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KLINCK TRIAL DRAGS; JURY CHOjCESLOW Special. Venire Dwindles as Opposing Sides Clash in Selections. JUDGE SCORES EXCUSES Criticises Business Men for Avoiding Service; Eleven Men in Box. With the supply of available talesmen running low again, slow progress was made again today in the selection of a jury to try Earl Klinck, Evansville, former lieutenant of D. C. Stephenson, in Criminal Court today. Klinck is charged with being an to the illegal use of a notary’s seal. Special Judge Thomas E. Garvin attempted to avoid delay incident to the gathering of another special venire, which was ordered two days ago, by urging business men to stop making excuses to get out of jury service and do their civic duty. New Venire Is Drawn “I left my business to go to France, when my duty as a citizen called,” said the judge. “It does look as if you business men could sacrifice a few hours for jury service.” Shortly before noon adjournment the jury commissioners completed the drawing of the new venire of fifty names and they were sent to the sheriff for immediate service. The trial was halted Wednesday afternoon because of the lack of talesmen. Judge Garvin ordered forthwith subpoenaes issued for fifteen men who had failed to be excused or respond. Eight of these fifteen were found and were in court this morning. At noon, however, there appeared little immediate prospect of obtaining a jury/ Seven talesmen had been dismissed during the morning five on preemptory challenge by the defense. State still has ten preemptory challenges and defense five Several Are Challenged Those peremptorily challenged by the defense were Herman P. Lieber, merchant and city councilman, 1415 Central Ave., who said he has been actively opposed to the Ku-Klux Klan and such men as Klinck; Harry Rasmussen, 3114 College Ave., financial manager of the Indianapolis Electrical Supply Company; C. E. Ruschaupp, 1704 N. Pennsylvania St., canner; P. A. Wood, 27 Johnson Ave., president of Meigs Publishing Company, and Ira A. Minnich, president of the National Dry Kiln Company. Francis Hndrickson, 47 Whittier PL, tailor, was excused on ground of prejudice and William C. Smith, 1220 N. Olney Ave., contractor, because of ill health. Eleven Men In Box The eleven in the jury box at noon: Robert G. Patterson, 4141 Carrollton Ave., president Automobile Service Company: Simon Zeller, 3055 N. Meridian St., coal business; IWilliam F. Off, 3851 Washington Blvd., metal worker; Ray Smith Acton, R. R. A-l, farmer; E. J. Schneiders, 2336 N. Illinois St., combustion engineer; Ralph Doriot, 606 E. Thirty-Second St., barber; Ross H. Wallace, 1840 N. Pennsylvania St., president Aetna Trust Company; Harry Reid, 1717 E. Twenty-Fifth, Negro, chauffeur; Ernest Cline, R. R. M., farmer; James Barber, R. R. C., Box 433, miller; Fred Buesking, Cumberland, retired fanner. The State expects to show Klinck procured a false affidavit in a plot to get Editors Boyd Gurley of The Indianapolis Times and Thomas H. Adams of the Vincennes Commercial indicted by the Federal grand Jury. Forged Name Detected The affidavit purported to be a repudiation by William Rogers, 2313 W. Washington St„ of his testimony before the Reed investigating committee at St. Louis in which he declared that Senator James E. Watson had shown him a membership card in the inner council of the KuKlux Klan. k The repudiation affidavit stated Rogers had been paid to testify by Gurley and Adams in an effort to “frame Watson.” The scheme fell flat when it developed that the wrong middle initial had been used in Rogers’ forged signature.

TALK HOSPITAL PLANS Architect and Slack Confer on New City Unit. Herbert Foltz, of the architectural firm of Foltz, Osier and Thompson, 704 J. F. Wild Bldg., today conferred with Mayor L. Ert Slack on the city hospital building program. Slack and the health board are considering selection of an architect to draw plans and specifications (or the new hospital units. Foltz’s firm won second prize in the contest for an architect to design hospital improvements in 1912. Charles Brossman, consulting engineer, conferred with Slack Thursday about the proposed new power qnit. \

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Pacific Fliers Are Near Goal; ‘Queen s’ Flight Is Blocked

