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VIRGINIAN LEADERS
IT TAKES MORE than a heat wave to halt the
enthusiasm of the Democratic party in convention at
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Houston. These pictures from the convention city show
Daughter of Champ Clark Loses Seat When
Louisiana Smith Delegation Wins
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Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and
Mississippi—were among those that
stood fast.
. The credentials committee voted
42 to 7 early this morning to seat
the Smith delegation of 20 from
Louisiana, as opposed to the anti-
Smith faction backed by Mrs. Gene
vieve Clark Thomson, of New Or
leans, a daughter of the late Champ
Clark, who has been an inde
fatigable worker for Senator Reed
of Missouri.
An easy victory for the Smith
delegation, headed by Governor
Huey P. Long and Colonel Robert
Ewing, was anticipated whenever
•ths convention got around to the
■wotlng stage. The Smith people are
Securely in the saddle and riding
easily all down the line.
In every direction save that of.
prohibition, the Democrats seemed
today to be steering toward the
harmony that has not been theirs
since the 1916 convention.
And the leaders were hopeful
that even on that issue strenuous
fight can be avoided.
The young red-headed Governor
of Texas. Dan Moody, however, has
still to be placated on the wet-and
dry issue.
The Texas Democrats in their
state convention adopted a real
bone-dry plank, and Governor Moody
who is credited with aspirations
toward becoming the “boy orator
of the Brazos” as Bryan was “the
*by orator of the Platte’* considers
he has a mandate to wage a fight
in this convention for the adoption
of the Texas plank.
Governor Moody announced this
morning he would be content with
no mere law enforcement plank
on prohibition.'
“In all the years of prohibition,”
he said, "the only evasion that
has -been found on prohibition- is
to say you stand for law enforce
ment.”
The Republicans have already
grabbed that hiding place, and
there isn’t room for two political
parties behind it.
Moody started waging his first
fight in the committee on resolu
tions. Whether he drags it on the
floor of the convention itself, with
all of the embarrassing potentialities
of such action, remains to be seen.
Some assert he will, but there are
others who say that the young gov
ernor’s militancy is partly for local
consumption.
He is candidate for re-election as
governor of Texas.
It was hot again in Sam Hous
ton’s big 10-acre hall today—a sul
try, sticky heat that followed last
night’s deluge of rain. Even the
electric fans and the tricky devices
with which the hall has been
equipped to make It comfortable
1 ought a losing battle against the
heavy, muggy atmosphere.
The delegates and visitors were
glad enough 'to peal their coats.
The. women wore their fluffiest
things. As for the men. they have
-almost, depleted the Houston stores
of linen suits and cotton things
that look mors like pajamas than
business suits.
Jubilee Singers on Hand -
The crowd came slowly to the
I all, and,, arriving, they slipped into
their seats and fanned vigorously.
The early arrivals, however, were
rewarded with a program of oi<b
time spirituals, sung by a. chorus of
50 negroes—“Johnson *s Jubilee
Chorus." For nearly an hour the
hall and the streets outside rolled
and rumbled to "Swlmg Low Sweet
Chariot,” “Walk in Jerusalem Just
Like John," “Walt ’Till I Put on
My Crown," “Little David Play on
Tour Harp,” “You Got to Be-i-
Tour Burdens,” “Christian, Hsld
Tour Light,” and “Going to Snout
All Over God’s Heaven.”
-M went well in this meeting of
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Southerners in their own homeland
and the colored people got much
more applause than the bands that
preceded them and again swung
into action when they had finished.
A delegate who gets to bed at 4 a.
m., and is awakened at 6 a. m. by
bands marching down Main Street
past his hotel window somehow
loses his enthusiasm for bands after
the third or fourth day.
Six Times for “Dixie**
“Dixie,” though, never failed to
elicit a rebel yelL An old-time con
vention, thia—the three bands with
which the vast hall is equipped don’t
fool around with new fangled stuff.
It’s “Dixie,” “Yankee Doodle,” “The
Old Gray Mare” and “Hail, Hail”
and the likes of that.
A reporter with a nose for statis
tics held the watch on the bands
from 10:45 to 11 a. m. and in that
quarter of ah hour “Dixie” was
played exactly six times, and every
time a rebel yell jarred the rafters.
At 11 o’clock, the scheduled hour
of convening, most of the delegate
seats were empty. Whole blocks
of them yawned vacantly, the gal
leries were filling rapidly.
Franklin Roosevelt hobbled in on
his cane and again held impromptu
“Al” Tunes In
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IS HE INTERESTED?
DESPITE THE FACT that he is sticking close by the
executive mansion and office at Albany, Governor Al
Smith of New York is sticking close to affairs at the
Democratic national convention at Houston. Here we
have “Al” listening in for news of the convention.
