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CLAM 87 VOTES ALTUALLY PLEDGED Confident of 45 1.3 More, “Needed to Put New York- er Over. BY PAUL F. HAUPERT. H Associnted Press Staff Write: HOUSTON, Juns 26.—Alfred E.| Smith enters the Demoeretic national convention today with first ballof votes definitely in line for him ncarly fifiy short of the Rominating mark, but he 1& ascured of so many more whenever he needs them (hat his friends and many ©f his political foes regard his nomina- tion as inevitable Although his managers had given no fndication that they were trying to bring about the New York governor's| - selection on the first roll call, there were predictions that this would Beppen. They were based on a belief | that Smith would be so near the nomi- | mation as the initial ballot nears an end #hst many delegates, having discharged culigations by- voting for favorite sons LAUGHS WHEN e f Clem Shaver, chairman of the Democratic executive committee, and Mrs. Emily N. Blair, vice chairman, who are Randling butk of the preconvention work. iE BOYS JUST CAN'T CONTROL - THE EVENING STAR. WAS Visit Has No Political Signi | cance, Governor’s Wife De- clares in Texas. Br the Associated Press, HOUSTON. Tex., June 26.—With the | arrival of Mrs. Alfred E. Smith yester- day afternoon, the New York delegation and the Smith headquartérs at the Democratic convention have what they cxnmider the “first lady of the conven- don.” But Mrs. Smith will disclaim all pre- tensions to the position and will keep herself in such retirement as the wife of the leading presidential candidate for the Democrats can. She made a good start on her week of “being a mere unofficial but in- terested spectator” when her train ar- rived in Houston three-quarters of an hour early. She thereby ecluded the very formal, very hot and very expect- ant welcoming delegation from the New | York headquarters. Van Namee Missed Her. George Van Namee, in charge of the Smith headquarters, and his wife, who Associated Press Photo. WALKER SPEAKS HINGTOD JUNE 26, 1928 ANEARLY VICTORY Davis, Sitting With Delega- tion. Refuses to Predict Smith’s Progress. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Staft Writer, HOUSTON. June 26.—The New York | | delegation, with 90 votes for Gov. Smith, | amoved on the Democratic convention | | today, confident that the nomination of | their candidate for President was only | a matter of hours. ! While the leaders continued to refuse | to hazard a guess as to the ballot on which the nomination would come, | some of the younger spirits enthustasti- | cally declared, "It won't be long now." | Others turned to sports parlance to say, } John W. Davis, nominee for the presi- | dency in 1924, who reached Houston only a few hours before the formal | meeting of the delegation to take his | place as a delegate at large from New York, had nothing to say immediately after his arrival. Surrogate James A. Foley of New York and Judge George W. Olvany, head of Tammany Hall, photographed as they passed through St. Louis with eight Smith other Tammany braves, bound for Houston and the convention. | —Associated Press Photo. D. C. DELEGATION ORGANIZES. ORVSCLAMHELP FROM BACK HOME Assert Deluge of Messages ‘ Reaches Houston Pro- | testing Smith. BY FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON, ~ Associated Press Staff Writer | HOUSTON, June 26—Battling “to the end of the road.” the thin line of anti-Smith forces ‘were counting today on a reaction “back home” to stiffen the wavering ranks threatening to decide the issue for the New York governor in the Democratic convention. It has developed that part of the strategy of the Southern drys has been a campaign with home folks, and they {insist there has been a veritable deluge of telegrams pouring in during the last titular | few hours to delegates protesting against At-the same time, Senator Reed of Missouri is going ahead with his drive, |as he promised, and his modest room high up in the Rice Hotel continues to be the center of many a conference dur- ing the last ditch battle. Center on Oklahoma. Reed and his friends are cen their attention on Oklahoma, always et e | would shift to_ his s.andard before an- mouncement of the result From someé guarters. however, came forecasts that two or more ballots would be required. and here and there bitter- end opponents of the New Yorker clung to_the belief that in some way he could be heaced off Favérite Sons Spring Up. Overnight, several new favorite son candidates had sprung up to claim the suppert of some delegates on at least the first ballot. Senator Pat Harrison was put in the field by the Mississippi delegation. The &0 delegates from Texas mustéred under the banner of Jesse H. Jones. Chief Justice Watts of South Carelina was brought out as the fa- vorite of the 18 delegates from that State. t In sddition, at caucuses, the Indiana Inane, Serious and Witty Re- marks Each Bring Roars. {“Jimmy” Clinches His Teeth and Makes the Best of 1t. Br a Staft Correspondent of The Star. HOUSTON, June 26.