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TRAFFIC JAMMED AT CANDIDATE ROW IN CHICAGO HOTEL
VOCAL GROUPS VIE
FOR NOISE HONORS
Convention Cross-Roads
Looks Like Miniature 42d
and Broadway.
BY KIRKE SIMPSON.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 28.—A heavy-eyed
horde of delegates trooped back to the
Chicago Stadium trenches today, un
certain about almost everything, so far
as the rank and file was concerned, but
that an old-fashioned Democratic Na
tional Convention was being had.
Yesterday's little repeal outburst in
response to Keynoter Berkley's hot
shot at Republican "fraud," punctuated
as it was by a few flying fists, proved
to be merely an appetizer. Back on
the hotel route later, things warmed
up in the lobbies while leaders wran
gled over compromise ideas about the
two-thirds rule row, or whittled sharp
ly deworded platform declarations Into
shape.
Noise Honors Divided.
The mass of delegates and their wives
and friends took to stirring things up
in main lobbies, aided and abetted by
the visiting bands, whether the bare
kneed, kilted lassies from Oklahoma
City or the Texans with the "Workin'
on de Railroad"* and "ΟΓ Gray Mare"
leanings. At times highly vocal groups,
of no certainly indicated candidate
preferences, challenged the bands for
noise honors. Usually it sounded like
a dead heat.
For another swarm of the delegates
as well as untold numbers of just curi
• ous onlookers, candidate row at the
Congress, with its convention cross
roads like another 42d and Broadway
In miniature, proved the main attrac
tion. It was well past midnight before
A1 Smith called it a night at his head
quarters in the row and vanished up
stairs by elevator with a crowding
group of the curious staring aloft
after him.
The New Yorker epitomizes the anti
Roosevelt movement to the convention
circle generally, whatever the niceties
of non-coalition minority candidacies
may be. He never fails of a gallery
as he moves about.
Candidate Row Thronged.
Smith was not the only major con
vention figure passing by that cross
roads in the Congress eleventh floor
lobby. About everybody of note will
show up once or oftener each day at
that corridor intersection. Wait long
enough, and almost every delegate, al
ternate or party official will work his
way through the continuous traffic jam.
Be it business or pleasure, everybody
goes by sooner or later.
And even after the big guns had with
drawn from sight in the we sma' hours
to confer, scheme, plan, plot, connive
or just sit down and rest their feet and
vocal chords awhile, the convention
tourists, official or unofficial, refused
to abandon candidate row to the hotel
white wings for much neeied clean-up
purposes
It still took effective elbowing to
make progress when this second day
of the 1932 Democratic convention had
arrived, fraught with nobody knew
what significance in the battle for
highest party honors, the presidential
nomination.
ROUGH GOING FACED
BY ALL CANDIDATES
Hitchie Groomed as Early Foe of
Roosevelt. With Baker Fol
lowing if He Fails.
BY OWEN L. SCOTT.
6p»c(*l Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. June 28.—It looks more
and more like muddy going for the
favorites in this year's quadrennial
Democratic presidential nomination
derby as the time nears for the main
race.
backers of dark horses and favorite
eons are under keen suspense today,
tense and nervous and excitedly busy
as they seek to get their starters in the
best of trim for lough going ahead.
Eesides a muddy track, complicated
by the prospect of a bit of possible dirty
work at the cross-roads. There is likely
to be some bad tripping over the two
thirds rule, which James A Farley,
manager of the favorite. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, today hinted in private,
might possibly upset the candidate.
Already one of the three known
starters, Alfred E. Smith of New York,
1924 nominee, Is slipping as bets are
placed. It appears that he might not
even face the barrier when the contest
actually starts. If Smith fades out! his
money is to go back of Albert C.
Ritchie, Governor of Maryland.
Ritchie Picked to Set Pace.
Gov. Ritchie now ha;, been picked to
ret the pace in the first lap running,
and is counted on to dnw support from
18 States, if the breat comes in the
Roosevelt set-up.
The old adage of political derbies,
that "you can't beat somebody with no
body," never was better exemplified
than at this time. Gov Roosevelt as
"somebody" had the preliminary run
ning almost to himself. When A1
Smith entered the ranlis of contenders
late in the game, it was as a second
thought, and instead of dividing sup
port. tended to solidify the West and
South behind the New York Governor.
