The Washington Post
June 26, 1928

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The only newspaper in é Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. + oy OS capt. i by 86; lowest, 64. showers today or tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and slightly cooler; moderate southwest winds, Temperature yesterday — Highest, ‘Weather details on page 10. cloudy, possibty | - NO. 19,003. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1928. as COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. TWO CENTS. ——w POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN ‘iiiadl “And as complexions alter with the climes, Our wits have drawn the infection of _ our times.” * ~~ v ° Smith and Robinson ought to hit the plain people of this country all right. . . a *. The police having called our latest eafe-crackers amateurs, let them now bestir themselves lest the epithet come home to roost. e ¢ © . The Honorarium Willie Opshaw, of Georgia, will run for Congress again after all—somebody has paid is fee for him. ‘Let your con- science be your guide!” It is understood that in the cam- paign President Coolidge will main- tain his customary silence in favor of Hoover. Our candidate for Vice President will second the nomination of Gov. Smith, and if Nellie Ross, of Wyo- ming, stampedes the convention what'll the Republicans do with their argument that in November the women will be for Hoover? Houston’s herd of 48 Rocky Mountain nightingales—one for each State—is unexpectedly augmented overnight by an additional member, ‘and perhaps the Democrats will see aa happy: augury in this, and assign the infant to Porto Rico as she knocks at the door of the Union. Hiram Evans arrives in Houston, but the real Wizard of this cam- paign is sticking quietly in Albany. . 7 ” «Say Humidity, You pestiferous permeator Of an otherwise fairly respectable Circumambient atmosphere, What excuse for being Have you got anyway?” We seem to be having the year without a summer this year on Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, but on Mondays don’t forget that it isn’t the heat. * * ca .“*They fed him up with hopes and air, Which soon digested to despair.” Jim Reed’s Missourians find Dan Roper’s diet sadly lacking in nutri- tion, and we yet hope to see the Senator a‘ the head of the Depart- ment of Justice if he isn’t chosen :o spreside over the Senate. We shud- der to think what this master of irony and sarcasm is going to do in this campaign to St. Bill Vare. In days gone by, For which we sigh, The small boy did his shopping About the first day of July— ‘Laid in a generous supply, And then began his popping. From dawn to night The sky was bright With bursting bombs and rockets; The Doctor’s bill for picking shot From Willie’s legs, | rather wot, Depleted Daddy’s pockets. *Tis very sweet to have immunity, _ And celebrate by the Community, But Roman candles, you must know, [Can not be bought without the dough, “While even pinwheels are not cheap, And “devil-chasers” still are steep. So join the patriotic bund, And send your check in to the fund! ” The Ku Klux Klan has arrived in Houston and it is rumored that even Tammany now regards a sheet as a highly appropriate article of attire. ‘ ¢* ¢ ¢ & We gather from Chairman Work’s campaign plans that from time to time Mr. Coolidge will announce to the country the length and nee of the trout he catches. alan ae is what enables a perspiring Georgia delegate in a yseersucker suit to call himself a dry. If prohibition had banished the Demon Rum for all time we can understand why the drys should fight against a wet plank, but what on earth do they see in the smuggler, the bootlegger, the hi-jacker, the corrupted public official and the gangster with his beer racket? - = 2 * Brother Bryan, of Nebraska, is going to miss this convention, but this convention isn’t going to miss Charlie. . . * . The Democrats are said to be thinking of inserting a Latin-Ameri- can plank in their platform that would have the effect of making the Marines see America first. ‘ 1 « o . The availability of Senator Joe Robinson, 01 Arkansas, as Al Smith's running mate dates back to the _ Madison Square Garden convention _ four years ago, when the Governor ' made to McAdoo his appeal for , sparty harmony in proposing that both lt is. should withdraw their names. [petthin the knowledge o? this writer that Robinson was then acceptable to Smith and daubtlon he is still. ahs * ‘Mrs. Clem Mhawae tells the world | that there is no such thing as har- y mony in the Democratic party. In ch respect, we judge, the Demo- ic party must be very much like ; shaver family at ee : AID OF GEN. NOBILE, INJURED WN. ITALIA WRECK, 19 REOGUED Natale Ceccione, Chief Motor Expert, Taken Off Ice Floe. EXPLORER DIRECTING RELIEF OF HIS CREW Lieut. Lundborg, Marooned, Is Building Runway for Aero That Upset. Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, June 25 (A.P.).—A second member of the crew of the ill-fated Italia has been rescued tonight by airplanes but four others and the crew of a wrecked Swedish air- plane were still marooned on an ice cake, awaiting succor. Meanwhile elsewhere—somewhere— on the broad Arctic spaces still are six- teen other men of whom there has been no trace. They are the seven last heard of as with the remains of the Italla, the three who left Gen. Nobile afoot to find land, and the would-be rescuers, Roald Amundsen, Rene Gulil- baud, Lief Dietrichsen and their plane’s crew of three. Following upon the removal of Gen- Umberto Nobile from the ice cake near Foyn Island Saturday, the motor chief of the Italia, Natale Ceccioni, has been rescued and, presumably, taken to the base ship Citta di Milano now at Virgo Bay, 60 miles north of here. The condition of Ceccioni, whose leg was broken in the crash which ma- rooned the men on the ice, was not divulged in the meagre reports of the rescue which were given by the Citta di Milano. Neither was there mention of the identity of the rescue party. From the group still stranded, how- ever, today came information regard- ing the initial rescue attempt there Saturday when, after Gen. Nobile had been taken off the floe and returned to the Citta di Milano, the Swedish plane piloted by Lieut. E. Lundborg returned only to overturn in attempting a landing. Lundborg reported by wireless today that he had escaped injury and was attempting to put a runway on the ice block, which is about 900 feet long and 600 wide, in shape for landing of light two-men planes. Gen. Nobile Explains. In messages given to press agencies, Gen. Nobile himself, from his bed aboard the Citta di Milano, explained the circumstances which caused his re- moval in preference to his men. He insisted after the landing of the Swedish pilot, Lundborg, he said, that Ceccion! be taken off first, and others in their turn, he himself to remain until among the last. him, however, that instructions were to “rescue Gen. Nobile first, so as to permit him to aid in directing the rescue work for the others.” Rather than waste time in further discussion, Nobile said, when the re- maining five of the group had assured him they wished him to go, he left. Nobile had an incomplete fracture of his left shin, it is learned, and had @ contusion of the back. His recov- ery is not expected before 40 days. Meanwhile today there were reports here from the icebreaker Krassin, which left Bergen late last week for. Kings Bay, that that ship had been in com- munication with Roald Amundsen and those with him. (These reports, how- ever, were denied later in an official CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 4. Family of Five Dead; Heater Gas Escaping Chicago, June 25 (A.P.).—A family of five was found dead today in their West Side apartment, where they ap- parently had been asphyxiated by gas escaping from a hot-water heater. While the deaths appeared to have been accidental, the police investigated a theory of murder and suicide after learning the husband and wife had quarreled recently and the wife had threatened to kill her husband if he did not stop drinking. The dead are Joseph Noel, 45, a paint- er; his wife, Iola, 40, and their three children, Iola, 1; Genevieve, 6, and Jo- seph, 5 years old. The bodies of Noe] and the children were found in bed and that of Mrs. Noel on the floor near- by. Troops Out to Block Dynamiting of Levees Little Rock, Ark., June 25 (A.P.).— While five companies of National Guard troops were en route to Mississippi County today, the latest danger zone in the Arkansas flood siege, an 1,800 foot gap in the White River levee in Wood- ruff County, relieved pressure there, Troops were requested by Big Lake leve officials, who feared dynamiting Ly disgruntled farmers. The levee was dy- namited in 1927 and Sheriff J. A. Bass said he had been told of increasingly serious threats. Although the Mississippi River com- mission at Memphis sent word there was no immediate fear of a break at Big Lake, engineers were fearful that a sone point would be reached Wednes- ay. $4.00 roun p te Richmond vi R. F. & P., ernie’ t 4. Piermaaseinl Excur- sion. Ad aia ~~ Lundborg told} Index to Today’s Issue. Pages. 1—Second Italia Man Is Rescued. * Coolidge Not to Speak for Hoover. Robinson Gaining for Second Place. Fight on Smith Continues. 63 Injured in Wreck of Train. 