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GOV. ALLEN OPENS-FUR GEN. WOOD

Convention Oratory Bursts Loose Today and Swarms Cheer Speakers BY GEORGE K. HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE COLISEUM. CHICAGO, Juno 11 rising to oratorical heights seldom surpassed in convention speech-making. Gov. Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, himself a candidate for the nomination, today placed the. name of Gen. Leonard "Wood before the republican nationaconven'ion . Its effect on his hearers was electrical. Gone was the apathy of the first few days, and at the first mention of the general's name, early in the speech the convention became an uproar fit cher, perspiring, excited men and women, from the well of the convention hall, with its litter of disarranged chairs, cajne a roar that set aflutter th myriads of fags which drape the huge dome. ' Gov. Allen's was a speech of warnlrg a warning that the times were perilous and would become more so and that the future of the nation for half & century hence would be influenced in a large measure by the decision made In this convention. His speech began with a warning: We meet in a grave hour" were his opening words. He closed with a warning: "If we make a mistake today, the great party may lose its major importance to the republic.' Down near the close of the speech he had reviewed in laudatory terms Gen. Wood's long and varied career. f,ov. Allen flung at them that the spirits of Washington, of Lincoln and of Roosevelt were watching. "We axe still testing.'' he declared. We are besieged by a confusion of counsellors. We hear the (!amor of the demogogue. Opportunists and t hort-sighted time-servers and men with honeyed sophistry beguile our attention. Meanwhile ' the clouds of doubt and unrest 'drift sullenly, as vapor fnm the ground. Washington. Lincoln and Roosevelt sleep, but their spirits brood over this convention, trying this gathering, if i: be in tune with the ideals off the republic ." Wheeler Nominates Johnson BY DAVID M. CHIRCH . STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE COLISEUM. CHICAGO. June 11 With the warning that the republican party will go to defeat unless it names a candidate who meets with the approval cf "'the great middle classes," Charles Stetson Wheeler, of San Francisco, today nominated Senator Hiram Johnson for the republican nomination f-r president. By every sign rf the zodiac this should be a republican year.'' said Wheeler, "but there has never been a time in the history cf the republican party when a' failure to name the right ' randidale would surely spell party def- at. CContJnued on page lx.j ROOSEVELT'S SISTER MINAT B TWT 1,1.1 AM PHILIP SIMM STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE! COLISEUM. CHICAGO, June 11 The snappiest, sharpest drawn speech of the forenoon was that of Mrs. Douglas Robinson, of New York, sister of the late Theodore Roosevelt. It was like a cameo. It brought the convention to its feet no other oratorical endeavor had dine. Speaking slowly, with perfect assurance, it was heard in the far corners of the hall. It was reminiscent f her great brother. Mrs. Robinson at once made a great appeal to the delegates . When she spoke as the representative of the treat republican leader- whose name had been repeatedly cheered, the delegates seemd to throb with motion. Mrs. Ribonson spoke in short epi-j-rainmic sentences. She snapped her words. Her voice was powerful. Women delegates and the thousands of women visitors seemed spell bound by her dignified assurance. No man had mine so near theheart of this vast assemblage of 14.000 representative Americans . She was dressed in deep mourning f-r her brother. Theodore Roosevelt. Her dress was black taffeta, modish in style, the skirt tight with flowing sash In the back. The b'tak hat was turned up at the fde and was topped off with a black feather. She began by praising Gen. Wood's qualities as a soldier. It was f'uo largely to him, she said, that the American boys went to Europe as efficient fighting machines and not canno-f odder. People often say to me these last days you want to have Gen. Wood as president because he was a friend of your brother Theodore Roosevelt. This is not true. I want Wood for president. "I want Leonard Wood for president not because he was brothers friend, but because he was my brother's type. "Gen. Wood has courage, combined with that most uncommon thing in the world, common sense.

