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VOL. XXVI. NO. 105
MISTRIAL ORUEREO
IN M'DOWELL CASE;
NEW TRIAL TUESDAY
One Man Reported to Have
Stood Firm Throughout
for Death Penalty
CLEARWATER, Fla., June 11.—
(By The Associated Press.) —A mis
trial was ordered today in the case
of Frank McDowell, whose trial on
an indictment charging him with the
m”rder of his mother began here in
’ Pinellas county circuit court Mon-
nudge M. A. McMullen ordered
that the clerk record a mistrial when
the jury reported after having had
the case since late yesterday that
it was hopelessly out of agreement.
McDowell was remanded to jail to I
await further action in the case.
Judge McMullen set Tuesday, July
17, for the second trial of the youth.
According to reports around the
courthouse following the jurors’ re
port of disagreement, they stood at
first 10 to 2 for acquittal on the
ground of insanity. In a final effort
to reach an agreement, they voted
on the question of life imprisonment,
but one man was said to have held J
out for the death penalty.
The case was given to the jury at
4:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
and after considering the evidence
until 9:30 p. m., the jurors reported
they were unable to reach an early
agreement, and were allowed to re
tire for the night to take up the
matter again this morning.
The first word of the day from the
jury was a request for a transcript
of testimony offered by Dr. 11. Ma
son Smith, alienist. Word was sent
back by Judge McMullen, however,
that the law would not permit him to
grant tie request, and that they
must depend on their memories.
The verdict of disagreement re
turned by the jury this morning
marked another chapter in a mur- I
dcr case without parallel in Ameri- '
can criminal history, according to I
st udents of criminal cases. The 19-1
year-old boy charged specifically !
with the slaying of his mother as i
she slept in her St. Petersburg home |
on a stormy night last February, '
and whose confession was intro
duced as evidence, also confessed
that he had killed not only his
u.other but shot his father at the
Kame time and that he had ourned I
to death two sisters in February, i
1923, at Decatur, Ga.
Battle Over Sanity
Throughout the trial a plea of in
sanity was made by the defense
which devoted every effort in that
direction The state, on the other
hand, directed its efforts toward
showing that McDowell was fully
capable of knowing the penalty of
the crime that he committed when
be fired the full contents of a pistol
itro the bodies of his mother and
father as they slept side by side,
and that he had known right from
wrong when he set fire to th£ bed
occupied by his sisters and burned
them to death.
’.'he matter of determining wheth
er or not the youth was mentally ir
responsible at the time of ihe kill
ings was placed squarely in tl.e
hands of the jury. The defense
placed on th© witness stand Dr. It.
Alison Smith, who served seven
years at the State Hospital for the
insane at Chattahoochee, three years
ms a member of the staff of phy
jfjflans. and four as superintendent
* or the institution, and Dr. G. Adol
phus, formerly a member of the fac
ulty of an Atlanta medical school,
where he taught subjects pertaining
to mental diseases. Both of them tes
tified that it was their
opinion that McDowell was suffering
from incurable insanity at the time
he killed his parents, and that to
day he is in an even worse condition.
They both described the youth as a
hebephrenic type of dementia prae
cox, and said persons who suffered
from this type of mental disease
were subject to progressive mental
deterioration.
Neither of the physicians thought
McDowell knew right from wrong at
the time he killed his parents.
It was pointed out to the jury dur
ing their selection that insanity is
a complete defense in murder cases.
Judge McMullen, who presided over
the trial, charged the jury, however,
that the state presumes a person
to be sane under such circumstances
until it is proven beyond a reason
able doubt that the contrary is true.
It was not to be presumed, the judge
charged the jury, that a person is to
be considered insane merely because
of the fact that he has committed a
crime or because of the enormity of
the crime. He told the jurors that
they should exercise common sense
in reaching their decision, and should
they be unable to reconcile testi
mony presented in the case, they
should give consideration only to
that which they readily could be
lieve.
He stressed the different degrees
of homicide and penalties therefor.
McDowell Watches Jurors’ Faces
The jury retired with the words
nf State's Attorney E. P. Wilson
ringing in their ears when he said,
“if you believe this voting man
knew what he was doing when he
sent his sleeping mother into eter
nity, it is your duty to send him to
the electric chair.”
McDowell, in the courtroom when
the jurors filed into the rooms with
their hatu in hand, watched intent
tv their jaces as they took their
seats, and relaxed as they reported
disagreement to the judge.
The indictment on which Mc-
Dowell was tried charged specifical
ly The murder of his mother. He
also was under indictment for the
slaying of his father, who with Mrs.