Ritchie is groomed as the candidate
to try to break that backing, particular
ly in the South and Middle West. If
the pace gets too hot for him, then
managers of the field against Roosevelt
are prepared to press on behind two
dark horses, Newton D. 3aker of Ohio
and Melvin Alvàh Tray lor of Breeding,
Kv . Hillsboro, Malone and Bellinger,
Tex . and Chicago, 111.
At this moment opponents of Gov.
Roosevelt contend that the New Yorker
is 128 votes short of the 770 required
to win the race under the old rules.
They concede him 642 votes, or 64 more
than a bare majority, but think that
by bunching at the corners and crowd
ing the favorites against the rail, they
car. keep him from running up the 642
to 770 at any time during the proceed
ings. However, this strategy involves
stopping the plan of the Roosevelt back
ers to rig the rules so that they change
after the sixth lap to permit victory by
a maioriti' instead of two-thirds.
Baker Regarded in Running.
Many leaders among the Roosevell
opposition think that Newton Bakei
will prove the man to best the present
favorite, If Ritchie is stopped, as he is
likely to be by the Roosevelt bunch
Maryland's Governor may be a sacrifice
contender, entering the race with the
knowledge that he may burn himsell
out by setting the pace.
But if the others fail and the race
keeps up. then the favorite sons gel
their chance and here the field Is broad
Among these contenders are Johr
Nance Garner of Texas, James A. Reei
of Missouri, Harry F. Byrd of Vir
ginia, Gov. William H. Murray of Ok
lahoma, Gov. George White of Ohic
and Gov .A. Harry Moore of New Jer
sey
From this group is likely to come
the winner of second money, carryinf
■with it the vice presidential nomina
tion prize. There also are prospect!
for one or more of the number to show
up in a cabinet in case of eventual vic
tory. As a matter of fact, the whole
outcome may depend on the action oJ
RULE BAÏÏLE LAID
TO SNAP JUDGMENT
Roosevelt Did Not Approve It
Specifically. Campaign
Aide Says.
BY MARK SILLIVAN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. June 28—Roosevelt's
calling off the fight against the two
thirds rule can be accepted as in com
! plete good faith. It can b2 taken as
done in the interest, as he sajs, of good
sportsmanship and harmony. At the
same time completeness of the record
must include the statement that in the
judgment of most obfervers Roosevelt
I was destined to defeat on the fight to
chance the two-thirds rule. He was
I also destined to suffer detriment to
I his chances in the fight for the nomi
j nation by the loss of his preliminary
! fight on the rule
Even as things stand he has lost a
! good deal. He has absolved himself
from the charge of poor sportsmanship
or of using a steam roller, but he has
incurred in the minds of the delegates
the detriment of making an impression
of having attempted a very important
act in an impulsive and offhand
manner.
How the Ficht Started.
Persons In the inner circle of the
! Roosevelt management h?re explain
J that Roosevelt personally did not lniti
ate the fight against the two-thirds
j rule and did not specifically approve It.
j The way it came about was this:
On Thursday one of Smith's asso
[ ciates. Prank Hague of New Jersey,
gave out a statement publicly attack
| lng Roosevelt's candidacy. The pur
| pose of Hague's maneuver was to get
a rise out of the Roosevelt forces.
Hague got the rise.
The Roosevelt forces felt they must
I do something bellicose. They met and
j decided to oppose the two-thirc's rule
; so as to minimize the power of Roose
ί velt's opponents They called Roose
j velt out of bed on the phone at mid
! night to tell him their Intention.
! Roosevelt is quoted as merely having
said something to the effect that that
might be a good idea. The Roosevelt
management and leaders here did not
take it under advisement nor postpone
it for later decision. They decided at
once to do it and so announced.
That "Johnny on the spot" type of
quick decision is a thing on which the
Roosevelt forces seem rather to pride
j themselves. People of one tempera
ment are pleased by that kind of quick
decisiveness. People of another tem
perament are disturbed by it. It is a
fair judgment of the present state of
mind of the Roosevelt leaders here to
j say they wish they had given the idea
; more thought.
The episode has been seriously detri
«viAntal tn PAocpuiilt Tt hurt him amnn?
