Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1924, Page 2

TH wad a i Mi il Mil Da Dah ies a ba rs < > = a é é 4 * - f . o ’ PR D> * . PAGE TWO. CONFERENCE. 1S HELD IN EFFORT T0 COMPROMISE (Continued from Page One.) he emerged from the stuffy ference room. Hull freely conceded that no con- crete proposals had been advanced and that no conclusions were reach: ed, However, he expressed *the hope that today’s conferences would be productive of real result and that a report ending’ the deadlock would be ready for the convention when it meets at 11 o'clock on Monday. Meanwhile, an unofficial ‘confer- ence of leaders, headed by George White of Ohio, former chairman of the national committee, was sitting tight. The object of this conference is to bring about a graceful with- drawal of both MeAdoo and Smith, The results of the meeting will be submitted sto the main conference this afternoon. By FRAZER EDWARDS (United Press, Staff Coryespondent.) UNITED PRESS HEAD- QUARTERS, WALDORF HOTEL, NEW YORK, June 5.—In the rooms of Cordell Hull, chairman of the dem- ocratic national committee, representatives of more than a score con of candidates, whose names have been presented to the democratic convention through nominating speeches or by votes, gathered to- night in an attempt to agree upon a candidate for the democratic pres; idential nomination, ner futile vip Willam G ballots, during MeAdoo and Gov- e Smith remained in hope- $f} deadiock, the conyention late VEL, adopted @ resolution looking toward the selection of a com: promise yominee. When the conyention adjourned until, Monday it was klan against anti-klan, it was puritanism against Catholicism. But also it was stu: pidity against stupidity. There were fights and arguments on the floor between klan and anti- Klan delegates. The clerk called roll after.roll and there was no ap- preeiable change in the vote, It was just Mke trying to convince a “deep water” Baptist that his soul was just as safe if he was “sprinkled” instead of being {mr mersed, There was no sale. Then the leaders began to see that until something was done, the convention might sit all summer and still fail to select a nominee. The election will be in November, it was recalled, and a candidate is necessary before that time. Tom Taggart of Indiana, leaped into the: breaeh., He called Cordell Hull, chairman of the national com- mittee from the platform. Hull called Thomas T. Walsh, permanent chairman of the convention, The two of them called Representatives of Wm. G. McAdoo, Governor Smith and others. Then Taggart sug- gested that a resolution be presented to the convention calling for a con- ference of all representatives of all candidates te agree upon a method of procedure for Monday and a eompromise candidate. The resolution was adopted by a viva voce vote and as a conseqeunce, the candidate who will finally be named will be selected by a confer. ence of a representatives of the men who are possibilities and not by a group of bosses, basing the selection upon patronage posst- bilities, The general bellef in the eonven- tion Is that the most Mkely ecom- promise is Senator Samuel M, Ralston of Indiana. Ralston came into the convention with nothing ore than Indiana’s 30 votes, his al was run up to 94 But the deadlock between McAdoo and Smith continued, and telegraphing Taggart that he desired to see party har mony, Ralston asked that his name he withdrawn. Ralston consequent ly retired yesterday as a candidate. Ohio was ready to throw 48 votes to him today but Taggart asked that it not be done. Mississippi is ready to vote for Ralston, as is Oklahoma, and there are scattering ballots else- where for him. Hence with Ralston out of the convention—the first of the favorite sons to step aside—the position of Taggart is regarded as extremely strong. Senator Carter Glass, Senator Underwood, Senator Robinson and Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, have made enemies in both the McAdoo and Smith camps because of thelr refusal to with draw, If a compromise is to be agree n, there is no doubt but rt holds the choice place. After the 77th ballot had been cast today both McAdoo and Smith had shown a veto power in the gon that vention... McAdoo Lad always had it, and at times has approached within 20 votes of a majority, On the fimal ballot today, however, Smith polled 367 votes, which is one third of the tofal strength in the convention. And with this one third, Smith could block the nomi- nation of any other candidate. With this situation confronting them, the conferees face a tremend- task In their sessions over the end. There is Itle doubt