=^g E RKILL, Editor and Publisher VOLUME XLIX tittle Change In Vote Despite I Efforts to Reach Agreement During Recess Over Week End • • f ' . ISO LEU BUT IIBSILBIHGON |„„ e On Eightieth Ballot Kf e n Missouri. Which ■ad Been For McAdoo, ■oted For Carter Glass. ft COMPROMISE ■ EFFORTS FAILED ftl„ r , Fnahle to Get Can- Eates to Agree Although I plans Were Offered Over cck-End. Stvenlv-KigOsli H'lllot. totals of the 7vh ballot follow : | H* -l'j. s ■;!, 1-2: Davis, of 7"' 1- : r!i mark. Sfrenty Ni'itli Ballot. v r , - -gw ;he leaders stand- H waV ;, M.-A.i - '7 1-2: Smith pLy, Ti.is was a h*ss of r \l\ : • es :i for Smith. H j,* -2 for Davis. Other: I’nderwood 50; ■i; Ka.-r- !t 4 : Robinson 2S : j ; Saulsbury 0: Fer- H-i r v- :i; .s 1 ami Bryan < H 1 1 "" 1 ' Eishtioth Ballot. .. : si Ballot were: ft . :!7t Ballot. 4.'"! Davis of I Ftiderwood 4N: ■ lb. w ; Saulsbury ti !b:r." 1 : Daniels 1 : Bryan Uooo-velt 1 : Total Eighty-SW-oik! Ballot. 4'.:'. ; Davis., ' 1 Uderwood 4(i : |^B V II- 2 s 1-2: 1 W a 4: Saulsbury (5: 1 4 1-2: li - Total DUX). Hack to Ralston. S ; 7. —On * M;s-: with her -■ M Adoo , Ralston. I^V 4 '' v lst bal ' Mis to Senator the voting Nl -7. — HB lit-oposals for HB release del- HH" ‘ in- dreary busi- Hj ’ I’l ' -fdi-tit. - Smith and JUm w . Mr. McAdoo |^^K;the „ - . led jH t ., . itieh was ‘ !-;> a major nH:, i went hack - 9H - stubborn gB . as ■Hr/." tin . one !> j , '/■ fa Smith ■B ’in tilted 5 and >-:■ y Mi Adoo ' f..--.. « nt irely. giving f ■'■"in Me 5 n^B ; H place bicb BB' "banged erorl "’ah, l '" : " i’etina- B|B . “‘i-'auis i ur THE CONCORD TIMES the Presidential nomination. The report as drafted, (.‘on-tained the declaration signed by all of tin* candidates excepting Wm. (1. McAdoo, releasing their dele gates unconditionally and also the decla ration of Mr. McAdoo releasing bis dele gates conditionally upon abrogation of I the unit and two-thirds rule, and on agreement for progressive elimination of minor candidates. ? i The report was the sale accomplish ment cf the week-end conference con ducted by the two chairmen, and opinion differed to whether it represented any j accomplishment at all. Some of the McAdoo people went into j session believing little had been accomp lished, and that after a parliamentary wrangle the situation Would revert to I the status of Saturday. • Norman E. Mat 4. one of the door j managers for Governor Smith, said he saw no change in the situation except lie believed some of the McAdoo delegations were showing signs of disintegration. The i Smith forces, he said, were standing firm, j The leaders expressed the same ! sentiments in reverse fashion. All sorts of opinions were expressed as the delegates assembled. The most general one was that it was going to be broiling hot under the glass roof of Mad ison Square Garden.' | The many canvasses conducted on the ! floor to find out where the favorite sous delegates were going to developed that al though released from flieir pledges the 1 sentiments of the individuals seemed to still stand for their favorite sons. Immediately after Chairman Walsh called the convention to order today. Charles R. Wilson, of Huntington. W. Ya.. asked unanimous consent for- con sideration of a resolution to express the sympathy of the convention to the Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge in the critical ill ness of their son. It was adopted by a rising vote. Chairman Walsh then asked the unani mous consent for the report of himself and Chairman Hull on the over-Sunday deliberations. There wa,s no objection ami the report was read by the secre tary. - It recited that tlie conference had been held and that a document testifying to the action cf the fifteen minority candi dates in releasing their delegates bad been ~presehT&f. The text of the agree ment was included in the report and read to the convention. It previously had been published. Then, as part of the same report, the clerk read McAdoo’s letter and counter proposal which included the abrogation of the two-tliirds rule and the unit rule, progressive elimination of low candidate on succeeding ballots, and including the right of delegates to cast votes of those who have gone home. At the conclusion of the reading. Gavin McXab. bf California, asked to know about previous rulings of the chair re garding the unit rule. Bruce Kremer, of Montana, a McAdoo man. inovinl the suspension of the rules so both sets of proposals could be referred to the rules committee for repyrt. Newton I). Baker and Wm. Jennings Bryan both claimed recognition of the chair. Tar Heel Delegation is Not in Need of Charity Just Yet. Raleigh. July 