McDowell, was shot to death as the
couple lay sleeping in their St.
Petersburg home on the night of
February 19, last.
The case was given to the jury
(Continued on Page 2. Column 2)
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W? Va. Nine
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by floods in mountain regions.
NEW YORK.—Russian rubles of
old czarist dynasty make sensation
| al gains and sell above $2,000 to the
I million.
LONDON. —Sir Mortimer Durand,
I former British ambassador at Wash
| ington, dies at Minehead, Sunday, it
i is announced.
SAN FRANClSCO.—Engagement
of Miss Margaret Watson and Her
bert Hoover, Jr., son of secretary
of commerce, is announced.
WASHINGTON. Treasury pro
mulgates regulations for carrying
out provisions of recently ratified
rum treaty with Great Britain.
WASHING val dirigible
Shenandoah will visit Cleveland
during Republican convention. Com
mander Zachary Landsowne an
nounces.
MARIETTA, O.— World's greatest
trouble is too much “quack doctor”
leadership, Brigadier General
Charles G. Dawes says in commence
ment address.
TOKlO.—Announcement of new
cabinet is made after conference be
tween leaders of three successful
parties in recent parliamentary elec
tions.
HAVANA. • General Manager
Archibald Jack, of the United Rail
ways of Havana, whose employes
are on strike, is shot and wounded
by a 19-year-old striker.
DES MOINES. —Sale at auction
of Keokuk and Des Moines railwaj,
one of the oldest in lowa, is ordered
in federal court unless a claim of
$2,800,000 to a New York bank is
satisfied in ten days. - *
C LEVELAND.—WiIIiam Jennings
Bryan and Senator Smith Brook
hart, of lowa, tell convention of
Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers that cure for America’s ills
lies in .economic co-operation.
LOS ANGELES?"—- Peter Clark
Macfarlane, author, commits suicide
by shootnig in office of coroner at
San Francisco, leaving note indicat
ing ill health and asking newspaper
friend to deal gently with his case.
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
idge, speaking at Georgetown univer
sity commencement, declares loyalty
based on reverence for instituted au
thorinty is needed by the country
from its educated men and women.
CLEVELAND.—Statement issued
by publicity agent of Ku Klux Klan
that Senator Watson, of Indiana, is
klan candidate for vice president, is
DOHAH WIRES HIS
REFUSAL TO RDN AS
MITEOFCOOLIDGE
WASHINGTON. June 10.—Sen
ator Borah, of Idaho, sent instruc
tions to Cleveland today that his
name be withdrawn if it were
presented Io the Republican national
convention as a vice presidential
candidate.
lie urged former Senator William
E. Kenyon, of lowa, for the nomi
nation, and it was said ye had rec
ommended him at a conference with
Piesident Coolidge.
Senator Borah communicated his
wishes in a telegram to John W.
Hart, national committeeman for
Idaho.
“If my name is presented to the
convention,” the telegram said,
“please ask delegation to promptly
withdraw same and positively de
cline tor me. Make no mistdke about
this.”
President Coolidge
Sees No Necessity for
Extra Congress Session
WASHINGTON, June 10.—Presi
dent Coolidge does not feel that an
extra session of congress was made
necessary by the failure of the sen
ate to pass the deficiency appro
priation bill.
The president has directed govern
ment officials to take every step
possible under the law to meet the
emergency arising from the situa
tion. He feels the secretary of in
terior has power, tinder laws pre
vi.usly approved, to grant relief to
settlers on reclamation projects un
able to meet their payments, and
has instructed Director Lord, of '■he
budget, to do everything possible to
put the bonus law into operation.
King George Holds Seat
While His Horse Plunges
ALDERSHOT, England. June 10
(By the Associated Press.) —The
excellent horsemanship of King
George gat him out of a tight place
this afternoon and saved him from
a possible serious mishap.
After reviewing troo;x<. his horse
became frightened at the cheering
crowd. The animal “bucked” and
nearly collided with a horse ridden
by the aged Duke of Connaught be
side the queen's carriage.
The king made a second attempt
to force his horse to accompany the
proeessicn. but the animal, terrified,
plunged until its royal rider was
forced to turn back and ride home
along a quiet route.
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CLEVELAND.—Senator La Fol
lette directs his supporters here not
to place his name before Republican
convention, but urges them to fight
for "program of progressvie prin
ciples,” indorsed in Wisconsin pri
maries in April.
NA SH VILLE, Ten n .—.la mes W.
