Evening sentinel, Wednesday, July 9, 1924 · page 1

 

 

 

 

Entered u second-clan matter at the post office a:
5°“ 11 Bonuk. Conn., under the Act of Burch 3, 187..

 

SOUTH NORWAL‘K, CONN.

NORWALK’S LEADING PAPER FIFTY YEARS ‘AGO AND NORWALK’S LEADING PAPER TODAY

DWEpNESDAY, JULY 9,1924: .

 

 

JUDGE WALSH ASKS'

MORE PROTECTION

F0

.ii: City Council Resi-
dents Around Mar-
illl l; ‘ a c It Section
t‘ c d ()fiiccrs a i
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Ill"? Agrees to Call
"1".'lill Meeting of
imzi'tl of Estimate
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t he tltnuglit that

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‘. led by Mayor Robins
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lit-lice
'1.i..i‘.' Mun-or lloo
\\'.i‘..~h that the (filly
allll'tlS of the police

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i‘:-. other. because
1i'l'.‘l‘.".mIIC stated
1-,c'ili.;lll') peo-
.tll'l i:t.iivitziining law
- to the Motor, but
nothing. as his
.vzl iv;' the lionid ul'
';.-;.'.iti~.uri. lie dcelar‘
; to have such citi-
_-~ \Va‘sii appear before
‘. :iinaic and 'l'axatinn
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i‘itjy' and that. lilil)l)c

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lily the size of .\'or-
.- no r- lief from such
.. i that proper police

.\‘ll; that. he “as
it liniil the respon-
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--ii:.n then made a.
.\lli}i»r be requested
meeting of the

. :unv. .tiiii 'l‘iixation. t‘ur
. . : nivproprIzUng money.
. -.r poiieemeii could be
.~:t,c lvcfore September 1
:rN-ial mtetin; of the
."cd to make the ap-
roon as the money

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' . \\LIISIl was asked to
" - ."l 0" listinialc meet-

‘ tit-t? he would be

mi

- T"'.'"’.ll'.g Councilman
up the matter of
policemen. “ho were
.. and were no longer

:iiouglit some steps

to have these men

11"». force and their
3OU1lSeI‘ men. who

stints 'ilcd and “ho were

run-l. ".‘ntn called upon.

2s informed Council-
that he had planned to
matter ulth hint rc-
ic2. He said that if
supernumerary
uork. “hen culled.
sniisscd. This force
lien. It “as stated

. , s to the regular

:" it; niadc from the super-
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Harry “'eed.
Conrad )Iiligr.
. Cains for appointment‘to
cguiur and supernumerary
“‘7‘: turned over to the Com-
on police.
report of the Chief of the Po-
in-partment was turned over to
le‘nl’i on police for ap-
tram.

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The motion Will.

R EAST NORWALK

 

I OLDMILL, LANDMARK OF

On
Henry \V. Gregory. the Ryder .\liil.§
located on the SilW‘i‘mino river!
stream in the heart of tho Silvel'll‘illl‘.“
Vi-olon‘v and one of the landmarks 02'
:Illill. suction of Norualltz is to Iv:
1Fold at auction. The sale is to take
place rt 0 o‘clock. Saturday. July lit.
under the direction of \\‘illiam iiutli-'
rte. auctioneer.

l‘nulJil‘. more than “no
1"an use, the llydxr .\Iill l"'l."§'
stands practically unchanged. \Viio
urigtnallv constructed the mill is
'iio: known. but the property
I‘Iltk in the cightcenth~
pussrd through the hands of the
L2lllglt:)’s, the Aikcno. the Hillier-ts
and the Cornstocks. it finally cumin
l.’;‘.') the possession of Henry 1.:
Guthrie some 70 years ago. L'pon
the I2>-L1III of the latter some 1'5 yin-3':
.JIZ'J. it “as purchased by Mr. ll; dt-i‘
vilio retained D0:Seb>lt‘ll until his
‘I‘ii'll.

'l‘lic-

hundred

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century

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lyder mill {has a \vondcrfiil
historical history. Originally. it i:
iolievcd. the mill “as usl-d for the
manufacture of hats. in the Civil
war it “as one of the valued nltlnll~
factoring plants for-the Union army.
.\t [Ill] mill has turned out .\.lut'lls
{or guns. tent pegs and other “00-i-
(,n mate rials “Illcll were used by the
iii-my.

