First Ballot in fVeridential Contest
Shows Strength of McAdoo—Smith
FIRST WEEK TAKEN UP
WITH NOMINATIONS
Now Predicted That McAdoo and
Smith Will Have to Give
Way to "Dark Horse"
miiwi 9<|uar» Gardsn, New York
June 99.—A* midnight spproached
tlM Democratic national convention
bad rampMol its lfith ballot sad a
mmIrm still waa bttaf suwght.
Twlrr hour* of balloting had nrr
ad BMtrrly to advance McAoo and
taltk in a steady gradual movement
aad to bring neither ona within utrik
tng distance of • nomination, ff It
established anything It estabHahed
that each of thaia has a one-third ra
ta en the other Smith, although ha
rsa second, made tha moat train rtur -
ing tha ballotmjr Although ha •tart
ad with 24* (n tha flrat ballot ha had
gone to Mi.fi at tha close at tha 15th.
McAdoo itwtinf at 431 an tha first
ballet had climbed to 47*.
John W. Davie. of West Virginia,
starting at >1 on tha first ballot had
advanced to *4.5 and waa third in
plan. Tha result was announced this
way for tha 15th ballot:
At tha rondos ion of tha annoance
■tent at tha 15th ballot. Chairman
Bremer of tha Montana delegation.
McAdoo floor leader, moved an ad
journment until 10. SO ts marrow
morning. Tha convention did not even
wait for the motion to ha put and car
ried. It mwety piled eat while it
was being dona. Tha hand struck op
"Home Sweat Home" aad the conven
tion had waa emptied quieter than
It would have been if a troupe of the
elphants which often sojosm there
Mll Jdn ■at., ^aafr I — • -i m m --L. — —„ —
"■o Runavnij rut lonnf. BORif cnangrs
were predicted for timui raw's ballot
ing. Whether or net there won Id be
a a^mination waa anybody's guess
One politician remarked:
"The ire is 12 inches thick; there
la not a crack hi sight."
None the teas all the rival candi
dates' managers went oat smiling and
remarking that everything waa aa
they expected. quite aa they had pre
dated and that nothing about the
whole day's balloting showed any
thing hostile or unfavorable to their
Madison Square Garden, New York,
June 29 (Sunday >— Amid scenes un
precedented in national political
gatherings, the Democratic national
convention early this morning adopt
ed Ha platform, escaped the incluaion
f anti-Ku Klux dan plank by the
•arrow margin of one vote and ad
journed until 9:90 o'clock Monday
"rning whan It win meat to nomi
nate candidates for president and
platform by the taller* after t
changae. WWf the fractional flgur**
of "thrae-twentietha" came from wma
not apparint to hundreda of iiwiffl
rial tabulator* that wara Weeping
check n tha voting.
Soma of thoaa who fought far a
Klan plank left the Garden at 2 o'
clock thia Morning vowtng that It
would be changed bat whether they
will cool off oear the week end only
the furtur* can determine.
Tha vote came after aevaral hour*
of oratory in which William Jennings
Bryan made an eloquent and peaaion
ate sp*sth against namine the klan
on the grmmd that to do ao would
■plit the patty and fan the Area of re
ligioua controversy.
The aati-Klan leader*, amoiif them
Ed H. Moor* of Ohio, George E. Bran
nan of fltinni*. Norman E. Mack, of
New York, Gut fey, of Paimeyl.
vania. and virtually all the Smith da.
legation in tha hall made frantic
effort* to ■wins enough vote* over
into the negative column during the
laat hoar of confaaion and turmoil to
pot the klan plank over. They want
to Tom Taggart of Indiana who had
raat hi* thirty Indiana votea, flee for'
naming the Klan and 2ft again at bat
Taggart shook hi* head and rsfuaad
to come hi.
The result of thia Klan fight hi tha
Garden, unprecedented from aay
standpoint—win be argued and die-1
rna**d for many day* in all
tty.
The aitaatlaa at aay time
have lead to aerioaa trouble hot hi the
end the de legatee wore tired from
eleven rontinuoua hoor* of oratory
and turmoil, and whan Chairman
Walsh announced the reealt they
whooped the whole platform ever by
acclamation and wearily left the hall,
jawing at eaah other Uka
of a ward political club.