6. —New York today be came solicitous about North Carolina's finances in the state delegation. “If any movement in your state to finance con vention delegates wire SIOO early,’* the Herald-Tribune asked. No "movement” has been heard. The state's delegation is usually prosperous. It has two million aires. by a curious coincidence the present and the incoming governors, and has numerous members whosese wealth ranges into the hundred thousands. They have not called for charity yet. They have asked that folks who make them stay up there and vote monoto nously or McAdoo do not send collect orders as they have been doing. VOTE GOV. SMITH THE BEST DRESSED CANDIDATE Two Correspondents Also Say Mrs.. Springs is “Best Dressed Candida^ Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, was voted the best dressed candi date after a poll had been I taken of ap proximately 500 newspaper men cover ing the Democratic convention and cam paign headquarters in New’ Vork ( uy. A questionnaire with a stamped envelope for reply was sent to all gccredi tn tp porters at their respective hotels, and .the answers showed that in their estimation the man who got his early; business ex perience at Fulton Fish Market, Nt\ York City, wore better clotty au >’ one other candidate for the, Presidency. Congressman Charles A. Mooney dele gate from Cleveland, Ohio, was voted th best dressed delegate. Newtdn D. Baker, of Shaker Heights. Ohio, a|id secretary of war in the late President \V llson s cabinet, was voted the fcond best dressed candidate, although! up to the fourth day of the convention Mr. Baker was not even considered a remote possi bility for the nomination. William (J. McAdoo, California s can didate. and former secretary of thetieas urfy in his father-in-law’s cabinet was leading the race Thursday by almost 2( votes, but was accorded only a few’ votes bv the hard-boiled reporters, so far as good clothes are concerned. Two correspondents sent in the name of Mrs. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, S. C as the “best dressed candidate in their opinion* Other candidates who polled votes were Carter Glass the sena ■ tor from Virginia; Albert C. Ritchie, ■ Governor of Maryland, and James Ham - ilton Lewis, from Illinois, whose sar i tonal effects have never been questioned : at the Capitol. * *********** * *• * ALL DELEGATES RELEASED. * j ■ ■ Madison Square Garden. July 7. I & 2 :00 I*. M.—By action of the Dem- i corn tic National Convention itself ;fK today all delegates were released from pledges and instructions, on Presidential 'candidates. fit The motion was made by fanner & Governor Gilchrist. The action of the convention dill not affect the two-thirds rule or the unit rule. By its action the * * convention approved the stand of the 15 minority candidates, incidu- * ill K Governor Smith. Mr. MeAdoo's counter proposal did not come up for & a vote. * ********.*****♦ ALLEGED DRUNKEN NEGROES IN AN AUTO KILL A YOUTH Several Others Injured. One Seriously, in Wreck in Catawba County Last Night. j Mooresville, July (I. —Joseph E- Sherrill. 1!) years old, son of Marvin Sherrill, of Lincoln county, was instant ly killed; his brother. Francis Sherrill, was badly injured, and a companion. Baxter Little, was so badly hurt that he probably will not. live, when an auto mobile iu which they were returning from Sherrill’s Ford to their home in Liuco’n county, was run fnto and wrecked by another car occupied by negroes. The accident occurred about 1) o’clock last night, when the boys had reached a point, just over the Catawba county line. There were two cars of the negroes, the one in front running into and climb ing nearly over the Ford car occupied by the young men. Young Sherrill was killed outright and his body badly mangled. Little was brongh to a hos pital here, where very little hope is held out for his recovery. There were eight or ten* negroes in the party. Several of them were placed under arrest and will be held for trial. One of their number was badly injured. The names of the negroes could imtxjbe ascertalnvdf Liipmr was-'foufcF I H»<* Wrecked car occupied' by the negroes. CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR.. WAGING ' STUBBORN BATTLE FOR LIFE General Condition Sunday Was Slightly Worse. —His Condition Critical. Washington. July .7. —Announcement was made at oite o’clock this morning that there had been a very slight change for the better in the condition of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the President who is ill at Walter Reid army hospital of ■septic poisoning. Coming after tnany hours of anxious watching at the bedside when hope all