mm m m w —, m f Shake Entire German Line at Verdun by Regaining Fort Douaumont HARRISBURG d9»l TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 117 WORK OF CLEARING EXTENSION ZONE IS TO BE HURRIED Removal of Hickok Plant i Building to Be Followed by Survey STUDENTS MAY DO IT Landscape Plans Will Be| Worked Out For Action by Legislature Demolition of the old plant of Ihe Hickok Manufacturing Company to j make room for the extension of Capitol Park is to be started within a few days j under the direction of the State au- j thorlties and will he followed rapidly i by removal of other structures so that j before summer is far advanced not j only will a very fair idea of what the , extension will look like be obtainable, i but people passing on trains will be j able to see the Keystone State Capitol. It will be the realization of hopes of j many people throughout Pennsylvania I for years, as the proposition to give j the State House an adequate setting had as many supporters outside of ihls county a* in it. and probably more When the Hickok plant shall have I disappeared and progress made on other buildings along the railroad frontage it is expected that the survey j of the extension district will be i started. Students May Do Work The question of the survey of the park to get ideas of the topography, the highways, trolley lines, irees and other matters which must be taken into account in making up an estimate for the next legislature to pass upon for expert landscape gardening was considered at the recent meeting of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and will likely lie taken up at the special meeting to be held bc forr the end of the month. The survey, as pointed out in the Telegraph on Saturday, will be the first step in the permanent Improve ment of the extension district, a pro gram which is to be started next year. The Capitol Park Extension Commis sion has done such excellent work that although it has until June 1. next year, to finish its task, practically every building lias been secured, op tioned or Is In negotiation, while a few people have taken the question of ■ ■ ice into court. One of the propositions is to have State College students do the work of surveying, the State to pay the actual expenses. Another Is to have some departmental staffs do the engineer ing but It is possible that the board may do the work itself. Will lie Comprehensive The survey will not be merely of the extension district, but will be com prehensive. In addition to workincr out the Information for 'he proper treat ment of the extension the engineers will prepare plans for the improve ments which Governor Brumbaugh has in mind and which he discussed with the City Planning Commission and citizens. These plans, which also have the support of State officials gen erally, will include the widening of Walnut street and North street to 100 feet and the treatment of the Third street side of the park by abandoning Ihe sidewalk on the park side °nd establishing a new walk from Walnut to North streets. Provision will be niade as well for the adornment of was figured when the bill for park ex tension was passed. Estimates of the cost of the land scape and other work will be made up for the of Public Grounds and Buildings and incorporated by Gov ernor Brumbaugh in his next message tn the legislature. The State has se cured In the park extension an im mensely valuable asset, greater rhon figured when the bill for park exten sion was passed. J J. HIM- RF.CO VF.RIXG By Associaftil Press St. Paul, May 23. Although James J. Hill's condition is not entirely satis factory he is reported to-day to be re ( uverlng slowly from an illness which has kept him at his home several days. A member of the household said he "was getting along quite well." Busi ness associates expect him to he at his office this week. THE WEATHER For Hnrrifttnirje and vlcinlt?) < loudj and minirnbnl warmer to night! tVrdnrminr portly i-louri<r. For Kuatrrn Prnmivhanliii Cloudy .ind warmer to-night: AYednevtlay linrtly cloud}; iiKHlemte i.Ci e«l»t nml Mouth winds. River 1 lu- Suaquelibniia liver r.,i.l !