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P The Omaha Morning Bee “™ Let yourself, and not your words ' 1 ■ ■■■ . , , • -■ ■.j.m ■ . - . ■ . ■ . . " - ~ preach for you.—Amlal. \ I VOL. 54. NO. 14. OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1924. • TWO CENTS" °r??.hc“a. 8G5J8JK"”* 13 Ballots Fa3 to Break Deadlock; M’Adoo G -^Kansas; Smith, Jersey ~r . ... — , - a - Man Slays Brother Out s | of Jealousy L Conscience Stricken, George Balster Relates Details of f Mysterious Murder at ( Utica, Neb. 13 At Dance After Shooting n — V j Seward, Neb., June 30.—Jealousy, f * Jis motive that led Cain to kill his rother, Abel, has placed George * di\ a,*ter’ *8, of Utica, Neb., in county all here, held for trial on a charge ^ f first degree murder. Balster has confesed to murdering tis brother, Ed, 37, a bachelor farm 14 «r. Belief that his brother was more ""of a favorite with his parents than ,u he is given by this son of a former ^ * Seward coui -y commissioner, Henry S Balster, as the reason for the crime, i ; Before a coroner’s Jury in Lincoln yesterday, the details of the crime .1 were revealed. At noon today he * signed a confession and at 2 this I t* afternoon he waived preliminary ft- ht hearing here. Pleads "Not Guilty." • j "Not guilty," was his plea before g he was bound over for the November term of district court, charged with PI murder in the first degree, j'f As the young man stood In county l' court his .father sat nearby, unable * to realise that his son had signed ? his name to a document which de Clares him to be a fratiricide. The ■ mother, who is said to have collapsed 1 v - when told of the confession, was not 0 iitsent. In his confession Balster described | t ’*x)ing Into his brother’s home and - , ^T-btalnlng his shotgun before Ed had “- T rrived. After he had killed Ed he 1 leaned the shotgun and placed it ( -lack in the house. mil BtoI# War(, O’Neill’s cas an/* i Uf* . ove as rapidly as I could to Ed's ',ei;ome to get there before he arrived. ’ >r®| Vfter I had the gun I hid the car * *71 id, as Ed drove up, I pointed the mf;jn at him, saying: |4 'Jj Walks On Box Cars , J “ ’Throw up one hand and throw • ( J your pockelbook on the ground with leJ the otbt‘r-’ T did that so It would •< - look like a holdup and was afraid I ■ ,|J would bloody my hands If I pulled it v out myself. Then I shot. My brother said: wl “ ’Oh. Louie." "Louie" is George 1 -alster’s nickname.) "I drove within a mile of Utirn. Oi topping near the railroad tracks. To °f hrow bloodhounds off the track 1 to | rawled on top of box cars and walked n them nearly all the way to town. t‘° All Night Dance. wa “Next 1 went home In a taxi and cu ater to an all night dance." ve. The body of the slain brother was n?1 lot found for a week after the crime, ti® Recently, Louis had become con science strlken, and, according to au thorities, he told friends of the slay ml Ing, they, in turn, informing local authorities, who notified state police. Srumsteamer" !S NOW DERELICT . New York, June 30.—The derelict of the tramp steamer Bridgetown, i'f/k hich last clear Barbados In Feh ^2 ruary with a $2,000,000 cargo of u» liquor and since was reported on the ? Jersey coast rum row, was reported today by Captain Lninson of the Royal mall liner Ohio to have been T sighted last Wednesday. * AUTO CRASHON 1 PACIFIC ROAD A ear In which were Mr. and Mrs. Rudisell, Forty-third and Davenport streets, was run into by a Ford road fT ster on the Pacific street road, 14 i<: miles west of the city, Sunday night. Deputy Sheriff Paxton, working on t the case, said he found that it was . driven by a Gretna man and expects ,Y to arrest him. “ We Have ,4 With Us \ Today v,j Doane Powell ,-e Chicago Artist i Born in Omaha some 40 years ago, eo Mr. Powell Is the son of a