The Washington Post
September 28, 1926

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ES | EO TAS AC My OSs RTIRL ERC fem je MOM EGE EM OTT Sg Fro mer ‘ aN : ' : » bt oft : * a Bite! ty LAP Ta ey _—- ee” b A a a ail hay Ne eee ee ee ee A Pe Se, CT ae sae ie mn we ik : ‘ : ¢ : ‘ * a a, . : ; : ; 1 ‘« r ae hy $e ; ; : 3 : : ‘ fi ‘ ; bp . - ‘ : ¥ 4 ‘ 3 ’ . ; - . . bs * — Py p 7 7 ty ~ e Ww y ASHIN GTON: ' POST-SCRIPTS | by | crorce ROTHWRE.LL BROWN Through the air, beneath the sea Comes the busy world to me, With her joys and her cares. As or well or ill she fares. 7 us Henry Ford certainly is cleaning up big on favorable publicity 4, his brilliant scheme to doc workmen a day’s wages a week. the With dollar quoted at 35.83 1-2 francs the spectacle. of | French peasants gleefully taking | from their bankers the new paper notes at 5.70 for one gold franc | leaves a financier in considerable | doubt as to just which Frenchmen. are thrifty. It is isillietae to learn from Mr. Taft that one American can return | Tablets to Them by Means | (By A. P.). from a vacation in Canada without | knowing anything about the situation up there. M. Poincare’s optimistic reference to the settlement of the war debts arouses a hopeful curiosity as to the further contents of the French peasants’ socks. New York Republicans harmonize their differences by selecting a couple of wet candidates to run on a dry platform. “Rum! rum! theu hast destroyed me,” (“Come, landlord fill the flowing bow! ;”’ ) Rum! rum! thou hast annoyed me, Drink hearty, boys. Lord bless my soul! The morticians devote themselves to some more grave business. “Eldest born of powers divine! Blessed Hygeia! be it mine To enjoy what thou canst give And henceforth with thee to live.” What boon more blessed than a quick step and a clear eye, and all the other priceless attributes of youth that go with health! The first Pan-American conference of national directors of public health somehow inspires us with a keener sense of joy than the regular annual convention of the undertakers. May the doctors put ’em out of business. The celebrated fund turned over to various institutions and under- takings by a young gentleman who didn’t like the way his father ac- quired his wealth, has all been dis- posed of. A Garland and his money are soon parted. Senator Pomerene ulin the curse off of a the Hon. recent pronunciamento by Rewpen D. Baker. “Sweet and neg are thy ways, Beauteous, golden Autumn days.” The Weather Bureau formally an- nounces the passing of summer and we shudder lest some wise bird bulges out now with a prediction this is going to be the year without a winter. Stick around, Autumn! Avery interesting birthday of Georges Clemenceau, who reaches his 85th _ milestone. How sad that at the close of his re- markable career the Tiger had to commit the extreme folly of showing his claws to his best friend. Scuteri is besieged by revolution- ists and it is understood that every- body is scooting. date—the » Germany refuses to comply with M. Poincare’s demand that she ac- knowledge her war guilt. Why can- not the Premier be reasonable and admit that Belgium started it by | suddenly and without warning _in- vading her peaceful Teutonic neigh- bor? Secretary iit. atau that licker. is now harder to get, but how does he know? The day’s record of stick-up jobs, robberies and various thefts is dis- couraging evidence that the crime wave isn’t over even with bandits being rounded up in wholesale lots. oa . 7 cA The announcement that Secretary Wilbur plans to take the stump is calculated to make the shudder on Will Wood’s spine register on the Georgetown university seismograph. | € - 7 w Far down in the Michigan mine 43 miners entombed since Friday are still alive and send a signal to their fellows who are working frantically to save them. A rescue approaches which will add another joyous thrill to the front page one of these mornings. * v It is rumored that C harlie Hughes, the cut-up of the Levi«than, is think- ing of going into vaudeville. x Washington has now subscribed te the Miami fund almost as much as it did to Tex Rickard’s. ; Al! All the gang's all here! The New York Democratic con- vention gets set to break up an- ether national convention, and a distinguished ‘‘Featherduster’’ pro- ’ ceeds to give a Jistinguished wet a’ good dustiry. his | licker | : | off. depths of a. -eent tropical hurricane, nothing is ENTOMBED MINERS ARE HEARD DIGGING, AEOGUER DECLARED) 43, Buried Since Friday, : Said to Have Tapped on Water Pipes. WORKERS STILL FAR FROM THEIR PRISON | ‘Crews Are Hoping to Get Food. of Shaft. /' ment Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 27 P.).