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Governor Alfred Smith, of New York, has gained 11 votes since the first ballot, but there has been no great shifting of strength toward cither of hte leading candidates, and there appears a long struggle ahead before a nomination is reach ed. Former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, who was the party’s standard bearer four years ago, hag gained only three votes since M’ADOO LEADS IN FIRST TEST Calofornia Candidate Poils More T han Majority of Convention Vote On First Ballot, With Smith Nearest Competitor and For mer Governor Cox Runner-Up in Voting U/ H MA ? IS 2 i N a S I QLJARE GARDEN, New York, June 30. illiani G. McAdoo led o nthe first ballot for a presidential nomination taken shortly after the Democratic national conven tion re-assembled here this morning. McAdoo developed unlooked-for strength upon the open ing ballot polling a total of 525 votes, or within 206 votes necessary for a nomination. His closest competitor on this ballot was Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York, who polled 240 1-2 votes. with 59 UCS M ' S° X ’ ° f ° hi °’ r railed Eoth McAdoo and Smith j with 5) convention votes, and the other votes were scattered among the remaining I I candidates. scattered I The rules of procedure under which the convention is now I at O Cle e vXnriith±h C With f - th °“ by the Republicans * Democrat ° f “ k lhere arc a toFd Lfi’V 094 votes A H,candidates. ■ the two-thirds rule d UfJU t KiltoL'Skto ’ f<%- inder j by the successful candidate'^pYsidcnT The party platform, adopted lit urdav """’T TJ 1 g a majority vote, the two-thirds rule not annl ’ ad °f tctd by I platform. not a PP'y>ng on the party CUT-OFF Rev. Chas. A. Philips, of Plains ■delivered an abb and impressive message from th. Lutheran pulpit {Sunday afternoon. Miss Hayes, Miss Ruth Farmer, J. D. Ford, -Willim Pennington, Robert and George Stubbs, of Al bany; Charlie Terry, of Montezuma, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stubbs Sunday. Practically every home of this iommunity was represented at the funeral of Mrs. J. S. Elmore, at "Oglethorpe, Monday afternoon. ' IN THE HE AR T ~OT DIXIE iTfrft 1 ? ' the first ballot. ■ Senator Walsh, of Montana, re i ceived 1 vote on the fifth ballot, i while Governor Sweet and John ’•7. Davis, who received 32 votes, ap peared at new eandi,elates in th balloting. Governor Silzer, of • New Jersey, rias lost ight votes . since the first ballot was taken, i The convention nas settleiSdown , to real business and is proceeding > quietly with- the balloting-. Mrs. R. H. Stubbs, Mr.. A. J. Pennington and Mrs. Shady Joiner, visited Mrs. J. T. Morris who is cri tically ill at the home of Miss Della Parker at New Era, Friday after noon. Mrs. D. E. Pennington and little daughters, Clara, Janette and Lottie Emma, of Buch;.nan, Ga,. are spending suverla weeks with Mrs. A. J. Pennington and daugh ter, eruouty to Greenville, S'. C. S. C. which is Mr. D. E. Penning ton’s headquarters. ' Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Pennington and daughter, Miss I.illian, of AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 30, 1924 The Two Leading Candidates On Ihe First Ballot '2-. x I Vi/ if tofeto. . «' to \ '&'■ to- ‘ Wto. Y wl -T' Ogßv WjYnMT. ■ ■ totok A ♦ C to to ' > to F’ WliPkLw ito—to- ■■■'■■ • >, ‘A to .tototo ; Vat- * It to ' ' ir I |||||B i j : n J wv-muk to> ■ Ymt - ' vA '■ Ah- • / v' Ik 'i \ k, ft *■ • // kadaf t d-tA.. ; n & [ ALFRED SMITH MMH DEJC IN PITHBISTBPH DirailNG OHIO Lake Erie Coast Wrenched From Sandusky to Loraine With Many Persons Killed LOSS PUT AT 30 MILLIONS Scores In Serious Condition, With Hundreds Reported Less Seriously Injured CLEVELAND, June 30.—Eighty three persons arc known to be dead in Ohio as a result of Saturday’s severe, wind rain, and electrica* storm, which swept Ihe coast ot Lake Erie from Sandusky to Lar fain, wrecking a large portion of Lorrain and parts of Sandusky. Although the lo?’ of life is not ns great an al firs, believed, relief workers said today the list of the rlcad may grow. Several hundred persons are reported injured, sever al scores seriously, and properly damage estimated at more than 30 million dollars. The great loss of life was at Lor rain where the atest count showed 59 dead and 118 injured, a svveth hurts. The property oss there was upwards of $30,000,000; 135 city blocks having been demolished. At Sandusky it was fotind tl at only six persons were killed al- WEEK-END RECREATION COSTS FIFTEEN LIVES CHICAGO, June 30. —Chica- go's week end recreation cost the lives of 15 persons, nine of whom were killed by automobiles and six drowned. ■though a hundred were injured and property .'idued at $2,000,000 was destroyed. There were even fatalities in Cevcland, but ti e prop, rty damage was small. Pittsburgh reported live persons killed, and Mantau,, 0., re ported thi l dead, French Creek, three; Weymouth, two and Akron < ne. The d> Th total in lowa ar. 1 Ilinois was twelve, making death list of 100. The tota property damage when reports from the rural regions are compete, probably will aggregate $50,000,000. The casuatics and damage done by the tornado as it twisted its way across Northern Ohio last night are; aby several hundred injured and At Lorain: Fifty-nine dead, preb property damage amounting to be tween $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 inflicted. At Sandusky: Six dead probaby. 