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SMITH PASSES McADOO ON EIGHTY-SEVENTH feALLOT Madison Squars 0«rJ—. New York, Mjr 7.—Chtrfini down on the M* Adoe Um wttk • m» (wettf Um naalWna force* in Um Dauoitk aat loaal convention nwpt the IhAdno votes down to thair luooot point. Governor Smith, for the first time, took the toad over McAdoo and reduc ed hie opponent to a point where ha had loet hie power of a one-third veto over the ■election of a candidate. TTien when the coalMen forcee wore lidhn on the creet of the ware, they got an adjournment at the conven tion until tomorrow morning at 10:SO Tim convention actually adjourned aa a mark of lympathy and fee poet for President and Mrs. CooHdge on the death of their eon, hot before the word of the Preetdont'e eon'* death waa received, the manacora of the eoaMtion forcee had planned the adjournment at high water mark. The smashing attack on the Mc Adoo lines wax accompanied with raide for Kalaton and for Olaea. The illetkwi took hack trophies for each. Om the t7th ballot the coalition fame battered down the McAdoo rtrength etiU further and the load era to the conteet stead this way: Smith .*1.6; McAdoo SSt.5; Ralston M; Glass 71; Davis M.6. This was a loss ef SO for McAdoo and a loos of one and a half for Glass It was a rain of one and a half for Smith, a lain of one and a half far Davis and a rain of one for Kalaton. On a forced poD of the Kansas dole ration tonight it wont under the unite rule to Governor J. M. Davis and out j of the McAdoo coluan. Tar Heel Vk« PU;i a Part ta f New York, Jul, 7 -On the 85th e ballot McAdoo fell below the one-third j k Kite—Uw «•» power position—and ! » likewise helow the Smith vote, al-. though ion think the new "low" for' «i the California* will not be pet— nent. In other wonk, his Meads think be will be able to recover, at least in part, fraa what has the ap pearance of a mortal blow. ■ The North Carolina delegation took : a hand in forcing the Callfornian down to a point where some of those opposing him feel confident they have him hog-tied. The delegation from the state gave him only IX votes, and there was inrtart applause when it i was noted in the opposition camps what the Tar Heels had done. Singularly enough, one argument against Smith Is that if nominated there would be ■ possibility of his election, and thoae impressed by this argument say it would never do for Um Democratic party to be the in for putting into the White a Catholic who would probably favor the modification of the dry TV night session of the eonven ta had opened with advance au nts of a raid on the McAdoo but there was no indication of how far they would go. If the ICeAdoo managers had any idea that their column of votae was going to he Mashed to the extent that it was the fact, hot after no* to W discouraged. that the foreea were going to give "a Me* la convention parlance to off Virginia and that of Indiana, and mJi * Of Bt iRSIA&ippi, ! far a ran for had the Might's ballot ia« wMni at the plana clear. When the sees ton ad McAdoo had been raided fer 11* l-l vetea, coaspared with the plane he oecapted when the last bal let was tahea Saturday and he wan tending IN 1-1 vote* tow than Mt ilgh water mark an Um Mth ballot la «w exactly M votes Mow Mi irat ballot in tba coaventlon tm reeks ago. Governor Smith throughout Um rhole day'* operations haid kia plan ritii littla fluctuation. On tha laat ballot Saturday ha Ml atea and tha laat ballot tonight Im ad Ml 1-2. Natthar rspraswrtad th. igh water mark which ha ranehm gain today on tha Mud ballot wit) M, which waa two mora than In aadad to maintain a ona-third veto ia tha balloting ctoaad tonight Gov rnor Smith waa abort of rate pow r but ha bad driven bia opponanl pom hit paint of rantags and paaate im in tha voting. Dropping continuoualjr undar tha onatent raiding at all tha forem ppoaad to him McAdoo'a rate fall alow Governor Smith'* on tha Mtt allot tonight and it «u still heloa ha governor* on tha 87th, tha laal f the night aeaaion. It waa on tha Mth ballot that hit nt® fall below tha ona ana third vetr owar he had baen holding. Whan tha convention broke up to ight the situation pasasil again inta le stage of hotel conference. TV alf doaen different groupa hurried ft to aaaaea the day's developments ad make plana for tomorrow. During tha night's seaalua. tea, aggart and Senator Harriaon had talnteined "com prom iae candidate" ■adquarters in an office just off th« invention auditorium alisis they iw many leadava. Included among them ware eevaraJ •oa the McAdoo camp and variaus aders from delegations having fa srite sons in the race. Tha main urpoaa of the Taggart-Harriaon com inatinn tonight waa to run tha Mc doo vote down under the Smith vota nd hold it there demonatrating the itility of McAdoo remaining in the ice. This they believed wooid force inferences which would aocrae to tha pneflt of Balaton, or any dark boras ho might be selected in bia stead Alt HEEL TOLD TO CHANGE VOTE OR NOT RETURN HOME IcUfttion Rfirti (00 ufw Girk| it OrdUra Not to Vote For Smith New York, July 8.