Gerard, former ambassador to Ger
many, declares Governor Al Smith,
of New York, is most logical and
probably most powerful Democratic
presidential nomination candidate
now in field. j
PARlS.—Following defeat of Fran
cois Marsal ministry in French
chamber on question of discussion of
lack of conformity of government to
sentiment of people President Mille
rand announces his intention to sub
mit resignation today.
CLEVELAND.—E. Mont Roily, of
Kansas City, former governor of
Porto Rico, and Robert H. Todd vet
eran member of Republican national
committee, are unseated as Porto
Rican delegates to Cleveland .con
vention.
CLEVELAND.—PauI Howland, of
Cleveland, is elected chairman of the
rules committee of RepublicaT na
tional convention instead of Senator
Ernst, of Kentucky, who was select
ed for post by William M. Butler,
pre-convention manager for Presi
dent Coolidge.
CLEVELAND. —Selection of candi
date for vice president is chief prob
lem before national Republican con
vention at Cleveland at end of first
day’s session, .which is marked by
enthusiastic endorsement of Presi
dent Coolidge and by zeal for party
solidarity.
CLEVELAND.—IIIinois delegation
at Cleveland convention unanimous
ly adopts resolution calling for
presentation of name of former Gov
ernor Lowden as vice presidential
candidate; former Governor main
tains his unwillingness to be con
sidered. •
CLEVELAND.—PIatform of Wis
consin insurgents, submitted to reso
lutions committee of Republican na
tional convention, advocates public
ownership policy, proposes extensive
program of reform legislation, and
declares paramount issue is rescue
of government and industry from
grip of private monopoly.
CLEVELAND. Secretary Hoover
gains strength as Republican vice
presidential candidate by reiterated
refusal of Former Governor Lowden,
of Illinois, to accept nomination and
request of Senator Borah, of Idaho,
that he lie not considered: meanwhile
booms' for Former Senator Bever
idge, of Indiana, and Major General
Harbord gain pace.
ILL HEALTH CAUSES
NOTED NOVELIST
TO COMMIT SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—
Prompted by mental torment spring
ing from a disease-racked body,
Peter Clark MacFarlane, noted au
thor, playwright and lecturer, and
former minister and actor, strolled
down a gloomy alley-way to the
door of the San Francisco morgue
at 8:30 o’clock last night and shot
and killed himself.
He wrote the last chapter of his
life with a tragic -and dramatic
flourish. Sunday he recounted the
story of his gradual breakdown
from a kidney malady, his mental
exhaustion and his desire for free
dom from “that incompetency which
now threatens” in two long letters
addressed to close personal friends,
Dr. Rufus L. Rigdon, his physician,
and Byron MacDonald, a brother
in-law.
“I go—but perhaps to begin
again,” he wrote. “Perhaps there
is a new sphere of activities and a
new and initial set of duties await
ing me.”
Os the past he said:
“The world has been good to me.
It has given me two wonderful wom
en for wives, and the last of these,
Florence .. . has not only been
faithful as a comrade and a sympa
thetic counsellor of courage through
my battle with disease, but has been
the wise and devoted and loving
mother of the four children of my
first wife.”
Only one witness, Samuel Alden,
a special policeman, saw the author
take his own life. Alden said Mac
Fatlane coolly lifted a pistol to his
temple and fired a bullet into his
brain. Twenty-six minutes later he
was dead.
’lhe news that her husband had
killed himself was kept from Mrs.
Macbarlane, although she was told
late last night that he was dead.
Ihe tragic blow unnerved her and
she collapsed.
The body is being held at a local
undertaking ppj'ior. In a postscript
to one of his letters he expressed
a wish for simplicity in the services
at h;s burial.
Alabama Power Co.
To Spend $39,000,000
On 6 Electric Projects
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 10.—
Announcement of an expenditure ol
approximately $39,000,000 by the Ala
bama Power company on six hvdro
electric projects on the Tallapoosa
river was made Monday by E. A.
Yates, general manager. The de
velopments will bring the stream to
the maximum point in the produc
tion of power.
Construction work, which includes
what is known as the Cherokee
Bluff dam, will be completed with
in three years. A permit fbr the
dams was granted by the federal
power commission last week.
The si't dams with the upper and
lower Tallassee projects now owned
by the Alabama Power company will
provide a total of 450.000 horsepower’s
installation on’ the Tallapoosa.
Woi k has been in progress for a
year on Cherokee Bluff which rated
as one of the biggest power projects
in the country. The 150-foot dam
will back the Tallapoosa into a lake
having an area of 39,200 acres.
