The Weather
Forocaxt Fftir, warmer VYJdar.
MaiUiiuni yemeniaf 79
Minimum today ; 47
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Weather .Year Ago
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MEPFORD, OKIXIOX, TiriTiSPAY, JUNK
1 - :
2. IMS. .No. 91.
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Today
By Arthnr Briibme
Eight Western Bears.
Don't Be a U. S. A. Bear.
All Set, Very Soon.
The Skuptshina, and Here.
(Copyright. 1827, by New Tforlt
Krenlnc Journal. Inc.)
Eight youni? Ciilifornin mirs
Vicn, the "Golden Hear Eight,"
from the Golden Gate, beat the
best erew that Columbia ever
turned out find smashed a 27
year record.
A elimate in which yon (;rov
for twelve months, instead of
fighting colds and standing still
for six months out of twelve,
has advantages. Helen Wills
proves it.
Business was more cheerful j
yesterday, The oil stork imyer
rejoiced to rend tlutt crude oil
pnuliuMion had fulloii off f:Ef0
barrels a dny, in the pnst week,
and oil stored east of the Korky
mountains shows a decrease of
1 656,000 barrels for May.
IiOadings of revenue, produc
ing ears, a good business indi
cation, increased til, 7-16 for the
week ending dune 9.
Some during little lambs have
been trimmed tO look like niof film nt the finish and the re- (
French poodle, and others to
look more like a hairless Mexi
can dopf. But beware how you
sell this country short, for the
' long run. And, although it may
he a little lntc, don't gamble.
'
Soon the two candidates will
he named, Hoover and Smith,'
the two platforms printed, and
the show will start. Houston
report lack of prohibition cn
ergy. Nobody .there, it seems,
to give prohibition a kind hand.
Senator Ttaed of .Missouri says
he will stop Governor Smith.
Hut prohibition does not inter
est him. There will be plenty
of prohibition talk before next
November, however.
In the Helftrade Skuptshina,
tliniij name for Congress, n radi
cal deputy shot and killed Paul
Ruditch, nephew of the peas
ant leader. Savage, backward!
sort of place, we say.
M
In New" York's Cent nil park
yesterday, a ruffian, type of
modern crime, cruelly slashed j
the faoe of a young womtin,
walking with friends. In Ohio,
George Renins, who shot his
wife in cold Mood, as she beg
ged for mercy, was set free. A
jury said he was insane that
saved his neck. A high court !
says he is not. insane. That j
gives lliliL freedom, and more
opportunity. In Houston, as
1 J .
the Democrats gather, a negro
is taken from a hospital hed, bv
. , . .
llien not IliasKCa, aiUt iiangCtl.
T.ot 110 not : nrifinizo nlhipn-
Alnirtt Al aHftfilitrtfi rkii n t T
J'" - -
Italy's innKnifieent fliers, lo-
i i x- L-i j ii '
wiled NoWile, ndnft on nn lee.
floe, in the Arctic, and dropped
i . p i i xt i i:
a supply of food. Xo landing
was possible, and the ice was
, . . , , ...
i mi rmwii iu iukc mi.
Would it be possible to drop
a niiniatnre gas bag, weighted
1iin-n h..4 nlI i:P Ann ne
' . .
more 01 the stranded men per
pendicularly, to within reach of
a slowly moving plane. What
plan would you suggest !
Amulla Earhart has received her
first proposal of marriage since her
ocean flight. She will get more.
She tells London to praise Pilot
Stultz. Who ran the machine and
really made the trip, while she was
"excess baftaa ge." Hut no one pays
attention to that. Romance Is the
thing and Mis. Karhart iunplles It.
In New York's brutal danclnc
rontest the dance to xo on until
all hut one couple drop the female
dancers, nervously exhausted, slap
their partners' faces. Then the men
slap the women's fares vigorously.
The yahoos, called "fans," looking
on, shriek with delight, a the half
jtContinotd on Pf Four)
FLYING C.