♦» main liritneheN will rlar, except the loner portion of the mnln river, n hirh w ill remain nearly Htatlonary or fail slowly to-night, anil tile Juniata and Chemung river* anil the upper portion* ot the \iirlh mid Went liranehe*. Which will prnhnhly hegln to fall to-night or Wrdnraiiay. .1 atnge of abimt SJS feet is indicated for Harrinhuric Wednesday morning. Oenerol Conditions The western disturbance IN now central over Manitoba, hittingile erenxed somewhat In strength slnee last retort. A secondary disturbance has nppeareil over Northern tieorgla. Knln has fallen generally over the Kastern half of the country in the last twenty four hours, being heavy in l.oulnl ans, Alabama, JS'orth Georgta, East Tennessee and U eatern North ( arollnn. «t is somewhat cooler In the Middle Atlantic and New England state*, the St. l.awrenee Valley and nlong the northern border of the "ireat f.ake* and In a few locali ties In the West. Temperature: "» a. m., »o. Sun: Rise*. 1i43 a. in.: *et«. 7:20 i>. in. Mnont New moon. May 31, 2:37 a. ni. River «tagei 5.2 feet aboie low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Hlghe*t temperature, (K, l.oweat temperature. S|, Mean temperature, ."(8. formal temperntare, 64. nv ctßiiiEH n CENTS A WEEK. SIKGI.E COPIES 2 CENTS. TO BARE HEADS FIVE MINUTES ON MEMORIAL DAY Veterans Will Pay Silent Tribute to Dead Com rades PLAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY Program For Big Reunion of State G. A. R. June 6-8 Announced "Five minutes (or memories" will be observed by G. A. R. men through out the State May 30, Memorial Day, and Grand Army men in this city will do their part in paying: tribute to the dead. The suggestion has been made by the Civil War veterans that the citizens of Harrisburg generally take part in this observance. Orders have been issued by Col onel C. F. Gramllck, commander of the Department of Pennsylvania, to G. A. R. men in this city and ap proximately 18,000 throughout the State representing every town and hamlet, as well as the larger cities, that the striking of the noon hour on Memorial Day will be the signal for the baring of heads as a silent tribute to the memory of their comrades In arms more than half a century ago. In this city the noon hour will find most of the G. A. R. men In the cemeteries, strewing flowers on the graves of the boys in blue who are gone—and there they will stand at at tention for Ave minutes with bared heads. School children will also pay tribute to the veterans. On Monday veterans will make their rounds of the schools and will tell the children of the war. Plan 5(1 tli Anniversary Plans for the fiftieth anniversary of the (5. A. R. of Pennsylvania to be held in this city June ti to 8 are fast Hearing completion. Headquarters will be established at the Commonwealth Hotel where post commanders will re port with their credentials, prelimin ary to the opening of the encamp ment. At 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, June 7, the veterans will assemble at Second and State streets to form In line for the parade which will move promptly at two o'clock, to move down State to Front, down Front to Mar ket; to Fourth and counter march in Market street and dismiss at Front street. Immediately after the dismissal of the procession the encampment will convene in the Chestnut street hall to explain the unwritten work of the O. A. R. that took place 50 years ago. In this discussion the feats that oc curred BO years ago will be made clear. The annual business session will be held Thursday. A session will be held in the morning and one in the after noon. At the afternoon session offi cers will be elected. At 8 o'clock in the evening there will be an open caniptire In Tech High School Auditorium, under the aus pices of the Harrisburg Posts. Ad dresses will be made by Commander in-Chief Elias R. Monfort and Past Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stew art. Mayor Meals will make the ad dress of welcome. Other local speak ers are J. E. B. Cunningham, former Deputy Attorney General; Dr. J. Geo. Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education: Henderson Gilbert, ex president of the Chamber of Com merce. The committee is making ef forts to secure other prominent local men to speak. The committee on credentials is composed of the following: Assistant Adjutant General Sami. P. Town; Ofeorge W. Rhoads. Post No. SS; D. S. Reemer. Post No. 139: B. J. foil. Post No. 157; John N. Reeber, Post No. 191. They will report to the Assistant Adjutant General on Tuesday, June 6tli, at 3:30 p. m. Shoes Will Soon Advance Another Dollar in Price Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, Pa., May 23. A con ference of the National Retail Shoe Dealers' Association and .illied organ izations will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Thursday. A billion d Jllars in manufacturer will be represented. The object of the con ference is to bring together the lead ing men of the leather