The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER FORECASTS For Bismarck and Vicinity: Part- ly overcast tonight and Tuesday. ‘ESTABLISHED 1873 DRAW LINES FOR DEMOCRATIC F FOUR LIVES LOST IN MIDDLE WEST STORM AL PLAYS SANTA TO HIS “GANG” ASTATES ARE SUFFERERS IN SUNDAY GALES Many Farms in Southeastern Minnesota Are Damaged, Reports Declare STEAMER IS DISABLED Reaches Shore With Passen- gers After Help- Is Rushed To It Chicago, June 23.—-(By the A. P.) —One of the worst summer storms swept almost the entire ippi River Valley late taking a toll of at least and doing at least hun- thousands of dollars of years Upper Miss yesterda: four liv dreds of damage. Nebraska, South Dakota, Minn- esota and Illinois were hit by the high winds and hard rains . Three persons were killed in Minn- esota and Illinois. The steamer Sagatauck was dis- abled far out in the lake with 700 passengers aboard, but rode out the storm alongside rescue crafts which had responded to “S. 0. S.” calls. Six government air mail planes were wrecked at | Omaha when the, roof was blown off the hangar and the walls caved in. Air mail service from Omaha will not be hampered, officials said, although additional planes would have to be rushed ffom Chicago. Southwestern Minnesota seémed to bear the blunt of the storm as it svept that state. One man was killed near Tracy, near which hun- dreds of farms were hard hit. St. Peter, Minnesota, suffered consider- ably from the storm which attained the proportions of a tornado in a 50-mile Lamberton. , ‘In Chicago, the torrential down- ‘pour, accompanied by wind of near- ly 4€ miles an hour, flooded streets, tore down wires and seriously im- peded traffic Swooping down suddenly the storm caught a foursome at the’ Olympia Field Country Club, killing a caddy and injuring another, and three of the players. A city fireman was killed by lightning und a janitor, attempting to close a HEN fell 11 floors to his death, SPUT GUARD AT TRAIN WRECK To Remain Until It Is Deter- mined if Bodies Are There A deputy sheriff has been placed at the scene of the Northern Pz fie freight wreck east of the city, to remain until the wreckage. is cleared, and the water goes down, probably Wednesday, when it can be determined definitely if there are bodies under the wreck, Coroner Gobel said today. He is in touc' with railroad officials requesting special effort to ascertain whether there are hedies under the wreck- age. Doubt was expressed today. A report came from Hazelton stating that a farmer reported he carried away a man in his automobile, who said he was on’ the train at the time of the wreck, and ran away as soon as possible. Ben Loom, the transient, who suffered a broken leg during the wreck, told Coroner Gobel he did not believe anyone perished in the wreck. o [AE Sire amen 2s " Weather Report | o———_- 2 For twenty-fours hours ending at noon, Temperature at 7a. m. . Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity Weather Forecaats For Bismarck and Vicinity: Partly overcast tonight and Tuesday. Not ‘much change in temperature. For North Dakota: Partly cloudy to-hight and Tuesday, Warmer north- west portion tonight, General Weather Conditions The low pressure area has moved to the Great Lakes region and pieci- pitation occurred at mst places from the Plains States eastward to the Great Lakes region, Heavy precipi- tation occurred at 6t. Paul, Kansas “City and Chicago. Fair weather, pre- vails over the southern Rocky Moun- tain and Plateau region, while most- ly cloudy weather prevails over the northern Rocky’ Mountain region. Temperatures are comparatively high over the eastern Mississippi Valley gnd Great Lakes region while cool weather prevail from the Plains States westward to thé Pacific coast. ORRIS W, ROBERTS, Meteorologist weep from Lake Benton to, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [muon BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1924 Governor Al date at the coming Democ mith, of New York, at Bn ster Mother DEMOCRATS TO BAR ALL GATE CRASHING Special Tickets and Identifi-! cation System Prepared; Almost Forger Proof New York, June 28, (A. P.)