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ESTABLISHED 1873
RELEASE DELEGATES FROM
PRESIDENT’S SON IS SAID NEAR DEATH
SLENDER HOPE
IS HELD FORTH
FOR RECOVERY
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Remarkable Fight of Boy For
Life About Only Favorable
Condition Told
PHYSICIANS WATCH
All Remain Close to Bedside
at Hospital—President
and Wife There
Washington, July 7 (By the A. P.)
—The last point of gravity was
reached this afternoon in the condi
tion of Calvin Ooolidge Jr., son of the
President, suffering from blood
poisoning at Walter Reed army hos
pital.
He was clinging to life with won
derful tenacity, but hope was about
all that was held out for his re
covery.
All of his medical attendants were
remaining close by and finding as
chiefly marvellous the stamina the
boy was exhibiting.
Gas was said to be forming in the
stomach, an additional evidence of
the progress of infection, and making
it impossible for him to take nutri
tion by the ordinary means. The
President and Mrs. Coolidge were re
maining immediately at hand.
Despite all of the unfavorable con
ditions, his bedside watchers and phy
siciaits still held to hope that he
might recover by means of the deter
mined fight he is making for his life.
After a' consultatiop of physicians
early this afternoon President and
Mrs. Coolidge decided to go to the
White House for luncheon, indicating
that the doctors felt that their pa
tient was not actually in a dying con
dition.
Washington, July 7.(8y the A.4V)
After a night during which the
patient was said to have been near
death in three separate Sinking
spells, Calvin Coolidge Jr., son oi
the President, was still fighting
bravely for his life early today
with his safe passage through the
early morning hours giving slightly
increased hope of his recovery.
It M|ps announced shortly after 7
o’clock this morning thut the Presi
dent’s son was “somewhat more
comfortable’’ after having passed
) through the hours marking the most
critical stage of his illness from
aceptic poisoning.
One of the physicians who re
mained in attendance described hu
survival during the night as a “mir
acle’’ adding that he now had a hare
(fighting chance for recovery. The
condition that gives greatest pro
mise, he said, is that no vital or
gan has broken down in the strain.
The physician confirmed reports
that a blood transfusian had been
resorted to, presumably about mid
night, and said the boy had “reacted
well to the transfusion’’ and other
things that have been done to him.
While it was started in one quar
ter that oxygen had been adminis
tered during the sinking spell early
today physicians refused to com
ment on th'l phase of the case.
Dawson Plans
Picnic, Program
Steele, July 7.—A picnic and pro
gram will be given at the farm south
of Dawson on July 18. Speakers will
be present to deliver addresses on
agricultural subjects. Anyone who
wishes to come is cordially invited.
Besides the speeches, there will be
moving pictures, and other forms of
entertainment.
Weather Report
For twenty-four hours ending at
noon.
Temperature at 7 a. m. .
Highest yesterday
Lowest yesterday ~.,
Lowest last night ...
Precipitation
Highest wind velocity
Weather Forecast
For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday; possi
bly showers tonight. Sompwhat cool
er tonight.
For North Dakota: Partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday; possiljlv show
ers tonight. Somewhat cooler to
night and east portion Tuesday.
General Weather Conditions
The pressure is low over the
Rocky Mountain and Plateau states
and light precipitation occurred in
the southern Plains States and at
scattered places over the Rocky
Mountain region. Very beneficial
showers occurred in Utah where rain
was needed badly. Light precipita
tion also fell in western North Da
kota and a heavy thundershower
occurred at Toledo, Ohio. Elsewhere
the weather is generally fair. Tem
peratures are seasonable in practi
cally all sections, but cooler weath
er prevails over the northern Rocky
Mountain
ORRteW. ROBERTS,
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MADE W. J. B. A GREAT-GRAND-DAD
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Announcement that he was a great-grand father came to William
Jennings Hryan in the midst of convention turmoil. Here are Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Meeker, the happy parents. Mrs. Meeker is Bryan’s grand
daughter.
YANKEE STAR TAKES FIRST
VICTORY IN OLYMPIC GAMES
Taylor of Grinnel College,
lowa, Wins the Hurdle
Event in French Games
Le Gendre Breaks World’s
Record for the Broad Jump
Colombos, France, July 7. —F.
Morgan Taylor, Grinnel College,
lowa, today won the finals in the
400-meters Olympic hurdles.
Robert Le (Sendre of Newark, N.