—Being the may- or of New York City is no easy job; but delegation decided to stand by Woolleri. | peing the officinl wise-cracker of the the Kansas delegates by Ayres and the | pemoeratic national convention has it two dozen Tennessceans by Hull and packed far off the map—and as Mayor the Alabama delegates decided to split walker himsel would say—-'and how." their votes among George, Hull, Dona- | ‘Mayor Walker has the hardest job in hey. Jones and. Wodllen. | the world. He has fo be a funny man. These developments encouraged $Ome | mig reputation, therefore, is such that | whatever he says is by roars of laughter. It is probable that, if asked to deliver a eulogy at the grave of a friehd. the mourners would shake with jcs as soon as he began to speak. | In the privacy of his hotel parior here | there may be occasional moments when hé mayor can stop bel serfous. But When he wise-cracking trip around- the Hotel | lobby or through the New York délega- tion ke , the mayor throws back his shoulders, clinches his teeth and goes through 1 | much the same spirit that he fights pro- | posed fare increases on the New York | outsét of balisting. But the leaders of thé movement to Smith the presidential nominee | looked forward with confidence. cer- tain fHat the Okldhoma and Arkansas | would be ready to board a wigon just as readfly as those from favorite-son tates will be when it passes by. were to bring the greetings of the Hous- | ton Smithites to the New York Gover- nor's wife, mised hers and finally made connections only by racing to her five- room suite in a distant apartment hotel Mrs. Smith, gracious, but loudly insisting that she had nothing to say that would be of interest to the public, slipped through the lines of idle spec- tators at the station, and was piloted | through the lunchroom to a waiting car by train and railroad officials. “Just wait a minute.” she breathlessly requested the well wishers from her home State. who were waiting to greet her at the hotel. “I want to wash my face. It is so hot here.” No Polities in Visit, When she sat in state in her sitting | room there were no traces of the long. hot ride from New York. Her white | I make a prophecy. Davic Refases Prophecy. P | “T have not been here long enough to Breckinridge Long Named to learn the 'néws. sald Mr. Davis. Tt | was suggested soon "“?'é“,{"‘,f:gf” tPI;:f | Resolutions Com- mittee. ot DETGTE Ao SVt e ol Pledges Support to Plank for | District Repre- | | | ish, indeed, who sets himself up as # | | prophét when only a few hours are left.” It was considered probable that the for- mer Ambassador to G Britain will have something to say after the nomi- nation. Franklin D. Roosevelt, floor manager | for go:‘.ans;mth. who pllce: him in nomina four years and who will | i pertorm the same funtion {his week. sentation. steadfastly held to his resolution to have nothing to say until he takes the plat- | to nominate the New York Gov- ernor. Pressed for & suggestion as to when Smith would be named as the | BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. WITH COLPOYS AS CHAIRMAN| counted by them as their State, which has delayed until tomorrow its decision on how to cast its first vote. Both Smith and Reed men on this outpost delegation of the Southern States were claiming victory today. The 20 votes are bound by the majority under the unit rule. Decision of Kansas. Texas and Missis- ippi last night to stand pat for their favorite sons in the opening round put new heart into the opposition, which is convinced that if it can withstand the New Yorker's onslaught for three or four ballots, the tide will turn. Down the street away from the bust- ling bunch of delegates, the drys a | busy at work. A “pep” meeting yester- day provoked speeches from delegates from many sections with Al Smith as the target. ‘' | _Among the speakers who are reported chiffon frock splashed with large black choice of the convention, the man who | HOUSTON. June 26.