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t ." ' The Omaha Morning Dee Egjfl 11f . ■ .. ■ - - ... ■ ■ - ■ ■■ - ■ -==== .... i. tst Dress.—Wickersham. ' VOL. 54. NO. 15. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1924. • TWO CENTS'* SEEHsE?""*' -' Beacon Guided P|$&5L Cross U. S. _ -— - -- ■■ . ■ Night Mail > Under Way on Schedule I Some Heavily Laden “Shipe” Rhnning Ahead of Time; [ No Delays Reported at Various Stations. Two Sections Required Chicago, July 1.—The first west f bound air mall plane, piloted by W. D. Williams, arrived here at 5:51 p. m., central standard time, 24 min ute* ahead of schedule. The second westbound plane was expected a few minutes later. The first westbound plane, piloted by Randolph Page, hopped off on the first leg of the night trip to Omaha at 6:31, central standard time. A -\ Coolidge Sent Air Mail Greetings by The Omaha Bee July 1. 1924. ‘ Hon. Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States. 1 Washington, D. C. Sir: The Omaha Bee sends greetings from Omaha, the midnight station on the transcontlental air mail route. * We send congratulations, too, on j the reopening of the day-night air ^ ! mail service. It was though Omaha that thou sands came in prairie schooners to settle the west. It was at Omaha that was begun the Pacific rail Iroad that linked together east to j west. i It is here that the west begins | and where the west is at It* best. | Standing at the center of the new link that binds the nation to j pettier, we take the greetings from j both oceans, give them the bless ings of our great rivers, and send them on to their deslnatlon. With deepest appreciation, BALLARD DUNN, ! Editor In Chief. _/ L minute later, the second westbound 1 plane, piloted by Dean C. Smith, took the air. The second plpne arrived here at 6:10 p. m., piloted by Art Smith. Bryan, O., July 1.—Twenty minutes ahead of schedule, Pilot Art Smith landed here this afternoon on the first lap of the transcontinental air mall service. He picked up the Bryan mall and took off for Chicago at 4:15 p. in., on schedule. Pilot Warren D. Williams stopped at Bryan at 1:45 p. m., on schedule, foAuel. Salt Lake City, July 1.—Carrying the first eastbound mail under the new night flying arrangement. Pilot Paul Scott reached Salt Lake City from Elko, Nev., at 2:02 p. m. (moun tain time). Scott hopped off from Elko at 11 o'clock (Pacific time). Pilot Lester Bishop hopped off for Rock Springs, Wyo., at 2:15 p. m. Elko, Nev., July 1.—Pilot Levlsee of the United States Aerial Mall service arrived here from Reno, Nev., at 10:30 a. m. (Pacific coast time), with mail with which Pilot Claire Vance departed from San Francisco this morning. _ By Associated Press. San Francisco, July !.—Pilot Clali K. Vance hopped off on the first leg of the new day-and night air mall service from here to New York at 5:57 a. m. today. The weather was foggy, but there was little wind at the ground level. The fog compelled Vance to circle (Turn to Peg* Two. Column HU.) We Have With Us Today Arthur E. Nelson, Mayor, 8t. Paul, Minn. After serving a two-year term ss mayor of 8t. Paul Mr. Nelson was re elected recently for the next term. He stopped In Omaha yesterday and visited the city council meeting, where he gave a short talk. Mr. Nelson and his wife are return i lng from the International Klwanla I convention at Denver. His main main purpose In going to the con vention was to get the next one for 8t. Paul, he said, lie accomplished his purpose and then spent some time In the mountains. St. Paul Is now conducting a public i building program involving $20,000, } 000, according to the mayor. Even L at that the taxes In his city were & lower during hla administration than I In the previous term. He told the ” council how much 8t. Paul and Omaha are alike, giving that as the reason why these two cities show so much Interest In each other. PETITION URGES LA FOLLETTE TO RUN Washington, July 1.