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inconsistencies. He was fighting
for life up to the last minute Clark
said.
Signs Of Mourning.
White crepe sprays on the White
House door and q half stated flag
flys over the mansion.
Resolutions Of sympathy are be.
ing passed by numerous District
organizations and forwarded to the
White House.
The Admiral George Dewey Post,
Veterans Of the Spanish War and
Philippine insurrection, adopted q
resolution at a special meeting
yesterday.
The Board OF Trade sent floral
tribute to the White House. The
membership committee has IN.
structed it's chairman, Frod j.
White, to send lette- cf con.
dolence on behalf Of the committee.
Similar action will be taken by the
directors at the next meeting.
Resolutions of Sympathy.
The Chamber Of Commerce has
adopted resolutions Of sympathy
and sent them to the White House.
The Washington Safety Council,
just before voting dissolution,
adopted resolutions expressing deep
sorrow.
Other expressions Of sympathy
came from the Civilian Club, OF
which President Coolidge 10 an hon.
orary member; Strangers Home,
Shiloh Baptist Church.
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San Francisco Plans
Huge Dance For
British Tars

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf,
July 9.-This city's extensive
program of entertainment for
the visiting British battleships
swung into It's second day to-
day with one Of the largest
dances ever given in California
scheduled to take place tonight,
when 10000 American and
British tars win be guests Of
the municipality in the audi
torium.
The tribute paid by Vice
Admiral Field, Of the British
squadron, to President Cool
idge at the height Of the i'm
pressive services Of welcome in
the city hall, was still being dis
cussed today by leading digni-
taries, who were guests Of the
city officials at the ceremony.
I'VE of the British fleet
want to express our sincere
sympathy with your President
in the loss Of his SON. We feel,
in his great sorrow, that I'VE
should not be enjoying this
great welcome without thinking
Of the toll in his heart" said
Admiral Field.
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and Robinson, while Walsh and
Meredith appealed to the McAdoo-
Bryan combination.
The problem Of the vice presi-
Dental nomination is being consid-
cred along with that OF first place
on the ticket in the minds of the
leaders.
Strenuous efforts were made last
night and this morning to per-
suade Governor Smith to stand for
the vice presidency, but when he
left the Manhattan Club, heavy
eyed and weary from the fort
nights incessant battle, he was in
no mood for it. Whether sleep and
rest and the entreaties of his
friends will change his views re.
mains to be seen.
Quick Decision Doubtful.
No quick decision il looked for in
today's balloting, unless the dele
gates themselves, weary and in
many cases financially embarrassed,
take things out of the hands Of the
convention leaders and make q
quick job Of 1t. Left to their own
devices, the leaders will make a
nomination today slowly and with
care.
Few major political gatherings
have ever furnished a more dra-
matte climax to a dramatic conven-
ton than was furnished in the
Garden in the small hours OF this
morning after Governor Smith early
IN the evening had hurled his def
to Mr.. McAdoo from the convention
platform in the shape Of an invita-
ton to mutual withdrawal for the
good Of the party.
Governor Smiths invitation to Mr..
McAdoo to get out Of the picture
promising to do so himself when
and only when-he did, left the Nc
Adoo managers cold. They would
have none Of it. An hour after the
Smith bombshell, David L. Rock
well and other McAdoo managers
were in the midst Of their hardest
drive for delegates and predicting
Mr. McAdoo's nomination.
-Four ballots changed their minds.
In those four ballots McAdoo failed
utterly to increase mis- strength. On
the contrary it sagged on every
ballot until once again McAdoo was
in danger Of losing his lead to the
OOAAA60A OAb ANOW IOIh 6ONCEIIOIs
A hurry call was sent out for all
the McAdoo field marshals and floor
leutenants. They gathered in a
room across the street from the
Garden where for two weeks Mr..
McAdoo. has watched and directed
his fight for the nomination. They
decided the Jig was up and that it
was useless to continue the fight
any longer.
His Vote Disintegrates.
Mr.. McAdoo dictated the letter
that was read to the convention al
the end Of the ninety ninth ballot. II
stated that he was unwilling to
court further party chaos by con.
tinuing in the race and he there
with released his delegates to go as
they pleased. They went in various
directions on the next ballot, but
nowhere in sufficient strength to
cause any undue alarm.
The Smith vote hung together fol
the reason it was uncertain where
to go, and Brennan and his allies
wanted a period Of rest and confer
ence before undertaking a decision
in this respect.
This decision was in the making
today in the conferences that pre-
coded the conventions opening al
noon.
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make q ticket OF Walsh, Of Mon.
tana, and Roosevelt, Of New York.
Roosevelt. n q firm and ener.
getic and YET most graceful and
ingratiating voice, announced that
Smith would withdraw If McAtloo
would withdraw; and then, since
there was no reply from the McAdoo
forces, the baIloting continued.
For a while the McAcoo fortunes
advanced. McAdoo, as the hallottug
continued, regained more than II
hundred OF the votes that ne re-
Gently had lost. He had fallen be-
hind Smith. He now over took
Smith and repaSsed him. The Nc
Adoo fortunes seemed on their way
up to an unlikely but possible final
triumph.
Then tense whisper ran about
the hall. To the NacAdoo Wnr.
shippers It came as a blow that
flattened them. McAdoo, the whis-
per said, was about to withdraw. {.
From delegation to delegation this
whisper spread. Delegates ap.
preached Dave Rockwell, Of Ohio,
and Bill O'Connell. Of Iliinois. out
staining McAdOo floor managers,
and spoke to them In the Ssisles.
Then they returned to their delega.
lions with Dlanched faces.
This writer observed at least ten
or twelve McA6ioo delegates who,
on learning the news of McAdoo' s
proposed withdrawal, seemed ready
to burst into tears.
Delegates Almost Heroic.
The galleries had become quite
empty. The top galleries were vir-
tually entirely empty. Spectators
were present only in the lower gal
leries and on the edges Of the
arena.
1t was very bate. The convention
seemed deserted by the world. The
delegates seemed abandoned to try
to solve for themselves in a despised
loneliness the life problem OF the
political party which has had a life
from the time Of the origin OF the
Republic,
The night was close and clammy.
Shirt sleeves were as publicly no.
table az coats.
The delegates sweltered in the pit
Of Q vast ediface, the upper reaches
of which were deserted and seemed
, to render them insignificant and
impotently puny.
Yet candor cpmpels the observer
to say that in this distress these
delegates were also by way or being
almost heroic.
The mass Of them did not once
despair. Their physical endurance
was, and IL, extraordinary; their
mental determination to arrive some
Fhow, some day. at some decision
remained uncomfortable and even
cheerful and jocular.
Different From Europe
They continued to be able 10
laugh. They continued to be able
at the beginning Of every roll call
to join with the leader Of the Ala.
bama delegation in a mighty de.
lighted chorus Of announcing
"Twenty.four votes from Alabama
for Oscar w. Underwood.
Despised and rebuked as this con.
vention may be. It provides the
observer with a reassuring vision
! of the power Of American Demo.
| cratic Government to keep 1905
representatives Of conflicting inter
ests and Of EARRING section and OF
battling religions working along
together against all temptations to
ward splits and disunions and blocs
! and new separate nominations and
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COURT REFUSES TO ENJoIN
ACTORS EQUITY CONTRACT