—Madi- Son Square Garden will be so tightly guarded against{ gate-crashers dur ing the National Democratic Conven tion that a burglar wjll not be able to jimmy his way in. a As a (first precaution, ge FP. Mars, convention director, has had the tickets prepared with stubs d tachable for each session, and has kept/ the name of the printer and of the final distribution point a secret, known only to himself. The tickets ‘will be passed out the day before the convention opens. Each of the nine public entrances at the Garden, as well as the numer- ous secret passageways for commut- | teemen, newspaper men, convention officials, house employes and police will be heavily guarded by un- iformed officers and __ police detectives. “Spotters”, veteran par- ty workers who know by sight most of thé 12,200 ticketholders, will help the authorities detect imposters. An identification system has been devised by Stanley J. Quinn of the local citizéns’ non-partisan conven tion committee as insurance that the 2,500 tickets for New Yorkers whu have Contributed $100 or more each to the.entertainment fund will not fall into scalpers hands. ‘To each of his prospective ticket-holders, Mr. Quinn will forward a receipt in. the form of, a ‘certified bank check, to be signed and returend by the re- cipient. /An identification card, tv be signed and returned to Mr. Quinn, will accompany the check. On the day the convention opens the New Yorkers will present their certificates at the place whose lo- #tion,will be kept seeret until then. Signatures will be compared and, if satisfactory, tickets will be issued. Only a forgeF could beat this system, and he would have to be well dis- gyised, too, for most ef the contri- butors to the convention’ fund are nen and women prominent in locas Democratic or Republican circles. According to Mr. Mara, the de- tachable session-stub tickets wil: abolish a comnts gate crashing that has been common at previous na- tional conventions. It will be possible, he said, for a bona-fide tic- ket holder to gain his seat in the auditorium and then dispatch his ticket by messenger to a friend, or customer, without the gates. As a final precaution, the 100 hawkers tg ‘be employed by conces- sion men will be bayred from the main auditorium and ¢onfined strict- ly to the restaurants and club (Continued on page three.) convention, ents to seat Bh and crfppled children of New ‘ Soc! ety.’ who figures as a prominent candi- ributing pres- st Side ata “party MUCH ae FALLS IN N.D. s in North andy. report r05 tod, Rain fell at many Dako urday' and The weather bureau hours ending at 7 precipitation follow Amenia .04; Bismarck .05; Bottine: Devils Lake Dickinson 2 ny plac d ngdon .07; WwW iliston 0; senden town, none Napoleon 0; Minn., Minot .07; Moor head, —_— HEART SEWED UP; MAY LIVE Harvest Hand Survives Un- usual Operation Kansas City, Mo., June 23.—Arthur Harris, I. W. W., stabbed in a fight with negro harvest hands here Thurs- day night, has a chance of recovery, due to an unusual operation per- formed on him by a surgeon’ at a local hospital. The knife had penetrated the pericardium of Harris’. heart, in- flicting a wound three-fourths of an inch long. The outer heart sac fill- ed with blood, making action im- possible. Three ribs were remoyed by the surgeons, who then drained the outer , sewed up the wound and re- iigcedd ea luchiene lea ibanceunetis was used. Gas was administered only when the wound was sewed. Harris said he felt no pain. His con- dition is reported as “satisfactory.” INDORSEES OF NOTE FOR N. P. PAPER LIABLE Four Grant county men, who sign- ed note of Publishers Service Bureau, which owned Nonpartisan League newspapers, are held Jiable for pay- ment of note of $847.30 on which ser- vice bureau defavited, «n decision handed down by supreme court today. Suit was brought by L. R. Baird, as receiver of Peoples State Bank of Leith, to which service bureay, through W. W. Liggett, manager, had given note. Only $78.29 was paid on note by bureau. Jury in district court of Grant County found in favor of“defendants, but supreme court, re- versing decision, halds Wm, Clausen, Robert Franzen, W. B. Noyes and H. A. Seely liable as indorsees. automebiles for | United There are ten every 73 persons in the States. . heara a two- French amateur has been from Paris to Algeria with tube .receiver, on ay, merits, DAIRY CIRCUIT PICNIC WILL BE HELD AT Many coritests will feature the first annual