but been abandoned, the change gave some encouragement. • The hours just before dawn, however, were looked for ward to with apprehension. The President and Mrs. Coolidge were at the bedside through the long night hours and close at hand was the Presi dent's persona! secretary, E. T. Clark. John Coolidge, the elder brother of the patient, however, after twice being at the hospital during the night returned to the White House after midnight ac companied by Frank W. Stearns, the close friend of the President. Tlie Flag Must Be Honored. Fayetteville. N. C., July Y. —The American flag must be given the proper recognition and respect and used in the mooxt sacred ways in the region Where Mayor Robinson of this city has any jurisdiction. He not only says so but he shows that he means it. for issues orders and then carries them oout him self. This was evidenced the other day when a negro minsfrel was parading through the streets of Fayetteville with an American flag at the head of its column, which the mayor promptly took away from them on the grounds that it was being used as an advertisement which is an unpatriotic purpose. The minstrel had just started on its noon day parade which was to bring at tendance at the night performance when the mayor saw the flag. He wenjt to the leader and told him that the flffg must be given up. An argument ensued in which the mayor came out the. victor and walked away with the flag/proper ly fo’ded under his arm. The par Ade con tinued on its course with the aid of the symbol of American liberty. McAdoo Accepts Only on His Own Con ditions. New York, July 6—William G. Mc- Adoo tonight accepted the proposal of the 15 other presidential candidates that all release their delegates, but with the provison tlhat the unit rule and the two-thirds rule both be abrogated. McAdoo further stimulated that with the resumption of voting, the low man be dropped on each succeeding ballot un til a nomination is made. He further stipulated that “each of the delegates ! present from each state shall be entitled 1 to cast his pro-rata vote of the delegates ► from such states, as are absent from > the convention.” ; McLaren Now in Japan. Kasumigaura, Japan. July 7. A 1 Stuart MacLaren, British around the » world aviator, arrived here at 2 :o0 p. ‘ m. today. ! Among the wonders of the moon are - mountains 24,000 feet in height, and I the craters of volcanoes —I,OOO feet in depth. - Night. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 7, 1924 Made W. J. B. a Great-Grand-dad Announcement that he was a great-grand-father came to William Jennings Bryan in the midst of convention turmoil. Here are Mr. and Mrs. W. 1\ Meeker, the happy parents. Mrs. Meeker is Bryan’s granddaughter. YOUNG MEN’S ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION IS FORMED | Founded and Will Be Fostered by Group of Leading Citizens. Raleigh. X. (’.. July 7.—'The Young Men’s Advancement Association is the name of a non-stock corporation of Dur- j ham which has been issued a charter by j the office of the Secretary of State. The corporation was founded and is sos- 1 tered by a group of leading citizens of Durham, among them being H. T. Green, Frank L. Byrd. T. H. Beaman, Alex Hamilton, all of Durham. The purpose of the association, as set I out in the charter, is the development of j Christian character and usefulness, and the improvement of the spiritual, social and mental as well as the physical con dition of young men. who have been de-j uied the advantage of good environment | during their boyhood acd who fail in se curing an educatiofLyjgp to the neces sity 6? "their going at ah early age. The method to be pursued in carrying on such work, the charter states, will be the creation and maintenance of libra ries. wherein the best literature and edu cational books shall be kept; the opera tion of social and recreational rooms and lecture halls; and the providing for the physical development of these young j men. The association, it was pointed out, is to be conducted especially for the benefit of those boys wild would ordinarily spend their time loitering about the Streets or lingering in places of worthless amuse ment. It is specifically designed that the or ganization shall be non-profit making and that only one person in the personnel shall receive pay. that person being the fill! time secretary, who must be a man of middle age, if not elderly. URGES GLASS AND WALSH ; Richmond Paper Says Both Sides Mould Accept Virginian. Richmond, Ya., July s.