irifZL] The Omaha lVoRivTNfi Off not much chance In temperature. JX X X X V X* X X X X X XjL X T >V/ X V.X ▼ XX W J|_" I J 1 J r«r rtTe* .w«etne«, ud jo, of the «t. CITY EDITION - ___ To help*iolk« tlont. with a hand and a — L *SBBaSSa*EJ1 ' " “ 1 1 - .... —— Why. there’* the real *un*liine of lie - . / VOL. 54. NO. 21._OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1924. * TWO CENTS1,0Mrr:“,f‘ "* ~Rnb*rt w Btrvk< v Hites for President’s Son Today Simple Funeral at White House to Be Followed by Services at Northamp ton Thursday. Nation Sends Sympathy Washington, July 8.—Calvin Cool Idge, Jr., eon of the president, will ’ burled at 4 Thursday afternoon , .i.iiUiai, » b, .t was announced ;. t o White House this afternoon. l'uneral services will he held at tl. < ccutlve mansion at 4 p. m. tomo. I t w and nt Northampton, Mass., nt lit a. ni. Thursday. The funeral train v '.II leave here at 8 p. m. tomorrow l iht. Washington, July 8.—Death once more cast its shadow today over the White House, claiming Calvin Cool idge, Jr., the 16-year-old son of the president. A courageous struggle of five days that stood off the final claim of route blood poisoning to the utmost ended last night. The younger son of the president died at Walter Reed fiospital where he had lain in his desperate fight for life since he was removed there last Saturday that every resource of medical science might be invoked to save his life. Wasted in strength by the ravag ing spread of the septic poison that resulted from an almost unnoticed blister which developed on his foot while playing tennis a week ago, the youth fought a futile battle through out yesterday. Dosing ground steadily he yet amazed his physicians by the tenacity with which he clung to the -lender thread of life and his forti tude under the suffering of the com plications that attended the spread of the treacherous disease. He col lupsed early in the night and death Occurred at 10:30 o'clock. Parents at Bedside. Forced in the lost hours to abandon tho oesperute hope they had held for his recovery, based much on the courage and fighting spirit they know he had, the president and Mrs. Coolidge faced the end at their son’s bedside. They had kept the long vigil there unbroken save for an oc casional hurried return to the White House yesterday and Sunday. So plainly showing their ordeal of borrow, the mother and father left the ljospltal at once. Mrs. Coolidge held the president's arm as they walked hurriedly to the automobile to drive to the White House. As the car swung down the long avenue to ward the executive mansion they were joined by another with C. Bas com Slemp. the president's secretary. At the White House there was only t ho respect of withdrawal to pay as the doors were opened to receive the president and Mrs. Coolidge. The mother was joined as she entered by Mrs. Frank W. Sterns, a close friend of the family, and a White House guest, with her husband. The presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge, who were said to have borne up bravely, went nt once to their rooms, and at mid night the White House was entirely darkened. John, the elder son, who hud been spared the ordeal of the last hours at the bedside of the brother who had been a constant companion, was in his room when his parents returned and remained up .stairs. ‘ Tho3e who watched the struggle of the l«year-old lad against the ter rific odds of th< disease which swept through his system were agreed that only a fortitude of will and charac ter unusual at any age had kept him alive so long. It was on Saturday that the venomous nature of the in fection was definitely disclosed. The trifling abrasion that had resulted from the blister on Monday, was »o little thought of that he had ap peared that night with his father at tlie public budget meeting of govern ment officials, where he saw much to (Turn to rage Two, Colnmn Mk.) We Have With Us Today John D. Ferguson, Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, North Western railroad, Chicago, HI. Fifty-seven of the 71 years of the life of John D. Ferguson have been devoted to railroading. He started as an apprentice telegrapher at the age of 14 at Plattshurg, Mo. Forty-nine years age he took a clerkship with the Chicago. North Western railroad. The road promoted him to his latest position about a year ago. Mr. Ferguson has Just completed a tour of the North Western through Nebraska and is on hfs way back to Ills headquarters at Chicago. Although past the allotted three --core years and 16, Mr. Ferguson, rivals ninny of 6u In agility and vital ity. •'Omaha Is s delightful city. I am always glad to reach It In my tours," declared Mr Ferguson. The traffic manager was born In the hills of Kentucky and received