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NO. 1G2.
Disheartened Democracy
May Do Almost Anything
Although Two Strongest Vote-getters Withdrew Today the
Principles for Which They Stood Remained in Con
flict and Delegates Were Eager to (,)uit
nj- DAVIT) LAWRENCE
(Cafyrifht. 192* By Tti? Atfvanct)
Madison Square Garden, New York, July 9, 11:30 a. m. ?
Democracy stands fatigued and dishearted today.
Its two strongest vote-gettersi
? William Gibbs McAdoo and
Governor A1 Smith ? have been,
withdrawn voluntarily from the;
nominating contest after 100 '
ballots of an unprecedented
deadlock in the hope of restor-'
ing peace and harmony.
But the principles for which both I
stood remain an much in conflict as,
before. The bitter feeling between I
the "drys" and "progressives" led by'
McAdoo and the "wets" and suppos
edly conservative groups opposed toi
him threatened a second deadlock. ;
Today the delegates in the eager- 1
ness to make a nomination may do;
anything. The Smith forces are not
in agreement on an heir to the New j
York governor's strength. The Mc-i
Vllfin l^u|',-,i,|},a|? lon^r ar(. W|lj;?H)l-,l
ing to lead. At last there is a semb-j
lance of a real convention and what
should have happened 10 days ago. j
The Smith leaders feel under ob
ligation to Senator Underwood of Al
abama who violently opposed the Ku |
Klux Klan and whose moist prohibi-j
tion record Buits the Eastern states.'
Much of the. Smith vote may go to'
Underwood. But the McAdoo states
are almost a unit against him for]
they feel his candidacy was respons-'
Ible for the Ku Klux Klan flght?
which has nearly wrecked the party
here. After the Underwood drive,
the Smith rotes may be thrown eith
er to Senator Robinson of Arkansas
or Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana. The friendliness of the Mc-i
Adoo people to Walsh is the one
"hopeful tendency in the convention
for in throwing votes to blip they
are disproving the theory that they
merely opposed Smith because he is
a Catholic, they have always Insisted
that they opposed Smith because hei
is a wet. Senator Walsh Is a Cath-i
-olio but la --a-dry and there Is nome1
chance that he may yet be nominat
ed as the Western states on the last I
ballots before adjournment at sun-j
rise today were showing a disposi
tion to vote for him.
The. true choice of this convention!
is today the same as it was the day
it convened; namely. John W. Davis j
of West Virginia. He has scons Of!
second choice votes in both the Mc
Adoo and Smith camp. He has been
opposed by William Jennings Bryan '
QP_tJie JtfQUPtf. that h.e_ was aniJJaUed ,
with Wall Street interests.
Mayor Hylan and William Ban-;
dolph Heart, who have been confer
ring with McAdoo. are reputed '?>.
Uave expressed antipathy to Davis
There was no sign that the Smith
readers cared to risk an Internal f
fight on local questions by naming
Davis. Also George Brennan of Il
linois is known to be Inclined to
Weigh what Hearst will or will not
do In Chicago. Brennan is not'
friendly to the Davis cause.
But notwithstanding the apparent'
veto of Davis he has considerable
strength in the various delegations!
and it would not be surprising If the
rank and Ale put Davis ahead and
forced his nomination. With him on j
the ticket for Vice President there
Is much talk of Senator Walsh of
Montana. Davis and Walsh would J
suit most of the delegates but the;
leaders are not yet convinced it is,
a wise move. The balloting will dis-'
pose of it one way or the other dur-|
Ing the day.
Kdward T. Meredith of Iowa ha*!
a large following among the McAdoo,
delegations and if not named for
President has a good chance for Vlcej
President. But the fleleKates are;
tired of the prolonged sessions and
In the last moment a compromise on
Homer S. Cummlngs of Connecticut
or Cordell Hull of Tennessee Is j At 1
as plausible as an$* plan heretofore I
mentioned. j
AMBASSADORS DENY
GERMANY'S REQUEST
(?v TDt AhmMiI Pr?M)
Paris, July ?. ? Germany'a request
<h*t the Interallied military con
trol of her armamenta ceaae on Sep
tember 10 wee denied today by the
Allied Council of Ambaeeedon In ?