—The Rich mond News-Leader this afternoon urges | the convention to settle upon Senator (ilass, with Senator Walsh, of Montana, as his running mate. “Glass,” says the News-Leader, "r*- 'mains one of the very few Democrats of national prominence whose availability has been unimpaired by all the disputes of the convention. He stands almost alone in that he is acceptable to the drys and to labor; to the East and to the, West, as well as to the South; he has I not the ill-will of the klan, and he right- J ]y enjoys the respect of the Catholics ( for his courageous advocacy of religious liberty. “If the convention wants victory and conciliation, it can attain both by the nomination of Glass and Walsh. McADOO MEN OFFER SI,OOO FOR A VOTE Smith Man, of Massachusetts, Springs Sensational Charge of Attempt to Bribe. New York. July J—There were de velopments of a highly sensational char acter in the Massachusetts delegation to night. One delegates, an attorney, de clared that he had been offered SI,OOO for his vote by McAdoo men. He is supporting Smith. The charges of at tempted bribery “are supported by Brig adier General Charles H. Cole. He has expressed willingness to tell his story to the district attorney here. Respon sible McAdoo leaders disclaim knowledge concerning any improper use of money. Cabinet Minister as Typewriter. London, July s.—Not often does one hear of a cabinet minister acting as his own typewriter. Besides being able to read and write in nearly every European language, Tofu Shaw, the Minister of Labor in the present British government has also no fewer than six different kinds of shorthand at his command. He has a typewriter for his own use at the Ministry of Labor and rather than keep members of his staff after hours he will often type his own letters. Premier McDonald Going to Paris. Paris, July McDonald, of Great Britain, informed Premier Heriot today that he would arrive in Paris to raorow to confer with him regarding the proposed inter-allied conference at Lon don next week. PATTERSON HEARING IS SET FOR TODAY Greensboro Man Held in Connection With Fatal Accident. Charlotte, July (>. —C. I). Patterson, of Greensboro, foreman for The Otis Elevator company. working on the Johnson building here, will be given a hearing tiomoCrow afternoon before Magistrate J. W. Cobb in coonnection with an automobile accident Friday afternoon on the Tuckaseege road near this city when Glenn Mowrer. of Mooresville. was fatally injured- Patter son. it is said, was driving the car that struck Mowrer's auto, throwing him from the machine with such foorce that his neck was broken. Patterson was driving a car belonging to the U-Drive- It company and left the machine at the scene of the accident. It was through the company that he was traced as the driver of car. GRIST CONTINUES TO PILE UP LARGE VOTE With 506 Precincts Out of 1.719 Re ported He Has Has 39.146 Against Shipman’s 19.351. - _ Raleigh. July (5. —Frank D. Grist, of Lenoir, contimmed to increase his lead over M- L. Shipman, incumbent, for the 'Democratic nomination as commissioner of labor and printing a.s belated returns were reported to night. With 500 pre cincts reported out of 1719, the totals in Saturday’s race were as follows: Grist, 39.140; Shipman, 19,351. These totals represented 43 counties of ~tho state, of which seven were complete. In a statement issued early this morning Mr. Grist's campaign manager, John Hall Manning, asserted that the returns indicated the election of his candidate by a majority greater than had been expected- Mr. Shipman had no statement to make. TIIE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Decline of Bto 15 Points.—July 28:70 at Opening. New York, July 7.—The cotton mar ket opened steady at a decline of 8 to 15 points today in response to the rela tively easy showing of Liverpool over the local holiday. July eased off to 28.(51 and October to 23.80 in the first few minutes, but the market steadied on covering promoted by complaint of fur ther rains in eastern belt sections. July rallied to 28.75 and October to 23 95 and the market was about net unchanged to 8 points lower toward the end of the first hour. The opening prices were: July 28.70; Oct. 23.88; Dec. 23-30; Jan 23.08; March 23.30. Complete Boundaries for a Greater Dur ham. Durham. July 3.