1» CUMm h 10 Ynti |
Jewell City. Ia.. June 28.—When
Mr*. Frank Scott got oa a tram with
irtemi boy* aad handed the conduc
tor on* ticket he thought ah* eras a
Sunday school tear bad on her way to
a picnic, but ah* declared they war*
aU her own children and she had a
Bible in her suit case to prove it.
The Scott* have been married le*a
than tan year* and have nineteen chil
dren, aU boys. There are five seta
of triplets and two aeta of twins The
thirteen in question were all n->der 5
years of ag* and consequently rode
free. *
Washington, Hm ST.—On arrival
il Crimii. (Mtt UnK. Lowell H.
•mith, Cawwlir of the American
World flight, adviaed the War De
wrtwim that *r dm planaa ara
n good condition and the pen >nnal
wail. Thr flight ia mliliit all pnaathte
■peed, ha atatad, ami eapacf* In guh>
ay loat Mm* from m* mi.
Whan Ik* flight take* off a* Cai
•utta the planes will ha oqaippef? with
their normal wtiaal running gear,
»hieh will not ha ripiamd by pMi.
ioone until they arrive at Hall, Eng
and, whara praparationa will ha auuia
Far rroeamg tha Atlantic
Without tha huge poatoona tha
planea can maha greater rpaod and
ira aaaiar to handle. They will follow
he British airway through India and
tha Near Eaat. and undar ordinary
-nndition* tha pdni should ha aiach
laaiar alt around.
Air Wai itn offieiaia ara aaarfMent
Limit. Smith and hia wipwlim will
ta able la gain much of tha time loat
>» account of tha severe aaithtr con
ditions encountered in tha aariiar
<tagee of tha flight.
Tha Navy Department haa laauad
rders for tha ratara ta tha United
States of Lieut. Ralph Davidaon, U. I.
V., who waa ta hnva piloted ana of
rha plane* of tha Amundeon flight ta
tha North Pole thia utimmer.
Thia action waa takan following tha
receipt of a dispatch from Liaot. Dav
•o a tat tag that owing la fiaaaatal
HHWaKiee tha fhght had haaa rallad
" for tMa yaar and raqoaating that
k. L. r, J |. .
laW vi^wTWI II wiw® ■
Officiate of tha Navy Dipai tan ill
ixpraaaad keen regrat that Amand
iea found blame If in financial diffi
-ultiaa and unable ta lampist* pay.
■ant on hia Italian-built plane* in
time to make tha flight thia yaar.
Going **th?
rye for aa eya. a tooth far a tooth"
(ran pa of BMa ara aaid la ha handing
Ihawailias in a natlnwal I sagas la
ragiatar thair protaat a gamut hohhad
lair far wwmsa by allowing thair
Maidi ta grow.
laadsi i of tha orgaaisatiea ara
mtahanda of a number of wumsn In
Travane City who grew tirad of
Kridge and rallad In a barber, which
raaahed ia a scare or more bobbed
beads.
To he admitted into the league tha
wales have to he members of families
in which a woman has hohed her hair
»r haa threateaad to bob it. If the
iaad is done the man will wear a
Teard until ahe decide* ta let her
raaaee grow, if ahe ia only threaten
ing to bob it he will wear a beard an
til she promises to give op the idea
of b 'bbing her hair.
They are also thinking of calling
i convention of the bearded ma lea, to
i*«et some time this suauner.
▼ KT*pmnom\.