AN EASY
j Karook, Representing the
i Oregon Cavemen, Spurts
! Into Grants Pass 22 Miles
1 Ahead of Melika, Nearest
J Competitor Given Buck
j et Containing $5000
; Drinks Bottle of Pop.
j Ci HANTS 1ASS. Ore.. Juno 21.
- ifl'l One hundred und sixty-seven
n. and nfty-one myites or
Karook on try of tho Oregon Cnve
men In tho Redwood .Marathon,
breasted the tape ut the finish linv j
hero ut )U:30 this morning. He
came in strong, finishing at a run
through a street lined with thou
sands of people who had wailed
Hlncn late yesterday for his arrival.
Princess Kedwood Umpire was
waiting with n hlanket and as Fly
InR Cloud crossed the lino, she
kissed him 'roundly, the first to
greet him.
Plviiiu Cloud is n horn here to-
!day for lie left hLs nearest eom
jpetiior. Melika. the aged S5unl. ''!
! miles lo the rear, lie was photo-
! , t. .wl l,.n.l...lu nf lillinu Hill
I neu-M reelK ir round out manv feet !
ceptlon given the youthful runner.
Heart Is IKM'larcd O. K.
Presentation of 55000 in silver
dollars and twenty dollar gold
pieces to the winner, u water
bucket being: utilised for the pur
pose of holding the coins; reading
of the message brought by Flying
! Cloud from Mayor James liolph ot
1 Hnn Francisco to Muvor George
Fox of (..rants Pass, the wild
gYeotlng of the Oregon C'nvfemen,
sponsors of Flying Cloud, and per-
sonnl congratulations kept the t
winner busy for a full half hour
alter the race before he could be j
taken to a hotel for rest. - ' j
Dr. H. O. Cnoltdge, head physl- ;
clan for the marathon, slopped
Flying Cloud just outside the city I
limits of CJ rants Pass and pro-
nounced hirt heart in bettor condi- J
tion than when the boy left San j
Francisco seven days ago. :
Flying Cloud was all smiles as !
he came into the city, the vision of
the big cash prize and tribal pride
having kept him always in the
lead. He had left Solum, 22 miles
from (irants Pass, .Just as day was
breaking.
That Flying Cloud hud plenty of
reserve was shown by his final
hurst of speed Into the city, the
last mile being clipped off in five
minutes and twelve seconds.
Bites His Prize Money
When the first prize money was j
i presented to
l lying t-'ioun, ne
i picked a ftulu piece from the
IDUCKet, put it Deiween nin leem
and then nodded hla approval. It
n.ld cvel. .,,, , ,18 ,lllnds al ()ne
ti"- i-ast year he took hi second
11 Mini IM)Uf,lll ttt-n iiuiuum-
bile.
Training was broken with a bot
tle of soda pop handed him by one
of his party and he took it down
in a few long drinks. CI rants l'ass
was wild with delight today as the
runner entered. Thousands of peo
ple hail leathered here for the
event and every store In town had
some display of greeting the
streets were decorated.
Thi. finish of Ihn Ilndu-nnrl
j marathon is always a gala event
I l" UliH cit'-
' At 10:rS Mcllka. running see
jJinrt und KOlnB Htnng. left seima,
-2 m,IeH frwm the fUlish ilh Cl,lef
'I'liinh 16 miles behind him at the
i nHt official word. The 82 year old
Zunl. is pounding along
wlth n
smile on his face and n cheery
greeting for spectators nlong the
jwny.
Hed ttohin i hoidinR fourth
place elKhteen nillea behind I'kiah
' . . -n,ahu.iuniomn. iioni.
within a
'Smith Is si
mile of him. . Seymour
i sixth, four miles nway and
Silver Wings, S miles behind him.
Mad liull, winner of last year's
; marathon, is out of tho race at
j Crescent City
f! RANTS I'ASS. Ore.. June 21.
