Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Tneettled tonight and tomorrow probably showers: not much change in_temperature Ter ture ending at 2 pm at 10 wm. today P.m. yesterday for twenty-four hours today: Highest, S1, Towest, 71, at 10 ‘ull report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 The Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. 287. 29,2¢ No. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. tion is delive: The Star’s carrier every city block and the regular edi- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” system covers red to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday's Circulation, 87,437 Sunday’s Circulation, 99,136 WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1924 —TWENTY- EIGHT PAGES. e TWO CENTS. CONVENTION VOTES TO RELEASE DELEGATES STEP TOWARD BREAK IN DEADLOCK TAKEN BY WEARY DEMOCRATS Motion Submitted Early Today Fought at First, Later Passed By Large Vote. ACTION SUPPORTED BY SMITH AND 14 MINORITY CANDIDATES MecAdoo Delegations Join Others in Show-Down Vote on Resolution; Two- Thirds Rule Untouched. NEW YORK, July 7.—The Democratic national con- vention, after concluding the eighty-third ballot without a choice for the presidential nomination, adjourned until 7:30 tonight, eastern standard time. The vote for the leaders was: McAdoo, 418; Smith, 368; Glass, 76; Davis, 721/, Associnted Press NEW YORK, July 7—By action of the Democratic national convention itself today all delegates were released from pledges and instructions on presidential \an\'nhc1t‘~ Ave, % the convention did not affect the two-thirds rule. T'he vote was I'he tion of it fifteen the un the By its action the convention approved the minority candidates, including Gov. Smith. MeAdoo's counter-proposal did not come up for a vote. EARLIER VOTE BRUSHED ASIDE. arlier in the day the convention had brushéd aside consid- eration of the resolution of the fifteen minority candidates and the counter proposal by Mr. McAdoo also. Apparently every- body was full of fight and unyielding. But five more tedious ballots in the steaming Madison Square den took some of the belligerency out of some of the dele- gates stand M of and when they came to vote on the resolution as it finally came up the vote was <0 close Chairman Walsh was t determine who had it and ordered a roll call. Adjournment Renten. | presidential nomination. The report Betwern and eighty- |45 drafter contained the declaration first ballots a motion to adjourn until | Si&ned by all of the candidates ex- 7:30 pm s voted down, and the | “éPting William G. McAdoo, releas- clerk went on with the next call | ing their delegates unconditionally, The state of mind and the state of | @74 also the declaration of Mr. Mc- mear exhaustion, which affects almost | A400 releasing his delegates condi- eversbody in the convention, tionally upon abrogation of the unit illustrated during the cighty-first [ #Rd two-thirds rules and on agree- ballot, when the announcer in the | MFAt for progressive elimination of Michigan delegation announced thirty- | Minor candidates e vie s the state| The report was the sole accomplish- o of the week end conferences Sod | conducted by Chairmen Walsh and b Hull, and opinion differed to | whether it represented any accom- | plishment at all Some of the McAdoo people went into the on believing that little been accomplished and that after parliamentary wrangle the situa- tion would revert to the status of Saturday. able to | ! the eightieth was re than ment have announced to said the clerk Then take two away Ferris,” replied Sroggy many as from Senator delegate. I'm 80 I can't count Report First Business. srill divided ups. the convention to its task dential nomince decided Its first business was report from Permanent Walsh and National on their conferences w tives of the sixt em had into non-majority returned of selecting a presi- with its course u to- Mack Sees No Change. Norman E. Mack, one of the floor managers for Gov. Smith, said he saw no change in the situation except | that he believed some of the McAdoo to receive a Chairman Chairman Hull representa. aspirants for fumn 1) Iron Grip Shown by McAdoo On Proceedings of Convention ‘ontinued on Page ! BY Y. 0. MESSENGER. NEW YORK, July 7 managers immediate vening of the session gade a desper- drive to hold of the situation. | g | No leader in the conv Henidt) Safe in the knowledge that they ader in the convention when ve | Nave | reassembled could predict what the a majority of the committee on ru]r‘\ i " : sl ddiiaie | outcome of toda proceedings will R e mmittee on| T€SUlted in failure to bring out any E : £ %" plan promising to break the deadlock r bring in a recommendation 5 would permit the abrogation of | MCAd00's refusal to agree to the com- iinit rule and \the oo thicds promise