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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday to Washington homes by The Sta:’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer today; showers tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, 75, yesterday; lowest, 61, at 2 terday. Fuil report on page 7. he Sunday Stac. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS EN CENTS ELSEWHERE Entered as second class matter * post office. Washington, D. (. U7 Means Associated Press. No. 1,213— No. 30,728. fl(,‘., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1928—110 PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. HOOVER IS LIKELY . TOVISIT BRULE T0 Conference With President Seen if Secretary Goes West for Vacation. FIELD FORCES ARE DUE IN CAPITAL TOMORROW Nominee Apt to Quit Cabinet With- | in Few Weeks—Maintains | Silence on Plans. Secretary Hoover, who chooses to carry on in the footsteps of Calvin Cool- e, probably will confer with the President at the Summer White House in Wisconsin before launching an active | campaign. | Preliminary details of this campaign are scheduled for discussion here tomor- row in conferences with Hoover's field | forces, due to arrive from Kansas City today and tomorrow. Among the prob- | lems slated for consideration are the | date of the Commerce Secretary'’s resig- | nation from the cabinet, the selection | of a chairman for the Republican na- tional committee and plans for a speak- | ing tour. While Hoover has informed his aides | oy "ghabion” that he will not retire from office “for ! the present,” it is regarded as extremely | likely that he may decide to withdraw | from the cabinet within a few weeks. | It is understood he will take the advice | | In any event it seems certain he will | t forego his annual Summer trip to his home in Palo Alto, Calif., where it 1s planned to notify him formally of the perhaps early in August. A visit to the s‘lijmm“hwhé‘; House E% probability will be the first stop Journey to the West Coast. Hoover | maintain silence on his [REAR ADMIRAL RIXEY DIES: | 1Former Navy Surgeon Gen eral Succumbs in Virginia at Age of 75. [ [ | Served at White House Under Regime of McKiniey and Roosevelt. | Rear Admiral Presley Marion Rlx‘!.i‘ retired, 75 years of age, former surgeon | general of the Navy and White House physician for ten years during the ad- ministrations of Presidents McKinley | and Roosevelt, died suddenly at 12:50 o'clock this morning followeig an at- tack of acute indigestion, at his old | colonial home at Rixie Station, Va. | just outside of Cherrydale. | With him in his last moments were his wite and a niece, Mrs. John J | O'Malley, wife of Comdr. O.Malley of | the Navy Medical Corps. | Admiral Rixey had been motoring during the afternoon and was appa ently feeling well and in good spirits. | He ate a hearty dinner, and did not complain of feeling ill until about 9 o'clock. | | | | Complains of Pain. At that hour he complained of pain and Dr. E. M. Blackwell was sum- moned. As he grew worse Dr. G. W. Calver was called in. All efforts to relieve this condition were unavailing. Admiral and Mrs. Rixey celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last year. Besides his wife, the only near relative left by Admiral Rixey is a brother, Jones Rixey, who lives near Presley Marion Rixey was born in DOCTOR TO T | Virginia in WO PRESIDENTS Rear Admiral Preston M. Rixey. Harris-Ewing Photo. 1852, Culpeper, Va., on July 14, the | son of Presley Morehead and Mary F His early education was | Jones Rixey. obtained in the 00ls of Culpepe: and Warrenton, and he was graduated in medicine from 1873. He next matricu- lated at the University of Pennsylvania, |and then, on January 28, 1874, launched his long career in the American Navy as assistant surgeon Serves McKinley. Rising successively through the va rious grades, he became surgeon gen. iixg‘;l’, with the rank of rear admiral in In the meantime, he had been ap- pointed official physician to President McKinley, taking over the White House post In 1898. He attended the Executive until the time of his death; later miu- | istered to Mrs. McKinley until she also | died, and then continued as White (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BELIEVED BROKEN Lieut. Bleakley Credited by Nationalists’ Representative! Observers With New Mark. Barograph Rushed Here. | AIRHEIGHT RECORD DR, WU REQUESTS NEW U. 3. TREATY Asks State Department for Revised Pact. the University of | DEMOGRAT FOCLS ONHOLSTON WHER SHITH