Kingsford-Smith Expects to Reach Australian Shores Tonight. United Press Special Correspondent BRISBANE, Australia, June 9 (Saturday.)—The, Southern Cross was speeding safely along'the last half of its course from the Fiji Islands to Australia early this morning, after riding through the worst storms of its Pacific flight. The fliers reported their position by radio to Sydney as 498 miles out from Brisbane at 2 a. m. Saturday. “All Is well,” the message said. “We are making good time now. The weather is fine.” For the first few hours out of Suva the plane encountered perfect flying conditions. The only difficulty during that stage of the flight was trouble with the radio generator. Brisbane Prepares Welcome Brisbane, the final goal of his con-tinent-to-continent flight, made ready to welcome Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and his three comrades as the greatest heroes of the hour. The sturdy silver-winged plane, which left the Fiji Islands this afternoon, was expected to reach the shores of Australia at 8:30 a. m. Saturday (6:30 p. m. Friday, E. D. TANARUS.) It left Suva, Fiji Islands, at 2:55 p. m. (10:55 p. m. Thursday, E. D TANARUS.). Friday night, long before the hour of arrival, hundreds began flocking to the landing field to greet the four air adventurers, as they end their triumphal 7,351-mile journey across the sea. Short Hop to Sydney After their arrival here, only a 500-mile land hop to Sydney lies ahead of Captain Kingsford-Smith, Capt. Cha.les T. P. Ulm, Navigator Harry Lyon and Radio Operator James Warner. One of the greatest homecoming celebrations in the country’s history awaits the two idolized Australian pilots and their American companions. All Government stations, by special order, were standing by for signals from Radio Operator Warner, and thousands of amateur operators along the coast sat at their posts listening for word of the plane’s progress. Calls for 100-Mile Speed Captain Kingsford-Smith expected to make the flight from Suva to Brisbane in nineteen or twenty hours, he said That would call for an average speed of 95 to ICO miles an hour. But .since the gasoline load was much lighter than cn the two previous Pacific jumps, it was believed the Southern Cross would have no trouble adhering to the faster schedule. The fuel tanks had 808 gallons when the ship took off from Naselai beach, where it had been delayed a day. The message received from the plane 'showed the joy with which the two Australians were anticipating the return to their homeland.

Trouble With Compass They reported that they had trouble with one of their compasses, “bu(j refused to worry about it.” The radio generator also went bad, but their messages did not stop. Apparently they were using reserve batteries. “Please thank all those who sent us cables of congratulation at Honolulu and Suva,” one of the messages said. “We have not been able to thank them individually. We are happy as larks up here. Cheerio.” Perfect weather favored the fliers as the huge Fokker plane roared over the last ocean leg of its long voyage. The Australian government took every precaution for the safety of the fliers in event of a forced landing at sea. The destroyer Anzac was ordered to cruise along the plane's course. All ships at sea immediately were notified of the take-off and asked to stand by if an emergency should arise. TESTIFY TO THREATS Defense Witness Heard at Murder Trial In Martinsville. By United Press MARTINSVILLE, Ind., June B. Defense attorneys in the trial of Charles Blackstone today continued to introduce evidence, which was designed to prove that Blackstone shot Ed Stewart to death only after his life had been threatened by Ed and Wayne Stewart. The latter was wounded by Blackstone at the time his brother was killed. Several witnesses were Introduced today who testified that the Stewarts threatened to "wreck Blackstone’s place.” It was expected the defendant would testify in his own behalf sometime today. quitTarties for~drys M. E. Church in South Vote to Back Any Anti-Wet. Bn United Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 3. —Resolutions in favor of a dry for President regardless of party lines were passed by the district conference of Methodist Episcopal churches, South, here. Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, Governor Ritchie of Maryland, and Senator Reed of Missouri, were attacked by the speakers.