() rlyinp Cloud, leading con-
teMlint
In Ihe Kedwond lllKhwoy
n.nKn,ll,.n n.-n. Ihn 11.
J Indian
milA atrell.h between tin n Fran-'
c-lsco and C.rnnts rasa, seemed
almost certain of victory this)
7."'""'"'" hMrT,h. "rL"i!l
WINNER
line. Melika, his closest rlvnl. :
was nearly 40 miles from Grants
Pass. i"
About elcht miles hehlnd Melika j
was Chief rkinh The three other i
entries were strung out from!
I Crescent City. C'nl., to n point
I nhout 10 miles north of there.
, -
i!RN,TS,SS- 0re" J"n?, 2, 7
: iJp) Only 19.2 miles froi Grants
l'ass at 1 1 :so o clock tills morning.
Melika, the old Zunl runner whoso
game battle in the Redwood Indian
marathon nan brought the most pro
found respect and admiration. In
expected to arrive here 'is even-in.-;
well established In second
place. Chief VkiaU, the 51-year-old
T
(Continued on par Six)
STRIKING PHOTO
t!
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mr .m
MM A C
m- ft. . m ,y- .. ,m ; m m a -:.' .. m. - , -t w -.x:-' .os
This is the latest photo of Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York !
and his wife, taken at Albany.
- " - - " - - - ' -
SMITH OPPOSE
FRIENDS OF AL BOBBY JONES IN
FILM SHOWING TOURNEY OPENS
Dry Film Showing N. Y.'Golf Champion Gets Even;
; Governor-.-.-Sjgning.a -Wet;. Par on First-1 8 Holes-
Bill Arouses Indignation
of His Supporters Fight
Looms in Court.
NEW YORK, Jun 21. (P)
I-'rlenflM of flovoi-nor Alfn'tl K.
Kinitli today thrt-atPncil leyal ai--
lion to prevent the use ot a news
reel of the governor In a film
dramatization of two prohibition
j books by professor Irving rislier
of Vale.
The picture, .entitled "Dellver-
ince, was made for Protessor
i pj,,,,
and Uobert K. Corridini.
I research secretary Of the world
j alliance against alcohol. H If
being booked by tho Young Men's
Christian association for showing
in Y. M. C. A.s and churched
throughout the country.
fieorge IJ. t; raves, secretary to
the governor, has written all news
reel companies who have taken
pictures of (iovernor Smith warn
ing them against permitting im
proper use of their f.lms. Coun
sel has Informed them thut a
picture cannot be used for com-
morelal purposes without tie
governor's permission, ad that f()r 7.
among the commercial purposes. Kquuling par over the troacher-j
of "Deliverance" Is the advertls-' OUr number four course. Leonard j
ing of Professor Fisher's two Schmutte of Lima, Ohio, turned In j
hooks. iu card of UG-3ti 71. !
The governor's friends say the: Hobby Jonos. twice former hold-
excepts used, by Implication, pur-jer of the crown, finished in 73.'
port- to show tho governor sign -
ing the act repeallnK tho .Mullane-
1 riage slate enforcement law and
I thereby allegedly rnntributing to
J evils which .thor parts of tho
picture depict. In reality, they
sny.-Covernor Smith Is MlKnini; an
Income tax reduction hill.
.Mr. Corridini said that any-
thine
In thi
unfalr to Governor Smith
lit. lure would ho taken mi;
"If his representative comes to us" "'onl earner nun a line (i
and shows lis we are wronir"
"The story," he added, "is not
propaganda, hut a dlKnlfled dr
attzallon of an
historic event."
lln u.,1.1 nnn u.w... ulw.U'ln.- th.
governor tilons with the tlile
,l.n
acknowledged ' champion of Ihe
forces" already
had heen deleted.