No Danocratlr conTeot'on rrrr saw 11
more riotous scenes than were enact
ed m the garden tonight over the Ku
Khra Klan mane. Fichu were start -
*4, police hmhii were called and the
ran vent ion wma in an uproar for Mar
ly two hour* while the voting waa la
Votes war* chanted and challeng
accusation* war* harled and de
nted and In the end the convention
reted down a plank for Ita 1924 plat
1mm that would specifically have da
nmn sd the Ku Khi by name, bjr
the onueoal total of Sit LM to HI
Mi. This raault waa attained after I
aa leaa than a do sen correction* had
Mh Made Im the voting and te a lone
■Mian Cooiey, goea the responsibility 1
of deciding the momentous iaaaa '
whether the Democratic pertv would
Governor Morrison Opposed
Naming Ku Klux Klan
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Ha Dofooda "Right* of Mm
Who Miatakenljr Bflong to
WoaM Not HoaMoto to Vote
for o Catholic
Madlaon Square Garden, Nw York,
loo* During the MxU ia the
iwion of Um DmioctaUc nstiooal
Mirwtion loal|kt o»ar whether Um
(a Khia klan by Mine Garemor
Mega te-at-large JrfoM "Um rlghta
•faweko mistakenly belong to Um
Uaa."
Ha vaa rm—!»■< by Um chair la
ippoebm nam tag Um Klan ia Um pUt
-I 4o not riae »e apeak la Won
<f the Klan," be aakd. "Bat 1 waat to
my maaething about Um rlghta of
and txaertU mere than • million mm
who art ywfini followers of the
l ord J «ku CM*.
"Ham the Dniratk party mr
pledged itself to prevent foolish re
tioM krtahniM and Mfttrr?
"I tova many Jews and Catholic*
| and I've appointed Dm* to afffea and
Isached at the Kn Du kin hi «y
■tate at North Carolina.
The Klan ta a cms tor the minis
ters, not a matter tor (SNnMrttl
thaw (tM pottee puesi should act srtth
with * tMs Matter ta a
last way. as hirutoss not ths follow
ers of paHtieai stands hat aa felisor
MAUGHAM TELLS OWN
tell MlkwihMMMAi'LiM
Sua har," tat I Mim tf a km
Tort a«i—«y On af tfceai wmld
fro had an Idea for a Int.* time
It rnuId ha 4mm. When f Wft Kelly
Field, San Antonio, Te*„ wfcn* I am
an Inatiai lor la pursuit. and hoarded
tfca train far Haw Turk, I faK that If
weather !■ and It ww an* at all farnr
abla, the flight rould he made
Wa waited three morning* for (•tod
weather conditions Yesterday morn
inc. at S.W. Daylight Having Tine,
thrrr were about a hundred people at
Mitchell Field, N. T.
It wa* clear and beautiful—an idea]
dawn The contrast between that
handful of penphe waiting at dawn In
New York and the 50,000 maeaed la
Saa Franciaco laat night are two pic
tures I will never forget.
There ia a graat variety of opinion
nhnut the number who aaw the land
ing at Criaey Field. Bat f wh the
only one who can id really look down
on the crowd, and I thou Id aay there
were at leaet 80,000.
I suffer nauaaa ronstanly when I
am flying. Nevertheless I ate a light
breakfast of fruit and toast before
leaving New York. Outside of water
a drink of lemonade and one sandwich
I did not eat anything at any of the
stopa.
A man who has triad to keep him
nmM awake at the wheel of an auto
mobile will have mm idea of the
way I had to fight the feeling of sleep.
The boss of the engine synchronizes
with the drone and producaa tfca best
little lafhtfcy It la agony fighting
the feeling of drowsiness
I did not worry—not even when I
••n countered strong head winds during
two-thirds of the trip, and rroaa
wtnda the rest of the way. I had ISO
mi tea af rain around Flttslmrgk. 1M
miles of fog and the reet of the way
low-hanging broken cloads.
My average spied waa about 160
raiUa an hoar. I want ap to IN at
tiatae and then fell bach to 14*.
My pvaaaat plan ia to fly hark,
stopping at Washington. D. C. I hare
been misquoted about trying another
race. 1 shall fly bark by raster
I fiture it CMt about II #2 for pu I
»nrf oil for the trip, and one at the w. I
foliation pursuit plan** mh aa I
costs about HUN
5-Foo« 9Mkt Fall* Off Port
Portland. Ma.- What Prohibition
has done for Main wa» cmphat
icalljr demonstrated when • ut «wkt.!
fhrt fset ionj. fell five (tone* from
the roof of the Windsor Hotel to
Union Street, ia the boart 11 Da busi
ness section. Not one of the throng
of passing pedestrians hatred sn eye
and a truck driver quickly dispatched
the reptile with aa iron bar.