FACES TES tion of New Yorker as Nominee. FOES HURL CHALLENGE OF .FIGHT TO FINISH Sponsors Claim 5§16 Instructed Delegates, With Enough in Reserve to Win. By the Associuted Press The political spotlight, centered on Kansas City and the Republicans dur- ing the past week, is now turned on Houston. There the Democrats, hoping | to avert a repetition of the strife that split their ranks four years ago at Madison Square Garden, are beginning to assemble to select presidential and vice presidential nominees and draft a party platform. paign has been determined, Hoover and Curtis are the party standard bearers. The platform on which they stand calls, among other things, for vigorous n- forcement of the prohibition amend- ment and goes along with the admin- istration on farm relief. At Houston, the big question to be settled is whether Gov. S8mith of New York is to be the presidential nominee. That issue overshadows all others, in- cluding the prohibition question, which is intertwined with his candidacy, and | tarm relief. McAdoo Out This Year. In 1924 Smith and McAdoo fought each other to a standstill in the New Yori convention, both losing out in the end. This year McAdoo is not a can- didate. Smith, however, is, and he has gathered up such an impressive total of delegates that he stands out far ahead, but nevertheless the target of a determined, though somewhat scat- tered opposition, which intends to fight him to the end. Only the delegates from one State— | Battle Will Center on Selec- The Republican line-up for the cam- | FATHER'S DAY, 1928 THIRD PARTY MOV WATS ONHOUSTON 'Western Progressives Hold| | Conference at Kan- | sas City. ‘ BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. | Special Dispatch to The Star. KANSAS CITY, June 16.—Considera- ‘ tion of the launching of a third party movement has been deferred until after | the Democratic national convention at » 1 | i CO0LIDGE 'Driver Who Trailed Hearse With Tag “U-2” Awaits Doom Special Dispatch to The Stor WINSTED, Conn., June 16.—Peter Silverio, a Winstead auto driver, is looking for the worst to happen. Pete was driving along behind a motor hearse in a fuveral cortege in Hartford when his eyes, directed at the car alad, chanced to light upon the license plate of the hearse. He started, passed his hand before his eyes, took another look and broke out in a cold sweat. What he saw on the tag was “U-2." RATIFIES VERA CRUZ ROCKED Y VIOLENT QUMK | Two Shocks Felt in Mexico. | Electric Light Service Is Discontinued. By the Assoclated Press. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, June 16.—A | violent earthquake was felt here at 9:22 | o'clock tonight. Buildings rocked dur- ing the tremor, which continued for more than two minutes; and the in- FOUR DI, 00 HURT S TORNADO RAZES TOWNINOKAHONA | Twister Lays Waste to Area | Three Miles Wide and | Thirty Long. | | | BUSINESS BUILDINGS ARE ALL DEMOLISHED | Most of Homes Blown to Pieces. Wires Down, Roads Blocked With Debris. By the Associated Press. ALTUS, Okla., June 16.—The explo- | sive force of a tornado, which swept from Blair to beyond Headrick, north land east of this place, tonight, wrecked ‘bolh towns, lay waste farm land in & | path 3 miles wide and 30 long, through | three countles, and caused at least four idearhs. The known dead, all in the | town of Blair, are: | Elmer Castle, 35, grocer. Mrs. George A, Rogers, milliner. Hugh Smith, 12. L. C. Cann. More Than 100 Hurt. More than 100 residents of Blair, a | town of 800 inhabitants, were injured. Every business building in the town was demolished and most of the residences | were blown to pieces. Not a structure |in the town escaped damage. Castle lmd Mrs. Rogers were killed in their { places of business. Casualtles, it any, in the town of houses lev. | Headrick and in the farm - |eled by the tornado, were mot known | mom S wiich St ety e N W “m;‘ofl. e county had lines of communication - stroyed by thebltom and Mmhlm“- del | | caded with were impassable. |, The tornado was attended a | dense sandstorm, which made | the piecing together of accounts of | what happe..ed. Most of those in & tponmon to witness the fury of the de- | structive funnel cloud were blinded by the sand. Rain accompanied the dis- | turbance which lasted about 10 min- An attempt to better the present By the Associated Press | the 24 from Virginia where a conven- world altitude record of 38418 feet,| Basing his request on a statement by | tion will be held next week—remain to now held by Lieut. C. C. Champion of | Secretary