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THER. Unsettled probably showers: n temperature. twenty-1our hours «nd:lll today—HIighest, 78, at terday; lowest, 61, at Full report on page 2. tonight and tomorrow, not much change Temperature for at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 No. 29,285. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. . venil " WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 5 1924—_TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covets every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to W hington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 84,032 TWO CENTS. ‘McADOO FAILS TO KILL TWO-THIRDS RULE TRANSFER OF SESSION|SVITH AND MADOO . TO KANSAS CITY ALSO BEATEN BY DELEGATES . Smith Proposes Throwing Own and Favorite Sons’ Vote to Compromise Candidate. ‘. 73d BALLOT SHOWS LEADERS STILL HOLDING FULL STRENGTH - M’Adoo Has 528, Governor 335 as 74th ' Transfer Roll Call Begins; Motion of Beaten. NEW YORK, July 5.—Ohio broke away from Baker on the seventy-fourth ballot, giving Smith 201, and scatter- ing the remainder of its 48 votes. The vote for the leaders on the seventy-fourth ballot was: McAdoo, 510; Smith, The ieaders stood this Davis, 78%. on the seventh-fifth ballot: McAdoo, 513; Smith, 366; Davis, 78.5. This was an increase of 3 for McAdoo and 2 for Smith, with Davis unchznged.: By the Associated Press. ~ NEW YORK, July 5.—Having lifted their candidate to a new high record, failing to bring him even within striking distance of the nomination, the McAdoo managers in the Democratic national convention interrupted the balloting for a nominee today with several futile attempts to change the parliamentary situa- tion to their own advantage. On each successive proposal the anti-McAdoo forces operated with surprising solidarity, and, in some cases, the McAdoo people were unable to muster more than a small part of their own vot- ing power for the proposals submitted by their leaders. McADOO RANKS BREAK. One of the resolutions.vated majority would have provided for adjournment o tion to meet again in Kansas City on July 21 e conven- The McAdoo ranks broke right and left when an attempt was made to muster them in support of the plan and the opposition was so.predom- inant that when New York was reached on the roll call it asked that it be relieved of the necessity of casting its ninety votes for rejection. The request was denied under the rules. Previously the convention, dividing more evenly and with the McAdoo delegates, voting in the affirmative, had refused to adopt a resolution under which the low candidates on successive ballots would be dropped from the list until the field was nar- rowed to the leaders. Brennan Leads Fight. Rising to a new prominence in the floor fights that accompanied these decisions, George E. Brennan, leader of the Illinois democracy, was every- where about the convention hall, conferring with the Smith and favor- ite son leaders, and exhorting the del- egates to stand firm against the new form of attack launched from the camp of the McAdoo supporters. It was further apparent that the anti-McAdoo forces were verging to- ward an airtight organization when a group of the Smith and favorite son managers met to consider the possibility of a_compromise that would nominate a candidate by leaving McAdoo en- tirely out of the reckoning. Some of the conferees appeared hopeful of results in that direction before the day was over. An effort aiso was started to or- ganize a steering committee, with a member from each state to try to smooth out the situation to the satis- faction of two-thirds of the delegates. Brennan at first seemed to be well disposed toward the plan, but oppo- sition _developed immediately among the titular leaders of the Smith cohorts and there seemed to be little hope of progress. It was pointed out that McAdoo, having control in a ma- jority of the states, might exercise a dominating power on any such com- mittee: The convention voted down another proposal_to eliminate favorite sons, and to abolish, after a time, both the unit rule and the two-thirds rule. The proposition, brought forward by a McAdoo delegate from Texas, did not receive sufficient support to war- rant a roll call. Compromixe Moves Slowly. Under the surface the forces of dis- integration and compromise were at work, but they were making but feeble progress. Overnight confer- ences among the leaders appeared to have gone for nothing. Like two fighters .in the ring, weary almost to the point of ex- haustion and pummelled into a state of blind and dogged resistance, after more than seventy rounds, the Smith and McAdoo forces went drearily on With their ballot before an audience that long since had become inatten- tive. If either had a real punch Jeft, it was reserved carefully for the supreme moment that each _side seemed t think was somewhere in the indefinite future. ‘After two ballots this morning, the convention received and promptly re- Jected a proposal