a public school education In Missouri. He will return to Chicago Wednes 4jlv. « Sound Business Tactics Will Aid Farm Prosperity "This Is the time for the farmers In the middlewest to prove themselves good business men,” said N. B. Up dike Tuesday upon his return from "The world wheat supply is short and the tariff prevents Canadian wheat from coming Into this coun try. Information indicates also that farmers are going to use good busi ness tactics and that they will get United States prices for their wheat. They must be careful not to dump their wheat on the market, glut the tupply and thus drive down prices. Price Too l/iw. "Considering the short crop,” said Mr. Updike, "the price of wheat Is now too low. It will undoubtedly go higher if farmers sell their grain w'ith discretion. "I found business and grain men optimistic over prospects for better prices for both corn and wheat. Ev eryone agrees that the corn shortage will automatically take care of the price of corn and a good profit will be received by all farmers with corn to sell. "Handling of the wheat crop, how ever. requires considerable judgment if the price is to continue upward. The world shortage undoubtedly, will furnish a wonderful market. Gradual Sale Urged. "Yet If the farmers market their wheat with too much rapidity, hope for higher prices Is gone. If, on the other hand, they place it on the mar ket gradually, thus keeping the de mand greater than the supply, the higher prices which the present condi tion of the world market warrants are certain to be realised. “For the farmers, this is a sellers' market if they will only follow the advice of their co-operative organi sations and market their wheat care fully." WHEAT THRESHING STARTS THURSDAY Falrbury, July 3.—Wheat , ehork threshing will begin Thursday In the southern part of Jefferaon county. Farmers are estimating the yield from 16 to 2S bushels an acre. The local price of old wheat dropped Monday from II to 97 cente. The new crop price opens from 3 to 10 cents less than old wheat price, usually. Beatrice, Neb., July 8.—Ben Fred ericks of Kansas City, traveling representative through this section of this state for the Russell Grain com pany, reports that he drove through eastern Kansas yesterday and found much of the wheat cut and In the shocks. Some of the new wheat has been marketed, he says, and tested as high as 63 pounds to the bushel. In some fields the yield Is more than 20 bushels to the acre. Red Cloud, Neb., July 8.—Farmers have been cutting their wheat near here for the past week and nearly all of It has been taken care of. The yield will not be high, but will be of excellent quality. U. S. BACKS ARMS TRAFFIC MOVE By Asaorlsted Preen. Geneva, July 8.—The American gov ernment is prepared to give appro priate consideration to any proposals and would welcome any draft con vention for control of the traffic In arms and munitions which It could submit to congress, with good pros pect of ratification, Hugh B. Gibson, American minister to Switzerland, de clared today at the opening aesslon of the league of nations commission on disarmament. Mr. Gibson explained that he in tended to continue the work begun by his predecessor, Joseph C. Grew, at Paris on the same subject and said he would be glad to clarify further the position of the Washington gov ernment. Ha remarked that Wash ington's action would necessarily de pend upon the character of the con vention It may eventually be asked to ratify. ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER IS HELD Dong Beach, Cal., July 8.—Charles W. Dorris, who was at liberty under $60,090 bond on a charge of having murdered his wife, Theres Dorris and Henry D. Meyer, wealthy Pasadena resident, was under arrest again to day. His arrest was ordered lust night upon representation by poltca that new evidence has been uncovered in connection with the double slaying. The police Indicated a check of the number of a .22 calibre pistol was said to have revealed that there was little possibility that the weapon had been owned by Meyer, ae asserted by Dorris. Hartington City Council Awards Sewer Contracts Hartington, Nib.. July 8.—City council hns awarded contracts for construction of sewers In two new districts In Hartington, one for ap proximately 1,900 feet and the other 1,000 feet. Dlmlck oP’Daurel and Hel ler A. Troy of Rlnux City obtained the contract!. Work will begin Immedi ately and will he completed by Bep tember 1, according to the contract!. ~ ,1 Ralston Emphai[*\*m*,1*.