pioneer Ht Omaha family. He was educated In at Omaha schools, and studied art In o Chicago, New York and Paris. He tt then returned to Omaha, where for many years he was a staff cartoonist iff on The Omaha Bee, In which capac fi| Ity he gained a national reputation, fit For the past few years Mr. Powell pit has been an Instructor at the in| Academy of Fine Arts In Chicago, Y4 and In addition to this he recently tlh has assumed new duties as head 1 ‘artist for a large advertising agency. idfC Not content with these pressing tutles Mr. Powell also find* time to 4 do paintings In oil, and of late his efl4 work has received much approval In Cet several exhibits. I ' ( * Mayor, Dunn Are Gone? Where? "Where, Oh where ha* the mayor gone? Where. Oil where lm* he gone? With CommiMlonff Dunn He left on the run Where, Oh where ha* he gone?” "City Hall Blues.” Mystery again lurks In the dark corners of the city hall. The mayor and police commissioner have disap peared to parts unknown. 'Tls ru mored that they are looking for a new chief of police to fill the vacancy which will be left by Chief Dillon. Some say they have gone south to the races. That Is perhaps the most popular of the reports now floating around. Others say they have gone fishing, but the most authentic report of all Is that they went to Chicago. Even at that, there Is much mys tery. No one was able to give a reason why Mayor Dahlman and Commissioner Dunn should accom pany each other to Chicago. Free Milk Fund Bid for Babies Approaching Heat of Summei' Threatens Health and Lives of Omaha Children. Previously acknowledged .$M..W P. M. Campbell . 5.00 H P. Vanncrcreek . 2.00 Goldie Weber... Fulrhury, Neb. 1.00 Total .971.50 Many weeks of heat are ahead and In that time the helpless babies In poverty-stricken homes will suffer. This fund is 100 per cent to help them. It pays for milk and Ice for ex elusive use of these Infants. Opportunity knocks at your door. You can do this good deed. Bend a contribution now to the "Free Milk and Ice Fund, The Omaha Bee." Every cent of It will be used to supply the much-needed milk to suf fering babies. Do It now before you forget! TWO SCHOOL BOYS HELD FOR THEFT Two well bred youths from good Chicago homes are under Investiga tion at central police headquarters. They are George Givot, 21. 2119 Wal ’gon, and Quinton McCreadie, 16, 607 West Sixty ninth, Chicago. The lads were picked up by auto theft detectives who say the boys confessed to stealing the car they were driving from McCreadle's father. The younger boy told officers he had been Induced to leave home by Givot who promised to get him Into the movies In California, They are students at the prepara tory high school In Chicago. The Mc Creadie boy told officers he had not been living at his father's home and had resided with an aunt in Chicago for sometime. Chicago police have been notified. U. S. TAX OFF ONLY FOR MOTORTRUCKS The removal of a federal tax on automobiles and accessories nfter July 3, 1924, by virtue of the pas sage of the revenue act of 1924, ap plies only to automobile trucks and chassis selling at less than $1,000. In calling attention to the removal of this and other taxes The Omaha Bee did not specify that the discon tinuance of taxation on motor vehi cles applied only to trucks. On all bodies except those of trucks and motor wngons, the tax of 5 per cent on the selling price remains. TWO ARE HELD FOR RESISTING POLICE Henry Moduff and two women In a car with T. Katlan attempted to prevent Motorcycle Officer Saint of Council Bluffs from placing Katlan under arrest on a speeding charge Sunday. Timely arrival of Prohibition Of ficer Sumner Knox made It possible to take Moduff and Katlan to head quarters, where Moduff was charged with resisting an officer and a speed ing charge « was launched against Katlan. THREE MEN HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE Salt Rake City, June 30.