—Certain that he had signs of life, Alfred Maki, and gaunt miner, hoisted to. the surface tonight after a trip! through G shaft of the Pabst mine | here to obtain communication with | the 43 men entombed in the mine | since Friday. Maki, who was lowered 400 feet | into the shaft, dangled from the end | of a rope, tied about his waist, car-; rying a flashlight which aided him | in penetrating the wreckage and | debris for a distance of 50 feet. “{ heard men working,” he de-| clared, “like men working in the | earth far off. I could not tell where, the sound came from. It Was far| I tapped the water pipes but | got no answer.” He remained down on his expedi- | i (By A heard | a grim | was ! tion for about 15 minutes. Maki who was one of the group of work- | ers who claimed to have heard dis- | tinct signals on a water pipe late in ) the atfernoon was unable to get re-| -| sage today TU ESD. AY, SEPTEM BE R “98. ee ee ably temperature winds. est, GO; a a ee we ee = Weather—Cloudy, sional showers, today and prob- tomorrow ; tomorrow ; Temperature yesterday—High- lowest, 50. A SS aN with. occa. Slowly rising gentle 1926. _TW E N TY- T wo PAGES - COPYRIGHT, 1826 \ Politics at Arms Gibson’s Proposed Orders to Committees Limiting Considerations to Purely | Technical Matters Wins League Body’s Approval. ‘Cecil Backs the American, Delegates in Denial That | They Have Attempted to Impede, Rather Than’ Help Preparation Work. ) Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. ‘tion to the preparatory commission, the British. actively by of a tions to subcommittees which work and success of the proposed tional disarmament conference. The experts attached to the com- mission henceforth are expected to | consideration of | and | drop all political problems submitted to them a ~The American delega- | disarma- | backed | obtained the pas-| series of instruc-. are | expected to hasten the preparatory | increase the chances of | interna- | b GA, es, : | | | limit their action to technical study. | The unanimous vote by the com- mission came after Hugh Gibson, © ors -& wooo MINISTER HUGH GIBSON. American Minister to Switzerland, . made a speech which delegates’ applause, setting forth the stand ofthe United States as} ‘regards disarmament. As for crit- icisms in the newspapers and else-| where that the American delegation | evoked the | was inclined to interfere with, rath- (than hasten preparations for the | disarmament conference, he char- | acterized them as misleading. (SONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 4.) PARIS TO FIGHT FOREIGK GONTROL, SAY PREMIER «TWO CHARGE ON STAND EVANGELIST IN COTTAGE, sponses to signals while in G shaft. Trespassing Must Cease, He! Mrs. McPherson’s Hearing on| Much More Digging Ahead. The miner blinked in the glare of, the floodlights about the minehead. Tired after a day of work and the Holds; Early Debt Talk in Chamber Asked. Conspiracy Charge Is Be- gun in California. nervous excitement in the face of INSISTS ON ECONOMIES: ‘WOMEN ARE WITNESSES his dangerous descent, he smiled, satisfied that he has twice heard his imprisoned friends. His trip proved to authorities in| * charge of the rescue that much dig- | ging will be shaft is clear. In the wreckage and debris where | the cage was crushed, killing three | men, Maki found a great opening, a gash cut by the rocks as they hurtled through the shaft and. blocking the entry to the eighth | level, where the men are im- prisoned. As he came to the top after the | expedition which brought him closer | to the entrapped men than any other | being since the cave-in Friday morn- ing, a shout went up from the | crowd of wives, mothers, children and relatives anxiously waiting for any word. A second relief expedition was to start late tonight from an adjoining mine where a horizontal tunnel has been dug halfway through 300 feet of rock and