—"Tell the nan ho voted for Smith to chance hU puidence," to read a telegram re eved today by membera of the North 'arolina delegation, who cane in fracted for McAdoo, oae member ol hich ao far strayed from the family roup as to east his vote for Smith » Tuesday. The other member* of the delega ons ware incensed it is understood, rer the one incensed but when the ilprit relented and proaiiaed to be nod the rumpus subsided here. Telegraph wires were busy bat»aw few York and North Carolina, how ome thst Smith had laceiead on* r North Carolina's Mrs Palmer U resident of the North Carolina Fad ration of Women's •day that thia I P BOO or mora racefead by the chair man of the delegation from the in. ■mad hoaaa folks over the fact that Mir la— baf> of the dalagatioa hare away from the unit role, at tractions that H should remain firm rr McAdoo until ha haa been eliati ited. "No* wa woat say who was the man said Mre. lipt of the la is rialdni, la fact wt have re ■irsd at laaat MO about the way rar of ear m—haw hare way from what Ow This momtag he apuke before the . I convention of th« National Education 1 seeociatton. Later in the day ha planned to 1 board the presidential yateh May flower for a rrutee down the Potoaae which might continue over the week end. Then were no White Houae rueats, although the two mm of the President and Mr*. Coolidgs, John and Calvin, ware at home. Many floral place* were received from frienda during the day, and E. T. Clark, private uctvtary to the President, said more than 46,000 cards and letters of congratulations had been received. Birthday greetings from 20,000 Ms—arhusetts citisens, was the mee aags inscribed on a giant-aise enve lope delivered to President CooUdge today by Louia de Mortreus, 17-year I old messenger boy of Boston, who at. < so bore a personal letter of greetings from Ueutenant-GowMr Fuller of that state. The envelope contained an inch thick book of signatures, many of them residents of the Prse : idrnt's home town of Northampton SNAKE BITES NOT CURED BY WHISKEY Sty Wkialwjr Cut Oak aid Wanked Winston -Sake July X.—Til* fol artide, wwlW by Dr. R. L. Cartton, Winston-Balem health offi cer. la especially late* anting at this time e< year: Tb old idea that whiskey is a spe cific care for make bite is shaken la •B article published in the California State Health Balletia. "It would seem. therefore, that every camper and hiker should know what to da in case he shea Id be bit ten by oae of thaae deadly snakes. Every camper should carry with kirn a very sharp knife, rasa* or safety blade, a small bottle of permanganate of potaat crystals and a few heavy rubber bands. Theoe articles consti tute the best standard snakebite i equipment. Whiskey, in large quan tities particularly, is of m w ai 1 a remedy and may be very harmful, popular opinion to the contrary enough to overshadow the effects of When a person is bitten by a pois i onoua snake, he ahould first of all 1 place one or more of the heavy rub ber bands very tightly around the in jured member and above the wound. , In no case, however, ahould the band be left on for longer than twenty or thirty minutes. After the hand la in place, two incisions at least aa Inch long should be made at right ai gles ■iirectly across the bite. Theae in cision* ahould be deeper than the pen etration of the snake fanga. The wound ahould then he washed thor oughly in a solution of permanganate of potash using s sufficient amount of the crystals In water to make a dark, wine-colored solution. If no water is available, the crystals may be rubbed directly into the wound, bat it la better to aae a solution. This chemical destroys all snake tnw with which It cornea in eon tact. Re moval of the be forgotten. After of he total to a physician, tf pooswM., hi order that .. .. I applied to the (•odi front New York merchant* an nually for year*. TWy never expect ed to have their womm Jeered at to- , cause they were from the south. Q*f delegation la on one at the back tier Mate, and the language hurled at n» from the falkrua could not hare coma from any other than a tough el»ment. At 1 New York daleyatm had no part in thia." TW Tw Millionth Ford U . Now Cntmi Dm Continent Detroit, July 5 —"Watch for the Ton Millionth Ford" Km bacon* a slogan alone tha Lincoln highway. The atuHy little car, crossing tha continent from New York to San Franciaco ia performing in true Fortf > style maintaining a schedule which mill find it croaslng Illinois and Iowa on the third week'* lap of ita croaa country run. It has become something of a sem aation along the great national road way and ia being