Wind Blows Kernels
of Wheat From East
Oregon to Mt. Hood
PORTLAND. Ore., June 21. 4
(PtHtiff gales coming from
eastern Oregon bring kernels
of wheat from that district to
the crest of .Mount Mood, d
Hnrry Conway, who led three 4
Portland boys- to the summit. 4 ;
reported on his retur n tod iy. 4 j
Conway ?all he found ker-
nels of wheat In Ihe snow In Hi
various places ut HioO fer-i. 4 1
4
4 4 4 t
OF THE SMITHS
4
4 . "t 1
W if-
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FINE FORM AS!
Johnny Farrell Has Bad:
Start Chick EVanS
'
Makes 'Good Recovery.
i '
ntvMPiA I.-M.-I nq fmr-AnO
OI.1MIIA I-II-.l.DS, C HICAt.l),
June 21. OP) Henry Cluccl, dark-
haired youiiK Ktratiora, vonu.. pro -
' fesinnl, shot out In front of the
national -solf championship field
i today with a .sensational 70, one!
under par, for the first lS-uolo
round of the 'tournament.
Ciuoci was nut in even nnr,
hut chipped one off perfect fig
, urcs to make the Liconmin juar.,.-
in ihe same total. The youngster
was steadiness Itself, equaling par
exactly on 211 of the 18 holes, bag
ging threo birdies and -oing over
par only twice.
Or. the incoming nine Ciucci's
only mistake was on the fourteenth
wheie he had trouble on the green,
but he made up for this by shoot
ing a birdie throe on the twelfth
and a birdie four on the eighteenth,
where he rammed a 45-foot putt to
tho edge of the cup.
John (iolden, bulky pro from Pat-
erson, l lucci s partner, was oniy
Huu,Mv loss brilliant, talihur 3(i:tG
1 Johnny Jones, Seattle duplicated
l In lake
4 't
his nlace among loadors. hirogo ,
lllll Leach, Philadelphia, was tllip Cleveland
among the loaders with VI. Thomas and flerg
Ciuccl's seventy, which might Min and Myatt.
have boon a if his long putt. Second -"xame:
had dropped for an eagle on Ihn , Chictttfo
last bole shoved the young Ital-
; in nheml or unnm .senmutto or
I Lima. Ohio, who had jumped nut
.even par.
YVIlh fully half the field in.
. ! Including most of the outstanding
I stars, Ciucci was two strokes ahead
of I.'co l)ieKel.' three In front nf
.,...
llagen ami six better than either I
the defending champion. Tommy ,
Armour, or tho chief British
threat, Archie Compstou. ;
c.rouped behind Schmutte and j
his it were Diogcl, Hill leach of'
Philadelphia, John t iolden of I'u- j
terson, X. J and Morton Smith of
Joplln, Mo., with 12 each.
Tied with nobby Jones at 73
wore Willie Hunter of I,ok Angeles,
Freddy XlcLeod of Washing"".
!. C. Johnny Jones of Una it to and
I-'reil Morrison of kos Antreb's.
OLVMPIA FIF.I.OH, Chleaio,
June 21. P) liobby Jone, with
a gallery of 2.00ft. got off to a
I sensational start In his fiuet for a
third American op- 11 champion-
ship today, using his putter with
maul" effect to einil even o-ir. 3.'i.
for the first nine holes nf the open
lug H-hole round. N His tinrtoer.
Johony Karretl. w.-fs badly off
form and took 40,
(Contlouad 00 P till)
SEC. WORK ;
! 10 RESIGN
JUNE 30TH
i Head of Interior Dept. to
Direct Hoover Campaign
I Ralph Williams of Ore-!
! gon llaned Vice Chair-!
I man, J. R. Nutt to Be
Treasurer.
i !
. WAKinX(STOX, J lino 21. M
.Seeretaiy Work annonn.'ed toriav
; that he wnuld resign the interior
loahinot post before the end of
!june In order to eondm-t (he re-,
- r-ublW an national t-amiialgn for -;
which he has been made naliona'l
, chairman.