that thereafter the favorite son given the low vote be dropped on each succeeding ballot until only two candidates remained in the field. The plan was laid before the convention by Edward M. Semans of Oklahoma City, but it was inter- Preted by many of the Smith and Mc- Rdoo delegates as in reality a move %o eliminate the two leaders, and was Voted down without aroll call. Leaders Fight Move. - Unanimous consent first was sought for consideration of the Semans’ res- olution, _but it was re George E. Brennan ot Illinois. The McAdoo and Smith people seemed to believe that if the favorite sons were elimimated one after another, and the two-thirds rule remained in effect, the time would come when Mr. doo and Gov. Smith would face each other alone, with each side able to loek up more than & third of the total convention strength, and thus Veto any nomination. Then, they argued, both the leaders would bave to.get out and let the convention have @ new deal all As the. succeeded one another today the dele- gates literally seemed to be in a daze over it all. Responses to the call of the tally clerks were shouted back in weary monotones. The convention seemed to be proceeding almost wholly by force of habit. This state of affairs led some of the wisest of the party chiefs to pre- dict that any serious effort toward rompromise must be delayed at least for over Sunday. conferences “The delegates all are tired out today and in no frame of mind for sensible reasoning,” said one of the leaders. “A little rest and a Sab- bath of reflection will do them good. We are not pressing them.” When it was suggested that ac- cording to all the accepted theories of political strategy, a worn-out con- vention would offer the best possible field- for a_terrific drive by either side toward a nomination, another leader replied: “That certainly would be the psychology of the situation, but psychology. has no more effect on this convention than the prayers for peace and unity that are delivered every morning from the rostrum.” Efforts by various senatorial friends of Underwood and Robinson to shift the convention to them still were un- availing. The reply of the Smith and McAdoo men remained the same, “Get out yourself.” Last night the McAdoo managers had gone into. session early in the evening for an all-night session, if necessary, to map out a plan of cam- paign that would send their leader over the top. They found there was nothing to confer about. “Hold your lines,” said everybody about the table, and the Smith men were feeling th same way, and the favorite son pilots insisted that if there ever were a time when they should stay in.the field it was now. Called to meet at 10:30 o'clock, day. light-saving time, delegates as usual were slow in assembling for the opening session. Walsh Starts en Time, Senator Walsh had insisted on.be- ginning the session almost on time, and when the invocation was pro- nounced the delegate section was as empty as the Senate chamber when an appropriation bill is under con- sideration. There were 80 many empty seats that It seemed most of the convention had gone into a lady's and gentlemen’s agreement as to how the vote was to be cast on the open- ing roll. calls. Few absentees showed up as the call of the states proceeded, the scouts who were present casting In most cases the complete vote of their re- spective delegations. So little change was shown from last night's line-up that there' was a revival of the suggestion for a meet- ing of the national committee to at- tempt to untangle the convention from the toils in which it had en- meshed itself, But it still appeared doubtful that such a plan or any other peace move would gain head way. 3 Ne Substantial Change. The result of the first roll call of the day was almos: precisely the same as that on the final ballot last night, and the first sign of a possible realignment came when Colorado P: on the second call of the ses- sion. The delegation was conferring: to_ascertain whether overnight im: pulses to revise the state’s line-up should be followed. The state has been distributing its strength widely among the leaders. % Totals for the seventy-first ballot were: McAdoo, 5281; Smith, Virginia, 68; Davis of West 333 Onact! 10 RESIST BREAK BEFORE NEXTWEEK Word Passed That Each De- sires Sunday Parleys to Reach Agreement. MOVE TO DROP LOW MAN ON EACH BALLOT FAILS Governor’s Friends Form “Death Battalion” to Kill Chance of Californian. BY N. O. MESSENGER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, July 5.