I persons who are disturbed by the fact
that a man at Roosevelt's present stage
of elevation should seem to do an im
portant step in an offhand way. Every
body knows that throughout all organ
ized society a good many ancient rules
are just now under attack Conserva
tive folks are disturbed by the spectacle
of an offhand attempt to scrap a cen
tury old rule of the Democratic party.
That disposition applied to the form of
government might be alarming.
Smith Can't Stop Him.
The uneasiness is increased by the
fact that those Democratic leaders who
seem able to get closest to Roosevelt
include a number of progressives or
radicals who are not averse to the
wholesale scrapping of ancient rules in
government and in organized society.
It Is still fair to say that Smith can
not prevent the nomination of Roose
velt. Some other leader standing in
Smith's shoes and having Smith's force
of personality may do it. Smith cannot
do it because any expression of judg
ment from him adverse to Roosevelt is
weakened by the suspicion that Smith
has motives of self-interest and other
personal reasons for his attitude.
It is being reported since early last
week that Smith will make a powerful
speech, declaring that the nomination
of Roosevelt is undesirable, and giving
reasons for that judgment. Such a
speech from Smith, if it is made, will
merely solidify the disposition to name
Roosevelt, if that speech, however,
should be made by some other leader
having Smith's prestige and force of
personality, Rcosevelt might be dropped.
Such a speech if made by Newton D.
Baker, for example, might swing the
convention away from Roosevelt. Nom
ination of Roosevelt Is by no means to
be taken for granted. It is true he has
a minimum of about 650 delegates,
which is 72 more than a majority and
within 120 of the necessary two-thirds,
or 770. It is true that to defeat a man
with this strength would be unprece
dented and sensational. Nevertheless,
he can be stopped by 385. provided
those stopping him are sufficiently de
termined and sufficiently willing to
stand fast. There are at least 450
delegates who seem to the writer of
this dispatch to be pretty determined
! to stop Roosevelt.
(Copyright. 1932.)
NOTED ASTRONOMER.S
BODY IS STILL MISSING
Planes and Beats Search for Ade
laide Ames, Who Drowned in
New Hampshire Sunday.
I By the Associated Press.
LACONIA. Ν. H.. June 28—Search
was made by airplane and boats yes
terday for the body of Miss Adelaide
Ames. 31-year-old research assistant at
the Harvard College Observatory, Cam
bridge, Mass., who drowned Sunday ill
Squam Lake.
Miss Ames, widely known for her sur
veys with Dr Harlow Shapley of ex
ternal universes, and Mary Allen of
Worcester, Mass., a companion, were
thrown in the water whrn their canoe
overturned during a squall. Both start
ed swimming for shore. Miss Allen in
ι the lead. When Miss Allen turned to
I look, after a few minutes, Miss Ames
had disappeared.
Miss Am?s had been a research as
! sistant at the observatory since 1923.
Her best known work was on detailed
surveys of the brighter extra-galactic
I nebulae which were made with Dr.
I Shapley.
SPECIAL TAX LEVIED
Special Dispatch to The Star,
j RIVERDALE, Md„ June 28.—The
ι special tax of 10 cents per luindred
valuation will be levied this |ear to
pay for the fire apparatus purchased
last year. This tax was authorized at
the last legislature and will continue
for the next three years.
This is payable to Town Treasurer
; Harry C. Weeks together with other
I town taxes, which are 25 cents and 5
cents per hundred for fire department
, maintenance. Interest will be charged
; after July
Jewelry Sales Off.
NEW YORK, June 28 OP).—Ins Lai
' ment sales of popular-price jewelry
dropped 19 per cent in dollar volume
during the first four months of this
year, but sales compare favorably with
other retail lines, says a survey pre
pared by a retail store consultant. Slow
collections axe said to be the most
serious obetacl· to profita, u
WALSH IS VICTOR
IN FIRST SKIRMISH
Committee Backs Senator
for Chairman Over Shouse
in 36-to-12 Vote.
BY J. A. O'LEARY,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO, June 28.—The determina
! tion of the Roosevelt forces to stand
bv Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana for permanent chairman of the
Democratic National Convention was
j foreshadowed last night by the action
of the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization in vpting, 36 to 12, to rec
ommend Walsh for presiding officer in
j preference to Jouett Shouse, executive
; chairman of the National Committee.