NEW. YORK, July 9.--Supreme
Court Justice Platzek denied the
application Of the Actors Fidelity
League. made through Miss Ruth
Chatterton, its treasurer, for an in,
junction to prevent the Actors Pro.
tective Association from carrying
out their contract providing that so
per cent Of every cast be Equity
members.
Miss Chatterton had contended
that the agreement tended to drive
Fidelity members and independent
actors off the stage.
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new separate parties, In q firm
hope and firm will to arrive some
day at some kind Of common de-
cision and common unity.
On the continent Of Europe this
convention would by now have
broken up into three or four differ
ent new bloc parties band on Sec
tons and on religions.
American Spirit Shown.
Here In America this convention
Is still striving to come to some
sort Of accommodation of its internal
united policy capable of represent
ing one united side Of the old
traditional American two-party
system.
The right view of this convention
to one who observes it Intimately
in the agonies OF its effort to pro-
duce a nomination, is that It Is
making one Of the most .resolute
and admirable attempts in Amer.
lean history to prevent an old party
from getting disintegrated into sec
tional and religious blocs.
Into the convention in this mood
came suddenly the whisper about
McAdoo's withdrawal from the con-
test. Then, at the end Of the next
ballot McAdoo's later Of so-called
withdrawal was read from the plat
form.
1t turned out to be something
less than a withdrawal. 1t said that
Mr.. McAdoo hereby released his
delegates from feeling obliged to
vote for him. Il said that Mr.. Nc
Adoo would continue to fight q
fight for progressivism. 1t said
that II his delegates wished to leave
him they could do so. A satiric
United States Senator who happens
State remarked that McAdoo's with.
drawal could be translated into the
following figure Of speech:
A general sees that he 10 entirely
winning battle. He appears be-
fore his soldiers. He says:
II shall continue to fight. / shall
not desert you. Nevertheless, II
you wish to desert me, you are
welcome. Run to the rear, II you
like. God be with you and the
devil take YOU"
Numerous McAdoo delegates, re-
covering from their tears about
McAdoo's withdrawal, remained
faithful to him on the next ballot,
which was the last ballot SO far
taken.
The Georgia delegation rose once
more to its feet and unanimously
in the manner Of collegians at q
football cheering contest, delivered
twenty.eight votes by twenty-eight
mouths to McAdoo.
The Smith delegates took really
Identical view Of the McAdoo letter.
They did not regard it as a genuine
| withdrawal,
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SIX HELD At SHORE ON
VoLSTEAD LAW CHARGES

