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The Weatta parrc-aM Pair, and, rising tern pmiure. ,. , 4 . Maiiiunut yu!Ujrt.u,. - 8 MluUuiuu today ................. 4? Tribun Weather Year Ago Maximum H-l Minimum 50 5lto TwMtr-tfcM Tai r.lr ft'iftr-iitii tut TWENTY PAGES MEDFORD, OKF.GOX. FhMIUY, .H'NF. -JJ, lilL'S. No. 92. Medford Mail 1 Today HOPE FOR YALE GREW ,'A" I CVDIflDCD UIMO IDflM 1884 Leave Harvard. Rabbits and Humans. Throw Away Ambition, j Sound in Movies. . (Copyright. 12T. by New York Evening Journal. Ine.) Harvard gave degrees Wed nesday to students. Of four young men attaining high est seolastic standing, Hiking their buchelor's degree, minima i cum lnude, two were Jewish 1 boys. That should modify n eer tain Harvard attitude on one j race question. , j The Freneh . say. "Travel! forms voiith when it doesn't de-. form it." The same is triie of a eollege eduention. How mflnv of the 1884 VOlinir men am abler tor IlUVmtf ; through college; - JlOW itkuiv leave with n keen desire for knowledge; how many with a conviction that they know al most everything-? How many would have been far ahead on the road to sue- T l.ml o.a... iliole eesa, if they had spent then College years lit. work? Charles F. Brush, able citi zen, inventor of tbe arc light, sets aside $500,000 to keep down excess popularion and im prove the race. Mr. Brush advocates strin gent birth control, sterilization of the physicnlly"nnd' mentally unfit. How many think they can im prove on Providence and 'the. workings of human nature in regard to popiilatioji. Nature knows how to get rid of-the unfit. The important thing is to have crowds of hu mans from which to elect, ex ceptional men and women to! 1 i iio t no real wont. However, nature's methods change. China, that once de stroyed girl babies, now keeps them alive. Plagues that killed off mil lions a vcar arc fought by mod- r .nnl-ttlAri tbiwiganza now off North Cape and 1 increased. i ir... .....i i iiL.,l 4a I " 1 , j northward in an eriort to oreaK kill off the weak, as War killed through to Nobile. Neither of these Off those that were tOO combat- j however, had anything to report concerning Amundsen, ive. I The Malign is laying her course If civilization stops war, and;'"'- ':'"1,e11I,-1,Bh ,1"","' V 1 t j hoped will be able to reach the science conquers disease, it may ; stranded Nobile camp. l.n ..nnn.L,m lh tn rii.n- ! Lieutenant Luetzow Holm and in iiitriMuj 1 j in uiivtiiM , v i" vent humans multiplying as the rabbits did in Australia. Sir James Barric tells Rhodes scholars not to try for "frreat- llOSS." The advice was hltnior- Otis, probllblv. Trv for great-1 1 - ncss produces desirable medioc-1 vitf. Jfen "aim Inch to shoot I " low," as the illiterate colored man said when he ashed Clrover Cleveland to make hira libra - vian of Congress, lie really wanted a job as porter. A hahv erieu for tile moon eumuiatni- ior ine rnnio ouuu Ouadalajara dispatches to Kxcei " ") ' "r "' Iwhnse strength Nobile has been Uor slnt0 that 10 federal soldiers nnd is satisfied with 11 cookie. ! carefully husbanding. Major Mad- nrt 22 Insurgents were killed on Yniilli renel.e for crenlneniul - is content with inotlcst achieve r mcnt and a place ou the golf course. AVinfield I. Rlicchan, who knows about moving pictures, says screen will be much big ger for large sized theatres now IMIIItlllltr ever Wliere. J mil H.:fltnr u-hn hn. hMn e-rnnminl; 1 . make it necessary to revise pro- . duel 1011 methods. Most iinnortnnt for hiiddins genius, he says the "talking movie" will create 11 new army of scenario writers, knowing liow Irtmnke sound effective in pictures. I Norwegian explorer, the optimism i In a detective story, noise of a which had held out in Paris PASAnKXA. cl.. June 22. (T creaking board, or a shot, mnht he changed lo great anxiety, although ! A. Ft. Frost. 