The committee appointed to submit
I recommendations is composed of only
one delegate from each State and Ter
ritory, whereas when the fight comes
to a head in the convention all of the
1,154 delegates will be voting. The
vote in committee, therefore, is not a
conclusive test of the outcome in the
convention, where the vote is likelv to
be much closer. The committee action,
j 'lowever, shows that the battalion of
Roosevelt delegates is cohesive a.id un
! yielding.
The voting strength of States repre
sented by the members supporting
j Walsh is 674, and the voting -trengtn
j of States represented by members sup
1 porting Shouse is 348. The voting
strength of the States recorded as not
voting in committee is 132.
Harmony Preserved.
That the Democrats will try to ço
through the factional contests that
face them during the next few days
! without leaving scars of 111 feeling
[ which might remain unhealed in the
j subsequent campaign was apparent in
i the debate which took place between the
Walsh and Shouse advocates in last
night's committee meeting. They suc
i ceeded pretty well in preserving an at
mosphere of harmony in the Organiza
tion Committee, but the permanent
chairmanship is but a preliminary skir
mish to the real battle that will come
j on the balloting for presidential candi
! dates later in the week.
Speakers who arose last night to urge
Walsh for permanent chairman were
generous in their expressions of good
! will toward Shouse, and the Shouse
; advocates heaped praise upon the rec
ord of Walsh as an outstanding figure
! in the party.
Each side insisted, however, that its
man should be given the post of pre
siding officer. The Shouse followers
I pointed to the action of a subcommit
tee of the National Committee several
months ago in proposing an agreement
J under which Senator Barkley of Ken
[ tucky would be suggested to the con
vention for temporary chairman and
keynoter and Mr. Shouse for perma
j nent chairman. They said the first
"carried out, and they appealed to the
Roosevelt forces to support the second
part, Involving Mr. Shouse, in the in
terest of party harmony.
The backers of Senator Walsh coun
tered with a reminder that the Roose
velt camp had Just taken steps to re
move one controversy—over the abro
gation of the two-thirds rule—and they
asked :
"Must all the harmony come from
the Roosevelt side?"
W. E. Lancaster of Illinois led the
debate for Mr. Shouse, and after the
vote in favor of Walsh hsd been re
corded he announced he would file a
minority report in the convention.
Lancaster said there is no disagreement
over the ability and accomplishments
of Senator Walsh, but that Mr. Sheuse
had been recommended for the chair
manship before the present contest had
developed. He gave Shouse's work as
director of the National Committee as
an impoitant factor in obtaining Demo
cratic control of the House of Repre
sentatives and for gains in Senate
membership.
Speeches in favor of Senator Walsh
were made by more than a cozen com
mittee members, who, while recogniz
ing the services Shouse has rendered
the party through the National Com
mittee, declared that Senator Walsh
has brought credit to the party through
his services for many years.
Will Back the Nominee.
A. J. Wirtz of Texas, who supported
Shouse, .declared that "we may scrap,
but when I go out of this convention
I'll be for the nominee."
J. J. Lynch of Tennessee, speaking
for Senator Walsh, said it is always
the privilege and duty of the conven
tion to name its permanent chairman,
even though a subcommittee has made
a recommendation, and he wanted to
know if there "is anything wrong in a
crowd that has a majority electing one
of its group to be chairman." And
then he added: "If you fellows elect
Shouse, there won't bè a word out of
the Roosevelt men.'1
After the vote had been taken In
favor of Walsh, John Fitzgerald, a for
mer mayor of Boston and a former
member of the House, who had sup
ported Shouse, proposed that they bring
the meeting to a close with a song.
He led the way and they all joined in
the chorus.
The District of Columbia was re
corded as not voting when the roll was
called. Other States whose members
did not vote in committee were Indiana,
New Mexico, New York and Rhode
Island.
The States which cast one vote each
for Walsh were Alabama. Arizona, Ar
kansas. Colorado, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis
iana. Maine. Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri. Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada. New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon. Penn
sylvania. South Carolina. South Da
kota. Tennessee. Utah, Vermont,
Washington. West Virginia. Wisconsin,
Wyoming, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
j Canal Zone. Total. 36.
For Shouse—California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachu
setts, New Jersey. Ohio, Oklahoma,
Texas, Virginia and Alaska. Total, 12.
DEATH ENDS CAREER
Frank King, Newspaper Man, Dies
at Norfolk.