welcomed with en thusiastic demonstrations every, where. Accounts of the tour ao far, during which the car traveled from New York down through New Jersey, and westward acroaa the mountains in Pennsylvania and out over Ohio and Indiana show that city, country and state officials are Joining with resi dent* of their communities in wel coming tha ten millionth addition to the great Ford family Particularly demonstrative were the receptiooa in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. At the latter city the parade drew up at the city hall where Mayor McGae and other city officials extended a hearty welcoasc * Furthermore the tour has hsrnasa a continual prnraaainn. far Ford deal pre along tha way are Joining in aa- 1 porting the ear from town to town ' and paradea are varied and wife la make-up. R»ia laltffem With Fourth ml Jaly Fragr— Elkia. July l_1ha ahaoat eonttn aoua downpour of rain latmfmied to which waa to have itimiii am tha Fourth. The Weal peat af tha Amssl sam lii —■ ii ■* m i■ ■ ■ st ml Wsi sk* Mi BMMiVS PJ UN YITIOyi I failure, however, for the rain seas sd for awhile lislwna tha bom af 10 and 11 o'clock, giving tea far k spectacular parade. , DEATH ANGEL Calvin CooUdge, Jrn Cut Down By Death After Heroic Fight Three sinking apafb Sunday night brogfht him to the point at death. A alight rally gava slight hops, but aoon thereafter he began to leaa (round u4 he never nDM again. A linking spall, tha fourth ha bad suffered in 24 hoara, brought daatb. Notwithstanding tha uaa of oxygen and other iestmnH»«s tha eoarage which had withstood rriaia after crta ia and had beaten daath oil rspsnt odljr, waa unabla to BMat tha final at tack. Tba cola poo began *t «:M »Vtock and ha gradually aank into aternitjr. Ho diod at 10 J0 o'clock. The brother John waa not at the bedside. He waa to be joined bp the President and Mr*. Cootidge at one*, however, aa they arranged to leave without delay far tha While Hooea. CeolUsaa Bear Up Bravely Preeident and Mrs. Ceolklge bora they want Is tha White Bouse, where infection developed from \ broken blister on the right foot in curred durotr a tennia match with bia brother John on tha White House 'I'-i'tiLjncXa4m. After first pay r.g no attention to it. tne yootn reloped an alarming Th> poison » rapidly that ikill waa without avail. A if upecialiata war* ciM to act with Mute House physicians on the caae »nd a desperate firht for Ufa waa Made by the boy who itiuuhd mj Hggtpain and with high fever. / ErS^mouTte of medical Kifke1 ma* brought into play in the rain ef-1 fort to nave young Coolidge's life. An operation waa performed on the left leg last Saturday night to drain jff the poison and blood transfusions tnd oxygen ware resorted to in the later days of his illneaa. Pat Up a Brave Fight The natural strength of a boy of 16, however, which was counted on is the moat powerful resisting force to the creeping poison was unable to meet the issue, and after having fought a brave bat always loaing 'ight he succumbed. One of the final complications and ihe one which the physicians ware inable to meat was the formation >f gaa on the stoasach. The organ »as washed oat repeatedly in an ef fort to put H in condition to retain louriahment, but the effort waa nn luccesaful. Young Calvin waa removed to the toapital Saturday and an operation •n the same night revealed iaflaai nation of the bone marrow of the eft let. where the infection first la. aliaed in part A alight rally fal * but oa Sunday night hla eon of after, frnHint ud Hn. CoolMp* trtef irriihsa «w (Mr flnt put ■Twhita 'ifmiaa aatomobila aad wmn dilsaa away. Both »w Mri (Ml tha loo« *i«fl. CRIST CONTINUES TO FILE UP LARGE VOTE Wbtk MS PndMk 0«t «f 1,71* R.pirl.J HiHmR. 1 m A«MMt %1» in ■'» 1MM. Balaigh, July 6.—Prank D. Grfct, W Laaoir, conttaoad to iacnaaa Ma laad armr M. L. Shipman, incumbant, far the Democratic nomination m cmh miaatonar of labor and printing aa halatod raturns vara raported te niffht. With SOS precincts raported oat of 171#, the total* tn .Saturday's rum »■»* aa follows: Grist, te.lte; Shipman, 19361. Thaaa totals np»a lented 43 counties of tha state, at la a statement isausd early thte Borninc Mr. Grist's ni>»t— s» i|«r, John Rail Manning, aaaarted that tha rataraa indicated tha elec tion of his candidate by a majoerty pwltr than had baaa expected. Mr Shipman had no statement to ssaha. FARMER USED MAILS TO DEFRAUD ' j»u of unusual quality, suitable for iat aa seed. He invited orders, w Tuinnr that money accompany tk( >rdem Poatal official* chart* that Field received the money bat Mf beted to fill the order*. Three caw are charred in the war -ant issued by the poatal inspseta* mt he aaya that ha expects to ktfi u many aa M eases whan the aattar s tried in federal court. Moat of the reI^ p2Idto ^seSSlt After Wu
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