Kellogg in February, 1927,|be chosen. With 733 1-3 of the 1,100 the Navy, was made by Lieut. Willlam | that the United States would negotiate | g"n"gn‘l‘"fil W"fiu:}"dfi "’hnom‘m"- H. Bleakley of the Army Air Corps at | new (reaties with any responsible goV- | gac, i witie ar ain o ther i aoadly Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, yes- | ernment of China, Dr. C. C. Wu, Tep-| may have it before balloting begins. terday. who reached an indicated alti- | resenting the newly established Nan-' Ot the 684 delegates placed in the tude of at least 40,000. | king Nationalists, has asked the State ! Smith column by his supporters, 516 The barograph, carried to what Air | Department for immediate revision of | are classified by them as definitely in- Corps officers at the Ohio field feel is | the Chinese treaties. | structed or pledged for him. The re- 8 new world record, was rushed here by | Secretary Kellogs, Dr. Wu said yes- Tiiner, s they see it, are uninstruct- plane yesterday afternoon and will be | terday, has taken the subject under | port oo ) Yo;kummmmvrn %k calibrated at the Bureau of Standards | advisement. outset. In addition, they have their within the next few days. The findings | Dr. Wu said that, as the delegated eyes of 38 delegate votes which they of the bureau, past calibration tests | representative of the new Chinese goy. | predict will w0 Smith quickly. show, may reduce the figure which the | ernment, he would insist on China be- | This would give him within a dozen pilot observed his altimeter in the cock- | ing given new treaties that would allow | Y08 of the numbzr he would need to pit to have reached, but there also 18 | her to manage her own finances, her | 5° °¥eT: e a chance of the laboratry tests sus-|own post office system, and tending to | Computations Challenged. taining the height Lieut. Bleakley be- | apolish extraterritoriality, the most dis- |, The computations of the Smith fol- leves he attained. | liked and highly controversial portion Although it has been generally | of the present treaties. known in aviation circles here for the Houston. Definite decisions to that end | were taken in Kansas City at a confer- ence of Western Republican Progre.xs-‘ ives, in which Senator Robert M. La | Follette of Wisconsin and Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota were leading factors. “Wait and see what Houston does” summarizes the determination to which | the conference came. If the Democrats do not go materially beyond what the Republicans did at Kansas City, in the way of farm relief and other issues for which Western Progressives stand, the prospect of an independent third party ticket is exceedingly strong. Beyond that general forecast of the situation, La Follette, Nye and their fellow con- ferees at Kansas City will not go. They quit the G. O. P. convention city in sullen mood. The Curtis Vice Presi- dential nomination signally failed to| conciliate them. They declare that it changes nothing. Denies Hoover Support. Senator La Folleite, who made one of the distinct hits of the Kansas City habitants of the city rushed into streets, | utes, but the sand was the outstanding many of them falling on their knees|Phenomena aside from the character- and imploring divine aid 'to prevent iStic effects of the “twister." their destruction. | A few minutes after the cessation of | the first tremor a second shock was | being reported tonight as a small a | felt., Electric light service was dis- Of newspaper men worked their continued and residents were in a state | through the stricken area, gatheris | of panic. | infor Mmu:m In the meantime, | "An carly check failed to show ex-|gESTTES here had sent out fleld tensive damages or loss of life. The| homeless, who. mm | quakes are believed to have covered a | dreds. | wide area in this section of Mexico. | Tom 3]1;%‘,,.; | er, was standing QUAKE BREAKS INSTRUMENT. |when the tornado twisted a id City last Summer, en route to | ornia, and that it was “the usual " for cabinet officers to drop in 8t the Summer White House to pay | their respects. | This year Hoover would have a special inducement for such a visit. was affected by REPUBLIEAN TIET Message to Curtis Viewed as Approval of Party Choices. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Btaft Correspondent of The Star. - CEDAR IBLAND’ LODGE, Brule | [ Riter the “Storme e St River, Wis, June 16.