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‘EXTRA INNING’ LIKELY IN CONVENTION, IS FEELING IN GOTHAM
WEEK MM NOT SEE
NOMINEE SELECTED-.
MANY FIGHTS LOOM
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BY ROBERT T. SMALT,
(Copyright, 1924, bv the Consolidated Tress
Association—Special T-eased Wire
to 'he Atlanta Journal.)
NEW YORK. June 21.—As the
delegates gather here for the Demo
cratic national convention there is a
general feeling that the coming
week will not witness the naming of
the presidential ticket. This is to be
an open convention and it has been
/ Impossible up to this time to fix a
program for anything more than the
opening* ceremonies.
At Cleveland, it was possible to
foretell, almost to the exact moment,
the time of the nomination of Pres
ident Calvin Coolidge. Here there is
no way to tell at this time wao will
he the'nominee or when he will be
named.
The Democrats are an un
trammeled lot and generally the
f delegates take the conventions into
own hands and run them ac
cordingly.
, ~ Consequently there are to be a
whole lot of battles even before the
grand battle of the ballots begin.
Some Os the older hands at the
I Democratic wheel are doubtful if
even the first ballot for the presi
dential nominee can be taken before
* next Saturday. Others think the
voting may go over until the tol’ow-
Ing week.
Bitter Battles Ixiom
There is ’to be the battle of the
Ku Klux Klan plank.
There is to be the tattle of the
wets and drys.
There is to be the battle vs the
two thirders and the majorityites.
As all of these battles have a po
tential influence upon t he prospects
of one or another of theleading pres
idential aspirants, they will be
1 fought out in common with ail the
bitterness that will mark the fight
on the floor for first honors un the
ticket.
The rules committee which will
hear whatever fight is to be made
on the 92-year-old tradition that a
candidate must be chosen by a two
thirds vote of the delegates present
at the convention; and the resolu
tions committee which will hear the
pros and cons of the various plat
form planks, will be appointed some
time Tuesday, but will not get to
work before Wednesday. This is due
to the fact that the opining day’s
I program has been somewhat upset.
Ordinar’ly the temporary chairman
of the convention would be chosen
■ and would deliver his “keynote'*
spepch soon after the national chair
man called the first session of the
: convention to order. It has been de
cided this year, however, that the
T opening session at 11 a. m. shall be
more or less of a perfunctory affair
with the big blow off to come Tues
day evening when Senator Pat Har
i nson, of Mississippi, as temporary
chairman, delivers his address. The
evening has been chosen for this per
formance because of the better radio
transmission. Also the evening will
be more of a gala occasion. The au
dience will not be tired with the pre
liminaries. Senator Pat will face a
fresh assemblage when he lets go
. his opening guns. While the rules
and platform fights are proceeding
E In common, the convention will be
virtually at a standstill. ‘The com
mittee on rules also deals with the
matter of permanent organization,
and while Senator Thoma. J. Walsh,
of Montana, the man w-ho unearthed
the famous $1,200,000 “jDohenv
loan” to Secretary Fall, has been
decided upon as permanent chair
man, his selection must be ratified
by the committee yet to be appoint
ed. Furthermore, the permanent
chairman can not. organize the con
vention until the rules are pre
scribed.
Rules Fight on Floor
There has been talk that if the
committee on rules decides to up
hold the timeworn precedent, of a
necessary two-thirds vote the be
lievers in a majority selection of a
candidate, may take their fight to
the convention floor. This would
further delay the actual convention
There is a chance that
■tthe rules fight will be complicated
a move to abrogate the unit rule
F in the convention—the iiile by
which all members of a state delega
tion must vote as the majority dic
tates, and the vote of th a stats be
cast en bloc. This rule applies now
only to delegations which hc.ve re
ceiled unit rule instructions from
their state conventions.
So much bitterness has developed
over the Ku Klux F-ian or religious
elements in the convention that the
, platform fight may also be taken to
the floor of the convention. The
platform must be adopted before the
voting for the nominees begins.
Therefore there seems to be good
reason to believe that a great deal
of fire works must be exploded be
fore the long drawn out. balloting be
gins.
This situation really is to the lik
ing of the anti-McAdoo delegates.