—Tentative agreement has been reached by per sons who have been urging Senator La Follette of Wisconsin to run for president to present to him, probably this week, a petition which they as sert carries hundreds of thousands of signatures. A “La Follette for president com mittee” located in Chicago has charge of the petition and W. T. Raleigh probably will make the presentation in Washington. Senator La Follette is expected to make a statement to the committee defining his position. The committee will have some association with the Cleveland convention which meets July 4 and which Is expected to nom : inate the Wisconsin senator. Death List in Lorain Tornado Reduced to 65 Rumors of Bodies Seen in Theater Unverified—City Begins Plans for Re building. Lorain. O., July 1.—Rechecking and correcting of the Red Cross lists of the dead In the tornado that swept Lorain late Saturday, early today reduced the number of dead from 72 to 64, while shortly thereafter tho death of George F. Hamilton, presi dent of the Steubenville (O.) automo bile club, raised the list to 65. The eight Incorrectly reported dead and found alive are: , Sol Jacoby, Irving Mercer, Howard Coulter. Ethelyn McGuff. Mrs. Elean or Zittell and her daughter, Eleanor; H. S. Brandt and James Ford, all of Lorain. Rumors of bodies seen In the State theater and of other bodies being found In wrecked buildings In the outlying sections today could not be verified. ■ In the meantime. Lorain began to take stock of Its loss and make plans for Its rehabilitation. A meeting, called by Mayor Hoffman, of half a hundred of the leading business men of Loral* today resulted In the ap pointment of a committee of 25 to take over the organization of relief measures, pending a meeting tomor row with the state relief committee and officials of the American Red Cross. KLAN FIGHT HOT AT GRAND ISLAND Grand Island, Neb , July 1.—Feel ing betwene the Ku Klux Klan and those who are on the other side has been materially Increased here in the past few days.. The determination of a resort to hold dances on Sunday evening led to the burning gf a fiery cross near the place. The manage ment has since decided to put In mov ing pictures and not start the danc ing until midnight Sunday. One of the local pastors devoted a recent sermon to the subject, In de fense of the klan to the extent of de claring that there is another "In visible empire" that ought *o get the attention of the public. The local or ganization is variously estimated as from 300 to 1,500 In membership. Commercial Clubs Work for Rate Adjustments York, Neb., July 1.—At a meeting held here In the Interest of freight rate adjustment for Interior towns, the commercial clubs of Superior, Hastings, Norfolk, Grand Island, Lin coln and York, were represented. W. H. Blakeman of Norfolk was appointed temporary chairman and R. A. Freeman of York, temporary secretary. No organization was ef fected yesterday as two of the clubs have succeeded In obtaining a read justment of rates and are unwilling to form an organization representa tive of all Interior towns. The next meeting will he held at Hastings. Beatrice Will Vote on City Filtration Plant Special Dlapatrh to The Omulia ttee. Beatrice, Neb., July 1.—The city commissioners held a meeting here this afternoon and decided to rail a special election here August 5 to vote bonds In the sum of $70,000 for a fil tratlon plant. Citizens of Beatrice re cently petitioned the commissioners to take such action owing to tho In adequate supply of water from tho city wells during the summer season. Coolidge to Be Notified of Nomination on July 24 Washington, July 1.—Dates for formal notification of President Cool idge and Charles G. Dawes, republi can vice presidential candidate, of their nomination by the Cleveland convention were fixed today for July 24 and 81, respectively. 9 .— - — Hog Thief to Be Deported. Center, Neb., July 1.