—Shortly be- fore noon word was passed around that both Smith and McAdoo were insistent that the filllbuster continue until Monday, so that efforts to reach some kind of an agreement could be carried along through Sunday. Delegate Seemans of Oklahoma asked unanimous consent for the con- sideration of a resolution which would provide for the dropping of the low man on each ballot until only the two highest candidates should re- main. Objections in a chorus were voiced, whereupon he moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution. The chair announced that the “nays have it.” and so that effort to find a way out died a-borning. The end of the second ballot of the morning “showed no material change.” There is renewal of the talk this morning of having a conference of chairmen of the delegations. Smith Friends Aroused. Today the friends of Gov. Smith were still raging over the refusal of the convention late yesterday after- noon to grant his request to address the convention for half an hour. The fact that Mr. McAdoo had written a note expressly, requesting the eon- Some of the Smith delegates, in fact. are 0 wrathy that they are almost ready to let McAdoo have the nomina- tion and down to defeat at the polls in November, as they predict would be his fate. The keystone of the arch of the Smith contention is that only Smith can carry New York state against Coolidge, and, likewise, New Jersey and Massachusetts. A movement is on foot to establish a “New England bloc” with 88 votes to stick to one specified anti-McAdoo candidate. The difficulty is In declding upon the candidate to agree upon. Patten- gall of Maine, who brought in the minority report on the Klan plan, is strong for Senator Underwood, while Massachusetts is backing Gov. Smith. McAdoo Confidence Grows. This morning found the McAdoo forces more confident than they have been at any time during the conven- tion. They had at one time produced 530 votes, only 21 below the majority from which they hope to start on their upward climb to the requisite two-thirds. On the last ballot of the evening session this dropped to $28%, while Smith tralled along with 4% In the anti-McAdoo forces there is asserted to be a “battalion of death. numbering more than sufficient to de- prive him of the two-thirds majority, who, it is claimed, will never surren. der. This was their attitude th morning when the proceedings open ed. Only the subsequent balloting will prove whether these assertions are true. The McAdoo leaders are depending upon the psychology of the situation to break down the morale and finally dissipate tke “battalion of death” feeling that the moral effect of the spectacle of these five hundred and odd McAdoo votes must in the end ac- complish that result. Logic Miscarries. To the average person it will prob- ably appear that the logical thing to be done in this crisis would be for both McAdoo and Smith to withdraw from the contest and leave the con- vention free to select a compromise candidate who might even be satis- factory to both Smith and McAdoo. But, possibly it is not within hu- man nature for Mr. McAdoo, in pos- session of these 500 actual votes, to let go_until the last vestige of hope has _disappeared. Many ~observers think that Gov. Smith would agree to such a compromise for the welfare of the party. Gov. Smith is reported to have spurned a suggestion put to him yesterday by McAdoo leaders that he himself should withdraw and leave the field in possession of Mc- Adoo. 1t is questionable, indeed, whether, should he withdraw from the race, it would assure McAdoo's nomination, for there are anti-McAdoo votes in other than the New York delegation who are determined to prevent Mc- Adoo's- nomination and who would Withhold the two-thirds from McAdoo by dividing thelr vote among other candidates. MecAdoo After Virginia. The objective of the McAdoo men thjs morning was_to continue to ex- ert pressure and pleading upon the Virginia delegation and induce them to swing into the McAdoo column. Senator Glass said to be willing, but his delegation is divided. A breath of impending scandal was injected into the situation by the action _of former _Representative “Tim” Ansberry of Ohio, now a resi- dent of Washington, who'telegraphed Senator Borah, chairman of the Sen- ate special committee to investigate campaign expenditures, suggesting. an inquiry into:-the moneys expended in connection with this convention. He said that if summoned he would be prepared to supply the names of those who can give materisl testi- m¢ 012? McAdoo ‘himself has “found a 20 Addressing & meeting N\ IF, AS AND WHEN PROGRESS OF BALLOTING SEVENTIETH BALLOT. (Final tast McAdoo ..............528Y; Smith ................334Y J. W. Davis............ 67 Baker ...o...c oo 5D Underwood ........... 37% How Candidates Fared Today SEVENTY-FIRST BALLOT. 'cAdoo .. .. 5281 Smith .... ....3341; J. W. Davis........... 67 Baker . ... 56 ... 31% ..o 25 Robinson ., Ritchie Saulsbury ... Owen . Bryan . Walsh ....... SEVENTY-SECOND BALLOT. McAdoo ..............527 Smith Davis Baker o Underwood Glass ...... Robinson ............ Ritchie ..... Saulsbury Walsh .... Owen . Bryan .. SEVENTY-THIRD BALLOT. McAdoo ..............528 Smith .335 Davis Baker 5 Underwood . Glass ........ Robinson . Ritchie . Saulsbury Bryan .. Owen .. Walsh ... SEVENTY-FOURTH BALLOT. McAdoo ..............510 J. W. Davis...... . 18%; Underwood ..... 47 Glass ... Robinson . - s Ritchie Saulsbury ... Baker .. - Walsh .. Bryan .. Ralston . Owen...... Cox J. Richard Kevin... SEVENTY-FIFTH BALLOT. ..513 1366 .18y . 