NORFOLK. Va.. June 28 (Λ»).—A ca
reer of nearly three decades during
which he worked on more than two
score newspapers was ended with the
death at his home yesterday of Frank
Stanworth King.
Under the name of Frank King, he
contributed to magazines and publica
tions specializing in humor as well as
individual newspapers and syndicates.
Among the papers for which he worked
were the Norfolk Virginian-PilQt, Jack
sonville Times-Union. Knoxvllle Senti
nel and Washington Poet.
He had been ill for some time.
General Foods Corporation.
NEW YORK, June 28 C4>).—Directors
of General Foods Corporation today re
duced the quarterly dividend on the
capital stock to 50 cents a share from
75 cents. The disbursement is payable
August 1 to stock of record »July 15.
A statement issued by the company
said that although earnings for the first
j half year would approximate $1,50 a
! share, the board "agreed unanimously
i on the conservative policy" of a lower
: rate.
The son of Napoleon'» second mar
na^ was in his ^dle when proclaimed
RITCHIE MAY CET
TAMMANY VOTES
Curry Represented as Becom
ing Doubtful of Roosevelt's
Chances to Win.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 28—While all the
enemies of Franklin D. Roosevelt pooled
undivided energy today In the struggle
to pull him down, talk began of combi
nations to lift one or two rival candi
dates out of the ruck.
Discussions, with no actual results
visible, were undertaken last night over
the possibility of linking Tammany's
votes, those of New Jersey and other
Alfred E. Smith States behind Gov.
Ritchie of Maryland The idea was
that John F. Curry, Tammany leader,
although still maintaining neutrality,
was becoming doubtful of Roosevelt's
victory chances, and was. therefore, re
ceptive to plans for another candidate.
However, in delegate conversations It
is assumed to be certain that if Roose
velt forces fall to win they will at least
pull down any candidate picked by
Smith. The theory, or rather the gos
sip, Is that then the Smith delegations
would swing to the generally' unopposed
Newton D. Baker, who, except for his
vigorous objection to the Roosevelt plan
for majority-rule nomination, has kept
fairly well out of the convention pic
ture so far.
Await Test of Strength.
Apparently there Is no intention to
do any coalescing until the Roosevelt
strength has been tried out in repeated
ballots. If the convention passes the
third ballot mark, the hunt for another
candidate with a chance to win is ex
pected to become active.
The sponsors of Jack Garner of Texas,
in third place in actual delegate
strength with 90 votes; those for James
A. Reed of Missouri, with his own
State's 46, and Harry Flood Byrd of
Virginia, with 24, are, of course, busy
to catch any sign of friendliness
from whatever point. So even Is "Al
falfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma, though
he long ago professed to have no ex
pectation of victory.
But all of the campaigning was being;
delayed by the need to first play the
entire field, as it stands, against
Roosevelt if he Is to be broyght to a
stop and any other man Is to have a
chance.
Hague Sound· Out Curry.
Mayor Frank Hague, Smith s campaign
manager, was understood to have sound
ed Curry on the feasibility of throw
ing support to the Maryland Governor.
Curry was reported to base his opin
ion on Roosevelt's chances on the
change of plans on the two-thirds rule,
since Tammany quarters generally felt
this indicated weakness.
The discussion began apparently be
fore it was clear that supporters of
Roosevelt regarded his message only as
a request not to bring up the fight
on the two-thirds rule until the voting
was under way.
Hague, Curry and John H. McCooey,
Brooklyn leader and Tammany ally,
went into conference Immediately after
word spread through the convention
hall that the two-thirds rule fight was
being dropped.
Whether the renewed drive by Roose
veltians to discard the rule in the event
of a deadlock would make any change
in plans was not known.
DELEGATE DECLARES
CHICAGO HONEST CITY
• ———————
Pocketbook Found in Telephone
Booth Returned Before
He Discovers Loss.
I By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 28—This conven
tion city, in the opinion of Alternate
Delegate William Frciday of South
; Orange, is an honest one.
Col. Freiday was awakened during
j the night by a call from a Loop hotel
I with the information his pocketbook,
I containing a considerable sum of money,
j had been found in a telephone booth.
! Until that time Freiday. who is a New
j York banker, had not realized his loss.
The finder of the purse, a hotel em
ploye, would not accept a reward.