2—Proctor Took Sleep Pills Is Claim. Labor Secretary Talks ta Graduates Group Formed to Aid Aeronautics. 3—Costello Delegates Seated.. Corn Belt Revolt Called Aid. 3-4-5-11—Convention Sidelights. 4—Smith Manager Makes Choices. 5—Wide Division in Dry Planks. 6—Editorials. 7—Society. 8—First Lady Visits Duluth. 9—New Kellogg Pact Favored. 10—Theatrical Reviews. Weather and Vital Statistics. 12—The Legal Record. 13-14-19-—Sports. 15—Magazine Page. 16-17-18—Finance. 18-21—Classified Advertising. 20—Radio and Comics. 22—The News in Pictures. Capital Traction Valuation Looms. FARMER DIES Ao TRUCK [9 WRECKED BY TROLLEY P. H. Sheriff Bound for Ben- ning Home When Hit by Street Car. INQUEST WILL BE TODAY Phillip H. Sheriff, 62 years old, prom- inent truck farmer of Benning, D. C., was killed yesterday afternoon when a light motor truck in which he was returning from market was struck by a Washington Railway & Electric Co. street car at Benning. The vehicle was dragged nearly 75 feet. Lieut. S. J. Marks and Policeman E. E. Dulin, of the Eleventh Precinct, took into custody William H. King, of Seat Pleasant, motorman, and F. T. Beall, conductor, of 718 I street northeast. The body was ordered to lie undis- turbed pending instructions from the coroner. Crowded cars of homeward-bound of- fice workers were detained more than 40 minutes as a result of the tragedy, company Officials reported. Upon the instructions from Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt the body then was taken to the morgue and the tracks cleared of wreck- age. An inquest wil! be held at the Morgue today. Sheriff, who recently sold his farm to the Potomac Electric Power Co., had been harvesting his last crop of vege- tables and was planning to retire at his nome at 65324 Colorado avenue northwest. The accident occurred a few hundred yards east of the Potomac Electric Power Co.'s plant at the entrance to the Sheriff farms. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Annie Sheriff; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Moler, two brothers. George B. and Clement W., and a sister, Mrs. Isabel S. Young. His brother Clement was at the scene of the tragedy a few minutes after it occurred. The Sheriff family was among the earliest settlers of the early colonial CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 3. Dodge and Chrysler Merger Is Enjoined New York, June 25 (A.P.).—Minority preference stockholders of Dodge Bros., Inc., automobile manufacturers, today obtained through their attorneys a temporary injunction against a pro- posed merger of the Dodge and Chrysler Motor companies. Until the determination of an appli- cation for an injunction pending liti- gation, to be argued in supreme court tomorrow, the defendants are restrained from transferring the assets of the Dodge company to the Chrysler com- pany. The action, attorneys explained, is based on the contention that Dillon, Read & Co., who hold all the voting stock of the Dodge Corporation, pro- posed to transfer the Dodge assets with- out regard to the right of the prefer- ence stockholders to receive $105 a share for their holdings. WORK [a PLANNING CAMPAIGN WITHOUT COOLIDGE SPEECHES President Will Not Be Asked to Speak for G. 0. P. Ticket. CHAIRMAN TO MOVE TO LARGER OFFICES Battle, to Begin Sept. 1, to Be Short and Snappy; No Mud Slinging. President Coolidge will not be asked make any speeches in support of the candidacy of Herbert Hoover, the Republican presidential nominee, it was stated yesterday by Chairman Work, of the national committee. “There has been no thought of mak- ing such a request of the President,” Work said. Nothwithstanding this, it is belleved that President Coolidge will take oc- casion, whenever the opportunity pre- sents itself, to say a flattering word or two about Mr. Hoover. As for op- portunities, the President Is scheduled to make several speeches in the North- wes. before his vacation ends. Goes to Wisconsin White House. Chairman Work is going to the sum- mer White House in Wisconsin next week, and at that time will hand in his resignation as Secretary of the In- terior. When Hoover will resign as Secretary of Commerce is not yet known. He probably will leave here July 8 or 10 for Leland Stanford Uni- versity, Calif., where he is to be offi- cially notified of his nomination. He is expected to stop off on the way out to confer with President Coolidge. Chairman Work announced yesterday that the Republican national com- mittee would move out of the Munsey Building today and take over an en- tire floor in the Barr Building in Far- ragut square. Later on, he said, addi- tional floors will be taken over. There