J., in the pentathlon broke the
world’s record ’ for the broad jump
with 7.76 meters, equivalent to 25
feet 6 inches. This performance
insured him first place in this
event. His jump bettered by three
inches the former world’s mark of
25 feet and three inches, held by
E. O. Gourdin of Dorchester, Mass.
Taylor, the American favorite for
the event, sent the Stars and Stripes
up the victory pole for the first
time in the 1924 games with his
smashing victory. He shattered the
offical world’s record by finishing
in 52 3-5 seconds.
Harold Osborne, Illinois Athletic
Club, jumped G feet and 6 inches in
the finals of the running high jump,
breaking the Olympic record of 6
feet 4 2-10 inches.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
BODY MEETS
Coleharbor, July 7. —The annual
Sunday School convention of the
McLean council of religious educa
tion was held here yesterday. Rev.
A. C. Hacke of Fargo, superintend
ent of the Congregational church
for North Dakota was the principal
speaker. Miss Carrie Haugen of
Bismarck appeared on the program
as a specialist in Sunday School
work. Speakers from over the coun
ty discussed various phases of re
ligious education.
EXPECTS PLENTY
HARVEST LABOR
There is likely to be plenty of har
vest hands available in North Da
kota, according to J. A.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor. Mr. Kitchen has received a
letter from a Michigan manufactur
ing firm saying its heads expect a
recession of business to continue
there, causing unemployment to
about 300 men, and asking if they
cannot be given jobs in the North
Dakota harvest fields.
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It is probable that labor offices
will be opened in the state about
August 1.
Many Attend >
Hebron’s Fourth
Hebron, July 7.—The combination
Market day and Fourth of July cele
bration in Hebron was largely at
tended, and plans are already under
way for the next Market day on the
first Monday in August. Races, a
baseball game between Hebron and
Farmers Valley, with Hebron win
ning, various kinds of stunts, and
an auction sale were the features
of the day.
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IN LORAIN DURING STORM
Hillsboro, July 7. —Former gover
nor and Mrs. E. Y. Sarles and Mr.
and Mrs. Duane Sarles spent the
night in Lorain, Ohio, the night be
fore the cyclone wrecked the town.
The Sarles family ' was on its way
to Boston.
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HERE’S WHERE
IT IS HOT
Algiers, July 7.—Heat so in
tense that it has been described
as a “wave of fire” has been
sweeping the widespread vine
yard districts .during the past
few days and has been badly
burning the heavy wine, grape
crop. On Friday the thermo
meter registered as high as 149
degrees Fahrenheit.
“BONUS WEEK”
IS OBSERVED
Ex-Service Men May Fill Out
Applications
This is “bonus week” with Bur
leigh county ex-service men.
Beginning tonight, the Lloya
Spetz Post, American Legion, will
maintain an otfice force each night
and on next Saturday afternoon, to
aid the service men in filing their
claims for the adjusted compensa
tion voted by Congress.
The Post hus secured a store
room in the Webb block on Main
street, and the office will be open
from 7 to 10 p. m. each day, and
or. Saturday afternoon, the office
being kept open Saturday afternoon
particularly for service men living
in other parts of the country.
All ex-service men are invited to
make use of the Legion’s service.
The corps of office men will be
under L. P. Warren, adjutant of the
post, who now has application
blanks, which may be obtained from
him at the Bismarck Bottling Works.
Arrangements also have been made
for a finger-print expert’s services,
the government requiring that the
finger print of each service man be
a part ofi the application.
It is the desire of the government
to get applications in as quickly as
possible.
ANNIVERSARY
IS CELEBRATED
Beach, July 7.—Seventy-two rel
atives were present at the celebra
tion of the Golden wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stecker,
formerly residents of this county,
but who now reside in Ruston,
Wash, Two sons, Mahlon and
George Stecker, and a daughter, Mrs.
Herman Brown, all of Bedchj were
present, together with the other
sons and daughters who live in
Washington.
BRITISH PAY
BIG TAXES
London, Juuly 7.—lncome tax pay
ers in Great Britain and northern Ire
land whose incomes for the year
1922-23 amounted to more than $500,-
000 each numbered 137, according to
figures made public by the treasury.
The total ihcome of the 13t averaged
nearly $1,000,000 euch.
