhere.
1 DC .Metropolitan Ijllo lusur- I
ancc Company yi-sti'i'ilay insur
ed a mini pust 50 for 1 ,500,000.
A lVw gcuoriitions iign, wlien
lite iitroiul biijftcst fily in
France lnitl no inhabitant over
50 years o aj.'e, such insuring
tvoiiltl have been finaueially
Miiuidal. Men live longer, in
telligence, eounts. A wise man
at 50 is a safer risk than a fool
at 25. And the Metropolitan
has promoted longer living by
intelligent health advertising.
Our prosperity is real. In
May, General Motors broke all
records, delivering 224,094 ears,
the third successive record
breaking mouth, as announced
by President Alfred P. Sloan
Jr. The total sale of ears in
May was more than 4-13,000.
Henry Ford is now turning
out his new car at the rate of
3000 u day. Hut there will be
u shortage, in good makes.
This country needs 5,000,000
new ears every year at a mini
mum, even if the total number
exceeds the present figures 24,
000,000. Get your car.
Iii New York a young man
brought into court by hi. fath
er, atlniitled that lie bud an in
come of :M00 a week, ami cm-
Jiioyetl ills Iul III r HS m!Siter iu
take earn of bis saddle borses.
His exeusc was that bis father
bad nut led a moral life. The
Japanese religion that includes
twenty Ulftereilt Kinds Of IK'11,
iifrtbobl - n-fttil 1 fnA IIA (1tl
' - i -
eiallv prepared for hl'lll that
1 1 1 .... in
u.uu.1 1, HK I..UL- nV nouuiv
horses.
Delegaies, according to
H.
(Continued on rag Four)
VVIINU KAMV
WIDE AREA
Tornado Devastates Blair.
Okla.. Kansas and Ne
braska Storm High
Water Sweeps Missouri
and Arkansas Section
Quake In Mexico.
MANUVM, Oklu., June 10. (R
Four known dead, two others re
ported Injured probably fatally
untl about 25 persons Injured wus
the toll taken by a storm which
demolished the town of lllair.
10 'miles southeast of here,-early
tonight.
Dr. Kowler Itorder, mayor of
; Mnngum, reported the following
;dcad:
Klmer Castle, grocer, lllair.
Mrs. Oeorgc Uogers, milliner.
A boy named Smith.
L. C. Calm.
Mrs. I'aiin was reported near
death, and u sixth person whoso
name was not given, was report
led to be dying, two ambulances
' I had gone to lllair from Mangum.
but had not .returned lato to-
night.
J. ft. Fogle, mechanic for a
transfer company, was in a hos
pital here suffering from head
and internal injuries.
Physicians at Snyder, Oklu., re
ported to have been in the sturm
area, telephoned Dr. lloi-der that
there had been no casualties there.
MAXGUM, Ok hi., Juno 16.
if?) Three persons were reported
dead, and fifteen Injured and
virtually every building destroyed
when a tornado struck Ulatr,
Oklahoma, ten miles south of her0 i
toniuht. :
Ernest yteelo. driver of a mo-
tor bus, who passvri through the j
town a few minutes aftr .the
storm sirurk.
said he had seen '
thvee -bodies taken from ;' the j
wreckage and that citizens told j
him they feared many more were j
hurled Jit the debris. ,
The .injured were taken to Al-1
tiiM in ambulances and motor I
enrs.
Every structure in the town had ;
been wrecked except a brick bank
building. Steele said.
A relief parly was sent to (
lllair from Manguni and It wasj
said some of the Injured would j
be brought to the Border hos-1
pltal here, ns soon as they could j
be taken from wrecked buildings.
The storm which took a south
westerly direction struck Head-
rick. okla.. where It unroofed the
hotel, ami did oons!dcra.blo duni-
Hire to residences. Several per
sons were reported injured at
Ilcadrick litil It was liclli-vid that
no lives were lost. The storm next
was reported to have struck sev
en miles west of Snyder, Okla.,
where others were reported In
jured, none seriously, and to have
hit a construction ramp on the
north fork of the lied river, where
a new liridjre Is helng built. No
serious damage was reported froinidialc revision of tho Chinese
that district.