FELLOW STUDENTS
ANO TEACHER TELL
'I DE SLAYERS'LIVES
1 CHICAGO. June 10.-—Members of
. the facility of the University of Chi-
• cago and fellow students of Nathan
Leopold and Richard LoebL con
fessed kidnapers and slayers of
Robert Franks, school boy, were vis
iting the state’s attorney’s office to-
• day to tell their stories of the lives
of 'the prisoners. Their testimony
was wanted to help build up the case
against a defense of insanity.
T. Neill Johnson, one of the in
structors, told how Leopold took a
difficult law examination two days
after the killing. Loeb was a post
graduate history student.
Leopld and Loeb will be tried
first on charges of kidnaping for
ransom preliminary to their trial
on murder charges, state’s attorneys
have decided. Both are capital of
fenses.
The move is planned to show the
relative strength of the cases of the
prosecution and defense, particular
ly the status of the youths’ confes
sions, concerning the admissibility of
which there is doubt. State’s Attor
ney Crowe, who has not made a
court appearance for eight years,
will appear personally to direct the
court prosecution.
Loeb Seen Driving Car
Pleas of not guiltv will be entered
for both youths when they are ar-
I raigned tomorrow morning, accord-.
; ing to Clarence S. Darrow, chief de
fense counsel.
The chief discrepancy in the boys’
confessions —who was driving the
automobile in which the Franks boy
was kidnaped and slain —was settled
yesterday by Carl Hiving, a. chauf
feur, who told state’s attorneys he
passed the machine and Loeb was
driving a short time before the kid
naping. Each youth has accused the
other of being in the rear seat of
the automobile and doing the killing.
Another development yesterday
was the tracing of the portable type
writer used in composing the ran
som letters and found in a park
lagoon Saturday, as the stolen prop
erty of a University of Michigan
student, who said it disappeared from
his room during the Christmas holi
days.
That hypnotism, with Leopold as
the principal and Loeb as the sub
ject, may have entered in the case
is another point under investigation
by prosecutors, who have been told
iv univers’tv students that Leopold
| was a student of hypnotism. Stu
‘ dents said on several occasions he
I gave exhibitions of his powers on
I other students and also used tricks
of fascination in his study of birds,
compelling them to remain still while
he observed them.
Victim Opposed Noose
Robert Franks and his elder broth
er. Jack. 16 years old. both planned
to be lawyers, but they had differ
ent views of capital punishment,
Jack said today in the office of his
father’s attorney.
Several weeks ago the brothers
i took opposite sides at a school de
bate. Robert was on the negative
side —“Robert was always opposed to
capital punishment,” Jack said —and
Robert's side won.
There was no doubt in Jack’s mind
' what should be done in this case.
I “I think without doubt they should
i be hanged,” he declared, speaking of
i Leopold and Loeb.
I "Robert and I always intended to
ibe lawyers,” he said. "But I guess
I I’ll have to be a lawyer alone now.’
! ■
No Trace of His Crime,
But Pardon Is Granted
To Rest Veteran’s Mind
Although the state authorities of
Arkansas can find no record for the
crime he claims to have committed
130 years ago, W. M. Harris, an
i aged inmate of the Confederate Sol
‘ diets' Home here, has received a
■ pardon from Governor Thomas C.
; Mcßae, of Arkansas.
Some time ago Mr. Harris wrote
J Governor Walker stating that in
j 1894 he killed a man in Arkansas
I and served a term in the state peni-
I tentiary. His citizenship was taken
I away automatically, he declared,
■and the stigma of the crime re-
I mained upon him. although he had
i paid the penalty imposed by the
1 law. Therefore he asked Governor
' 'Walker to aid in securing a pardon
; from the governor of Arkansas, to
‘restore his citizenship and relieve
i him of the embarrassment of being
. a “ma-n without a country.”
j Governor Walker communicated
1 with the Arkansas authorities, who
I could find no record of any such
| crime as Mr. Harris described, but
to relieve the aged veteran’s mind.
. Governor Mcßae forwarded a full
, pardon and the case has been closed
to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The Weather
i Louisiana: Thursday, generally i
■ fair, continued warm.
Arkansas: Thursday, partly cloudy, I
| continued warm.
| Oklahoma: Thursday, partly ‘
| cloudy.
East Texas and West Texas:!
'Thursday, generally fair, continued I
| warm.
Virginia: Thursday, mostly cloudy. 1
North and South Carolina: Thurs-i
I day, mostly cloudy and slightly!
j warmer.
Georgia. Florida, extreme north- i
I west Florida and Alabama: Scatter-'
led thundershowers Thursday.
Mississippi: Generally fair Tnurs- j
'day, except probably local thunder
i showers near coast.
