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'. Senator Borah WIm;.Fw'to Have Dry Law Boofi Part of Party's Aims. The fight over tarm reliet broke Over the demands of the Iimois and Jowa representatives ftor a plank em bracing the principles of the Mc Nary--Haugen bill,. endorsed Oy all Athe presidentlial candidates save Herbert Hoover. Hoover's forces farored. a promise of tarifft relleft to :-n. and an extension nt federal to assist cooperative ~marketing. The.committese twice tried to break the deadlock but did not suoceed. It was agreed that some torm of farm relieft would be written into the plat form betore it is submitteéd --to the n:n pledged the party to mug publicity to campaign receipts and exvenditures, It was designed to cover the election scandals of past years, and to serve as a warning against 'excessive campaign . funds. Every facility will be accorded con-- gressional committees in runniug down election expenditures. The foreign relations plank deciar-- &4 that American marines were in Nicaragua solely to protest Ameri-- There is no Hkelihood that any 6t the minority moves will be success-- ful, convention offictals deéclared.' Further, the plank pledged. the party's nominees to observatce and saniforcement of the amendment, .. Not since the constitutional pro-- hibition has been in effect has such a sweeping dry program been adopt-- «d by either of the major partios. -- The plank was a victory tor Sena-- tor. Borah of Idaho, who has.--threat-- ened to carry a fight before the convention it the party -- straddled on prohibition this year. Its «p-- proval by the entire committee, to "which it must go before being sent to the convention floor, was antici-- pated. The plank follows. Law Enforcement. "We reaffirm the American con-- stitutional doctrine as announced by George Washington in his farewell Senator Smoot deciared that all Interests had had full opportiinity to be heard before the committee, and denied there was any favoritism shown to any particular group. _ Two other ftights will be carried from the committee to the f190r,. _ "It's hand--picked," said .Green: "It's a job lot. It is controlled b¥ southerners and easterners. It's Packed against the agricultural, p> «*"I've just started to fight. about this, I'm going to carry~this fight to the floor and let he delegates de-- cide whether they want their plat-- form written in secret by » hand-- picked group." ~~ Senator LaFollette, the Wisconsin progressive leader, plans to submit to the 1,089 delegates a ~minority platftorm. He will be supported by the militant farm representatives. _ Bullivan was elected after bhe had charged "notody was on the com mittee to watch out for the veter-- ans*~ interests." 3. 8. Green of ©Florida, charged that the sub--committee of 16 was unfavorable to the farmers. The com mittee was selected by Senator Smoot of Utab, chairman. and in-- cluded four of his senatoriat co¥k leagues. . ud «. Senator Smoct of Utah, chairman; Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Bingham of Connectieut, --C. C. Tague of California, Henty W. An-- Cerson of Virginia, W. W. Barbour 'Of New Jersey, Earle C. Smith of lWilinois. Alarson B. Houghton .of New York, A. M. Hyde of Missouri, H. H. Clemment; of Tennessee, Wil-- Mam Allien White of Kansas, Sena-- tor--elect Vare of Pennsylvania, J. 0. Schaft of lowa, Senator Metcalt of Rhode Island, Senator Oddie of Neveda, and J. J. Sullivan of Wash-- Ington. The 10 members of ~the resom= tlonse sub--committee who awested througlh the night in drafting the 1928 Republican platform were: _Bitter woris were exchanged . be-- fore Borah tirally succeeded in ob-- t«'n'n« a malorits for his plank. Senator--elect William 8. Vare, of P«=®=svirvanta, who proposed repeal of the 18th amendment, led the tH--b* for the wets. * The meetin« was held m the Chamber of Commerce quarters in the Kansas® City Athletic club. Ameeting of the entire committee was called for two O'clock this aft ernoon when it is expected the plat-- torm will be completed., 8 'Senator Borah reported there Were on'v two dissenting vooices on the slant. With the adoption of the prohibi-- tlion proszram, only the controversial farm reliot plank remained before the sub--committes. On that ques-- tlon the 16 merbsers were split wide onven. When it was found that no tion. Our safety, our lm:omdo upon preserving the tion of the United