OMAI1A, Neb.. June 1C UVt
A near-cloudburst Ktruck eastern
Neb. early this evening, preceded
by an electrical Kturni. Near
ly two inches of roln fell here in
less than thirty minute. Auto
mobiles were stalled In high water
all over the city.
WICMITA FAIJ-S. Texas., JuneloWn pitofrice system, and teniUn
16. m lleports here tonight were! l ol!-h cxtra-terrltorialty, the
that the storm which struck lllair. j "u,st '"""ked and highly contro
Okia.. also swept through Martha, vandal portion of the present
Okla.. west of lilair. blowing down ,rcnt,M-
about sixty telegraph poles. 1,1 tnc moantlni. Dr. Wu said,
Telephone wires between Wlchi- now ornment would take
ta Kails and Alius went out about ! l'!"'H'ite t ls to move the oapi-
nine o'clock tonight. ital & China-from Peking to Nan-
Iking. This, he added, was In line
HUTCUIKON, Kus., Juno 16. 1 with the policy of the nationalists
(T) A tornada struck two miles j announced many months ago.
!:OUth of Kt:irriirt in Smffurdl Ttin oiicKtinn nt reencnitiiin hv
county eai ly tonight, demolishing the foreign powers, while a sub
two farm homes and outbuildings ' Ject of crcat Interest to the new,
and sightly injuring one man, a j government of China, is a secon- i
farm hand. jdary consideration ns compared
. lo lne revision of the treaties, i
KLN.NIiTT. Mo.. June IC. J i jjr. Wu said. '
Almost vainly fighting to keep j "..u haH bpf.n n traditional
the steadily risinc waters of the ' ,..u,. tu.. i-(t,i uinin H .iit
St. Francis river. more tfcan
3.0O0 farmers, business and pro
fessional men, battled on tonight
In a desperate effort to save the
remainder of their crops and
homes from floods.
The workers Were leaving nolh
ing unturned in their unceasing
full I. ulr-nn.,11.... .-.... I. I
puts along a twenty-mile front i
to the north of here, after the
here, after the
JOU-IOOI l.rcaK Wllleh OCCUrreil
eun ioua, munuating more i"anun i,;,itantly obvious In the old.Iyeurs aKo und he
.ouo acres of land, and driving
I hundri ds of families from their
homes.
i"""'"- sinpic warninir was given
'. inw in le area flooded.
' "l lioinis near nmp-
ieii. 10 me
north of herp, thejmny be found to permit them
tusk, of keeping the river bnck
denied hopeless, with the dykes!n.ua national forest, from which
wekene-l
by seepage. It wasflhc government has ordered them.
believed by some that the ciesl'K. If. Jtest and Kmorv Davis were
Iof the third rise, which was ei -
I.lpccted to exceed the flood stagelhere last night In custody of Dep -
(Continued on rate Four)
schoolgirlTsails to wed prince
ll'As a ' i
This photo of Mile. Setsu Mntsudaira, daughter of the Japanese
'ambassador to the United Slates, Tsunco Matsudnira, who is to
become bride of the heir annavent of .Tnnnn. Princ rwhihit in t-K
..itimin wa i,U .u ,nr,A
--. - v... M ia"UMu ior -apan wn ; Tll(, 1rolonK1.a i,u-heon engai:.- '
her father, mother, sister and brother. She recently was graduated . i m-m with, the secretuiy of stau
from a Washington school. " ' jWaM said to have brought out dis-i
o n o nr MVPTrmnnnrn
mm KNiimr v i a tri n rni
w i ill is i i ismi i iu i s w s s i i
AT HELM ASKS
' Dr. Wu Basing Request on;
Kellogg Statement Seeks
Revision and Right To
Manage Own Finances
and Postoffices Recog
nition Not Stressed.