trade and ar ranee to obviate the chaotic condition in trie trade. Since the beginning' of the war, according to A. C. McGowin, president of this association, shoes have advanced a dollar in price and soon will advance another dollar. Lloyd's Report Sinking of Three Big Vessels By Associated Press London. May 23. Lloyd's ship ping agency to-day reported the sink ing of three ships, a Greek and a British steamer and an Italian sail ing vessel. MOVES NEW VOTE OF CREDIT London. May 23. ln moving the vote of credit for $300,000,000, as had been forecast in the House of Com mons to-day, Premier Asquith com mented that this was the eleventh vote since the beginning of the war and the second for the current financial year. The total granted this year, he added, was therefore f 800,000,000 making a grand total of £2,382,- 000,000. Workman Electrocuted at Central I. & S. Plant Workmen In the universal mills of the Central Iron and Steel Company plant shortly before noon to-day saw Matthew Feigie, 850 Mohn street, Steelton, lying across several high power feed wires in the plant. The current was turned off at once and Feigle was brought to the ground. Efforts made to revive him by using the pulmotor fßile<i and the man was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where nhysiclinr, pronounced him dead. Coronet Eckinger has started an investigation U nd may hold an inquest. HARRISBURG, PA.. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1916. \ TRIAL OF SELF-CONFESSED POISONER BEGINS | *■ > New Tork, May 23.—The trial of Dr. Arthur Warren Walte, self-conftssed prisoner of his father-in-law and mother-in-law is well under way. The dentist-sportsman is taking: the trial calmly and yesterday dozed during the proceedings. To-day he sat with head bowed. MANY WITNESSES AGAINST WAITE Medical Men, Studio Compan ion and Relatives of Wife in Court By Associated Press New York. May 23.—0r. Victor C. Vaughn, dean of the Medical Depart ment of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, was the first witness call ed to-day in the trial of Arthur W. Waite for murdering his father-in law. Mrs. Dorothy Van Palmenberg, for mer intimate friend of Mrs. Margaret Horton, with whom Waite shared a [Continued on Page 12] MERGER CLAUSE GOES BACK AGAIN Telephone Company's Original Ordinance Omitted Rcstric tive Provision Another underground wire ordin jance containing the original merger I restriction clause has been submitted for Council's consideration by the i Cumberland Valley Telephone Com ipanv as a substitute for the measure offered a week ago. The tlrst ordinance amended the old | Cumberland Valley franchise measure :in such a way as to authorize the Western Union Telegraph Company to use the telephone company's under ground conduits. This would mean the eventual clearing of the telegraph [Colliinucd on Page 6] DR. G. M. ECKELS, DRUGGIST, DIES Former Member of State Legis lature, and Mechanicsburg Councilman Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg", Pa.. May 23. Dr. George Morris Eckels, member of the firm of Eckels Brothers, druggists, died at his home, 36 East Main street, this morning after a long illness from a complication of diseases. Dr. Eckels was 59 years old and was born ,in Mechanicsburg April 29, 1557. ; About thirty years ago, with his brother, he started the drug business j here and was engaged in it until 1915 [Continued on Page 9] WASHINGTON HEIGHTS PEOPLE ! COMMUNITY MEETIINt; TO-NIGHT Residents of Washington Heights will meet at the schoolhouse this eve [ning to discuss tlie matter of annexa tion to Camp Hill or the creation of a separate borough. The community has been growing very rapidly during the past few years and many of its property owners feel that their inter ests are not best conserved by town ship government. 20 PER CENT. PROFIT ON SILVER By Associated Press Manila, May 23. Jeremiah L. Manning, insular treasurer returned to-day from China, where he con cluded negotiations for the sale to the Indian government of 1,500,000 pesos at a profit to the insular government of 20 per cent. The bullion will be shipped immediately. British officials taking over the coin at Manila. ENDORSE PROHIBITION By Associated Press Birmingham, Ala., May 23. A constitutional amendment for federal prohibition was endorsed by the Cum berland Presbyterian Church at its eighty-sixth general assembly here to daj> CHARGES AGAINST PRESBYTERY HANG Committee Fails to Reacli Con clusion After All-night i Secret Session Hy .-Issociatt'd Press Atlantic City, N\ J., May 23.