77, whlclv known more eflertivo than the hero's 1 official naval circles still express ni years ago as an lllustritor. amlle. i hope that the missing seaplane will .dij .l of heart trouble here toilnv Mr. Sbeehan helieres that the (Continued on rag Four) LA LUIlLIV IT 10 MUm GIVEN UP No Word of Amundsen and Five Companions Since Monday Is Regarded as Evidence of Disaster Nobile Again Located and More Food Is Dropped From Air. KIXCH BAY. Spitsbergen. June :. yp( Major M.tddaicnn mid ipIn' ltal"ln, n'01"' c,r,edv 0.VmT ' n(1rtv off Xonhoost Innd today and i vk... um-o hm ..iiniH .... , iVm.. ..nv-imile where nenr the strnnded men. Major .Maddalena wan malting Ihis third flight to drop supplies, having dropped GfiO pounds at the Nobile camp Wednesday. Today's reconnaissance lasted k!j hours. The two fliers said they Hew low over the spot hut saw no aircraft wreckage nor anything ol the two other stranded parties of the North Pole dirigible Iiulin- Th(, m0Il (lLso r(ipor(H, th:it UlPy ihnd not seen anything r Uoald Aniuiuisen, explorer, who nati nei-u missfiiK Hiuee in Hi Monday night when lie took oTf from Norway for Spitzhergen, in a senreh for the French seaplane containing I-ief DietrlchHen and crew of four French naval niqn. (Copyright 9iS, by the Associated rresa.) KING'S PAY, Spitsbergen, June j 22. iJP) While a heavy fog which had settled upon Spitsbergen this i morning whh siowiy iimng nunng I the day. the Italian flier at Kings f Ha v were planning to seize t h e find opportunity to take off in two . large flying boats to bring further aid to Cleneral Nobile and to eek jf" missing expedition of Roaid .munt!KMi. Now thnt more thnn COO iiounrin of provisloiiH, and supplies ' havi lcn dropped to General NoMIe and his five stranded companions nenr Knyn island off Northeast land., thus ensuring their safety lor the present, the attention of the rescue expeditions here has seen turned sharply toward the misslnB Amundsen group. The radio operator of the Nobile base ship. Citta di .M llano, has been busy trying to find some trace of the huge French plane in which Amundsen and five companions took off from Norway Monday night, but thus far the search has been fruitless. The Citta fli Milano has com municated with the Ice-cutter Rra- With the Russian Ice-breaker Ma t lign which is near South Cape in a i rough sea slowly making her way 1 If'nptain Kliser-lirsen, the Norwe- ! i?lan fliers who have made numer i ous reconnaissances over the terri tory, nKiiin flew to the vicinity hut w-ere uuahle to locate the party. It is regarded as evidently diffi cult If not Impossible, to strike No- 1 hile'M onsttlnn evactlv without wireless guidance. Neither of the Norwegian planes Is equipped with rnrlln 1 nlnr M.umn (nn. who found the Nobile party on Wednes-l lln-v' foun1 . k '""-iilt with hlsl : excellent raillo equipment to locate lihe marooned men. j thw" !nj0'n:1:,nJ,'"a "','7 j the supplies ednesdny only one 1 of the parachutes to which the I tnlned fresh batteries and an nc- .n"le,m ""w ,0 nr"P " "''"' jsetof batteries carefully packed III I set nf hatterles ciircfiillv n.lc a runner iniiii s.i n.ai i. win imiinf In .Mi Thlrlv re.iernl sol- he ilnmnK.tl In falling on the Ice. With the appearance of some sunsnine, clearing up tne tog-; wounded could not be determined. I Major Mnddalena hoped lo be utile j Th !,,,.,.,,, finally were tils-' to make another trip before theipPrR0(j day ended. Ills fellow Italian flier j Th ' hnMe described ns one of, Major Pcnzo, wns planning to get 1 ,h, nnrdet fought of the two away also If possible. 