earth. necessary before the! Rescuers Renew Attack. Réscue workers renewed their | attack upon the reck and wreckage | after. Maki returned to the surface. | thrilled by his report, which exhil- | erated their tired bodies. Rescue crews have been working | in eight-hour shifts since the ac-} ‘cident. Continued blasting in the shaft | may meet with success before noon tomorrow, miners believe, provid- ing that rock and shattered stone. can be cleared for a passageway. Meantime a narrow diamond- head drill is making slow headway toward the imprisoned men, and if | this effort is successful, a means of | communication will be established | and food may be dropped to them | in tablet form. , “With luck, we'll have them eon, tomorrow night,’’ was the _—_ brought up tonight by men who a tunneling up from the thirteenth 4 | ; i i { i level of an adjoining mine to the eighth leve! of G. Pabst mine. Note in Bottle Says. | 16 Men Are Drowning | ee ee oe Miami, Fla., Sept. 27 (By A. P.) A corked bottle found floating in Biscayne Bay tceday bore the la- conic message: “September 18. off Cuba. teen men on boat Dexert, gone.’ While the message appeared to) ‘have been written during the re- Six- | all hope known here Dexert. Canadian Inquiry of a boat named | Mackenzie King announced today. Includes Rum Pact Ottawa, Sept. 27 (By A. P,).— The work of the royal commission investigating the department of cus- toms will be enlarged to include an inquiry into the operation of the government last August, | Pisnce to pleted his investigation ) nord Bar-Le-Duc, France, Sept. 2% . P.).—Premier Poincare, making his first political speech since tak- ing over the helm of the French today ex- pressed the hope that the settle- ment of war debts soon would come up for discussion in parliament. Addressing the general council of the Department of Meuse, of ‘which he has been a member for | 40 years, the premier said that never has repudiated her foreign debts and that she is de- termined to pay them in accordance with her capacity and within the |limits of the possibility of transfer- ring money abroad. At the same time, the premier gave notice that he will resist all attempts to break down the econo- mies provided for by decree and foreshadowed a fight on that issue when the chamber reconvened. Finance Crisis Laid to Berlin. He said that France was ready consider closer relations with Germany providing they were in accord with the peace treaties and France’s alliances. The premier opened his talk on ‘the debt situation by placing the financial difficulties of France at the door of Germany. “France was assailed,’’ he said. “She defended herself magnificent- ly, but victory left her impover- ished and enfeebled. That is why she has had to inflict upon herself fresh sacrifices to renovate her money. The expenditures for a war that was imposed upon us by the central empires and the de- fault of Germany in the payment of reparations crushed our treas- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.) GERMANS ENRAGED AS FRENCH SHOOT 3 ‘Lieutenants, in Civilian Garb, Kill One and Wound Two at Germersheim. Germersheim, Germany, Sept. (By A. P;) pe Bavarian gOv- has com- into the shooting of three German citizens | by two French officers. 27 ernment commissioner. He has determined that in the. course of a dispute two French lieutenants in civilian garb, shot and: seriously ‘wounded a_shoe- maker, Richard Holzmann, Two 'Germans who witnessed the Bhoot- | ing, followed the Frenchmen to learn their identity, and, according to-the commissioner’s version, the officers thereupon fired at their pursuers, killing orfe and wounding the other. Excitement over the incident is treaty with the United States for the suppression of rede pu along the international. boundary, Premier growing among the inhabitants as it comes only a shoft time after a clash beween the French and Ba- | « | varians at a war veterans’ reunion. te / Qo” Los Angeles, Sept. 27 (By A.’