“'llcn the mill cantz. into the pos-
session of tho Guthrie funiii}, i:
“as used for melting uooden knobs.
;rlr.i\tci' pulls and ebuliutt‘heons. in
fact. it “as the only place in lll‘
L'nitcd States “here osuhuttlicoixs
“ere made for some years.

llBut. in recent years. the mill dc
crioratcd. The original dam “inch
termed a. beautiful natural itiliv
.IIlOVC the mill gav'o nuy butch. the

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pr' ssure of Father Time. it \\ .i..
cr rebuilt. i‘or years; Mr. ltgu
«icr‘s uni.- ambition lll life was to

rebuild the dam. “‘ith extraordinary
patience he Worked day in and day
out. on the project. He was not
Fulfill-it'd \\ till the old methoduf (lulu
construction. lie wanted :1. (Iain that
would stand forever. “'itli this id- 1.
in tit". he hauled and carted vtitli
the (ll‘l of hand-operated dcrz'irks.
ll’ilmEdliC holders to the dam. 1121',
the dam was never completed. .\ir.
I:}llt‘l' died a few months ago.
Thom who Ii\C in the Silverminc
colony say that Mr. l'lydcr “as a.
mechanical genius. lie was a non—
dcr around machinery. Before tak-
ing over the mill, he had been em-
ployed by the late Mr. Guthrie us
a mill-wright. His genius can even

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be seen today in the old mill which
is filled With iathes. etc. When the

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”any matters were brought up
and disposed of by the Common
Council at its regular into-ting in the
Council Chambers at the City Hall.
last evening. The mectin was open-
ed by Mayor Robins sl rtll' after
eight o'clock and adjourned at 10:45.

A letter from H. E. Bailey. Super—
intendent of the New York Dltlslon
of the New York. New Haven and
ilartford Railroad company. in
which he asked that the Council
grant the railroad company permis-
sion, to replace the gates at the
Commerce street. Catherine street.
Cross street and New Canaan ave-
nue crossings with flash light signals.
“as road by the City Clerk.

Mayor Robins read a letter in an-
swer to the one from Mr. Bailey, dn
which he stated that he was heartily
in favor of giving the crossmgs
proper protection. but that he “as
not certain what. action the Common
Council would take on the abolish-
meat. of the gates He ahked that a.
representative of the Company ap-
pear before the Council and explain
tho changes thatwrere p ’ d and
that a special! meeting of ta Council
and I. public hating on the matter
would be called 11 ac He
also stated In the letter tint he did
not think (but the changes that had
been made at the New Canaan sve-

NEW HAVEN ROAD WANTS TO
REPLACE GATESWITH NEW LIGHTS g '

 

nue crossing were adequate.

 

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order of Probate by Judge lold dam gave way. Mr. Ryder refused

to follow modern methods and use
gasulnie. Steam or electricity as
power. but rigged the lnthes so tl:.:t
they could be turned by hand. Upon
Mr. EXIT-1".“ death. the property
“‘(nl. to a. nrpliew. David Ryder of
“'ziterhury. and is still under
jurisdiction of
under whose. direction
Is in I“) sold.

Thr: property itsolf consists of mo

buildings. There is the upper and
principal mill. Below this building
is another iiti‘l which for the past.

few years has been used as the .\.‘ii-
\"i'iillllc Village I‘Ut'll‘. 1n llCllhtf‘
cf ilicso: litiiidirgs is the original mill
“incl set. up and reality for opera-
tion but an Still on the property.

“the viieis. together with the Lithcs

and otlirr machinery aid to be sold
st para”.

“'liile many residents do not rial-
ize i‘_ the handsome >Il0\\'
owned by l‘r.iiil; T. Huh-liens.
uttist. “us one of the original mill-t
of the l’Lvdm' property. l‘ '33s pur-

chased a number of Sears ago by tilt'i

artist and remodeled.

'l‘lieri; are a low residents of Nur-
avall; tviio lai‘. remember when {lit
liiltv: form-«l hy the Ilyilor (lain \\il§
used as the “ole switiimin' h-ilc' by

 

the boys of that generation. .\t that
timc. tltc :nrd nf the Ryder .\iiil.
nut‘.‘ titled liizli with rtnnrs. \vris
piled high “dill niuliog:;ny and rose.
“cod hoards “hich \irre iisml in
products turned out, by the mill. A
ylli'd full of HM satin: lllllll’nt‘l‘ loduy
Would be north half .1 inilliou dol-
. ldrs.

it is understood that :~~“‘\Cf.ll of-
fers for the property have already
been recaivvii liy Mr. Hull-ric. Uri.
of those oli'rrs is :(iiil in be over
31;.omi.