— Fred Miller of Knox county, undFr sentence for stenllng hogs, will be sent back to bis nntlve country, Germany, ns an unde slrable alien. He has been ordered turned over to United States officials for deportation. Judge Asks Oil Answer in Ten Days Court Giveg Defendants Time to File Answer to Price Fixing Charges. Standard, Ind., Released District Judge Hastings postponed final decision Tuesday afternoon in the suit brought by Attorney General Spillman to enjoin 15 oil and gaso line companies in Nebraska for al leged price fixing. The defendants were given 10 days in which to examine new affidavits filed by the state and to prepare counter affidavits. Just before the hour set for the hearing a largo bundle of affidavits was filed by Attorney General Spill man, comprising facts discovered dur ing investigations that have been go ing on for weeks. Attorneys for the. defendant com panies pointed out that they should have time to examine this new evi dence and present answers before any -order or injunction should be granted. Judge Hastings ordered a continu ance for 10 days. "We made a motion some time ago,” said Charles McLaughlin, one of the defense attorneys, "asking the attorney general to make his petition more definite and certain, naming facts and names and dates. The pe tition remains Just a general state ment and nobody knows what it means. It gives not a single in stance of wrong doing." Assistant Attorney General T. J. McGuire pleaded for an immediate restraining order to stop the "irre parable wrong” and Attorney Gen eral Spillman declared that "the peo ple are suffering" because they have to pay 20 cents a gallon for gasoline la some parts of the state while the folks in Omaha get it for 15 or less. Affidavits Are I/engthy. When the continuance had been gianted it was found that the state hail not prepared any copies of the affidavits for the defendants. Each defendant thereupon took one of the affidavits to his office to make copies for all the other defendants. One of the affidavits contains sev eral hundred pages. Others are small er. They go Into minute detail re gnrdlng the alleged conspiracy and combination alleged to exist among the defendants. The Standard Oil company of In diana was dismissed from among the defendant* on a showing that it doesn’t do business in Nebraska. Ap plication of the Tidewater Refining company to be dropped was continued for a week to give the state time to make a showing that It does business In Nebraska. DAVIS MAY GET NORTH CAROLINA Madison Square Garden, New York. July 1.—A conference of leaders In the North Carolina delegation with convention officials on the right of the delegation to cease voting as a unit for McAdoo agreed late today that under the state laws and the rules of the convention the Individuals of the delegation may vote their will regardless of the primary result. Chairman Max O. Gardner of the North Carolina delegation announced after th# conference that the delega tion would "stick with McAdoo for a few more ballots.” A number of the delegates express ed themselves as favorable to John W, Davis and a break In the North Carolina ranks early In the night session was freely forecast by mem bers of the delegation. Including some of those who had been parties to the conference. STRANGER’S LOTS IN RIVER HERE A. R. Ihaclt of Coulter, la., has written to the dly clerk's office saying that lie owned two lots here and wanted to know how niueh Ills tuxes were, also asking that n real estate man be obtained to sell the lots. City Clerk lloctor looked up llie clots and found them In the Mis souri river. G. O. I*. Publicity Mall Named Washington, July I.—George Harr Baker of California and New York today was appointed director of pub Hetty for the national republican com mittce. The appointment was an nounced by Chairman William M. Butler. Married in Council niuffs. Th« following |i araona obtain**! mar ring* Hcrtnaen in (’mitirll MluZ* y*ii*r May: Raymond P Blair. Omaha . . ffl Nylvla ChrlatOMH n. Council Illuffa .... t2 Clarence I). O'Knra, Jefferton, N TV . 22 T.eatta Ma* .laoobaon. Council filtiffa . to .ToM«ph M Sullivan, An**lrtio, Nab . . 7* Catharlna K Sullivan, llcinnilngforri 07 Oharla* H. Roger*. Omaha .. 21 It. Carolina Hmllfmko. Omaha Ftl N Winslow, flloux Falla. H B «•" UeiUud* Ai matron*, J^incolu, Neb... lb 0 f ■ V McAdoo Men Complain of “Raids” by Enemies Ily L’niversul Hfn Ice. Convention Hall, New York, July 1.