?ale headed In th? Uerjuaa ambai
eedor.
Scout ImmU Scattergood
In Good Samaritan Hole
Playing good Samaritan to a party
of stranded picnickers nt Arneuse
Creek Tuesday afternoon by bring
ing them home to Elizabeth City
when the motor truck which had
taken them to their picnic grounds
was unable to return for them on ac
count of the afternoon storm, the
good ship Scattergood was caught
ju>t as she reached Elizabeth in the
sudden and violent squall that blew
over the city Tuesday evening abou
7 o'clock Just as she was coming in
to port with the picnickers and the
smaller scouts on board. The storm
made it so dark along the waterfront
that the vessel was unable to land
until the squall had blown over, but
wOoe the imufa p?rt
Jy and discharged her picnicker pas
sengers. included among whom were
women, children, and a nnmber o i
babies.
Scoutmaster Scattergood then in
tended to put back to camp with the
Scattergood to see how the older
youngsters at camp had fared dur
ing the storm, but at this juncture
engine trouble developed, and ho
was obliged tt> leave the Scattergood
in port with a man in charge of the
t>oys aboard, who were to have sper.r
the night on the launch anyway,
while he himself put back to camp
aboard his skiff with outboard motor
for the camp. There he" found that
the scouts had found shelter for tne
night in a farmhouse and, satisfied,
he then returned to his home hero
fet. A full night's rest.
Having in the firat pface Kad tf
carry women and children aboard
the Scattergood by wading out in wa
ter nearly hip deep, and following
that having had to ride out the
Htbfm circling about the harbor, and
then having labored strenuously try
ing to locate the Scattergood'* en
gine trouble before finding that it
was a matter that could not at once
be repaired, and, finally, ending up
the strenuous evening with a round
trip to and from the scout camp by
night, Mr. Scattergood was really
ready when he got home the las'
time for a night's rest.
"All the Kcouts are safe and well
this morning." be said Wednesday
b*?fW f MurrrlTi)r t-rr ra-mp.-1 -ftwd
the worse for their experience. Of
course any camp is liable to be rained
out once fn a while, and for a rea1
Hoy Scout the experience nf In
night is only a matter of course."
AGREE ON APPLYING
REPARATIONS PI. AN
(?r Th? ?AiMcint'd Prra)
Paris, July 9.? -A plan for the ap
plication of the Dawes reparation
settlement was virtually agreed up
on by Premier MacDonald. of Gre.it
Britain and Herrlott of Franco a:
the resumption of their conference
today. It was explained, however,
that the question would be gone over
again and the plan possibly modified.
HOMK AGRD < WOXAX
IH HTIU'CK BY IJOHTNINti
The home of Alice Doxey. 68 year
old colored woman, which I* situat
ed at the interned ion of 8|><>ed street
and Culpepper extended, was struck
by lightning during the storm Tues
day evening and the top of lis chim
ney. shingles from the roof and the
weatherhoarding on one corner were
ripped off and splintered, some of
the timbers being picked up at a dis
tance of 40 feet from the house.
Alice, old and rather feeble, wan
alone In the house at the time hut
thoughly badly frightened she wa?
not hurt and made her way unassist
ed to the home of a neighbor.
COTfOTf MARKICT
* New York. July 9. ? Spot cotton,
closed steady. Middling 30. R5. an ad
vance of 95 points. Futures, closing
j*ld; July 29. SO. Oct 204 93. Dec.
23.99. Jan 23. 93. March 24.02. May
24.10.
New York, July 9. ? Cotton fu
Urfa opened today at the following
UiiL: iSj IIJI, UCl. 19.19.' Bqi.