; Knlph Ki U'illiiuns, Orofj'm, was '
selei'loil u member of ih exocii
! tive cominiitce.
. WASHINGTON, .limn SI. OP)
I Ki-rivlnry nf tin. Inl.-rl.ii- Work !
,11x111V was rirni:illy niMU'owil as'
J ch:urm:in nf the ivpublti-nn 1111
ttlortul riniinlit4M )iy a Hiili-eimi-'
I llliU''C ll:ilnfit liy thi Kuns:lH C'lly J
! i-onviMitiiin in ontrr i ciuifn- wlih j
' MlVrt'tn I'V Hnnv.r nn i;i tiimilL'ii
plans, nthws jinmrii In u hiuIi:
)'""' imiillr ' ln-r.ro ihe i-onvon-:
j tion also were npnrnvert. ' ;
j Aftt'i- n inri-tiiiK Ui.stlnc nn hnnr ;
I anil n half, . Iho exocmlvc rom
; mittt't nnnuunt-ott the wlrcttntl of:
;tlip ftilliiwlny: nffli'rs. In iiililltlon.
' lo Chairtnun Work: i
Vlri- i-tialrman. Kulph K. Will-1
UaniH. oroRon; Mi-m. Alvln T. Ilort.
Kcninrky. DmoIcI K. I'oincroy,
'.'cw .lt'i'st-y: Vranklln W. Kol'l, 1
Now .ItM-Kpy, socri'tary-, .losnph U.
Nutt. Ohio,
treasurer.
IE
c v t-inveiucn ii ii
Iniuructml as a unit In vole for
Ihe nomination of flovernor Alfred !
'smith or .ww voi-u im the pi-osi-;
(deney, 50 ilelcKatCH will leuve for:
the national demoeralle convention I
1,1 Iloiinttm tonluht. The delrn- i
l(loiif) ()f WashlnK,011 , OreKon. .
i ..,,. ..nnsi.ieiert Bmllli aunnoi-tei H. :
1 . i i
arrive here Just before tlio
: (Pm0i-nillr special (lopurls.
ibmnci'iilfp uiieei.il rtennrls. Til I V
,,...11 Inin n,n rest of tho trln with
Ihe Cnlilnrnians.
Baseball Scores
Nl:V VORK, June 21. 11
llahe Ituth hit his Iweiity-slMli
home-run oi tne season in me ui.
ir.nlllil of Ihe second Yankee-A til -
let It: itame hero today. Uuhe Wal-
hel-K was lillelliiw nd t'onihs wart
on hase.
American.
Kirst itaine- It
I'hllad.-lphia 0
New York
('.rove and Cochrane;
and P. Collins.
II.
K
It.
. :i
II.
lit trolt
Ciirroll. Smith,
Woodall: Ciowder,
Manlon.
llolloway and
I'.laeholder and
Philadelphia-New
camp called off; rain and wet
grounds.
I I'lrst game: it. m.
a
Mill"
llud-
It. II. i:.
I S 0
Clevelnml 3 I'l 1
Adkins, C'oiinally. Nelif and llerK;
Shaute and I.. Bewell.
n. it.
K.
I oston I) 1 1 I
Washington 2 X 1
Morrlns und Berry! Hadley, (ias-
'n a"'l Kenna.
National
First 'same: Ft.
New York ft
Morton ,4
. K.
t t)
S 1
John
KitZHlmmotiH and O'Karrell
iCconey. it. Smith. Worts and Hpoh
! ror, (j'l hnn.
I C!..n...f .r.t.A. I II ?
' . . , ' 1' f
j ih'diou nun IWKMi, lieiaiiey hum
(Taylor.
First game: It. K. K.
St. I.ouis I i I i
chlcano 2 S 0
.Mitchell and J. Wilson; Blake
and Kartnett.
Second game: It.
f-'t. I.ouis , 4
Chicago 1
II.