After all the naturalists and wise
acres had been consulted and none of |
them could account for the preserve |
' the reptile as far from his native
vilds, it developed that be was lire
-uriawsy pet of Texas Jack of Wor- •
r-hestar, Mass., a vendor of snake oil. I
who sold his wares from the corner!
near the Windsor a year ago this
Hummer.
The itinerant medicine
Srouffht the snake up from babyhood
and the bir ill dm would have cele
brated his thirteenth birthday next
math. Texas Jack offered a
for the retuni of his pal
■•hourht had baa* stela*. Haw Ma|
Northern winter no one cm flfurs,
ut it is bogs red that he subalated <
birds which neated around the aavaa|
of the hotel.
Foflow, ■. pj
nBMMB ...
Caldwell
Camden
Cartar«t
Ca»well
Catawha
Chatham
Chemkre
Chowan ....
Clay
riwland
Columbian
Cnwiti
Cumberland
Currituck
Davirtnon
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edffemrabe
Forajrth
Franklin
Gaeton
Guilford
Halifax
Harrrtt
Haywood
Hertford
Hoke ...
Hyde
Iredell
Jar It ion
Johnston
SamoKifi
Scotland
Stanley
Stoke.
Surry
Swain
Trans, Ivania
Tyrrell
Qwm
•t Ptttahargh hi
par Miaaiaaippd nlb|r.
Til* imtMt loaa of Ufa waa at
Lorain. where »h» lata at rmmt «how
M daad and IM injured, a aeora of
if them auffarlng affiit hilfta. Tlw
[impaity loaa there waa upwarda af
t» city block. hare heaa
demoliahad At flanduaky tt waa
found that only ilx peraoaa war* MB.
*d although IM wan injtrrad and
imparty valued at 92,000,000 waa da
Thai* wara aevan fatahtlaa Im
'leraiand al though tha pro party dam
<r* wm rnnall Plttaburgh up art ad
' 1 poraona killed. while Nantua, Ohio,
reported thraa daad and Akron oar.
Tha death total tn Imn and lllinoie
waa 12. makinr a daath llat of IM.
Tha total pro party damage whan re
pnrta from tha rsraJ ragiona an cum
plate win probably aggregate WO.
Deapite tha drraatatinn at Lorain
whrr» tha tornado tora down a qar
1 tar af tha rity. organiaad reacoe '
froope hapt order among tha
'anta. hundred* of whom wara
>ot of their homaa and had to ho ahei
farad hi tawta and with Menda
Tha graateet loaa of Ufa at I.orata
nmrad la tha atata theatre, a fewr
atory hoi Id tag which partly rnltepa
ad and craahad many of tha • porta
tora at a motion picture ahow. Aa
xooa aa raacaa work waa organ irod
laat night, a aorvey of aftoatioa lad
to tha deduction that away acoraa had
killed, for haimagi bad haaa
own over tha hoada of aw
bathing beach
*nra to pieces and it
I last their livee.
Inveetigation today when hgfct |
a search of the rata*
eeryone *t the Laaeh
with Ms Hfe The fact
i Hat the tornado struck both San.
lusky and Lorain while factories ware
miitM on account of Saturday hoti
'ay probably reduced the death tufl hy
| hundreds, for a number of mannfart
) irtng plants ware torn down rmhr a
| *«w hours after several thousand em
ployes had left their work.
Fears ware entertained during the
night far the safety of several steam
ers on Lake Erie aad in 8anduaky hay
hot the calm sunlight of Sunday
showed that all steamers had safely
ridden the storm except one towtoff
launch which had hees
against a barge. The U
board this launch scrambled from the
wreckage to the barge and
mj«ry.
Housing of the heaneieea an
tioa to the injured occupied the at
tention of scores of doctors and nurs
es aad Bad Cross workers who had
been raihed to the
night aa quickly aa trains
piloted into Lorain over
tracks and flooded
The pal ice aad fire i
hy the first arrival of