—President Cool- = Denver Reports Shock Most Severe in building, | idge made complete his approval of his 20 Years. | doorway in which he was H & i Eéi&! £s - i i lowers are challes however, by his was in In the meantime, Dr. poll;i:hall ;&es ‘who o ;hn lrx: ! . Wu sald, the past few weeks that the experimental |new government would take immediate | g, 18y, "it, TS T ex section of Wright Field had laid out | steps to move the capital of China from | an altitude program to work on, first | Peking to Nanking. °This, he added, | word of the flight and its apparently | %85 in line with the policy of the Na- successcful i ¥ opposition has been to build up a block | of votes that not only would comprise jevery part of the | party’s selection of a national ticket! pENVER, June 18 (P.—An earth- | had been demolished and gratulations this afternoon to Senator | his 20 years' experience. was recorded his automobile when n& blast ’ quake was first registered at N2 ditch. He also escaped | President’s party here as indicating | tensity at 8:3¢ p.m . hcn, Father For- | s e de Oran Cates, Emmet ! more than one-third of those in the Mooy B with which to go before the electorate | quake, which Father A W. Forstall de- | He was unhurt next November, when he wired con-|scribed as one of the rost intense in | A man named Massie at Blair | While Massle Curtls upon his nomination as vice |90 “‘&M College seismograph heze | ;) G oy thmmnmuh -Mur G [presidential candidate. foran i i | The concluding words of this mes-|g.26 pm, continuing ! hour ard 14 List Badly Hi One of the objectives of the Smith sage are accepted by members of the | mtnul:u and reaching its greatest in- | ... seno\u‘l,; injured at Sesulte iwas broughs S0 mmmus:cnon:::s :o Revision, e there 15 little doubt in his mind about | Stell Said, the shack was so severe that | {ide Or Setter ¢ Washington by Lieut. Prederick Schauss | 4 one of the recording instruments was | oo . father of the dead dm hope of gaining “some measure” of farm relief from the next g Congress. “The neeessity for some measure of | relief is so imperative,” Senator Mc- | Ni following his tnur-; improve the condition of agriculture, | At least #t would supply the basis upon | which helpfu! legislative action could | be fashioned.” ! The Senator said he found Hoover | “sympathetic and anxious to relieve | the distress of the farm population.” | 8L ané be expressed his belief that Presi- | dent Coolidge also would agree to such & bill Will Meet Thursday. The selection of a chairman for the nationsl commitiee 15 10 be corsidered and probably decided at a meeting in | the Willard Hotel next Thursday of the | special comm twe of the convention sppointed 1w 5o Republican anization. Hoover will stlend the me £o far he has kept W himsell any preference he may | have for chairman, but the commit- | tee will seek v draw him out in thiz | eonnection | ‘The Hoover campaign is expected 10 | be devold of fireviorks and ballyhoo | He does not lke pyrotechmes nor or- | cus tactics in polivics. He will make | speeches 1rom Lme 10 time, taking 4d- | vantage of the posshilities of radio in | 86 doing. He i perfectly at home be- | fore the microphone and undoubtedly | will use it frequestly as 2 means for | Tesehing vast pumbers of the voters. | Hoover is not negl s depart- | ‘mental duties in i h oof 8 prefidentia) csmpaign A CENOW) - edging anotber big aen of congrat- | VIALOTY messages yesiciday, he BCOm- panied Harold Gra.cs, nis adminietra- tive aseistant, 0 the sie of the new Commerce Bullbing on the Mall and made & close personal inspection of the progress being made on the Ca- Gon. The new build nis “pet,” and ne has taken greal inlerest in the plans for its construc He looked L the biue prints of oo ond discussed engineering piases of tne work with Graves and oihers in- terested o the project Lunches With Kelogy He lunched ab the Metropoli'en Club with Becretary of Blate Kellogg, taking occasion, it s undersvood, L discuss with the latter verious foreign ques- tlone erising in the routine of the country’s - commercial relations with other colniries Dr. George K. B Bureau of ftandar of the bureai Tvngh the grest arxoy of employes i1 bie department foresook \helr desks for & Batwday sfternoon holidey Hoover and bis aids remuined in thelr offices late in Uie fernoon Togay b 1 Woking 11 verd v greet- Ing bix younger son. Allan, Btenford Unsversity sbudent, who wis present 8t e convention when bis fether was pomineed for President Tils will e & welome daoy of rest for the epubilcen Piariz v spend it 6 ©f his nome st 2300 B street ey forego his ususl cusiom of at- tending church with Mre e