1 years' Irregular warfare In the PARIS. France. June 22. (Pi I of Jalisco, brought a federal j Vnv-1 I l.iilananl P.rl. Freneh 1 Cmnph rnr a tt-anu Vtlan. rrencn seaplane lor a trans-Atian- tic flight In the near future, today loffered his Bervlres to proceed to I SpltzherBen to assist In the search i for Commander Kene (iuilbaud and the French plane aboard which Honlrl Amundsen ' set out to the! relief of the Nohllo crew .Monday night. As 24 hours ataln passed with - iout news of the French plane and I its six men. Including the great! ! be heard from sbortli. (Continued on Pagt Bo van) OLD RIVAL Harvard Oarsmen Beaten by Ten Lengths in An-j nual Regatta at- New London Yale Juniors and I Freshmen Also Victors j , Big Throng Views. I RKfiATTA COrilSK. NKW j MIM!(), June 22. I) Vale defeated Harvard liy ten lengths In elght-oared four mile vursily t.miictit. 1U5C1ATTA C O f R S K, . NEW LONDON. Conn.. Juno 22. () Vale's Junior varsity defeated llur- vard liy eight lengths In the two up-stream race today, taking a clean sweep nf the morniim races of the historic 'regatta. The New Haven sweep-swlniters hel dthe- lend throughout the race anil Harvard never seriously threatened them. Yalo rowed at a hlBh stroke. All the oarsmen tlu Ished KtroliR. Vale's freshman crew, won the first event of the day, defeating Harvard's first year crew hy four lengths over the two-mil' course. The lllne youngsters overcame an early Harvard lead nnd were never headed, although the Crim son staged n desperate rally within three-fourths of a mile of the fin ish. The Yale enxswnin met the challenge, however, nnd swept over the line an easy winner amid the horts. r.oth crews finished In kooiI hpyslcal shape. The official times: Kreshmftn race. Yule 10 minutes 33 seconds: Harvard 10 minutes 43 seconds. Junior varsity, laic 10 minutes . 17 seconds; Harvard 11 mlnutos 4 seconds. CHICAGO. June 22. (A) -Mary Pick ford had a big story for the papers today. Reporters swarmed to hear. "I've cut my hair," she ex claimed, and the multitude gasped, "lint what of the curls?" de manded the t h ro n g when t h ey had reco rered t hei r brea t h . "Oh, 1 still have them,"- Miss I'd kford replied f "They're wrapped up ready be pinned on if I ever need them. Thev were such a nuisance, you know, hanging down below my waist. So many women in New York were wearing long hair, but I can't see why any woman would want It long. "It was a shock to loug, of course. He almost wept when he saw it cut "short. It's down to here just around the shoulders. I nan 10 nave u ..one 1 111 not going to be n little girl uny more. No slums or curls in my next picture. I've always been :'ve always been 1 now I'm going I gins gin. nn.i now 11.1 after the boys." Mr. nnd .Mrs. Fairbanks will r-ntrnin for Hollywood tonight r nonywom. "M j th0 murders were not accidental : point nf the seml finnls of the I'll homeward bntina irom wrr( rtp,,01.I11(1v ,,llnnp, f,-1 clflc northwest women's chain pion A I the purpose of exterminating the, ship today. Miss Wilson shot They are Europe. FIGHT ALL DAYi 1 MEXICO CITY, .June, 22. W Wednesday In an eight-hour bat j (i0 nrar ,1g jiuertns In the state , d,.rB WPre wounded In the battle. j w hii. 1no nllmher of Insurgents Mireo Ol 3 fill men lO.O n cu,.. wnn niniosL .uw insui -ms. of the federal troops killed two were . , nmrers. I ' The Noted Dead CAMP.P.inc.K, Mass., June A, William rtenjamln King, ; widely known novelist under the'of Italy was down to nil. llanr- pen nnme of Basil Kim. died here today. at his residence nfier a short 111 ness. He Is survived by his Widow nd one ion. WHERE AMERICAN NATIONAL OPEN LJ 1 iff 1 Sr &s Vi?W Olympic Fields golf course, Chicago, where the best amateur and pro golf stars of several naliont eek the national open championship. View 1 shows the clubhouse. View 2, the famous third hole, on of the two hardest of the course, seen from tha fairway looking toward the green. View 3, hole No. 14 the other hard one, seen from the tee lookin;; down the fairway. ' ' UUGO SLAVIA IS AGAIN ON VERG L OF CIVIL WAR p m mitnicationS Between w O III IHUIIIUilllUlia DClYVCGll Winnno nnrl Rolnrarlo Hill Off- -Riots and Bloodshed K n 1 I A 1 :i I Dying and 100 Wounded.1 V1KNNA, June 22. UP) AH ! telephone com mil nicat Inns between t Vienna and lielgrade has ceased. , giving rise to much anxiety here ' concerning the situation , in Jugo-t Klavln. " ! 