‘P.). Efforts by the State to establish its contention that Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson occupied a Carmel, Calif., cottage with Kenneth G. Ormiston for 10 days after she disappeared from the beach here, occupied the first day of the evangelist’s pre- liminary hearing here today on charges of criminal conspiracy. Ralph Hershey, of Santa Bar- bara, testified he saw a.woman at Carmel, May 25, who he was posi- tive was Mrs.. McPherson, while Mrs. Jeannette Parkes, who lives next door to the Carmel cottage, was equally sure she had seen Mrs. McPherson with a man_ who “limped,’’ occupying the adjoining house about that time. Mrs. Daisy Bostick, realty opera- tor of Carmel, testified she had rented a cottage to a man who gave his name as George McIntyre, and a woman who posed as “‘Mrs. Mc- Intyre.’’. Ormiston, former radio operator at Angelus temple, has since made affidavit that he was the “George McIntyre”’ who rented the cottage in Carmel, but that his com- panion was not the evangelist. Mrs.. McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Kennedy, who, with five others, are charged with felonious conspiracy came a half hour early to Judge Samuel] Blake’s court. Though rather pale and nervous at first, the evangelist soon gained her composure and seemed to enjoy the proceedings which were enlivened by many humorous sallies by W. f. Gilbert, her lawyer, and tilts be- tween opposing counsel. When the Santa Barbara man de- scribed Mrs. McPherson’s hair, eyes and mouth as he saw them at An- gelus Temple August &, Gilbert re- | quested the court that the witness be taken to the Temple at some ey angelist. for square gospel church. Judge! Blake decided that Hershey would be notified at his Santa Barbara home a day in advance of the time | set for the official temple visit. : OF HM. DAUGHERTY Woman Cashier in Ohio Bank of His Brother Is on Stand. GOVERNMENT'S CASE } Former Attorney General | New York, Remains Uncalled. Om... Bs. (By A. Fs). | Five $10,000 liberty bonds, which ‘comprised a part Mr. Gibson, although voicing the | at that of the $441,000 given the late John T. King to “help and speed” release of $7.- 000,000 impounded enemy proper tv. were traced by the government today to the Midiand National Bank of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, of which Mal S. Dougherty is presi- dent. United Sté ates Attorney Buckner brought out in the conspiracy trial | ‘of Harry M. the bank- ier’s brother, of the Harding cabinet, |W. Miller, alien property custodian time, that four of these | ‘bonds were sold on order of Mal | Daugherty and the sale price credi- ‘ted to the account of Harry JM. | Daugherty. The other bond was [the ba to be still in possession of the bank. Daugherty, The government claims that these | nds comprised a part of $150,000 bribe money paid to Harry Daugh- l erty to release to Richard Merton, German metal magnate, proceeds | of the impounded assets of the 'American Metal Co. 'been completed for the purpose of | | substantiating the government’s al- legation that Miller received $50,- | 000 for putting the claim through his office. Woman Cashier Is Witness. The principal witness today was | assistant cashier of | Vern V. Veail, the Midland National Bank. She } told of being given the four bonds | which were shown by be part of the by in question, their numbers to Merton-King property, (Ohio) brokerage firm of Otis & Co., for sale. Through answers to propounded by Buckner, she re- vealed that after the bonds. were sold the bank was credited with the proceeds and the money turned over to Mal Daugherty in a ‘“‘certificate of deposit,’”” which she explained was in effect a cashier’s check. A month later, it was testified, tificate of deposit, amounting just under $40,000, and wrote a check for $50,000 which he turned in to his bank with instructions On the same day the banker had that certificate exchanged for five of $10,000 each. Eventually one of these certificates was turned back to the account of Mal Daugherty. Buckner called witnesses and of- fered documentary evidence to bol- ster his contention that $40,000 of the $59,000 which Mal Daugherty jad. credited to his brother was comprised of the proceeds of the four Merton-King bonds. He did this by showing that Mal Daugh- erty’s account in the bank was such that he could not have written a check for $50,000 without using a (CONTINUED ON P4GE 14, COLUMN 6.) time during the preliminary hear-| ing to point out the seat in the, temple from which he viewed the: An argument between | district attorney Keyes