7
, 3
Jol nson nnd J. Wilson: Root and
Gonzales,
(i 11 t
4 II 0
Cincinnati
I'ittnhurg
May. Jahlonowskl and I'lrlnlch: itlon and attempted nn escape with
Hill, Fusscll, Mlljus and Smith, I'.o.ooo loot. Thi? money was re
lLnrifravci. covered.
GIRL BANDIT UNDER OBSERV ON
ft- 1 I
Jean Cameron, much arrested
county Jail ut Albany, N. Y., where she is under the observation of
a lunacy commission following her pica of insanity to a charge of
grand larceny in the spectacular theft of a toxical). Jean is shown
sketching "dream fuccs" in her cell. She has served time for crime
in Illinois und New Jersey.
G. 0. P. CHIEFS
TO CONFER ON
FUTURE PLANS!
I Special Committee to Lunch
With Nominees Tomor
; row- New York State to
j . Be Battleground Hoover
. Wants Three - Weeks I to
i ; Write Acceptance.
WAKlll.VfiTON, June 2 1 . (Pi
.Mem. km oi wie. special enmm.uce
nf tho republican national com mil-
i.,e. who are t eonfer toi row
with Keeretary Hoover, the pnrty-H
presidential eandidate. and Senator
t'UVtls. tho vlee presidential nnml-
nee, - arrivina touay anu were
I reeelved liy
.Mr. Hoover.
lisiness whleh was lo eonie he-
fore th
ciiwinittec ut u luncheon
at noun tomoi'iow was discussed
aoo i as s , niu a maie ,ul iRiy nt tho paHHerany and ny.
et.inniltlee uffieialH would he ilralt- ! . ,,,, ,
ed -lllleljy at the ennferen.-e. ",K: Me, ton.
Seeretary ' Work, frequently! deoi.o il. VanNaniee, pro-conveu-inenlioned
as ihe new parly nn-i Ho" munuRer for Governor Alfred
iloiial i haliniaii was wltli Hoover K. Smith, today opened the Smith
Inst niaht imkI early today mid I headquui turH, In tho Kama hotel
tnil:
; n, n,,,,,.,.,.
to th(1 (,rrl1
p.)(., ,llpIlt
. one of ihe leadei-H of where bonator .lames A. Iloeil cs
New York fo-ees. eanie j Initialled his office several days
i at the t-oiiiiiierci de-; a?o.
o present Mrs. Ituth Keprcaenlntlvo Corilell 11 111 Is a
I l ran. -New 1 ol-K liy aloeruiau Roesi ai uir Kiuue aoiei mil naa not
1 11 ii. I a ki'oiip ot Ni'w Vork peotile. 1 opened headquarters. The. Teniies
'"IThey were mild to have uiKi d par-! neo coiiKiesaman strolls uhout the
11 J tleular utieiition to the New York I hotel lohhy Htandlni; rlnht In the
' "isiale eanipalcn aiWI to have ex-' midst of Ilia headquarter,
lohnson j pressed ,i i,i,pe nun the Meerei iiyl Senator Heed was the flrHt to ail
Mould make one or two appear- vertiso on a lurKe scale. A banner
anees there ilui IPs the cam palitn.
' rainpaiun arraiiRcmeniH still
ieon.iitiiii'.i the mi.wi i I'niiiiii.u.iiite
,,,,1,,;,, rr dlseutsimi of committee-
ln,.M SiM i-etary Hoover Is repre -
I senteil as dealrlni; two or three
.ml.. I u-eek. l,i tv-l.l..t, 1.. ...... nn
York seeonil,., - . ,..
rhissril as a most tmpcruint cam
palKn document.