111" I .C. 1 1 A I J 1 1, June '1 2. hVt .lugo-Slavia is seething with ex ! cltement. Riots at Seagreb. Croa- tia, stronghold of the pea a ins, which followed the staying i)f two Croatian deputies and wounding of four others in the .Hmo-Slav par- I nJirm.n( . Igi ade tnuved cvni more sanguinary than at flr.t- thought. Kour persons have been killed, six are believed to be dv - lug and nearly Umi wounded. Public imitation which lu.d bee., smoldering over the policy of the government has reached fever heat. Keignuic and Seugreh resemble besieged cities with military forces everywhere. The government newspaper VA- lnstvoi declnied loday that toi my j These censorship Is being applbd. f , .ellhno lln( telegrnph ; nPS Newspai.ers appear wlib , Kr(i ,),) , Onnosltlon nen'snnnera nrn age In their denunciation of the great tragedy. They charge that government's chief opponents and obstructionists. IlKl.finADi:. .lugo-Slavia. June 122. Ifll Stefan Ilndltch. leader of the Croatian peasants partv. who was wounded by a govern menu i deputy during a session of parlla-1 mcnt on Wednesday, was losing ground today. His physicians flar ed congestion of the lungs. Professor fiustav singer, eminent ' Vienna physician. Is rushing to! Helgin.le Iry airplane tn attend ; Itndltch. The condition of Iiadlu h! Is understood to he causing great' I apprehension V peasant upheaval ' H f ' 6,1 ,f ",0 national hero dies. TO LOW record: SAN FRANCISCO. June 22. in; j A big break occurred In Rank I of Italy anil llancltlly corporation today, both stocks sinking lo low levels on the stock exchange at 2 o'clock. I:ancltaly sunk lo 101. a i new low for IH2S, and the (irst time It has touched thst figure since the stock spilt up of Inst fall. llallk I Italy shares traded In up to that lime was apiiroxlmately 29.000. I4 Klll.il In Trtiln Wrr. fc ST.lCKIUll.M. Sweden. June 2 2 t.Vl Mcag.r details itrrivlng from Hull Nas. in eastern Sweden, Ihis morning told nf the wrerkilu- of the Northern Kxpress near there, with a death list of 14. hi r t 5 v ON. Little Boy Killed By Golf Ball As OdIJKX. I'luli. June 22. IPi Struck hy a B"lf hall. , Nathan Taylor, nine-year-old son or llniace II. Taylor of tills city, was almost lusiant- ly killed at the tJKden (inlf ' ami t'ouutry cluli here yes- terduy. The hull, driven and sliced hy K. K. Sleffensen, Kail Lake attorney, had truv- tied onlv 15 l'eet when It """ "'"k0 ,,l,l s 4 i WILLING 3 f PORTLAND. Ore.. June '12. -(P) In lap men a Hcml-flnals Mr. t. F Willing was three, up on Frank ! UolP "t t'ltd of Hie first IS holes today, and Don Moe wns rive ' up on Uudio Wilhelm, Hie defend- ciiumiuon. (ft) 1 i0KTI 4XD Ore. Juno ; n 0 R willing and Frank D'olp , ,.. ,,,. (1, ,ilrt ...i nt Hw, ri,-Mt 'nine hole of (he uD-hole semi- j w,ais uf northwest amateur ; KOf chuiniiionship lournament to- Urn oilier game Rlldie Wilhelm was three down to Don Moe All 1 the nluvera are Portland men. ' u"'l. w,"' " Vancouver.! .ln ,i.,..i4.r ..l,nn,,.lnn m down to Miss Marion Wilson of i Vicloi III. II. C. nt the nine-hole , hlrilles on the first, third nnd ninth j holes. Miss Kenneth R. Heed of Port- ! .,, had a one-hold lend over Miss i Flennnr ltiodle nf Portland at the nlnth-hole linn. Baseball Scoret American. It. II. i:. I lost on " 7 li Washington Huffing and I 1 f. 3 erry: Iturke and ltuel. First game It Detroit 11. 