will be a press room, conference rooms and other facilities needed at a po- litical headquarters. For the next week or so, Chairman Work said, there will be very little ac- tivity so far as the Hoover campaign is concerned. “We want to give the Democrats the first page for a week or so,” Chairman Work said. Hoover to Listen In. Nominee Hoover today will have a program similar to that of prospective nominee Smith—he will follow the Democratic convention at Houston by radio. The radio set through which the Commerce head followed the Kansas City convention still is in his office. Yesterday Secretary Hoover had a conference with Secretary of War Davis, but it was stated afterward that only departmental matters were -dls- cussed. Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the Repub- lican vice presidential nominee, it was announced yesterday, will leave here Thursday for Quindnessett, R. I., where he will enjoy a 10-day vacation on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 5. Much Arrested Man Slain by Machine Gun St. Louls, June 2 (A.P.).—With seven- teen bullet wounds from a submachine gun, Vincent Barbara, 23, died early to- day at the City Hospital as a result of what police term a renewal of the gang feud here, Barbara, with a police record of 57 arrests but no convictions, had been attending the wedding celebration of a friend. As he attempted to enter his automobile after leaving the hall where the celebration was held, he was greeted by a spray of lead at the-hands of two assailants, who were occupying his car. The pair made their getaway, 63 Injured, 6 Critically In Wreck of Fast Train Car Leaps Bridge and Falls 20 Feet at Owl Creek, Kans.; Hurt Passengers Show Heroism in Giving Aid to Others in Crash. Iola, Kans. June 25 (A.P.).—A broken rail near Durand, Kans., 16 miles west of here, early today sent one car of the fast Missouri Pacific passenger train Southerner crashing into a creek and overturned two others, causing injuries to 63 persons, six of whom were in a critical condition to- night. The wreck occurred just as the train bound from New Orleans to Kansas City was passing over the Owl Creek bridge, south of Durand, at 4 a.m. A stee] chair car, in which most“Of the injured were traveling, plunged from the bridge and fell 20 feet, the ends wedging the creek banks above the water. Two Pullman cars overturned, and several hundred feet of track was torn up. Twenty-six of the more seriously in- jured were rushed here in a special -car and removed to St. John’s Hos- pital. Those oritealiy injured are: 11 skull fracture; Mrs. Matilda Johnson, 74, Osage City, Kans., both legs broken; Mrs. Emma Southard, Lake City, Kans., probably fractured spine; Mrs. Ella Crowsan, Kansas. City, skull fracture; Miss Alice Ricketts, Kansas City, skull fracture; Mrs. Ellen Locke, Kansas City, negro, fractured skull and arm. Missouri! Pacific officials found a section of broken rail, believed tp have caused the wreck and held it for a laboratory test to determine if defective material was responsible. Acts of hgroism on the part of in- jured persons were related by passen- gers. Dr. C. E. Shaffer, of Moline, Kans., the only physician on the train, gdministered first aid to others, while he was suffering himself from severa! broken ribs and internal injuries. In kicking out a car window to free him- self the physician cut his feet. Mrs. L. M. Ross, nurse at Woodmen of the World Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., also aided, despite the fact that} to] JOENATOR ROBINSON GAINS IN STRENGTH FOR SECOND PLACE Appeal to Both South and West Seen in His Choice. HELD AS ACCEPTABLE TO CORN BELT HEADS Withdrawal as Favorite Son Starts Bandwagon Move to Smith. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Special to The Washington Post. Houston, Tex., June 25.—Smith and Robinson, This is the Democratic national tick- et forecast tonight in the light of the prevailing sentiment of the leaders on the eve of the assembling of the Dem- ocratic national convention tomorrow. With the nomination of Gov. Smith, of New York, for President, almost unl- versally conceded even among his oppo- nents, interest has veered to the selec- tion of his running mate. A striking development of the day was the spread of sentiment in favor of th® nomination of Senator Joe T. Robinson, of Arkansas, for Vice Presi- dent. There is every indication tonight that he appeals more strongly to all elements of the party than does any other aspirant to the honor. Whether he ts acceptable to Smith is not known and Smith, it is generally assumed, will do the choosing of his running mate. Robinson, however, has