 

OFF FOR ELKS’
CONVENTION

Storm of automobiles headed for
the Elk‘s contention in Boston. Mass.
passed through the First District this
morning. The machiiivs were dec-
orated with Elk's pennants and flags.

A number of local people are at-
tcnding the convention. 'i‘hcse in-
clude Postmaster C. Irving Byington.
Edward J. Flahcrt)‘, Richard Swee-
ney. Sn. Chief of Police \\'illiam R.
Pennington. Stanley StM‘ctis. Attor-
ne'y John T. Dwyer and Fred Blad-
dcn. .

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lievc the flash signals could ta‘ne the
place of the gates at. the crossing.
lie slatted that they “‘ch line Signals
and would attract considerable at-
tention. but that he Was not in fat or
of removing the gates. He moved
that the matter be laid ot'er until the
Mayor had received an answer to the
letter requesting that :1 representa-
live he sent to this city.

The appitcauon’ of Albert Eldridge
for a. gasoline tank in Fort streez.
was ordered referred to the State au-
thorities who new issues all pox-mus
for gasoline stations.

A claim i'or’damages filed for Ellen
Kling, by her attorneys Tammany
and Connery. was turner over to the
Corporation Counsel.

The application of the Y. .\I. H. .\.,
for the abatement of taxes on its
home in South Main street. on the
grounds-that this was a charitable
organization and that it Was entitled
to an abatement was turned 5)er to
Corporation Counsel John Cuned.
Councilman Taylor and Pugh stated
that they thought that the Council
would be setting a. bad’ precedent by
aboung the taxes on this building, .3
other organizations would feel that
they were entitled to an abatement
2.130.

The contract for the laying of the
sewer in North avenue and France
street was awarded to T. F. Foley

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the property5

AMERICA .WINS
VICTORY IN 110
METRE HURDLES

Dan Kinsey, Universi-
ty of Illinois Star,
Runs Thrilling
Olympic Race

. TOTAE SCORE 112

Nearest Competitor Is
Finland \Vith 56—U.
S. Captures T r a 1)
Shooting Event

 

 

 

 

(By Associated Press)

Ul.\'.\ll’lt‘ sr.\l)lt‘.\i. Colomhcs.
l‘runve. July 9.—.\meriea came back
to Olympic sprinting glory twlay
“lien Jackson V. Schoh. the speedy
New York A. C. sprinter. won a .\le-
taculsr tlucl from his fellow cmmirr-
man Charley l’mldoek In the 200
metre dash filial In which Hamld
Ahrahanu, the British ”nor in the

100 metre eicnt. finished last.
Sella); turn? from behind in the
’ metre:- nnd heat Paddock iv)

 

place 5

‘i‘lr:

lu<t '_'~
2&1 row in the llnlt‘ of 21 3-5 seeozils.
emailing the (II)IllDlC record.
.\‘t-imlz and
icinsr lemme it seemed like a. dead
Elli-(H from the stand and the judges
required scieral minutes to make
TINT—ll" dccismn After his flying leap
toward the tape Paddock. who at»
put-Milly tuistcd his ankle. {rill to
the ground. it was several minutes
before he “as AlIJI‘.‘
tent and lirnp off the field.
15:: “inning the first.
fourth and fifth places in
of the nn‘tn- dash the United
States midi-d to its point. score.
making ill" lilt‘. as compared
“ith in; tor the nearest
comprtzzcr.

the final

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Finland,

 

OLYMPIC STADIUM. COLOMBES
i-‘runm; July 31. America opened the

 

_ 1i d'tj. «i: tin: Olympic games
xii'h it llil‘lllllig \it‘it-l')‘ in the ll”

llll‘ll‘c hurdlr s :cortd by Dan Kinsey.
Lniiersit) oi lliiiicis. This fictory.

itan competitors in the eicnl. sent
the total Score of the United States
up to 111.1,4‘ just double the number
oi” Ill" heart‘sl competitor, Finland.
\\l'.I‘. 5‘3.

