ie. 4 ‘resident Dawes Illinois. 2 view ~Lrerman at Arlington, J-—General at congressionat atlantic rece] address tran w York's ption to crew of the Br services for the late Representa. over grave of Floyd Bennett hall, NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Smith’s Victory in Califor nia Seems to Make Nom- ination Certain. By EDWARD W. PICKARD U NLESS most of the pol al proph ets are sadly fooled, ( ia last tional the week sett i the t Houston, noi Democrat convention ination Few now venture prediction prize all erally \ into the band gon will result | New York probably California primar) 4 for Smith, for Me Democrats Wis aomination of the first mation. ihe admittedly a Adoo strove to lead the dry of hie into the Walsh Kfenator Reed also wags a live contender preference vote. But MeAd badly that the Montann third, Reed standing in Smith's vi greater the ballet, test state camp, and for the fell down senator ran second pince, his vote Si was de than the With recinets heard from, the Smith $65 IKK, tory sisive, being ambined votes of the other two, of the p round num OR.O000 : all Linperial county was Reed. Former James 1). Phelan, head of the Smi delegation, has displaced Me Lie Democratic leader of Californk The w fae t Aint) ota . . > 3 that ne Ss na oineag Le Txt result in LA5.000 ; Of the 0S by Smith bers was: Walsh, hut one teed, counties, were won Inimed for Senator \doo arent wet onl managers ud deleg fo Smith eclogates Lon run for presid ticket seided Bry nator Borah. Mr. Duniels would not o ta third part My hope Reed or Senator that be tion on any the ernment replied nou ticket, and declared and cor by the Dem inti tis of “pris ina victory He =aid he nied Houston dry con ees of the believed enough iid wotild be elected to rantee ho weakening of n laws, writ. World wis Bowers, an editorial York Evening a political Mstorian of i by the Democratic convention arrancem committee to be tem porary chairman at Houdton and to the Keynote This bien ox NOW note, selection fis deliver speeeh, cholce had pect d. HOOVER posed Inn the California lican primary, but the flocked to the polls to vote nambers, The was more than ag the Democratic vote. The Golden stale delegation of 20 gives Hoover an estimated total of 206 dele gates to date, though 211 of these are uninstructed, 1s supporiers now elaim he will enter the convention with 520 votes, only 19 short of the necessary 545 majority. Lust week the Ten nessee Republican convention indorsed Hoover and also Instructed the state's delegates at large to vote for Con- gregsman J. Q. Tilson of Connecticut for vice president, ERBERT Was unop tepub- Republicans for him~in total G. ©, fax surprising P. vote cast twice large ROBABLY ft will not cost as much to nominate and cleet a President this year ax it has sometimes in the pat, for (he senste has adopted a reso lution for an inquiry into the eam. praign contributions and expenditures of both parties. The specinl committee named by Viee President Dawes in Dale of Vermont Dakota, B Bratt if New winori MeMaster of South 118 resoiut Yi Est “ Yh § 3 proper methods precouvention campaigr the Bor: the Ken WIR Sung inher nt Colidgs flo] relief to committee, taining the ob Fhe wii the house the conferees reported conference since the insisted gt STII flowage ri 8 fea on re ure to which he jects, P, AR Hines were drawn quite sharp tl senate began tion | ince we 1 committee — fax ele lieans on tt} y reduction to down the total from £X SM iMu) NN) sich is cut house bill HIKE) by the [ yeruoe: Lie coun but we oil leases in R*™ hi \ of Floyd transatiantic =a r to invest Salt Creek report, ih espeeis the IOUT HON { such usual uy York incinded parades, medals and worn out hy upon them, to the national were oflicially wy States by Se accords i banquets and the aviators were almost ntions show the atten rel Next they journeyed back where they wi to the United crotary Kellogg with dig i ceremony. They hunched at White House and President Coolidge pinned their breasts the distin guished flying crosses which congress had them. In Arlington Na tional cemctery they lald wreaths on the tomb of the Unknown Among those who greeted Washington was Col, Cl bereh, had flown in his “Spirit of St. Louis” for the purpose of placing that famous plane in the Smithsonian Institution. Thursday Baron von Huenefeld, Captain Koel and Major Fitzmaurice flew (o New York to arrange for their air tour of the East and Middle