commended himself strongly to the Smith leaders by his action yesterday in withdrawing as a favorite son en- try in the presidential contest and re- leasing the Arkansas delegation to vote as it sees fit, which will be for Smith. More than any other individual Robin- son, by that action, started the band wagon movement in favor of Smith. Is Both West and South. The Smith managers are torn be- tween the middle West and the South in the selection of the vice presidential candidate. Robinson hails from a State that is both West and South. He isa dry, but not too dry to sult the Eastern wets. As a supporter of the McNary- Haugen bill and leader of the effort to pass the measure over the veto he qualifies as a logical offering to the favor of the Midwestern farmers. But what commends Robinson par- ticularly to the consideration of the Smith following is his qualififications to hold the Protestant Democrats in line for Smith through a vigorous stump-speaking campaign. Robinson is a member of the Federal! Council of Churches, the powerful propaganda organization of the Protes- tant sects, representing 22,000,000 church members. The Smith leaders, who, together with the New York Gov- ernor himself, will pick the vice prest- dential candidate, are by no means, however, a unit in favoring Robinson There was considerable discussion among them today of the qualifications of Senator Barkley, of Kentucky; Rep- resentative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois, and Evans Woollen, of Indiana. Tide Turns to Smith, So far as the presidential nomination is concerned the day was a succession of band wagon developments insuring the nomination of Al Smith not later than the second ballot. In fact, it now appears doubtful that the nomination can be delayed until the roll is called a second time. So eager are the band wagon jumpers to get themselves en- rolled for Smith that they will be re- Strained with difficulty from throwing all previous pledges to the winds and plumping for Smith on the first ballot. The Smith managers still maintain that they do not want their man named on the first ballot. They insist that CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 2. Old Sweetheart Wins $165,000 Estate Suit Cincinnati, Ohio, June 25 (A.P.).— Overruling the claims of relatives in favor of an unfulfilled romance of half a century ago, probate court today held that Mrs. Josephine Bevis, of Liberty, Ind., “an old sweetheart” of Allen L. Foster, was entitled to the major part of his $165,000 estate bequeathed her in his will. Foster died at the age of 71, making a few bequests to charitable institutions and leaving the remainder of his es- tate to Mrs. Davis. In their youth they were engaged to be married, but objections by the girl’s parents broke up their plans. Five distant relatives brought suit to break the will. Stock Broker Shot; Customer Arrested Wichita, Kans. June 25 (A.P.).— Cornell Larsen, local manager for Strandberg-McGreevy & Co., stock brok- ers, was shot in the back by a dis- gruntled customer in an arguement over some securities in Larsen’s office to- day. . ‘ In a statement to police, Larsen named Clarence J. Foy as his assailant. Foy, a carpenter, visited the brokerage office to sell some shares of stock. He declared the shooting was an accident i don’t know how it happened,” Poy a police. “I had the gun in my pocket. 2t must have gone off." 4 - o* CLAUDE G. BOWERS. Is Humoring Tammany, Victoryin View, “Home Boys’ -_ By CARLISLE BARGERON (Staff Correspondent of The Post). Houston, Tex., June 25.—The home boys, Gov. Moody and the rest of them, are “sho’ cuttin’ up” down here, but the big, red-necked cowman from -the Texas Panhandle who goes around the streets playing “The Sidewalks of New York” on a mouth organ must be right smart, because h> has the real motif of this convention—harmony with Smith and a strong law-enforcement plank at the «7 cf it all. The Eastern city slickers are letting the home boys cut up, too, because beneath their po- litical breasts beats a sympathetic un- derstanding of their plight. The Smith managers are fighting to hold off a first-ballot nomination rather than seeking one. “None of that,” they say to the am- bitious Ohioans who come rushing in late clamoring, “Say, what’s this we hear about the first ballot stuff. If so we want to get in on it.” “Go ahead and vote for Pomerene on the first ballot,” was the reply. With the nomination in its pocket, Tammany wants the home boys first te strut their stuff so that in the end an appreciative understanding may be born of all the political men who have such diverse and conflicting constituencies. But