in al delegates that both mith must be elim! ters stand, however aside. t emphatic suggested Adoo would week nated neithe is Goverr he would » get ou Jud McAdoo’s man ager © same time, declared It was rous to suggest that the leading candidate retire. The Smith foreas are expected to make fight to break the unit rule holding many delegations hey declare tirere are at least 100 otes in the convention that | There are candidates before the con- th are tied up in delegation bound by the unit rule, * Those who met this afternoon and decided upon the adjournment until Monday and upon tonight's ‘and Sunday’s conference are: \ Tom Taggart, Senator Swanson, Senator Pa@Harrison, Senator Ca away, Senator Bayard of Delawar Cordell Hull, Senator Tom Walsh, George Brennan, Bruce Kremer and Judge Rockwell, Rockwell and J. Bruce Kremer will be McAdoo's two representatives at tonight's con- ference. “We are determined to stick. The {dea of eliminating candidates isn’t the prime thought of this confer. ence. The plan of the'conference as I understand it, is to lay down a broad principle and to work out me rules to break the deadlock,” id Judge Rockwell. ‘We are going into the convention. without any plans, Of course, will reserve our own judgment as to the findings of the conference but the idea is to present a plan to the convention to end the deadlock. The delegation must decide upon its’ ac- ceptance. . “It is ludicrous to suugest that the high man withdraw from the race. It js apparent from the voting that our delegates have been gent here to represent their constituents by voting for McAdoo, “Smith's veto power may not stick. 8 yention that gained no strength. Their votes are the deadlock. When leased and there is a run off be- tween McAdoo and Smith, then there can be some talk of yeto pow- er. When Tom Taggart walked out on the speaker's platform and presented his solution late this afternoon, the convention had taken 77 futile bal- Tots, each showing only that neither candidate under existing conditions could command « twofhigds ma Jority. ‘arious measures break the deadlock Two resolutions were apparent making they are re were tried to without result, introduced to have the low man on each ballot au- tomatically eliminated on suceeeding ballots until the fight had been con- centrated on two men. These were voted down by a viva voce vote. Then A. H. Ferguson of Oklahoma got in with @ resolution to adjourn which, for a/minute looked as it might cause trouble. He moved the con- vention adjourn for reassemble at Kansas City July 21, Attempts by Congressman Fitz- gerald of New York, who has re- mained constantly on tha platform rather in the role of watch dog of the Smith interests, to raise a point of order against the adjournment resolution were overruted by chair. man Walsh It finally necessary to take # roll call vote on the motion and it was overwhelmingly defeated 1007 to 82, McAdoo forces appearing to be content with having the resolution introduced and not desiring to ac: tually pass it. After this horse play was dis: posed of there was one more a tempt—a resolution by Congressman Thomas H. Ball of Texas—to sus: pend the rules and effect a nomina- tion first by eliminating the lowest candidate after each ballot and then, if none recelved a two thirds ma. Jority lift the unit rule and let a ma- Jority determine the nominee, This, however, also was drowned out on @ viva voce vote and that terminated all the trick moves to break the jam. Representatives for the candidates began to assemble at 8:30 o'clock in the little room on the third floor of the Waldorf which chairman Hull uses as an office, With some ean. didates sending~half a dozen man gers to look after their Interests, the room was soon ‘smoke fill and an adjoining chamber had be opened for the overflow meeting. Sehator Walsh, Montana, perma. nent chairman of the protracted meeting, was late. He dashed in bundled up in an overcoat but still wearing his soiled white flannel trousers. He was in such a hurry that he did not even recognize his private secretary John Holland, his ehlef ald on the oil investigation The battle opene immediately, Several ‘managers objected. to the presence of more thaf& one repre sentative for each candidate, Before was to 1 have not been cast for “Al'’ because wel, that wrangle could be brought to a close, someone injected the question of women representatives to pick the democratic nominee, Tom Taggart sought to meet that issue, He stepped outside and told three score of waiting newspaper men that if no women attended the conference it was because no candi- date had seen fit to select a woman to win over the warring managers to his side, 4 As the hours wore on the corri- dor outside of the meeting room was also ‘smoke filled.” Weary newspa- permen shifted from one tired foot to another and exchanged com- plaints while officious policemen corfiantly reminded them that the passage way must be kept open, Lieut, Martin H, Noonan, looking like the skipper of a millionaire yacht in his white topped eany was in charge of the corridor traffic squad, MAN FATALLY BURNED, LARGE PLANT IS LOST RICHMOND, Cal., June 5,—(Unit- ed Press.)