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at the left, Senator Claude Swanson and Governor Harry
F. Byrd, leaders of the. Virginia delegation. The second
picture shows Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war
court tn the center of the New
York section. Various State leaders
came up and whispered things to
him. Roosevelt is the floor man
ager of the Smith forces and will
nominate the New York governor,
as he has done at the last two
Democratic conventions. Norman
Davis, a member at the Morgan
firm and a former Assistant Secre
tary of State; John W. Davis, the
1924 nominee; Senator Peter Gerry,
of Rhode Islnad, who married Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt; “Cy" Cum
mings, the big Marylander from
Washington, and George W.
Olvany, the Tamany leader, were
those about the Smith general
issimo. *
Roosevelt wag wmiling and confi
dent. He sees In this convention
the successful culmination of eight
years of effort. When he stands
on the platform, probably tonight,
and places the name of the New
York governor before the conven
tion he knows that this time it’s
going to “take.”
Just before the convention opened
word reached the platform that the
Oklahoma delegation, which has
been the bone of contention between
the Smith and Reed forces, had
caucused and decided to vote 10%
for Reed and 9% for Smith on the
first ballot. The Smith managers,
however, were not perturbed. They
said they would have them all on
the second ballot.
The Democrats seemed today *o
have fallen for Mayor Jimmie
Walker’s penchant for tardiness.
They haven’t started a session yet
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MANTETIE S
AT N.J. HOME
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King John. Richard 111, Macbeth.
Lear, Hamlet and many other char
acters with wonderful ability.
It was more than a fine physique
that pushed Mantell forward in his
profession. Like many other actors
he found the road to success strewn
with many difficulties, but ambition
and perseverance were traits or vrl
tues, with him, and obstacles were
surmounted and recognition won.
Mantel Is credited with reviving
plays, such as ’King Lear.” which
had not been seen in New York
until ho brought it back since the
day of Salvjni. “King John” at?o
suffered an eclipse until Mantell
brought it back.
Having run away from home to
cross the water to America Man
tell found the going hard, for he
was still in his teens and his ef
forts to break into the theatrical
world on this side of the Atlantic
were unfruitful. It was after his
first ' professional appearance at
Rochdale that the door was opened
to him and he got muc-h valuable
training in a provincial stock com
pany.
On his return to the United
States in 1878, he supported Helen
Modleska and met with success.
He next appeared In England in
comedy roles with George Knight.
After a tour of the provinces with
Hiss Willis in Shakespearean reper
toire he again returned to this
country and made a pronounced
success in ‘’The World” as Sir
Clement Huntington.
Fanny Davenport engaged Man
tell to play Ipanoff, In “Fedora.” a
Broadway show, and given the op
portunity for which he had waited
so long he electrified New Yorkers.
That was more than 24* years ago.
Thrice Married
Leaving Miss Davenport. Mantell
created the role of Gilbert Vaughn
In “Called Back.” His popularity
at this stage led to his rise to stel
lar dignity, and in 1886 he appeared
in "Tangled Lives.” This piece
scored success, but it was overshad
owed by “Monbars.” Mr. Mantell
then revived “The Corsican Broth
ers” and made a vivid and lasting
Impression on theater-goers.
Mantell was not only a disting
uished actor, but a successful and
Intelligent farmer. His estate at
Atlantic Highlands. N. J., known as
“Brucewood,” is a marvel.
The great tragedian was thrice
married. His first wife divorced
him and for years he was unable
to appear in New York because he
refused to pay alimony. His sec
ond wife, known to the stage as
Marie Booth Russell, died in 1912
and the same year he married Miss
Genevieve Hamper, a member of
his theatrical company.
Like most great tragedians of
these days Mantell was lured to the
silent drama. His first picture, pro
duced by William Fnx. was th*
“Blindness of Devotion.” which
made appearance in 1915.
Th* National D*ily
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JIMMY SMILES HIS BEST
president, on the speakers' stand during the dedication
exercises of the convention hall. The third picture
shows smiling Jimmy Walker, Mayor of New York,
as he arrived at the convention city, while the picture
10 NOBILE MEN
FEARED
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missing 32 days and belief Is grow
ing that* they have died of starva
tion and exposure.
While several relief expeditions
continude their search of the Arctic
wastes for Capt. Roald Amundsen,
confirmation was eagerly awaited
today of the report received at
Copenhagen that the noted explorer
had been seen by a seal hunter on
an ice floe, soqtheast of Spits
bergen.
According to the report, relayed
from Copenhagen by the Exchange
Telegraph Company. Peter Pre li
chen. the Danish explorer, who is
now at Murmansk, was informed of
the sea hunter's story by the crew
of a fishing boat which met him.
The seal hunter told the fishing
craft's crew that he saw Amundsen,
Major Rene Guilbaud, Lief Dietrich
sen, and the other members of the
crew of their French plane, at
tempting to repair the machine on
the ice floe. - .
Amundsen apparently had a pre
monition of the difficulties he would
encounter in searching for the crew
of the lost dirigible Italia, accord
ing to a dispatch from Oslo received:
by the Daily Mall today.