offered by the other een candidates si 2 This' would: promise the nom<|| S = tce (hadtintensified Sthe ibltter ination of McAdoo by a majority vote. be sure. he has not thus far at- tained a majority, but is close to it It required a two-thirds vote to adopt the Kremer motion, and upon submission by Chairman Walsh the ‘rl rful presiding officer and his calm The MeAdao | and deliberate manner affects the au- after the con- | dience Slow in Phophesying. iles to that the e ness. McAdoo presented an alternative proposition which the other candidates classed as too one-sided in his favor and likely, if adopted, to result in his speedy nomination. Indeed, many dele- seemed to outnumber in za®es believed this morning that the volume and vehemence, at least, the|CONtest may yet end in his nomina- * Demand was made for a sec- [ 100 N and one-fifth, the number re.| The situation as the day began was - rogarded in some quarters as desper- quited for 2 tsecond, ”"“fl” ',"‘_rd':' ate beyond description, fraught with thelr feet hellsremernotioniRasiCer|S o ey o ese o0 oTlcontiateal siicalls gl diiges |with but slightly varying results. The clerk then proceeded to | Meanwhile many of the delegates and the roll again for nomination for the |others connected with the convention proccedings are near the point of physical and nervous exhaustion. Tempers are worn to a frazzle and some are just living on their nerves. Many Delegates Absent. “noes’ ond call | presidency. ‘ McAdoo Won't Compromixe. | The strategy of the McAdoo man- | agers is to offer no motion or agree | to any course which does not seem (oi s in favor of his nomination. Noth- Lejinsfavariof hisuiominacion o If delegations are polled today and ing like a compromise is tolerated a “show-down” demanded of the Ly the McAdoo managers. number of delegates actually in the At the morning on of the con- vention an entirely different atmos- phere from previous sessions pre- vailed. Delegates seemed to be im- pressed with a realization of the seri- ousness and gravity of the situation. The galleries were as well filled as usual, but less demonstrative. Chalrman Walsh is a really won- | hall, gaps will be disclosed in many delegations, which fact may have a potent influence upon determining the nomination. Democrats have ap- parently ceased to speculate upon the possible effect of the wrangling upon party prospects next November. Their IS THIS THE “PROGRESSIVE (Last Ballot Saturday.) SEVENTY-SEVENTH BALLOT. McAdoo .......... Smith . Davis . Underwood ........ Glass ...... Robinson ... Ritchie .513 .367 7612 Ralston Y Saulsbury Gwen .. .. Bryan .... Walsh .... Cox: ... Franklin D. Rooseveh Baker SEVENTY-EIGHTH BALLOT. McAdoo; ..o oo o Smith . 5 W. Davis ...... Underwood . ... Robinson .. Glass .. Ferris ... 511 .3631% 7312 49 221 21 17 Ritchie Walsh Saulsbury .. Ralston ... Bryan ...:. F. D. Roosevelt. . Geranallcy oo o SEVENTY-NINTH BALLOT. McAdoo ... Smith .. DAaVIS ....cco0oeceninnns Underwood . Robinson .......... Ferris ...... e Glass . sieisinies =300 71 50 281 18 17 EIGHTIETH McAdoo .. Smith Davis Glass .. Underwood ..... Robinson ........... Ferris .. e 4541, | | | Ritchie Walsh Saulsbury Ralston Bryan B D, Roosevelt Gerard BALLOT. Ritchie .. Saulsbury Ralston BEyan - ..c-c. Walsh ... Owen . Daniels .. Roosevelt ... s st oy O EIGHTY-FIRST BALLOT. MCAOO - ....xvonecione:i» 433 Smith ..... 365 Glass . J. W. Davis Underwood Robinson .. Owen Ritchie . Ferris .. Walsh ... Saulsbury Bryan Ralston . Roosevelt . Daniels . ! John G. Barnett. . EIGHTY-SECOND BALLOT. MCAAO0 ... c.vsivasiaiis Glass PAVIS). oo sl i o Underwood ........ Robinson ........... Ralston 41314 \ Owen Ritchie ..... Ferris Saulsbury ...... Bryan ..... Walsh . Roosevelt . Daniels . EIGHTY-THIRD BALLOT. McAdoo ..... Smith ... Glass .... Davis ... Underwood ..... Robinson Ralston 8 FILIPINOS HELD IN SOLDIER MUTINY Military Authorities See Bolshevist Influence When Infantrymen Refuse to Do Duty. ..418 By the Amociated Press. MANILA, July 7.—A number of Fili- pino soldiers of the 57th Infantry have refused to perform duty. It is reported a bolshevistic organization one thought now is to get out of “(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) has been formed among them. Eight leaders were arrested. The refusal to perform duty resulted Owen Ritchie ......... Saulsbury .. Bryan .. ‘Walsh Roosevelt . Wheeler ..... from a raid last Saturday night on a small group of Philippine Scouts, all of whom are Filipinos, at Fort Mc- Kinley. Another result of the raid is that all the Filipinos on duty there are suspected of bolshevistic activi- ties. The military authorities believe the infantrymen construe their. action, which was taken this morning, as a peaceable strike for the purpose of obtaining increased pay and allow- ances. These are less in the case of Filipino soldiers than for white sol- diers. Radio Programs—Page 15. Y | i DEMOCRACY? WORK INTERVENES IN'RAIL QUSTERS Reinstates Three Officials on Alaska Line Discharged by Manager Landis. LATTER QUITS, IS RUMOR | Other Employes and Citizens De- i | | | road | retary | the manded Old Men Be Re- turned to Duty. B the Arsociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 4 (De- layed).