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3 SHITH CONSIDERS, STATE CANPACN flew Counter Attack Against Opponents Hinted After Hit at Whisperers. = the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., September 13.—The political_situation in New York State. which Gov. Smith’s managers figure must line up for him in November if he is to win over Herbert Hoover. drew the ettention today of the Demoeratic presi- | dential nominee as State party leadets gathered for a conference with him at the executive mansion. The meeting. scheduled for late in the day. was set aside for a general| discussion of plans alreadv made and | to b® made with regard to organization preparatory to the State nominating convention at Rochester. October 1 and 2. when a ticket will be named and a platform adopted. Gov. Smith has given no indication as to whom he will favor | for governor or any other post. The governor last night broke his long silence on what has been described as a “whispering campaign” against him | by issuing a formal statement branding | #s “slander” an accusation that he was Intoxicated at the State Fair at Syra-! cuse. New Counter,Attack Hinted. There were indications hiday that the Democratic nominee might counter-at- tack in another direction soon in an ei- for to prove false other derogatory statements said to have been circulated | fo injure his presidential chances. Mean- while he will continue to work on State | business and probably take a rest at the end of the week 5o as to be in good | #hape for departure Sunday on his first | campaign speaking tour. | M. William Bray. new Democratic | Btate chairman. and Mrs. Caroline | O'Day, vice chairman. were among the leaders here today for the conference | with the governor. Tomorrow the same leaders will go tn Utica. home of Mr. | Bray, to confer with all the Democratic county chairmen and State committee- men and map out further pians of or- ganization. | | Refuses to Discuss Ticket. | 11 Gov. Smith lets drop the slightest | hint regarding his preference for a| Democratic gubernatorial candidate to any of the State leaders, it is almost certain that his name will not be made | public at this time. The governor| has said repeatedly that he will not discuss the State ticket until the State convention, when he plans to address it. Addressing the Democratic State committee two weeks ago at Syracuse, he urged widespread efforts to get eli- gibles to register and declared a \'k.‘l/nryl for the Democrats for State offices and | Congress was just as important as a victory for him. He warned, however, that the State campaign should not become absorbed in the efforts to bring | success to him in November. BUTLER'S POSITION ON HOOVER CLOUDED l "Text of Gov. Smit Denouncing Wh i i By the Associated Press, | ALBANY. N. Y. September 13.—The | Alfred E. Smith last night: THE EVENING h’s Statement ispering Campaign following statement wes Izsued by Gov. BY ALFRED E. SMITH. NAILING | _On September 5. 19 | Kecnan of the firm of A LIE IN THE 3. Mr. W. A ys & Keenan, | income tax specialists at Parkersburg. | W. Va.. wrote the following letter to Democratic headquariers at Syracuse, N “You are. of course, familiar with the underground ‘whispering’ campaign which the political enemies of Gov. Smith are waging againsi him. You possibly noted that Senator Robinson | referred to it in his Dallas speech a fow days ago. ‘This same program seems to be in eflect in West Virginia. Coming from unknown sources. one would be inclined to ignore such tactics, but it has come to my attention in the following manner: “A lady of this city, formerly a resi- dent of Syracuse. and very prominent socially here, has a letter from Mrs. Florence Sanford. whom she advises is the wife of H. D. Sanford of Syracuse, and who is reported to b> prominent there. In this letter the lady sets out the statement that on the occasion of Gov. Smith's visit to the State fair at Syracuse he occupied a box next to the one occupied bv Mrs. Sanford. and | the story is that Gov. Smith was dis- gustingly intoxicated. so much so that when he attempted to arise to make an address he had to b> helped to his feet by two persons, one on each side. The contents of this letter were discuss>d at a soclal gathering and impossibility of the truth of such A statement was cuestioned. I am. therefore. taking the trouble to ask vour organization to furnish m~ a statement from som one, preferably a member of som: other political party than that of Go Smith, o brand this as a political lie | of the dirtiest sort. I wish this state- ment to show to the persons presant when this woman made the contents of the letter known. as I am sorry to advise that if not corrected. Gov. | Smith will lose manv votes he would | otherwise receive. Wish to advise that West Virginia is