States, as our forefath-- era madse it inviolate.' "Ihe people through the method provided by the ~Constituion have wriiten ths 18th amendment into the Constitution. The , Republican party pledges itselft and its nominees to the observance and vigorous en-- foreement of this provision of the Cons:i*ntion." : § nreers=*s was teing made on a com-- promise, the commi!ttee recesesed. " We are by both duty and in-- clination tound to sticx by the Con-- stitution in all its letter--and spirit from teginning to end. I am for the Rkonest enforcement of the Constiti-- address, to wit: -- _.". "The Constitution which at any time exists until changed by the explicit and authenti¢ act by --the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all,' "We also reaffirm the attitude of the American people toward the fed-- eral Constituion as declared by Abra bam Lincoln= % ed in the 192% Republican platftorm today ty the resolutions ~sub--com mittee following an all--night -- ges-- -- 8y KENNETH CLARK Kansas City, June 1%.--A plank calling for vigorous enforcement of th'n 18th amendment was incorperat STRICT DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN G. 0. P. PLATFORM FARM RELIEF 4S~ UP ue hn 9 . C mt &' Bs Nes1 :!'Ts t can fives and property and to super-- vite next fall's elections there. --The pringiple of outlawing war by treaty was endorsed.s °_ lies, m his apathy in the Rdge* Occupies strategiec position, because 'of a belief that he can carry New Jersey--and help to carry New York.. V¥are's approval 'atded hbis Another planik urged development of Inland waterways. l--M? Roosevelt, -- Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton, Ogden Mills and Hamilton Fish--while the lead-- g: were reported friendly to Curtis, Dawes and Edgo.. The Pennsyivan-- Annzs--favored Dawes, Edge and Sen-- ator Ueorge H. Moses of New Hamp-- shire. , The 'Illinois delegation. : con-- tained votes for Curtis, Edgoe or Mo-- ::. 'while Senator Charles/S. Den-- 'had a small following. In all, there were fourteen candi-- dates, aside --from Curtis; mentioned for the <post. Many of them may nevter be placed. in nomination but all had their friends in the . conven-- tion crowds. ; A summaiy of _ reports,~ heard about the>hotels and headquarters, was as follows: f | Curtis: Widely urged but reported certain-- to refuse to become a candi< Dawes: Favored by Mellon but\op-- posed. by Hoover . managers © with little if--any support among the al-- eastern Republican leaders, partic-- ularly in the New York Gelegation, to name a midwestern man, friend-- ly to the farmers, as Hoover's run-- ning mate. With Curtis eliminated, Vice Pro#-- ident Charles Dawes, and Senator Walter F. Edge, of New Jersey, were considered to occupy strategic posts in the race for the vice prest ;donthl nomination. Dawes was said to be willing to run with Hoow er and to have the tentative en-- dorsemnet of Secretary of the Troas w' W. Mellon,. He was op-- however, by a large number of Hoover leaders and there was little «gentiment Yor him in the . al-- lied camps, because of his apathy the recent campaign. Edge appeared to be in the most favorable spot.© He had the solid of the New Jersey deloga-- f the »active endorsement of nu-- MHoover leadets and the tun-- tative epproval of Senator--elect Wil-- HMam °&. Vare 'of Philadelphia, . who was instrumental in forcing the nom &m With Vare's in-- 'behind him, EKdge will~ be the Bominee If the outcome of the race for first--lpace is any criterion. The "big three" delegations, New York, Pennseylvania© and +'Iilinols, were badly split over the vice prest-- dentidl nomination. The New ¥ork ers had four candidates of their own Kansas City, June 1%--With the selection of Herbert Hoover as the Repulican party's presidential nom-- Inee a certainty, a wild scramble got under way today for the vice presidential nomination. _ 1 place on the w'm ticket atter going down to in his drive for the presidential nomination. His strength came from the desire of ctowd, Benator Charles Curtis of Kansas, but it was stated on "his J10B CAUSES BATTLE SEN, EDGE GAINS _ | FAVOR AS RUNNING | MATE WITH HOOVER) Dawes and Deneen Are Also Leading Candidates as Cur tis Refuses Post. By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON : A. real "dark horse" on * the VIENNA--The nét work * of the gRerial highways in central Europe is rapidly growing and Vienna is stead-- ily becoming the grand central air traffic station for central Europe. > . inhabitants of 'America n behay~ lor, in dress and even' in the intond:-- tions of their language. General Clarence R. Edwards: En dorsed by Massachusetts as a sol: dier, candidate with good . overseas record, A possible "dark horse" be-- cause of his geographical location and appeal to the World war veter-- ans. * . C Col. Henry W. 