Stocks Rally Eight Times and
Decline Six After Elec
tions Since 1875.
BY FRANK H. McCONNELL,
Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, June 28.—'"It's a presi
I dential year:"
This phrase invariably sends a tre
1 mor through the average investor or
' speculator—but there is little in the
long record of American finance to Jus
tify it. A half century of market his
I tory shows two things with surprising
! conclusiveness :
1. The tidal force of world events—
lean or bumper crops, inflow or outflow
I of gold, war or peace—moved prices
! where they would with the rivers of
speeches by political campaigners and
' the candidates having limited effect.
2. Declines or rallies have followed
I the presidential elections in almost
equal number and except for a few in
| stances appear to have had their moti
vating force in forces other than relief,
or alarm, growing out of the popular
ballot.
Pricc Movements Charted.
A study' of stock market averages,
I compiled by Warren M. Persons, econ
I omist, carries the record of price move
! ments back to 1875. In that period
I there have been 14 presidential cam
paigns, not including the present. The
ί sensitive stock market has rallied dur
ing the height eight of these and has
declined during six of them.
i With few exceptions, the price
changes have not been sharp. Follow
! ing is a record of the "presidential
years" and of the market's behavior be
tween October 31 and December 31 of
those years. The averages are ad
justed to the level of the Dow-Jones
average in 1897.
1876—Hayes elected. The rail aver
ages advanced from 33.2 to 34.4 and
the industrials from 48.0 to 50.0.
1880—Garfield elected. The rails ad
vanced from 52.6 to 57.8 and the in
dustrials were about unchanged at 56.0.
1884—Cleveland elected. The rails
declined from 46.0 to 44.8 and the in
dustrials from 45.0 to 44.0.
1888—Harrison elected. The rails de
clined from 55.1 to 53.5, but the indus
trials advanced from 57.0 to 58.0.
How Market Acted in 1892.
1892—Cleveland elected. The rails
declined from 57.4 to 56.7 and the in
dustrials from 69.0 to 67.0.
1896—McKinley elected. The rails
advanced from 51.2 to 52.8 and the in
i dustrials from 44.0 to 47.0.
1 1900—McKinley re-elected. The rails
! advanced from 78.2 to 91.1 and the
! industrials from 57.7 to 67.5.
1904—Roosevelt elected. The rails
advanced from 112.2 to 116.5 and the
industrials from 61.1 to 69.5.
1908—Taft elected. The rails ad
vanced from 108.0 to 117.6 and the in
dustrials from 81.6 to 85.6.
1912—Wilson elected. The rails de
| clined from 122.0 to 117.8 and the in
dustrials from 92.3 to 88.0.
1916—Wilson re-elected. The rails de
i clined from 110.6 to 106.3 and the in
dustrials from 102.1 to 98.5.
1920—Harding elected. The rails de
! clined from 83.6 to 74.2 and the in
dustrials from 84.9 to 71.9.
1924—Coolidge elected. The rails ad
I vanced from 88 4 to 97.8 and the in
! dustrials from 102.0 to 114.2.
I 1928—Hoover elected. The rails ad
| vanced from 141.3 to 147.4 and the in
j dustrials from 248.7 to 280.8.
HARPERS FERRY MASONS
DEDICATE MEMORIAL
Widow of Deceased Member Do
nates Chairs and Altar and Is
Present at Ceremony.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va.. June 28.
—An open session was held by Logan
Lodge of Masons, No. 25, here Sunday
, afternoon to receive and dedicate a me
morial given to the lodge by the widow
of George W. Props, deceased member.
The memorial consisted of lodge fur
niture five chairs and altar, of attrac
tive design. Mrs. Props, with other
relatives, was present. Dr. W. T. Mc
Faden of Winchester, Va., native of the
Ferry and now a past grand master of
Masons in Virginia, made the dedica
tory address. Masons from Eastern
West Virginia and other points were
present and spoke.
PLAYWRIGHT AND FILM
AUTHORESS ARE MARRIED
Eunice Chapin, Former McCall's
Editor, and John Larkin Are
Wed in Hollywood.
By the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, June 28—Eunice
Chapin. novelist and film writer,· and
John Larkin, playwright, were marriec
by Dr Ε Ρ Rvland. Congregational
pastor, in Glendale yesterday. They
will make a horeymoon tour of Europe
and the Orient this Fall.