picnic of the Burleigh County Cow Testing Circuit at Men- oken Grove on Thursday, June 26. Plans are being made to entertain a great crowd at the picnic. It ws: be a get-together of farmers and others of the county, the day after the primary election. There will be a band. concert by the Bismarck Juvenile Band, speak- ers from the North Dakota Agri- cultural College, J. L.! Beil, - Bis- marek; .L. J. Garske, dairy circuit director; Chris Yegan, secretary of the chreuit. There will be a basket lunch. at noon, and a refreshment Y | race, (OKEN ON THURSDAY stand will be maintained by mem- bers of the dairy circuit. The events will include horse ra- ces, fastest walking teams; running race, pony race, horse shoe pitching contest; men’s race, 50 yard dash for men ‘over 30 years; men’s three legged race, young men’s race; mar- ried women’s race, young women’s boys’ race, free-for-women’s egg and spoon race, pie eating con- test, business men’s race. Many fine prizes have been offer- ed by local merchants to aid in mak- ing the contests lively. The prices for the horse races include a. heifer calf, and several cash prices of $5 and $10. LIEUT. MAUGHN SPEEDING WEST’ ON HIS FLIGHT Attempting to Span the Con- tinent Between Dawn and Dusk Today by Airplane MAKES ST. JOSEPH, MO. Runs Into Rough Weather Early, But Makes Better Than Scheduled Time North Platte, Neb., June 23.— Lieut. Maughn arrived at North Platte at 1:30 p. m. to take gasoline and declared everything working ideally, North Platte: is approximately 281 miles west of Omaha. REACHES ST. JOE St. Joseph, Mo, June 23.— Lieut. Russel L. Maughn, en- route from New York to San Francisco, in his third attempt to span the continent, from dawn to dusk, hopped ‘off at 11:37%4 Standard Central Time, after spending. utes here. nearly 40 min- Mitchell Field, N, Y., June 23, (By the A. P.)—A lone airman, Lieut. Russell L. Maughn this morning be- gan a race with the sun in the hope of spanning a tenth of the earth's surface between New York and San Francisco, from dawn to dusk. Two unsuccessful attempts in the past year had not dampened his ardor nd following a light breakfast the trail blazer took the air in his 375+ horse power single seater plane, at one-half minute before 3 o'clock eastern standard time. Some few clouds were in the sky but the eastern star behind glowed as a guide and a half-moon lit his way toward and, over the Alleghen: ies which he hoped to cross before full daylight. One hundred and fifty spectators watched the depar- ture. Flight 2,670 Miles : Cliffey field at San Francisco lies 2,670 miles west, as the crow flies. The aviator will go somewhat farther in his jump between four inland fields where fresh supplies and a {ew moments arrest await him during the flight scheduled to consume 16 hours and 40 minutes just four minutes less than the amount of daylight afforded him, Maughn landed at McCook field at Dayton, Ohio, from Mitchell Ficld, New York, at 7:05 Eastern Standard Time, and took off at 8:16 in his third attempt to span the continent from jawn to dusk, Maughn covered the first lap of his journey, New York to Dayton,, 575 miles, in four hours and seven min- utes, slightly better than the sched- ule he had planned Progress of the flight was declared one hour and eleven minutes here for repairs to a gasoline line. Mechanics at McCook ~ field placed wheels with larger tires the ship. also on Has Confidence “It was a terribly rough voyage down from New York,” Maughn said on landing here. “There was a den: fog over upper New York and just ast of Pittsburgh where I ran into severe rain and windstorm. The faster I went through it the more the ship bobbed up and down. This i regular movement of the ship so bad it nearly made me Sea-sic! “Once past Pittsburgh the flying was ideal,” the dawn to dusk flier said. Just before ke stepped into the plane for. the second flight of the trip he said: “I ‘have every reason to hope that: the trip will be success- ful this time.” Somebody in the crowd made refer- ence to his old jinx following him and Lieut. Maughn shouted back “I'll beat him.” as The plane is a standard army Cur-| | tiss type, the same as used in his previous attempt and is capable of a speed greater than 160 miles an hour. , Lieut, Maughn' hopes to land in San Francisco in time to have his supper, having breakfasted in New York. Democrats Pay Debts; Shock Too Much For Hull New York, June 23.