—The hopes of 900 commissioners attending I the Presbyterian General Assembly who had been informed by members I of the New York Presbytery t,hat the all-important question of Union Semi nary and its alleged departure from ■ the tenets of Presbyterianisni would be amicably settled to-day without dis cussion vanished this morning when j [Continue*! oil Pnsrc U] SOCIAL CENTERS I QUITE FEASIBLE Edward J. Ward Points Out Good Which Can Be Accomplished By ANNA 11. \VOOI>. Edward J. Ward, known as the "so cial engineer" and connected with the National Bureau of Education in Washington, D. told the people of Harrisburg in the assembly room of the Public Library last evening of the great good which could be accomplish ed by the establishment of community centers in the public school buildings, tie varied his accounts and figures of what had been done in other cities with humorous anecdotes and feasible plans for beginning such work here. Mr. Ward was introduced by A. Car [Continued on I'uscc fl] TELEGRAPH BLDG. IN FLOWER GARB Spring Dress of Windowboxcs Is Donned Week Early This Year The Telegraph Building bloomed forth this morning like a huge bou quet. The Telegraph believes in the gospel of a more beautiful Harris burg and yfcars before it prescribed perch and window boxes as a remedy for the dreary sameness of city streets in summer time it took a big' dose of its own medicine and was so pleased with the results that it has continued the Spring tonic of vines and flowers ever since. Usually the Telegraph building is decorated on the night pre ceding Memorial Day, but this season the florists in charge have been so busy that the work had to be done ahead of schedule, in order that late applicants for wlndowboxes might not be disappointed. As the Spring opens, the window and porch box campaign grows stead [Continued on Page 9] Reading at New High Price Feature of Stock Exchange New ork. May 23.—Heading was' again the sensational feature of the stock exchange to-day, advancing in the first few minutes to 110% a point I over Its previous best price. A week! ago Heading sold as low as 90 Vj and early in the year its minimum quo- 1 tation was 75 %. The Reading trad- ! ing pool was surrounded at to-day's opening by scores of brokers, most of whom had buying orders. From its' new high price Beading fell hack to 109%, recovered to above no and i again reacted to 109%, a fraction I under yesterday's close. Other standard rails were taken up ! particularly Union Pacific, Southern Pacific. St. Paul, New York Central. Baltimore and Ohio, Atchison, Louis ville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast 1-lne. at gains of 1 to almost Z points the HarrJUxums ljadlpg. 30,000 TROOPS NEARLY ALL OF OF CARRANZA TO FORT DOUAUMONT GUARD BORDER WON BY FRENCH Ordered Into District South of Line to Exterminate Bandits ALREADY ON THE MOVE Retirement of Co. Sibley's Ex pedition Expected to Have Beneficial Results By Associated Press Washington, D, C„ May 23.—The Carranza government has ordered 30,000 troops into the region south of ! the border to exterminate bandits, ac cording to information received to-day at the State Department. The new j troop movements are already In prog- j ress through Chihuahua. Anticipate Delay Officials here were inclined to-dav to ' anticipate a further delay by General Carranza in dispatching his new note regarding the border situation. It has ] been assumed the note would in some measure be a reply to representations sent after the Glenn Springs and 150- , quilla raids. Prompt withdrawal of, the Sibley expedition when It reached the end of the trail probably will have a beneficial effect on future nego tiations. Vernon Widder Takes Highest Honor at Central , Honor students of the senior class 'nf the Central High school were an \ nounced at the chapel exercises at I noon to-day. They are as follows: j Vernon Widder, 1)6.02; Miss Margaret to ! Yoder. *93.2.8; Miss Florence Rinken bach, 9?.12; Miss Marjorie Hause, i 92.92; Miss Margaret Campbell, 92.44; Horace Nunemaker, 92.25; Miss Cath erine Lewis, 92.13; James Mennaugh, 91.98; Miss Elizabeth Sykes. 