in fairness, the home boys mean their talk about prohibition, although not enough of them to amount to any- thing are quite serious when they add “we will not take Smith.” When there is a close study of their words, as a matter of fact few of them add this Smith inhibition, but in their high- sounding phrases about prohibition, one may get the impression of a ter- rific development of Smith opposition if he 1s mot careful. As evidence that there is no playing about the prohibition attitude, though, is the very significant editorial in Jesse Jones’ Houston Chronicle today. It was prompted by the irresponsible New Yorkers Insist Favorite Sons Get Votes on First Ballot; Lonely Figure of Reed Contrasted With Wild Acclaim for Mrs. Wilson. if The Convention Today. | NOON, (1 o’clock Washington time.) Call to order by Clem Shaver, chairman national committee. * Invocation by Bishop Sam Hay. Reading of convention call by Sec- . retary Greathouse, of national com- mittee. Roll call of States for naming of sommittees. Recess. 7 p. m. (8 o’clock Washington time.) Introduction of Claude G. Bowers, temporary chairman. Keynote speech by Chairman Bow- ers. Selection of other temporary of- ficers. Recess. a threats from the Eastern camp, not the inner Smith camp, that the plat- form must be wet. “Now look here,” the editorial in Mr. Jones’ paper said, not in exactly these words but in sub- stance. “You’ve been telling us all along that the nomination of Smith did not mean a wet regime. We have come fairly well to accept him on that. But don’t think you now have the South by the throat. Try to tamper with. prohibition and you will see that bolt you scoff at. This is a political condition and your calling us hypocrites and fanatics will not alter that.” This warning was not needed by the Smith camp, however. The Albany governor’s managers are right in tune with the situation. There will be the law enforcement plank, with as much effect, it is confidently predicted, as that of the Republicans. And the Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie, chairman of the committee of 31 church and temper- ance organizations, says that this will be satisfactory. Mr. Dinwiddie says CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 32. MRS. M’CORMICK, JR., PLANS STAGE CAREER Wealthy Chicagoan Masks Her Identity While Study- ing Dramatic Art. Cincinnati, June 25 (A.P.).—Mrs. Cy- rus McCormick, jr., wealthly Chicagoan, using a stage name to mask her iden- tity, is studying dramatic art here under Stuart Walker and has appeared in a minor role once this season in a production by the Stuart Walker Stock Company. — Mrs. McCormick is a member of the “disciple’s class” of beginners. The “disciples” attend all rehearsals, are given private instruction by Mr. Walker and occasionally are given minor parts in the plays. Two weeks ago Mrs. Mc- Cormick had a minor part in “Crime,” her first appearance on the stage here, and the audience was none the wiser that the character was, portrayed by the well-known Chicagoan. Members of the regujar cast at the Grand Opera House thought it was some kind of Joke when newspaper men went there today looking Gor Mrs. Mc- Cormick. ~~ They were amazed when “Mary But- ler.” the aspiring actress, admitted that she was the person sought. To reporters she said that she ex- to pick up ideas while here to help here in: peomhing ven plays Chicago. — : . a Federal CAPTAIN IS INDICTED IN HANSON SHOOTING Wounding of Elk Official Laid to Officer and Guardsman in New York. Lockport, N. Y., June 25 (A.P.).— Capt. Frank Beck of the U. S. Coast Guard Station at Youngstown, was arraigned today with Glenn Jennings, coast guardsman, on a joint indict- ment charging assault, second degree. The indictment was returned in con- nection with the shooting ~f Jacob D. Hanson, secretary of the Niagara Falls Lodge of Elks, while he was driving his automobile on Lewiston Hill, May 6. It was surmised that Jennings had been indicted because both he and Chris Dew, another coast guardsman, were. arrested after the shooting and last week a no bill was reported in the case of Dew. The indictment of Capt..Beck came as a surprise and is taken to indicate that District Attorney Raymond A. Knowles will attempt to prove that the commanding officer is equally guilty with Jennings, in that the latter was supposed to act under Beck’s orders with regard to firing at motorists who refused to stop and submit te search for contraband liquor. — Richard P. Templeton, UO. & Attorney. has announced that he will make appli- cation to have the cases —— --- FIGHT ON SMITH CONTINUES BUT FOES LACK A LEADER; BAND WAGON MOVE GROWS Cry Is for Dry Nominee and Dry Plank but Unity Is Lacking. RUSH TO NEW YORKER IMPERILS OWN PLANS All Candidates Should Receive Complimentary Votes at Start, Governor Holds. By JAMES L. WILLIAMS. (Associated Press Staff Writer). Houston, Tex., June 25 (A.P.).