WASHINGTON. Juno Hi.- (IP)
Basing his report on a slatemeln
hy Secretary Ifcllogg in Kebruory,
1!:7, that tho I nited Sta'cs wouiu
negotiate new treaties with any
responsible government In China,
Dr. C. G. Wu, representing the
newly established Kanking na
tionalist government, lias asked
the stale department for lnnne-
treaties.
U nne I.' -.1 1...... M. KTtl until
, 'T ' . . .. .
"vs. ii. i. jv v
Uei- adxlsement.
. I)r. Wu sHid that uh the dele -
gated representative of tho new
,! Chinese government he would in
sist on China being given new
treaties that would allow her to
as othr foreign powers to recog
nize the government in power In
Peking." he said. "The national
ists arc now in charge of that
city and recognition no doubt soon
will follow.
'Pecognttlon Is not absolutely'
necessary. The new government
nf f hina doesn't really care
'whether it Is recognised or not
I u., i tii.-. unworn kIuiw 'no
' nr,1ntl,.n n.li..l. Il.n wmn
. .,.,,,..,.rM ,,ii11i,-ni trer.n nw in
forre."
,
i I'OKTW.nu, ore.. June 10
Rim nuping inai aome wav
remain on their land In the Cmp-
.'ln jail here today. They urrlved
'uty United States Marshal Corh-
. . A . . .
ran, who arrostc? them this week,
NEW TREATIESRANT IN
ir ,.! !iL
HEARS HEFUN
F
Identity of 'Province Four';
Not Made Public Wild;
Alabaman Given
I He already lias received a dozen .
Guard by Gov. Smith, and;.nv.,.os ,,, .-.,,, .u, -
n' i r- . A ''V115 iUmn.'l
Urges People to Extend j Vr. m.o.T:": "m.- i
Speech Courtesy.
' HYItAC.THU, N. V., June .10. ;
! lPl Senator .1. ThoniaM llcflln j
democrat of Al'.Jany, toduy In-i
jvaded the liomc sla-.o or Cover-
j nor Alfred K. .Smith to conllnue
J tnhl ugalnst the presidential ,
candidacy of the gtfvenx.r. A
! tho Heiiutur Htepped from tho train
I ul noun a bodyguard of Htitle
i troopers wa.s asincd to nceom
! puny him In accordance uitli
; Governor Smith' liiHtructlonH tu
! .Major John A. "Warner, auperiii-
tendent of tuto poliee.
j The governor abio urged the
; people to co-opcruto "In afford -
;! . . .,i, f
i stale mil opportunity to say my , country village, witnout tnneni
thing he desirew without interrup i anee, infJueneo or friendu, look for
Uloi of discourtesy.' j ward with unbounded hope.
ed to a field on the Jumesvi'le- , vldes similar opportunities point
Maullus road, in the outskirts ! ; ing to tremler, McDonald and
Hyracuse, where a crowd wn, i,ioyd fVeorge s examples of poor;
awaiting. It was announced th;it I fUyn who reached the top. There'
the meeting was under direction j ftrc (housunds of them In Knglund
of "Province Four." The nature occupying tho digest positions whoi
of this orgnnlxatlon bus not leer. , started In poverty and without
made public.
PUSSYFOOT TAKES
KVHACUHK, N. Y., June 16. OVt
William K. ( Pussyfoot ) Johnson
of Westervllle, Ohio, International
ly known prohibition lecturer, and
Mrs. Mary Ucssie IStanley of Wash
ington, D. r, obtained a marriage
license here tuniglit. Johnson gave
his age at 66 and Mrs, Hetanley said
sh" was 4?,
Th e ga ve their f u t u re res! -
, dence an Kmlthville Flats, Chen
iuiuo county, N. V.
; JnhnMnn flint otii. pv0 In r
tmlitnt mnlra ( t'n.'Um.l
Inn. t.u a !,,.rin,.
j world dry.