WASlllNCiTDN. Jlina 21. (f) .1.
j It. Null, Cleveland hanker, has
been approved hy Hecretary lloov-
er, repuldlcan preHhlentlal eandi
idate, as treasurer for;the repuhli
' can national runiltiittee. It was sai:l
'here today just hefore the confer-;enci-
Ih.-it was to plan eampatKll
I details heuan
Harry lilalr of New York City
was satd to lie slated tn hemmc
eastern treasurer of the commit
tee. ,
These were tho last major selec
tions to bo made. It previously
had been ffiarded as certain that
Secretary it interior Work would
be chosen chairman of the national
committer ami Franklin. Fort of
New Ji-isey. hs seeietai-y,
Charles I. Hilles of .New "Vork.
vas thi' only member of the siib-
ctJliimtltei-. .4tpuilltt
confer'
I with HniA'ci, who was Hlent
KILLS ROBBER
I'HOK.S'IX. Ariz., Juno 21. (!)
One robber was killed and another
captured by Imvlil Saunders, cash
ier of the ltnnk of Arizona branch
at Clnrldnln today shortly-after
the two had held lln tho llistitil-
girl bandit, photographed in th '
SMITH DOESN'T
EXPECT TO WIN
ON 1ST BALLOT
With 650 Votes in His Pock
et, N. Y. Governor
Reported to Be Willing to
'
Give the. Favorite Sons
a Good Time Before , He
Wins.
HOUSTON. Texas. June 21. UPl
j . , EoUiJ,(m to((y atartCil pnttJllg on
t . . . . Jt .
! ltB ""' r,,r "'0 rte'uocrallc
I political party just five diiya away,
j Karly arrivals found fluBH tlecltln-'r
1 hnllilliiau Willi hniilliii! Ihn Hln.-
, . . . . .
a.
' """0 winoowa unit mono
i front displayed HouhIou'h con ven
tion flag, two sters looking won
i oil Ilia hotel hlllldlllK aniiouilcen
i"Heud lleailqunriers," and another
I on the Inaide ndviseil reailera tn
I "Win with Heed."
1 Boon after the arrival of tho
New Yorkers hadws henriiiR a like-
ness of (Iovernor Smith mipeared
on coat lapels and placards were
displayed on cigar store counters
with t lie announcement: "(iovernor
AT Smith, our choice." There were
photimraplis also nn display-, of
Houston's favorite son nnnniincinK
that Jesse It. JoneB Is "tho mnn of
the hour.
Klnlshlnir touehPB were helnK
placed on tho htK coliseum where
tho convention will he held and In
dications were that its capacity nf
IS. Olio would not he enough for the
dedication ceremonies Sunday. Tho
"standing nsm only" ikn probably
will be displayed Sunday for t.he
first time. Seuts for tho 1480 dele
gates have been assigned and the
men and women who wilt nominate
the democratic candidates for pres
ident end vice-president will have
nothing to do but rind their places
when they reach the new hall on
Tuesday for the opening session at
noon.
' To assist tho privileged oortlon
of the audience a large corps of
11 j ushers has been ordered . to re
7 ' t hearsal.
! The airlvnl of VanNnmeo, first
spokesman for Governor Smith, on
the ground was followed by sugges
tions that political activity of Kan
sas City will not he' repealed at
Houston. VanNsmee predicted the
nomination of his candidate nn "nn
early ballot." Ho declared that the
Now Yorkers have como to Houston
In a spirit of good feeling toward
everybody und with no disposition
loNntct-rere with any state's right
to vote for Its favorite son. Van
Samoa's remnrks were generally
constructed to mean the Smith
forces, with votes of more than 650
on the first ballot, wilt make no
effort lo twin th, rumination on
oaeroll call.
FEAR THAT
AMUNDSEN
LOST, GAINS
With 650 Pounds of Food
Dropped by Airplane, the
Italia Commander 'Kisses
and . Embraces' Coura
geous Aviators Still No
Word of Amundsen Fog
Halts Search.
r.ONnON'. June 21. (P) I-Varfl '
are InereasInK tor the' safety hi
njtt:iln Koald Amundsen. Ueuton
unt l.lof iMetriehsen and the erew
; of the piano In whleh they flew
I from HerKon Monday toward Die
! Arctic wastes in search of (lOiioral
N;nl'"p his men. sn news has
i r ti( rrMt;u v dip piann since n
started nn the last lap nf Us
northward voyuife.. Captain
j Amunilflen had previously planned
jto ko with unotht-r expetliiion bin
1 when tho French aviator, - Iteno
Cuilhaud announced his intention
I of fly hip to Nobile's relief and
wished to take Amundsen uIoiik.