'iltr. L'iiitvrl Slates “OUIdIl1‘=C add.
ei materially to this score. however.
had it not been for the misfortune of
Kurt Anderson, 'lliinois .\. C.. “ho
nhtn tip “ith the. lenders stumbled
at the next to the lust hurd-lc and
1-H liat to the track. finishing fifth.
nhilc George Guthrie, of Ohio State.

get the place because: of knocking
0\ (T three of‘the hurdles.
Track Rain hock. ed.

Kins.)'s time of 15 seconds flat
was mil) 1-?» of a second short of the
norld's iccord for the event. It was
a remarkable performance consider-
in; the fact the track had been soukr
cd by a down pour of several hours.
ill) .\lctrc hurdles. Finals: Dan

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GIVES BLOOD ’
TO SAVE LIFE
; OF DAUGHTER

I, an effort to save the life of his
daughter, Mrs. 1-3. \K'ard Sturdevant.
“'iliis L. Bean of Van Zandt street

 

gave a quantity of his blood. The
transfusion was performed It the
Norvvalk hospital. Mondsy. Today

Mrs. Sturdevant is’restlng comfort-
ably and every home is held out for
her recovery.

The operation was in charge of
Dr. George Fawcett. assisted by Dr}.
.\iabéile Perry, Franklyn Brown. “1!-
iiam McMahon, Thomas Scanlon and
Dr. Thilebe. ‘“

 

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Mr. and Lira. Robert R. Hill! of
Amabury. Mass. and Ed“: and
Alex W'euell of New York'clty are
visiting Charles H. Horde st hedge-
woo‘d Farm. Last evening . nor-

rls and his guests attended 9 per-
formance of “Love '31:: and Leave
the

152m" at Stamford

Stamford.

theatre.

 

 

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I'dddoek finished soi

to take to iii.-I
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Second. 3

“llll two othrr places men by Amer.

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[By .\ssot‘lnléd Pro»)

\"A5HINGTON. July 5‘.“L‘HI_V the
setting of the historic “‘hitc ldousia
cast room. “itli its profusion of
l-anlud fiouorn.

:tlll'.‘ simple funeral szrviee there to—
idziy :‘nr t‘iilvin Coolidge. 3r” from
itiizlt of any othcr youth of his coun-
itry. The governments of nations.
“with his ov’n. “ere permitted their
wish to pay respect to the President's
ldcad son. but the desire of the be-
ireaw L} family for simplicity ruled in
lever}; dt'lll‘l of arrangements.
_ A prayer by the llcv. Jason Noble
:Pic-rcv. pastor of the First Congre-
lgationai L‘liurclr whiehtthe Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge attend here.
his l‘v'adliig of scripture and the sing-
ing of favorite hymns by a. quartet.
was the simple rite for the late af-
ternoon service.
i Tonight the body of the yout .
(whose death Monday cast a shadow
lgon the “'hitc House and brought the
.kecnest narrow to ”so who had
grown to know him iii a friend dur-
ing the little time he had been at
home there. “ill be taken by the
President's family. now broken for
the first time. to his boyhood home
at Northampton. Mass. There, amid
old friends. services it ‘be held to-
morrow at lhfi»‘Edt\‘:l Congrega-
tional Ch‘fl‘fch, of which Calvin was
a. member. Later in the day he will
be laid to rest beside the grave of
the Preside": mother at Plymouth,
Vermont.

Joined By Friends.

Joining the family in att'endance
at the “’hite House services today
were a few intimate friends, cabinet
members chiefs of diplomatic mls~
stons. Justices of the Supreme court
and members now in the city and
high officers in the army, nary and
marine corps.

 

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BODY OF PRESIDENT’S
SON WILL BE BURIED
IN OLD FAMILY“ PLOT

 

(in the journey to .\‘orthnmpton
and Plymouth the Presidgit‘s family
will be accompanied by the'cabtnu‘.
officers and their wives. .1. Butler

“'riglit. third nsistant secretary of
State; Col. (7. O. Sherriil. military
aid» to the President: Captain

Adolphus Andrews. naval aides Lieut.
Commander Joel '1‘. Boone and Mel-
:ior James F. Coupal. the President‘s
physicians who attended young Ca1-
vi’ in his last illness. C. Bascomc
Siemp. secretary to the President:
E. ’1‘. Clark, the President's personal
secretary and Mrs. Clark.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank “I Stearns.
personal friends. also will be on the

funeral train. The party will be
joined at Northampton by John
Coolidge. the President’s father.