—McAdoo’s managers are com plaining that their delegations are being “raided” by the enemy. The switch of tlio Oklahoma delegates from MrAdoo, whom they have supported from the start, was an attempted smash at the McAdoo machine. McAdoo leaders worked hard among the Oklahoma dele gates in an effort to hold them in tine. V__/ Swing to Ralston If McAdoo Loses Urged by Bryan Indiana Candidate’s Support ers Claim Promises of Ac cretions From Other Camps—Davis Strong. Madison Square Garden, New York, July 1.—Facing a situation of grow ing complexity, the democratic na tional convention went Into another night session In an effort to find a solution to Its tangle over the party nomination for the presidency. Another long and weary day of bal loting had accomplished little except to hold In check the two leaders, Mc Adoo and Smith—and build up the hopes of several of the trailing group of dark horse candidates. The friends of John W. Davie and Ralston of Indiana were claiming the greatest advantage from the day'a voting. Davis had climbed from al most nothing at the start to a total of more than 100 votes, and the Ralston supporters had received promises of acrretlons, principally from the Mc Adoo camp, that encouraged them to believe that their man eventually would be the choice of the convention. No Evidence of Break. The defection of Missouri from the McAdoo lineup during the day was declared by the Ralston and Davis supporters to be the forerunner of a movement that speedily would elimi nate both the leaders, but there was no evidence when the convention re assembled after a late afternoon re cess that the expected break was defi nitely at hand. Several of the McAdoo and Smith delegations. In conferences ourlng the recess, had held caucuses and de cided to stand pat a while longer for their candidates. So far as Ralston was concerned, his friends said they were certain sooner or later to get several blocks of votes In a general breakup and they were not anxious to force it Immediately. The Davis men seemed content with the strength displayed by their candidate during the day's balloting and confi dent despite the fact that William Jennings Bryan had declared his op position to Davis and was counsel ling his ss.soclates to go to Ralston If there were a break In the McAdoo ranks MrAdoo "Raid” Planned. Some of the Illinois delegation said before the evening session that con siderable development of the Under wood strength was to he expected In the early night balloting. Whether the move would take In all the Un derwood second choice votes was not determined ns the convention got down to balloting again. Illinois leaders were in conference with friends of Governor Smith dur ing tlio recess and there was a whis pered warning that anti-McAdoo managers had determined upon a plan of breaking into the McAdoo ranks by swinging nwny sizeable groups In the hope of getting a band wagon movement under way for some one. This plan, according to the McAdoo folks, was designed to wean away the votes in favor of anyone who still could be stopped by the Smith bloc after the McAdoo strength had been undermined. In line with this suggestion was the word from some of the Illinois men that Ohio might throw some of Its strength to Newton D. Baker In the hope that he might prove a centering point for McAdoo votes that find no preference in the present list of avowed candidates. Still Optimistic. In the face of a recession In Mc Adoo strength during the day. his managers still professed optimism In the outcome. David I,. Rockwell, campaign man ager for McAdoo. said before the night balloting began that their ef forts would not be rcloxed. It was conceded that there might be some further falling off in the McAdoo vote, but that after the favorite sona had had their run McAdoo would be gin to show his reel strength. At the headquarters It was stated that It was s free fight nnd that each one of the candidates should bo given his opportunity for the nomination. During tlio evening recess. William Jennings Bryan called at tbs Mc Adoo headquarters for a conference with the candidate. Afterwards It wns said there that Mr. Bryan's op position to John W. Davis did not mean that lie was prepared to throw his support from the McAdoo camp to that of some other candidate. Com menting upon the gain made by Da vis In balloting today, Rockwell 1 charged Hint big business was Inter I ested In the Davis candidacy. Means Held Guilty of Liquor Plot Former German Spy, and Star Witness Against Daugh erty, in Conspiracy With Bootleggers. Jamecke Also Convicted _ New York, July 1.—Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent, and his secretary, Elmer W. Jamecke, tonight were convicted of Illegally to withdraw whlaky from distilleries. The Jury was out one hour. Gaston B. Means Is a soldier of for; tuns. He was at one time a epy fof the German government. He has| been In notorious situations many times. At the time of the Daugherty hearings before the senate Investigat ing committee, he gave sensational testimony, the purpose of which was to show Daugherty had been using his office for illegal means. He made numerous charges, all of which, however, were based upon hearsay, so far as they affected Daugherty. Means was onect rled for the mur der of a woman In North Carolina. After a spirited trial he was found not guilty. MONSTER MEETING OF KLAN, LINCOLN Lincoln, July 1.—“Our national In tegrity," was the subject of an ad dress this afternoon by Jach Harris, national lecturer of the Ku Klux Klan, speaking at a meeting north of the state fair grounds here before klansmen gathered from several sections of the state. A parade through the downtown streets of Lincoln was on ths program for ths stats meeting of the Klan to night. This was to be followed by an other meeting on the same field used this afthernoon, given over to ad dresses and naturalisation ceremonies About 4.000 persons had registered at ths city audltorum, headquaters for the meeting. It was expected that 10,000 persons would be In town for the conclave before the evening meet ing was over. An all-day dosed meeting is sched uled fro tomorrow. MAUGHAN ARRIVES AT SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City, July 1.—Lieut. Russell Maughan arrived here from San Francisco at 11:30 a. m. (moun tain time). He landed his airplane at the local air mail field. The gallant army flier, who last week flew from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in one day. covered the distance between San Francisco and Salt I,ake City In four hours flat. He Is not expected to depart from here until tomorrow at the earliest. A celebration In hla honor la planned for later today. U. S. ARMY FLIERS REACH ALLAHABAD By V'niveraal Service. London, July 1.—The American world fliers arrived at Allahabad shortly after noon today, according to a dispatch to the London Daily News. They left Calcutta this morn ing. Their next stage will be to Nnlslro had, and from there they will fly to Karachi. Kearney Girls Hike Masked and Overalled Grand Island. Neb., July 1.—Two Kearney girls, masked and overalled liko hoboes, were apprehended here and held till the stepfather of one of them came and accompanied them home. The city Jailer will always re member them from the cute clgaret holders left behind. They were about to ride a blind baggage out to the northwest on the Burlington. t.OOO at Farmer*’ Picnic. Chndron, Neb, July 1.—Crowd esti mated at more than 4,000, attended the annual picnic of the Farmers Union, held at the State park here yesterday. Five counties of western Nebraska were represented. They are D.'Aves, Sheridan, Soulx, Box, Butte and Cheyenne. Adam McMullen, Beatrice republi can candidate for governor; C. .1. Os born, Omaha, state president of the Farmers union, and Congressman Bob Simmons, were the principal speakers of the day. Traffic Heavy Aero** River. Rulo, Neb, July 1.—A total of 372 cars westbound and 941 cars east Itound were hauled nrross the Mis sourl river bridge at this point Mon day by the Burlington railway. Five freight trains westbound and eight nastbound handled these cars, which Is considered a heavy run for one day's business. 