—A committee ap pointed recently by the central commit tee on extension of Durham's city limits, is now working in earnest to complete the new boundaries of what will be greater Durham, providing the proposed extension bill is passed. Efforts are being made to frame the bill in time to have it presented through Representa tives R- O. Everett and Victor S. Bryant, at the special session of legis lature which convenes in August. The boundaries committee is composed of J- M. M. Gregory, chairman: and J. H- Harris. E. E. Lee, A. P. Wiggins, and W. H. Woods. I _____________ Simmons Backing McAdoo to UmU. New Bern, July 3. —With reference to the story from the Democratic National convention carried in today’s | NewH and Observer Senator Simmons this morning sent the following tele jgram: "Honarable O- Max Gardner” North Carolina delegation, Madison Square Garden, New York. N. Y.. "Convention incident of yesterday as it relates to me without warrant or justification and gross wrong to me. I am whole heartodly for McAdoo and hope deleation will continue their loyal support- I have never suggested nor de sired action in this matter personal to myself. "Signed : F. 31. SI3I3IONS. Aivey A. A dee Dead. Washington, July 5. —Aivey A. Adee, second assistant secretary of state, and patriarch of Jhe American diplomatic service, died today at his home here. Whoat , Edward Frendorf, Michigan dele* gate, wanted to bring the long en durance contest to a close at Madi son Square Garden, New York, so he moved that McAdoo and Smith drop out of the race for the presi* 'dentidal nomination./' j THE McADOO COUNTER PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN By the Representatives of the Other Fif teen Candidates. New York, July 7.—The McAdoo Adoo counter proposal for .breaking the deadlock in the Democratic national convention was turned down early this morning by the representatives of the other fifteeu candidates. Iu a conference of candidates man agers only the McAdofi people support ed the plan which would have abrogated the unit and two-thirds rub's at the same time that the delegates would be released from all obligations of further support to a particular candidate. The representatives of the other 15 candidates then voted unanimously to lay before the. cauvenjiun when it re assembles at 11 a- m. today The joint statement of their candidates releasing delegates. Having released unconditionally the delegates supporting them, all the candi dates save McAdoo will afck the national convention to compel a similar uncondi tional release of the McAdoo delegates as well. Whether the convention can do more than express its sense in the matter is not certain. * At the same time a qualified counter proposal submitted to party leaders by McAdoo tonight when he was asked to join in the action of his 15 opponents, will be laid before the convention as a substitute- It provides that the release «f the delegates shall be accompanied by abrogation of the unit rule and the two thirds rule that favorite sons be dropped from the balloting by a process of progressive elimination and that state delegations be permitted to vote their full strength even if there are absentees. A conference of the representatives of all the candidates late tonight found the McAdoo counter proposal unacceptable, the McAdoo manager alone supporting it. Unable to make further progress toward a solution of the long conven tion deadlock, the* conference then ad journed subject to call and authorized Ghairman Hull to go before the con vention when it meets tomorrow morn ing and submit to the Democratic nat*>mil committee to the two proposals. The situation pointed to a show down (ui the question on the convention floor with the Smith and favorite forces standing solidly on one side and the 3lcAdoo supporters on the other. Convention officials were uncertain whether a simple majority or a two thirds vote would be required to decide the issue. All Candidates Except 3lcAdoo Sign Resolution. New York. July o—Fifteen of the 10 candidates for the Democratic pru dential nomination tonight approved a statement declaring each willingly re leased all delegates committed to him "as completely as if his name had been withdrawn from the convention.” The only signature missing was that of Wil liam G. McAdoo* The 15 approving the. declaration, which was originally put forward at a meeting of representatives of minority candidates, included Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, who with Mr. Mc- Adoo, stand as leaders among the candi dates before the convention. The representatives of the 14 "minority” candidates first affixed the signatures of their principals and then Governor Smith personally placed his signature upon the document which had been drafted in the form of a resolution for presentation to the convention- It reads as follows: "Resolved: That the time has arrived when in the opinion of this Democratic convention all delegate* should be and are hereby iVeased from an pledges or instructions of any kind whatsoever, touching any candidacy for the nomina tion for