a battleground this vear and every vote helps. i “Thanking you in advance for this | information at once. I am, | “Very truly vours, “W. A. KEENAN." Governor Asks Keenan for Original: The above letter reached Mr. wmixm! H. Kelley. president of the Merchants'| National Bank of Syracus>. who is| Democratic leader of that city, and in the late afternoon of the same day he | called me on the telephone and ac-| quainted me with the contents of the | letter. | 1 suggested that he forward the origi- | nal to me, keeping a copy in his own | office, and that he secure the statement from a member of the opposite political party to mine as suggested by Mr. Keenan in his letter. Accordingly, on Saturdav morning I received in the mail the original letter from Mr. Keenan and | the following letter from Senator George | R. Fearon, chairman of the judiciary committee of the State Senate and a| prominent Republican: “Hon. William H. Kelley, “Syracuse, N. Y. “Dear Sir: I have read the letter which you sent me dated September 5. 1928, and signed by W. Keenan of WHISPERING CAMPAIGN would be kind enough to let him see | the letter. At 6 o'ciock on Saturday might I again called him and he in- formed me that it had been impos- sible for him to get in touch with Mrs. Bauer, but that he would attend to it on Sunday morning. Carrying out his promise he saw Mrs. Bauer on Sunday morning and at 12:30 o'clock T re- ceived from Mr. Keenzn the following telegram: “Impossible to get Sanford letter. Party here says same is lost or de- troyed. Believe sh> must have got instructions from Sy se to destroy or not disclose. However, she does not STAR. WASHINGTON. SMITH WILL LOSE WEST, CAPPER SAYS Prohibition Views and Tam- many Affiliations Cited as Causes by Senator. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 13.—Senatcr | Arthur Capper of Kansas told an a dience at the Hoover-Curtis Club tod: that Gov. Smith’s ‘cstreme and un- tenable position on prohibition,” as well as his Tammany affiliations, made it im- | possible for the Democratic candidate to win the West “The West does not want a wet ad- 0 G, deny statement in letter, but has quit talking. “W. A. KEENAN." It will be noted that Mrs. Sanford promiscd Mr. Kelley that she would write to me and make denial of the letter attributed to her by Mrs. Bauer. Up to 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. September 11, I received no letter from Mrs. Sanford If Mrs. Bauer made the statements attributed to her by Mr. Keenan and Mys. Sanford made the statements at- of his Tammany affiliations. That is tributed to her by Mr. Kellev, both can- not the only reason why the West will not be telling the truth, Which of the g0 against him, but it is the chief rea- two women involved is guilty of the son. Evervthing the West knows or has slander I do not know." |ever heard of Tammany connects it | with political trickery and corruption REFUSES TO COMMEY Moreover, our folks believe that Tam- | many is’ associated with saloon rule, booze and all the socizl vices, besides | ministration,” " asserted the Senator. |“They feel that prohibition is eco- nomically sound and morally right. No amount of propaganda or trying to sot up a different issue is going to fool them | Gov. Smith's plan for State control of | the liquor traffic has no support in the | agricultural States. Against Tammany. “The West opposes Al Smith because 7. SYRACUSE, N. Y. September 13 (#). ] —Harry Skerritt, attorney for | political graft. Florence Sanford, named in Gov.| “In my judgment Gov. Smith was Smith's statement captionad “Nailing a | strongest the day he was nominated. He Lie in the Whispering Campaign,” | caught the public eye, he was spectacu- stated last night that Mrs. Sanford “has lar. a dynamic figure. But upon anal nothing to say.” of his connections, the interest in Go | Smith as a presidential possibility h: IRS. BAUER SILENT. lageed—the Middle West's interest in s & | Gov Sm]l(h today Is to insure that he is not_elec resident. & ° PARKERSBURG. W. Va., September | r;arr:n :n:dp :IPnd rfi;l‘;“::;;‘éuflfl’.‘ ::x n(::\:w. 13 OP).—Mrs, William J. Bauer of |gmith just doern't fit our ideas.” Parkersburg, whose name appeared in 2 Gov. Alfred E. Smith's statement “Nail- Farm Relief Outlook. 5 ing a Lie in the Whispering Campaign.” | Western farmers, Senator Capper said. last night sajd: "My husband and my- | “are not going to Tammany for aid in self have absolutely nothing to say in |solving the farm problem.” “The farmers themselve regard to this matter.” 