Tl~e romance began when Miss Chapin
was an editor of McCall's Magazine and
Larkin was a contributor to it. She is
a graduate of the University of Nebraska
and Br van Mawr. For five years sne
was literary editor of Forum Magazine.
Larkin, author of "Society Girl." is a
graduate of the Collfge of the City of
New York, and for several years was a
member of the editorial stafl of the
! New York Sun.
Man Dies From Heat.
Overcome by heat Sunday. James E.
Wilkins. 62, colored, of the 100 block of
G street, died early last night in Casu
alty Hospital, where he had been under
treatment.
these favorite-son contenders with their
power to block out candidates in the
race and throw strength to a favorite.
The air in the convention hall and
in the corridors of the Congress Ho
tel is electric. Sparks are flying and
Interest is at a high pitch as delegates
get behind their candidates. No horse
race ever carried quite this suspense or
intensity of feeling.
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INDIANA DELEGATES
DELAY PREFERENCE
Realizing Their 30 Votes May
Decide Issue, They Await
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Developments.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 28.—Realizing that
Indiana's 30 votes might prove to be
the balance of power in the Democratic
National Convention, the Hoosier dele
gation, under the guidance of Chair
man Frank McHale. had not announced
last night its presidential preference.
A caucus which was to have been
held was postponed until today to give
the Indiana strategists more time to
study the situation and await develop
ments.
Paul V. McNutt. Indiana Democratic
gubernatorial candidate, denied em
phatically reports that Indiana was
holding off in order that he might flg
ure on the national ticket.
The dropping of the two-thirds rule
fight by the Roosevelt forces also was a
factor in eliminating last night's cau
cus. At a caucus Sunday night, Indiana
voted to support Jouett Shouse for per
manent chairman, but deferred action
on the two-thirds question.
The Hooeler delegation buzzed with
excitement during yesterday afternoon's
session when it was learned that the
Resolutions Subcommittee had requested
another copy of the Indiana prohibition
repeal plank. Thus plank recommends
that Congress immediately propose an
amendment to the Constitution repeal
ing the eighteenth amendment and
that such amendment be submitted to
non-partisan conventions.
When the prohibition repeal demon
; stration took place during the keynote
speech of Senator Barkley. the Indiana
! standard, held high by McHale, was
among the first in the parade.
I There is every indication that a major
ity of the Indiana delegates would vote
which ever way it was decided best
for the State's interests. Although un
instructed, the delegation, McHale said,
is strongly disposed to harmonlus action.
CATHOLIC EDUCATORS
HIT LACK OF RELIGION
Seek to Minimize "Traffic Error"'
of "Religious Neutrality" in
Public School System.
By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. June 28 —Cath
olic educators, here at the cnnual con
vention of the National Catholic Edu
cation Association, yesterday began
formulating policies to minimize the
"tragic error" of "religious neutrality"
in America's public school system.
Rev. Dr. George Johnson of Wash
ington, national secretary, in his open
ing address declared that "religion
having been banished from the schools
was gradually banished from life, until
today we have millions of children in
the United St." tes without any con
sciousness of God and their relation to
Him."
He urged adaptation of school sys
tems to the economic program of Chris
tianity outlined by Pope Plus In a re
cent encyclical.
PASTOR'S SLAYING LEADS
TO CLEAN-UP BY POSSE
Warrant Is Issued to Sheriff by
Kentucky Judge for Ar
rests—Five Are Jailed.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Ky„ June 28.—After ar
resting five men yesterday in connection
with the case. Sheriff Harve Steele and
a posse left London with a district war
rant and the intention of "cleaning up"
the new Salem neighborhood where a
mountain preacher was slain and a
posse routed yesterday.
The warrant was issued by Circuit
Judge William Lewis, authorizing the
sheriff to arrest any one in the section
whom he had reason to believe may
have had any connection with the
shooting yesterday. Officers said they
expected a number of other arrests.
The five men arrested today were
Jack Philphot, Lowell Hubbard, Ernest
Hubbard, Elmer Gray and Delbert
Bowling. Thev were held under peace
bonds for further investigation of yes
terday's shooting, in which a stray bul
let cost the life of the Rev. Granville
Walker, 84, and caused 25 National
Guardsmen to be called out for & few
hours.