and Gilbert t| ensued as to whether and when | court should be convened at one |: Mrs. Bostick told of the visit to i | (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. COLUMN 2.) Asa Candler Suffers Stroke of Paralysis Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27 (By A. P.). }Asa G. Candler, financier, and known as the originator of Coca Cola, is ‘“‘dangereusly ill’. in the Wesley Memorial hospital, which ‘he founded, his family let it be known tonight. A stroke of paralysis suffered yes- cay! ae ioe fait side of Mr, yhysicians | on was at the eons aol two mle Wh seieg soni 4 ‘weather forecaster, ” ; / : gone for good. SUMMER HAS GONE, FORECASTER SAYS ———— —— _—— and Continued Rain Ex- pected Today. Weather - harassed Washingto- nians may as well shake the moth balls out of last year overcoats and examine their coal supplies, for ac- cording to Washington's official summer Aithough the mercury is expect-| ‘ed to rise slightly today, the bureau indicated last night that no more warm weather may be expected. The thermometer hovered afound 60 yesterday, with leaden skies and occasional showers making it ap- pear even cooler than it was. The rain will continue today. The cool weather of the last two days it not unusual for this time \of year. There were two days in September, 1925,ewhen the ther- mometer registered 46, degrees, ac- rang to a a Mitchell. On AL, 1924, a ‘mercury | NEARLY COMPLETED Only One Witness Against the Unwilling to Link Personal, and Attorney General | and Thomas | Evidence has | Mal | Daugherty to send to the Cleveland | questions | Lo | that a certificate of deposit for the, amount be credited to his brother. | Slight Rise in Temperature. has U. S. Succeeds in Barring FIVE MERTON BONDS 6,0, .(S CONFUSED. Meeting Tracey 10 ACCOUNT OVER POTENT ISSUE TUPRESENT VOTER Coolidge as Battle Cry Urged; ‘‘Prosperity”’ Is Held Not Enough. PRESIDENT DECLARED ADVERSE TO CHANGE Popularity With Party Fights in States. By NORMAN W, BAXTER. Uncertainty as to the issue which the Republican party intends to drive home to the voters in the fall election has led, it developed yes. iterday, (most as great bet gen those party |leaders , the whose amSitions center of President Coolidge, ‘and those who wish future primarily to ‘retain control] of the Senate and| House. The 'on the surface to be the same, for two ambitions may be course the White House desires ito retain a working majority during the next two years of the Coolidge ‘administration, and the Repub- _licans have as yet shown no open signs of wanting any one other than the present chief executive in the White House. The difference lies in the to the end. personal advisers passed the summer months at White camp building up what they con- ceived to be the best issue on which the party could go to the country ‘this fall: ‘‘Prosperity.”’ The | abundant State of the nation gen. erally was the underlying motive lof virtually every message that came from those who had been re- ‘ceived at the summer White House. Coolidge in Background, This plan of battle, it is said | designed deliberately long with the idea of keeping the President personally ‘in the background of what seemed | certain to be an extremely hard fight, 'cans at best could not hope to gain |}a great victory. The whole built up by l'returned to Washington. thereafte:, Senator structure had been but soon last Friday to be exact, Lawrence (C, Phipps, of Colorado, head of the senatoria! speakers bureau, in made public here made popularity and a vote of confidence in his administration the major is sue and subordinated ‘‘prosperity.” a - Mal Daugherty closed out his cer- | | (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.) 5 of Coolidge’s Kin On Orchestra Tour Rutland, Vt., Sept. 27 Five relatives and (By A. P.). a schoolmate of all contracts today President Coolidge, from mouth, signed tour the United States as an old- mouth, the boyhood home of Presi- dent Coolidge, October 27. The orchestra will be composed of John Wilder, 81, uncle of the President, who will play the. violin: Mr. and Mrs. Linn Cady, cousins, piano and traps; C. E. Blanchard, cousin, clarinet; Louis Carpenter schoolmate, clarinet, and Herb Moore, cousin, prompter. in | means | The President and his, Pines , Was and one in which the Republi- the time the President | statement | Coolidge | Ply- to | time orchestra. They will leave Ply- | 1 ae ———— ee THERE W ASSEN ESO POST CO pata TWO CE NTS. A tt ines to Tod toe NEW YORK’ 6. OP. 1—-Entombed Miners Scnd Signals. U. S. Bars Politics at Parley. Trace Bonds to Da wool Sees Issues Confusing G. Fa vonvention Votes os Call Parks U. 8S. Obligation. Urge Mid-City tae ket Sit & Killed as Trains Bei. Garland Fund Is Exhausted. Says Oil Facts Are Misstated. Main Fight on Wadsworth. 