—The District | through the open door. Lines Up 687 Votes. Por -the past week they have been | the word n;:‘me ‘would net | o first- | traction lines. The first trip was made yesterda, ernoon, shortly after he reached ton and had had spruce up & bit. Then he went to it. Pushes Path Through Crewd. He came down the stairs to the mez- ous- aft- | time to shave and | zanirte fioor, | Grover dots seemed unsoiled, cool and com- fortable. She took off the white silk starched hat in vhich she had traveled and re- vealed her dark brown hair in perfect order, neatly arrayed close to her liead under a hairnet. | _“Oh. my, yes: I am glad to be here,” she =aid: “but I am here only because I wanted to come and see the conven- I“tion | visit.” She announced that she would accept MAYOR WALKER. only one of the many officlal invita- T STerTary | tioris that had been tendered her and room normally intended to accommo- | Which one it was. date one person. There were six cots| “I am not going to do a thing but in it. The mayor waved his hand | 80 to the convention and listen to the proceedings there,” she said. Just an Onlooker. “Then you aren’t here as the presi- dential candidate’s wife?" she we= asked. “Oh, no—Just to see what's all going | on.” she satd. She fingered her erysial and jet “That's convention stuff for you,” he | “They may have been strangers when they came down here. but, oh, what pals they'll be when they leave. Where's the exit to this oven?” And vy where he gots he has 10 b ere he e has to keep uj this Kkilling pace, but he aoe? "-p beads nervously as her interviewers per- Grover Whalen is the sad-looking mem- | Sisted in asking her what she thought ber of the party. He gazes longingly at | Of the outcome®of the convention, and the swirling crowds. How he must wish | ¢ven answered middle ground, “I don't for somebody to welcome. | know,” when asked what she hoped the | Tesult would be. With Mrs. Smith were only two of {SMITH ATTRACTS NOTICE | net ihehls Smun were oniy two of weeks, who came with her husband, and OF PARIS NEWSPAPERS | Arthur and his wife. Mrs. John War- ner, the former Emily Smith, who was g to_be a delegate from New York, was suffering from an attack of grippe |and was not able to leave her home, in Albany. The youngest son, Walter, who was graduating from high school in Al- bany, stayed at home with his father, while Alfred, jr. was to arrive today. was much better when we French Press Believes Governo Chances for Nomination Are Bright. By the Associated Press Really, there is no politics in my | Mayor Walker glanced inside a mm‘ccnfeucd that she could not remember | ran for Vice President eight years ago | dslegation organized today with John B. | would only say, “Soon, I hope.” | Colpoys as chairman of the delegation. Mayor James J. Walker, another | Breckinridge Long. former Third As- delegate at large from New York, who |sisant Secretary of State, was named as- will join Frank Hague, a fellow mayor, | the District's representative on the res- of Jersey City, In alding Mr. Roose- | olutions committee, which is to draft the | velt's floor direction, emiled his con- | party platform. Roland B. Mahaney fidence in the convention outcome, but was apponted to the committee on per- would not forecast. | manent organization; James William Resslution Oheered. |on’rules, M. Carter Hall for the com- The first demonstration for Gov.|mittee on credentials and the commit- | Smith was made by his home folk tee to notify the nominee for President, At the New York delegation meeunfllnd Mrs. Marfe D. Marye on the com: when Miss Elisabeth Marbury. national | mittee to notify the Vice President committeewoman, in a ringing voice,| John B. Colpoys was selected for hon- read 8 resolution, interrupted by wild |orary vice president of the convention cheering, pledging the delegation to and Dr. John T. Ready for honorary vote for Gov. Smith “until his nomi- |secretary. nation.” The resolution was adopted| Unanimous and enthusiastic indorse- with uproarious enthusiasm. ment was given to the pro})osed plank [ ‘The naming of Mayor Walker as a | for national representation for the Dis- | member of the rules committee pro-|trict and Mr. Long was instructed to co. | | Bryan was chosen for the committee | | PARIS, June 26.—New York's Gov- | - Emily % tage of fact. I have 3. | The Rice Hotel shook with laughter. About that time & New Yorker came | ernor, Alfred E. Smith, on the eve of | the Democratic convention at Houston, | left, but wasn't nearly strong enough | to stand this trip and this awful heat,” | voked the second outburst of cheering. The New Yorzers came to cheer, for they had reached gcod voice in whoop- | |ing it up when Mrs. Caroline A.