FIND TARANTULA
Dickinson, July 7.—The Dickinson
Grocery house has on display a
large tarantula, captured in a ship
ment of bananas last week. Little
trouble was experienced in getting
the tarantula into a jar, as the cold
in the refrigerator c«r had numbed
it.
» BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1924
BANK BONDING
MEASURE HELD
INSUFFICIENT
Proposal For $6,000,000 Issue
For Closed Banks Present
ed, Filing Refused
REASONS ARE GIVEN
Secretary of State Holds That
Amendment Seeks Also
To Legislate
HELD INSUFFICIENT
Petitions filed by a committee
of six asking that a constitu
tional amendment be submitted
to the voters at the November
election, providing for a bond
issue of $6,000,000 to aid in re
imbursing depositors of closed
hanks, and rewriting the guar
antee of hank deposits’ law and
revising other banking laws, were
today held “insufficient” by Sec
retary of State Thomas Hall.
In a letter to the committee for
the petitioners, Mr. Hall found
the petitions, which were said to
contain 20,100 names, insufficient
for the following reasons:
First, the proposed amendment
seeks to amend a constitutional
section relating to the debt limit
of the state, and also amends and
re-enacts various provisions of
the banking laws; “the latter
being purely legislative acts.”
Second, the ballot title does
not mention all subjects included.
“The line of, demarcation be
tween a constitutional amend
ment and a purely legislative act
is well defined,” the letter states,
quoting a supreme court decision.
The Secretary of State holds that
purely legislative acts and con
stitutional amendments cannot
he embraced in the game petition.
The petitions Wertf found to
contain sufficient names, the
count given by the secretary of
state's office being 20,912.
William Langer, attorney for
the petitioners, is in Casselton
today. . *
The petitions presented by Mr.
Langer late Saturday were said by
him to contain approximately 20,100
names and he planned to present
additional names today to give a
goodly margin over the 20,000 signa
tures required to place a constitu
tional amendment on the ballot. To
day was the 120th day before the
election, and the last day on which
petitions for initiating constitution
al amendments could be filed, ac
cording to M. W. Duffy, Deputy
Secretary of State.
The hank bonding measure is the
only initiated constitutional amend
ment yet proposed for the November
election. Petitions of initiated laws
may be filed 90 days before the
election, or as late as August 6.
Committee Named
The Langer petitions, circulated by
the Association of Depositors of
Closed Banks, named as the commit
tee for the petitioners William
Dyer, chairnfan; Robert Rotering,
W. P. Steinmetz, O. F. Metcalf, M.
E. Johnson, Harry Tucker, Oscar
Nesvig, and William Langer.
It provides for initiation “of a
constitutional amendment relating tu
issuing of bonds and fixing debt
limit, providing tbat proceeds of tho
bonds Bhall be used for protection
of the depositors in insolvent state
banks and providing for a method
of organizing, establishing and reg
ulating the number of state banks
and for assessments to be paid by
the state banks to the Depositors
Guaranty Fund and providing that
the Guaranty Fund Commission
shall consist of the Governor, At
torney-General and Secretary of
State, and that the same may be
sued.”
The amendment, at the outset,
would fix th& possible bonded debt
of the state without security and
for industrial purposes at $18,000,-
000, the figure now being $10,000,-
000. It would except from the re
quirement of real estate security on
bond issues, $4,000,000 proposed to
be issued to pay depositors in
closed banks, $2,000,000 proposed to
be issued to protect collateral de
posited for loans to banks, and the
$2,000,000 already issued -for capital
stock of the Bank of North Dakota.
Changes in Bank Laws
The amendment would direct the
Governor and Treasurer to issue
$6,000,000 negotiable bonds, bearing
interest not to exceed 6 percent,
designed as “Bonds of North Da
kota, Depositors Guaranty Fund
Series.” Two million dollars of
the bonds would be disbursed on the
order of the banking board for the
purpose of buying notes and secur
ities that have been pledged or de
posited as collateral by insolvent
state banks in the securing of loans
to the bank when, in the judgment
of the banking board, the sale of
the notes in ordinary manner would
result in a loss to depositors of the
banks. The other $4,000,000 would
go into the guaranty fund, to be
used in paying depositors of closed
:bqnks in the order of closing.
Drastic changes In the state bank
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MERCURYGOES
AHEADTONEW
SUMMER MARK
Rises to 86 Sunday, the Max
imum for the Year, But
May Go Higher Today
CROPS NOT SUFFERING
Much Moisture in Ground,
Says Commissioner From
Northern Part of County
The weather bureau thermo
meter registered 86 at 3 p. m.
today.