- 4
niut n.v b, u. i.. June
vri 1 nurien r,an iiukoch
elected vice president of Ilhode
Island Alpha, the ttrown unlver
slty chapter of !bl IJeta Kappa,
I national scholastic honorary 1 ra '
ternlt. todov. The former sec
I teUry of state Is a lirowraliiin -
BRIDE TO ALTAR!""" 5 .
I"u. President w. It. Kaunee ofjatura und normal nutmuu; moo -
Brown was re-elected president of.le west and northwest winds on
... .. ' ll, ...... ..t
the chapter.
NOMINEE
SPENDS A
I V.- - V ' !
Sepy Hoover' Finds Time'
From - Official Routine to1
Confer and Lunch Ques
tion, of Resignation, Va
cation,,, and . Campaign
Manager Under Consider
ations t
WASHINGTON. June 10. (J1 ;
i Secretary Hoover mixed in consul-1
1 crable nllcnllon to his utficlul dut-
I ies today In the course of denliliK
with matters that have to do with I
I his newer status of the repuldicnn '
pirsidcntlul candidate. , '
I While his earliest caller was S. n-1
I atlor McNury, republican, Oregon,
lender o( till- flKht of Agricullurul .
interests for the eiiualUutlon ice
plan for the new-commerce de-;
partmi nt hulldim; In Wasliinslon. '.
I lie went over -the site of the slruo-,
turn with his arehllecural assistant;
and lunehed wllfi Secretary Kell
ogg of the state department. I
After his conference with Mr.1
Il,,i,ver - Seimtnr AIcNarv Issued ai
statement In which he dcclured thut
the nominee hud men N.v'lw, , -
1 1 lo and anxious to relieve the ills-,
' tress uf our fiirni populatlun
j tiu'f oiih purely of departm'itnl
matters,' many or - me commerce
departibent bureaus huvlng a great
deal of foreign service' und func
tioning under Joint HUporvlsion of
the two secretaries.
Jleimlti his attention to bis reu-
;iar official dntiea. Mr. Hoover, how ¬
ever, was able, to rnui time io
i acknowledgii muny of the thou
;ands ot messages
lion Hhlel, are slill runtime In l.y: '''""" inoviinnis tor an in- ; ....,.. .., .... ..
teleuram a nd " niai;.-. ovcP. i the MHt-;.Kuollne taJr. P..rland. and Walter Pursoy
AMble, '"" ' I, I . . i.-..----i.-f linilith.. VIII a nut mriinrrnW fwr
A liumhrr of iiuesllons which are
liel'ore.. Heorerary Hoover Include,
the advlsahlllty of his resignation ,
from Ills riiliilK-t post and the time
of his withdrawal: his summer
'....,,.. ... hi. -,.iif..rMio
California
home: Hie selection of a national
J eoinniitlec chairman and the form f
BodyUf his cmpalun organilun.
erhitf him qiiiirttrH and fcilitie
for the ettlnhlishment of u mimmer
j bane. All thoHc invitatlonn. how-
ever, were lield over, nwnlttng the
: dcterniinutiun of hiM plntiM.
I
POVERTY BOAST
OXDON, .lime (!' -In an
edltorlnl on the nomination of Iter -
. h,.ri Hoover, the Ktar challenges
: Mr, nUUV(.r'H ttcment that only
. . , ,. . ,
i help, the piiper said.
I The lielfasl N-ws l.eller also!
published on editorial In n slmllur
!ve
' . . . .
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. June'
jfl.--The tiny lumber town of
Dorrls, Cal., In the lower Klamu h
basin, was Lsulutcd today 'is the
result of an epidemic of diphlherlu
1 which ha- already claim d the lives
of two Children and threatened to
lime, inn iii wilier iivfi ni'i'Jiv i
In. . i
I -
IAAI
i mi iiini ii
UV UU ULU
i in ii r ii i iim
I k i:iintruil. d. I Piisr PHi-c lncnHS4il.
a; Dr. (I. H. Ntn-Motno, medical dl j 4riJ';vi;i,AM. Jun 11. P -ten
' reclur of the Klamath County The Cleveland .News, the Cleveland
regarded the Moulin unit, and four other hlam-jpn Dealer and the Cleveland
to make the j th physicians went to tlie Siskiyou 1 press today onnoiineed that Mon
county coiiinjunlly todHy to render day the price for 11 single Issue
t medical old to three active -rases
. und to lnvi-stigiite su-p led taws.
a siricf quarantine was in eiicn.