—Chairman Hull of the Democratic national committee was confined to his bed today, recovering ¢rom heat pros- tration, exhaustion from over-work, acute indigestion and shock from learning suddenly that the national committe had been able to pay its debts and would enter the presiden- tial campaign’ with a clean slate. Mr. Hull toppled out of his chair last night just the finance om- mittee reported al debts paid, the physieian said he expected Mr. Hult to be able to take thé gavel when the convention goes ‘into session tomorrow .* le Ee ey | Station WIP, Philadelphia, reports its Esperanto program recently was heard in France. ‘JOBS HARD T0 FIND. ON GOLD COAST OF WEST Los Angeles Applying Brakes to Speculation, With Times Tightening Up CONDITIONS PICTURED One of Real Hard Proble at This Time Is Combatting yater Shortage” There BY GEORGE Los Angeles, Cal, June 18—This city is applying the brakes upon ex- cessive 3| tion in real estate and enterprise at have attracted thou- sands to this section from the intet- ior among whom are several thous- ands who wished they h come and would have been far better off if they had remained in their own green pastures of opportunity. Banks, level-headed businessmen, Chambers of Commerce in the var- ious sections that make up this g: ergrown city of far-flung boundar- ies have decided that the saturation point has been reached, Little money is available to open up new land ets or to engage in strictly specu- lative ventures, Ligiti e business is not suffer- ing except that the days of easy money and active bisiness which re- sulted from abnormal expansion of real estate divisions, additions and independent tracts have gone. Some businesses have folded up their tents and evaporated—especially the curb stone realtor who had as easy prey thousands lured here under the im- pression that th El Dorado of the Twentieth Centur Los Angeles is finding that the ex- cess population without exc: tal is becoming somew! liability until these individuals can be. absorbed’ ectnomically. Supply &nd demand are helping in the pro- cess of absortion for thousands have left wiser but sadder persons. Still the great rush of people to this sec- tion where one San Francisco resi- dent told me, “everything is overdone but the climate,” has imposed a real burden on the taxpayers. Lack Policemen Hundreds Of traffic-choked street corners are without police and occas- ionally a Boy Scout or a public spirit- ed citizen dismouuts from his car and helps to straighten out the tangle. Chief Vollmer of this city, one of of America, for 500 more patrolmen Absorbtion of suburbs in rapid succession has put a terrific burden “upon the Los Angeles police department and millions are needed at once to properly police this great city where crime was too frequent until Vollmer curbed it materially, but even this great police expert ad- mits failure in hi tle against crime unless millions are placed at his disposal for more police and sub- stations, This is merely one problem or evi- dence of the growing pains of thi city where people have rushed in greater numbers than Los Angeles is prepared to care for them, espec- ially before they secure jobs and be- come direct contributors to the sup- port of the eity in the form of taxes. Banks Curb Loans Banks and other financial agencies refuse to finance any new tract open- ings until those now under sewe water and other public utility service are settled. While the Chamber of Commerce of this city and the city officials are preparing “on paper” at least for ten thillion peopje, there is a decided trend toward sanity in how Progress toward this goal should be made. There are great open spaces still unfilled and Los Angeles hopes to promote the building up of these tracts before new ones are thrown Oe (canines on page three.) Special recognition by 1 exceptional ger Four Great Indians the Nations Siou Ma will be given Ju a Legion State Convention A special representative of them for their ipatriotic duty, first as delegates or attendants Legion Convention, SEES VICTORY FOR NESTOS IF VOTE IS CAST Independents Must Get Out Full Strength for Election, ays Managers