They are desirous of forming a hard
and fast alliance against the man
« from California who admittedly is
’hading the procession of candidates
at this time. Something of a pre
liminary organization of this sort
has been formed, but the delay in
reaching the balloting next week
will give the anti-McAdoo forces
their opportunity to get together on
what they hope will be a working
basis The McAdoo managers are
right in saying it is their candidate
■ gainst the field at this time. The
delay in going to <he post will give
• the field an opportunity to maneuver
and the coming days will be filled
from dawn to dawn with conferences
■nd confaAv-iations. the Democrats
don’t care much for sleep. They gen
f erally nominate about 2:11 a. m.
Both the McAdoo and the Smith
factions have been throwing out
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THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLY JOURNAL
“And Each Man in His Time Plays Many Paris”
At. the top are four ages of William G. McAdoo, native of Georgia, and leading candidate for tin- Democratic presidential nomi
nation. Picture No. 1 shows him at the age of four and was taken at Milledgeville, (la. The second shows him at. 10, still in Mil
ledgeville; then at 17 while attending Knoxville university and, finally as he is today. The bottom picture shows William G. McAdoo,
Sr., and Mrs. McAdoo, the parents of Georgia’s choice for the nomination, from a picture taken in 1870 when the elder McAdoo
was 50 years of age.
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HEAT TAKES HEAVY
HUMIN LIFE TOLL
DUBOSE WEEK
NEW YORK, June 22.—Severe’
heat and humidity which has pre
vailed throughout more than a
dozen states and the District of
Columbia during the week has taken
a toll of 48 lives and caused more
than 100 prostrations, according to
figures compiled by the United Press
tonight.
Ohio was the heaviest sufferer,
with 18 dead and 25 prostrated.
Pennsylvania reported eight dead
and a dozen overcome, and Illinois
four dead and twenty prostrated.
Os the dead twelve were drowned
in an effort to find relief from the
oppressive temperature.
Storms which swept much of the
affected area today, causing heavy
property damage, afforded some re
lief, although many cities still re
ported high tempertaures and great
humidity tonight.
Storms and Tornadoes
Storms prevailed in many parts
of the country throughout the. week.
Two tornadoes which swept parts
of South Dakota during the week
killed 28 persons, injured a large
number, and caused great damage
to property and crops.
In Wisconsin a., tornado struck
Racine, injuring seventeen persons
and damaging property.
Missouri, Kansas, Texas and the
old south reported high tempera
tures —more than 100 degrees in
many cities—but no deaths nor
prostrations.
Reports from states and towns of
deaths and prostrations caused by
the heat wave included:
Casualty List
Ohio, eighteen dead and twenty
five prostrated.
Illinois, four dead and twenty
prostrated.
Minnesota, tour persons drowned
while seeking relief from heat.
West Virginia, one dead.
Indianapolis, Ind., one dead from
heat, and six prostrated.
Washington, D. C., five dead,
three drowned, and nine prostrated.
Philadelphia, two prostrated.
Baltimore, one drowned and six
teen prostrated.
Buffalo, one dead and four pros
trated.
Harrisburg, Pa., three overcome by
heat.
Pittsburg, five dead from heat and
three drowned.
Beaverfalls, Pa., one drowned.
In Wheeling, W. Va., a man com
mitted suicide because of the heat,
and in New York one man was re
ported overcome.
Michigan suffered from both h eal
and storms. One person died from
the heat and eight were prostrated.
Two were killed in a storm and two
injured by lightning.
21 OHIOIANS ARE DEAD
AS RESULT OF HEAT
COLUMBUS, 0., June 21.—Twent. -
one persons in Ohio have died during
the last 72 hours due to the excessive
heat or in seeking relief from the
torrid weather,* according to a list
of fatalities compiled here today.
Relief from the sweltering weather
was general over the state today.
The local United States weather bu
reau predicted somewhat warmer
weather in the' state for Bunday.
Rain was general in many cities to
day.
Wind storms struck in the central
and northern parts of the state near
midnight, crippling telephones and
telegraph service.
There was scores of prostrations
from the heat in Ohio, and many of
those stricken are reported to be still
in a serious condition.
smoke screens during the past few
days to cover up their real conven
tion intentions.
The chances are th >‘ - McAdoo
people will not be able to change
the rub -. a I ’■ r ■ s
will be defeated in their attempts to
have the klan denounced by nj •
or to force a “damp” plank into the
platform.