| |O'Day was elected chairman of the| | delegation, to be charged later with | the responsibility of voting New York's 90 for the governor. £ Norman E. Mack, for 28 years a | member of the national committee |from New York, was re-clected and made a speech praising the coliseum where the convention will be held and the hospitable spirit of Houston. Miss | Marbury was re-elécted national com- | mitteewoman. Mrs, Smith Arrives. | Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, wife of the| governor, reached Houston yesterday and will attend the sessions of the convention. She was accompanied by | her daughter, Mrs. Franeis J, Quilli- nan, a bride of a few weeks, who, with her Republican husband, is making the convention & part cf her honeymoon. | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mr. and | tions, commensurate with work operate to the utmost in the resoluions committee with the efforts to be made by Mr. Colpoys in presenting this reso- | lution on behalf of the citizens’ joint committee, which embraces twoscore prominent organizations in the National Capital seeking enfranchisement of the more than 300,000 residents. Backs Employe Plank. The District delegation also indorsed | the plank offered on behalf of the civil service employes by Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of | | Federal Employes, for systematic re- classification with progressive increase in salary and improved working condi- - formed. Mr. Long was instruc to work most earnestly for inclusion ull this plank in the party platform Liberalization of the Voistead act as y the | American Federation of Labor and | other organizations also was urged by the District caucus. A plank which indorsed the attempt to outlaw war is attracting more attention from the | cOmmented the mother. | Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, jr, and Walter | was approved. his way through the crowd 4 tall, raw-boned Texan. The “But the governor's only sister 1S |gmith also will look in on the com-| | Prench people and the news, o> |with us” and the much-sought-after | vention ‘The ram presented by t. - the day approaches for the nomination | prog presen y the Amer |fcan Pederation was approved by the lady pointed to Mrs. John J. Glynn of | Texan had on & Smith button. of the Democratic candidate for the ‘The New York dclegation will go to ‘érmont, 8; Virgin: liv‘::fiu“mtin 6 District of Columbia, 6. Hawail. 6 Philippines. 6: Porto Rico, 6; Canal Zone, 6; Virgin Islands, 2. Expect to Pick Up More. ‘The Smith managers expect to pick up before the windup more than eno‘l’un | Yotes to put thelr candidate over the | ;l‘:tle—:n Arkansas. lngun‘mm s, | Mississippt. Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma | #nd Texas. The final line-up of the M!n:lnm from these States, which = ”‘W voting power of 212, ALl aré now in the favorite son class except the delegation from Texas, which Will deécide whether 1o go as a unit o Reed of Missouri or Jones at a caucus tomorrow. More than 40 Ohio dele- gates have indicated they won't wait long 16 gn over to the Smith camp Jim, T want you to meet 4 ',‘(,::; | native don.” said the New Yorker “Is he your sofi ,you say’” asked the mayor. (Laughter and applause ) “No, & native son.” “Oh,” said the mayor, “we’re all native sons,” and he shook hands cordially with the Texan, Wwhile the crowd roared. The mayor wandered to where the delegates badges were being handed out. like that.” the ornate mayor. “Where's my ¢ pointed to one of vention. Maybe I'm out in Oity.” said the mayor. (Oreat appiause ) “Mayor, your badge is up in my room.” said giver-out. “Who is up there with it.,” asked the (Prolonged applause.) Nobody. “Oh, that's all right then. But gim- me a badge. I've got to have a badge” | New York, who gladly took the interest hm o:r"mh ?T‘ uruo‘ the (wm‘t;n\' m‘fwlhe questioners from her sister-in- st . DR Sumots L0t B ] “=hes, we ted. n fowily ip” | ;. y trip,” Mrs. | D o oTralte of ihe' 0v. | GIynn ® said. “Regular family party, - | Everybody here but Al and my husband | ernor. whilé other candidates virtually | FTErbody Bere bitt A1 s ] | , Mrs. Glynn, whose husband is a re- . - { ,h;;dlpol!ct o?o“r in New York City, sald her two boys, John, jr. and Ed- PRISON AND $1,000 FINE | rard, had already arrived in Houston | and wou n daily attendance at the | sonvention, though her husband was ON BOOtL_FGGIFG CHARGE | not able to make the trip. | Vi B | Trip in Private Car, Frank “Chee Chee” De Mayo, Re-| .y, gmith family made the trip in a | ported Ring Leader, Is Given private car, accompanied by two other ars, containing various Tammany fac- Seven-Year Sentence. otums, including Willlam F. Kenney, James J. Riordan, J. F. Gilchrist, J. J. | By the Asseciated Press. Rasbo, Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan, George | TULSA, Okla, June 26.