'Anderson: Endors: ed by Virginia, but -- accorded . no chance because of--geographical lo-- cation, f l : Col. Hanford . M¢Nider: . Soldier candidate, endorsed. by Tlowa, but without strength elsewhere. 4 The New York and Pennsylrania delegations were to caucus late to-- day to decide which candidate to support.. Should they agree on the same one, the vice presidential band wagon -- probably will be driven through the convention: and their choice 'nominated. Thursday night. It may be Dawes of Edge : promise candidate to sooth the agri-- cultural middle west. Airways Network Henry Allen of Kangas: Mention-- ed in some discussions as l)ou!:r com M". i aAcceptable to m midwest. Repreaintative John Q. Tilson: En dorsed Bby Connecticut, delegation and acceptable to Hoover-- leadaors but weakened by geographical loc# tion. | Roosevelt: Often . discucsed bct without material support,.due to his defeat in 1924 by Governor Al Smith of New York,. -- _ Mills: Discussed but with no chance of nomination, due to his defeat in 1926 -- by. Governor Al Bmith of New York. friend didate because of the desire of some easteorn leaders to name a mid-- westerner, friendly to the farmers, -- Moses: Generally acceptable but hurt by his geographical locatton. whous h i Grows In Europe _ It was on the floor of the conyon-- tion while Mrs. Willetrandt was the convention in --favor of the pro-- Hoover delegates led by National Committeeman R. B. Creager, Cidn't take'as long. to 'draft their minority report as did Mabel Walker= Wille-- brandt, chairman of the credentials committee, to draft he? majority re-- the invocation after ©opening -- at 10:37 today. ; -- f During the walt for the credon-- tials committee, the outlook became more gloomy for the, leader®' hopes ot' winding up the convention by to-- motrow night.© Word came to the platform from the resolutions com-- mittee that "there was very little chance of completing is work before tomorrow." The anti--Hoover delegates from Terxas, who were denied szeats in Meanwhile, the platform commit-- tee continued to wrestle with the knotty farm plank, and unt!l they get together the Gelegates -- must more or less mark time. It was hoped when today's sessiun opened to be able to adopt the platform to-- day and clear up all other business, perhaps at & night-- session, thus paving the way for nominating speeches and the ratification of the Hoovter nomination tomorrow, . Bishop Thomas F. Lillis, of' the Roman Catholi¢ church, pronouncsed But a considerable number of the general's friends who are embittered over the Hoover victory are urgiag him to stay off the ticket and, as they put It, "let the Hoover poople stew." Sen. Charleg Cartis, of Kansas, was still .reported adamant at the hour of assembly this, morning. > 'There --are undoubtediy cnough Yotes in the convention to put the vice president across again if he gives the word.-- Secretary of . the Treasury Melion-- considérs nim 'a "logical candidate." He is aceept-- able to other powerful eastern lead-- ers, and the--corn beiters are for him because of his espousal of the Mc-- Nary--Haugen bill. and urged himnot to accept second place, the general was nou@ommit tal, He said he wanted to see the platform first. "This was the word --circulating about .the floor of the ' Republican national convention this <© morning as the delegates assembled for the second session. > f As--to the first part of the ticket, there was no doubt whatsoever, As to the second it appeared ~up to General Dawes himself. Hik friends were advising him -- this morning both ways. To one leader who. got in touch with him at his home in Evanston By GEORGE R. HOLMEs _ Convention Haill, Kansas City, June 13.--"It Jooks like Hoover end Dawes." . $ CREDENTIALS NOT READY HOOVER AND DAWES IS REPUBLICANS' TALK AT MEETING Platform ;Committee Con-- tinues to Wrestle W | t h Qunntico, Va, who recently flew hi plane over course at speed of 101.0 malles ' hours, defeating W:'nvmmm-m mfnmmmtm':-u CE M t ~A Farm Relief Problem. Wingless Plane Crashes Throughk Barni iss . HOLD CLIFEE FUNERAL Chicago, June 13.