After all this is settled, the con
vention ma/ bg able to proceed on
a more or less even keel.
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M’ADOO AND SMITH CHIEFS
SPECULATE ON CHANCES TO
WIN IF MAN IS NOMINATED
La Follette Makes a Differ
ence in McAdoo Reckoning,
Manager Sees Second
1912 if Senator Runs
Alone
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1924.)
NEW YORK, June 21.—Every
convention has in the back of its
mind one thing—how can che pros
pective candidate win if he is nom
inated?
Each of the two leading candi
dates for the Democratic nomina
tion, William Gibbs McAdoo and
Governor Al Smith, depends on two
opposite formulas for getting enough
votes in the electorial college. It is
the strength or weakness of Mc-
Adoo or Smith, according as you
view their chances. But mingling
with the delegates even at this early
stage of the game, one encounters
the statement on the part of Al
Smith’s managers that he would win
by a combination of eastern states
plus the Solid south. The McAdoo
managers reserve the right to alter
their formula, depending on whether
Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin
runs or simply refrains from ’sup
porting the Coolidge-Dawes ticket.
Here is the way the Smith people
look at the electoral table if the gov
ernor of New York who has twice
carried the Empire State is the
nominee of the Democratic party and
if on the ticket with him is some
westerner of appealing strength like
Charles Bryan, governor of Nebras
ka, and brother of William Jennings
Bryan:
What Smith Hopes For
States Electoral \'otes
Ylabamn 12
Arkansas .... !»
Connecticutt \ .. 'i
Delaware 3
Florida : . ... 6
Georgia 14
Illinois .. 29
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 10
Maryland 8
Massachusetts 18
Mississippi 10
Missouri 18
New Jersey .. .. 14
New York *’s
North Carolina 1?
Oklahoma 10
Rhode Island 5
South Carolina ~ I’
Tennessee 12
West Virginia 8
Total 272
Necessary for a majority, 266.
The Smith supporters do not con
cede that the west would be for
feited. On the contrary, with a
western man for vice president they
think many states would be won but
they insist that all the west put to
gether does not count as much as
the sure states of the populous east
where Al Smith is popular.
Turning now to the McAdoo camp
>ne finds that the managers are an
>lying two ideas—the vote as eas
in the 196 election if La Follette
did in 1912 and that La Follette
and the vote as cast in the 1912
election if La Follette splits the Re
publican vote by running as an in
dependent Republican. With LaFol
lette in the field the McAdoo man
agers would count on their favorite
carrying states like Michigan. In
diana. West Virginia, Illinois an 1
Oregon, in addition to many western
1 states.
’I belie', c." said Thomas B. Love
the Texas leader, “that McAdoo
would carry all the states Wilson
did in 1912 and that LaFollette would
would carry the Roosevelt states of
that year.’”
Daniel C. Roper, of South Caro
lina, another ardent McAdoo man,
believes that if La Follette does not
run, the McAdoo vote in the electo
rial college would be the Wilson vote
of 1916 plus Minnesota. Michigan.
Indiana. Illinois, West Virginia and
South Dakota.
There is no question as the con
vention assembles that McAdoo and
Smith lead the field, and that the
other dozen candidates are hoping
for a deadlock so that one of their
number may be nominated.
The first of the “dark horses” is
John W. Davis, of West Virginia,
former ambassador to Great Britain,
who appears tn be almost as strong
in the ranks of the Smith delegates
as he is among McAdoo supporters.
He has more second choice votes
now than any other man in the con
vention. The managers of McAdoo
and Smith are aware of this, and
are. of course, fighting vigorously
against the ide athat anyone else
should be named but their respect
ive favorites. Nevertheless, the
boom for Davis grows daily.
Light Wines and Beer
The contest over the platform
promises plenty of oratory and de
bate. The three main points of con
tention are the planks relating to
the League of Nations, light wines
and beer, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Inasmuch as the platform is
adopted before the balloting for
president and vice preside'nt begins,
which probably will be next Thurs
day, the kind of platform accepted
by the convention will, in a measure,
indicate the kind of candidate who
will be chosen.