46%; .28 .25 3 DEAD, 3 MISSING IN STEAMER FIRE Three Rivers -Burned -on Chesapeake Bay With Twelve Injured. Smith . By the Amsociated Press. BALTIMORE, July 5.—Three dead, five boys missing and at least twelve persons injured, some seriously, was the tale brought here today by sur- vivors of- the- sidewheel steamer, Three Rivers, of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and . Atlantic Railway Company, with 350 -passengers abdard, which burned to the waters edge early today in the Chesapeake Bay near Cove Point. This total, which was obtained from weeping, hystericall persons clad in makeshift clothing as they left the rescue steamer Middlesex of the same line, may be swelled when accurate flllllm are avaflable. and ‘ an burned to death. - Boys Believed Dead. ‘The five boys are believed to have They were members of the e Ritchie ... Saulsbury Ralston . Owen ... Bryan ... Baker .. ALVEY A. ADEE DIES; -~ NOTED DIPLOMAT Second Assistant Secretary of State Considered Highest Authority in U. S. Alvey A. Adee, second assistant secretary of state, recognifed for a long time as the highest diplomatic authority in the United States foreign service, died last night from a com- Plication of diseases incident to old age, at his residence, 1019 15th street. He had been in failing health for mapy months and only recently re- turned to.this city from a visit to ‘Asbury Park, N. J., where he vainly sought recuperation. True to his frequently expressed desire, he died in harfiess, but actually performed his last official services at the State Department last Thursday. Even then he was able to make the short trip from his carriage to his office only Wwith the assistance of two messen- gers. Though he was able to stand, he was able to walk only with the Sreatest difficulty. e He wasla bachelor and his only sur- vivors aré a plece, Lucy Adee, with whom he Jived and wWho was his « . SON OF PRESIDENT REMAINS VERY ILL Doctors Look Solemn as They Leave Bedside Where Boy Fights for Life. NO. IMPROVEMENT SEEN | Everything Depends on Youth’ Capacity to Resist Poison in- System. Anxiously watching for a sign of improvement in the condition of Cal- vin Coolidge. jr., son of the President, in his fight against acute septic poi- soning, the White House reluctantly announced at noon today there had been no improvement during the night and morning, and the case con- tinued “very serious.” The sixteen-year-old boy is mak- ing a strong battle against the in- fection which has spread throughout his system as a result of a blister on the foot sustained in playing tennis. Conference of Doctors. Another conference of physicians was held early today and afterward it was said the patient was stili very ill. Following its usual course, the poison in its spread has caused hign fever and intense pain. Those in consultation with Maj. Coupal and Lieut. Commander Boone, the White House physicians: Dr. C. W. Richard- son, Washingion specialist, and Col. Willlam L. Keller of Walter Reed Hospital. Col. Keller is an expert in_poison cases. Treatment is centered on localizing the disease after which it may be possible to draw the poison from the body. Meanwhile much depends upon the’ vitality of the patient. Physicians Appear Solemn. After the consultation the physi- cians maintained their silence, but appeared solemn as they left the White House. The Pre#ident was at his office as usual early today but left for a while in the middle of the morning to take a walk about the White House grounds. He conferred with Secre- tary Wilbur on government business and made one other appointment. All engagements for the day, however, were subject to cancelation. Mrs. Coolidge is remaining con- stantly at the bedside of her son. Many messages have been received at the White House from persons all over the country expressing their sympathy and hope for the lad's re- covery. Similar messages have been Teceived from many of the officials of the government in Washington and from personal friends of the Cool- idges in this city and Massachusetts and’ Vermont. Rather than disappoint the many visitors to Washington who__had counted ‘ upon _visiting the White House, President Coolidge gave orders today that the doors should not be closed to those who wished to visit the downstairs rooms of the man- ston. He saijd he did mnot think it would aid his son’s condition any to_thus shut out the public. The re- sult, hundreds of men and women and children frem all parts of the na- tion streamed In and out of the White House, many of them probably little knowing that in a room upstairs the son of the President was fighting for his life. Cleveland’s Executor Dies. PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y., July 5.—Frank Seymour Hastings, banker, yachtsman-and clubman, dled today. He was seventy-one years oid. He ‘was executor of the Grover Cleveland estate, president of the Trana-Atlan- ‘Trust Company and a director in 8¢ al ofl refining. companies. . Hastings also was known as an or- ganist and composer of songs. PEMMGR I ‘World Circler Reaches Kagoshima. By the Associated Press. KAGOSHIMA, July 5.