The mercury today was moving
toward the high point of the season
in Bismarck. Sunday the thermo
meter reached 86 degrees above zero
here, the hottest point thus far in
the summer. The mercury climbed
to 77 at noon Sunday and it was at
80 degrees at noon today, with a
possibility of 90-degree temperature
late in the afternoon. ,
Pembina reported the highest tem
perature in the state Sunday, the
thermometer registering an even 90
degrees yesterday. Several points
in the state reported temperatures
around 85, with a hot sun beaming
and no rain to relieve the temper
atures. The mercury also remained
up to 62 here last night.
There appeared to be no general
rain in sight, although possibly
showers may fall tonight.
Crops thus far are not suffering,
and the hot weather is a big boon
to the corn, and also in the ripen
ing of grain, according to farmers.
Oscar Bachman, county commission
er, said today that in the northern
part of the county grain is of ex
cellent stand, and that there is a
great deal of moisture in the ground.
Ji. few inches under the surface,
the roots of the grain find much
moisture, he said. There have been
some reports brought in thut rain
would be of help to crops in some
sections, hut all reports agree that
prospects at this time are the best
in years. Another rain within a
week would virtually clinch the pros
pects for the year.
Practically all sections of the
state report improvement in the
prospect of small grain crops as a
result of continued favoruble tem
peratures and rainfall during the
last half of June; corn and potatoes
are reported showing generally good
stands hut of short growth, while
flax is considered to have made nor
mal progress, with what appears to
be an average percentage of weedy
fields, according to a crop summary
issued by J. G. Diamond, of Grand
Forks, agricultural statistician for
the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. Details follow:
.Wheat, oats and barley though
still a little late have improved in
prospect during the last half of
June in practically all sections of
the state. Well distributed and time
ly showers throughout June com
bined with relatively low temper
atures have resulted in much bet
ter stooling than in any recent year.
The bulk of spring wheat is in the
boot stage and about ready to head.
Oats and barley have made propor
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LEAGUE READY
TO HELP
The Legion Is Ready to Help
With Community and ,
Civic Betterment *
Indianapolis, July 7. —Interest -in
community and civic betterment
among members of the American
Legion is growing rapidly, accord
ing to Garland W. Powell, director
of the Legion’s National American
ism commission, under whose direc
tion this phase of Legion work is
being carried out.
Mr. Powell’s statement was based
on the hundreds of requests which
have been pouring into the Com
munity and Civic Betterment bureau,
a division of the Americanism com
mission.
“While we have many Reports con
cerning posts which have already as
sumed some community responsibil
ity, it is surprising how many Le
gionnaires are planning campaigns
for betterment of conditions about
them,” Mr. Powell declared. “Re
quests for direction along these lines
are received daily, and indicate that
constructive work for their neigh
bors is the principal aim of this
great group of ex-service men.
“There is no intention on the part
of the Legion to supplant any agen
cy engaged in work of this charac
ter, but to offer our broad member
ship as an agency equipped to align
all community endeavor.”
‘ Advice furnished by the bureau
frill extend to every phase of com
munity development and civic bet-
Mr. Powell said.
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BRYAN SPEAKS
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This picture of William Jennings
Bryan was taken during the 38th
ballot of the Democratic convention,
Wednesday afternoon, when the
“commoner” was pleading for Wil
liam G. McAdoo’s nomination. His
speech, one of the greatest of his
career, however, did not succeed in
breaking the deadlock.
M’ADOO LOSES
MISSOURI AND
MISSISSIPPI
Madison Square Garden, July 7.
—Missouri, with her 36 votes,
went to Senator Glass on the
80th ballot, deserting the Mc-
Adoo column, where it had been
voting under the unit rule.
On the 82nd ballot, Mississippi
with her 20 votes, changed from
McAdoo to Ralston.
David L. Koch well, the Mc-
Adoo campaign manager, said he
was not alarmed.
Another change on the 82nd
ballot was occasioned when
Kansas left McAdoo* and returned
to Governor Jonathan Davis with
its 20 votes.