Tennessee: Thursday, partly I
i cloudy: probably scattered thunder-j
I showers; little change in tempera- I
? ture.
Kentucky: Thursday, increasing I
I cloudiness, probably followed by lo
cal thundershowers; moderate tem
peratures. •
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CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland
Ohio, June 11.—The Republican Na
tional convention has developed
these three distinct characteristics
thus far:
First, that there should be no
catering to the radicals an ( ] La
Follette group, no compromises, no
attitude which begs support, noth
ing but a polite and tolerant indif
ference.
Second, that the Republican rec
ord in congress and the individual
ists who have messed up the legis
lative program should not lead the
party here or guide its councils,
but should be in the background
while the Coolidge management pro
maims the party purposes and poli
cies.
Third, that the Republican plat
form shall be in accord with what
Mr. Coolidge wants it to be on all
controversial questions, including
the soldier bonus, the world court
and agricultural problems.
Taking up these points in order,
one finds that the movement which
originated in Wisconsin to have
the convention here adopt resolu
tions pledging all the delegates in
advance to support whoever is nom
inated will not be followed through
for the simple reason that to have
such a battle with the La Follette
group means the proposal on their
part of a substitute resolution ask
ing th e party to repudiate Albert
B. Fall and Harry M. Daugherty.
Would Mean Open Breach
This would lead to an open
breach in which the radicals would
embarrass the convention as a
whole and give the Wisconsin group
the excuse they are aching for to
desert the Republican party in favor
of an independent ticket.
Instead, the regulars from Wis
consin believe it is far more satis
factory from the viewpoint of party
strategy to let the La Follette dele
gates sit throughout the Repub
lican convention as Republicans so
that the impulse in bolting will
come from that side, rather than
the majority..
The regulars recognize the La Fol
lette insurgency as inevitable and as
irreconcilable. They will do nothing
to placate it. On the -other hand,
there is a growing desire to treat it
with defiance and boldly proclaim
conservatism as a virtue. Such a
note unquestionably could strike an
enthusiastic response in this conven
tion, which already regards party in
fidelity with contempt. There is also
the feeling that since Senator La
Follette has made up his mind to
run, nothing would be gained by
giving his followers an exaggerated
importance in the convention, which
from a publicity viewpoint might be
to their advantage later on.
As for the “old guard” and con
gress, the Coolidge leaders are play
ing for a public impression of inde
pendence. They want the people who
are resentful of congressional inef
ficiency to realize that the party as
a whole has no sympathy with it
and leans rather to the making of
the platform to accord with the pres
ident’s speeches and address to con
gress, and is proceeding smoothly
and w’ithout interference by the con
gressional leaders, many of whom
are astute enough politicians to ap
preciate that perhaps with the un
popularity of congress the strategy
of the Coolidge ‘managers may not
be unwise after all.
World Court Idea
On the world court, the Coolidge-
Harding-Hughes idea of American
membership in the world court cre
ated by the League of Nations will
prevail.
On the soldier bonus, the platform
will not “point with pride” to the
adjusted compensation bill which
congress passed, but will content it
self with a general declaration of
satisfaction over what the Republic
an party has done for the veterans
of the World war, especially the dis
abled men, and there probably will
be an expression of gratitude about
the veterans generally so as to off
set some of the criticism leveled at
the president in his recent veto mes
sage on the bonus when he said in
effect that the government owed the
soldiers and sailors nothing for their
services in the war.
On agricultural questions, no spe
cific measure will be advocated, but
a principle of helpfulness will be
enunciated.
The platform has been drafted —
its first draft was made in Washing
ton. Congressional leaders who have
been consulted about it and .cabinet
members who have read it speak f
it as a rather lengthy document but
then platforms have to be, nowa
days, to encompass all the subjects
which must be included to satisfy
the various elements in the elec
torate, including the women voters.
When the platform is finished it
will be described by its proponents
as liberal and progressive without
any note of impractical radicalism.
It will contain no startling pro
nouncements but simply will be a
reiteration of Coolidge doctrines as
heretofore expounded.
The vice presidential situation Is
truly up to the delegates themselves.
The choice will be made on the floor
after the nominating speeches are
made and it would not be surprising
to see a-number of complimentary
votes given to various Republicans
in order to feel out the sentiment of
the convention.
Illinois Up in Air
The Illinois delegation has voted
to petition former Governor Lowden
to reconsider his refusal to run.