—Following the reinstatement | of the syperintendent. dispatcher and resident physician of the Alaska rail- by Secretary Work, after they were dismissed by Col. Lee H. Landis, manager of the railroad. an uncon- firmed rumor here was that Col. Lan- dis had tendered his resignation Col. Landis refused to comment on the tumor. Capt. John Hughes, head of the supply department and close friend of Col. Landis, said that “Col. Landis is not running the railroad for any town. He had orders from Wash- ington, I». ., to retrench to the core. and has been doing it The reinstatement order from Sec- Work came after employves of the raiiroad and bombarded Sccretary with cablegrams that the orders be citizens re- questing re- scinded. Probed By Secret Serviee. United States service for the past fortnight have been in- vestigating the management of the raliroad at the request of Secretary Work. It has been rumored that the dis- missal of the department heads was caused because of their alleged criti- cism of Col. Landis' management “I'm not running a pension bureau,” Manager Landis declared to a mem- ber of the Anchorage Times staff. He declined to state how far the dismi als will be carried. The three men reinstated have been with the road since it was construct- ed and are practically the last of the | old organization below the govern- ment advisory board. Dr. J. B. Bee- son, resident physician and adviser of the railroad, during the winter secret | made a 1,000-mile trip to save a man's life. LANDIS NOT LEAVING. Work's Office Explsms Trouble Will Be Probe. Col. Lee H. Landis' resignation as manager of the Alaska railroad has neither been tendered nor requested, | it was said today at the office of Secretary of the Interfor Work. In explanation of an Interior De- partment order reinstating the super- intendent, dispatcher and resident physician of the raflroad following their dismissal by Cot. Landis, it was asserted that Secretary Work had had no advance notice of their dis- missal and desires that the three be retained pending an inquiry. SUPER POWER FOR RUSSIA Soviet Gives World Parley to Pro- duce 1,400,000 Kilowatts. LONDON, July 7.—The central elec- trical council of the soviets placed before the world power conference today plans for a huge electrical de- velopment. The plans call for a great central high-tension ring, serving the area between Leningrad and the Black and Caspian seas, with several exterior branches. There will be twenty-seven steam and hydroelectric stations, with a total capacity of 1,400,000 kilowatts, eleven of which are now under construction. | tient and what the men | PRESIDENT'S SON ON BRINK OF DEATH Fading Strength Rouses Physicians’ Fear. BOY BRAVELY RALLIES AS EXHAUSTION NEARS Courage Lone Factor That Wards Off Collapse After Medical Skill Proves Unavailing. The condition of Calvin Coolidge, jr., sixteen-year-old son of President Coolidge, who poisoning and who for three d | been battling for life, | erave. it was announced this at Walter Reed Hospital following a consultation of physic Little hope held cians for his rec they do have upon the youthful his ans s by the physi- ve of the pa- der- h, vigor term his won which practically to date. ful tenacit kept him alive Reaction of the today was attributed to the development stomach which has prevent ministration of food through channel. This is looked upon tremely serious inasmuch as the been able to take dur the past which has weak and by of as ex- lad |has no nourish- |ment day I heavi condition ed exhauste contrit Parents Disappointed. 1t was explained that the the stomach with the hope that this will afford some relief and will make it possible to extend to the boy some nourishment The President waited anxiously and Mrs. Coolidge for the outcome of this consultation, and it appeared to those who saw them they were dread- fully disappointed that the physicians could not give them more encourag: ment. Shortly afterward they mo- | tored to the White House for luncheon, returning to the hospital almo: with- in the hour | 1t was said that the ravages of | disease. which has spread throughout the boy's system unchecked days, and against which he has bravely and courageously battled, fast exhausing his strength. so re ann boy unced was a miracie ied twice dawn and but. taking into consideration. there nothing about tae pa- today to cause er Attending physicians late last night that the