; tho famous explorer jumped at the
; chanc.
j The , plane was equipped with
I wiruless for receiving and sending
I and is believed to have hud sup
plies of petrol sufficient for a
night of 2500 miles but the pro-
longed period of silence has creni-
oil the &ravest anxiety for Amund
j sen and hl coinpanions.
j UN1H.. June "2l7 (A An Ex-
II chuiiKe TeleKraph dispatch from
Copenhagen says thut Major L'm
berto Maddnlena. . who dropped
provluious to Oenerul Umherio
i Noblle and his party yesterday, in-
tends to make an attempt to vesci'e
S 'them from the polnn Ice with his
plane. Major Mitddalena will fly
,o 1,10 1,I,0B wUen Nnbl, tt"rt h"
'flea Pninniinlnrm nra f.neAmnaii
' will drop smoke bombs to them
nnd the marooned men will use
these to Indicate the likeliest1 place
tar hlnr to hind; Then the Itnlhin.'
flier wlll try to come down on' tho
ice and take thom off. '
The dispatch says that anxiety
over Hoald Amundsen and his five,
companions who sot out by se.t
planv to aid in the rescue work,
and disappeared was growing.
(Copyright hy tho Assoclatnd
Press.)
KING'S HAY, Kpitzhergen, Juno
SI. VP) Cheered hy the 250
pounds of provisions dropped yes
terday upon his camp off North
east land hy .Major Maddalena.
General t'mberto Mobile today seati
further radio directions for tho
rescue of his stranded party.
The general and the five men
with him, who have heen short
of food and in difficult straits
ever silica May 20, when the dirig
ible Italia met wllh disaster on lis
return from the North Pole, was
In wireless communication with the
base ship, C'ltta dl .Mllano, con-
i ernlng the present situation.
ne gave some instructions noollt
what further procedure is to ho
followed In reselling his party, and
gave details as to what were the
conditions on the Ice- where he Is
stranded nnd the exact position nf
his camp.
Heforo giving these directions
concerning the rescue plans, how
ever. General Nohlle expressed his
gratification for Major Madda
lenn's assistance.
. The first .words ot Xohile's mes
sage were;
"I kiss nnd embrace tho two
filers and Meroantl."
There was no further news to
day, regarding Ronld Amundsen,
the famous explorer who took orf
from Tromsoe, Norway, on Mou
day night nnd has heen missing
since. There were all kinds . of
speculation about him hut no def
inite Information whntever has
reached here and there was nn
confirmation of yesterday's rumor
that he was down on the pnek Ice,
The week of fine weather which
has provnlled nt Spitsbergen today
was succeeded hy foggy conditions
whleh It was feared would prevent
Major Maddalena from starting
out again In search for. the bal
loon party of seven men and three
missing men who originally form
ed part of the Nohlle group.
PAItlR. June 21. mZ-Tb
French ministry of marine has
ordered the cruiser Strasbourg
and the dispatch boat Qnentin
lloosevelt to go to Spitsbergen
Immediately t0 help in tho search
for Itoald Amundsen, now missing
Iu tho French relief piano piloted ,
hy Captain Hene Gullbnud.
OSLO, Norway, June 21. OP)
A local newspaper., commenting
on the disappearance of the French
piano ' with Itoald Amundsen
ehoird, during Its search for the
Itnlia's crew, today stated that
Amundsen said hefore he left
that he was espectully Interested
In the party of seven In the tml
loon of the Italia. The pnner
thought It was possible that
Amundsen nnd his companion had
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