—One fireman was fatally injured and damage estimated at $300,000 was done by fire which late today destroyed the mill building and oil storage tanks of the Certain teed Products corporation he: Severa! fire companies fought the blaze for two hours as jt fed on high- ly combustible»material used in the manufacture of the company's prod- ucts, Spontaneous combustion is be- lieved to have caused the fire, W. P. Pfensig, a hoseman, stepped through a skylight and fell forty feet upon a mass of blazing mater- fal. He died shortly after comrades rescued him. The now women of 28 countries are politically enfranchised, Copyright. Har Withdrew From Demo Race iy SAMUEL M. RALSTON Cpe Casper Sunday ecrivune DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SEARCH FOR WAY OUT OF CHAOS WILLIAM GIBBS McADOO REAL MOSES NEEDED TO SAVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Storm Center of Democratic National Convention. maa AL E. Wreckage Left by Convention Rows Is|| Chj Menace to Life of Party With Candidates Forgotten ‘By ROBERT x (Unite: TEL, NEW YOR clashed head on inthe tial nomination this y J, BENDER Press Staff Correspondent) UNITED PRESS HEADQUARTERS, WALDORF HO- K,. June 5.—Two striking personalities fight for the democratic presiden- ial r—leaving wreckage of blasted.am- bitions and a shattered party. The bitter struggle between McAdoo and Smith has never had its equal in the history of the democratic party. Delegates who ‘were voting and perhaps the people as a whole, saw the fight ag merely one between a man by the name of William G. MeAdoo, well known as former secretary of the treasury, and for his liberty loan drives; and a man by the name of Al Smith, most popular governor New York state ever had, but not so well known through the country. As a matter of a fact, it was not a fight of this all. Bound up in the elements swirling about the standards of each of ‘these men there developed busic struggles of, 1—Catholic versus protestant. 2—Wet versus dry. §—North versus South. 5—Eastern big busine; versug western hostility to Wall street. 6—Machine organization versus in- dependent enth 5 7—Personal ambition versus per- sonal ambition. Long before the convention mrt, different of these basic factors he- gan to enter what, at the outset, might have been expected to be a friendly contest before the de! tes of the convention. Then fired by atrociously bad judgment of some of those in one camp or the other, the issues in. volved overshadowed all e! at the convention and the names of the respective candidates became more symbols of what they were reputed to represent. Before the balloting commenced jt became more and more certain that neither of these sym- bels could command a two-thirds vote of the convention. And In seek- ing to secure convention supyert of them, the managers all but wrecked the party with bitter battles over ex- traneous matters in a year when it had an excellent chance to make a convincing bid for return to power. McAdoo and Smith tumbel into this wreckage today after many hours of futile balloting on # choice between them. McAdoo of magnetic personality, remarkable personal persuasion. and a following of delegates who at times appeared actually inspired with his “cause,” maintained a lead in the voting throughout. Smith, also a man of winning qual itles and commanding perhaps: the greatest personal following of any man ‘who ever ran for office in his home state, ran consistently second to McAdoo. Time and again the forces of the one were thrown against the forces of the other, But ranged behind the delegates on each side were the Breater forces of age old prejudices and beliefs, inuendo, deliberate false- hoods and other influences no mere candidate can contro). Before the convention adjourned this afternoon to permit the candl- dates themselves to struggle fer a compromise candidate acceptable to them all and to a two thirds ma- jority of the convention, the bitter- ness of the struggle had actually develo¥ed two parties fighting each other in a convention of one, Had either Smith or McAdoo ulti- mately won the nomination he would have, been opposed by the forces of the other as strongly in the No- vember elections as if he hag been of an opposition party. Now, it remains to be Seen whether the shock to the party caused by the collision of these two men is suf- ficient to make the party of Jeffer- ‘won a thing of the past, It will re- quire a real Moses to unite again the disappointed hosts of voters who have supported Smith and McAdoo, JAP GUARD AT -- 1. §, EBESSY ‘GETS SCORING Tokio Government Rep- rimands Soldiers on Flag Incident. TOKIO, July 6.