—Three al leged confidence men, Ed McCoy, Robert Howe and Jim Balaom, the latter said to be known to the police of Denver, are under arrest charged with attempting to fleece Frank Stow of Birmingham, Ala., out of $10,000. E. R. Jackson, postoffice Inspector of Denver, wae Instrumental In placing the three men In custody last Satur day. Santa Fe to Get Control of California Southern Washington, June 30.—The Atchi son, Topeka A Santa Fe railroad to day was authorised by the Interstate commerce commission to acquire con trol of the California Southern rnll road by purchase of its capital stock for $159,452. The road also proposes to buy the outstanding bond* of the California Southern tor $419,000. Six Die in Burlington Train Crash Two McCook Women Killed as Mail Train Hits Rear End of Passenger at Buda, 111. 17 Injured in Collision By Associated Press. Chicago, June 30.—Six persona. In cluding Dr. F. W. McNair, president of the Michigan Colelge of Mines, lost their live* and 17 others were Injured today when a Burlington solid mall train crashed Into the rear end of eastbound passenger train No, 2 from Denver at Buda, 111. D. McNair, three women and W. J. Brechtel of Aurora, 111., fireman on mall train No. 8, were killed out right. nnd J. A. Triplett, a porter on train No. 2, died In a hospital at Princeton, 111. The dead: W. J. Brechtel, fireman of mall train No. 8. Mrs. H. C. Clapp, McCook, Neb. - Clapp, niece of H. C. Clapp, McCook, »Neb, Dr»F. W. McNair, Houghton, Mich , president Michigan College of Mines. Mrs. J. M. Bandare, Los Angeles. Calif. J. A. Triplet, porter of No. 2, Chi cago. The injured Include: H. C. Clapp, McCook, Neb., leg and back Injured. Dunlap, John H., secretary Amer dan Society of Civil Engineers, 33 West Thirty-ninth street, New York, Spine injured. Edward, Earl, mall clerk on mall train No. 8, collapsed, fainted. Garvin, J. B., 4545 Grove etreet, Denver, internally Injured. Hernon, Joseph L. of Brown-Wheel er, No. 14 Wall street. New' York, head lacerated. Ives, F. W., Ohio State university. Columbus, O., back Injured. Mason, Betty, 200 Huron street, Sheyboygan, back slightly Injured. Rogers, Anna, 221 Thirty-third street, Milwaukee, Wis., slightly hurt. Short, Milton, 521 Serrano street, Los Angeles, Cal., face slightly hurt and leg bruised. Wilkinson, W. J., North Fairfield, O., back bruised. The dead and 13 of the 14 In Jured were In the last three cars on the Denver train which had stopped for water at the coal chutes near Buda when the crash came, accord ing to survivors. Panic Among Passenger*. There was panic among the half dressed passengers as they stumbled out of their berths, according to C. F. Cavanaugh, the Pullman conductor. "I helped to carry out the bodies of six from the wreckage before the wrecking crew arrived," Cavanaugh said. "I was asleep when the acci dent occurred, about 4'45 a. m. There was panic among the half dressed pas sengers who fell or Jumped from their berths and rushed for the door*. There was much excitement, hut until the wrecking crew arrived aome of us had to get out the dead and Injured. I helped take out six bodies, and there may have been more In the wreck age,” Another Crash Averted. An even worse smashup with more fatalities might have occurred, ac cording to an Ohio man who refused to give his name, who said another mall train waa approaching on an other track Just as the car he was In was thrown across the rails. The mall train stopped, however, In time to avoid another crash. The survivors were brought here on the cars retrieved from train No. 2, and the Injured came with them, the latter being taken to the Presby terian hospital. The bodies were