91.37; Miss ! Ethel Bufllngton, 91.09; Miss Marlon i ; Bretz, 90.04; Miss Helen Kelley, 90.19. | The speakers selected for the com j inencement exercises are Vernon Wid der, Miss Margarette Voder, Miss Flor j ence Rlnkenbach, Miss Marjorie Hause J and Horace Nunemaker. Tries to End Life After Visit to Father's Grave Miss Ada Hart, aged 18, 1008 South ; Cameron street, attempted to commit suicide this morning at her home by drinking iodine. Members of the fam ; ily administered antidotes until the ambulance arrived and the girl was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital. She is expected to recover. On the way lo the hospital the girl told the police that she had visited her father's grave yesterday and upon returning to her home became despondent. To Discuss Consolidation of State and Atlantic Leagues Consolidation of the Pennsylvania State and Atlantic Leagues, the sea i son to start June 1, will be the propo : sitlon submitted to-night at a meet ins: lo be held at Hotel Plaza. It IS Leo Uroomes plan for settlement of further flt.anclal and territorial ! troubles, and is favored by Harris burg. Lancaster, Reading and Sha mokln of the State organization. On the Lawson side favoring the new i i organization is said to be A 1 Lawson, I Allentown, Wilmington and Paterson. if this scheme is successful, Hank Ramsey will move to Laurer's Park at 1 Reading. Paterson will be transferred to Mt. Carmel, Allentown and Wilm ington will be added to make up the eight-club circuit. An Associated Press dispatch from j Lancaster, mentions Pottsvllle, Phtl lipsburg and Easlon as newcomers to the league, but Leo Groome said he would not agree to any plan except ; what h proposed. Col. Sibley's Troops Are Back From Mexican Wilds By Associated Press Washington. May 23. Outstand ing facts in the Mexican situation to day were these: Colonel Sibley's four cavalry troops which entered Mexico nearly two weeks ago in search of the Glenn Springs and Roqulllas bandit raiders. ' were back at the border without casualties, having penetrated 186 miles Into unknown country over bad roads. They rescued two Americans and brought back five prisoners. Marlon Letcher, American consul : at Chihuahua City was due to arrive ! in Washington to-day with a full re i port on economic conditions In ' Northern Mexico. Officials under stand conditions are bad. At. Mexico City the Carranze Gov ! ernment was preparing another note 1 to be rllspntched to the United States which may contain renewal of the de mand for withdrawal of American j troops. Officers of the Judge advocate gen eral's office were examining the nilll tary law to determine whether in their opinion, 116 memhers of the Texas National Guard are subject to court martial for refusing to take the mustering oath to enter Federal serv | ice. ARMORBI) Al'TO HKHI-) j. Enroute to San Francisco on a trans continental tour, mi armed automobile , stopped in this city to-dav. The ma chine is sent out by the Eight Infantry. M. V. The machine is completely ar mored and It carries a machine' gun and an aircraft gun. 11 has room for three men, and is capable of making forty miles a* bpur over rough roada. Germans Driven From All but Small Angle of Stronghold in Fierce Attacks GAS AND FLAME FUTILE ! . Crown Prince Unable to Pene trate Trenches on Other Side of Meuse The dramatic surprise sprung by the French yesterday in attacking '.he Germans northeast of Verdun and 1 penetrating Fort Douaumont has been successfully followed up by Genera! N'ixelles forces. The Germans have ; i ?£2i„ b 1 en /! rlven fro »' all but a small <\ * l n } e nor theastern corner of ; the fort, this afternoon's bulletin from Paris claims. 1 Furious counter attacks have been I | made by the Germans in efforts to re- I Kum the trenches along the mile and a , c Ji larter fron t extending from east i of 1-ort Douaumont to the Thiaumont I I n?. 1 '" 1, cn Ptured in yesterday's assault. [ only success of the Germans, ac- 1 j cording to Paris, however, was the re- ! of a P° a "ion to the north of | the Thiaumont farm. t'w; (ias and Flame , 2 1 , 1 \ ho fe^her - sidp of the Meuse the , battle lias lost nothing in the intensity ! j which has characterized it for the last I : da> or two. but no ground \ias changed hands as a result, the French official statement asserts. Gas and (lame at tacks were made by the Germans near ! Hill 304, one of the dominating heights in this region, but they were driven I at once from the only French trench which they succeeded in penetrating. Austrian* (Gaining The latest official bulletins on the fighting along the Austro-Itaiian front j indicate that the Austrian* are con-' tinning to gain ground in their drive ; in the Southern Tyrol. The current Austrian report claims I important successes on the : plateau, east of the Astico Valley. The j official statement from Home, while recording the repulse of Austrian at- I tacks in other sectors. «s silent as to [Continued on Cage I] GIVEN ORDKR OF BLACK EAGLE I By Associated Press London. May 23. Clemens Del-1 1 hrueck, who resigned as minister of the Interior on the plea of ill health, j has been decorated by the Emperor j ; with the Order of the Black Eagle, ! according to advices from Berlin. !n lift i« HONOR STUDENTS 1 "Sf Harrisburg.