ATLANTIC CITY, July 9.--Ar-
raigned before United States Com
missioner Albert MCGEE, charged
with violations Of the prohibition
laws, six men were held under $1,000
bail each to await the action of the
Federal grand jury.
The defendants were Harry Bish.
op, OF Anglesea. charged with pos
session Of 200-gallon still; Austin
Clark, Of Baltic avenue, possession
Of liquor; August Streible and
Samuel Polslxy, alleged proprietors
OF the Columbia Hotel, Hammonton,
illegal possession of liquor; John
Manley, North South Carolina ave-
nue., and John Mason, North Illinois
avenue, possession Of liquor.
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j. 5. To DECIDE
PREPARATIONS
DRAW
Inter-AlIied, War Debts Dis.
cussed In Herriot-Mac-
Donald Farley
By FRANK e. MASON,
international NewD Service Staff
COFreNpundAnt

PARIS, July 9.-Premier Ramsay
Macdonald. Of England. and Premier
Edouard Herriot. Of France today
drew up a note to be sent to the
allied powers that will participate
in the reparations conference In
London next week.
IA copy will not be sent to Ger
many" said Premier Macdonald.
THE communication only contains
our suggestions for the conference.
will upon the conference"
War Debts Discussed.
Premier Macdonald revealed that
interallied war debts were discussed.
'.Of course we are not magicians,
and we could not perform miracles,
but we are men determined to es.
tablish true friendship between
France and Great Britain" said
the British statesman.
THE agreement reached between
France and England is not q vain
word. 1t is real, definite fact"
Premier Herriot offered to allow
the question of French security to
go over until later.
u. s. TO Decide.
In the event Of tie vote In the
allied reparation commission over
the question OF Germany defaulting
on the Dawes plan, the Preparations
agent, who will be an American,
will decide. The present plan to
allow the president Of the repara-
ton commission q second vote In
case OF a tie, viii not be followed.
1t was learned from reliable
source that Herriot obtained Mac
Donald's formal pledge to continue
the Anglo-French discussions for
settlement Of the war debt issue.
1t is understood that France and
England will enter into a new
entente before an agreement ID
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drawn and signed regarding debt
payments. &
1t was reported that they dis
cussed the possibility of making a..
slight alteration In the Versailles
peace treaty to make 1t conform
with the Dawes PREPARATION plan.
France Is opposed to revision of
the treaty. Herriot told Premier
Macdonald that he could not con.
sent to modification in any form.
It was believed, however. that the
French would agree 10 q slight
revision Of the main principles upon
which the pact is founded are net
impaired.
Premier Herriot gave a luncheon
In honor Of Premier Macdonald.
The guests included Former Pre-.
mier Poincare, Former Premier
BRAND. Former Premier Barthou,
General Nollet, Minister Of War
and Former Chief of the Allied
Control Commission, ami all the
ministers.
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B|G BATTLE NOW
BY DAVIS AND
WALSH
Senator Has Really Won At.
fections Of DeIegates-chser
Votes for Him
Continued from First PageJ

toward that solution by openly
offering. through Franklin D.
Roosevelt, to withdraw as n can.
didate in case McAdoo would also
withdraw.
Roosevelt was enormously ap.
plauded 40 he rose on his crutchSs
on the platform to make this state
ment for Smith.
On second thought this writer
II obliged to say that Roosevelt
has the heart Of this convention
even more than Tom Walsh. Roose.
velt's charming and buoyant emile,
whenever he hobbies on his orutchee
down the center aisle OF the con-
vention and up the STEPS to the
platform Of the convention and his
infinitely happy outlook upon every.
thing IN the midst Of the paralysis
which afflicts him from his toes
to his waist. have erdcared him
to the convention and have made
him, in the eyes Of the convention,
into q hero Of perhonal manhood.
II the convention were guided
just by its views and estimates
Of personal lofty character, il would
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Boys! Start tOday and get 10 new
Subscribers for The Times, which
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tiOn In . tented camp In Maryland.
Evening star., 1924-09-09
and Generals Are Optimistic International Under
BARNETT Will PLAY
IN PRO TITLE GOLF