Mabel 801 l Is Faced With New Setback Because of Ignoring Rules. By United Press ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. 1.. June B.—The plan of Miss Mabel Bml to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, retarded yesterday when the monoplane Columbia was forced to turn back to Roosevelt field because of fog, faced another setback today. Miss 801 l and her two pilots, Oliver C. Leboutillier and Arthur Argles, had planned to start northward again today, probably for Old Orchard, Maine, from where the trans-Atlantic start would be made. Lieut. Henry B. Clark, commandant of Roosevelt field, said he would not permit the Columbia to leave Roosevelt field today under any circumstances. Roosevelt field has the only runway long enough for a heavily-loaded plane to get away. Clark criticised Charles A. Levine, owner of the Columbia, for using the runway at the field yesterday without obtaining permission. When the start for Old Orchard was made, the Columbia was wheeled from Curtis Field to the runway and a start for Old Orchard made at 6:15 a. m. “If necessary we will employ revolvers to keep intruders off the field,” Clark said in announcing his opposition to Levine's action. Friendship Must Wait By United Press ST. JOHNS, N. F„ June 8.-*The slender advantage Miss Amelia Earhart and the crew of the airplane Friendship had in their race for a trans-Atlantic airplane ( crossing seemed destroyed today. Although their competitor, Miss Mabel 801 l and the crew of the monoplane Columbia still were at Curtiss field. Long Island, while the Friendship bobs on the waters of Trepar-sey May, the Friendship has shown-’several defects. There was no possibility that the Friendship could start today. Two oil tanks were leaking on the big Fokker plane, as was one pontoon. A local tinsmith was taken out to the plane to repair the tanks. The leaks developed after the crew, racing to get away on the hazardous flight before the Columbia had arrived in this northern area, thrice had attempted to lift the big monoplane off Trepassey waters.

RESTRICT FIREWORKS Sale to Children Under 12 Is Prohibited. Fireworks may be placed on display any time after June 20, but may not be delivered until after July 1, Alfred Hogston, State fire marshal, has announced. “The display must be made In such a waj that there Is no danger of the goods being exploded by the rays of the sun or other agency," said Hogston. "This may be done by putting fireworks in non-inflammable containers which are completely enclosed. “No fireworks capable of causing serious injury to persons shall be sold, and none to children under 12.” 64 ALIENS GET PAPERS Granted Citizenship in United States by Federal Judge. Sixty-four persons took the. oath of allegiance to the United States and were granted final citizenship papers today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell.

REPORT CITY FAMILIES MAROONED BY WATER

Several families are marooned in their homes near Twenty-Third St. and Keystone Ave. by water collected in swampy lowlands there, police were notified today. Capt. Jesse McMurtry ordered district patrolmen to determine if the police boat was needed for rescue work. Police Chief Claude m' Worley ordered a squad to patrol the White River levee, north of the city and along Warfleigh, where past floods have occurred to warn of danger of seepage or floods. There is little danger of a serious flood here or at other Indiana points, however, unless the rainfall is considerably heavier than it was this morning, J. H. Armington, United State Weather Bureau head, said. 1

NOBILE FELL OFF THIS FLAT EARTH, SAYS VOLIVA

By Times Special CHICAGO, June B.—“ The earth is a pancake and Nobile and his crew have fallen off, it’s very simple,” Wilbur Glenn Voliva, "head man” of Zion City, said today. Volvia has just returned from a 19,000-mile tour of the world. His trip, he says, has only served to convince him that the earth is flat and that everybody since Columbus has had the wrong idea.

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TWO ROBBERS GET $550 IN STORE HOLDUP Pair Lock Merchant in His Back Room and Make Escape With Loot. $3,000 ROLL IS MISSED Bandits Wait Proprietor’s Return With Money to Cash Checks. Two bandits, corresponding in description in some respects to those who took the $1,600 pay roll of the Indianapolis Country Club last week, obtained SSOO at 10 a. m. today, in a daring robbery of Nathan Wolf, 3703 Washington Blvd., in his general store at 1214 N. Senate Ave. The bandits neglected to search Wolf and he saved $3,000 in currency in his pockets. Wolf cashes checks for Stutz Motor Car Company employes on pay day. The plant is near by. This is pay day. About 9:45, three men stopped near the store in an old Ford roadster, according to John Culp, Negro, living across the street. Two Men Enter Store Two men alighted and walked back and forth in front of the store until about 10 a. m., when Wolf drove up from the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company branch bank at Sixteenth and Illinois Sts., where he had drawn $3,500. The two bandits stepped Inside the store as if they were seeking shelter from the rain, just before Wolf came in. As Wolf walked through the door they pulled automatic pistols and commanded him to throw his hands in the air and “give us the money.” Throws Down Cash Sack Wolf flipped his arms upward, but threw a money sack containing S4OO in currency and SIOO in silver over a counter. The bandits forced Wolf, Mrs. Claude McLean, 1127 Eugene St., cashier; Robert Young, 115 W. Twelfth St., and Mrs. Charles Heaton, 120 W. Twelfh St., clerks, into a rear room and bolted the door. Then they took SSO out of the cash drawer, retrieved the sack of money and joihed their companion in the old roadster. They drove south. Ten minutes later ar unidentified Negro boy came in the store and released the prisoners. Bandit Wears Slicker The bandit in the car wore a yellow slicker. One of those who entered the store was about 5 feet 5 inches in height, slender and between 25 and 30 years of age. He wore a dark cap, blue suit and light shirt. The other was about 5 feet 10 inches in height, slender, about the same age, and wore a Tight brown suit and dark brown hat.

