The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-05

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IT. Robinson through Gov Charles T.
Brough.
THEN came California and McAdoo.
Il Former Senator James d. Phelan
(1915-2D, chosen because he is
Roman Catholic, made the nomina-
tion while the great crowd got set for
the demonstration to follow. 1t start
ed at 3 80 with staged and boosted
accessories and spontaneous fist fights
it was in part a pro-Klan demon
stration. At 4 :35 1t was still going
strong with the Smith forces trying
to drown out the McAdoo shouters
and the band inaudible. Then George
Brennan of Illinois, in command of the
anti-McAdoo forces, caught the eye of
Chairman Walsh, and moved to ad-
journ. Walsh declared it carried
without consulting the milling and
shouting crowd.
Thursday was Smith day, Connectf-
cut yielding to New York. Four years
ago a vigorous young man seconded
the nomination of Smith at San Fran
cisco and won for himself the vice
presidential nomination. Thursday
this same young man, Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, manager of the Smith cam
paign, fighting against the inroads of
infantile- paralysis, had virtually to
be carried to the platform to make
the nomination. The convention paid
him fine personal tribute. The
oh fn11
lasted from II 80 to 1 80 and was
the widest and noisiest ever staged
in national convention. The McAdoo
forces said it at least explained the
puzzle of the 1924 convention, who
got the tickets?''
HARLAN F. STONE, the new attor-
i L ney general of the United States,
filed suit Wednesday in the United
States District court in Chicago, charg-
ing the Standard Oil companies of
eight states and IA other oil companies
with violation of the antitrust act.
Yes; this is the Sherman antitrust
act and the Standard Oil company of
1911, when Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis said Guilty" and imposed
fine of $290O0,00O. The petition is
aimed primarily at the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, parent organl-
zation of the series of corporations in
to which the old company was split,
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Covering the Is Central states) the
Texas company. the Gasoline Products
company and the Standard Develop
ment company.
The other interests named in the
bill, including the Standard OIL COM
panies of California, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, New York and Ohio, are
termed secondary defendants" and
are concerned as holders of contracts
with the five primary defendants"
Specifically, the charges allege that
the defendants are engaged in COM
bination and conspiracy in restraint of
trade and commerce among the several
states and with foreign nations in gas
oline, kerosene and other hydrocarbon
products"
r United STATES Ambassador Kel-
~ logg at London was instructed
tend the allied conference of premiers
to be held July 16 in London to dis
cuss execution of the Dawes plan. The
statement given out at the White
House was as follows:
at Is the desire of the administra-
tion that the Dawes plan should be
put into effect as speedily as possible.
This Is the first essential step to eco
nomic recovery abroad in which this
country is vitally interested 1t is with
this in view that in response to the
invitation extended by Prime Minister
Macdonald, instructions have been
given to Ambassador Kellogg to at
tend the conference in London on July
16 for the purpose of dealing with
such matters as affect the interests of
the United States, and otherwise for
purposes of information. Colonel Lo-
gan will go to London to assist the
ambassador"
1t Is now expected that In attend
ance will be Premier Macdonald of
Great Britain, Premier Herriot of
Premier Mussolini of Italy and Baron
Hayashi. japanese ambassador to the
Court of St. James.
r IEUT. RUSSELL MAUGHAN.
L. United States army aviator, flew
from New York to San Francisco Mon
day in q hours and 4S minutes. Seven
ty-two years ago Ezra Meeker crossed
the continent In five monthD-and ID