Friends Meelng House K , Girecior of the BOATnee. the quiet seciusion 809 1 Later he talked with | | Syracuse Attack on Catholics and Smith| W regarding sffelr: { of Boling Fleld, who flew over the Capital yesterday afternoon from the Ohio airbase in a Douglas & rt, | with two airplane engines as cargo. | Plane Used by Macready, | ne in which Lieut. Bieakley flight into the upper regions ' with a super-charged Lib- and bears the designation | It is the same ship in which tormer Lieut. John A. Macready of the Army, made several valiant attempt to | wrest the altitude record from Jean Callizo, whose mark later was stricken from the record books when he was ex- | posed as a fraud. Lieut. Macready re- | signed from the Army In 1926 and at| t time he was credited with the American record of 37,569. This mark | was surpassed by Lieut. Champion with | re and it was after his ight over Washington on that the French airman | was discovered to have “faked” his | mark of over 40,000 feet, Pmn| automatically became the record holder. Macready’s plane—now Bleakley's 8 r July 25 last neering division of the then McCook ld at Dayton, Ohio, especially for high aititude work. It wings were given a higher Ufting power and nu- merous other installations and modi- | fications were made to assist the pilot | in pushing the plane to the peak. | jeut. Bleakley's fiight, from time of his take-off 1o his perfeet land- | ing on Wright Pleld, required 1 hour Lieut, Bchauss sald. | Every provision for a successful attempt | had been made down to the pilot's gog- | les, which embodied fine electric wires | £2 the glass. Upon reaching the trigid temperature high sbove the earth, Lieut. Bleakley turned on a swich and electricity passed through the wires heating the glass and preventing Lhe formation of frost and ice, a common | and disturbing element in high altitude | fiying. The pllot’s flying suft slso was clectrically heated and he carried a large supply of oxygen Saw Frozven Vapor. | “We watched his climb for several minutes and as the plane was about 1o pase out of sight we saw a long siream of white smoke trafling it Lieut Behauss sald. The while smoke was trozen vapor” { The plane carried two barographs Upon landing and after receiving infor- mation from Lieul, Bleakley that the sitimeter in the cockplt registered 40,- (Continued on Page 2, Column b.) |Stand Collapses Whil and 47 minutes, By the Associsted Press SBYRACUSE, N. ¥, June 16.—Bens- 3 Thomas Hefiin of Alabama . es- | caped Injury wnight when & temporsry plattorm from which ne wes sddressing & crowd of 10,000 spectators in & wub- urban field, collspsed Fifty persons were on the platform wr severa) foet U the soft ground, No onn The Benator, invading the home Bipte | | fnt ag The question of recognition by the foreign powers, while a subject of great interest to the new government of China, s a secondary consideration as compared to the revision of the treaties, { Dr. Wu said. “It_has_been a traditional policy of TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—40 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 10, and | Radio News—| PAGE Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features, Review of Bpring Books—Page 4. PART THREE—14 PAGES, Boclety. chairma; ! ship—was designed and bullt by the en- | Around the City—Page 6. e ok Ut | Siar | News of the Clubs—bages 8, 9 and 10, |and predict that before the wind-up, Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 9. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 10, PART POUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Bection—Theater, and Music, Bereen the | News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 6, | 8 and 9. Praternal News—Pages 10 and 11 District National Guard—Page 11 Marine Corps News—Page 11 Berial Btory, “The Greene Ci —~Page 12 Cross-word Puzzie—Page 12 Bpanish War Veterans—Page 12 District Naval Reserve—Page 12, Veterans of the Great War—Page 13 Civillan Army News—Page 13, Army and Navy News—Page 13 W. C. T, U Activities—Page 14, PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Bports Bection PART SIX—10 Classified Advertising Y. W. C. A Activities—Page 9 PART SEVEN—8 PAGES, Magazine Section GRAPHIC SECTION—4 World Events in Mctures COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Pellers; Mr, and Mrs.; High Lights of History Murder PAGES, PAGES, e Heflin Delivers (nor, was helped from the debris lmldb considerable excitement Benator Hefiln spoke for more than Lwo hours st tonight's session. His ad- rews