AutomohlleH w re i?topi'd at bolh
entranerti to tht town.
Ilreffoll M'calhr
,t.enerlly cloudy, probably IlKliI
' rains near the coast: mild temper-
. INVENTS FUELLESS AIRPLANE
V " ' -J
. Peter N. Karabatsos, of Oak Park, III., claimi he has perfected t
plane which a person can attach to hii shoulders and fly, with wingi
flapping like those of a bird. He says his fuellcss machine is capable
of attaining a speed ot 60 miles an hour, and he expects no difficulty,
in remaining stationary in the air. A specially designed motor,
weighing about 60 pounds, is to be added to the body of the plana
and strapped around the subject. Above, Karabatsos demonstrates
the possibilities of the one-man plane.
Rill TO ROOST Will MAYS
, - -www. . . . w
GAS TAXSLASH!
AUTO FEE, FILED
cftnour, n.mnn'o Dill IAaiiIH
vj-iiaiui uuiimu o um vvuuiu;
Increase License On!
Oregon Highways; Names
Sufficient For Place on
Ballot. ' : " ' ' i
!
SA1.K.M, Ore., June 10. P !
tiiltlutlve petitions were (lied Inj
tho atato depurtment here today ;
... ., ,,,.i.iliy Htuio Hemiloi- Joo K. Dunne,
jiuiii Liunu-iip- ui -ei'iiiH a. Kauoii
and a reduction of aiMiroxImately
'fifty percent in motor vehicle whether an amateur or a piifcs
! licciiNcs -. slonal will wear the open crown
i It is estimated liv Senator Dunne
1 1 hut I he additional irasullno tax
iof two cents a Ballon would In-!
thnt source JU.r.llO.OOII nnnuiillv.
This he -". would ,h.
" " , , ,
rluir'rtmto",," IZXT'
i Willing shot one over par card
n. provisions f .'Vrr'r,
( meuuro cuiiihk inr KMViT neeiwo
fees, the cut would be approxi
mutely fifty per cent with the ex- ;
ccptlon of heavy truekH and buss-i
es. For the operation of solid j
tired trucks the fco Would bo in-i
creased 25 per cent. i
All additional fees fin the opera-:
lion of motor carrlem would be
abolished and a flat fee of $15;
substituted. j
All fees would bo based on '
j weight and the tire width basis;
1 w 'i in einniiiaieu. ;
Tho two initiative , measures'
would be before tlie YotuiH at the!
November ircneral election. C'heek-
in- Gf lL'natureH will bcirln wlth-
in n Wevk or ten duys. It was
said that the petitions contain
several hundred names in excess
of the number required by law.
CATTLE T. B. TEST
H.M.K.M. Ore., June lll.(P)
J,"' elsht-tenths of one per cent
of tho i:uttl! tested
In Oregon
during the last year
the tuberculosis test.
reacted to
rate low -
er than that of nny other dairy
district In I he t'nlted States says
a report to thu state livestock
Hunftury board.
The board at n meeting at
orttand Thursdav was Inclined
lo uphold tho loeal veterinarians
of Marlon and Polk counties who
are on strike as far as tubercu-
losls testing Is concerned because
, u - nf l(t
j)Riifl pfi() ,y he coumloM ,u,
j ffu.r.n oonU ,Mm(1 pal(1 by th(J
'.,. .,, .-..i itin The
onnl ' ,.x,.(Mi' t,e
hope that the testlni; will conlln
ue under some urranKcment.
1 .
would be Increased from two to
threo cents. The rnnoiincemenl
Knve no reason for the Increase.
' I'.llMlM'tll 11)1111 Wills.