The plan has been 'for Illinois to
place his name in nomination first
with Alabama —first on the roll call
—yielding to lllindis for that pur
pose. But Mr. Lowden’s emphatic I
declaration over the telephone that j
he could not accept, even if named, 1
has upset the plans of the lillinois
delegation. Several states have!
been ready to join the movement to
draft Lowden and it Is inconceiv- 1
able that any man would actually :
iefuse to accept if the nomination'
came unanimously. Mr. Lowden
may be drafted yet, but his threat'
to decline is preventing a settlement'
of the vice presidential situation in
advance of the balloting. Next to I
Lowden, no man has any particular
strength. Sentiment has failed to,
crystalize on any second choice and
the leaders here would like to have I
President Coolidge pick a man. But .
«iis managers shrewdly refuse to do i
so and want the convention to tak» 1
i ’
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, June 12,1924
Coolidge Keynote Sounded
As G, O. P. Convention Opens
BRYAN’S BACKING OF M’ADOO
DROPS LIKE A BOMBSHELL
IN GOVERNOR SMITH’S CAMP
Party Must Name McAdoo or Campaign in Fall Will Be
Useless, Commoner’s Significant Statement Declares.
Rumors of C. W. Bryan-Smith Entente Killed
BY RALPH SMITH
NEW YORK, June 9.—William
Jennings Bryan’s declaration of po
litical fealty to the McAdoo cause,
and his prediction of McAdoo’s nomi
nation by the New York national
convention is the sensation of Ne». r
York. Coming as it does on the heels
of carefully-spread propaganda by
the Smith leaders that their ticket
would be Smith and C. W. Bryan
the great commoner’s brother and
present governor of Nebraska, W. J.
Bryan s declaration fell as a bomb
in the Smith entourage.
Once more the Smithites have been
driven to cover, and have had strik
ingly demonstrated to them the fu
tility of their cobwebby schemes.
Bryan, in a signed statement from
Montezuma, Ga., put himself square
ly behind the McAdoo movement. He
made it plain that he had not.
changed the principles which caused
him in 1912 to sound the death-knell
to the hopes of Tammany ami Wall
street, nor had lost his power to
sway the party.
In an analysis of the party situa
tion, Bryan made many pregnant
declarations:
Wall Street His Foe
“No Democratic candidate, how
ever reactionary, could hope to draw
any reactionary Republican away
from President Coolidge. A reac
tionary Democratic candidate could
not even hold reactionary Democrats
from supporting President Coolidge.
“The only hope of the Democrats is
to appeal to the progressive Demo
crats wl -> constitute tjiree-fourths
and probably four-fifths of the mem
bership of the Democratic party,-and
to draw to the Democratic standard
many' progressive ex-Republicans
who will be dissatisfied with the ac
tion of the Republican convention.”
Bryan listed as McAdoo assets the,
antagonism of Wall street and of the
wets, and pointed out that the only
places where he had lost in his pri
mary campaign were where either
or both of these forces had been dom
inant. McAdoo’s candidacy “has rep
resented progressive democracy and
a dry nation, and the number of dele
gates instructed for him or pledged
to him is sufficient to make sure
that neither a reactionary nor a wet
<?an secure the Democrat nomina
tion.”
“If McAdoo is not nominated, the
campaign for the election would be
useless. The convention is in duty
bound to carry out the wishes of the
DEPUTIES IN MUIS
FORCE MILLERAND
TO RESIGN OFFICE
PARIS, June 11. —(By The Asso
ciated Press) —President Millerand
resigned today.
The new parliamentary majority
of the left has accomplished its an
nounced object of forcing M. Mil
lerand from the Elysee palace. The
resignation was read before both
houses of parliament this afternoon.
Until the election of a new chief
by a joint meeting of the
chamber and senate Friday, the exec
utive power will be wielded by the
acting ministry under M. Francois-
Marsal.
M. Millerand is the sixth of the
eleven presidents of the third re
public to leave office by resigning,
but in no previous case has the
means of bringing this event about
beeen so brusque.
When the V ersailles congress Fri
day elects M. Millerand’s successor
the Francois-Marsal ministry will
resign. t
Saturday is expected to see Her
riot again called to the Elysee palace
and tendered an invitation to form
a new ministry, which this time he
will accept with alacrity.
Paul Paineleve was designated bv
the radicals, the radical socialists
and the unified socialists at a cau
cus held this morning, as their can
didate for presidency of the repub
lic. A larger caucus to be held this
evening will include about 580 sena
tors and deputies comprising those
who voted for Edouard Herrit’s ad
journment motion in the chamber
of deputies Tuesday, and those
members of the senate who voted
for the postponement of Senator
Cheron's interpellation in the upper
chamber.