West, Gen. Umberto Nobile and compan fons left Stelp, Germany, Thursday In the airship [talia for Splizhergen, 1.700 miles away. The Italian explor ers plan to make reveral flights over the polar regions during the summer t capital eon ne nit on voted Saldier them In A. Lind ries who there FLEGATES from all parts of the world are assembled in Kansas City in ntiendunce on the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Eplgcopal church. They have a lot of business on hand, but it is not likely their doings will be tinged with sensa tionalicm, since ot the start they voted cindes Siplwar of Oregon, chairman ; ‘overwhelmivgly against a formal dis. of fundamen In thelr eplscopal es8 the recommended that full ad * be taken of the chance to as younger mem They held the union of Chris beyond considera nt. Among the laity there for the demo church government, of for f for life, mod {0 a world to be movement of the election hist instead of approved a court of try Bast of gen on charges arising out of of mis Fred S prosecutor, trong HOPR Ars nbers to Bishop iction in clwil funds (0 was chosen cour Rev. Stony HIANG the Cl Kal Nese issimo of Nationalists, shek, general has adquarters to Tsinan, cap of Shantung provir and is lay tug Lis plans for the final drive Peking and Groies lin It is reported puthersd 100.056 men of Techow, where th ursena agains the hang Tso Chang has the vicinity ere Is a large next big The situ {2 and the the for Shantung Japanese troog ween Tsingtac the Nationalists ir that in I, and presumably the that Nat Heved battle will be in ation bet Japanes area, ween the fonalls when the Was reapen nit the bet Jos BULL ix likely to cancel We eCment help Uncle Sam stog 4) ! 1 f ili liquor into ths $ Retuing Pe tAaous. ne great Lions Hin Sere been ith right mad Kellogg, formal after one, ordered all it must step are Filan = protest nse m » nid would public Egyptia ith it was 4 tion of f fig : 3 RHOTR fallowed up by the ling of sey warships to Alexand is to reduce tl But the E tponed consideration and open Luin to prion govern of the ure the war -l off. However, For hamberlain wart ¥ 5 ney nble nw nnd : ved ypt that a 1 iroversy. ust be no revival of Con ERMANY Ro has ungualifiedly retary Re Kellogg's pro pos ile for a multidateral tre aty to out. aw war. The Berlin government in dorses the plan enthusiastically cays it is ready to enter negotiations with the leading powers for the con- summation of such a pact. The Ger man note holds fear that an treaty of cepted Nations or a nation’s right of self defense, and takes the position that reservations to the American draft trealy are unnecessary, a REMIER RAYMOND POINCARE won a big victory in the French parlinmentary elections and js assured of a working majority of abotit one hundred in the chamber of deputies The country thus gave evidence that it wishes him to continue his task of pulting its finances in order without interference from the radicals who hae threatened his plans with destruction Ag a preliminary to stabilization of the franc the premier has announced » heavy loan to reimburse the Bank of France for advances to the state, FEATIHS of the week include tha of Congressman Thaddeus Sweet of New York, killed in the ernsh of ar alrplane ; and of Palmer BE. Anderson United States marshal for the north ern Ulinois district. Mr. Andergon has been succeeded by 1 CW. Lauben hieimer, { i i i i By ALFRED SORENSON HE most celebhrat on A Jefferson from fin house of represen won. Durr deney. In nated him governor of Nea fle wax defented Alexun: Hamilt the Island of Nevis in the diva. He wae the son of ton, nn S« imsan, , and the vice Terson was res 1804 the Federalists nomi for York. was lwsrn on West In James Ham- married on who the divorced wife of a Levine, He was Island of St i¥ a clerk gave He tend the man Ti brought Poix, in a of ision up in and while engungad counting-house he financial ability. ally for the news description of a hurri- and of St, attention send him TN ede evidence wrote oce papers, and his cune in the 1s! attracted friends to Christopher and led his New York to complete bh BOR He first went to «chool in Elizabeth, N. J. and then attended King's college—now Colum bia university—Iin New York In 1776, when he was nineteen yours he joined the Army of the Rev lution ns a captain of an artillery com pany and took part in many battles, The next year he was made aidede camp to Washington with the rank of Heutenant