INTEREST INCREASED ut Apathy of Campaign Some- what Shaken in the Last Two Weeks, He Finds The Nestos a indorsed in the primary election on Wednesday, March 25, if the voters go to the polls, W. H. Stutsman, cam- paign manager of the Real Republi- | can, organization, declared here toda Only apathy can defeat the Inde- pendent Republican ticket in the primary, the campaign manager as- serted, declaring that the one danger lay in the fact that many Indepena- ents figured that their long battle against the Nonpartisan League, had been won and they were content to rest on. their o “If the voters go to the voting booths, I have no fear of the mann in which the majority will vote,” said Mr, Stutsman, “During + the ¢ paign Governor Nestos and Attorne: General Shafer have fine meet- ings, and have been received in the best spirit of any Independent ean- didates for many years. Where the voters stop to consider the issues before them, they are for the admin- istration.” ‘ Are Awakening Mr. Stutsman added that there has been a remarkable kening of in- terest in the state in the last two weeks. Many Independents have come to realize that if they don’t go to the polls they cunnot win the election, he said, and they have taken off their coats and begun to work as,in form- er years. . There has been an unus- ual demand for campaign literature in the last ten da: The first pam- phlet “Facts for Voters” was exhaus- ted in a short time, and a reprinting was ordered. The Independent campaign manager emphasized the importance of legislative race. He declared that Independent workers must remember that unless the legislature Governor Nestos the administration's hands will be tied, and he urged the nomination of Independent Republi- can candidates to insure control of both houses of the legislature again. During the campaign Mr. Stutsman has been assisted in his headquarters by a large number of volunteer | workers, Effect on Campaign “If the Republican voters of North Dakota should stop seriously to con- (Continued on page three.) MUCH ACTIVITY IS SHOWN AS STATE CAMPAIGN NEARS CLOSE The campaign speaking in this section will close with a speech at the city Auditorium Tuesday night by Attorney-General George Shafer. Mr. Shafer, during the campaign, has spoken in the southern, north central, northeastern and southeast- ern parts of the state. William Lemke, former Attorney- General, was billed to speak at Rice Lake yesterday. Senator Frazier, A. G. Sorlie and Senator Hamilton were to speak ata picnic in Minot, at Riverside Park, this afternoon. This is Mr. Sorlie’s only appearance outside of Fargo and Grand Forks. It has been reported from Grand Forks that he still suffers from the effects of his automobile accident, and care is taken to pretect him against hard trips aby auto. The North Dakota Patriot, prohi- bition pamphlet, is attacking Dis- trict Judge A. T, Cole of Fargo be- cause of suspension of sentences in liquor ¢ Judge Cole is 9 can- didate for renomination in the First Judicial district. C. S. Shippy of Hope is one opponent. Voters apparently are not much interested in a report on Congress. While Senator Frazier had a large audience in Bismarck, it is reported in Jamestown that Thomas Pendray, chairman of the meeting there, re- gretted that a larger audience was not resent, and about 100 heard the Senator at Fargo. He is speak- ing in Minot today. League forces claim a victory by 20,000 in Wednesday's primary, while Independents say Governor Nestos ought to have “a big majority” if all the Independent voters get out. Governor Nestos will close his campaign in Mingt, and vote there. There are many meetings in all parts of the state today, but there will be only a few tomorrow. Polls will be open from 9 a. m. to 7 p.m Wednesday. miniscration will be | the! torm in a parade which will precede (PRESIDENT 10 RECOGNIZE SERVICE OF INDIANS DURING WORLD WAR AT LEGION CONVENTION IN MANDAN Indian Veterans From Four Tribes Will Be Presented With Parchment Memorials Signed by Chief Executive— Program for the Legion State Convention is Arranged Calvin ps during the World War Mandan, S. to present Indian veterans from each of with parchment memorials signed by the Chief servic « Most of the Indian veterans will be in Mand riders in the Mandan