—Frank “Chee ¢ Getz, Willam H. Roy, Maurice Dob- Chee” " de Mayo, a Kansas City | son and Edward Dowling. | Dr. Joseph Moskowltz, son of Mrs. rings in the country, was senten by | Belle Moskowitz, ardent Al Smith reputed leader of one of the boow'er\ J Franklin E. Kerinamer in Federal ‘ the first session of the convention with | no announced position on platform | District delegation. Mr. Long declared that he is heartlly in favor of the humane requests embodied in the labor Upper: JOHN B. COLPOYS. Lower: BRECKINRIDGE LONG. —Harris-Ewing Photo. GROSNER"S to have voiced considerable protest | against Smith and Tammany were John A. McSparren of Pennsylvania, Cone Johnson of Texas, Samuel T. Spears of West. Virginia, A. H. Carmichael of Ala- {bama. Richard Long of Massachusetts and Fred H. Betz of Colorado. Roper Has Organized. Daniel Roper of South Carolina, who has spoken for the group, is understood to have per various tions, but this crganization, like all plans of the ! Southerners, is buried so far in mystery. | ._Roper is one of the McAdoo faction of 1924 and several of those | |in former da; |of McAdoo in their | Their fight is based on pre | _The Sunday statement of Senator | Reed on prohibition, declaring that the | eighteenth amendment must be enforced | by both States and Federal Governme gone a long way In bridging the gap | between his forces and the band of Southern drys. If Smith is ped, Reed s hopeful of recd;l:m Sout! and Western in- dorsement.~ The program beyond stop- ping Smith, however, has not évett been { considered. It is the hope of the South- {€rn drys that each of the many favorite sons from their section will hold their strength in the convention long enough to stem the tide. ! 1 | In England, where homes are |constructed of iron and steel. & being simple type of steel house frame was erected recently in three hours. 1325 F-STREET and the New York executive's lieu- l?;:lh u;’] they have assurance that they will have the support of a ma- jority of the Hoosier and Nebraska dele- ations before it iz all over TWO LOSE IN PURCHASE OF ‘CONVENTION’ TICKETS Pasteboard Slips, “Easy to Get,” Are Good Only at Wrestling Match he Associated Press HOUSTON. Rice Hotel is ©f seats spread insisted the mayor, while the crowd giggled. A small badge was pinned to the mayor's coat. “1 want oné of those large delegate badges,” said the mayor, in this man- ner referring to the fact that he is a | delegate 4t large. (Applause and laughter) Finally a reporter asked the mayor to | make a statement. | “I'm the only one heré not thinking heavily.” said the mayor, while the crowd whooped with flgb [ | “Everybody else here is trying to put | something over, but there’s nothing to iput over. 1It's & sure thing. Gov.| 1 26— Just inside the | Bmith only has to stand on Ris record | table with a diagram ‘a8 governor. That’s better than any 3 Two men approached. 5pééch anybody can make about him." | Please, miss, we want two good seats | There was a burst of lsughter, al-| Gown front though the mayor was really being seri- | Money changed hands and the men 'ous. He ¢lbowed his way out to the! Pocketed two tickets mezzanine balcony for the plctures. The | a hard job getting !phomanpnern were linéd up waiting ne said v or_him ONVenLion seats”” piped the voung “What's all this about?” asked the | 7. “You've bought tickets 15 the ma (Laughter ) | ting mewcn " ‘Take off your hat, mayor,” ordered a protographer Which_one?” asked ing at Ofover Whalen “You fellows have got me well train- ed.” sald the mayor, and even the pho- ographers whooped That was over and the mayor fought his way back through the Jostlin, crowd in the hotel headquarters He had | to stop every few seconds to shake » | the mayor, look- Injtials “Simple as A. B. €' JETON, June 26 ) You can't on my initials—they are as le & A K says Arthur B ¥, the brown-dervied delegate from Alunna, Ps court here yesterday to serve seven years in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, for conspiracy to violate | worker in New York, was one of the few | | welcomers who gol to the station on | | ime. He and the Old Gray Mare Band | planks. Senator Robert F. Wagner will speak for the group on the reso- lutions committee. New York will be represented on the credentials commit- tee by former esentative John J.