low” and that “only » He and “very could between once or |everything 1t present condition couragement The boy's chances from this poisoning are as good as one thousand of the physicians said in giving an opinion cave mid twice ral =ht {is [uie for recovering not in a one ling to Hope. Despite the lacking encouragement, the parents of the sick boy, wh |have moved from the White House to the Hospital to be near him, how- ever, continue to be hopetul. They have faith in the boy—they know his stamina and his Notwitn- standing that everything that the most advanced science can offer has failed far and that they realize that fact that their son is alive toda been due to Kis youthful vitality and they will not abandon their Probably nothing impressed almost distracted parents shortly after midnight when Calvin regained consciousness after a long period during which it was thought his life was fast ebbing and looked up his father and mother, who were standing anxiously beside his bed. and assured them to not worry. A few moments later, as thoy fing from his room he “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) courage medical thus the has courage, hope. these more than last night at Charles Elton Houser. nine years old, set out from his home, at 519 16th street southeast, early last night in search of a blood-curdiing movie. . At 2lst street and Pennsylvania avenue he encountered a theater that blazed forth a message of mysterious doings behind the title of “The Great White Way." It did not take long for Charles Elton’s nine-year-old and hence fully capable brain to conjure up visions of a dark and ominous jungle, impenetrable on all sides ex- cept for one bright avenue, which led into the very midst of the gloomy wilderness. Where did that mystic road lead? What dangers and unknown horrors would beset the man who dared ven- ture into that mystic fastness, Gets Set for Adventure. Charles Elton decided to find out He shoved a coin into the ticket window of the theater and was ad- mitted with due formality. He pick- ed out a seat a few rows from the L] ASPOISON SPREADS Parents Cling to Hope, But| | is a vietim of septic | noon | . and what hope | is based almost entirely | patient’s condition | physicians | three | attend- | ing doctors have resorted to washing | this | | shattering for five | | startea Mercury Hits 149 In Algiers; Wine Grape Crop Burns By the Associated Pross ALGIERS, July T—Heat so tense it has been described of fire” has been widespread vineyard ar here during the last fow and has badly burning the heavy srape crop. On Friday the thermometer registered as high as 149 degrees Fahrenheit STELLAR VICTORIES PUT AMERICANS IN LEAD IN OLYMPICS “Bob” Legrendre— Breaks World Mark in Broad Jump, With 25 Feet 6 Inches. | 'TAYLOR AND OSBORNE | ALSO BEAT FOREIGNERS | in- as wave sweeping the districts ne days been wine 1 | | | U. S. Runs Point Total to 38 and| Finland Drops Back to Sec- | ond With 35. the Assaciated Press OLYMPIC Frar July COLOMBES, United States after trailing Finland in the first da of the Olympic track and field cha pions jumped into the by winning the high jump and meter hurdle titles 3 athletes to Great fleetest 100- o ecican) supremacy | Britain four of their | 100-meter dash performers were outdistanced by Harold Abra- | hams, the British £ It was the second time since the revival of the Olympic games that| the United States had lost the 100- { meter championship. Abrahams out- | footed four of the fastest Yankes finishing three vards ahead of | Jackson V. Schulz, New York A. C., in |10 3.5 seconds, equaling the Olvmpic record. 1t the third time in| days had been clocked but t lost their whe sprint was three he 10 3 Yankees Monopolize Honors. at Aside from Abrahams monopolized the honors two world record and three Olympic marks in a series of | ional performances most startling feat was of Robert Legendre, Newark A former Georgetown U. star, who. the first pentathlon event, the run- Americans of the day, that | c. | nl | omcials | was | cident MACDONALD GOING 10 PARIS T0 HELP HERRIOT IN CRISIS Two Premiers to Head Off Attack in French Senate Against Allied Parley. {BRITON’S AGENDA CAUSE OF VIOLENT OUTBREA! Poincare Group.Prepared to Ovfes throw Cabinet if Reparations Body Is Crippled. Herriot t n Paris tome er with h nterallied conference rrow afterno pr week The British § M5 effect took the N e surprise, all the that pointment fo to Herr Dix mr.»»pzfl.,- ons the very is coming to d Ofcials Refuse to Comment. The French o comment or he British premic his ow fact Bl scuss. foreign o declined e caad on ponse to Frenct sition i ters as the Herriot n the which accompanied conference lea s regarded in 1 more probat the most ident of the e tation to the that the likely to br tack Senate fr he oppos tion in Government circles