Roundup. | | Commander I bravery and by the young men of the Gros Ventres, and Arikara Independence Day feature of Coolidge of the ans, an Coolidge is en route to Mandan the four main tribes named Executive commending and loyalty to‘the United States. n throughout the ek, the Department of North Dakota The program for the Le vention has been completed. S will open at 10:00 June 30 in the ¥ dan, with the call to orde: B. Stree by Dept. of Jamestown, O, Henderson, Mayor of Mandan, will welcome the Legionaires, and James Morris of Carrington will re- spond. Appointment of committees, reports of department officers, and the address of the National Com- mander J. R. Quinn of San Francis- co will be the balance of the mori ing’s business. Commander Quinn is expected to take chiefly on na- tional legislative tivities of the American Legion. Linton, Chaplain Dr. A. and invocation Wm. Upshaw 40 and 8 Meeting The state convention of the state La Societie 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux will open in the afternoon with R. B. Murphy of Nora Spring: National Chef de Chemin de ttendance. At 3. o'clock Commander Quinn will public address from, the baleony of the Lewis & Clark Hotel The balance of the day and evening will be given over to shows, pavement and Heart River pavilion dances, a banquet of the 40 and 8, and a par- ade by that* organization. Tuesday, July 1, committee re- ports and unfinished business of the state Legion will be the order, fol- d by addresses by M son, National deliver a N of the Legion y 5 Hatbold, general chairman of the recent San Francisca National Le- Convention, Mr. Hatfield will outline the workings of the Califor- nia Disabled Veterans aid law. W. T. Kroll, Laision representative of the Legion Tenth District will also give an address. Following a lu&cheon for the Le- gion delegates at noon at the Elk’s Hall R. A. Nestos will address the convention, followed by Robt. J. Murphy National Chef de Gare, and D, Hibbard, Minneapolis, manager of the Tenth District U. S. Veterans Bureau. Reports of committees, an auto ride, movies, and a big sport at the prize ring arena of the Missouri Slope Fair grounds in the evening are listed. Billy Ehmke of St. Paul, and Russie LeRoy of urgo are to be matched against two leading middle and light weights re- spectively by Jack Hurley of Fargo. Wednesday, July 2, the program calls for the completion of busi- ness of the convention, election of officers and delegates to the Na- tional Convention and selection of next meeting. Adjournment will be aken early and all Legidnaires will gion the unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue of Theo. Roosevelt, presented to Mandan by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe of Portland, Oregon. Representa- tives of the Roosevelt family will be in attendance. Chef Robt. J. Mur- phy of the 40 and 8 will ynveil the bronze. Dedicate Monuments Thursday, July 3 will be featured in the mozning by the dedication of two large native rock monuments placed at either end of the Liberty Memorial bridge over the Missouri River by the American War Moth- ers of N. D, Second day’s elimina- tion contests in the rodeo will fea- ture the afternoon while on July 4 the presentation of Pres. Coolidge’s message to the N. D. Indian service men will take place as the opening Roundup number, preceding the final competition for wild west purses. Due to the intense rivalry existing between South Dakota and North Dakota cowboys, the pick of the riders from either state will be chosen on the first two days to com- pete with\a third group of Montan- ans and national known’ rodeo stars on July Fourth Final. Legion) officers have received let- ters from Department Commander Roe of the Minnesota Legion, and other officers of that state, advis- ing that they will be in Mandan for the week’s events. PEDIGREED STOCK FOR PALESTINE First efforts to introduce pedi- greed stock-raising in Palestine will be made by Abraham Krotoshinsky, hero of the famous Lost Battalion who has gone to the Holy Land to establish a stock farm there. The stock consists of two thor- oughbred Jersey bull calfs and a heifer, raised on the farm of Sam- uel M, Kaplan in Westchester coun- ty, New York. Fi , | their PRICE FIVE CENTS IGHT FAVORITE SONS URGEDAGAINST SHITH, M'ADOO Some Predictions Are Made That Neither Leader Will Be Nominated MANEUVERING Upen Fights on Platform on Convention Floor Loom in Convention New York, June .