12 St. I .ru I. S S Horrell. Sloner, Italloway and! iKhca: Ogdr.n and Schnnn. Philadelphia - New Yolk post poned: rain.. It. II. K. fhiciiff.i 7 Pi a . !cl.v.lan,l i II 1 I lankenslilp. Connally. f.'rnuse: : t'ble, Harder, llayne und I.. How-I oil. Xitll.tnut. J II. H. I'- I Cincinnati 1 7 'A I Plltsbiirg .... .-: II If, a i ."IP, l-.owains. i .i-.-H iiiii.i. .ii.ii- ; iii.iiiwi.ai i.iiu , nil ki a . . .,iiiiii-s and lltirt-rcuvs. H. II. K. SI. I.ouls 4 Chicago . , 1 7 1 (Colled end sixth.) Shi-i-.IH ami J. Wilson: Malone and iou&ilc. Itronk lyn - II o s t n n postponed: cold weather. Two games lo- morrow, 0NI0LPJ0E LEADING RUOIE MEET IS PLAYED 5 LYNCHERS OF NEGRO ARE HELD LI COnfeSS'lOn by Member Of 'Necktie Partv' Leads t0 iuUimiv. uilj i-i-u Arrest of Houston Citi ZenS GOVemOr Promises " ' " vigorous Prosecution IIOL'STOX, Texas, June 22. fP) i l-'l-c men wero held without bond ! Iicie today on charffes of nun-iler in connection with the lyuchliiK , Weilncsday last of Kohert Powell, 24-year-nid ncKru accused or Kill- WITHOUT BA ; inK a detective. one stroke behind .MacFnrlane The , ha. nes were riled nfter A. j came Waldo V. Crowiler of Cleve I II. Wheeler, u l.oilcrmaker. In n j nnd anil Frank Walsh of Mllwnii- slalement lf police. iMIIllllteu mat he patifeipiited In a raid on Jeffer sin Davis hospital here early Wed nesday morning when Powell was t:tken from his bed and hanged from n bridge about eight miles from Houston. Powell was confined In the hos pital under guard of a deputy sheriff to undergo treatment for a wound received In a gun battle in .which CHy Detective A. W. Davis was killed. Davis was attempting to disperse group ot negroes t when the shootinir. started. In his statement. Wheeler named ,ix others us inembers of the rald- i"K party, four of whom have been V. ambulance driver; fharles "I'lhnm. 24: F. T. Shuck, 32. and Tack" Iteese. 2. a taxi driver, The nthers, Identified as "Hub. bei" Kent and Howard Minion. are sought by sheriffs and Texas : rangers assigned to the case by .ovcrnor nan .Moony. FROM STATE PEN RALKM, Ore., June 22. -The i second prisoner to escape froip the stuto 'penitentiary under the prPH ent administration got away yewlen day when Curl V. Stewart, trusty, t walked away from u field near the J nrfifiti Unvr.ftil irmnilu a rn Inoblllfi I i"i mill. niio'ji iii ri:nn Ufsu I Jesse Collins, another trusty, es- 1 ! raped In similar manner. Ktewart ; - I Ik under sentence to serve eight i years for at tempt tn-; tn kill hm j lathei In-law at llttlslmro. Casualties of the Air Service F.MPOItlA. Has., June 22. (P) dustro) her home Inst Monday. Wavne Neville of Kansas City, pi " '''aimed that she set fire to lot on the Chlcago-D'illas air mallj"10 n"u"'- "'en "padded" her roule. as killed earlv todav when : Insurance claim In an effort to his plane ran fnlo a severe wind storm and ct ashed near l,cho. Has,, ; 20 miles east of here. The plane i was wrecked. ! AmtiI Woinail IP'tlcr III l-;l CF.Nl:. (lie., .lutie 22. (P) Mrs. Kllxahctll Caston Lyons of I Springfield, aged 101, who re- j centlv suffered a slight stroke. Is j t'lMioi-ted much improved. Mrs. i Lyons Is the oldest member of the j Daughters of the American Itevo- lutlon in the sluts ot Oregon, BOBB V,.':ES ISAI QMITH mini 111 inn'" viiiiui AliAIN 111 LtAU! FOR GOLF TITLE Amateur Champion With I Par for Second Round! Tops Field at Chicago J Willie McFarlane Shoots! Par Also British Star Falls Down. i OI.YMl'lA Firci.DS. C'lilt-auo. June j 22. UP) llohhy Jones shot par golf jto tnlte (lie lead today for lite na- tional open Kolr championship. Ilia ! j 71 for the second IS holes, with ! i HIb 7.1 of the first day. Rave him a i:! hole total of 144. Hill I-eaelt was j ! second with 14(i. I i OI.YMl'lA FIKLl). Chleaso, Juno ' 22. A1) After Itelpinit set the ! opening day pace with a sensational I 70, l-Vniik Hall, llrltlsh born pro- fesHlonal from Atlanta, skidded I badly today and took an 81, 