The Communist candidate for the
presidency is Deputy Andre Martv
the Black Sea mutineer, who was
recently released after a long im
prisonment.
the initiative, though in the last i
analysis a word from William M
Butler, the Coolidge chieftain, prob
ably will avoid a prolonged contest
and throw enough votes to a par
ticular candidate to end the contest
whenever it is discreet for the ad
ministration to do so.
A committee headed by Represen- '
tative Madden, of Illinois, has bpen '
appointed by the Illinois delegation ’
to confer with Frank O. Lowden, '
of Illinois, and urge him to accept
the vice presidential nomination. ,
He will be told that the friends of
President Coolidge hope he will ac- '
cept. i
Should Mr. Lowden finally de-1
cline, as seems likely, the White
House favors the selection for vice '
president Judge William S. Kenyon, i
of lowa, for whom there is already I
a definite sentiment among the del-!
egates.
voters as those wishes have already
been expressed in the' selection of
delegates. A defiance of this mani
fest sentiment, if such a thing were
conceivable, would make a campaign
useless. Our party would be beaten
before the campaign opened, for
representative government is at
stake, as well as progressive democ
racy and law enforcement.”
Kills C. W. Bryan Rumors
Al Smith’s nomination, Bryan
says, is as impossible as that of
Oscar Underwood, each of whom he
terms the candidate of “a helpless
and hopeless minority,” adding that
the convention “must nominate Mr.
McAdoo, who has borne the burden
in the heat of the day and made the
fight on a platform which is both
progressive and equally dry—or
some other Democrat who is equally
progressive and equally dry. No
other kind of a Democrat could hope
to rally the progressive and dry
masses against the plutocratic co
horts.”
This pronouncement definitely sets
at rest any talk of a possible align
ment of Charles W. Bryan with the
reactionary group; it adds to the
McAdoo camp the powerful artillery
of the man who has three times led
the Democratic party, and whose
championship of progressive ideals
has stamped him as a perennial lead
er of the party masses. It strength
ens the similarity to Baltimore,
where Bryan’s powerful voice
brought victory to the Wilsori cause,
and success to the Democratic party.
ROCKWELL MORE CERTAIN
OF TRIUMPH FOR McADOO
NEW YORK, June B.—David L.
Rockwell, director of William G.
McAdoo’s campaign for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, is on
his way to New York tonight from
Chicago to speed up the work of hi 3
organization- He telegraphed a
statement here expressing lenewed
confidCnc in McAdoo's selection and,
taking issue with those who compare
his candidate’s position to that of
Champ Clark at ihe Baltimore con
vention in 1912. The latter entered
that convention with a majority of
delegates.
“The apparent similarity is oniy
superficial,” the statement said.
“The real comparison is of the un
derlying forces. Behind McAdoo are
grouped the same progressive forces
which backed Wilson .12 years ago.”
DR. L. G. HARDMAN
EXPECTED TO MAKE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
The probability that Dr. L. G.
i Hardman, of Commerce, will shortly
announce his candidacy for gover
nor, was indicated Wednesday,
when, after a. conference Tuesday
with former Governor Thomas V/.
Hardwick, he issued a statement de
claring that he was giving the mat
ter serious consideration and would
make a definite decision within a
few days.
His statement follows:
"Many friends from practically
every section of Georgia are urging
me to enter the race for governor in
the approaching Democratic pri
mary.
“Since the entries will close on
June 21, I will make*my decision
within a few days and will make it
known to the public.
“In the meantime, I am taking this
opportunity of thanking my friends
for their interest and activities in
my behalf and assuring them of my
■ personal gratitude. If I should con-
I elude to become a candidate for gov
| nernor of Georgia, it will be solely
because of a desire to serve the pub
lie and to promote the interests of
the state, and it is needless for me
to say that I shall present at an
early date my views on the public
questions at issue and will endeavor
to suggest a program of real, con
structive and progressive achieve
ment for the state of Georgia, look
ing toward the better development
of her schools, particularly in the
rural sections, her colleges and the
permanent improvement of her high
ways.
“In other words, it I submit my
candidacy to the people of Georgia,
it will be along the lines of accom
plishing something in a practical
and substantial way toward the bet
terment of conditions in this state
and the improvement of both her
educational and highway systems.
“I shall also advocate a material
reduction in taxation, the abolish
ment of useless offices and unnec
essary officeholders and an adminis
tration of real, and not professed
economy.”