23.99. Jaa. St.lt. March 21.91.
H'mkkai. at white hoiisk
After a simple funeral service at the White House at 4 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, the body of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., whp died
Monday night at 10:30 front Heptic poisoning, will be taken to
Northampton, Massachusetts, aud then to Plymouth, Vt., for burial
Died Martyr To Ideals Of
The American School Boy
Too Good a Sport to Complain of What He Regarded a
Trivial Injury Young Calvin Complained Too
Late for Medical Skill to Save Him
By EDNA MABSHAldi
<C?pyr1?ht, 1*24. TM AtfvaiiM)
Washington. July 9.? Calvin |
Coolidge, Jr., the younger son of the
White House, whose parsing the Na
tion mourns today, died it martyr to
the Young American Idea of helng
a "good sport."
Too game a chap to complain of
what he considered a trivial Injury,
he bore the pain of a blistered toe,
acquired on the White House tennis
courts, with its attendant throbs and j
aches, until infection had bo spread ]
thrmgh his system that he became
almost _ delirious wit h. ...ff'ye.r Only"
then did he admit he "felt 111." The
best medical skill tnat the country
affords then was brought to his aid.
Out young "C? had ''stuck it oulV i
too long. He died at Walter Reed |
Hospital Monday night, after fouri
gallant rallies which had amazed the}
physicians at his bedside.
Hiirr Tracy Ansell, a fellow stu-l
dent of Calvin at Merceraburg Acad
emy. and one of the closest friend.*!
of the President's name-sake, gave!
the writer a vivid word picture of J
Calvin Tuesday.
"He was one of the finest chaps l|
ever knew," Ansell said. "He was
all that a fellow should bp. But wej
never dreamed that the courage be[
had. the ability to take what wa*
Coming to him without a word Ofj
complaint, would one day cost him i
hll life.
"Cal Coolidge, Jr., never had been
strong. Hut he was a regular 'he I
boy.' You see, be was so tall ? five I
feet eleven ? and he only weighed |
115 pounds, so it did not leave him,
much extra endurance.
"Calvin was no athlete. He never,!
to my knowledge, tried out for an
athletic team at school, never took I
part in any Inter-class or inter-schol
astlc meet. Now and then he went
for a long hike, or played a game
of Rolf or tennis to keep flt. but he1
did it more for pleasure than forj
glory or the sake of competition."
An earnest student, the younger!
Coolidge boy managed to keep at!
the head of his classes, according to!
his school mate, being one of those
dep4 ndable fellow* on ffhOHI fll# pro- ';
feasor might call when all the other
students failed to answer a question.
"That does not mean he wan a
'Koody-goody'," young Ansell hast
ened to add. "He Just liked to use
his brain. Rut what we liked best
about him was his sportsmanship.
I've no doubt there we*e a lot of
days when it would hare been easy
for the tall, thin boy to tell the
wsrM ?> mm Iwi
ached too much to do this or that.
Nuliftiix Pay Their
Triluitr of K<-h|m-<-I
(Br Tha AuorlMrd rrwt)
Washington, July 9. ? Only
the Retting of the historic Earn.
Hoom of the White Hou^e with
Its profusion of hanked flow
ers today distinguished tho
simple funeral service of Cal
vin Coolldge, Jr., from that of
any other youth of his country.
The governments of the na
tion* writ h his own were per
mitted their wish to pay their
tribute of respect to the Pres
Ident's son. but the desire of
rtir bereaved family for sim
plicity ruled in every detail cf
the arrangements.
Prayer by the pastor of I he
First Congregational Cliurcii,
which President ami Mrs. Cool
ldge attend here, his reading
of the ?eyfrtiiWi ?f?4 the Hing
ing of favorite hymns by a
quartet completed the simple
service late this afternoon.
Tonight the body will be
taken on a special train to his
boyhood home at Northamp
ton, Massachusetts, where ser
vices Will be held tomorrow.
Later In the day tomorrow he
will be laid to rest at Ply
mouth, Vermont.
Otlier fpllows did. Hp didn't. He
wan always cheerful.