—Japanese police officers entrusted with guarding the American embassy have been se- verely reprimanded by city and fed- eral authorities for their seeming laxness in not preventing the theft of an American flag from the lawn of the American legation. . The nature of punishment to *be meted out to the thief and his ac- complices, all of whom have been arrested, ‘has not yet been decided upon. Charge d'affairs Caffery will ba invited to suggest what punistiment he deems proper, the necessary steps will be taken, and the incident will be considered closed. The flag was returned to the lega- tion today. APOLOGY OF RUSS ASKED BY THE JAPS TOKIO, July 5.—Japan wil) content with a verbal apolagy from Russia ag satisfaction for the ma: sacre at Nikolacvsk, it was reliably reported in government circles to- night. Strong demands wif be made. upon the soviet government, however, for concessions in north Saghalien. dur. {ng resumption of Russo-Ja negotiations in Peking, dicted, ee Industrial accidents have increased on the average nearly 30 per cent during the past year, according to statiatics gathered by the American Association for labor legislation. SMITH cago Mayor To Hunt Tree Climbing Fish CHICAGO, July 5—If you should happen to see a fish climb- ing a tree, don't blame it on the synthetic gin. For if former Mayor “Bill” Thompson of Chi- cago, realizes his ambition, it is only a matter of time before the tree climbing fish will be doing his stuff in this country. Today ‘Thompson's expedition to Borneo, to photograph and bring back the tree climbing fish, got under wey, In a 68-foot ketch, Thompson and his crew started down the Illinois river, bound for Borneo and way stations, and a trip around the world, Thompson will go as for as Panama, Captain A. J. Dunken is skipper of the craft and will lead in the hunt for the tree climbing fisit. Dunken convinced Thorapson the they really exist. Dunken said he had seen the fish swim to the shore, crawl out on land and then climb trees. Thompson has put $50,000 into the enterprise. He figures the motion pictures of-the fish doing thoir stuff will make a young fortune. Also he expects to bring back a few families of the fish and turn them loose in the streams of this country. night concert Parkerton-Glenrovk Concert Program Wednesday Night . At Parkerton ‘The program for next Wednesday at Glehrock by the band, to which the Cesper public has been invited, follows in full, 1. “Trumpet Corps’ March o Goldman prenade H. C. Miller Fox Trot Larry Conley and Gene Rodentch “The Holy City," Bariton Stephen Adams 6. “Miss Trombone, pery Rag “Bohemian " A Slip.‘ Henry Fillmore Selection Balfe 7. Girl, H, A. LaRue ers,” Patrol ------ Will Huff Characteristic Abe Losch March, .--- . Fred Jewell R -h AIVER PROJECT “FAILURE. LAID TO ARIZONANS Hoover Advocates Dam Construction at Boulder Canyon. LOS ANGELES, Cal,, Jifly_5. — That one, cbstacle to the Colorado river development project is the failure of Arizona to ratify the com- pact with the seven other states of the river basin, was the opinion of Herbert , Hoover, secretary of com- merce ,who arrived in Los Angeles today with his son, Herbert Jr,., on a motor trip through Southern Cal- ifornia. “Personally, I have consistently advocated building of a dam! at Boulder canyon by the federal gov- ernment and I hope to see this pro- ject carried out In the near future, I hope to see the passage of the dam bill accomplished during the. next session of congress,” ‘secretary Hoo- ver said. He aso declared that America’s trade with European nations was in- creasing and that an expected sat- tlement of the reparations problem through the Dawes plan would be a 12. “Scoutmaster” great impetus to domestic and for- elgn trade. ——————— MAC LAREN IS ON WAY AGAIN TOKIO, June 5.—Major Freder- ick Btuart MacLaren, British round the world . left I shima for Kasumf%aura at 7 a. cording to advices MacLaren will for fuel. today, ai ived here, Kushimoto rec stop at Still in. Convention Running ges JOHN w. DAVIS SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1924. LANDER PLANS; TO BIG CROWD IN CELEBRATION Hundreds of Indians Hold Attraction for Visitors. LANDER, Wyo., July 5—(Specia! to The Tribune.)