5 “laugh at the dea of Tammany in th» Mrs. Bauer added: and m f have always been Demo- |role of friend of the farmer. “My opinion is that as President Mr e crats and have always been for Gov. Smith." Hoover will do his level best to put ag- riculture on an equal footing with gen- eral business and prosperi WUMEN lNDURSE ICEMOCRATIC RALLY TO HEAR UNDERWOOD oth my husband Fairfax Fair Ground Meet- ing Tomorrow Night. National Party Holds Candi- date’s Equal Rights State- ment Satisfactory. ‘The National Woman's party will throw its influence to the Republican iSpecial Dispatch to The Star, FAIRFAX, Va., September 13.—Fair- ifax County Democrats will hold their ifirst really of the presidential campaign Grounds. The opening gun wil be fired by Representative R. Walton Moore, re- cently renominated. Mr. Moore will introduce the chief speaker, former Senator Oscar W. Underwood, Ala- bama. he addea. | tomorrow night on the Fairfax Fair | THURSDAY. SE By the Associated Press. * SHREVEPORT, La., September 13.— Judge J. E. Reynolds, 78, defeated in his race for the Democratic nomination for the State Supreme Court bench, sought to “beat up” the Governor of Louisiana, aged 35, yesterday, but the governor sidestepped. Judge Reynolds’ attack against Gov. Huey Long was said to have been pre- cipitated as the result of support the governor gave Revnolds' opponent in the Democratic primary. ‘The two met on the street vesterday, and. according to witnesses. when Gov, Louisiana Judge, 78, Attacks Governor On Street Following Loss in Prima PTEMBER 13, 1928. ry| | Long greeted the judge with a “good | | morning.” Judge Reynolds started to ex- | tend his hand, and then recognizing the | governor, changed his gesture to a swing with his fist. Gov. Long averted the | | blow and stepped back as the judge | prepared for a fresh onslaught. | “The judge struck at me and I fu walked away,” the governor said. “TI judge 15 an old man and I wouldn't attempt to defend myself from anything | he might do. After he struck at me T patted him on the shoulder and said, | | “Jucge you had better hold your tem- | | per.” and then I walked away.” | ROBINSON MEETS SHITH OPPOSITION Senator, However, Confident Southern States Wil Support Governor. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA., S. C., September 13 | —Senator Joe T. Robinson and party arrived here at 8:50 o'clock this’ morning. By his request the Senator's party remained undis- turbed in their private car until 10 o'clock. | BY (he Associated Press. | ROBINSON SPECIAL CAR, EN tember 13.—Without wasting time, Sen- ator Joe Robinson today entered South Carolina, the fifth of the eight States to be visited on his drive through the South Back of him, vhere he campaigned for two days, the jDemocratic vice presidential nominee {found active opposition to the party’ | ticket. but in one of his three speeche: {In Charlotte he expressed satisfaction | over conditions there. Previous to his visit he had heard of | the opposition to the Smith ticket by Furnifold Simmons. North Carolina’s ; senior Senator. and of the formation in i the State of anti-Smith clubs and the opening up of Republican headquarters | Robinson Confident. Mr. Robinson, however, in an ad- | dress to Democratic leaders in Char- |lotte, declared that from the intorma- ition he had received he felt confident | that the State, as usual. would be founa in the Democratic column in November, In his concluding addess in North | Carolina_the Senator {old the audience | which packed the Charlotte City Audi- |torium that a “whispering campaign" | was being conducted against the Demo- | cratic presidential nominee, adding: % Issues Challenge. T challenge these whisperers to show {where Gov. Smith ever performed an ’ |official act that showed he was domi- nated by the Catholic Church.” | "He declared it was against American | principles to “deny official recognition” FARMERS ADVISED | T0 WITHHOLD WHEAT SHITH 1S URGED TOTALK INCAPITAL Robert N. Harper Proposes | Plan to Raskob—Audience cf 100,000 Expected. A proposal that Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for President, de- liver one of his main campaign speeches in Washington 15 made by Robert Harper in a letter to Chairman Raskob of the Democratic national committee. Mr. Harper is assistant treasurer of the | national committee and was chairman of the inaugural committee when Woodrow Wilson entered the White House, ROUTE TO COLUMBIA, S. C. Secp-| in North Carolina | | Jardine Declares Higher Prices May Be Expected Later in Year. Mr. Harper mentions the fact there employes in Washington, the majori of whom have votes in their home . Furthermore, Washington as a ows center offers a better opportunity for publicity than any other city. He By the Associated Press. | says: CHICAGO, September 13--W. .