SOCIALISTS
URGED TO AID
R. LAFOLLETTE
Committee Recommends That
Party Indorse His Pres
idential Campaign
A DEBATE ENSUES
Cleveland, ()., July 7.-—The Social
ist Party of America went into the
second day of its national conven
tion here confronted with the task
o? debating and voting upon a re
port of a special committee of
fifteen recommending that it in
dorse the individual presidential
candidacy of Senator Robert M. La-
Follette.
The committee voted 15 to two to
make this recommendation. The
fact that it was composed of out
standing leaders of the party select
ed by the convention yesterday by
23 delegates nominated from the
floor ahd voted upon by the indivi
dual delegates, was considered sig
nificant of the probable outcome of
discussion.
It was indicated that the debate
would last for several hours.
BARING HELD
TO BE INSANE
New Commission Named,
However, to Examine Him
White Plains, N. Y., July 7. —Clar-
ence O. Baring, charged with at
tempting to murder his wife by in
jecting poison and diseased germs
into her food, today was declared
insane by two alienists appointed by
the district attorney of Westchester
county.
After hearing the report, county
judge Bleakley appointed a new
commission to make an official in
vestigation for the court.
Petrified Clams
Are Discovered
Garrison, July 7. —Petrified clams
and mud turtles were found in the
Stevens Brothers gravel mine near
Garrison, when gravel was excavated
for use on the streets of Garrison.
They were in a good state of fbrm
semblance.
PLEDGES
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN
MOVEMENT TO END DEADLOCK,
AS TODAY’S YOTING FAILS
McAdoo Alone of Candidates Objected to Proposal, But He
Passes Word to His Delegates to Vote For Proposal When
It Conies Before Convention to Avoid the Charge of Being
an Obstructionist—Sunday's Conferences Fail to Develop
a Nominee For the Convention
New York, July 7.—The Democratic convention
adjourned until 8:30 tonight, after another day of
fruitless balloting.
Madison Square Garden, N. Y., July 7. (By the A. P.) —
By action of the Democratic national convention itself, all
delegates were released from pledges and instructions on
presidential candidates.
The action of the convention did not affect the two
thirds rule or the unit rule. By its action, the convention
approved the stand of the minority candidates, including
Governor Smith. Mr. McAdoo’s counter-proposal did not
come up for a vote.
The text of the resolutions adopted by the convention on
motion of Governor Gilchrist of Florida, follows:
“Resolved, that the time has arrived when, in the opinion
of this Democratic convention, all delegates should be and
are hereby released from any pledge or instructions of any
kind whatsoever, touching upon any candidacy for the nom
ination for President.”
The McAdoo people passed the word that Mr. McAdoo
wanted all his people to vote for the resolution as he did not
want to appear as an obstructionist. The result was that the
vote in favor of the motion tumbled in so fast that its pass
-1 call was half over.
With the delegates, who have been
supporting Governor Alfred E. Smith
and all other candidates, except Wil
liam G. McAdoo, unconditionally re
leased, permanent chairman Walsh*
■who, with Chairman Hull of the
Democratic National Committee, was
instructed Saturday to confer with
the candidates’ representatives “for
the purpose of reaching an under
standing" to break the deadlock had
two proposals to report without
recommendation.
One, unanimously indorsed by or
in behalf of, ull the candidates ex
cept McAdoo calls for action by tb*
convention itself to compel uncon
ditional release of the McAdoo dele
gates. The other, a counter-proposal
advanced by Mr. McAdoo, provides
in conjunction with the release of
delegates for abrogation of the
united voting and giving up of the
two-thirds nominating rule, pro
gressive elimination from each suc
cessive ballot, the candidate receiv
ing the lowest vote and full strength
voting regardless of how many mem
bers may be absent.
age was assured before the ro
TODAY’S RECORD
OF VOTING ON
CANDIDATES
Total 79th ballot—McAdoo 607%;
Smith 300%; Davis of West Virginia
71; Underwood 60;- Glass 17; Ral
ston 4; Robinson 28%; Ritchie 16%;
Walsh 6; Saulsbury 6; Ferris 18;
Gerard 1; Roosevelt 1. Bryan three
—Total 1,090, absent two.
Total 80th ballot—McAdoo 454%;
Smith 307%; Davis 73%; Underwood
46%; Glass 08; Ralston 5; Robinson
29%; Ritchie 10%; Walsh 4; Sauls
bury 0; Owen 1; Ferris 17%; Dan
iels 1; Bryan 4%; Roosevelt 1. To
tal 1,090, absent two.