taken from the scene of the wreck to Princeton, 111., 13 miles from Buds. Behind Srhrdiile. Train No. 2, a through pasaenger train running from Denver to Chi cago, due here nt 7 a. m., was run nlng 40 minutes 1st* followed by the solid mall train, No. 8, which waa eight minutes behind Its schedule. The passenger train had stopped at the coal chutes at Buda. The block signal system Is used and apparently the engineer of the mall train failed to observe the slgnnl against his train, according to a state ment Issued from the office of the general manager of the road. When the crash came Fireman Brechtel of the mull train Jumped, but was caught between the locomo tive and tender and crushed to death. His engineer stayed In his cab and whs uninjured. The three rear enrs of the passen ger train were damaged and two of them thrown off the rails. Train No. 2 left Omaha at 2 Run day afternoon. Burlington officials In Omaha have no record of Oinahnns leaving on this train. The crew waa changed *t Pros ton, la. No. R leaves Council Bluffs at It 30 In the afternoon. It carries no psh •engers 4 Fall, Sinclair, Doheny Indicted in Oil Inquiry By II. K. REYNOLDS. International News Service Staff Correspondent. Washington, June 30.—Indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the United States In connection with the leasing of naval oil lands In Califor nia and Wyoming were returned to day hy a special federal grand Jury against former Secretary of the In terior Albert B, Fall, Harry F. Sin clair and Edward L. Doheny, multi millionaire oil magnate, and the lat ter’s son, Edward L. Doheny, Jr. In addition to the conspiracy charges. Fall and Doheny were In d'cted for bribery, the charge being based on the giving of $100,000 to the former secretary of the Interior by the magnate. Four Indictments were obtained from the grand Jury by Owen J. Rob erts and Atlee Pomerene, the special counsel named by President Coolldge to conduct the oil lease litigation fol lowing the exhaustive Investigation made by the senate public lands com mittee under the direction of Senator Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, of Mon tana. The indictments charge: First. Fall and Doheny with conspiracy to de fraud the government through the leasing of the Elks Hill oil reserve In California. Second. Fall and Sinclair with conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment through the leasing of the Teapot Dome reserve In Wyoming. Third. Fall with accepting a bribe from Doheny, Fourth. Doheny and his son with offering and giving a bribe to Fall. U. S. MISSIONARY SLAIN IN CHINA Washington. June 30.—Rev. George Douglas Byers, an American citizen attached to the Presbyterian mission, was murdered June 24. presumably by bandits, at Kuchek. Island of Hainan, according to Information re celved by American Minister Schur rrmn at Pekin and forwarded to the State department today. Minister Schurman received his re port from Douglas Jenkins, the American consul general at Canton, who was Informed of the murder by the British consul at Kiungchow, Hainan island. The V. S. R. Faeramento would leave Hong Kong Tuesday, it was stated, with Vice Consul Chamberlain aboard, and proceed to Hoihow, the port nearest the scene, to conduct an Investigation. SEARS TO VISIT HERE WEDNESDAY Congressman Willis O. Sears Is ex pected In Omaha for a short visit Wednesday, friends here learned Monday evening. Congressman Rears was one of a congressional committee to accompany the body of Congress man Llttln of I^awrence, Kan., from Washington to the Kansas home, and will stop In Omaha on the way back to the capital. MAUGHAN DELAYED IN RETURN FLIGHT San Francisco, June 30.