St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 6, 1928

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The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete ye aa NO. 273. MnHOOVER PALEGATES WIN te ee TCC rel ‘Faction Is Recog- Wurzbach | | Over JOWDEN GETS FOUR | is CAROLINA SEATS. » Slate Withdrawn, | » the Entire Block H * r Votes to Illinois. = 3 ndidate. ‘or hip imp a by tbe Associated Press. | ‘KANSAS CITY, June 6.—The ibe Creager dclegates-at-large | ror Texas, instructed for Herbert | 100 r for the presidency, today. granted seats in next week's, publican National Convention | we: the protest of a rival faction | be jed by Representative Wprz- ach of San Antonio. ‘In the fight for mong Texas Republicans the en- | 26 from —) Supremacy | ire delegation of s involved. 'On the one side was R. B. Crea- er, national committecman, rep- | esenting a slate of delegates com- | nitted to Hoover’s candidacy. On he other were Representative | Wurzbach, the only Republican} fem Texas in Congress, and C. C. Rtieton of Fort Worth, who held lcommittee proxy from South DA | Ma, giving him a right. along | ith Creager .to a hand in the de-- ision. The Wurbach-Litticton elegation was uninstrucied. -* Recalls Senate Testimony. -Wurzbach, leading off, lashed | Bto an attack against two Negro mbers of the National Commit- | Perry W. Howard of Missis ppiand Ben Davis of Georgia. He eealled testimony before the Sen- | fe Investigating Committee that. th had received money during | he preconvention campaign from | sh Holland. whom he described | “an assistant Attorney-General der Harry Daugherty.” - Wurz- Sch pointed out that Holland went ito the South as a Hoover agent. \“We have made serious charges | gainst the Republican organiza- | mn in Texas but they are not so). Prious as those made against two pembers of this committce who pok money and the man who paid em.” ‘said Wurzbach. “We have ~~ ner 12thé& Olive! i a oF Cae Le >a . 4 tee P aa ey 4 . df A % og * : ¥ | 000, | 000,000 before the big race. ‘seemed quite content i fice said: i'cerning Reading's ight hope of winning out if this mittee is going preparations are being! rrangements completed ost sensational sale and ‘ is—a sale that is a sale, VATCH} ENT IN THIS PAPER ff AND FULL DETAILS ff AT TO GO ON SALE REDUCTIONS TERMS ae ? Four delegates at large from : sani Peuth Carolina, pledged as sup-| th PROMPTLY | - *rs of Lowden, were seated to- . * meee” «When the National Committee | i oa Bs set by these men.” ' “Gose Neck Bill's” Review. William M. (Goose Neck Bill) ) acDonald, Fort Worth Negro and | delegate-at-large aldéng with Lit- ton, Wurzbach and William Paul age of Dallas, reciewed the de- lopments which l¢éd to the break etween Texas Republicans ani ts Selectidn of rival delegate He charged that inen (ce Meg Federal offikes in Texas had fen calied upon io pay for them also insisted that the Creu was arrested las. September, shortly after the Palaz- zolo murder, he was placed in jait Oct. .1 and denied bond. He lay there a few days and then asked to see Circuit Attorney Sidener. BSig- mund Bass was his lawyer, but ap- parently could do nothing about procuring bail bond. Verne Lacy, a former Assistant Circuit Attor- ney, saw Russo in jail and inquired what he was coing there. “Well, I'm here.” Russo ealled from his cell, “and I'm going te s*.y unless se .ebody gets a bond for me.” “Fl at: ‘s tliat” wnald Laer. recording to Russo's story. lacy afterwards appeared ip the case as associate counsel. But no bond was forthcomiag, end Russo asked that he be take i hefore Cli ” Attorney Sidener where | cor’! ask for b ndf and eee 8 aarp ~~ * = the Republican nomination for Cir-— : . Seth BR * habe ON A OPI « +o wet Ripe De 8 a MET NE LS AID Re Ne 2 tA NEN SIE CE 5 RTE TON I ON AA LED OA ERIO LBS Bt GOP PAE EAA mM