—Stuart Mac- Laren, British ‘round-the-world avi- ator, arrived here from Shanghai at 5 0 k+ this_afternoon. CHINESE RAID U. S. SHIP FOR AMMUNITION STORE Officials Seize Stock Worth $50,- 000, Charging Arms Conference ~Pact Violation Intended. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAT, July 5.—Chinese cus- toms officials today raided the Amer- fcan sailing vessel Talbot, in port here, and seized arms and ammuni- tion valued at $50,000. The seizure was made on the ground that the munitions were to be landed in China, in violation of the arms convention. The seizure included 200 piswols and rifies, 400 revolvers, 8 machine guns and 135,000 rounds of ammunition. No arrests were made. The seizure was referred to the American au- thorities. The Talbot's master is Capt. N. Bor- resen. She recently arrized here from Vancouver, B. C., with lumber. Available records list only one sail- ing vessel named Talbot, a Baltimore, Md., vessel of 2,200 tons, owned by P. Dougherty Company, Inc. . RIFT OVER AGENDA WAY DELAY PARLEY Herriot Faces Ministeriél Crisis as Result of Mac- Donald’s Proposals. BERLIN DEFAULT IS ISSUE French Chamber Believed Unwill- ing to Let World Court or League Decide Question. By the Associated Press PARIS, July 5.—"The moral pact of continuous collaboration” which Premier Herriot announced he had brought back from his Chequers Court conference with the British prime minister seems to be in a bad way. The most serious point of diff- erence between the British and French viewpoints concerns the iden- tity of the body which is to decide when Germany shall have defaulted in her engagements. The French newspapers refuse to @@mit that the proposals of the Dawes plan are outside the Versailles treaty and declare that the British intention to replace the reparation commission by another body is un- justified, as is the British argument that the French cling to the repara. tior commission because they con- trol .t. May Delay Conference. Some of the opposition papers ques- tion the possibilitiy now of holding the proposed interallied conference on July 16. Before committees of the chamber of duties yesterday former Premier Briand suggested that M. Herriot try to resume negotiations for signature of a guaranty pact which Briand undertook at Cannes. The premier replied that he had made pressing efforts in that direction with Prime Minister MacDonald, but that British public opinion was hostile to any military agreement. The fact that Great Britain and France are as far apart as ever on the essential features of the repara- tion question was brought out by a controversy over the text of the memorandum sent by the British foreign office to its ambassadors with the invitation to the forthcoming al- lied conference in London. High Hopes Dashed. The high hopes entertained by sup- porters of Premier Herriot when he returned from Chequers, have given way to pessimism since the receipt of a message from Prime Minister Mc- Donald of England, which makes it clear that while the suggestions con- tained in the memorandum are not supposed to represent any agreement between the allles, they do represent the British views. A majority of observers in parlia- mentary circles are of the opinion that an agreement with Great Britain cannot be reached unless Mr. Mc- Donald abandons the idea of handing over to the world court the prerroga- tive of the reparation commission of deciding when Germany shall have defaulted in the execution of the Dawes' plan. The program for the allied con- ference, as Mr. MacDonald has ex- plained it to the countries which have bexn invited to send delegate: has caused great surprise in Paris gen. erally, and some consternation in gov- ernment circles. Herriot Is Astounded. M. Herriot, who returned from Chequers reassured as to the British attitude on questions in which French interests were paramgount, is described by friends as having been taken off his feet by the British premier's ver- sion of the agenda for the conference. The first impression was that the reports purporting to give a summary of the agenda were premature and misleading. M. Herriot wae s asur- prised that he immediztely asked the British embassy here to confirm the reports, and was amaszed-to find that the version on which the opposition press commented severely was correct. The official opinion of the program outlined by the British prime minis- ter is that it amounts to nothing less than throwing the entire reparation juestion into the league of nations Hrough the world court. Firm Agsinst Proposals. Those close to the French premier were, outspoken in tile opinion that much as M. Herrlot desires to come {(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Will persons who witnessed the arrest of Daniel S. Ring, LAFOLLETTE AT CHOCE MAY WAT UPON DEMOGRAT Progressive Leaders Agree on Leaving Selection to Special Committee. WOULD ALLOW SENATOR CHANCE OF SELECTION Delegates Assured Northwest Farmers Will Vote for Ticket and Platform. By the Amociated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5.