—I.leut. Russell L. Maughan. one day coaat-to const flyer, was forced to return here an hour after lie hopped off for New Fork today, when a leak developed In his emergency gasoline tank. He will attempt to leave later In the day. Maughan hnd nearly reached Sacra mento when the leak developed. Youth Hurt in Crash. Beatrice. Neb., June SO.—Ed Lick lelter, 18, was seriously injured when his Ford roadster struck a railroad crossing northwest of the city, throw ing him out. The car passed over him, breaking his leg and inflicting other injuries. He was brought to a hospital here. He any* he was look Ing for work In the harvest fields when the Occident happened. Farmer* Cutting Wheat. Bpatrlr*. Neb.. June 30.—Hundred* of farmer* In this aertlon of Ne hraaka boK*n cuttlnR wheat todny nnd If the weather remnlna favorable the work will be well In hand by the close of the week. A number apent yesterday ehm-kliiK the *raln. which la of line quality. Married in Couneil Bluffs. Tha following persona obtained marriage licenses in Council Bluff* yesterday : Douirlas McClellan. Tula*. Okl. . 44 O lady a Conrad, Fremont. Neb.2ft Zlxa Muss. Omaha . 4ft Pophla Kumbal, Otnaha . 44 John Oarbar Osceola. Neb .3ft t’lndva Arbofast. Silver Creek. Neb.tS Anion Vole|nIk; Omah* .51 Frances Mhk«. Omaba . 21 P C Pill. Lincoln. Neb .39 Lydia Ptahn. Lincoln. Neb. 46 Charlta Hultman. Omaha .ftl LMa Odell. Broken How. Neb. 62 William Whit la. Butte. Neh.23 Flora Flaming, Crest on, Neb. 23 John Kargea. Havens, Nah.50 Alice White, Henna Neb.1 ft | Ralph Tyrall, Lincoln. Neb .11 [Josephine Lynch. Lincoln. Neb .IP ftnbert ITU lock Omaha . 2ft F.dlth Rogers, Omaha . 28 Chester Casa Omaha . 13 Blanche Travis. Omaha . It Con Puncan. Omaha ... . 42 Maud* Kennedy. Omaha .34 P C Peterson. Council Hluffa . IS Kthel Clark. Council Hluffa .2ft Raymond 7uhr. Pious Kalla P. P .1R Clara Kramer, Herman. Neb.27 Harry Rele|*dnrf Pacific Junction la..24 Margaret Bead, Pacific Junction, la 19 Harold Taylor, Omaha ..II Uy.tia Bsyact.su, uuia&a Budget to Be Cut to Bone by Coolidge “I Am for Economy and More Economy,7’ Says President, Demanding Further Tax Reduction. People Must Have Relief Washington, Juna 30. — President Coolidge called upon the admlnlstra> tlve heads of the government tonight to measure up to "the full teat of our national character" by giving efficient administration so that further reduc tion In taxes for all of the people may be accomplished. Speaking before mors than 1,000 executive officers of the seventh semi annual meeting of the business organizations of the government at the close of the fiscal year, the chief executive outlined his policies for the future with the declaration that all of hla subordinates must enter Into them In spirit as well as In practice. “I am for economy,” the president said. "After that, I am for more economy. . . . w# muat give the people relief from the excessive bur den of taxation.” Mr. Coolidge's program contem plates cutting expenditures to the bone. He wants to continue even more drastically ths three-year-old economy program. To do so. be en joined those responsible for spending the government’s money that every administrative effort be carried on with the absolute minimum of ex pense. That means, he asserted, that the government payrolls must be re duced. *2,720,000.000 Debt Cut. The president’s broad outline of his Views was expanded by Director Lord of the budget bureau, who warned that those who failed to function sympathetically or woo obeyed the chief executive’s Instructions In half hearted fashion, may as well feel that they are not desired In the govern ment machinery. He added that dis loyal onea have no place In the or ganization. The director explained that the bureau’# agents were cog nlzant of all activities In the govern ment and said he would not fall to call shortcoming! to the president's attention. The speech was ths first