| Pitzgerald of Brooklyn. Senator Wagner, close personal and | political friend of Gov. Smith, was ex- | cted to be in position to place before | the resolutions committee the views of | SUPPOIt to have as many as possible of his candidate on questions to be cov- | these planks incorporated in the plat- ered in the party's declaration of form. principles. — { The 10 defeated contestants, who | gates from the District of Columbia. | d whose plea was rejected by the | badges entitling them to admission to the floor of Convention Hall by Mr : : | came here seeking to displace in the HEFLIN FINDS SMITH t‘:nll‘sl committee and the full national | Colpoys. platform, which, he said. “will tend to the amelioration of unjust conditions now being imposed upon labor on the injunctive process so recklessly used by Federal judges. Pledges His Support. Mr. Long pledged his unqualified | convention the so-called’ Costello-Col- | poys organization. or ‘“regular,” dele- WEAK IN PRIMARIES |coimiiee™ i o e g Shw stiee e | all. They have been provided with Senator Wires Alabama Delegation Only One-Fourth of Demo- Seven of these badges were delivered to the contestants last night and five more will be presented to them today Think of It! Kuppenheimer & Grosner Smith Is Sure Thing. i | 41d their stuff while the party was being He also was fined |led from the train through the lunch- room. Katherine, very slim and very thrilled. not only over the trip but over the fact that this is the first year she has been able to vote for President, looked tired |after her trip, but smilingly posed for eration last Baturday. pictures with her mother and her hus- De Mayo was granted 15 days in|oand, Francis J. Quillinan, a young New which to pérfect $25,000 appeal bond., York lawyer, whose Republican party Clarkson's appeal bond was fixed at|aMliations do not . |interest in the po aew father-in-law. YOUTH HURT IN CRASH |y igur SESSIONS CALLED HELD FOR JOY-RIDING, 70 oL ow BROADCASTING Richard C. Cole, Oolored, Driving |, .\ 1eic Ghiettains Believe M1} tomobil ted Stolen, Col- | Hutomyls Bhps = 1 lions at Home Will lides With Street Car. i i Listen In, the prohibition law. $10,000. Jackson Clarkson, who was indicted | with De Mayo, was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta Federal Peniten- tiary and fined §800. Both were con- victed by a jury after 32 minutes' delib- itical destiny of his Following a collision at Third and ' G sirests between the automobile he s driving and a Washington Raflway | & Electric Co. strest car, Richard C By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, June 26.—The Demo- cratic chieftains who decided on night | Cole, colored, 18 years old, 1423 Fifth |sessions for the national convention al- strest, was treated early this morning at [ready are hearing from evening news- Casualty Hospitaj and then arrested on | PApers back home, but they place all of A change of joy-riding {the blame on the evolution of the radio. According 1o sixth precinct police, | By holding short sessions in midday, Cole was driving an automobile that When may of the Nation's milllons are had been reported stolen from Richard [at home for noon luncheons, they as- M Wirt, 1401 Pairmont street. After |sert that they will reach the voters over ?rfvmt his taking an | Most of the rejected delegates expressed | Appreciation of the courtesy extended | to them by the victors. crats Voted. With the Democratic national con- vention getting under way at Houston b today, Senator Heflin, Democrat, Ala- | Buckles and straps that look exactly bama, yesterday renewed his opposition | like dog collars are being used in Paris | to Gov. Smith, asser that the re- | for finishing off elaborate evening frocks | sults of the primaries did not mark him | and daytime jumpers. as a “strong candidate. : In a telegram to the Alabama dele- ation at Houston, made public here, | Senator Heflin said that in the North- ern and Western Statés where Smith won not more than one-fourth of the Democratic voters went to the polls-— “a very bad sign"—and in the South Smith “lost every State where the Dem- ocrats had an opportunity to express their choice." | “1 cannot understand how any one | can claim in the face of these facts” Senator Heflin declared in the tele- grom, “that Gov. Smith would be a& strong candidate.” The Alabama Senator's telegram re- iterated charges of & Roman Catholic political m-rglnr in the country and centered his attack upon Smith on pro- | hibition and the negro equality ques- tion. He declared that Gov. 8mith's position on the negro problem was dis- metrically opposed to the position of “Democratic men and women of the South.” \ OYCE & LEWI Custom FITTING SHOE 430-7* St NW. Just Below E CAN'T FIND SHOES THAT FIT? Oh, yes you can, if you'll try | Wilbur Coon Shoes It jsn't so very