I:i;it( K iNll.tM. I-Iimlund. June
16. ll'l Kllzslirth Ityan. Anieii-
ran Uhnls pluyer IIvItik
In 1-hitr-
land, won the Kent luwn tennis
1 championship for the sixth time
today by defiullnu Miss V. Chum -
t U. l..lu It . )A .
berlain in the finals, -:, 10-s.
PURSEY TO TIE
FORM TITLE
Dili;n DnUrl A,fn:
uuiiiaiii I ui itanu ninaicui i
and Seattle 'Pro' In Playj
Off Match Today
i
Finish With 293-Tough
Luck on Fifteenth Hole.
l'OllTI.AND, Ore., Juno 16. (fl)
evenly two holes or medal colt
here yesterday nnd today failed to
i determine the- I'aclfle northwest
- " "
another eluhleen holes to decide
for the next twelve months..
WllllllB. upholdhiK the honor of
" nmateur biiuade, und l'ursey,
! "' ful' 'no championship with J
; . ;
" ,
place ut the top. Purney, one
Mtrolte bchlml Willing when they
Htiul'(l the flnnl 3G IioIch, wan Htlll
one down nt noon uh he nititched
nr. Willlim's niornlng card with u
73. In the iiftirntun, however,
rursey, who Ik defending the title,
he won last year nt Victoria, broke
pur, the flr.st time that feat hau
been uucompIlNhed In the tourna-
The Het.111.. ,.ef...lnl ,!,..
on even terms with Willing at the
fourth hole In the afternoon. Pur
sey got a break on tho fifteenth
which meant just tho difference
bf tween tying for the champion
ship and being a runner-up. Tie
wns pluytng with Hon Hteln, Seat
tle amateur. In approaching the
1 fifteenth green after Hteln had
I played up, Pursey's ball hit Klein's
and then traveled on to hit the flag
1 pole and bounce back a foot, leav
! Ing him one putt for his birdie
three. Put for hitting Klein's ball
and. then the staff, Pursey would
j have been a considerable distance
t past the hole.
j .lack Ilueston of M-dfrd shot a
77 and 78 today for n total scare of
313.
Nell Christian. Wuverly (Port
i land! professional, wns second In
th professional field with a total
, of Just one "stroke ahoud of
, Frank Dolp and-ltoy M,oo, both of
the local AUlerwopfl ctub, who tied
for second place in the, unuiteur
field. . ;f
With the exception . of Put-sev.
I Tlnhi u'iim till unlv nlilVer wim hnt
1 tf red par In the Iwo days .nlav.
, The Alderwood star gave the stiff
par 1 2 a severe drubbing In the
afternoon round by finishing In
6!'.
Third and fourth money In the
processional field went to John
Junor, Portlander and Johnny
Jones, Seattle, respectively. Junor
made four trips over his home
course In -69 strokes, while Jones
made It In 300. . ' v
Don Moe. Orecon state amateur
champion. Kawson Little, north
ern California, amateur champion,
and Phil Taylor, Victoria, profes
sional, were next In, r line' , With
counts of 302.
John Uehstock nnd Asa Smith,
Portland amateurs, nnd Norman
Smith. Yakima pro, were dead
locked In seventh place with curds
of 30i.
8AI.K.M. Ore.. .Itinn l.(p)E.
H. Henry of Klumalh Valla was
today appointed by Htate Knlueor
j l.uper as wutnr master of Klamath
county, lie Is Klamath couuty cn
Ulnoer and will work the two ot-1
I ftnn. .Ai.n.h.. '
I (Ices together.
AL IS ONLY
ISSUE FOR1
BOURBONS
Smith Overshadows Even.
Prohibition In Houston
Meet Opposition Hopes
To Halt Nomination and
Leaders- Fear Another
Bitter Convention Rump
us. ;
j
I Portland. Ore., June 10.
' UP) Having with but little up
parent success attempted to
stem and turn the democratic
tide for Alfred E. Smith In
Oregon, Oswald West, former
governor, and now democratic
national committeeman, said
today he will not attend the
national convention at llous-
ton June 26: nor will It. A.