6 —Kditerials. 7-—Society. S——Nancy Carey Page. 9._-Magazine Page. —-Weather and Vital Statistics. 12-—The Legal Record. Theatrical Reviews. 13-14-19——Financial. 15-16-17——-Sports. 18—Radio and Comics. 20-21——-Classified Advertisements. 22-—-The News in Pictures. Favors Centralized Rule Here. Health Parley Convenes. BANDIT FRAY OUSPECTO IDENTIFIED BY VICTIMS Wounded Policemen Accuse Three Who Face Them in Hospital; Fourth Dying. to a dezgree,oft confusion al-- |LITTLE HOPE FOR BUSCH, appear | Pointing .of the bandit | cou ntered gang, in Sunday's spectacular ‘gun battle at Grant circle north- west, Policemen Leo W. K. Busch ‘and Frank L. Ach, both critically | wounded in the fray, identified the man as their assail- accusing fingers at three} who were en-| yesterday | | ants from cots in Garfield hospital. } ‘ly admitted to police their parts in shooting. They are: Lee EKaglesa, 54 years old, ‘breed Indian, 319 C street ‘west; John F. McCabe, 31 ‘old, leader of the gang, K street northwest, and Marino, 19 years old, 617 southwest. ,band, John Proctor. 18 1102 Seventh street southwest, ‘dying in Franklin Square hospital Baltimore, The seene labound with with pathos. Sweeney, Edward Kelly and Joseph Waldron, of the centitral office, ‘had worked all night questioning | the three others taken in the police round-up, went to the hospital confront the bandits with their vic- tims. While Kelly was inside mak- ‘ing arrangements, an attractive. | blonde woman ascended the steps of | ithe half- north- al years Samuel | & at the hospital drama intermingled | Detectives who -the building and peered into the | police car. She was Mrs. Busch, wounded patrolman. After moment she walked again into the building without uttering harsh | word, The "detectives that |during the time they were in the ibuilding with the three gunmen, Mrs. Busch discussed nothing but a said r ‘CONTINUED ON: PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.) Passenger Steamer Mobile, Ala., Sept. 27 (By A. P.) The passenger steamship Mexico, | operating between New York, Ha- Vana and Vera Cruz, was reported ‘ashore on Magascar reef, off Pro- gresso, Mexico, in a message re- | ceived by the Tropical Radio Co. ‘here today. The Mexico, carrying passengers from New York and H ia crew of 104 men, was en route | 'to Vera Cruz, Mexico. Tanker Republic ' sition given by the Mexico. Charlie Hughes, Humorist, — Joins Will Rogers in Act | New York,- Sept. 27.-—A mid. Atlantic vaudeville team-—- Charles Evans Hughes and Will Rogers-——returned today, arm in arm and with more than $40,000 for the Florida sufferers they raised on the trip from among the 2,280 passengers who came in on the | United States iiner Leviathan. | ‘The first class passengers were enthusiastic about. the new team, i but particularly about Hughes, who, they said, if he ‘‘weren't a diplomat, would be as much of a humorist as Will Rogers.”’ Rogers, who acted as chairman at the entertainment for the benefit of the hurricane victims, referred to Hughes, who had spoken just be- fore him that evening, as “‘the most ee man in the United “Mr. Hughes became so human- ized on the “np, said the wether In fact, this time he was 80 ‘democratic he was almost com- mon.” new | ' Hughes listened to these remarks with a broad smile. He admitted that he acted as honorary chairman at the benefit and continued to smile when Rogers and other pas- sengers told how he dropped his reserve and told funny stories on that occasion. Mr. Hughes declined to comment about his holiday tour with his‘ family on the continent or to talk politics, “Mussolini has a sense of hu- mor,” Rogers said. “No man who can invent a castor oil treatment can possibly lack humor. That wop has the stuff. Don’t let anybody tell you he hasn’t. I asked Musso- lini what would happen to Italy when he died. He said, ‘I am not going to die.’ | “Spain is a nice country, but I don’t like the hours they keep there. Dublin reminded me of Tulsa, Okla. I went into grrr} not as a red, but I came out nindat The three identified had previous- | Nichols | 1208 | street | A fourth member of the | years old, : is | >| as a result of the hattle. | Thomas | wife of the | a | { evans and | vision ove | started | | with several other ships to the po-. ‘triotie citizens whether they have a . f right FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION ACT Platform Urges That All Cast Votes in State Referendum. MILLS TO BE NAMED FOR GOVERNORSHIP Representative’s Peace Plea for Party I Cheered by the Delegates. New York. . 27 (Ry A, P.).— The Republican party of New York State came out squarcls h- forcement of the eighteenth amenda- ment and Sept for e the Volstead to- Re also urged full participation of the | voters in the ‘al night’s session of its convention act wet and dry referen- dum to be acted on this fall. The platform reiterated party's 1924 stand on ‘and then added “The people of rightly alarmed by the servance and enforcement Federal law relative intoxicating liquors. the prohibition, state are lack of oh- of the to the sale of From this has resulted the pending referendum to obtain the opinion of the people upon the question of the modifica- tion of that law. The referendum , ives all the opportunity to express | themselves. We urge a full expres- sion at the polls on this matter.” Public Strike Protection. Other planks included: “Protection of the public in the event of future strikes in the coal 'industry, the ‘The return of alien property to iits rightful owners, the settlement of the just debts owed by our gov- |ernment German citizens, and | the payment of American claimants. “Regulation of radio communi- ; cation eliminate the exe LO SO as to hd chaos. ‘The Was } strengthening of our nae- tional banking and Federal reserve system “The of our immi+ ‘gration law so as to reduce to a min- ‘imum the tragedy of divided fam- ilies. “Tae | French The | imously journed amendmen! ad prompt ratification of the debt settlement.’’ platform was adopted unan- and the ad-: until tomorrow morning, when nominations will be made. convention Convention in Good Humor. With the nomination of Repre- sentative Ogden Mills as Republican candidate for governor assured and controversial matters dealing with prohibition apparently settled, the party began its convention today in the best of humor. Pessimistic forecasts on the convention floor, |ly over the wet and dry of trouble particular- issue were Ashore Off Mexico |' ‘thrown to the winds as the delegates assembled to hear dress of the session delivered by Mr. Mills. Aware that the repre- sentative wag the most prominent- ly mentioned as the opponent of Gov. Smith, the delegates gave him extended ovations as he entered the convention hall and again as hea started and concluded the speech. Mr. Mills in his speech, cautioned the Republicans against party di- r current issues. Bolt Would Aid Tammany. “Let ‘who party, ' sue,” the keynote ad- those are sincere Republicans thinking of bolting thea Out of pique on a single is- he warned, ‘“‘consider as pa- to contribute this vear.’’ Directly in front of the platform from which Mr. Mills was speaking to Tammany | Sat twelve delegates from Herkimer f coubty, the home territory of for- mer State Senator Franklin W, Cristman, who is seeking to oust Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr., On an out-and-out dry platform, Neither by their actions nor by ~— words, however, did the Herkimer ~ delegates indicate whether they | would vigorously fight for the dry © cause other than by supporting a Cristman. o Majority support of the convene a tion for Senator Wadsworth seeme éd assured as Mr. Mills turned te that part of his speech devoted a discussion of the Stcte prob tion referendum. He was # rupted repeatedly by cheers - . the strong Wadsworth deleg@, Wadsworth Smiling and Senator Wadsworth ise whose pronouncements during | winter and spring months, brouf down the wrath ot ary | cans, sat i anne ee bon ae £ aide of Siehd once did he like an \ arena.” ve