—Honor members of the liarrisburg Teach- 1 ers Training Class were named to-day as follows: Miss Jb Louise Auchinbaugh, Miss Margaret Murray, Miss Mary 1 Black, Miss Esther Wieseman, and Miss Bessie Bennett. i METHODISTS ENDORSE SUFFRAGE V. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 23.—The Rev. Alexander £ flp ; P. Camphor, of Birmingham, Ala., was elected negro mis- 4 v iionary bishop for Liberia, Africa, by the Methodist General I I Conference, On the motion of Federal Judge Henry W. Ir Ro. e.s, of New Haven, Conn., a resolution was adopted 1 amid applause indorsing woman suffrage. Only six dc!c- 9 gates voted in opposition. f / AMBLER TO SUCCEED JOHNSON? « Harrisburg.—lt was reported at the Capitol to-day 1 Governor Br.: was giving j rrious consideration t;■ a { the suggestion ox appointment of Speaker Charles A. Am'-- i ler, of Montgomery, to succeed Charles Johnson as incur- ( > J ance c< | j A afternoon and the report could not be confirmed. | SCHWAB FREE TO ACQUIRE PA. STEEL CO. ' ' i* Newark, N. J., May 23.—Judge Rellstab in the Federal Court rere to-day denied the application of Clarence H.' ' Venner for an injunction to enjoin the acquisition of the | Pennsylvania Steel Company's properties by the Bethlehem * » j Steel Corporation, The restraining order issued recently was vacated. The decision leaves the Bethlehem corpor ■ ' 1 ation free to proceed with the acquisition of Pennsylvania & Steel. ' ' I Washington, May 23.—President Wilson to-day nom 1 i inated James Houlihan, of Pittsburgh, as appraiser of me- * chandise in District No. 12. B. F. Davis, of Lancaster, Pa.. ; was nominated as collector of internal revenue in'the Nir h 1 J District. Washington, May 23.—President Wilson sent to the | ► State Department to-day the completed draft of the new note to Great Britain protesting against interference with . > American mails. , Harrisburg.—John Fackler, struck by an auto .Friday, < j died to-day. ' ' , ( MARkIIAG E UCtNSLS «? I I'nul Hfrnmn llrucltl, city, nnil Mnrgnret (ienevleve t nmphell, Stcelton. < I 1 Inrenee M. HopfUfll anil Uarrlrl Itolilftnun, eity. I Ko»« Weiley Gumpfr, Penbrook, and Kthrl M. Valentine, Progren. C? CITY EDITION 14 PAGES ROOT OR HUGHES FOR PRESIDENT IS VIEW OF LEADERS But It Is Conceded That Roose velt's Voice Will Be Weighty at Chicago MAY DICTATE PLATFORM Colonel Meets Friends at Home and Takes Fling at Hughes Advices from Washington and New York seem to indicate the nomination \ of Root or Hughes as the Republican candidate for the Presidency. These reports go further—they involve an agreement between Colonel Roosevelt ; and the political leaders of the Re publican party which contemplate* the selection of Root should the Colonel's nomination be Inadvisable and a pledge to support Roosevelt at the expiration of the Root term. Always keeping in mind the advent 1 of a "dark horse" these prognostica tors believe that before the convention opens the impossibility of a inajorit} for any candidate except Root oi ! Hughes will be brought home to those who have the nominating power. • They believe that Mr. Root's fidelity to the party and the knowledge of where he stands on every issue now before tl"2 country are goint; into con test with Justice Hughes' coldness to organization methods and the doubt that exists as to where he stands on national and international question*. The Root adherents choose to believe that their candidate will be the benc i ficiary of the final analysis of availa [Contnued on Page 14.] Cummins Unopposed in la.; Many Voting For Roosevelt By Associated Press St. Paul. Minn., May 23.—Senator Albert B. Cummins, of lowa, was un opposed on the Republican presiden- i tial ballot in the South Dakota >»rl mary to-day. but in many sectlon.- voters declared their intention of writ- j ling in the name of Colonel Roosevelt. I President Wilson was unopposed on 1 the Democratic ticket. The Democratic delegates will go to ! the national convention pledged to 1 Wilson. The Republicans, while pledged to Cummins as first choice i will go to the national convention with | the understanding they are free to act • individually If it becomes apparan: Cummins cannot be nominated.
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