* Convention h ot Race Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana, who Is here shown with "his own dark horse,” notified Tom Taggart, Ills manager, that he most emphatical ly would not accept the democratic nomination. His statement was Is sued after he had moved Into third place In the race at New York. Cap Pistols Too Quiet for Boys; Use Gun; One Shot Bullet Graze* Forehead of Youngster “Who Didn't Know That It Was Loaded.” While staging a post Fourth of July celebration with cap pistols Tuesday neon Wllford Riley, 13, 416>A North Sixteenth street, and Gerald Shan non, 13, 420 North Seventeenth street, decided they needed heavier artillery, and the Shannon boy went after the 38 callber revolver of his uncle, Harry Siskind, with whom he makes his heme. The Riley youth took the revolver and pointed It at the Shannon boy. It proved to be loaded and the bullet grazed the forehead of young Shan non.. Miss Anna Quinlan, Visiting Nurse, happened to be passing the house and heard the boys screaming. She ran In and administered first aid to the Injury of the boy and he was taken to Lord Lister hospital. TRICKERY CHARGED AT MEXICO POLLS Mexico City, July 8.—Followers of both presidential eandidates, Gen. Elias Calles and Gen. Angel Flores, resorted to trickery In the elections Sunday, according to the ministry of the Interior. In one state the gover nor. an ardent partisan, Is said per sonally to have visited various polling booths, gun In hand, carrying off the voting urns. Both the Calllstaa and Florlstas are claiming victory, hut the meager re turns thus far give no Indication of the outcome. INA CLAIR SUES MATE IN PARIS New York, July 8.—Ink Clair, the actress, has filed suit In Paris for a divorce from her husband, James R. Whittaker, says a copyright dis patch to the New York Times. She recently went abroad while her hus band remained In New York. Seven Fare Auto Theft Charge* in Federal Court Norfolk. Neb.. July 8.—Calvin atjil Horace Henefin, William Langan, Mathew and Austin Himes, n. .1. McAllister and William Abbott, living In Holt and Hoyd counties, gave laimls for appearance In federal court under indictment by federal grand Jury on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen automobiles. This artlon follows uneoverlng sev erul months ago of what was called an automobile thrift ring In the vi cinity of Spencer, which opera ted mainly, It was claimed, across Hie river In Holt rounty. Judge Colby Undergoes Operation at Rochester Beatrice, Neb., July N. Judge (Uen e»al) Colby of thin city underwent *» Herioua operation at Rochester, Minn., for cancer of the stomach, error din# to a telegram received from Mr* Colby, who In In nttendance nt the bedside. His condition is reported serious. 4 Two Ball Players Are Questioned in Death of'Girl Kansas Milliner Killed in Fall Down Elevator Shaft in Kansas City Hotel. Kansas City, July S.—William Skiff, catcher, and "Pete” Scott, outfielder, members of the Kansae City Ameri can association baseball turn, today were among thoee questioned by offi cials Investigating the death early today of Miss Rlanche Pearce, Madi son. Kan., who fell from the 10th floor down the freight elevator shaft at a local hotel. Miss Pearrc and her 1* year-old sister, June, who conduct a millinery establishment In Madison, came her# to visit friends. According to state ments mad# to the coroner by the two ball players, June Pearre and Mrs. Edna Nesbaum, who Uvea at the hotel, the party had gone to the ball players' room early last evening to play the phonograph. lister, Blanche Pearce was missed. I.eiy:nlng that a woman had fallen down the elevator shaft, Mrs. Nee liaura snd June Pearce hurried to the ficneriil hospital, where the woman had died and Identified the body as that of Blanche Pearce. Her hack was broken by the fall. One theory advanced was that Blanche Pearce mistook the door of the elevator shaft for one leading to a stairway. Skiff and Scott were suspended In definitely today by Heorge E Muehle bach. owner of the club. Mr. Muehlebach said he was not passing judgment on the two players, but desired ihe Incident to he cleared up entirely before permitting them to play again. MAN CRUSHED IN FALL OFF BOX CAR An unidentified man whs severely crushed and may not live, when he fell for a moving ho* ear on the switch at the dock of the Iten Ble cult company, Twelfth street end Capitol avenue, Tuesday noon. According to employee of the Iten company, he wae*seen to hop on the moving car ae It was leaving the dock, nnd Inst his hold, falling be tween the ear nnd the platform. The man was taken to laird Lister hospital. Two Policpmcn Who Slew Belgian Doomed to Die Hr I nlvrr.nl Kervlre, Berlin, July 8.