by Mr Coolidgo since the republicans se lected him as Its presidential candi date, and he chose In this utterance to review the financial accomplish ment# of the administration for the last three year#. In thla period, he said, there was s net reduction In the great public debt of more than 12.720, POO,000 and a consequent saving to the people of more than 3120,000,000 nnnually In Interest alone "What progress we hav# made In ordering the national finances Is easily shown," Mr. Coolidge said. "A comparison of our receipts and ex penditures for the last four years illustrates conclusively what has been accomplished during the three years os.' the budget eystein. "For the fiscal year ending June SO, 1021. the last prebudget year, our expenditures were 36,631,000,000 and our receipts 36,624.000,000. For the succeeding three years, which In. (Turn to rage Three. Column Two.) Convention Delegates Named in Cass County Atlantic, la., June 30.—Democrats named the following delegates to the state convention, to he held at Dee Moines. July 25: J. F. McGovern. J. O. Berry, O. G. Jeck. A. A. Quinn, Frank Downey, Vera B Hook and Jennie M. Ward. Republicans named the following delegates to the state convention at Des Moines. July 22: 8. F. Myers. F W. Beebe, H. A. Marshall, K. L. Newton, C. 8 Fulton. R. R, Turner. F. W. WeiHC, K. P. Chase. J. U. Jones A. A Knlgh, B. 17. Wood, W. C. Bryant. C. C. Smith. H. D. Kunre. C. H. McBride, George J. Ansety, C. C. Mills and Wray AA'Ilsnn. Mrs. Nelson to Visit Denmark Nebraska City, June SO.—Mrs Ju Hus Nelson, widow of the Iste Julius Nelson of AA’yomlng precinct, hss re reived pnssports front Washington and and will leave In a few days for Den mark, her native country. This will be her first visit to her old home since coming to America more than 33 years ago. Fined Twiee in Two Days. Beatrice. Neb., June SO.- Del Do l.nlr of this city pleaded guilty In po lice court nt AA'.vmore to a complaint charging him with assault. He was fined no The day before De Ijilr W‘aa fined $50 and costs for dlsor orderly conduct. The trouble grew out of a fight In Fink's park between De Irfilr and several men. Three Mullen Hops Tip Scale sat 2,490 Pounds Mullen, Neb., June 30. C. T. Isom, farmer and ranchman north of hare, marketed three hogs of the big boned Poland China type, that weighed 2,490 pounds. They were not overfat anil •aally could hav# carried an addltlno. I si hundred pounds aach. McAdoo Leads Smith in Preliminary Ballots WILLIAM G Mf/iDOO. © CAM>f OtPrSTt Tornado Wrecked Ohio Cities Work to Clear Damage _ National Guardsmen Aid in Rehabilitation—Governor Donahey Takes Personal Charge of Situation. By Amdatr# Press. Cleveland. O , June SO.—Ninety four person* were known to be dsad In Ohio today as a result of Satur day's severe wind, rain and electrical storm which swept the coast of Lake Erie from Sandusky to Lorain wreck ing a large portion of Lorain and parts of Sandusky. Although th* loss of life was not as great as at first believed, relief workers said today that th* list of dead may grow. Several hundred per sons were reported Injured, several score of them seriously and th# prop erty damages was estimated at more than *30,000,000. Medical aid for the Injured, burial of th# dead and housing of the home less occupied the attention of doc tors, nurses and Red Cross workers today. Between 600 and 1,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were on duty to preserve order and help with rescue and rehabilitation work at Lorain. Governor Donahey. motoring from Columbus, yesterday personally took charge of the situation at Lorain. Several days will be required, accord ing to best estimates, to clear away the wreckage at places wher# the storm hit the hardest. Rosts Reported Safe. Belated reports today