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A GENERAL VIEW of the huge auditorium in which
the Democratic national convention is being held at
Houston, Tex., is shown here. This picture of the mam
moth hall was taken Sunday when Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
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Doubleheaders In Boston
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fly. Todt fanned. Nd runs, no hits,
no errors, none left.
Secend Inning
WASHINGTON Gorlin lined a
single over second base. Reeves
struck out. Judge fouled to Hof
mann. Gerber went. into left and
pulled down Bluege’s high foul. No
runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
BOSTON—K. Williams lined to
Barnes in right center. Regan filed
to Rice. Judge took care of Taitt
unassisted. No runs, no hits, no
errors, none left.
Third Inning
WASHINGTON—RueI singled
down the left field line. Burke
fanned, as Ruel stole second- Ger
ber ran into left field for Rice's
short fly.’ Harris singled over Ger
ber’s-*; head scoring Ruel, Gerber
managed to touch tho ns.l with his
glove but was unahle to cut off the
run. Barnes- popped ,to Gerber. One
run. two hits, no errors, one left.
BOSTON—Bluege threw out G«r
ber. Hofmann singled to center.
Ruffing fouled to Ruel. Flagstead
doubled against the left field fence,
sending Hofmann to third Bluege
threw out Myer. No rims, two hits,
no errors, two left.
Fourth Inning
WASHINGTON—Gerber threw out
Goslin. Reeves fanned. Regan
threw out Judge. Nor runs, no hits,
no errors, none left.
BOSTON —Todt doubled to center.
Ken williams lined to Rice. Regan
singled through Reeves, Todt stop
ping «t third. Taitt forced Regan,
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at the right shows Judge George Olvany, Tammany
leader, talking things over with Senator Joe Robinson
of Arkansas, mentioned\ prominently as a Vice Presi
dential candidate.
Burke to Roeves, and Todt beat
Reeves’ throw to the plate, scoring.
Manager Harris protested to Umpire
Hildebrand that the Red Sox were
not batting according to the’ official
battlag order givett to Mm. The
dispute lasted ten minutes. At the
end Umpire Hildebrand insisted that
continue, and it appeared
that Harris was playing under
protest. Taitt stole second after
play was resumed. Ruel’s throw
being high. Gerber filed to Barnes.
One run, two hits, no errors, one
left.
Fifth Inning
WASHINGTON—BIuege walked.
Taitt took Ruel’s short fly. Burke
hit into a double play, Regan to
Todt. No runs, no hits, no errors,
none left
BOSTON—Hofmann singled to
left center. Ruffing sacrificed,
Judge to Harris, who covered first
Flagstead walked. Myer doubled
over Barnes’ head to the bank in
center, scoring Hofman and putting
Flagstead -on third. Todt singled
to short right, scoring
and Myer. Williams forced Todt,
Harris to Reeves. Goslin went up
the bank like a. mountain goat
for Regan's high fly. Three runs,
three hits, no errors, one left.
Sixth Inning
WASHINGTON—Rice walked- 8o
did Harris. Barnes also walked,
filling the bases.. Goslin struck out
Hoffmann took Reeves’ pop-fly. in
the diamond. Judge filed to Flag
stead in right center. No runs, no
hits, no errobs, three left ,
widow of the war president, dedicated the huge structure
before a crowd that jammed the building to its capacity.
It is here that the Democratic party will name their
leader for the Presidential fight this fait
BOSTON—Bluege took Taitt'S low
liner. Gerber filed to Barnes. Hof
mann lofted to Goelin. No' him, no
hits, no errors, none left.
Seventh Inning
WASHINGTON—Btaege singled to
left. Gerber thr<woui Ruel, Bluege
going to second. West batted for
Burke, and Ruffing threw him nut.
Bluege holding second. Rice walked.
Harris walked filling the bases.
Barnes sent a long fly to Flagstead.
No runs, one hit, no errors, three
left.
BOSTON—Usenbee now pitching
for Washington. Ruffing singled
to left. Flagstead beat out a
bounce to Bluege, who fell down ab
he fielded it. Myer bunted tthLiaen
■bee and Ruffing was out. Idsenbee
to Bluege. Flagstead pulling up at
second. Todt forced .Myer, Judge
to Reeves, Flagstead stopping at
third. Harris shrew out Williams.
No runs, two hits, no errors, two
left.
. Eighth Inning
WASHINGTON—GosIin popped to
Todt. Reeves struck out for the
third ■ time. Judge fouled to Hof
mann. No runs, ho hits, no errors,
none left.; '*'
BOSTON — Regan flied to Barnes.
Harris took Taitt's pop fly in short
right. Gerber singled past Harris.
Hofmann flied to Goslln. No rims,
one hit, no errors, one left.
Ninth Inntag
WASHINGTON—BIuege struck
out. Myer threw out Ruel from
behind third. Tate batted for L4sen
bee, and roiled to Todt. No runs, no
hits, no errors, none left.-