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Osape Indian "Buys'"
Bride From Parents
For Fifty Ponies
By the Associated Press.
HOMINY. Okla.. June 28—In
one of the moet elaborate native
ceremonials in years, Thomas
Whitehorn, 19, Osage Indian full
blood, "purchased" his bride from
her parents for 50 ponies here
yesterday.
The bride, Lucille Matin, like
the bridegroom, is descended
from a line of Osage chiefs and
assistant chiefs. They were mar
ried in a Christian ceremony a
month ago.
Indians from all parts of the
Osage Nation were encamped in
teepees in the vicinity of the
bride's home.
New Yorker Returns to Sta
tus of Silent Observer After
Ending Rule Fight.
By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y„ June 28 —Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, after openly as
suming control of his presidential cam
paign lor the first time yesterday,
dropped back into his customary silence
today as his forces faced their first big
battle on the convention floor.
After his dramatic move late yester
day in calling off his lieutenants from
their fight to abrogate the two-thirds
rule, the Governor indicated he would
have nothing more to say for the
present.
He declined to comment last night on
the 30-to-20 vote of the Rules Commit- ;
tee in Chicago approving a require
ment whereby a simple majority would
nominate on the seventh ballot.
will Listen in.
"The Governor's telegram was per
fectly clear," was the comment of one
of his associates.
Roosevelt planned to listen on the
radio to the fight expected to develop
today when the Organization Commit
tee reported its choice of Senator Walsh
of Montana for perihanent chairman
over Jouett Shouse.
He had a portable radio set installed '
at the capitol yesterday and was
listening to Senator Alben W. Barkley's
keynote speech as he dictated the wire
to James a Parley calling off the
abrogation fight.
Didn't Know of Fight.
Some of the Governor's friends In
Albany described him as having disap- j
proved from the beginning of his |
followers' campaign to abrogate the !
two-thirds rule. It was said he had j
felt the matter should not have been
brought up until after his nomination j
battle had ended.
Last Friday night, after the Roosevelt ;
camp in Chicago had decided to fight j
for abrogation, the Governor was called
on the telephone, according to one of
his associates here, and was asked what ;
fie thought about It.
"Well, if you have gone that far, 1
what is there for me to do tonight?"
he was quoted as saying.
BERLIN TRIALS ENDED
BERLIN, June 28 (/P>—One of the
longest corruption trials in German
legal history ended today with the I
sentencing of Leo and Willy Sklarek,
who used to supply the city employes
with uniforms, to four years' imprison- j
ment on charges of bribery and forgery.
Sentences of 3 to 18 months were
imposed upon two aldermen, two dis
trict burgomasters, several bookkeepers
and several directors of the Berlin Mu
nicipal Bank.
The scandal came to light In 1929
when Lord Mavor Gustav Boess was
visiting the United States. The City
Council ordered him to return and he
was compelled to resign shortly jfter he
got back. In the course of 124 court
sessions it was brought out that the city
lost 10 tc 20 million marks through the
operations of the sklareks and the poli
ticians who worked with them.
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GOV. WHITE DECIDES
TO GO TO CONVENTION
Ohio Executive Changes Plans and
Arrives in Chicago to Aid
His Campaign.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 28.—Gov. George
White of Ohio arrived early today to
aid hi» managers in directing his cam
paign for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
The Governor changed his plans not
to attend late yesterday, after Chair
man Henry G. Brunner of the Ohio
delegation telephoned him he could see
no reason why he should not be on the
ground. Brunner considered the
chances for the Governor's nomination
considerably enhanced when Gov.
Roosevelt of New York gave up his
fight for abrogation of the two-thirds
rule.
Gov. White would not comment on hi»
chances for the nomination immedi
ately upon his arrival. He was met at
the railroad station by Harry N. New
man. New York, and H. S. Atkinson of
Columbus, both close personal friends.
He said he probably will make his
headquarters with the Ohio delegation
at the Palmer House and insisted that
he may not stay longer than a day or
two.
Asked directly why he had come to
the convention after deciding to stay
away, the Ohio Governor said. "When
an old war horse smells powder It is
hard to restrain him." White has at
tended every national convention for
many years and said he did not want
to break his record.
White said he is absolutely opposed
to abrogation of the two-thirds rule.
The delegations's 52 votes is pledged to
him so long as he has a chance for the
nomination.
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