"I r^membor oncp whpn be hurt
hlmsplf, how he laughed and forced
hlninelf to go about hi* work and
play an though It had not happpned.
Hp wotild not even tell mo, thouith
I knew that thp pain must have been
Intense.
"It was probably that spirit that
mad** him kMp Qllfet abou t hla blls
tnr nntll It had bMMlfl dangernua
ly Infpctpd. Instead of having somp
one earo for It front thp 1?< ginning.
He would not have thought It manly
to gpt pxcltpd over a blister."
Probably the surest tpst of Cal
vin's disposition, and th<> onf which
moat endeared htm to his Mprcprs
burg friends, camp whpn hp returned
to arhool last fall aa thp aon of thp
Prpaldpnt. He took hla plaee among
a lot of good, plain American boya,
Juat as much one of them as If his
fit tier tnr*-TWtb?u slotted trr ttrr
moat exalted of public #lf?e*s.
*
HUNDRED AND THIRD
BALLOT IS DECISIVE
After Final Breaking Up of McAdoo-Smith
Fight, Davis Springs to Front and Con
tinues Lead With Underwood Second Un
til the Task Is Finished.
(C?irrl|kt. 1924. B* Tht A4vinc?)
Madison Square Curdeu, New York, July ? John W.
Davis of Vi est Virginia was this afternoon nominated for
President liy the Democratic National Convention on the
one hundred and third hallot.
The opposition of William
Jennings Bryan and the at-|
tempt of William (>il?hs Mr-I
Ad?e-h> deliver hi- strength,
to Meredith failed to stop
him.
Beginning with this morn
ing's balloting the movement to
Davis gathered a momentum
wnicn could not 1m* retarded and
gradually but surely through
the succeeding ballots the votes
flopped over into the Davis col
umn as state after state either
increased its offering to him or
turned over its whole quota.
Bryan's opposition to Davis wax
swept away in the rain of Davis votes
which swept over the convention,
iTtlFllTSffipt of the McAdoo forces to
make K. T. Meredith of Iowa the
heir to the McAdoo sin-nut It com
manded a following which made only
a had third, and when the Davis
flood was rising so fast that all otl>??r
candidates WfTe'TTeliiK swept before
It Iowa, Meredith's home state, with
drew him from the contest and vot
ed for Davis.
Then scenes of disorder swept the
convention as everybody clamored
[for a chance to Join the winning
forces.
Thonias Tauuait of Indiana
mounted a chair and moved the
nomination of Davis by acclamation.
The motion was carried with a roar
and Chairman Walsh shouted into
the din before him "The chair de
clares the Honorable John W. Davis
the nominee of this convention."
After nominating Davis for the
Presidency, the Democratic National
Convention would have nominated
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon
tana for Vice ('resident by acclama
tion had he permitted it to do so.
Despite a roar of demands for his
immediate nomination Walsh de
clared the convention In adjourn
ment until S : :U) o'clock this evening
to give tine for consideration .of the
matter. There appeared no doubt
he would be nominated at the ses
sion lUUlKftr.'
.Madison Square Garden, New
York. July 9. ? Weary and only ha!:,
awake the Democratic National Con
vention i-ea*M? mhled today at midday
to try to Rather tip the pieces from
last night's explosion and fit then!
together into a National ticket.
McAdoo supporters were a wait In*,
word of formal withdrawal from
Smith before proceeding to throw |
their strength elsewhere.
Indication* wars for a contest be-|
tween Davis, w hp. was riding the rls-i
Ing tide as the session adjourned'
early this morning, and former Se
cretary of Agriculture Meredith, to
whorii McAdoo leaders were attempt
ing to deliver most of the McAdoo
strength.
At the bexlnnlng of the session to
day there was an undercurrent In
dicating a hurst for Underwood.
The hundred nnd first ballot to
tals were; tfmith 121. Mr Ado,.