war o denuncietion of the Cathollc Church, which he sald was umtmnhlbll' for troubles to the United Stutes in other lanas He mentioned Gov, Bmith land wes content o dismiss him with the obmeyvation, “Alfred cannot be nom- wnd he | with the Senator and gll were plunged | inated " Benator Hefiln was Introduced by He even | was injured and the meeting procesdsd. | Charles B, Lewis of Byracuse, who was | { rial representative of Hoover w1 | of Gov. Alfred E Smith, to contnue his | the Ku Klux Klan in New York State” ainst “Romen Catholiclsm” and | He said Hefiln "will lead fhe forces of | tise presidentisl condidagy of the gover- , pro-Americanismn 8\ Houston.” I styled “the im) Fiction and Humor | convention, thus giving it a veto power |50 far as the nomination is concerned, but also would hold together in the face of raids by the Smith forces. They insist they have the strength and determination to hold out. The {friends of the New York Governor pre- dict that the opposition lines wmpbc shattered almost before the convention |settles down to balloting, For the most part the opponents of Smith are looking to the South and to Btates having “favorite son” candidates for the hold-out strength, and are hop- |ing to ‘make a showing that will con- vince the New York executive that he (cannot win and lead to his withdrawal His boosters, on the other hand, are |doing their utmost to bring about a | situation where he will win quickly and | without. factional strife. To win in No- | vember, they contend, the nominee must '5 named without an outbreak of bit- TIess, | Have Eyes on Indiana. They are counting strongly on second cholce support from such “favorite son” Btates as Ohlo, Kansas and Nebraska, many of Indiana’s delegates will be on their side. During the past week, Smith picked up Kentucky's 24 votes at a stormy Btate convention. His friends were ubflant, pointing out that the coalition been counting on the delegates from the Blue Grass State in thelr “Btop Smith” campaign, and declaring that the action of a border State would have a tremendous psychological effect on delegates to the Houston convention The Smith {)eu%le, however, did not | fare s0 well In North Caroline. An | uninstructed delegation was named in | that Btate, with indications that most of the delegation would support Cordell | Hull, Tennessee's “favorite son.” From | the Bmith camp, however, came claims that a part of the delegation was {friendly to the governor and would | line up for him, and expressions of | satisfaction that the delegates were | not tied down by definite instructions for Hull or some other opposition candidate Moving on Houston, While the Virginia delegates are being named next week, party leaders and deiegates -will be moving on Hous- | ton, where the national convention will | get under way a week from Tuesday. Smith will not he there, but Reed of | Missourl and_other presidential aspir- _' (Continued on Page 4, Column 2,) |Man hlccled Mayor ithout Knowing He Was in Race Special Dispatch to The Star, DANVILLE, Va, June 16.-—Al- though he was not a candidate and did not know he was running. Frank P. Burton was mayor-elect of Bluart today by virtue of the re- turns in the town election, A, Thompson, present mayos and candidate, received 28 voles, Fifty-eight volers wrote Burton's name on the ballot, He said today he _would not accept. Gov. Al Bmith of New York re- ceived wo voles 'ar mayor, ) conclave and emerges from it with en- hanced reputation, took occaslon, just before entraining for his home State, {to deny a report that he had come out for Hoover. The statement is author- ized on “Young Bob's” behalf that sup- {port of the Californian on the Kansas | City platform is unthinkable from the standpoint of men who wear the La | Follette color of political spectacles. | With the prestige he acquired at Kan- sas City, the “Baby Senator” seems cer- | tain to be in the forefront of any inde- pendent faction the Progressives take. Some of his more enthusiastic. adher- ents went the length of suggesting him for a third party presidential nomina- tion, but they forgot that the constitu- tional age-limit hars “Young Bob” from such honors for at least another three years. Meantime there is no doubt that the | teasibility of an independent national | ticket s being considered in the most | serlous manner. None of its fomenters imagines that it could make any ap- preciable dent in the November electoral college vote. They are thinking rather in terms of the future. Their reason- ing is