—Post- ponement of a vice presidential nomi- nation was agraed upon by leaders of the conference for progressive polit- ical agtjon today. The convention will be asked, it was learned, to en- trust selection of such a candidate to a committee which would confer with Senator la Follette after the Democratic situation has worked it- self out. Rabbi A. H. Silver of Cleveland in- voked divine blessing on the pro- ceedings, praying for international peace and national material pros- perity and spiritual hardihood. Action on the indorsement of Sen- ator La Follette and a vice presiden- tial candidate was made a special order of business for 4 pm. By the report of T. C. Cashen, chairman of the rules committee, a provision was made that this action might be taken earlier if the business of the conven- tion is in shape as to permit it. Plans for Balloting. The rules also said: “In the event that after two ballots -no majority vote is had for any candidate, a third vote shall be taken by preferential, the delegates stating their choice con- secutively.” The resolutions committee sent word that a subcommittee was work- ing on phraseology. The report of the full committee was not expected until afternoon. . Senator Lynn Fragler of North Dakota assured the convention that farmers of the-northwest were heart and soul with the progressive move- ment. “There is a determined effort being made ‘to make serfs of the farmers and slaves of the workers,” he said. *“We must get the full truth to the people, arouse public sentiment and put ‘Fighting Bob' La Follette in the President's chair.” The convention picked up a loose end of organization by unanimously electing Mr. Johnston as permanent chairman and Arthur E. Holder as secretary. Mahoney Barred. William Mahoney, St. Paul, was defi- nitely barred today from the conference by adoption of a special report of the credentials committee. The report said Mahoney's organi- zation, the Farmer-Labor Federation of Minnesota, was entitled to repre- sentation, but that he, by his actions at the St. Louis session of the con- ference last February and his pro- motion of the Jume 17 convention at St. Paul, had made himself obnoxious to this organization. R. D. Cramer, Minneapolis, brought out by query that the committee had not acted on the credentials from the South Dakota Farmer-Labor party presented by Miss Alice Lorraine Daly, who was a secretary of the St. Paul convention. Disputes Ironed Out. With difficulties ironed out by agreements to thresh out differences of ovinion behind committee room doors, the conference went into ses- sion today prepared for a rapid wind up of its work, culminating in the formal endorsement of Robert M. La- Follette's independent - presidential candidacy. The program was furthered when advocates of the “third party” idea decided not to carry their fight to the convention ~floor. The largest group of farmer-laborites contented themselves with issuing a statement outlining their position. Deeide to Compromine. The Socialist advocates of immedi- ate organization of a new party, cau- cused again, turned their interests over to Morris Hillquit, their mem- ber of the organization and campaign committee. May Not Name Party. The resolutions committee of the convention has openly announced that it was taking the La Follette plat- form rejected by the Republican con- vention as a basis for their document. The platform which the conference adopted at its February meeting in St. Louis will also be used as one of the foundation supports of the decla- ration to be presented here today. A spirited- contest may develop on the floor over whether there should be a third party organized and riamed by this convention. The socialist groups in the the convention are making a determined fight for such action, but there are many, and early today they appeared as a majority, who would indorse, or even nominate, La Follette with a running mate, without organising a party as such, or putting a name to their movement. 5 This idea was erpressed by the organization committee when Edward Keating, a member of the national committee of the organization argued that it would, in his opinion, be bet- ter to go along as a non-partisan or- ganization than to form a third party and become partisan through the ex- istence of such an organization. Race for Vice President. No name other than that of La Follette has been mentioned for President at this gathering, but sev- eral names have cropped up in the speculative minds of delegates rela- tive to a running mate for the Wis- consin senator. Among these are Senator Wheeler of Montana, Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, D. B. Robert- som, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, S Continued on Pags 3, Column 1)~