100 injured and property damage betwe- n $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 At Cleveland: Seven dead with smal property damage. At P< rt C.Ciinton; Slight damage due to - avy rain fal; no casuaties. At Mantua: Three reported dead. At Youngstown: One dead. At Bay Village: Apartment hou. ? said to have collapsed, bury- j ing two. • ( At Alliance: One hundred isolated in flooded homes, rescued by pome. At Elryia: Virtually no damage. At Cedar Point: Six cottages bolwn down; no casuaties. At Vermillion: Small damage from heavy downpour <>f rain and high wind, but no casuaties. Militia on patrol at Lorain and Sandusky, although martial law has not actualy been declared. Slate health board’ takes action to prevcent disc; se by supervising water supply at Lorain and San dusky. Wid reports of looting Saturday night at Lorain prove untrue. Many miraculous escapes report ed by eye witn ■ s.vs at both Lor rain and Sandusky. Tornado jumps almost thirty-five miles from Sandusky to Lorain with virtually no damage in between. BETHEL BAPTISTS TO ENCAMP IN TERRELL DAWSON, June 28.—The an nual encampment of the Bethel Baptist Association,'wiiicii, as an nounced, will open in Bluffton, be ginning Monday, July 14, and con ' tinue through July 18, will bring to this section several speakers and teachers of wide reputation. SPRECKLES DIES SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. Adolph B. Spreckles, nationally known sugar magnate and manu facturer, died at his home here to-1 dav z . I CONGPESWN LITHE DIES IN KWON Death Due to Paralysis rought On By Overwork During Congressional Session WASHINGTON, June 28.—Rep resentative Edward C. Little, o'. ( Kansas, died at a local hospital here. Death was caused directly by a slight strok' of paralysis, lie had suffered a breakdown due to overwork and had been a patient in the hospital for several wed;.'.. Rep resentative Little, a Republic was serving his fourth term in the House from the Second Kansas Dis trict. He was known as an auth or and had served in the diplomatic Corps as consul general to Egyp.. As lientenant-colonel of the Kansas National Guard, h" took part in several engagements in the Philip pines. He was born in Ohio. He is survived by his widow and one son, Donald. GREAT CAVE MAY EXIST UNDER TOWN "SANDERSVILLE, June 28. Near the center of the city a great cave was discovered uerc when a gaping hole caused by the recent rain brought to light an immense subterranean passage under the tracks of the Georgia and Florida Railroad. • The cave is sixteen feet deep, running east about fifty feet I and southwest about half that dis- I tance. ’ \ '" u l; l: t.: i. i w m jJT edaCLI WeJ »?»Je! Ij.ia! Mi® j i> Ll W k» *j2 L! j© : .aih <cl.u*k’ l-J «ei Id icl id lx >c>! io >_ *>*A W W F‘ k!'f»rU >»« »»,’ bi W / U t,f id M H LT.id bl & mw-H.y Lt «ww •-f<‘- 3 j PRICE FIVE CENTS HMT SUSPECTED OEiPDEPI WHOLE FAMILY IT CHICi Victims Ail Beaten to Death and Bedies Carefully Covered With Sheets FIVE PERSONS ARE SLAIN Boarder Filled With Lust to Slay Included Among Possible Au thors of Crime CHICAGO, June 30.- Beaten to death, carefully covered by sheets or blanks, the bodies of Otto Eder, taxicab chauffeur, his wife Frances, their three sons, Koy, 11, Harvey, 6, and JacK, 3, were found in their home late last night. No disorder appeared about the house, and no attempt at robbery was apparent. Police said it is thought the family was killed by a half-witted relative, or a boarder filled with lust to slay. woiHSSwe IHD WL KUH FROM TO DENUNCIM Miss Marian Coley Shifts Posi tion On Issue When Pressure Is Brought to Bear ERWIN FIGHT FEARLEESLY Calls On Georgians to Eras Stig ma in Name of Judas Benja min of Confederate Leaders MADISON SQUUARE GARDEN. New York, June SO. —Georgia and Georgians played big parts in the dci-c.ion of the Demolra.il Nation lal convention here Saturday after noon when the convention (irfinibdy decided by one to go before th:! country wit mat spe.-ilicaly d‘- nouncing the Ku Klux Klan in its platform ns a menace to the . acurity of the fiation. To a lone woman delegate of Georgia, Miss Marjar. Coley, goes thee rcsponsibiity of deciding the momentous issue of whether tin Democratic Party would go before tho country. She w one of the few Geor gia!.. who originally voted in fav or of denoum in •• the Klan, but memb< r of her deegation brought pre.-sure to bear on her to change h r vote and in the end she yield ed to their entreaties, and while announcing she was “opposed to the Klan,” she said she wished to be record-, d in the nefiative. Andrew J. Erwin, of Athens, tin other Georgian, all but stampeded the convention single-handed into adopting a platform plank de nouncing the Ku Klux Klan by name. He was stopped’only by tha speech of William Jennings Bryan It was a case of these two and no body else in the headline; a a case of a young man versus an oldtimer of a hot h ad versus a cool one, of la new-comer, in jiplitics versus the Grand Gid Man *of Democracy,