--Funeral serv-- ices will be held Friday from the family --residencte at Sycamore,. IIL, for the late fedéral Judge Adam C, Cliffe, who died here yesterday. Judge Cliffe was a 33rd degree M:z-- son. His lodge will have charg» of rites at the gra¥ve. A widow fmd three children survive. | Her report went into detail con-- cerning the factional disputes cf the vmou'l!hm nCSs CXx# oo Florida, .'The credentjals committse, she said, vnanimously: recommend-- ed the seating of the socalled O'Xel delegates from Florida, who are for Hoover. >George W. Bean, for many years national committeeman from Florida, headed an opposing acsleca tion of uninstrncted but <antiHoov-- er delegates. Bean los* out beforo the national committee and also be-- fore the credentials committee. It may meéan the setting of his politi-- tal sun, She told the delegates that the gommittee had been up most of the right wrestling with the contosts. _ The minority: signers, which . in-- cluded a proxy from Senator Cole-- man DuPont, of Delaware, came Trom Indiana, Missouri, I'linols, M in nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Sou;h Carolina, New York, Connec-- ticut, North ~Carolina, Wisconsin, Woest Virginia, Kansas and Alaska. Finally,: at. (11:45 ~o'elock, Mrs. Willebrandt came rushing into the hall. . She 'had md, up the conven-- tion for more than an hour.. Sena-- tor Fess rapped vigorously for or-- der and then presented <'the assi--t-- ant attorney general, who is describ-- ed by her friends as "the Portia of the Department 'of Justice." _ Bhe was dresed in black, ard there were heavy circles under her Adort. Sp n Et World's Youngest Preacher! /4 3e s L 'dy 2 P ie WOLO mUKOEK SifsrECT Chicago, June 13.--Stanley Flor-- cek, 25, was held today as a suspect in the slaying of James Lupine, 31, whose bullet--riddled body was foung last nigit at the rear of bis home. Police telieve the murder was the regult of an "&lky peddling ftend." Miss Meadows collapsed in a heap just thirty seconds®after the last rest period. s Chicago, June 13.--Robert Johns, ex--marine, and his partner, Miss Ser ena Bergandi, today won the nation-- al endurance dance contest after the second last couple collapsed -- cn the floor. ° .$ The famous freak contest came to a dramatic end at 7:45 a. m. after continuing day and night for 260 hours--twelve days. Johns and Miss Bergandt w1ill divide the grand prize of $3,500, The runnersup, winners of the $1,000 eecond prize, were Walter Graisky, Pyle bunioneer of St. Paul, Minn., and Marcella Mgadows c&% Chicago. : K There are only estimates of the voltage of lighting strokes. These range from a few hundred thou-- sand to several--billion veolts, de peoding upon the ideas of the per-- sons making the estimates No mena=~qrements hore heen made nmnoge siinds. was compieted in 1200. 'The present stroucture was opened aft r rebuilding in 1831. point where" the p bridge stands was Can't Gef Measurements On Site of Old Bridge MATE WIN DANCE BP\ e ty @ e 2 27 at $5 *"Don't mind de man 'who tells you to laugh at yoh troubles," said Uncle Eben. "Take 'em serious an' git rid of 'em. Laughin' is Hable to make 'em want to hang around men's association. The training and drii' tower, ap-- propriated for by the last legislature, has been completed azd will be available for demonstration work. The program has been made as prac-- tical as possible and will cover all of the chief problems 'with which the fire fighter must contend. Each subject will be presented by a -->»e clalist in that branch. Legreid emphasized the fact that there is no fee connected with the c a~«~, yad that the on' y expenso in-- volved is ralflroad fare, meals and lodging. He expected all former at-- tendance records to be shattered this year. : The coursa is spon--.red jointly by the University of lIilinots, state fi+e marshal, snd the Illinoi# Fire Springfield, I!1., June 18%.--State Fire Marshal S. L. Legreid today is-- sued a statement urging fire chiefs, mayors and all others interested to ettend the Fourth Shurt Course on Fire Prevention, Control and Extin-- guishment to be held at the Univer-- sity of 1..inois Tuesday, Wednesday, 'nm?:ay and Friday, June 19, 20, 21 and 22. -- Ithcnpgredthnttho'rhm expression fits to a T' is an al-- lusion to the "T--square" used by carpenters and mechinics. The ex-- pression means to ft exactliy, as the T--squire does to the side of a bloctk ~» hoard Ington's original cnme ground and converted it into 'Valley Forge park, -- containing. : Washington's headquarters and other landmarks that bave been preserred'or re is in the Louvre gallery, Pariz * l _AIrepassey Bay, N. F., June 13%.