along the line that 1928 is the time for “a new alignment.” a link- ing up of the progressive elements in both the Republican and Democratic parties, The program would to make as impressive a showing as pos- sible this year, maintain the organiza- tion, expand it steadily, and e the fleld In 1932, as well as at intervening congressional and State elections. The feeling 1s that the iron of resentment over the policles of both parties being hot right now, right now is the time to strike. Good Cites Backing. jon after the third partyites plans be e known, in the closing hours of the Kansas City convention, this writer had opportunity to discuss them with James W. Good of Iowa, Hoover pre- convention manager, The seasoned politician who mlfi be the next chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee registers no trace of alarm over the suggestion that Hoover and his Democratic opponent may have Lo face an independent rivalry. Good pointed jout one thing which has not recelved | full consideration by leaders interested in, or terrified by, a third party wpecter. “The La Follette and Wheeler ticket in 1924, the Hoover manager said, “never could have rolled up anything like its total of nearly 5,000,000 votes | except for the support of organized labor, or large sectlons of organized Iabor. A 1928 third party ticket would Iack that support. It would in par- ticular not have the backing of the great rallrond brotherhoods. are openly friendly to Herbert Hoover, They threw their full strength into his pri- mary campaign in both Indiana and West Virginia, “Personnel” Seen Surprise, One of the third party conspirators, as he jocularly calls himself, declares that the country will open its eyes over the “personnel” of the new organiza- ton, provided developments at Hous- ton brmr it into being, It will not be | an essentially Westorn revolt movement | like the La Follette-Wheeler mutiny of four years T will conapleuous In it; women of means have pledged thelr litical nu&::’orl and thelr financial meklnl m the standpoint of sinews of war, the informant_explains, " (Continued on Page 4, Column 9.) d | was & deputy under Johnson “unlly the Republican ticket being on the road to victory. However, other than the words contained in this telegram, the | o¢ the disturbance as 2,500 miles south | President made no comment. Although | he is represented as not having given | those about him any hint as to his own preference for the second place on the ticket, it is known that he and the Kansas Senator are close personal friends and that he has the highest ' regard for the latter’s ability. Telegram to Senator. ‘The telegram to Senator which was dated today, follows: “Honorable Charles Curtis, Topeka, Kans. “The report has just reached me of Curtis, your nomination for Vice President. Yoir long public service which has made you the Republican leader of the Senate has given you a knowledge of affairs and of parliamentary law such | as s possessed by few. To the gratitude I have always felt for your help to me, I now add my best wishes for your success in your new office. “CALVIN COOLIDGE."” The President is known to be prob- ably closer to Senator Curtis than any other member of the Senate and be- sides liking the latter personally, he has taken him into his confidence prob- ably more than any other Republican leader at the Capitol. The Kansan has been a fret’uem caller on the Presi- dent In Washington and many times during sessions ot Congress the Presl- dent has summoned him for confer- ences. Often he has had the Senator call at the White House in the evening that they may discuss important legis- Iative matters, Some little comment has arisen in Summer Capital circles because the President did not send this congratula- tory message until 24 hours after the Senator's nomination. Considering the President’s attachment for the former and his deep appreciation of his serv- ices to the administration, there is rea- son to feel certain that there is no cause for attaching any significance to this delay It was_explained by assoclates of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) broken. | Father Forstall estimated the center | of here. SAN JOSE REPORTS QUAKE. University of Santa Clara Records Pro: | longed Shock. SAN JOSE, Calif, June 16 (®).— Starting about 7:30 tonight an earth- quake of unusual intensity registered on the selsmograph at the University of Santa Clara, and was still continuing 45 minutes later. The professors esti- mated the quake was 2,500 miles in a southeasterly direction. MEXICO CITY FEELS SHOCK. | Violent Earthquake Recorded at 9:21 0'Clock. MEXICO CITY, June 16 (#).