10 over par, to Rive him a 36-ho!e flt- lire of 151 In lto national open golf . eluiinpiiiiisblp. I Willi somewhat fiiBter turf than I on tho Initial round, cnnlCKants for thu nallonnl open golf champion- -! ahlp teed off In a brilliant sunshine today for the second 18 holes over the. l!72ll yard course ut Olympla j r leius i.ouniry eiiin. only oil of the , : coinpetitnrs will remain for the lllniil 30 holes tonight so that In ! addition to the struggle for the j leadership held at tho end of tho i Hirst round by Henry Ciuccl und jl'iank Hall with a sub-par score of i 70, there were renewed efforts hy i many to survive the elimination. I There was Just a pleasant breeze j at the slnrt of pluy, but the first four to sturt each not a six before they had passed the first three , "" , "V ., I hhootlng the last 10 holes ex- !?,c,1' ' Pr. Willie MacFnrlane of. New Wk went around In 74. which I"'"" u'""lni"'"y'H 73 R"v,nlm; , )f ,47 anU (ho ,empiivary ! leauursinp, tour siroKos ueiier tnnit l.all's aggregate. rat Neck, N., v.! wusn-t Ohio to .Improve on IiIh opening day round iiiacifouaiu mun, tno styitst trom opening day round of 75 and took 77 to boost Ills total mi io mi, nun hu oko ones ot nun. lach, who finished yesterday's round with a 72 and a tie for fourth, wus playing consistent golf. He went out in 38 and came home In 30, or even par. Ho scored three birdies. MneFarlane, who scored a 73 yes-' ) uirtlnv. rnrilcd 74 todav. Kee With 14K Itnlnnd Hancock of Wilmington, N. ('.; Frank Hull of Atlanta, who tied for first at yesterday's round with 11 70; Felix Herafln, Wllkes bnrre, Pa., ami .loe Turnesn of New York, were tletl with 151 for next place. Jones was at even par at the end of the twelfth. He made Ills first putting mistake of tho day nn the tliy-yan'l tenth and he took a five one over par. lie clicked off perfect figures for the next two holes. A slight rain started when Jones anil his Is playing mate, Johnny Fm- f New Vork, went to the ell thirteenth tee. Farrell, who took a "7 yesterday, also was playing n wonderful gnme and was but one over par nt the end of the thir teenth. Jones, plnylng the sort nf Rolf only he Is capnhle of when he Is on his game, would have smashed 1 0, let alone par, had he gotten the breaks on only a few of the half-dosen putts that he laid to' within two Inches of the cup. Hob-1 by hod putts of six to ten feet for -birdies on the fifth, sixth, elevnth, i fourteenth nnd eighteenth, hut narrowly missed them nil, fleorge VnnKIm of Detroit, who bent Hobby Jones for the nntlonul nmatetir cnampionsnip in t'.'z, came In two strokes behind Iiobby Inhhul With a 37-37-72 140. liOSF.IU'HO. Ore., June 22. (P) Mrs. Jennie M. Love of Prospect street In north Hoseburg. was ...sr.. ,..! cus.o.iy nisi niKiit ami is held on enarge ot arson wnn defraud an insurance Intent to company as a result of a fire which secure money. .1 iesi 01 ner sunny is, to be made before an definite notion Is taken In the criminal case. An Investigation Is also being made of the fire which destroyed n home which she formerly occupied In north ltoseburg. Deputy State Fire Murshals Malehorn nnd Warren assisted by it. I. Itni-ry, Insurance adjuster, have been Investigating the case and sav that thev have secured a I full Qund'solun (row the woman. EXPLAINS mm New York Governor Denies He Has Changed in His Ideas on Liquor Question Thinks Dry Law Should Be Amended So as to Allow Wet States to Have Liquor. NKW YORK, June 22. (.f) Onvernor Alfred E. Smith .1 viewj on prohibition are unrhanKen. He was asked by the New York World: "In view of the questions raised at Houston ahout Norman K. Mack's statement, the World wishes to know: Have you chunked your be lief that there should be amend ment of tha present prohibit Ion pro visions?" Since passage of the prohibition