Robert r Barnett. professional at
the Chevy Chase Club, will be the
third representative of this section to
compete in the professional Golfers
Association championship which begins
at French Lick. Ind, next Monday. Fred
Mcleod. local representative Of the
p. G. A. was notified today by Ernest
f. Anderson, secretary of that body.
that the committee had Upheld Me-
Leod's Interpretation of the rule penal
izing Mel Shorey ~two strokes for
grounding his club in hazard in which
his ball lay on August rs, the qualify
ing day for the pros in this section
The two stroke penalty imposed put
Shorey a stroke higher than Barnett
and ena bled the latter to be among the
first three in the qualifying round.
Mcleod and Gil Nichols of New
York will leave Washington Friday
afternoon for French Lick. Barnett
probably will go on the same train.
while Leo DiegeI. the other represen-
tative of the Middle Atlantic section.
already is in the West preparing for
the championship.
Enough entries are anticipated
from woman golfers in and about
the District of Columbia to make
up two flights of 16 each for the
will start at Columbia next Monday,
according to Mrs. w. +. Ballard sec
retary OF the Women's District Golf
Association. Mrs. Ballard anticipat ates
upward of 40 entries for the cham
pionship. now held by Mrs. f. r.
Tiliey of Indian Spring.
At least eight or ten are expected
from Chevy Chase, while Columbia
Will enter as many more, Washing
ton will enter four or five and Indian
Spring about the same number. Scat
tering entries from Manor. Beaver
Dam kirkside and Bannock burn ex-
pected to bring in a sufficient number
of competitors to make up two flights
of 16 each.
Entries for the tournament are be-
ing received by Mrs. Fl. King Corn
well. at 1923 Lamont street, or may
be sent to the Columbia Country
Club. The course will be open for
practice by competitors in the event
Thursday and Friday Of this week.
Argyle Club players will meet the
Manor Club team Saturday on the
course Of the latter for the third
time this season. The first clash
played at Manor. resulted in a tie
Argyle won in the second match on
Its course and IL it is victorious again
this week the series will be ended
otherwise still another match will be
staged later.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

Due TO Inadequate equipment and
scarcity of material. st. Johns did
not enter foot ball competition last
year. Prospects for formidable
eleven, together with the erection of
its new athletic quarters. have
prompted St Johns to renew its en-
deavors this year in high school com
petition. In fact. the Cadets believe
they have the material to offer any
of the high schools a real battle on
the gridiron this Fall. The squad
has been training al Rock Hill, Md.
during the past two weeks and II will
be in fine fettle for its initial prac-
tice work here next Monday at the
Tidal Basin
Brother Elwarn has obtained the
services of Andrew Zazalia and Jim
Mcnamara of Georgetown University
in an effort to whip the squad in
shape for the Fall campaign. The St
Johns athletic director hopes that
this pair of Blue and Gray athletes
also will be able to handle basket
ball and base ball. Plans for "A ten
mis- coach have not yet been discussed
The tennis courts and the track by
the way, will be situated on the roof
of the new building. thus marking a
departure from the usual construc-
ton of athletic buildings here in
Washington.
Brother EIwarn is particularly
pleased with the foot ball material
this season. Some of the youngsters
expected to impress are Johnny Nor
ris of the Waverly Athletic Club. Ru-
dolph Yeatman, William Harding
William Geary. John Auth, Paul
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ager OF Martin Burke. heavyweight
champion of the South, is roaring
like mad lion these days. From
the evidence he presents it would
seem he has right to roar 1t
will be recalled that Martin Burke
met Ermino Spalla at Paterson re-
Gently. Here is the dispatch that
appeared in New York the morning
after the battle:
'Ermino Spalla, champion heavy
weight of Italy, tonight defeated
Martin Burke, New Orleans heavy
weight, in ID rounds, in the opinion
of a majority of newspaper men at
the ringsfde." etc, etc. etc.
Here are the opinions of those who
actually saw the fight
Paterson Press s-Guardian - Martin
Burke made Spalla look like a nov
ice in every one of the 12 rounds
last night.
Paterson Morning Call-The fgh.
summed up in nutshell was a walk
over for the southerner and boxing
lesson for Spalla.
Paterson Evening News-Ermino
Spalla had taken comprehensive
lacing that left him in despair and
completely eclipsed.
(Convrirhf
Evening star., 1924-09-09
TELEPHONE RACKETERS
DEFEAT VIRGINIA TEAM