have been m | exercised as to what mignt havper te tomorrow. The goverr par organs are the publicity andum and with to Brit emphasized French T th French publ memorandum embod the diction and w the Attacks More Violent. The even more before in Herriot's eign affairs The Fcho de Paris called attention to the opposition violent th newspaper: eir attacks this ning broad jump. leaped feet § inches for a new world record. The | world hung up by | 1 ¥. Morgan innell, Co lowa, who won the meter hurdles 32 6-10 scconds The United States total to 35 as the result Finland other mark was Taylor, ¢ 400 in ran its point of brilliant | | to | performances, dropping to sccond with 35 Despite the promise day competition rivaling vesterday's for | thrills, the huge stands were sparsely occupied than 2,000 persons | were present shortly before the open- | ing event. the 100-meter semi-final of a of Less Americans Off in Front, Scholz, New York A. ( off victoriously in | g by three vards from A. Porritt, a New Zealander, who beat Loren Murchison, Newark A. C, by a foot for second Hester of Canada. Nichol of Britain and de Grelle of France failed | to qualify The second emi-final in the 100 meters was won by Harold Abrahams, the British star, who uncorked a bril- lian burst of speed in the last fifty vards, beating Charley Paddock and) Chester Bowman, the Americans. The | two Yankees finished second and | third, however, thus putting all four American sprinters in the finals. Abrahams was off to a bad start| and only fifth the half-way he fairly the rest of | to nip Paddock in less | =il Jackson V. America this event. wir place Great | at few was but Youngster Missing All Night Is Found Slumbering in Movie : (Continuea on Page 2, Column 1) | . . ensconced himself in it. gripped both arms of the chair in readiness for the excitement to begin and fixed | his gaze on the screen. in Fixe minutes later Charles had re- | laxed when the thrills failed imme- diately to materialize. Close-ups of famou: celebrities of Broadway. snatches of street scenes in New | York and a number of drawing room | views had taken up five perfectly good minutes at the very outset. But he came to rigid attention short- Iy afterward when there flashed on the screen the fateful legend: “The Great White Way."” The preliminary scenes, Charles un- ling with | fer with | auestions | heaa | agreed to appear before derstood now, were the the storm. He was now eveful of the highway the jungle night. But of the romantic pictured, there visiol everyday photograph of a that led went wrong on the screen. appeared 1ull before to get an into something Instead he had| a plain, large city's n British version of the London 1 abandonment missior the with reparations confere that not only have its reports rega ing the memorandum proved corre but that the records of the Cheque urt conference show that Premier Herriot there proposal relieve the commission sibility of registering ar fault by Germany in the executior the Dawes plan accented a of the rest Relieve Accord Exixts. There 1s a growing oppesition and independent ¢ appears, that M. Herriot full accord with Nr. Ma for domestic political re reles Don asons T able so to declare himself British ht chance the prime o for the final a to the aliicd d Frenct tomorros turnish premier to come to with Great Britain policy at the London fore facing the opposition’s questic in the Senate The Senate. cely bate and is tho: be to a it is to the ish pointed 5 postpon. refuse th allow the B who sensitiveness affectin question that the MacDonald hastily, premier to ¢ mir prime Nister acquainted of the = their but the those with senators ity think how it Mr fixed the came rendezye happened almost the the French ked with he hour at very the government ha them Premier Herriot yesterday defended his policy of frankness d will in dealing with the Brit |prime minister. and questioned | wisdom of those among the French | who thought that the British premier had taken advantage premier’s inexperience. He the country as to the government's program. declaring that his istic ideals must necessarily erected on the solid foundation balanced budget of the Frencl reassured to social- b of # British am last night called Herriot anu confirned explanatory telexram sent by Prime Minister MacDonald te the French premier regarding the British memorandum sent to the am- bassadors with the invitations to t proposed interallied conference in Lon: don July 16 Lord Thomson, British air minister who is now in Paris, is reported advices from London to to France not only to discuss with Gen. Nollet, French minister of war, the question of military control Germany and the big German craft, which a & The Marquis of Crewe, bassador to France, upon Premier in detail the sreat (Continued on Page 2, C olumn 5.)