The fight about the Ku Klux Klan
seems to center on whether that or
ganization should be named and
specifically denounced or whether
the declaration should cover all or
ganizations given to taking the law
into their own hands. As for pro
hibition, Woodrow Wilson sent a
light wine and beer plank to the
Democratic national convention in
San Francisco, but it was not pre
sented by his spokesmen. It might
be revived here. On the League
of Nations there are two schools of
thought—those who want an une
quivocal decision and those who
think whatever is said should be
qualified by the general observa
tion that nothing would be done to
limit the sovereignty or interfere
with the independence of the United
Lincolnton to Unveil
Granite Monument to
Confederate Heroes
LINCOLNTON, Ga„ June 21.
The people of Lincoln county are
planning a permanent memorial for
the Confederate veterans of the
county, the same to be a monument
erected on the old courthouse square
where these veterans were muster
ed into service. The monument al
ready has been placed and will be
unveiled on July 4, with appropriate
ceremcnies. It is of granite.
It is expected that among the
speakers will be Judge B. F. Wal
ker. of Wrens. Ga., former judge of
superior court of the Toombs cir
cuit and Judge Horae® Holden, of
Athens, Ga.. former justice of the
supreme court cf Georgia.
LEOPOLD ITHEISTIC,
MICHIGAN MINISTER
TELLS ASSEMBLAGE
MARQUETTE, Mich., June 21.
Na han Leopold, Jr., who with Rich
rid Loeb has confessed and been in
dicted for the kidnaping and mur
der of Robert Franks, was without
religion, believed he was a law unto
himself and had said he could com
mit crime without compunction, the
Rev. Laurence, rector of the Epis
copal church of Menominee, told a
gathering of 600 Masons last night.
He said he talked with Leopold at
a boy scout camp last year.
“Leopold is as a. man as I
ever met and one of the most bril
liant.” said the rector. “He is an
atheist who believes there is no
future life nor punishment. He be
lieves he is a law unto himself and
that a perfect right to com
mit a crime if he wants to take the
gamble.”
He said he met Leopold at tlijg.
camp at Menominee and found him
the first atheist whose ideas the rec
tor could not change. Leopold, he
said, had led a life barren of re
ligion.
“ ‘Do you mean to say that you
could commit crime without com
punction of • conscience?’ I asked
him,” itev. Laurence said. “He re
plied in substance: “Certainly if I
want to take the chance. If I want
to run the chance of being caught,
society might punish me for doing
something it does not approve of,
but there is no reason that society
is right. If I have a better mind
than others and choose to do some
thing else than they do, that is my
privilege. There is no future life
or punishment. It is only a ques
tion of whether I want to take the
gamble.’ ’’
BASEBALL
FRIDAY S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Nashville, f); Atlanta, 1.
New Orleans, 7; Af eni P-’ I.
Mobile, 0: Little Rock, s.
Chattanooga, 2; Birmingham. 4.
American League
Cleveland, 11; Detroit. 9.
Washington, 3; Philadelphia, 2.
Others postponed, rain.
NATIONAL - LEAGUE
New York, 6: Boston, 1.
Philadelphia, 10: Brooklyn, 1.
Cincinnati, 4; Pittaburg. 9.
SALLY LEAGUE
Augusta, S; Greenville, 9.
Macon. 7; Spartanburg, 1.
AsheVille, 8; Charlotte, 10.
FLORIDA 'STATE LEAGUE
St. Petersburg, 13; Brndentown, 3.
Tampa-Orlando, rain.
Daytona, 3; Lakeland, 4.
SATURDAY’S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Nashville, 4: Atlanta, 7.
New Orleans. 2; Memphis, 3,
Mobile, fl; Little Rock, 4.
Chattanooga, 8; Birmingham, 4.
AME RICAN LEAGUE
Boston, 3-3; New York, 5-3. (Second
sine called sixth inning, rain.)
Washington, 1; Philadelphia, 3.
Cleveland, 5; Detroit, 6.
Chicago, 8-R; St. Louis. 5-7.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati, 0; Pittsburg, 1.
Philadelphia, 3: Brooklyn, 4.
New York, 2: Boston, 1.
St. Louis, 5-0; Chicago. 8-1.
SALLY LEAGUE
Greenville. 4; Augusta, 1.
Spartanburg, 1; Macon, fl.