Davis 3 It, Underwood 2 29 %. Glass
5?. Robinson 22*4. Ritchie. V4 . Walslr
98, Owen 23. Murphree 4, Kerry 1,
Meredith 130. Houston ?. Cummin^
? Hull 2. Maker 1. Gerard 1?. Dan
lels I, absent 3 %
Smith leaders decided to split up
their vote and permit delegates t.j
ballot for their preferences hut
were determined that no eleventh
hour msYement by MoAdoo forces
should nominate Meredith
"Any time we want to unite on a
msn the Smith forces can be brought
together," said George Drennan ol
f II IBUII.
Devle sprang iato the lead today
MAY HAVK ANOTHKH
ANTI-TYI'HOIl) CLINIC
Pasquotank will have another anil
I typhoid rlinir this summer, provld
1 oil thai the County Commissioners
! take action similar to that taken by
I tin* City Council at its regular session
|<m Monday night of this w<?ek.
? Tills action was to agree to pay
1 f ? of ?M-h*""phTs1rta'i'i' Iff
: charge of the cllnle provided that the
i County Commissioners pay the oth
I er half and the State assume all oth
I er expenses, including advertising
.and the cost of the vaccine. In con
nection with the clinic.
I Pasquotank has had two or three
of these clinics heretofore hut there
has been none here in nevoral year.,
and. with typhoid re-appearlng in
j the County, It was suggested by City
I Health Officer Dr. Z. Fearing that il
would he well to have another al tills
| time, and the City Council very
? promptly feH_.iiL.ljM. with his sug
| gesl ion.
It is believed that the County Com
mlssloners will receive the matter
with like favor If ft properly pre
? Rented to them.
I with Underwood clone behind ami
Meredith a slow third.
On the hundred and first ballot
I the new order of candidates wan
I DavIk 216. Underwood 229%. Mere
! dltli 130.
The drift to Davis continued on
I the hundred und second ballot which
carried him to a new high mark with
; Underwood still following close be
j hind. Attempts by McAdoo force4*
j to bequeath their strength to Mere
dith were not Miiccessful and some
of the most steadfast McAdoo bat
tallions In the long fight flopped
over into the Davis column.
On the hundred and second bal
lot the Smith strength was split lip.
| going largely to Underwood. The re
sult of this ballot was: McAdoo 21.
, Smith 44. "Davis Underwood
:ot. fftlss ?;7, Koblnson 21, Ritchie
>4. Walsh 12:?. Meredith ?;r,.r,7. Dan
j Mh 2. Allen 1. Ilorry I Gerard
,7, Hull 1. Hryan 1, absent is.
Madison Square Garden, N?>w
' York July 9. - -The Democratic Na
itional Convention adjourned ar
t fottr o'clock this niornTng. "after one
i hundred ballots without a choice, to
j resume at midday today.
j Karly in the evening A1 Smith an
| hounced t'hat he would withdraw
I from the race If MrAdoo would do
, likewise.
To this proposal McAdoo made no
answer at once but started a drive
i for votes which, carried him hij^h
above Smith in the balloting.
I Then, after midnight the conven
tion voted down two resolutions to
i adjourn and continued ballotting.
Between the ninety ninth and hun
dredth ballots, word reached the
I convention In the form of a lette;4
i from McAdoo signifying his with
drawal and throwing his strength to
(Edward T. Meredith, former flec.re
[tory of Agriculture in the Wilson
; cabinet.
| On the toext vote the vote of Me
? Adoo dropped to Its lowest level hue
Smith held steady.
It. was Indicated Just before ad
journment that both Smith and Mc
Adoo would definitely get out of the
race today after a conference among
[the leaders and their voten would bo
k available for other candidates.
On the hundredth ballot North
(Carolina cast Its solid vote for Jo
septus Daniels.
The candidates stood as follow/.
! on the hundredth ballot: Smith
.1&m. John W. Davis 203 H, McAdoo
| 190. Underwood 41\4. Qlast 35.
! Robinson 48. ftltchle 17H. Walsh
*2Vi ftaulshury i. Own 10. M*re
, Maker 4. Oarard 10, Haary I, total
1 1089. abaant 7. ? _