GOLD IN PENNSYLVANIA Paying Quantities of Ore Found in Snyder County. By United Press SELIN SC' ROVE, Pa., June B. Gold has been found in the mountains of Snyder County, near here, and in paying quantities. Chemists at Susquehanna University here analyzed the ore. The certified analysis of the gold showed ‘a content ranging from $31.50 to S4O per ton, while the silver content was placed at $9.36 per ton.

From 7 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. the fall had been .63 inch. The weather bureau gauge at Tenth St. at 7 a. m. showed the river at 7.4 feet and falling, he said. White River was at flood stage at Edwardsport. It will be rising here by Saturday. The only large stream in the State reported at flood stage is the lower west fork of White River, he said. Armington predicted colder weather and probably more rain Saturday. Temperatures likely will be 8 to 10 degrees lower than today, he said. Today’s 7 a. m. temperature of 58 was 8 degrees below normal. Today’s weather was normal weather for the first of October, Armington said.

Everything is simple for Voliva. “Mark my words,” he boomed, “the same thing will happen to Commander Byrd if he tries to fly over the south pole. The south pole is near the edge of the world and if he flies over that he will never come back.” Voliva had visited Monte Carlo, he admitted, but it bored him; it was too easy. “If I had played there I would have had all the money in no

Flood Prevents Parents From Recovering Body of Only Son

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Merrill Butterfield (inset, left), 16, and Henry Navarra (inset, right), 17, slipped away from Broad Ripple High School Wednesday for a day out of doors. Henry had crossed the Monon trestle over White River (shown above) when he heard the whistle of an approaching train. His chum Merrill was

High Waters Balk Search for Youth Drowned in White River. The rain and rising waters of White River today continued to hold the body of their only child from Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Butterfield. R. R. M, box 124. Merrill Butterfield. 18. was drowned in White River Thursday when he fell from the Monon trestle north of Broad Ripple, into the stream. With Navarra. 17. Cold Spring Rd., he had stolen away from his classes at Broad Ripple High School to romp outdooors. Frightened by the whistle of an approaching passenger train, he is believed to have fallen as he jumped to the side of the trestle. Police today attempted to launch a boat to drag for the body, but the swift current of the swollen stream prevented them. Several hours’ efforts to locate the body wth poles failed. Further efforts to find the body will be impossible until the flood waters subside. “He was our only help,” the boy’s father said when told of the drowning. The boy assisted his father operate the small truck farm on which the family lives.

HEARS! FOR HOOVER Coolidge Is Out of Race, Says Statement. By Times Special LOS ANGELES, June B.—William Randolph Hearst, in a statement made public here last night, announced that he favored the nomination of Herbert Hoover for President at the Republican national convention in Kansas City next week. % “Anyone who knows President Coolidge knows that he will refuse the nomination,” said Heart’s statement. "With the President definitely out of the race, and Secretary Mellon refusing to allow the use of his name, the Hearst newspapers find the one man most capable of carrying on the policies of the Coolidge administration to be Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce.” SAFETY BOARD, SLACK DISCUSS 1929 BUDGET Department Heads to Submit List of Requirements. Robert F. Miller, Ira P. Haymaker and Fred W. Connell, board of safety members, today conferred with Mayor L. Ert Slack on the 1929 budget. The board has directed department heads to prepare estimates of the funds required to operate the coming year. Fred W. Connell, board president. announced the board received numerous letters commending the order that busses obsepe speed and traffic laws. Connell indicated the board would abolish right and left turns at downtown corners on Washington St., between Capitol Ave. and Pennsylvania St., for the benefit of pedestrians desiring to cross the intersection.

time,” he said. “It was too easy for me—it requires no brains. I would not waste time with it. "Why would I have taken all the money? Simply because I am a success. lam a success at anything I turn my hand to. Didin’t I start with 83 cents in 1907 and have somewhere around $15,000,000 in 1920?” Voliva had thought of visiting the former Kaiser, he said, but