Charlotte, fl; Asheville, fl (15 Innings
■ ’arkness).
SUNDAYS GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta, 9; Chattanooga, 6.
Mobile. 1; Memphis, 2.
Nashville, S; Birmingham, 8.
Little Rock, 4; New Orleans, 10. '
AMERICAN - LEAGUE
Philadelphia, 4; Washington, 5.
I'-oston, fl; New York, 2.
Cleveland. 7: Detroit, 5.
t.iiicngo, fl; St. Louis, a.
nationaiTleague
Pittsburg. 4; Cincinnati. t>,
Philadelphia, 7: Brooklyn, fl.
Seeks Thrill in Death
Life Couldn’t Provide
DENVER. Col., June 21.—Just to
get a thrill, which somehow he
couldn’t find in ife, Deo Gish, Den
ver resident, shot himself through
the heart in a hotel room here to
day.
In a note left on his dresser, Gish
said he had no worries, financiapy
or otherwise, but simply couldn't get
any kick out of life. “It’sjust an
adventure,” Gish’s note read. “I've
tried in every way, but it must have
been the wrong way.”
Balloon Race Winners
Dine With Royalty
BRUSSELS. June 21.—Lieutenant
Ernest de Muyter, winner of the
Gordon Bennett cup in the recent
balloon competition, and his as
sistant. Coecke’berg, dined with the
king and queen at the palace this
evening.
r P‘ne COD’
furred on De Muyter,
JIJOGEN.fi.MOHHIS
WRITES CIMPIIGN
SONG FOH M'looo
“McAddo’ll Do” is the title of a
campaign song written by Judge
Newt A. Morris, of Marietta, a mem
ber of the Georgia delegation to the
national Democratic convention.
Judge Morris, who was chairman
of the state convention which elect
ed the Georgia delegates and in
structed them for William Gibbs Mc-
Adoo, is one of the original McAdoo
men, and it is his purpose to use the
song to good advantage, during the
convention.
While the judge’s composition
would hardly be considered an epic,
it has been adjudged good campaign
material, and should prove quite ef
fective, with its swinging tune and
catchy lines. It is sung to the tune
of the “Battle Hymn of the Repub
lic," and the chorus has a rythmic
swing that should prove infectious
4,000 Copies Printed
Four thousand copies of the song
have been printed in the form of
a neat little folder bearing Mr. Mc-
Adoo’s likeness on the front cover,
while on the back cover is a photo
graph of the presidential candidate
with Aunt Julia, and Jim Democrat,
two aged negroes, ex-slaves, who
served for many yeafs in the Mc-
Adoo family. Aunt Julia was Mr.
McAdoo’s first nurse, and Jim Demo
crat brought the doctor the night
Mr. McAdoo was born.
Flanking the picture of Georgia’s
favorite son on the front pare are
two roosters, one marked “Georgia”
and the other “The Nation." Both
are crowing "McAdoo’ll Do.”
The song is as follows:
In the good old state of Georgia, Wil
liam McAdoo was born,
Where they raise the. sugar cane, and
the cotton, and the corn,
And when the votes are counted, “Si
lent Cal” will be forlorn,
McAdoo is marching on.
Chorus
McAdoo was born in dear old Georgia,
McAdoo was born in dear old Georgia,
McAdoo was born in dear old Georgia,
We are ali for McAdoo.
McAdoo will do, for he was tried and
found true,
McAdoo will do, and he’s a fine fel
low, too,
McAdoo will do, and in the White
House, too,
We are all for McAdoo.
McAdoo will db, yes, McAdoo will do,
The masses are behind him, all stand
ing staunch and .true,
He'll win the nomination, and he’ll be
elected, too,
We are all for McAdoo.
The women, God bless ’em, they are
all for McAdoo.
He fought for prohibition, and for
woman suffrage, too,
He’s good enough fcr them, and he’s
good enough for you.
The women will pull him through.
When he raised the price of labor,
’twas a necessary stunt.
For he kept the wheels a rolling—got
the soldiers to the front,
He handled many billions, and he did
it honest, tno,
What the —'L did "Cal’s” crowd* do?
McAdoo will do, he is honest, tried
and true.
He's a friend to New York and the
working' fellows, too,
Get on the wagon, “Al,” for we've
saved a seat for you,
And ride with McAdoo.