Racketers of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company nosed
out the North Braddock team of Nir-
g.nia yesterday. > to 4 on the latter :
courts. The summary:
Singles-Apen tCJ. defeated Andrews. t-4.
10: Fowler tCI. defeated {. R0t,erts.
6-3. Go: Kirby &C.. defeated J. Roberts.
G-1. G-1: RamaGe tBI. defeated Evans.
81. 81: AnstiH Co. defeated Lindsay
6-3. 6-s. e: Cation OBJ. defeated koosle.
,i-4. IS G-3.
DoIIhleS-kiFhY and Fowler Co. defeated
= Roberts and j Roberts 0-6. 6-2. CO:
Kan,age and 4 Roberts tRl defeated Cation
and Evans. l-6. G-l. I'll: Lindsay and
eaton tBl. defeated Austin and koogle. -.
Evening star., 1924-09-09

The match came to an end on the
first extra hole. which has gone down
in history as the scene of one Of the
unluckiest defeats ever suffered by
an American golfer.
1t was there. in 1911. that a sliced
second shot by Harold II. Hilton. the
Rritisher. went into the woods at the
right of the fairway. hit rock and
bounded back upon the green. giving
Hilton 7th-hoIe victory over Fred
Herreshoff in the national amateur
tournament
The first hole is for $50 yards. call
ing for good drive and a fairly stiff
mashie shot UP slope to an elevate
green. Both OF US did well on our
tee shots. but Whites second was a
little short of the green and to the
right. ! played harder ball and
when / got up ! found my second
II feet from the hole.
The green slopes from left to right,
and both Gardner and ! were at the
right of the cup. He was at least
40 feet away, but. as | had putt for
d birdie 3. he made d great effort TO
sink his ball He almost succeeded.
but in failing delivered the match
into my hands.
You see his ball trimmed the cup
and. coming out was thrown around
in the direction of my ball. ! had to
play up hill over side slope. boring
about eight inches to the right in or
der to conquer the slope. but. through
the position of his ball it was made
positive that if | missed my putt
would leave him completely Stymied
Ordinarily. my 12-foot putt would
nave been hard to contemplate. But
now. even the circumstance that a
championship rested upon il could
Evening star., 1924-09-09

q N'> A~hS anu ~ VIZ M
One big reason why the Firpo-
Wills tickets are not going with a
rush Is the $3.50 chance the battle
viii be wonder or bust OF
course, the other reason is the fear Of
Firpo's being arrested and electro
cuted or something.
They are trying to figure who
Mickey Walkers next opponent will
be. when Walker was set for the
Leonard bout he turned down offers
right and left. He must have passed
up 100000 worth of battles.
Now he must make good his losses.
That Mickey is after big money or
nothing is evidenced by his turning
down OF $4,000 offer to meet Bob
bic Barrett in philly.
lie may meet Dave Shade in New
York, but IL he does 1T won't be big
attraction. Shade has been an in
and-outer. and he never was very
far on the inside at that
Walkers big chance for a cleanup
lies with Benny Leonard, and with
Leonard not disposed to face the
welter king, it looks as though the
pride of kereighead will have to go
on tour and pick up coin piccemeal
Lew Diamond of Jersey City, man
Evening star., 1924-09-09
CATHOLIC U. GRIDMEN
RESUME DRILLS TODAY

Preliminary practice for the -
Catholic University foot ball candi-
dates. who indulged in their first
light work yesterday, WAS to be re-
sumed today at Brookland.
All of the gridderS appeared in
good condition yesterday and the
rough work will begin sooner than
expected Coaches Gormley and
Hegarty are being assisted by Ed
Lynch, former Brookland star.
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EIGHT OF G. U. GRID
SQUAD NURSE HURTS

ORANGE, Va, September 9.-Scrim-
mage for Georgetown Universtty's
foot ball squad Is beginning to take
its toll, there being several gridders
already on the injured list and un-
able to resume the rough work.
Haas. McLain. Golson, Murphy,
Comstock. Hegarty. McNulty and
korte all are laid up. although most
Of the ailments are only minor ones.
Coaches Little and Palm have an
nounced that the squad will leave
for Washin gton Saturday instead of
September Is. as originally planned.
Tony Plansky, one of last years
backs. has arrived in camp, together
with Jerry Thompson and Eddie
Swinburne of last seasons freshman
eleven. Two teams composed of the
best material are induIging In the
rough work.