Indicated that damage to the rural district In the storm area was not ss great ss at first believed. Several lake boats for which fears had been entertained, were reported safe. Scientific observers were unable to agree today as to whether ths storm wsa a genuine cyclone, a cyclonic tornado, a plain tornado, or merely a super thunderstorm. According to best reports the storm ram* from the lake—from the northwest. C. C. Cooper, government meteorol ogist at Sandusky, reported the storm as a tornado. He said the damage wa* don* by a dark funnel-shaped cloud, which was followed by a sharp thunderstorm. E H. Emery In charge of the Cleve land weather bureau, who went to I-oraln yesterday to study th# storm, said he would not want to designate th# storm as elthsr a cyclons or a tornado, < Health department Acts. The Ohio health department through Dr. J. F. Monger, director, took drastic measures to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. A branch of th# department wa* opened at Lorain today to take charge of the city's water and milk supplies. All milk entering the city will be Inspected. It was said. Several hundred boy scouts In Cleveland were mobilized today ready to give any assistance possible to the dsvaststsd areas. Howard Van F.pp. It. and Mildred Harding, 11. Kith of Cleveland, were drowned In a flooded rreek near Wey mouth when an automobile In which Ihey were riding with relatives was swept off a bridge by the storm Three others In the machine caught In a tree and were rescued. Wheat Harvest Begun in Jefferson County Falrbury, June SO.—The wheat harvaat began Saturday In Jefferson county. Charles McCune, who live* near Falrhury. waa the first to begin The wheat stalk is short but the head Is well filled and the berry Is full and plutnp. Harvard. Neb , June SO.—An aver age yield of wheat, running about IS bushels to the acre, and of a good quality la erpected In this vicinity should weather conditions remain favorable, according to grain men who have made a survey. Harvest will get utidor way here In about a week or ,10 day* -« The Leaders FIRST BALLOT. McAdoo .431V* Smith . 240,/2 Cox . 59 SECOND BALLOT. McAdoo ..431 Smith.251V* Cox . 61 THIRD BALLOT. McAdoo .437 Smith... 255V* Cox . 60 FOURTH BALLOT. McAdoo ..443 6 Smith ........260 Cox .59 FIFTH BALLOT. McAdoo ..443 1 Smith .261 5 Cox . 59 SIXTH BALLOT. McAdoo .442 9 Smith .261V* Cox . 59 SEVENTH BALLOT. McAdoo .442 6 Smith .261 Vi Cox . 59 EIGHTH BALLOT. McAdoo .... .441.6 Smith.276.5 Cox. 60 NINTH BALLOT. McAdoo .444.6 Smith.278 J. W. Davis. 63 TENTH BALLOT. McAdoo .. . .471 .6 Smith . 299V* J. W. Davis. 57 5 ELEVENTH BALLOT. McAdoo.476 Smith .303 2 J. W. Davis. 59 TWELFTH BALLOT. McAdoo .478 5 Smith . 301 J. W. Davis. 60 THIRTEENTH BALLOT. McAdoo.477 Smith . 3031! J. W. Davis. ... 64V* The Weather V Tor ?4 hour# andlng t r m Juoa >0 Precipitation Inchon and hundredth* Total. 0. total alnc# January l. 15 5a excana. 0 17 Hour It Tempera Inna#. 5 a tn , . t** \ p m .is 6 a m. 5 7 |p m ....♦« T a m... 84 I p m .6» 6 a to. $ p m .... TP • am... it 8pm ** Ham..... .64 6 pm... .6 * U a m . 64 t p m. f* *ooa .........11 A B- ». .»«#*....IT Californian in Lead With477; Governor Next, With 303 First Important Break Comes When Sunflower State Re* leases Her 20 to McAdoo and New Jersey Turns Over Her 28 to A1 in Race for Democratic Presidential Nomination. John Davis, Third Man, Jumps to 64; Bryan Losing Madison Square Garden, New York, June 30.—At the dose of the 13th ballot, the leaders stood: McAdoo, 477; Smith, 303.5; John W. Davis, 64.5. That was a loss of 1.5 for McAdoo and a gain of 2.5 for Smith. John W. Davis gained 4.5. Madison Square Garden, New York, June 80.