"Al's” alt right; he’s a. good Demo
crat,
But he can’t "cop” the game with
"Me” at the hat.
Come on “Al," with Tammany, and
be a good old scout,
And "Me” will strike "Cal” out.
Asa G. Candler, Sr.,
Files Divorce Suit;
Cruelty Is Charged
Suit for divorce on the ground ot
cruel treatment was filed in the Ful
ton .superior court late Thursday by
Asa. G. Candler, Sr., against his
wife, Mrs. May Little Ragin Can
dler, whom he married June 20,
1923, and from whom he separated
February 9, 1924. The petition was
filed by the law firm of Candler,
Thomson & Hirsch, attorneys for Mr.
Candler. It is returnable at the Sep
tember term of court.
The petition alleges that although
the defendant, before and at the
time of the marriage, declared her
love for Mr. Candler, soon show,
ed that she had no love for him,
never had loved him, and had mar
ried him “IMr other motives.”
The defendant admitted tliis at th e
time of the separation, according to
the petition.
She "paid not the slightest atten
-tion to making a home for the peti%
tioner,” it is alleged, and would
leave home early every day, remain
ing out until night. It also is charged
that she “spent a large part of the
day driving in an automobile in th»«
country with a man whom she would
meet at various times and places.”
It. is charged that she “cursed and
vilified” Mr. Candler, and made de
liberate efforts to wound and harass
him, “ignoring and insulting his
friends” and causing him great men
tal distress which impaired his
health and peace of mind.
In these acts she “wilfully persist
ed,” it is alleged, until the situation
became unbearable to Mr. Candler
and resulted in the final separation
February 9, 1924. when “the defend
ant left the petitioner's home at the
demand of the petitioner.”
200,000 Peonies
Sent to Veterans in
U. S. Hospitals
KENOSHA, Wis., June 21. —More
than 200.000 peony blossoms—s2s,ooo
worth at market prices—were sent
by Henry S. Cooper, retired manu
facturer. to 18.413 wounded war vet
erans in government hospitals today,
Mr. Cooper’s birthday.
When Mr. Cooper wrote to Wash
ington for a list of wounded veterans,
explaining hij plan. President Cool
idge praised the idea.
“This is a splendid evidence of
your interest in the disabled service
man," the president wrote.
A number of years ago Mr. Cooper
planted 13 acres in peonies and his
gardens at Dunmovin have become
noted.
Three times now He has shared his
peonies with wounded veterans, first
tho« of his hnma city, then those
of the state, and finally those of the
nation.
TUESDAY. JUNE 24. 1024.
CHARLES W. BHYSN
IS ADDED STIHTEH:
DAVIS' UDES BUSY
RY ROBERT J. BENDER
WALDORF HOTEL, Nev. York,
June 21.—Bands blared, hundreds of
men and women milled about in ho
tel lobbies, conferees conferred secret
ly and policies began to take definite
form today, as Democrats gathered
for their national convention.
Although the actual convention is
still three days away, it appeared
that the klan fight, which flared up
with the arrival of the first delegate,
was working toward a solution. A
compromise is expected. While strong
factions will continue their efforts to
have the klan denounced by name in
the party platform, leade s such as
George Brennan, of Illinois, are un
derstood to be prepared to accept a
plank that will denounce religious
and racial intolerance, but avoid eft
rect reference to the klan.
Governor Smith and William G.
McAdoo held their strategic positions
in so far as candidates are concerned
by virtue of their preponderance of
pledged delegates. But there are few
state delegations that are not hold
ing extended discussions on. "second
.choices.” The entire atmosphere is
one of the convention being' any
body’s fight. In welcoming the mem
bers of the national committee at
their meeting during the morning,
Norman E. Mack, of Buffalo, referred
to the delegates "who will be in New
York for a week, or possibly two
weeks.”
C. \V. Bryan a Starter
The "dark horse” ■. upporters realize
that McAdoo ami Smith will not give
up until every political maneuver de
signed to gain votes has been ex
hausted. But they are content to
yyait until the two leaders have killed
one another off.
Governor Charles W. Bryan, of Ne
braska, was an added starter among
the “dark horses" today, when his
state definitely decided to place the
brother of the "Comomner" in nomi
nation and stand by him so long as
he hag a chance in the race.