Harris, u Walsh sympathizer,
who was elected as a delegate,
attend.
It. W, ltagood of Portland.
will go Houston armed with
the rroxy of West as national
committeeman, and ns the al-
tomato tor Harris. Hagood Is
recognised as n "southern
democrat" who Is not In sym-
nnthv with." -nntl-SmUh aentl-
- - the south.
Both: WASHINGTON. June 16. W)-
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I no poiiiicai pjw.iih"i,
Kansas City and the republicans
during the past week Is now turned
on .Houston. There,. IJio democrats,
hoping to avort a repetition of thu
strife that spilt their ranks four
years ugo at Msulson Siiuarc Oar
dons, nro beginnlnx to assemble to
intact presidential and vleo presi
dential nominees and draft a party
platform. -.
The republican lineup tor too
fanirnilgn.- 1las been determined. ,
Hoover lirtil Ctirtls are the party
standard bearers. The iilutform on
which they stand culls, among other
tilings, Ifor vhrorous enforcement of
tho. prohibition umendmeiit and
goes along with tho ndniliilstrntlon
on farm relief. ,
At Houston the big question hi
be suttled is whether Governor
Smith of New York Is to be the
presidential nominee. That Issue
ovorshodows all others, Including
tho: prohibition question, which l
Inturtwlned with his candidacy, and
farm relief:
In 192 Smith and McAdon
fought oocll other to u stundstlll In
the New Vorlt convention, both
losing out In the-end. . This year ,
McAdoo is not a candidate, Smith,
however, Is, nnd he has gnihcml
up such un Impressive total of ib-l-egateH
that 'he stands onl. far n
boad, but ncvcr-the-less thu target
of a determined, though sumewhat
! scattered opposition which Intends
to fight lllm to the end.
' 01 " 1'S' '" "
the 21 from Vlrulnla wher
convention will be held next week
remain to bo chosen. With Tail.
1-3 -of the J100 convention voli s
needed lo nominate, the Hmlth men
claim that their candidate Is within-an
aoe of that total, nnd may
hnvo It beforo the ballotliiR beKlns.
Of ,tho 684 delegates pluccd In
tho Hmlth column by his support
ers 016 are classified by them def
initely Instructed or pleged for hint.
The remainder, as they see It, are .
unlnstrueted deles-atea who are.
certain to support the Xcw York
Kovernor nt tho-outaet. Iu uddlllon"
they have tholr . eyes on 38 udill
tional doloffale votes which they
predict will swing to Smith Quick
ly. This would Blve him within n
dozen votes the number he would
need to f:o over.
Tho computation of tho Hmlth
followers are challenged, however,
by Ills political foes who concede
that ho' probably bus more than ii"
majority In tho bag. but who con
tend .with vigor that he Is far from
tho- necessary two-thirds. . .
One . of the-, objectives of the
Hmlth opposition has been to build
up a block of votes thut not onty
would comprise more than (inn
third of those In tho convention.,
thus giving It a veto power so-far
us the nomination Is concerned,,
but nlso would hold together In tlvo
tiice- of raids by tho Smith forces. .
They ; Insist- they have th.o
strength nnd determination to .hold
out.- The friends of the New York.-,
govornor predict' that the opposr-1
Hon lines will be shattered allilotkt
before the convention settles down
to balloting. : '
Kor tho most port the opponent":
of Hmlth -nfR looking to the south
and the states hnvlnu- "fuvurltiv.
son" candldutus for their hold-oirt
strength, and are hoping to miikert
rhowlng that VIII convince tltre;
New York executive that he can
not win and lead lo his wlth.drs.wit1.
Ills boostors. on the other hand,
are doing their utmost to brln n
bout a situation where ho win win'
quickly ' and without funllnnui
slrlto. To win In November, they
contond. tlwj nominee mutt- Imi
named without an outbreuk bl
bitterness. , ' 1