4 Davis Gains Strength; Ralston Dangerous Ohio Delegation Decides to Stick to Cox Till Last Moore. Who Quits as Floor Leader, Reported Ready to Swing Rlork of Votes to Smith. New York, July 1.—Before to night's session of the democratic na tional convention, the Ohio delegation at a caucus decided to stick to for mer Oov. James M. Cox, the nominee four years ago. to the last. The delegation, with 48 votes from the first ballot, has been consistently sup porting Cox. Edmund H. Moore, national com mitteeman from Ohio, and In charge of Cox's campaign for the preelden tlal nomination at San Francisco In 1920, resigned tonight as floor Jeader of the Ohio delegation. He declined to give a reason for doing so. Reports were current on the con vention floor today that at the psy chological moment, Moore, who was one of the leaders in the losing plat form fight against the Ku Klux Klan, Would deliver a substantial block of Ohio delegates to Governor Smith of New York. Ralston supporters made an at tempt during the receae to Induce Taggart to start a drive for Ralston tonight. He opposed It on the ground that there was no hurry and that Ralston probably would be in a bet ter position ultimately if he did not' get activity into the Smlth-Davis Me Adoo race for first place. Insiders insisted that William Jen nlngs Bryan waa working In perfect harmony with the Ralston camp. SMOKE NUISANCE WILL BE QUERIED TTpon motion of Alderman N. H. Hi her t, V. A. Morgan, city attorney, and A E. Rapp, city building Inapec tor, were Instructed by the city coun ell of Council Bluffs last night to In vestlgntc the problem of nhntlng the smoke nuisance In the community rind to report back next week upon the situation. Filbert said he lias had frequent complaints about the smoke from fac torles and public buildings In the business district and suggested that laws requiring the Installation of smoko consumers might prove a remedy Two New Drug Store*. Two new drug stores will be opened In Council Bluffs ns soon as buildings under construction are completed. F H. Morgan, who operated a drug store at 748 West Broadway for many years. Is building a 110.000 structure at 112 West Broadway, where he will move his stick. Joe Spaulding will open a stole at 9t7 East Broadway. I ZJ - Californian May Throw Votes to U, P. President Twenty-Eiglith Ballot Fails to Nominate Democrat—McAdoo, Losing 21 When Oklahoma Swings to Owen, Drops to 412, New Low Point—Smith, With 316.5, Hits New High. North Carolina Goes to Davis, Who Climbs to 126 By P Madison Square Garden, New York, July 1.—The 28th ballot not only brought no nomination for the presidency in the democratic national convention tonight, but change in the lineup as between the leaders. A the : they stood: McAdoo, 412; Smith, 316.4; Davis, 12( ston, 34. On the 28th ballot the leaders stood this v McAdoo, 413; Smith, 316.5; Davis, 128. On this ballot McAdoo lost 2 half votes; 5; Davis gained 3.5. The net result was that S a new high water mark; McAdoo touched a n^ while Davis remained about near his high nu By Tnlrtnal Serrlee. Convention Hall, New York, July 1.—Mel votes on the 26th ballot, Smith gaining 3, and Joj losing one. ^ Poll of Oklahoma delegation resulted: McAdoo, 9; Owen, 11. The vote of 20 for Owen accordingly wasl stand, under the unit rule. This was a smashf McAdoo as it cost him 20 votes off his total. - (S) _ The Leaders sixteenth" ballot. McAdoo . . ...j.478 Smith ..305 V2 , J. W. Davit. 63 SEVENTEENTH BALLOT. McAdoo.471V, Smith .312 Vs J. W. Davit.64 EIGHTEENTH BALLOT. McAdoo ..470V, Smith ..312V2 Davit . 