—Two Herman po llcemen who shot and killed the Bel gtnn lieutenant, draff. of the occu pation forres In the Ruhr, and then fled to the unoccupied part of Her many, have hern found guilty of mur der before n Herman court nnd sen lenred to dentil. Lieutenant draff murdered a H< i man police officer, and the two po liceman shot him down io avenge I heir comrade. This was during the height of the struggle In the Hulir Belgian authorities arrested several Hermans for that murder and sen tenced them to long terms In penal »?J'v|$ml*, Ralston Out of Race for Nomination Indiana Senator Won’t Ac cept If Selected by Demo crats, He Tells Manager. Orders Name Withdrawn New York, July 8.—Senator Ral ston telephoned Thomas Taggart to night that under no circumstances would be accept the democratic presi dential nomination. Taggart said he would withdraw Ralston’s name im mediately. Ralston made the announcement 15 minutes after a dozen of Ralston's friends, Including Tot Harriso of Mis sissippi, had gone into conference to lay plans for a final Ralston drive. While newspaper men were waiting for results of fhe conference, Taggart suddenly cams from behind the locked doors and declared the senator was out of the race finally and defi nitely. “I have Just heard from Mr. Ral ston by telephone that under no cir cumstances will he accept the nomi nation," he said. "In the light of bis positive declination, there le nothing for me to do but withdraw hts name. I shall do tbls as soon as we go Into session again." Taggart was unable to say where the Ralston strength would go. He returned to the conference for fur ther suggestions from other Ralston supporters. Taggart said he had done bis best to Induce the senator to remain In the race, but that It was futile. Asks Withdrawal of Name. Indianapolis, July (.—United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston late today definitely Instructed Thomas Taggart to withdraw his name from further consideration as a candidate for the democratic nomination for president in a telegram sent to the Indiana leader. The telegram, addressed to Tag gart, as given out here tonight by Senator Ralston, follows: "Withdraw my nams from further consideration by the convention. Oreat as the honor would be. 1 do not want the nomination. Am lastingly In debted to those who have favored me at the convention. My unswerving support will be given to Its nominee." When asked regarding the reports that he might be chosen ae the candi date for the vice presidency, Mr. Ral ston said: ”1 am giving that matter no con sideration whatever.” EYE WITNESS TO SLAYING FOUND lajng Beach. Cal., July 8.—An eye ! witness to the slaying of Henry D 1 Meyer, Pasadena, Cal., business man, and Mrs. Thereee Dorris In a fash ionable apartment here 10 days ago, will be questioned by police within the next 12 hours. This assertion was made today by Captain of De tectives J. B. Worley, Charles W. Dorris, husband of the slain woman, and who was rearrested la*t night following what police said was the discovery of new and damag Ing evidence, reiterated his protesta tions of Innocence. Police expected to obtain from a San FYancIsoo firm the name of the person to whom the mystery pistol which figures in the dual shooting was sold. RUM CAVE TENANT, PEDDLER FINED special lU.piiteh In The Omaha Rce. firand Island, Neb., July 8 — Arthur Bchternaeht, tenant of the farm on which was found the cave. 111 the destruction of which State Ofll cer Vorhels was painfully hurneu Sat urday, pleaded guilty today to four counts of liquor violations and was fined s total of $400 and costs. Wal ter Meush, Shelton taxi driver, who had been caught selling the boose dls tilled In the cave, pleaded guilty and wan lined $100 and costs, John Mackey, accused owner of the stills In the cave and the 140 gallons of liquor found, j leaded not guilty and was bound over to the district court under $750 bond. Farm Dweller* Now in Minority in America Brooking.-, S. !>.. July S —The day when the agricultural class dom inated the 1’nlted Stales passed 28 years ago. nnd farm dwellers now are outnumbered In the nsllon, two to one, C. W. Pugsley, president of South Dakota Slate college, declared today In welcoming to Brookings the I2th annual conference of the Amerl can Association of Agricultural col lege editors. Married in ('onnril Bluffs. Tha follow In* p#r*4)h* obtained mar iln*r lit attara in t ounrll Hluffa yesterday Hav llill, Thuffttnn Nrb.. 5& Mao \Vrli»dt, Pender. Nab. 53 II II I.