Matters pertaining to the United
States senatorship were also dis
cussed at the conference between
Dr. Hardman and Governor Hard
wick, it was understood, and
while Governor Hardwick, in a
statement to The Journal, de
clined to commit himself as to
his possible intention to oppose
Senator William J. Harris, the in
cumbent, for re-election, he declared
emphatically that if Chief Justice
Richard B. Russell, of the state su
preme court, becomes a candidate
for United States senator, he (Gov
ernor Hardwick) will support him.
“I understand Judge Russell in
tends to announce for the United
States senate against Senator Har
ris,” said Governor Hardwick. “If
he does so, I certainly shall support
him. Further than this I do not
care to commit myself at this time.”
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$1 A YEAR.
INIM MEETING
BRIEF; IS DEVOTED ‘
TO ORGANIZATION
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Delegates Cheer Wildly When
President’s Name Is
Mentioned First
Positively Will Not
Serve, Lowden Says
When Friends Insist
CHICAGO, June 10. Dis
patches received here from Cleve
land disclosed that Lieutenant
Governor Fred E. Sterling, of
Illinois, had reached Frank O.
Lowden by telephone, at Oxford,
Ohio, yesterday, and that Colonel
Lowden told him that his decision ■
to decline the Republican vice
presidential nomination was ir
revocable.
CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland,
June 10.—In a brief opening session
today the Republican national con
vention heard the keynote speech
delivered by its temporary chair
man, Representative Theodore E.
Burton, perfected its temporary or
ganization and adjourned until 10:30
o’clock tomorrow morning.
At that hour Wednesday it will
hear the report of the committee on
permanent organization, which will
present to the c <ntion as its per
manent chairman Frank w. Mu. ,
of Wyoming, who will address the
delegates.
The committee on cred is wilt, -
present its report on contested seats,
after which the rules committee
cl.'?r its report on the rules for the
cond ict of the convention. The del
gates will then hear the
on resolutions, which will i.esent ihe
party platfo- f r adoption, xivery;
effort will be made to have the
form ready for Wi't.’V
day afternoon, so that Thursday
be given over to the naming of t. e
party candidates
In a great hall of 13,000 seats the;
convention got under way to the us
ual accompaniments of music, ap
plause and cheering.
Chairman Burton’s mention of
President Coolidge’s name gave the!
convention an opportunity for pro
longed cheers and applause, whiefy
were repeated when the chairman
predicted party victory in Novem
ber.
The vice presidential booms were
somewhat in abeyance while every
body went to the opening session;
of the convention, but the booming'
was resumed immediately after ad
journment.
Bevet’idge Room Begun
An active move to make Former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of IndD
ana, the Republican vice presidential
nominee was started late otday by,
George K. Morris, chairman of the
New York state Republican com
mittee.
Word came that Senator Borah
did not wish to be considered. The
Lowden people were not ready to‘
give up despite the repeated declina
tions of their man. Friends of Sec
retary Hoover claimed he was grow
ing stronger hourly.
Tomorrow’s session will bring the
election of the permanent chairman.,
former Congressman Mondell, of
Wyoming, and the delivery of hi»'
address.
Chairman Adams, of the nation I'
committee, brought the gavel down.!
promptly at 11 o’clock, and routine
organization work was disposed of
quickly. Full delegations on the
floor and the galleries, well filled, but
not crowded, followed closely the
speech of the chairman which sound
ed the keynote of the coming oan>
palgn.
Still searching for a vice presi
dential candidate!, the convention
went into its first session with the
question little advanced toward solu
tion. Booms paused for a moment in
their flight, platform builders sus
pended their work and delegates
ceased their milling while all assem
bled in the great hall, with its 13,000
seats, to start the convention off on
its way.
Kenyon Stronger
Overnight, the movement for
Judge William S. Kenyon, of lowa,
showed new strength; the talk for
Secretary Hoover grew stronger; the
movement for Charles G. Dawes cer
tainly lost no ground and the Low
den supporters renewed their stub
born resistance to the former gover
nor’s reiterated determination not to
accept the nomination if it were of
fered.
Many new faces appeared where
old familiar faces have been in the
memorable years gone by. For the
first time in years Chauncey M. De
pew was not on hand to enjoy a,
reception that has always resem
bled a New Year’s day handshaking
bee at the White House. For the
first time since a Republican con
vention nominated Abraham Lin
coln, “Uncle Joe” Cannon was ab
sent and the convention missed his
“the ladies, God bless them!”
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was
not in the little circle of convention
managers, the inconspicuous “steer
ing committee” that has so mucn tQ
say of what will be done.
In their places of power today
were a new set of men, chosen by
President Coolidge and headed by
William M. Butler. The doors of
the great hall were thrown open to
ticket-holders at 9 o’clock, but the
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