—-The great quadrennial jubilee of the Dem- ocrats is] ng through its final, fervid state of pre-conven- tion rivalry and excitement. ue and the hotel dis- triets of Manhattan resounded to- day to the tramp of cheering delegations and the blare of marching bands while outrunners from the forces of the principal candidates scurried about to bring new arrivals into camp. From a balcony of hi hotel, Wil- liam G, McAdoo exhorted a group of howling western delegates to stand by him to the last ditch and they shouted back an assur- ance they would. ew York noisily imed its ince to Smith in the great- ¢ parade in the history of was cheered by ever he went, Both and McAdoo men claimed vie! but the partisans of a dozen other ¢: ndidates only redoubled their activities and re- peated their predictions that neither of the two leaders could be nominated. Indiana friends of Senator Ral- ston announced after one look at the situation that they had de+ termined to disregard his request and place his name formally be- fore the convention Meanwhile, convention officials were putting the finishing touch- es on their Madison Square Gar- den arrangements and set the great hall in ordey in readiness for the fall of the gavel at noon to- morrow. a the thousan. w York, June 23, (By the A. P.) enth-hour arrivals for the Democratic national convention thrust today into teeming lebbies and seething campaign headquarters, yund themselves in the midst of a bewildering clamor of conflietion claims for various candidates and ar- jKuments over controverted questions of policy. The swift current of Sunday's man- euvering had brought no clear trend to indicate the course of events after the convention assembles tomorrow, except that it is likely to be pro- longed by \fights on the floor over the platform plants and, possibly, some of the rules s well as the battle for the presidential nomin- ation. With three of the most prominent active candidates on hand their man- put still more pressure today behind efforts to consolidate their supporters for the opening of the convention and the squadrons from other camps did likewise. Senator Underwood of Alabama reached New York yesterday but diq not join his workers until today, preferring the seclusion of a friend’s home in the outskirts of ‘the city. William G. McAdoo and Governor Alfred E. Smith meanwhile continued conferences. A tentative plat- form was almost ready today for con- sideration of the resolutions commit- tee but the group of leaders which have drafted it recognize that a num- ber of its planks—especially those dealing with foreign relations, the Ku Klux Klan and law enforcement —are likely to form the basis of vigorous and even bitter controver- sy before they are finally adopted. Two-thirds Rule The traditional party requirement of a two -thirds vote to select a nom- inee remains the center of gossip over the possibility of a rules fight. Proposals to replace it with a rule permitting nominations by a simple majority are advanced openly by few, but they keep bobbing bout on the churning surface of pre-convention talk. . General expectation of a lengthy convention was emphasized by the tentative stay of the program worked out by the managers. Conferen y day failed to bring any definite decision whether the key-note address of Senator Harrison of Mississippi, as temporary chairman, should be made at the opening session, or put off until night so it could be heard by a larger radio audience than it could reach in the day time. The complexity involving the dozen £r so candidates today remained “out- |wardly at least” ag cloudy as ever. |Each of the various headquarters continued to reiterate its expression of confidence. The McAdoo and Smith forces drove forward with new energy to strengthen their lines and the Underwood camp found encour- agement in the arrival of ¢heir chief- tain, To Present Davis The West Virginia supporters of John W. Davis meanwhile pressed on with their campaign for delegates and friends of Senator Glass of Vir- ginia professed to see an advantage for him in the situation exemplified (Continued ‘on ‘page three.) -