«ika Norfolk. Nab . M Minnie Wteiieman. Norfolk, Nab , . fit William Garlarh. Omaha . -4 l ulu Polaom, Omaha . II llual Ht* l.o, Omaha . IS Prlaolil* Coltratn* Omaha . if Tatar Harbtlia Omaha 4h RHaabeth Ha n< alrrlaloct ulu Havelock *n«^ . ai t Night Air Mail Pilot Braised in Forced Landing Mitchell Field, N. T., July The .eastbound a*lr mall plane completed Its Journey here today at 6:55 p. m., daylight time, piloted by W. ISmith, who made the first flight. The mail had been salvaged from the wrecked plane of Pilot Frank Yager at Chap pell, Neb. Orders were Issued to Pilot Charles H. Ames, flying east from San Fran cisco with today’s mall, to spend to night at Bellefonte, Pa., because of threatening weather conditions, and to start for New York at dawn to morrow. Thrown 30 feet through the air, Frank Yager, night air mail pilot, escaped with only a bruised hip and a cut Up after his plane was wrecked In a small twister Monday night as he was trying to land at the emer gency air mall field In Chappell, Neb. The plane struck a hill near the landing field and skidded about 200 feet. It was completely wrecked. Pilot Jack Knight arrived in Omaha at 9:15 Tuesday morning with the mall from Yager’s wrecked plane. He left Omaha at 12:24 a. m. for the scene of the wreck. Pilot Wagner started east with the cargo seven and a half hours late. This was the first accident which has happened to the new night and day aim mall service. Yager lost control of the plane, and as It struck 4he ground, he was thrown 30 feet clear of the plane. He got up without assistance and was able to walk. The pilot of the wrecked plane said he saw the storm when he left Sidney, but thought he could make Chappell ahead of It. Night airmen hers said the storm also swept over Cheyenne and prevented relief from being sent from that station, which la only 60 miles west of Chappell. Yager and his demolished plane were taken back to Cheyenne Tues day morning. Carl F. Ecge. superintendent of the air mall service, returned to Omaha at 7:40 Tuesday morning from a conference with national air mall of flclals at Chicago Monday. He went at once to Offntt field and was pres ent when Knight landed. He In structed Wagner to carry on the 100 pounds of mall which were. In the wrecked plane. DEPUTY SHERIFF GETS JAIL TERM Dan Phillips, deputy sheriff, was sentenced to 15 days in jail for reck les* driving hy Municipal Judge Frank Dlneen Tueaday. The accident which led up to the sentence oc curred at Sixtieth and West Center streets two weeks ago when Phillips in his machine humped into a truck driven by R. K. Lowre, driver for the Central Market. Lowre was given a 15-day sentence for turning a corner at an excessive rate of speed. Both filed appeal bonds. Ray Robinson, negro, was lined $10 for bumping hts car Into a machine driven by Rert L. Water man at Fifteenth and Farnam streets. After the accident, the car driven by Phillips and owned by Douglas county, was taken to Fifteenth street and Capitol avenue, where brake test ing was under way. The Phillips car was found to have defective brakes. BANKERS COMING ON WAY TO EAST One hundred fifty members of the American Institute of Ranking, on their way to the national convention at Raltlmore will arrive In Omaha Friday evening. Wayne Dressier of the Stockyards National hank nod Fred Kyler of the Omaha National hank, will hoard the train at Fremont and escort the bankers to Omaha, where they will be met by a delegation from the Omaha chapter. The guests will lie taken to the tile roof of the Walnut Hill reservoir for a dancing party. They will remain In Omaha several hours. ANOTHER STAY GIVEN SIMMONS Lincoln, July 8.—Another reprieve was issued today to Walter Ray 81m mens, sentenced to die In the electric chair for the murder of Frank Pahl. Sivencer garage man. The stay, issued so that an npivenl In the United States supreme court may he heard later, was signed hy nctlng Governor Fred a. Johnson In the absence of ' v .• i Bor Bryan. Five Beatrice Men Held on Charge of (rambling Real rice. Neb.. July In a raid mnd« At the Pavia houae here, Janies Wrlirht, I# Kell, Hubert Smith. Oeorffr Kroy a ml O K Htevrnann were ar reate4 Davis . 68 NINETY-FOURTH BALLOT. McAdoo.395 Smith . 364 Vs Davis. 81 s4 JGL0BE CIRCLING FLIERS IN PERSIA By VnlTrrMl Sml», Washington, July $.—The Ameri ' r«n army round-the-world fliers ar rived in Banda rabbas, Persia, yester- ; day, according to a message received | at the office of the chief of air eerv- [ lee here. Weather conditions permitting, they will depart for Bushire, Persia. | a distance of -400 miles, today, the message said. The filers have now traveled a total of 14.505 miles In 195 hours actual flying time. They left Clover field, the starting point. Ill days ago. Calles and Flores Roth Claim Victory in Mexico By ln|\rr**l Sertlee. Mexico City, July S.—When the federal committee meets Thursday, It Is believed It will unofficially an nounce the election of Gen Plutarco Fllas Calles as president of Mexico, and the defeat of General Flores at the presidential elections Sunday. Both factions declare that they will be victors when congress makes an accurate count of the ballots, hut such returns ss have been received to date show a strong lead for Gen eral Calles Per rt hour* rndinc t r m Julr 4 Precipitation, Inches *n»! Hupdredthte— Total, trace total *lnce January t. U-4T. J> rtciem-y 41. Hourly Temperature* • » ">. «» 1 n m . T4 4am . 