|, (L8 iy wiere ropulsely selesiod | Jardine, Secretary of Agrieulture, ad- |eqrrespondents of every daily newspaper | vises farmers “to hold your wheat” in | in the United States are located. There A statement issued by the Republican | is probably no other city that has as national committee vesterday. in which |many temporary visitors from other he expressed belief that a continuance | States as Washington. and it -is_said of a Republican administration will aid | that all political news with the Wash- | the farmers. | ington headline to the home paper al- |, Mr. Jardine, who was here en route | ways attracts unusual attention and |to Washington after a Western trip. | publicity. |said: “The purchasing power of 30 im- | "por these reasons, and I would say | portant agricultural commodities was 93 | many more, it appears to me there are |In July this year, compared with 69 in | really many advantages that can be 11921, the low point following the World | gained through the publicity of an ad- War depression. . dress in this city from the Governo: There is no sound economic reason | “'Washington. on the border line be- | for depressed wheat prices.” he added. | yween the North and the South, close “Farmers who sell their wheat without | ¢ Marvland and the other border regard for the market may have cause | giates, where a brisk fight for electoral | to regret it later. Our experience has | ' oto ™" Already underway, might see aught us that large production usually | 190 000 persons gather to hear the has an unduly depressing influence on s prices early in the season. and a subse- | Democtatic. candidate, it was pointed quent upward corrective tendency can generally be expecte Jardine cited the “need for effective legislation to enable farmers to prevent | price depression due to seasonal sur- pluses through price stabilization.” He said such a plan would receive the sup- | port of the Republican administration. |STRATON TO VISIT TEXAS.| | New York Pastor Will Make Ten PROHIBITION PARTY REORGANIZATION URGED Varney Says Younger Member: Are Needed—Cites Negative Nature of Dry Element. By the Associatnd Press. . 2 NEWARK. N. J. September 13.—A Speeches in State. | motion for complete reorganization of | DALLAS, Tex. September 13 (#).— | the Prohibition party. which would | Dr. John Roach Straton. New York eventually result in its being nationally | preacher stumping the South against known as the Federal Progressive party, | the Smith oresidential candidacy. will | was indorsed by the executive commit- | make 10 addresses in Texas, the first | tee of New Jersey at a meeting here probably in Dallas, September 23, Dr. | vesterday and praised by William F. Atticus” Webb, president of the Stare Varney of Rockville Center, N. Y., the Anti-Saloon League. has announced. | party's candidate for President. — | * “We need new and younger members (0 a man because of his church affilia- | to carry on the traditions of the part; tions, and said he would “rather be | Varney said. “but it is plain that th associated with Tammany Hall than | will not be attracted to an organi: | with Fall. Dougherty and Denby.” | tion of such a negative nature as ours |and added that neitier President Cool- [ has grown to be owing to present-day idge nor Herbert Hoover had ‘“ever | condi*ions A complete reorganization, | opened his mouth” in condemnation of | such as planned in New Jersey, is the these cabinet officers. onlv solution of this problem. RGID et xmmyaa Rt 4 are some seventy thousand Government | 2 MORE DAYS [ KAUFMANN’S | August Furniture SALE Entirc Stock | i Hi%hh-gjck 523.7‘ A handsome occasional chair i mahogany-fin hirch. Seat and pack of paneled tap- estry. Budget Payments | 2-Picce $ 7_00 Zensole Set console n neat combina- Mahogany - finis md good plate frame. An | : PN Parkersburg, W. Va., in which he quotes i nominees on the national ticket in the | " The second meeting of the county A R e e G. 0. P. Chairman’s Announcement of Pledge to Aid Nominee Draws Educator's Repudiation. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.—What support, if any, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Columbia Univer- sity. will give Herbert Hoover was a matter of conjecture today. H. Edmund Machok Republican Btate chairman, announced Dr. Butler had pledged support to the national ticket. However, the New York Times today quoted Dr. Butler as saying. when | questioned regarding the statement: “I made no such—I made no state- ment. 1t is all right for Mr. Machold a resident of this city as stating lhq( |on the occasion of Gov. Smith's visit to the State fair at Syracuse he was so disgustingly intoxicated while occu- pving a box in the grandstand that when he attempted to arise to make an address he had to be helped to his feet by two persons. onc on each side. “Politically, I _am opposed to Gov | Smith, but I believe in a square deal | even for political opponents. i { "“It so happens I am a member of the advisory board of the State “fair | and that together with Henry Mor- | ganthau, jr.. I was designated by Com- missioner Pyrke o act as the govern- or's escort