often that we see fit to take suits (KRUPPENHEIMER'S and GROSN S) from our regular stock for such a drastically reduced spe- cial—YOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU MISS THIS ONE! Your size, of course. $50 Men's Suits ..... $55 Men's Suits .. $60 Men's 825 | $97.50 | $65 Men's Suits hands with somebody. He tried 1o give | treatment at Casuaity Hospital for a |lhe broadcasting chain, and then again, Newshoy :Sellu Out - With Cry of “Heflin Turns to Al Smith” By the Associated Press HOUBTON, June 26— Both Kane sas City and Houston have turned up prospective big-time salesmen in thelr newsboys While a fire was being attended to in one of the big hotels in the Republican convention efty, and even before the engines hed arrived, & newsic started yeli- i !'Pkpflr just out all about the big fire! This only go! a laugh from the wise ones st the scene. bul the kid on the corner of the Rice Hotel, in - Houston, last night had better Juck when he staried the cry Senator Hefiin turns @mith.” e 5000 s0i6 OuL Al cverybody & wise crack o take home with him Finally the npn!y climbed the steps 1o the third floor, where the clevator wiil stop sometimes, and, getting on an ¢levator going down, waited for it to discharge its passengers in the lobby— { this being & clever subterfuge by which one may ocoasionally get in an elevator going up. Elevator Girl Laughs. While the elevator was discharging its | passengers Mayor Walker yelled out, “All passengers holding excursion tick- ets will kindly keep their seats This girl Going up, Grover Whalen remarked on how well the elevator gfrl manijpu- lated the Mt And how,” said ithe mayor. When it stopped at the ffteenth floor the mayor told the girl, “You wall here want 1o get a line on you ' The girl wes overcome with laughter he slammd the door and went up assing down the corridor Lo his sule, nearly convulsed the elevator | :&rntlnl candidate in 1924, plans (o take | laceration of the head, Cole was taken to Gallinger Hospital and placed under | fuard. |C. W. BRYAN HOLDS ALOOF | | o et | Absent From Democratic Conven- | tion Firet Time in 30 Years. | LINCOLN, Nebr. June 26 (#).—For the first tme in 30 years, Charles W. | Bryan of Lincoln, a brother of the late | | Willlam Jennings Bryan and vice pres- | tive part in the Democratic nation- | al convention this year. Mr. Bryan sald yesterday he did not plan to attend the | {convention at Houston, Tex., unless | something untoreseen (urnes up. He pians 1o devote his tme entirely to his campaign for governor of Nebraska ! ‘The new town-planning, pal housing scheme of Gi, land will cost more than $10,000,000, nd munici- with night sesslons, they believe liter ally millions will listen to the lambast- in1 of the Republican party These leade! re depending on the newspapers to carry the all-important printed word, but they are overlooking no bets in getting their case across. Unless there {8 & change in plans, there will be several night sessions of the con- vention, although no day will be alto- gether neglected. MAY SECOND REED. Gommitteswoman by Proxy Likely to Make 8peech, HOUSTON. June 26 (). A national cmmitteewoman by proxy is being meéntioned as the probeble chotee of the | Reed forces to second the nomination ! of the Missourfan. Mrs. Antoinette Fonk, New Mexico's tiny blond repre- sentative, who is replacing Mrs. Jennie garded as the favorite, TWO WOMEN ABSENT. Places on Delegate List Will Be Filled by Alternates to Men. HOUSTON, June 26 (#) —Two wom-= en’s names were marked off the roster of delegates when word was received that Mrs. Samuel Ralston and Mrs. John W. Kern, delegates at large from Indiana, will not come to Houston. Their places are filled tn the femi- nine total, ever, by the advance- ment to delegate rank of two woman alternates for men--Mrs, F. W. Vaughan of Porto Rico and Mrs, Effe M. Ryers of Nebraska. Custom Made Stylish Stouts We also fit extremely narrow and | hard-to-fit feet. Sizes 1 to 12 | 30 Styles—AAAA to EEEEE “Wilbur Coon Shoes” Sold Here Exclusively Special Notice! MR. J. T. NORRIS MR. H. 0. BRUBAKER! Formerly with the Family Shoe Store, are now identified with us. | Gertrude Atherton Stays at Home. HOUSTON, June 26 (#).--Miss Ger- (rude Atherton, who was counted on by convention leaders as A suitable literary cholce to lead Clande Rowers (o the rostrum for his keynote addvess. will not be able to_gome to Houston to take ow, Scol-' Martin Kirby on the committee, is re- [her place as legate at large from Californin, Price group now No Charge for Alterations “BLUE” CHEVIOTS , are included in the lowest 25 CROSNERS 1323.F. STREET