Total 81st ballot —McAdoo 433;
Smith 305; Davis 70%; Underwood
4H; Glass 73; Ralston 4; Robinson
29%; Ritchie 10%; Walsh 8; Sauls
bury 0; Owen 21; Barnett 1; Daniels
1; Bryan 4%; Ferris 10; Roosevelt
1. Total 1,096, absent two. *
Total 82nd ballot—McAdoo 413 Ms;
Smith 360; Davis 71; Underwood 49;
Glass 78; Ralston 24; Robinson 28
%; Ritchie 16%; Walsh 4; Sauls
bury 0; Owen 21; Ferris 12; Bryan
4%; Daniels 1; Roosevelt 1. Total
1,090, absent two.
Total 83rd ballot—McAdoo 418;
Smith 358; Davis 72%; Underwood
48%; Glass 76; Ralston 24; Robin
son 27%; Ritchie 16%; Walsh 4;
Saulsbury 6; Owen 20; Wheeler 1;
Ferris 7%; Bryan 6%; Roosevelt
1. Total 1,096, absent two.
SAFE BLOWN
AT STILL IN
GENERAL STORE
Little of Value Is Obtained by
Robbers, Who Make
Escape, Word Here
Burglars last night dynamited a
safe in the general store of the
Farmers Union Elevator and Mer
cantile Company at Still, in the
northern part of the county. Ac
cording to W. C. Jackson, manager
of the store, probably not more
than S2O to $25 in currency was ob
tained. What else of value was tak
en from the safe he was unable to
say this afternoon.
The burglars were not heard and
there was no clue today to them,
Mr. Jackson said. The safe door
was blown off and the robbers gain
ed full access to the safe. Little
else was taken from the store, in
addition to the currency, he be
lieved.
Sheriff Albin. Hedstrom investi
gated the safe blowing today.
SOLDIERS
IN MUTINY
Manila, ,P. I. July 7. —A number
of soldiers of the 57th infantry have
refused to perform duty. It is re
ported a Bolshevistic organization
has been formed among them.
McLaren makes
ANOTHER HOP
Kasumigaura, Japan, July 7. —A.
Stuart McLaren, British around-the
world aviator, arrived here at 2:50
p. m. today. He left Kushimdto, at
10:40 o’clock this morning.
ADJOURNS AGAIN
At a session of the conferences
which ended early today, subject to
call, the McAdoo proposal received
no support from any other quarter.
It was not made clear whether *
simple majority for a two-thirds
vote would be necessary for the
convention to act on their proposaL
or whether it could merely express
a desire one way or another.
The line up between the two pro
posals in the conference proved to
be representative of the solidified
divergence which appeared in the
concluding ballots of Saturday’s ses
sion, which put Smith up to 368
votes on the 76th and left him at
the finish on the 77th with 367
votes, exactly the number required
to block a nomination under the
two-thirds rule. After the confer
ence, however, spokesmen for the
McAdoo camp said they had no ta
tention of trying to prevent a vote
by the convention on the proposal
of the others for action releasing
all delegates from obligation to can
didates.
While his counter-proposal wa9
being considered by the conference,
Mr. McAdoo, in an address before a
rally of delegates who had support
ed him throughout the six days of
balloting, declared he would “feel
like the most contemptible traitor
alive if he deserted” them at this
time and he must “stay and fight
to a finish so as not to betray a
trust.” He was in the race, he said,
“to carry out the mandate of the
people” expressed in the primaries
and state conventions and he reiter
ated that he did not intend to with
draw.
A resolution pledging the dele
gates anew to the support of the
Californian was adopted after his
address, and plans were advanced to
organize his women supporters more
closely to work for his nomination.
The question of selecting a com
promise candidate was. kept in the
obscure background of possible ways
out of the difficulty during all of
the week-end conference and after
the adjournment early today, chair
man Hull asserted that such a plan
would be taken up only as a final
extreme measure even if the con
vention should give specific author
ity for its consideration.
BOY CATCHES
51/2 LB. PIKE
Robert Joseph Hoskins, grandson
of R. D. Hoskins of this city, is
the champion right now among the
boy fishermen around Detroit, Min
nesota. Robert landed a fire and
one-ha)f pound pike, 25 inches long,
in Lake Sally last week, a remark
ably fine catch £e* admail boy. Ha
landed it by himself * -
PRICE FIVE CENTS
McAdoo’s Proposal
Addresses Delegates