4? I p m . f a n>. 44 t v- m 44 •am . tl t p pi 14 •am - t» 4 p in 41 1* a m . t» * r m »J It * M.. t» 4 p pi . if l- neon . 44 | p u.14 I only served tonight to tighten, for the time at least, the battle linee between the two rival camps. Al though many of the delegatee on both side* were tired of the fight and ready to go to any available favorite son who could unite the party behind him, the leaders kept them la line with unexpected regularity as the bal loting began at tonight’s convention session. Governor Smith's conditional offer of withdrawal was announced to the convention In a brief speech by his campaign manager. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and when the McAdoo field marshal, David L. Rockwell, asked later what he Intended to do by way of a reply, he said: "Nothing.” McAdoo Drive Starts. Meantime the McAdoo floor man agers had launched a terrlfls drive to bring their candidate out of second place. They had some success st first when some of the state delegations and smaller groups who had left the McAdoo camp to vote for Senator Ralston of Indiana returned to east their ballots again for the Californian. Senator Ralston, who had wound up the day session In third place, with nearly 200 votes, had submitted an unconditional withdrawal through Thomas Taggart, and when the tel egram of withdrawal was read from the speakers' platform, most of th* Ralston strength quickly faded out of the picture. Hla own state di vided its vote between McAdoo and Smith, but Missouri “as a compli ment to his patriotism and unsel fishness," cast another solid vote for the Indianan. I waders Confer. During the evening session it be came known that Governor Smith and Mr. McAdoo had had a personal interview during the afternoon. Ail of their advisors Were extremely reti cent regarding what took plac* but it was indicated that the meeting had been arranged In a hope that ther* might be an agreement for simultan eous retirement from the field of can didate* Chairman Hull of the national com mittee and Chairman Walsh of th* convention were present at the con ference, and are said to have urged that *ome step be taken to extricate the convention from Its plight. New York, July S.—After more than a week of furious warfare over McAdoo and Smith, the demo cratic national convention has begun at last a sober and chastened search for a compromise candidate for the presidency. For a time today it turned Its at tention to Senator Ralston of Indiana, but was told definitely he would not accept. Then, at a night session and In many conferences among the lead ers. it reviewed again the claims of John W Davis. Senator Robinson <*f Arkansas. Senator Glass of Virginia and several others w ho have remained In the background of the long ar.d bitter fight between the two leading contenders. Outwardly the McAdoo and Smith managers continued deaf to all sug gestions of withdrawal, but under the surface, there were forces at work that carried some hope of settlement to end the long deadlock now ap proaching Its 1 not h ballot. Ralston at New High. Mainly, by virtue of further defec tions from the McAdoo strength, w hich dropped to a new low record, Ralston was able during the day to consistently Increase hla following un til he stood in the balloting at a total never approached heretofore hr any candidate except McAdoo or Smith. There were definite Indications that much more of the McAdoo strength might turn to him. hut when his withdrawal was finally announced, ther# had been no very clear sign whether he could have received evenl ually »h« two thirds necessary to nominate. , The refusal of th* Indians sena tor to accept a nomination, should one he tendered him, was announced I’V Thomas Taggart, the pilot of the Ralston boom, shortty before to night's session of th* convention be gan V'noe be for* Senator Ralston had requested that his name be with drawn. hut this time he told Taggart# In much stronger terms that under no elrcumstancee' wouM h* consent to he th# nominee. liavis Support Strong. The sentiment for Davie appeared to he strongest among eom* of thoee who have supported Smith, although It was apparent that he had much support from other elements as well The talk of Robinson w v# general and somewhat intangible, and there w.ae speculation of the same character about the availability of Glass Ho mer S. Cummings, K T Meredith and perhape a dosen more. Despite th* uncertatntv #f th# equ ation. however, the leaders appeared convinced that at last the convention Vura te I’m* lee. lei*** (Ins. a