amendment, (lovernor Smith has maintained It was improper because adopted without a referendum tt) the people nnd thnt under the amendment each slate should ho prlvIlHged to decree the alcoholic content of Its beverages The World, an ardent supporter of the governor for the democratic presidential nomination and a foo of prohibition,- has been Urging him strongly not to straddle on the question. .Mr. Mack, national c,immiiio. man from New York and up state democratic leader, said: "tloveiuor Smith has stood nd alwnvs ammU f..,- nr.n,,.i in.ori and state's rights. He Is opposed ' Prohibition. He Is for temper- ante. . . "(inventor Smith believes that If any state desires a certnin alcoholic content of beverage, Unit state hat ,e rKht t0 determine thut con- tent. If the state desires to bo tt -y I then It Is the right of the state to 1 be drv. L 'wUfti Mr. Mack'g Hlateme; I cnuHtrtied as i 'r4nrHHtit.? tim nf wnu ennatrtted 'a 'etreiuilita tho vl. bf (lovernor Smith. MV. Muck has- i toned to say that he was Bnenklmr only for himself. The governor refused to elabo rate on his views after he has given 1 his answer to the World's ntmiinn The governor denied recent re- worts that ho mlehi reslcn hu . ent office on receiving the presi dential nomination. , "There Is certainly nothln-'j to ' that." he said. . When asked whether ho desired 1 lo cmumont on who the vice-presidential nominee might be, he said:. "I am not handling that end of It. That is something the convention Is capable of working out. I be lieve that collective Jndginont In such matters Is ulways best." Orys Start to Boil HOUSTON, Texas, June 22 (PI The prohibition question has been thrown squarely Into the demo cratic national, convention he-'o oven before the opening of the hunilquarters of Alfred K. Smith, and It has provoked an endless round or discussion us to the effect 11 maV ',nVe "I""1 ttio convention's ! deliberations nnd the New York governor's candidacy Itself. The governor himself ?nt Into; the controversy during the day, dr daring in New York City In re. stmnse to a question that his belief thai tbea'e should be some amend ment to the present prohibition j provisions had not changed. This was seized upon hy the drys, who nh'eady are arriving here In force, to demand on ultra diy plank platform and to oppose the nomination of any wet candidate. While this turn of pre-conven- tlon events appeared to give some concern to the Smith Bitpporters, they still expressed full confidence ! tnat their favorite would he noml , nated early in the balloting. . . ...i.u .i.i i.i ciiuiruBi wnn iiieir coiiiitieuce, i Smith opponents clung to (he hope ! they could prevent his nomination. I To win It would he necessary for I Smith to muster 732. 1-3 of the 1100 ; convention votes. . The .New York I executive' managers are assuring I Incoming supporters that he alreailv had more than 650 votes definitely lined up and that the necessary remalnder would be obtained early In the balloting, which Is expected to begin next Thursday, two days after the convention meets. The driving force of the Snilth nnunBllInn la esnpptpd tn he fur. , lshed with the arrival here tonight of Senator James A. Heed of Mb- , mutli Ho is coming to press his ! nKn candlducv for the democratic nnniltiBtlnli and has served notice that he Intends to fight to the finish. How About Favorite 8on7 One of the foremost questions I onln.r the rounds of hotel lobbies ll( ot,er places where other lend era gather la where the favorite son votes in the convention will ao when the break cornea In the hul lotlng. The Smith nieu candidly concede that they have little chance of getting iime of this strength but they are looking with considerable confidence on at least part of tho dele-tatlons from such favorite son states as Ohio, Indiana, (Continued on Page Seven) ,