66 NINETEENTH BALLOT. McAdoo .474 i Smith ..311V, ! Davit .841, j TWENTIETH BALLOT. McAdoo .432 Smith .307 V, Davis .122 TWENTY-FIRST BALLOT. McAdoo .439 Smith.3071', Davit.125 TWENTY-SECOND BALLOT McAdoo.4381/, Smith .307V,! Davit .123'. TWENTY-THIRD BALLOT. McAdoo .438V% Smith .308 Davit .129 V, TWENTY-FOR’TH BALLOT McAdoo .438 H Smith.308 Davit .129V, TWENTY-FIFTH BALLOT. McAdoo.436 5 Smith .308 5 Davit .126 TWENTY-SIXTH BALLOT. McAdoo.415 5 Smith .311 5 Davit .125 TWENTY-SEVENTH. McAdoo.413 Smith .316 5 Davit .128 5 TWENTY-EIGHTH BALLOT McAdoo.412 Smith .316 5 Davit .126 JOINT WAR VET QUARTERS, PLAN State headquarters of Spanish American war veterans will l>e 1o • ated In-the ftiture at Council Bluffs. American I.eglon headquarters. ISS'e West Broadway, according to agree ment reached between heads of the two organisations Monday night. Terrance Black, adjutant of the American 1-eglon, will do steno graphic and other routine work for the Spanish American war veterans. At a meeting of the Spanish Ameri can war veterans Monday night. Sam Oreene, adjutant, appointed O. K Ktneeeli. deputy quartermaster, and Frank Scholas, deputy adjutant. The Weather Vw- / Th# MnUhnr. ** hour# »ndln* ? p. m . July 1. 1'rrolplt alien (Inrhr# *nd llui4r*«1lhiJ li; total attic* January 1, 111*; #xc#»#. i| Hourly t#mp#ratur#«: J • m.is1- 1 p m . T? * »• «w.M I p, m .:t I » <« .ill p. m . :« * • - M « r m * » n> .«t » p, m .»? J1' » m ... TS Ip m 11 » 71 t p n> >1 »oea .%U « p. m _ . , «: Gray May Get New York, J McAdoo slipping cations point at definitely out of rumors are current strength may go to Carl Gray of Omaha, president of the Union Pacific system. Stories were printed prior to the convention that there was a working agreement be tween McAdoo and Gray. It was said that Gray had helped McAdoo with big fi nancial interests and that it was McAdoo’s plan to switch to the railroad president from the middle west if he could not make the grade himself. Carl Gray is strong with big business and also strong with union labor. By AuM-wtwt Prm Invocation at the opening of the night session was given by Dr. Sam uel Trex'er. president of the New York and New England synod of the Lutheran church. The 25th ballot was under way with in 12 minutes after the time set for reassembling. There was no change until the roll call struck Michigan. Then. Davis gained 2.5, Smith gained a half vote, and McAdoo lost 1. The first ballot up to that point had been comparable to the ‘silent act" of vaudeville shows which ths astute managers always plays first on the bill while the late comers sre getting seated. In Minnesota. McAdoo lost one vole to John W. Davis. Whatever Ohio may have thought of in caucus. It still was fast for Cox. and cast Its 4S votes for him as usual. Oklahoma passed, Indicating a change. South Dakota took the one vote It had been giving to John IT. Davis and gave it to Senator Walsh of Montana. The other nine went to McAdoo. Oklahoma Sticks. On the conclusion of the roll call, the clerk went back to Oklahoma to find out whether It was going to stick with McAdoo or make a switch. On this ballot. Oklahoma, which had been solidly supporting McAdoo with her 20 votes, decided to stick a while after all. despite reports of sn excursion into other camp*, be ginning with a visit to Senator Owen. On the 25th ballot, th* leader* stood: McAdoo 433 5. Smith 305 1. David 123. Vnderwood S3 B.. This showed a loss of 2 for McAdoo, j n gain of half a vote for Smith, a I loss of S‘» for Davis. Cnderwood ] was unchanged. During th* tec**#, th* Ohio organW i rati- n had created something In th* | way of a general staff At th* hoal j of th* new floor eommttt** w*r* E. ! 11 Moors of Toungstowm and former i Senator Tomeren* of Canton. Th* I creation of th* war council w»* r* | carded by members of the Ohio dels, gallon as a reaching out for contact | with other delegations Nebraska tiivea Smith Two. Taken with the report* that New> ton D Baker might share the Ohio vote with former Governor Cox be* | fore the night sessten Closed, th* ** lection of th* steering committee wa* j regarded In other anti McAdoo del* Uatlons sa Indicating * willing* sm I n the' part of the Ghto leader* to I try some of th* mor* promising dark j horses for * trial turn, perhaps with the reservation that they should re turn to Mr. Cox. Into th* 2«th ballot th* convention plunged. Th* ballot Ins wa* droning *lon$ •s usual, »nd If there wa* a treat