West Virginia leaders reminded
folks today that that state's delega
tion voted for John W. Davis through
44 ballots at San Francisco four
years ago, and added that West Vir
ginia intends to be just as consistent
next week. Davis workers were busy
everywhere, and considerable Davis
strength is to be found scattered
through many of the delegations.
Senator Samuel Ralston, of In
diana, another “dark horse,” will not
be formally placed in nomination, but
there are thirty votes in the Indiana
delegation for him whenever the time
seems ripe to cast them. The early
ballots will find the ’lndiana vote split
up between Smith, McAdoo and
I Davis.
league Plank Sought
With the klan issue moving toward
a settlement, the wet and dry issue,
and international relations were un
der discussion. The former will un
doubtedly be disposed of through a
general declaration, for Jaw enforce
ment. Former Secretary of War Ba
ker will seek a. League of Nations In
dorsement in the resolutions commit
tee.
The national committee today
found nothing but routine business
to dispose of at its meeting. There
are no contests and a spirit of com
plete harmony prevailed. Photograph
ers hurried the beautiful women
members of the committee into an
adjoining room following the meet
ing for a series of pictures and all
smiled their prettiest.
Meantime James D. Phelan, of Cal
ifornia. who will place McAdoo In
nomination, arrived and the McAdoo
boomers liberated more noise. On
Monday the McAdoo special will ar
rive. bringing the McAdoo delega
tions from California, Nevada. Utah,
Colorado, North Dakota, Washington,
Oregon and Idaho. This will be made
the occasion of q great McAdoo dem
onstration. The train will be met by
the McAdoo band and managers for
a parade to the hotels.
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Price of Gasoline
In Georgia Is Cut
2 Cents a Gallon
The retail price of gasoline has
been reduced 2 cents per gallon all
over the state of Georgia, the new
price having become effective at
noon Friday, according to an
nouncement from officials of the
various big producing and distribut
ing companies.
No “price war” is responsible for
the reduction, it is stated, but rath
er a decrease in the price of crude
oil at the fields and an increase in
the reserve maintained by all the big
producers.
Lubricating oils are not affected
by the drop in gasoline prices.
The cut in gasoline throughout
this territory follows similar reduc
tions in various parts of the coun
try, particularly in New Orleans,
where the price is 17 1-2 cents re
tail.
Independent stations have been
selling gasoline for 22 cents for
several days.
ALABAMA PRICE SLASHED
2 CENTS BY BIG CONCERNS
BIRMINGHAM, June 21. The
price of gasoline was reduced two
cents a gallon in Alabama today by
the leading companies. The new re
tail price in Birmingham, including
tax, is 22 cents. J
GAS PRICE CUT 2 CENTS
IN MONTGOMERY TERRITORY
MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 21.
Effective today the price of gasoline
retailed in Montgomery territory of
the Gulf Refining company and the
Standard Oil company will be cut
two cents per gallon, according to
official information this evening.
With the two-cent cut, gasoline
will now retail in Montgomery at 23
cents.
OMAHA GASOLINE PRICE
IS CUT TWO CENTS MORE
OMAHA, Neb., June 20. —The price
of gasoline was cut from 15 to 14
cents a gallon here yesterday at the
municipal station operated by City-
Commissioner John Hopkins, who an
nounced another one-cent. reduction
would be made today. The cut was
made possible, he said, by better
prices at the refineries. Most inde
pendent and other dealers are selling
at 15 cents after a gasoline “price
cutting war,’ ’and one is retailing at
13 cents. Meanwhile, Attorney Gen
eral Spillman has filed suit against
fifteen concerns'alleging price fixing
and a conspiracy in restraint of trade.
Dies While in Surf
WILMINGTON, N. C., June 20.
Joseph Thompson, 44 years ola,
New York, died suddenly of heart
trouble in the surf at Wrightsville
Beach, near here, Thursday morn
ing. The body will be sent to New
York tonight.
EASY NOW TO RID
YOUR PLACE OF FLIES
Widely-Known Scientist Discovers Won
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- Flies. Not a Poison-
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instantly, and with no trouble at all.
This discovery is in the form of an or
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similar pests, such as chiggers, mosqui
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As a special introductory offer Dr. Al
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