while he was at the fair. By reason of this assignment I was with the governor substantially all of the day in question from the time he | left the Onondaga Hotel in the morn- to make statements.” | Ing until he boarded his train for Al- ‘P\dlr. Machold in his statement had | said: “I can say with absolute certainty | that Dr. Butler will support the Re- | publican ticket.” | Dr. Butler, in a letter to the New | York ‘Times, recently criticized Mr Hoover's stand on prohibition and the naval program and said he wished to dissociate himself “quickly. publicly and | completely” from Mr. Hoover's stand on | those two questions. | JOHNSON TAKES LEAD IN WASHINGTON RACE Chairman of Immigration Com- mittee Forges Ahead With Victory Apparent. Br the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash.. September 13.— Though hard pressed, Representative Albert Johnson apparently had won senomination on the Republican ticket @s counting of Tuesday's primary ballot continued today. Johnson, who is chairman of House immigration committee, ran a close race with Homer T. Bone, young ‘Tacoma lawyer. With 24 precincts, all supposed strongholds of the veteran. unreported Johnson led. 38407 to Bone's 37,311 votes. Senator C. C. Dill. Democrat. was renominated by a landslide, while Miles C. Poindexter, whom he displaced in Congress six years. and who re- cently was Ambassador to Peru. lost th> Republican primary by a heavy vote to Kenneth Mackintosh, former State Supreme Court justice. BOATRIGHT NAMED. Colorado Attorney General Gets Guhernatorial Nominaticn. DENVER. September 13 (/) —Wil- lam L. Boetright, attorney general of golorado for the last four vears, last Sight was firmly intrenched In the posi- tion of standard bearer in the November election as a result of his overwheiming victory for the gubernatorial nomination over Clarence P. Dodge of Colorado Springs in Tuesday’s primary As belated returns continue to pour in. the lead which Attorney General Boatright gained with the reporting of the first precincts in the State con- tinued to mount by leaps and bounds. WOMAN MA;OR WRITES. Official Thanks Attention Here. Dougherty Sonthampton Dougherty for Commissioner Proctor L. today recewed from Marian Foster Welch, mayor of Southampton. Eng- land, a letter thankine >'m for crter taining her while in the Nation's Capi- tal She described Washington as “one of the most beauiiful cities in the world.” the | bany in the late afternoon. I occu- | pled an adjoining box to the governor while he was viewing the races. He made no speecn from the box. He was not intoxicated. He showed no evi- dence of even having had a sirgle drink. nor do I belleve that he had. Near Him When Addresses Were Given. “The governor made two addresses. one from the bandstand in the Em- | pire Court,about 11:30 in the morning | and the other at the dedication of the | Agricultural Museum at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I was next to him on both occasions. On neither occa- I sion was there anything which would | indicate that he had been drinking. | “The statement which Mr. Keenan quotes as to the governor's condition is so manifestly unfair and untrue that T would not feel that I was act- ing the part of a man if I did not | write you this letter stating the facls | as T know them to be with respect to | the oceasion in_question. | “Very truly_yours, % 1 “GEORGE R. FFARON. Immediately upon receipt of the above 1 telephoned to Mr. Kelley at Syracuse {and suggested that he call upon Mrs. | | Sanford at her_residence and ask her if she wrote such a letter to any woman {in Parkersburz, W. Va. Mr. Kelley carrled out my suggestion and called to see Mrs. Sanford. Following is the re- | port Mr. Kelley makes to me of his| { conversation with Mrs. Sanford: | | “After introducing myself to Mr | Sanford. T informed her that I had a | letter from Pal’kex'cb_urg‘ W. Va. She {in turn, without letting me go furt | said, ‘Yes, it is from Mrs. Baue aid, ‘No, it is from a Mr, \ [ he letter came to the Democratic head- | | quarters yesterday and I have forward- | ed it to the governor, who in turn has | | asked me to see you and inquire wheth- | er or not you made the statement re-| ferred to in the letter to some lady in | Parkersburg who says she received a | letter containing such a statement from vou." Her reply was that she had writ- | {ten Mrs. Bauer saying that, of course, she and her family disagreed with the | governor's attitude on the eighteenth | amendment or his ability to change | prohibition. | “I said, “That is not the question. Did you or did vou not write the article | mentioned in this letter?’ She in turn said ‘I did not; I was not at the fair | on Thursday: 1 did not see Gov. Smith, neither did I write anything of that sort to Mrs, Bauer.’ Buys She Agreed to W “I asked her if she would write a let- | ter to the governor W that effect, which | I might send to him. she at first sald | she did not see why she should, but he would write Buuer. replied that that would sufficient, that the rnor possession of this letter and if she was not guilty of writing it I felt it was her | duty to write the governor and tell him s0. She promised me she would do so and tell him that she neither saw him while at the fair, nor was she at the State Fair on the day in question, nor did she say the things contained in the letter from Parkersburg, W. Va, e Smith Letter. | ganda was being practicea ana that we | Were going to find out the source. She said “Yes, I received @ letter from Mrs Bauer in which she told me of a lot of and declared that it was not until her trip through Ariington Cemetery th she realized how much America had done in the World War. Hit-and-Run Auto Kills Man. Special Dispatch 1o The Star, FROSTBURG, Md.. Scptember 13. Henry Cutler. 63 vears old, a black- smitn of Knapsmeadow, near l.onacon- ing. died at Miners' Hospital here early teday from injuries received from a hit-and-rup driver, who escaped. things being said in Parkersburg, Betore sending me the above, how- | ever, Mr. Kelley called me again on | the phone and stated that Mrs. San- | | ford had positively denied writing any ! such letter. I forthwith (on Saturday, about noon) called Mr. Keenan on the phone at Parkersburg, W. Va., thanked him for his interest in my | cause and asked him if he would call | upon Mnd Bauer, the woman whn claimed to_have ‘received ths letter {rom Mrs. Sanford, and ask her if she | cause he oppos belief that this course will best serve to advance the cause of an equal rights amendment, designed to establish legal paritv between women and men. This step was decided on late yes- terdav, following a conference of na- tional officers. founders and life mem- bers of the party at headquarters, 21 First street northeast. A delegation of orominent members of the National Woman's party had called upon Herbert Hoover at Republican headquarters yve: terday and had sccured from the Re- nublican nominee the assurance that “if 1 find to my satisfaction that this amendment is necessary to obtain equality of opportunity T will be with you." although *1r. Hoover had declined to indorse the amendment flat-footedly without thorough investigation. This pronouncement was considered so satisfactory that the party was led to take its stand behind the Republican colo Senator Curtis, Republican vice presidential nominee. has been a warm champion of the equal rights amend- ment. “While the Republican presidential candidate unfortunately has not as yet 2one as far as his colleague with regard to the equal rights amendment.” said a statement issued by the National Woman's part,, “he has agreed to sup- port the principle of equality between men and women. His position on this subject is in advance of that of all the other presidential candidates with the exception of the prohibition nominee, who. while unqualifiedly for the amend- ment. is only campeizning in a very few and non-controversial. “It is not possible to support the Democratic p: :ntial nominee be- s equal rights for women in industry and has had a long record, during his career as governor, of opposi- tion to equal industrial opportunity for women and has actively sponsored laws handicapping women in earning their livelihood.” Mrs. Clarence M. Smith of New York City. chairman of the party’s national council, presided at yesterday's meeting. Bhe Foriig Htar committee, held last night in the offices | lof County Treasurer F. W. Huddleson. | was attended by approximately 25 local Ieaders, who expressed the opinion that the county will remain Democratic. The county executive committee has now been increased to include one member {rom each voting precinct. A ceniral committee has been formsd with Thomas Keith chairman and John | Mackall as secretary. This committee |is_opening headaquarters at Fairfax. | ommittees of three or more will bs | appointed In each of the 25 preeincts. | LEAD IN AR;ZONA VOTE. \ |Senator Ashurst and Gov. Hunt Outclass Opponents, | PHOENIX, Ariz., September 13 (#).— With only scattered precincts in Ari- zona’s more isolated regions unreported United States Senator Henry F. Ashurst and Gov. G. W. P. Hunt, both incum- Srrerrrai ¥ Eervves Prrestednrenergirey X Clothes for College Men bent Democrats, led all opposition late vesterday. Senator Ashurst held more than a | 3-to-1 advantage over C. W. Rutherford, | his opponent for the Democratic nomi- H. Cameron, Republican. who in turn | w his opponent. CUTTING NOMINATED. New Mexi;c SP]I:\!OI“ Named for Long Term at Convention. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. 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