—The Democratic presidential nomination lay just around the corner tonight for Gov. Alfred E. Smith, of New York. Meeting here to choose its standard bearer, the party’s national convention will get together tomorrow at noon with a greater number of delegates committed to one man than at any time since 1916, when Woodrow Wil- son was named by acclamation. An insistent minority was doing battle against the New York governor tonight, but i+ was not a coordinated force. Its cry was for a dry candidate and a dry platform, but where the Smith ranks were solid for their man the minority group apparently had been unable to settle upon a unity of command or upon a leader for whom to wage its warfare. The purpose was to defeat Smith and to most of the delegates who came to Houston to prime the party for the 1923 campaign that seemed to be a forlorn hope. Smith Forees Serene, The serenity with which the Smith forces faced the issue contrasted sharp- ly with the bustling manner in which the opposition workers dashed about in the hot Texas sun today in their efforts to line up and hold one-third of the convention votes necessary to prevent the nomination of the man they had grouped against. Smith managers even sent forth word that their main worry was to prevent his selection on the first ballot. This strategy, it was explained, was designed to prevent wounds which might be in- filicted on favorite sons who failed to receive their complimentary vote from the convention. But, with signs of discouragement visible to them on every hand, the anti- Smith group were fighting for Hull, for George, for Reed, and for any one else whom it thought might muster the strength to prevent the elevation of the New York Governor to the party leadership. Their one slogan was “Pro- hibition.” Aiding the dry delegates with prayer meetings, with personal appeals, with literature and with enthusiasm were ‘hundreds of friends of the dry law, in- cluding a large number of Women, who pleaded earnestly that the Democratic party turn aside to some other than Smith. These workers refused doggedly to admit that their cause was lost. Differences Over Planks, With the wet and dry fight crowding the presidential race closely for first place in public interest, the party lead- ers continued their efforts to smooth out before the convention resolutions committee the differences of opinion within the various delegatious over the form of a prohibition plank in the party platform. The probable success or faliure of these efforts for the mo- ment crowded into the background the speculation over what the convention would do about the farm relief issue which also gave promise of becoming @ leading issue. There were three lines of thought cver prohibition—one group wanted a plank naming the eighteenth amend- ment as a part of the Constitution, which should be rigidly enforced; a second believed the party should call for the enforcement of all laws without specifying any one particular statute; a third asked that the Volstead act be modified. To the political gossipers a choice subject was the attitude Gov. Smith might take in the event the eighteenth amendment was singled out for espe- cla! attention. The Smith supporters, however, appeared to be unworried by this phase of the situation which had developed in Houston. Roosevelt Field General. It was definitely determined today that Franklin D. Roosevelt would place Gov. Smith in nomination and in ade dition would be the Smith field gene eral during the convention. The dry a.;d anti-Smith forces continued to look to Gov. Dan Moody of Texas to lead them on the floor. Moody’s arrival here gave impetus to the dry crusade, and many of the delegates have already made him the unofficial] generalissimo for their cause. fhe Houston convention gave unmis- takable signs tonight of being a colore ful one, regardless of whether the bal- loting is prolonged [The cool of” the evening. beginning tomorrow night at 7 velock, was picked as the time for the temporary chairm n, Claude G, Bowers, editorial] writer for the New York Evening World, to sound the key- ‘note for the Democratic campaign. This will provide a night show in the begin- ning and will enable millions of radio listeners to sit comiortably in their homes to hear the keynoter toss tho ferred to CONTINUED OW PAGE %, COLI) + its a aot, Sy he Oe hn.’ ty ee : y TAS es C. cee a HEF, pod be ‘ v3 ¥ ee, 9 ,