—A vio- lent earthquake shock, lasting about | one minute, was felt here at 9:21 to- | night. PP |NIGHT VTfiAFFIC COURT SESSIONS WILL CEASE June 30 to Mark End of Hearings. Lack of Cases Is Cause. In acgordance with the appropria- tion bill which goes into effect July 1. the night sessions of Traffic Court will be discontinued on that date, after three years of operation. Elimination of the night session was made on the recommendation of Po- lice Court authorities, in whose opinion the number of arrests for traffic viola~ tions no longer warrants its existence. ‘The appropriation bill for the new fiscal year states that “mo part of the appmpmuon made herein for Police ‘ourt shall be expended for the hold- ing of court on any day after 6 o'clock for the trial of cases involving violations of traffic laws and regulations.” P;ssyfoot Johnson Liccnsedflto Wed Widow of Deputy Slain in Line of Duty Willlam E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, noted prohibitionist campaigner, and Mrs. Mary Bessle Stanley, formerly of Washington, widow of & prohibition agent killed years ago in lurp the liquor trafe among Indians, ob- talned a marriage license in Byracuse, N. Y., Iast night. An Assoclated Press dispatch from Byracuse sald Johnson gave his age as 66 and Mrs, Stanley was described ns 47 Ihe friendship of the couple began back in the days when Johnson was chief of the forces In cha of the suppression of the liquor traffic amon the Indians Mrs, Stanley's husbane left Washington two it was learned last 3 for two years at the An- Her daughter, Miss Gon- Sfanley, 30 years of age, taught Spanish at the University of Maryland until the end of the present term. She is & graduate of Smith 3 the old 1 JD\{mh toad "Che ango Count: amily homes ¥, from his son, Chen N. ¥, It was learned here 3 Clifford Lee Johnson, an. attorney in the Veterans' Bureau. It is expected the couple will make their home there. Mrs. Stanley left her forward ad: dress at the hotel as Smithvill ats. N. ¥, near the old Johnsan home. Johnson participated in the recent | meeting of the Anti-Saloon League n Washington. and has spoken frequen in the Oapital to further lhn"qum:ll! tion cause He Is now connected with the World League Against Alcoholism g}‘n‘ln has been lving in Westerville, M. Johuson lost an eye in & student demonstration in but viewed the & l:‘:‘-‘m“n' make the world dry, Coston, Ernest Boyd, Mr. J_F. Roland, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. sie and three children, T. F. Castles, son of the |in his store; Rev. J. H. {lan minister. persons were reported | rick, but it was bel that no lives | were lost. The storm next was | to have struck 7 miles west of Okla.. where others were {Jured. and to have hit a jcamp on the north fork of the | River, where a new bridge is being | FOUR REPORTED KILLED, | built. | Several Listed as Injured in Headrick, Okla. | SNYDER, Okla. June 16'(#).—Four | negroes were reported killed at Head- rick, Okla., and several white persons were said to be injured when a tornado struck that town tonight. ‘The storm, which ripped th: the main part of the business trict, wrecked the Methodist Church and damaged several buildings. RAIN FLOODS OMAHA. OMAHA, Nebr., June 16 (4). near cloudburst struck eastern Nebraska early this evening, preceded by an elec- trical storm. Nearly 2 inches of rain fell here in less than 30 minutes. Auto- moblies were stalled in high water all over the city. EDUCATOR DROWNS. Professor Falls Into River After Rescuing His Child. MORGANTOWN, W. Va. June 18 (. Lakin Fiske Roberts, 40, associate - fessor of education at West \mg;‘i.l University here and one of the State's most prominent educators, was drowned tonight in the Cheat River. Prof. Roberts, with his wife and three {small children, had gone to the river | for a week end sojourn, and this eve- ning one of the children fell into the stream. The professor rescued the chiid, but fell back into the water after | he had gained the shore And did not again appear on the surface. ARMY PILOTS LAND. Flyers En Route to Panama Halt at Jacksanville. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 16 (#\— Lieuts. James B. Parker and R. 'W. pilots en route from ngton u\miumm; arrived here at 3:10 o'clock this gfternoon. They left Billing Field at $:30 this moming. They will continue to Ha gmrnlng and from there to Tela, Hon- uras. Tiflis Shaken by Earthquake.