Military Guard.

To_bcar the body to its last rest-
ing place. six marines assigned to the
Presidential yacht Mayflower. who
with six blue jackets from the
yacht. have stood guard over the
titer in the east room or the \‘i’hite
House since yesterday. also will pro-
ceed with the party under command
of Lieut. Edgar Allen Poe.

The President consented to the
military guard {or his son when it
“as chosen from among those aboard
the Mayflower who had become his
fast friends during the weekend
trips with the President‘s family on
the yacht. which were young Calvin’s
happiest occasions in the “'htte
House.

The President and Mrs. Coolidge
were said to hove faced the ordeal
of the funeral service today with the
same fortitude with which they have
so far borne their heavy sorrow.
John. the elder son. who lost an m-
aeparable companion in Calvln‘s
death. also was said to be'showing
as brave a front as a. boy could.

 

ESROSITOS TAKE
OVER TEXiCO
Ottsni‘iON

A lease was signed today whereby
A. Y. and J. C. Esposfto will take
over the Texaco gas station owned
by the Item Company and hunted
in West avenue directly in front of
the Norwalk Armory. The nope-ft»
brother: will take pone-ion within
a few days.
may chases gr: plopped by the

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iesees In the station. Three more
pumps are to be added md thema-
tlon will probably be enlarged. The
Esposlto brothers also conduct. l
gasoline station and tire shop in
Main street. which will be continued.
The station was used as a. branch
office for the Texas Company. This
office will be removed to the min
filling tank: lt.th¢ Nonrelk'freixht
yard.

 

The three puygronnds in Nor-
wnlk. South Nomi]: and East Nor-
wnut will be opened July 15. Henry
[Anger of Kurdistan: has been on-
gaged a: playground supervisor.
“’ith the opening of an play centers
the kids of. Not-well: are assured of a.

wonder!" -. 31 summer. ‘

 

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HEWINS 0N~103RD BALLOT
DESPITE BRYAN’S OPPOSITION:

WAS AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN’

ATTEMPT OF M’ADOO TO GIVE i" "

 

 

 

 

(By Associated Press)

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK,
July 9.-—John W. Davis, of West Virginia, was nomin-
ated for president today by the Democratic National
Convention after the 103rd ballot.

The opposition of Wm. Jennings Bryan and the at-
tempt of Wm. G. MeAdoo to deliver his strength to
Meredith failed to stop him. "

The general opinion around the hall was that the
vice presidency would be offered to Senator Walsh of

Montana, the chairman of the convention. .
John w. Davis of West virgtnliu.
rzdirg orna rapidly rising flood of

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1 votes caplul‘i d a majority in. the
. Democratic National Convention dur-

 

VOTES TO MEREDITH FAILS “i

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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gates from Connecticut refused;
point—blank on the early ballots lzistf
night to permit the casting of ihcl
state's 14 votes for Homer 5. 4‘tiin-=
mings, of Stamford. Conn. whose?
natno’was before the convention as".
an aspirant to the Democratic presi-i
dentin] nomination.

During the early balloting lasti
night Mayor David B. Fitzgerald. ofL
New Havan. urged the delegation to;
suing its H votes to Cummings. when
is national committee—man. us a com— .
piiment. l

Est-Mayor “'llllam E. Thorns. ofi
. “‘aterbury. emphatically objected tol
casting his vote for the McAdooi
leader and stated he intended to?
continue casting his vote for Govcrf
nor Smith. The other Smith men on;
the delegation. among them former-l
Senator Archibdld McKeli; Jr. ofi

Bridgeport. supported Thoma and:
declined to desert the New York‘

governor for even one ballot.

“'hen this attitude “as displayed
so strongly the Cummings men ga\e
up further .. attempts to vote the
delegation as a unit for Connecti-
cut's favorite son. and the matter
was dropped. ,

Former Senator McNeil said he
would continue to vote for Smith
until he was advised by the Govt-r-
nor that he is no longer a candidate. .
Other Smith men maintained thcl
same position.

"We intend to vote for Smith as
long as his name is before the con-
vention." -lr. McNeil said fn‘cod-
clusion.