—Indians in their war gear, indians in their overalls, squaws with papooses, chiefs rid- ing around in high powered mote, cars, these have entertained visi ors here for a two day celebration by which the town has sought to bring back the\ spirit of the ola west. They have done it too and the Shoshones and Arapahoes have been the main objects of interest on the streets. Averse as they are to hav- ing their pictures taken, many of them have been snapped before they could dodge the deadly camera of evil poweérs. And this is not all) Dur- ing two afternoons Lander has been Staging at its fgir grounds’a show of horse races, bucking horses, rop- ing and other events that are in lino with this kind of an exhibition. One or two minor accidents have marred the: festivities which were attended by the largest crowds ever witness- ing any of the annual shows of this nature. Lander was packed beyond the accommodations of hote!s and the rodeo drew a greater crowd than could be conveniently handled. B. J. Farlowe, mayor of the town and the man who together with Tim MeCoy took 27 Arapaho Indians to London and Paris together with the picture “The. Covered Wagon,” was in charge of the show. Mr. Farlowe has been a busy man and because of the necessity of making two ad- dresses each evening he was forced to decline the honor of announcing the events at the rodeo, The Speeches in the evening were for the pro- logue to the film which he took across the Atlantich gander has the honor of being one of five cit- fes in the United States in which “The Covered Wagon" has been shown with the complete prologue including the Indians, The other cities are Hollywood, New York, London and Paris. The same In- dians who appeared in the scenes of the film appeared on the’ stage and executed one of thelr famous War dances. Mayor Farlowe explain- ed the significance of numerous In- dian signs and told something of the problems encountered in making the picture and Judge V. J:-Stone delivered an eloquent address’ on “The Pioneer. CIVIG ORGANIZER COMING AGH (Continued from Page One,) in every possible and proper way for the good of our community; and, Whereas, at this time there ts in the social and civic life of our city & very definite and vital need—one which has been so generally felt and frequently expressed by our citizens, the need of some civic or- sanization or leisure-time moye- ment; and Whereas, said movement must necessarily be community wide !r its scope and purposes, thoroughly democratic in its type and founded upon the intelligent interest and co-operation of those of every class and creed, a movement whose pro- Sram of activities shall be so de- signed and adapted as to meet the widely diversified social, civic and recreational requirements of our entire eltizenship; and Whereas, there ts the most urgent need in our city of a Community house with an adequate auditorium. symnasium,’ swimming pool, club rooms, headquarters for other civ’ Sroups, etc., a house which, unde! the administration of Community Service, would be maintained as 2 common gathering place, open to al! the people of the community, and which would provide facilities and activities for mental, moral and physical growth, for fellowship and recreation, for clvic service and en- jJoyment of the arts; and Whereas, it 1s our feeling that. when kept alive by our congelous ness of civic responsibility—of the importance to our city of all con- structive community endeavors, and by the intelligent and loyal eo-ope tion of our citizens, such a move ment must and will make @ permit nent contribution to the enrichment of our community Ife, tothe up: building among us of that type of character and citizenshlp—mors highly to be# valued than all other civic possessions, and upon which any city may with safety and se- curity build, therefore, - Ke. it resolved, that we, as repre- sentative citizens of Casper in meet- ing assembled, actuated solely by the’ desire to ally ourselves with and support -a-cause..which pertains to our common good and promises to promote the further progress of our city; do express our approval of Community Service as set forth by A. J. Parkin, representative of ‘the National Community Service organ!- zation, and also our belief that said Community Service would be accept- able to our citizens and deserving of their support. a poten ide ST LS es The women of the Lake Tchad re- gion of Central Africa vie with one another as to who can possess the longest lips, —— ‘