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jhst starting across. Henry shouted a warning and looked away. When he looked back Merrill was struggling in the swollen high waters of the river. “I think I can make it,” Merrill cried. Henry looked toward the train again and when he glanced back his’ chum had disappeared, drowned in the turbulent waters.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO TIMES FOR WINNING HIGH HONOR

Pulitzer Award Seen as Boon to City; Howard and Gurley Speak. The Chamber of Commerce today paid tribute to The Indianapolis Times for winning the 1928 Pulitzer medal. Boyd Gurley, editor, and Roy W. Howard, chairman of the board of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, were honor guests at the weekly open forum luncheon with other Times executives. Howard came here from New York City for the luncheon, devoted exclusively to recognizing the honor which The Times brought to the city in winning the prize, awarded for the "most disinterested and meritorious public service by an American newspaper during the year.”

Miller Praise*'. Times President Dick Miller declared the Chamber appreciates the honor of paying tribute to “the great newspaper in our midst,” for bringing the name of Indianapolis before the Nation by such occasion. He introduced Meredith Nicholson, author and city councilman, who as permanent chairman, he presented Gurley and Howard. Gurley discussed the political corruption crusade which resulted in the winning of the Pulitzer prize. Howard said, in part: “In expressing our great pleasure in the honor today extended Boyd Gurley and the staff of The Indianapolis Times, I want also to voice some appreciation of the progressive spirit of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce as evidenced at this luncheon. Objectives Identical “Your action seems to me to be k: keeping with the spirit of the times and to evidence an appreciation of the fact that when functioning properly your objectives and those of a truly progressive newspapet should be identical. “This luncheon seems to me to signalize the passing of the day when a Chamber of Commerce was regarded as a cathedral of reactionaryism and the editor of a newspaper was supposed to be loafing on his job unless he functioned as the leader of a perpetual lynching bee.” Tribute to Gurley Remarking that no healthy newspaper likes to knock .Howard declared it is not always “possible for a newspapeerto boost any more than it is possible for an individual to exist as a discipleof Pollyanna in these aggressive, highly competitive days.” Howard paid tribute to Gurley as one of the “outstanding editors of the Scripps-Howard organization.” He also spoke in detail of the principles and policies of the Scripps-Howard organization and explained the system under which its newspapers are conducted. Hourly Temperatures 7a. m.... 58 11 a. m.... 57 Ba. m.... 58 12 (noon).. 58 9a. m.... 58 Ip. m.... 59 10 a. m.... 56

decided that, too, would be a waste of time. “Besides, I learned he was not in Holland at all, as the world believes, but back in Germany,” he explained. He announced a plan to send some workers to Africa from Zion City. Residents of Africa, particularly the savages, need light, he said, though he did not contend they are so ignorant as to thin kthe world is round.

O. K. on Kisses

NEW YORK. June B.—Magistrate F. J. Kroehl ruled it was legal for a man to kiss his sweetheart in a motion picture show when Dennis McMorrow brought a complaint against Albert Reynolds, usher, who tried to evict McMorrow just after the latter kissed his girl companion.

INDIANA WOMAN ADMITSJLAYING Plea Ends Trial of Warsaw Resident. By United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., June B.—The trial of Marguerite Bumbaugh, Warsaw, Ind., ended abruptly today when her attorneys pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, and Prosecutor George H. Bookwalter agreed to dismiss murder charges against her two brothers, Harry and Judd. The three had been held on joint first degree murder charges for the slaying of Walter H. Cook, Niles, (Mich.), manufacturer, March 30. Miss Bumbaugh shot him, she claimed, after he had cast her aside after ten years of illicit love. Miss Bumbaugh is subject to from three to fifteen years in the Detroit House of Correction. Sheriff Fred G. Bryan announced she would be taken to the institution Monday.