—Thir teen ballots and no nominee in sight was tonight’s record of the democratic national convention as it plunged ahead in an effort to get to some point where the contest might be narrowed down to a field of real contenders. Madison Square Garden, New York, June 80.—The 11th ballot in the democratic national convention brought no agreement on a candidate, but it did bring rumblings of doings ahead with changes forecast and slides of votes pre dicted. At the end of the 11th ballot the leaders stood this way: McAdoo, 476.8. Smith, 303.2. John W. Davis, 59. This was a gain of 4.7 for McAdoo and a gain of 8.7 for Smith. The leaders were surging ahead toward the predicted deadlock. Madison Square Garden, New York, June 30,—On the 10th ballot tonight, after New Jersey had slid its 28 to Smith and Kansas had given its 20 to McAdoo—the only changes of any importance in the voting—the leaders in the race stood this way: McAdoo, 471.6; Smith. 299.5. On roll call this was a gain of 27 for McAdoo and Smith gained 21net. Madison Square Garden. New Tork. June JO.— As the democratic national convention reassembled tonight, pro bably for a long drawn out eesalon and to plunge into the balloting again, the score stood this way: Smith SET; McAdoo 444.8; J. W. Davis «J; Underwood 45*4: Ralston 80*4: Cox 80: Governor Da via of Kansas 814: Glass 85: Robinson 81: Silrer 88; Ritchia IT**: Harrison 80**: Brown 8; 8aulsbury 8: Governor Bryan 15:Houston Thompeonl: WillaimJen nlngs Bryan 1. Three favorite sons had bam elitm inated altogether. Senator Ferris of Michigan: Governor Sweet of Color ado and Senator Kendrick of Wyom ing. The McAdoo and Smith tercaa ex pressed their satisfaction with the standing of the score and declared the balloting had come to their esti mates. Bach pointed out that they had an Irreducible minimum of one third which would prevent the nomi nation of anybody without their eon sent. Davis Releasee Delegate*. As ths delegates came hack into the hall after a hasty dinner, prepared for a long drawn out session, thtre was ths usual talk of Impending eraeka and switches, and the usual number of conferences between lead ers ware going on. The obvious truth of the attnatlon was that ths field which holds the balance of power in the fight was laying back waiting for the break which might Indicate the winner and the signal for the band wagon me vs ment. The first tangible evidence of the breaks and cracks to corns appeared when Governor Jonathan Da via of Kansas, arriving on the convention floor Just before the night eesalon was resumed released the 8# from Kansas to McAdoo. Tenth Railed Alabama, Underwood 84: Artsona. Underwood 8*4. McAdoo 1*4: Arkan sas, Robinson 18: California. McAdoo »*; Colorado. McAdoo 4*4; Smith 8. John W. Davis 8*4. Underwood 8; Connecticut. Smith 10**: McAdoo 8.1; Underwood 1.4: Del*war. Saulebury 8; Florida. McAdoo 18: Georgia. McAdoo 88 Idaho, McAdoo 8: Illinois, Smith 18 Cox 10. Jonathan Davis 18; C W. Bryan 8. Walsh 1. RoNnson 1. Mc Adoo 18, John W, Davis 8: Indiana. Ralston SO; lows. McAdoo 88: Kan sas, McAdoo 80; Kentucky. McAdoo 88; I.ouisinna, John W, Davis 80; Mains, McAdoo 8, Smith 4*4. Under wood 5*4: Maryland. Ritchie 18. Mas sachusetts. McAdoo 8’*. Harrison **. Smith SS; Michigan, passed; Minne sota. Cox 1; John W Davis 8. Under wood 1, Robinson 1. Jonathan Da vis 1. McAdoo 8. Smith 11 Mlsa;* *ppl. Harrison 80; Missouri, McAdoo 38; Montana McAdoo 7. Srr;h 1 Ne braska, McAdoo 4. C. *V Bryan 9. Smith 8; Nevada. McAdoo 8 New Hampshire Brown «. New Jersey, Smith 8* New Mexico. McAdoo 8; New ' . 8 h ' N i'n*. McAdoo 84: North Dakota. McAdoo 5, Smith 4. John \V Davis 1: Ohio, Ovx 4S: Oklahoma, McAdoo SO: Oregon, McAdoo H*: Pennsylvania. Glass I; Newton D Baker 1 Thompson 1. Jonathan Davis 1. Ritchie 1*». Un derwood 8**. Johr IV. Davis 4. Mm Gloo *5*., Smith 87*4; Rhca» i Island, S'.ul'.h 10, Soulfc <*"*** M* 4 I