President. Statement: The undersigned do here by release all and every delegate from any pledge, instruction or obligation of any nature whatsoever, insofar as his candidacy for the Democratic nomina tion for the presidency is concerned as completely as if his name had been with drawn from the convention.” $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SON OF PRESIDENT nnni state ut»» Ullu nU IMPROVEMENT TODAY Last Point of Gravity .Was Reached This Afternoon on Condition of Calvin Cool idge, Jr., Says Report. PRACTICALLY \LL ' HOPE ABANDONED Physicians Marvel That the Youth Lived Through the Night as He Was Near to Death Three Times. "Washington, July 7/ —The last point of gravity laws reached this afternoon in the condition of Galvin Coolidge. Jr., son of the President, suffering from blood poisoning at Walter Reed Hospital. He was clinging to life with wonder ful tenacity, but .hope was about all that was held out for his recovery. All of his physicians were remaining by his side, and were finding the stamina the boy was exhibiting marvelous. Gas was said to be forming iu the stomach, an additional evidence of the progress of infection, and making him impossible for him to take ntutrition by ordinary means. The President and Mrs. Coolidge were remaining immediately at ha nd. After a consultation of physicians early thi«s afternoon, President and Mrs. Cociidge decided to go to the White House for luncheon, indicating that the doctors felt that their patient was not actually in a dying condition. The needs of a stomach specialist to cope with the later developments brought in another physician, Dr. William Gary Morgan ,of Washington. A washing out of the stomach was successful)’ com pleted. Washington, July 7. —After a night during which the patient was said to have been near death in three separate sinkings spells, Calvin Coolidge. Jr., sou of the President ,was still fighting brave ly for his life early today with his safe passage through the early morning hours giving slightly increased hope of his re covery. It was announced shortly after 7 o’clock this morning that the President's w4» ihrotnewhat moro oomfortahl*', ~-~ After "having passed through hours re garded as marking the most critical stage of his illness from septic poisoning. At 9 o’clock this morning the physi cians said the boy “had little more than a fighting chance for his life.” They called another consultation for 10 o’clock. Meanwhile the President who with Mrs. Coolidge went to the White House for breakfast, returned to the hospital. One of the physicians who remained in attendance, described his survival of the night as a miracle, adding that he now had “a bare fighting chance for recov pry.” The physician confirmed reports that a blood transfusion had been resorted to, and said the youth had “reacted well to the transfusion and other things that have been done for him.” With Our Advertisers. July 1 marked the beginning of a new’ quarterly interest period in the Havings department of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. All deposits made on or be fore July 10th will draw interest from July 1. | You will find a number of extra spe cials at Parks-Belk Co’s for next Thurs day afternoon, as the store does not close on that afternoon. To the first 25 lad ies entering their down stairs store, npxt Thursday afternoon they will sell a 10- yard bundle of short length percales, gingham and Sea Island for only 10 cents each. . Body of An Aged Man Found in Mill Race. Stoneville, July s.—The body of an unknown white man, from all appear ances 70 years of age, was found floating in the Mayo MilLs race at Mayo dun at an early hour this morning by Hill Dickens, one of the mill employes. Dr. J. T. Taylor, county coroner, and Sheriff Smith were immediately notifi£l and ordered the body moved. Close ex amination failed to reveal any indications of foul play. Fifty-five cents in money was found in his pantw pockets, together with some papers that bore no marks of identification. The new ruler of the German Com munists is a Vienna Jewess named Ruth Fischer. She succeeds the late Rosa Luxemburg and is an associate of Bela Kun (or Oohen) the leader of the Red Terror in Hungary. * Want to Quash Indictments. Washington. July 7.—A motion was filed in the District of Columbia Su preme court today by E. L. Doheny, and E. L. Doheny. Jr., to quash the indict ments returned against them as a result of the oil investigation. WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER CAT BAYS cjnH w « Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; prob - ably showers; not much change in tem perature. NO. 17