THROW OUT BALLOTS 273 Votes Found Illegal in One Precinct. Two hundred and twenty Republican and fifty-three Democratic ballots were thrown out by recount commissioners Thursday in recounting the votl in the Twenty-third Precinct of the Fourth Ward. Thus far Congressman Ralph Updike has gained eighty-three votes in the recount asked by his defeated opponent, Archibald M. Hall. Henry R. Campbell, county surveyor, who also asked a recount, has gained forty-seven. He was defeated by Paul R. Blown. HOOSIEITdIES IN CRASH Gary Man Killed When Bus Hits Auto. By United Press DETROIT, June B.—A motor bus bringing back the Detroit police band from the G. A. R. State convention at Kalamazoo, collided with a sedan one mile west of here early today, killing the driver of the sedan. The dead man was identified by a driver’s license as Dean P. Robertson, 40, of 650 Hartison St., Gary, Ind. He was alone. His machine was cut in two. TAX HEARINGS SET Dates Arranged for Appeals on Assessments. The county board of review today set the following dates for hearing appeals and complaints on real estate tax assessments from the various townships: Pike, June II; Decatur, June 12; Lawrence, June 13; Franklin, June 14; Warren, June 15; Perry, June 16; Washington, June 18, 19, 20; Wayne, June 21, 22, 23: Center, June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

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HOOVER GAINS STRENGTH AS PARLEYNEARS All Developments Point to Early Nomination of Secretary. MELLON AID EXPECTED Pennsylvania Support Will Swell Vote Total to 640. By Times Special WASHINGTON. June B.—Three distinct political developments here within the last twenty-four hours gave further encouragement to leaders working for the nomination of Secretary Herbert Hoover at Kansas City next week. Representative Theodore E. Burton, ardent Hoover leader in the Ohio battle, conferred with President Coolidge, then with Hoover and immediately announced he would be a candidate for Senator in Ohio. The United Press learned Hoover privately had expressed sympathy with planks being written for the platform by Senator Borah of Idaho. The planks concern prohibition, political campaign collec-v tions, farm relief and foreign affairs. While no agreement was even suggested, it generally is understood Borah will support Hoover if Hoover’s leaders in the convention support his planks. First Ballot Predicted There was further confirmation of reports that Everett Sanders, seci retary to Mr. Coolidge, will take a message either verbally or in writing to the Kansas City convention. The message is expected to be used to dissuade certain Republican leaders who are said to be working to draft Mr. Coolidge for the nomination. The three developments had no direct connection, but the Hoover leaders pieced them together to substantiate their arguments that Mr. Coolidge would not permit the convention to nominate him and that the anti-Hoover forces are showing signs of weakening. It was predicted Hoover might go over on the first ballot.

Count on Mellon Among those who made this prophecy was Ogden L. Mills, undersecretary of the treasury and a delegate from New York. A last-minute checkup of the New York delegation, which National Committeeman Charles D. Hilles hopes to swing to Coolidge, convinced Mills that Hoover would receive the necessary 545 votes on the first roll call. “As exact an analysis as I can make,” he said, “makes me believe that Hoover will have the nomination before the last State has been called.” The Hoover people claim that, with Pennsylvania’s seventy-nine votes, they will have 640 votes on the first ballot. They are confident that Secretary Mellon <WII be found voting his delegation for the Secretary of Commerce without any delay. In this prospect the Hooverites see slight chance of success for the die-hard faction led by Hilles and William M. Butler, Republican national chairman. New York Question Despite Hilles’ efforts to block Hoover by resorting to Coolidge’s name, it is predicted that fifty New Yorkers will repudiate his strategy. It is understood Hilles plans to aks the delegation to vote for the President merely as a complimentary gesture, and such a -equest may be difficult to deny for a delegation including many Federal officeholders. But even in the face of such a course, it is believed that Hoover’s strength among the New York delegation will be more than half the total.

Farm Faction Silent Other developments regarded as favorable to Hoover are the seating of most of his contested delegates and the silence which seems to have fallen over the Agrarian camp of Lowden. Watson and Dawes. Many political observers pointed out that recent history shows that the man who controls the national committee usually wins the nomination. The delegate contests have shown Hoover’s friends to be in the majority of the committee. The farm candidates’ reticence Is attributed to their discovery that their course was merely emphasizing the fact that nobody but Hoover can be named if the party plans to uphold the Coolidge policies. This view is expected to be impressed on the delegates even more forcibly after the battle lines are drawn next Tuesday. ROYAL BETROTHAL OFF Spanish Dictators Engagement to Heiress Is Cancaled. By United Press HENDAYE, Spanish French Frontier, June B.—The engagement between Gen. Primo De Rivera, dictator of Spain, and his helrcst sweetheart, Senorita Mercedes de Castellans, has been canceled definitely. The cancellation was confirmed to- • day.