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MRS RAYMOND
TO WED AGAIN

Word was received in Norwaik to.
day of the announcement of the
engagement of Mrs. Cnrolyne Ray-
mond of Sasqua. Hills, East. Nor-walk.

 

to Dr: Junius Hardin Mchnry of
New York City.
Mrs. Raymond is the widow of

Thoma 1. Raymond of the Ray-
mond Brotherf Coal company. Mr.
Rnymond died in 1921 and accord-
ing to {ballerina of his will his wid-
ow was given the use of the Sasqua
Hills estate .as long as she did not
Vre-mm)‘. In the event of her mar-
rying again. however. the estate was
to revert to the four dnughters of
Mr. Raymond by a former max-ridge.

 

REQUEST 0mm.

 

,PABIS. July 9.—Germany's re-
qum that tutu-allied miuury con-
trol of her moment: came on Sept.
:9. m denied by the Allied Council
of Arabs-Inor- in a note handed to
the German In: last even-
ing. it was moon :1. Satu-
thction m mic-ed. however. that
the Germans had ogre-ed to the min.
points amended by the council--

 

 

the mmpuon of tho cogtrei pomc
nil-stow: activities. 4" ” “7

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which gave Davis his majority New
at the end of the rel!

canw known that they would go to
‘ Davis.

NEW? YORK. Julv 9.-—Smlth de:e_;.iolin \\.‘. Davis of “'est Virginia as

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

During the caling of the roll
York and Illinois gave notice that
call tho?

change their votes. It be-

Thcrr was a continuing drift to

the balloting progressed in the D8.
niocratit: .\‘ational Convention today.
It curled him on to a new high mark
with User. “2 Underwood of All-
I‘Illl.£l, sti'f following closely behind.

c\llttl‘.pls o.‘ the .\chdoo forces to .
bequeath their strength to 5.1.
.\Iurcdilh of Iowa. were not succes-
sful and some of the steadfast Mc-
Adoo battalions in the long tight
floppe dovrr into the Davis column
on the Icind ballot.

Davis continued to pick I. vote
here and there as evening progressed
through the 103m ballot and when
Pennsylvania has been counted 2113
total was close to we.

Refining with this morning‘s bah
listing the movement to Davis 330;.
cred a momentum which could Mt
be retarded. and gradually but our;-
ly through succeeding ballots the
votes flopped over into the John “2
Davis column as State after Stub :
eithcr increased his offering it
turned ovr-r its “hole quota. 1:...

Bryan's opposzion to Davis fl
swept away in the rain of mu
votes which swept over the com’fl

A

15011. The attempt of the Mew
forces to make 13. '1‘. Meredith g:
Iowa the heir to the McA '

strength failed and when the

flood was rising so fast that all 0m,
candidates were being swept be!”
it. Iowa. Meredith‘s home my
withdrew him from the contés’a‘ .
voted for Davis. 4;

New York and delegation leadigu
:11 over the hall were on their (A
clamoring for recognition to eh
their \‘OtP: to Davis. Illinois ch
ed to Davis making his total
The New York gave him 60 of
9“. making the Davis total 699. run

The hall was in an uproar. (B
Davis band wagon \vlrrnovlng w“
full momentum and every body a
scrambling to get on. Change: a
vet. ptled in faster than the cloth
could record them.
~ 103 Ballot.

This “’35 a gain of 199 2-8 for 1:...
via. a gain of 117.5 for Underwoo‘;
1’ gain of 25 for “finish and a. M7
of 63 3-2 for Meredith.

On this ballot McAdoo had 3
votes stil sticking to him and -
had 44. They came from the . '
ditchers in both camps. é

John \Y. Davis 0'! \‘i’. Va. am
into the lead in today's bauogng
the Democratic Saltonal Co "' ‘
with Oscar “I Underwood of m.
bamrclosc behind him. ' 2:;

In Pcnna.. the “'23 VI .w
picked up 19 1-2 more. South u
oiina gave its eighteen voles Sfi
the unit rule for John W. 'm
it put Mr. Davis in the lead for m

first time.
bodily

Tens turned in to
Meredith. ,
Virginia. gave half of her 28
J. “2 Davis also but kept-.11 «
Glass. :
New York spilt p. giving m
of her votes to uderwood. ’
Then’Connectlcut chancel.
vote and gave 11 of hot “n
dew-wood Illa. '
«Tennem on her brain“.
J. W. It‘ll 15. \ '