-- Miss Amelia Earhart, :/ Boston, and her two'flying comp..uions, made two unsuceessful efforts this morn-- ing to-- hop off in the trans--Atlantic {moncplm., Friendship for Europe. In the first effort the plane cover-- ed three miles and in the secound two miles, but f~*led to rise from the wa-- ter owing to the heavry weight it carried.-- ; s 4 After the second fail.re the plane was towed to the extre'ze northeast-- ern part of the harbor where, it was believed, <lifting cond:tions were better. . f The weather was clear with a light west wind. + liiss Earhart, Pilot Wilmer Stultz and Mechanic Louis "Gordon-- said they-- were hopeful Of getting away before sunset. NO FEE is -- CHARGED FIRE CHIEFS AND _ MAYORS INVITED TO EIRE SCHOOL Fourth Shore Course on Fire Prevention to be Held Next Week. P 9 AMELIA TRIES TO / ~HOP FOR EUROPE # Old Flower Favorites Some of the old--fushloned | Historic Spot Preserved A slite commission has pur-- uy 'ltages Panelled Partition CASHIER'S DESK x 44 i+# Famous Scuilpture Uncle Eben > in Good Condition sociable."--Washington Exact Fit k 475 se *' C4. " ':' & fro mthe role of attorney, has been engaged in the real eztate business. For the last year he has been em-- Phyodm&.o!nactmn'v, Judge M. C. Decker, and other Lake ' Springfield, T1L, June '1$--Casimir A. Staranowicz, Nortn Chicago at-- torney, disbarred December 13, 1924, at his own request, was readmitted tn the Illinois Bar as a practicing attorney today by the State Supreme court. 3 Staranowicz's resignation followed his : stifying at the trial of Mayor Henry Deacon of North Chicago, hhommmmuuw' Etaranowicz and Joseph J ~an-- other attorney to split their fees withlbum. Jadrich fought disbar-- ment but was ousted, being reinstat-- ed in 1928. _ Staranowiez deciares that any wrongs he may have com-- nltzdvmmrdnn'ltothhyuht: an dinexperience. presented ters upring his reinstatement from navy commanders Zappl and Mari-- ano left on the %0--mile journey over the hazardous wastes to Cape North. 'whey intended covering six miles a day. Nineteen days have now pass-- ed since they left the other maroon-- ed members of the Italia's crew, Attorney Who Withdrew After Administration Blow--up meéssage also revealed the identities of the three daring members: of the crew who started trekking over the ite seeking aid and for whose sate-- ty fears are now held. ® The commander stated that on the evening of the disater, the Swoedish professor Mailgren and the Italian WAS IN ~DEACON --CASE STARANOWICZ IS READMITTED AS _ ATTORNEY TODAY Notie rike: e -- < ce a Nwg * Virginia, who in 1586 brought an Indian pipe to Sir Waiter Raleigh, Luckily, the radio apparatus and instruments for determinin g their position were also saved by the crew, although it was some time te-- fore the radio was repaired so that messages could be transmitted. Those of the crew who wetre in other parts of the ship drifted with the free gas bag as it soared up-- ward after the. crash and landed The ship's gondola broke up into splinters burying Nobile and six others in the car in the debris. All emerged alive, however, although two of the members of the crew sufferéd broken legs. Nearly all the food #upplies and other mater-- lals which had been taken aboard the ship were saved. received from the Italia and then came silence which-- was unbroken until operators began to pick-- up fragmentary messages in the latter part of last week. The huge airship suddeniy grew heavy and crashed to .the ground from a height of 1200 feet In two minutes, Nobile radioed. Rome, June 12%.--After meveral hours silence another radio message was received from General Umber-- to Nobile today for the tirst time which revealed additional{details of the disastrous landing of the dirl-- gible Italia on the ice--floes north of ESpitzbergen. The disaster occurred ast 10:20 o'clock on thke morning of May 25, ?lo_bllo stated. Just a minute or two Three Heroes of Party Leave ---- > MISSING NINETEEN DAYS on Long and Risky Hike Tc?\'a'rgrd cw&u P Raleigh Not the First TELLYOPTRASH e' in