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NOMINATING SPEECH

Running Faucets Cause Fluid Shortage South Siders Hold Indignation Meeting Last Night; Discuss the Situation. Have yr-u a little faucet running in your home0 Go right now and shut it off. According to opinions handed down at the meeting of Hammond's South Side water users last night it is the neglected faucets in summer time that are playing a large part in cutting down the pressure when it is mc-st needed for sprinkling an other purposes . Charley Dinner's soft drink place at the corner of Hohman and Kenwood was crowded with irate residents of the South Side last night when the meeting opened. Others str-od on the sidewalk with faces pressed against the windows aid screen doors. Judge J. G. Ibach acted as chairman of the session . Mayor Brown. Engineer 'Bridge. Water Supt. Blockie and other city officials were present to help the South siders solve their water shortage problem. The immediate result was the removal by the mayor of all restrictions on the use of water by residents of the territory south of Conkey ave. and west of Calumet ave. .Nearly everybo-dv- present talked at one time or another but as all questions and suggestions were directed towards Mayor Brown, he naturally had to do the greater part of the orating. The mayor proved t be a veritable encyclopaedia of facts and figures on the water plant problems and not a question was put to him that was not answered completely. The outcome of it was that the administration is r.ot being made the goat of all complaints today for he was able to show that under the prevailing conditions everything which could be done has been done to remedy matters. The mayor f poke of the need of extending the city's thirty-siv inch main all the way from the pumping station to the river but said that costs of pipe had mounted until the price was almost prohibitive even if it .ou'd be bought at all. Atop this difficulty came the refusal of the banks to make a l--an of $150,000 to the water department without the improvements would be Impossible. Two plans are under consideration for cutting more water down town. One is to enlarge the main as mentioned and the other is to construct a five foot tunnel lower than the level of the lake bottom from the lake to a point near the river. The pumping station could then be moved to the center c-t distribution while the water would flow to it by gravity. At present the friction in the trunk mains is usfng up over twenty pounds of the initial pressure before the water reaches the first branches of the distribution lines after its fr-ur mile trip to the city. The pumping station is at present hampered bv inadequate boiler capacityowing to two boilers being condemned unexpectedly this spring. One will he ready for use in about five days it is said . After the matter had 1een talked over thoroughly it was suggested that inasmuch as the South Side gets only what water is left anyway, the per-ple should be permitted to use it "whenever they can find it in the pipe." This met w:t hhearty approval and the mayor promptly granted permission, stating that he would inform the policemen to lay off of Hyde Park Aid Ken wind users. This step r-f course, will not solve the problem but will afford temporaryrelief to a certain extent. In the meantime a committee composed of Glen Peters. Charles Friedrich. Jak Schloer. Frank Martin and J. T. Osier will studv the problem and formulate further suggestions for the improvement of the service. Numerous plans were discussed for the benefit rf the water committee, among them being the cutting off of West Hammond the prohibition of all sprir.k line and Ihe installation of meters in aM h'-mes. Rosroe Woods declared that installation of meters would stop much of the waste and provide plenty of water for the citv. The This met with hearty approval and the ed that Hammond's per capita consumption is probably greater than 4ny o;ty in the state while its water is the h-w est . When the suggestion was made to cut out sprinkling a howl was raised indicating that bathing is a secondarymatter in most homes and that prettylawns are to be conserved first of all. Few kicks were registered because of inability to fill hath tuhs on the second floor. It was recl.ired that the stop sprinkling would kill a million dollars worth of lawns. Mavor Brown made the statement that he was confident that there were a thousand taps running right then in Hammond merely to cor! milk and vegetables to avoid buying ice.

THIEVES ENTER LOAN SHOP Thieves last night forced entry into the pawn shop of Charles J. Lesser, of 63 State st.. and made away with revolvers. Jewelry, traveling bags, olothinsr and furs, the total value of which will run close to $50o" .'ccordintr to Mr. Lesser the robbers sawed off the look of a basement door and entering the stairway that leads to the secc-nd floor hacked their way through the plaster walls of the main store-room. Police found a hack-saw and case in the stair-way. It is thought the thieves piled their loot in suit eases and nonchalantly walked out the front dr-or. I'etectives Einsele and Singer. to him the case has been assi-ned, feel positive they will locate the thieves within twenty-four hours.

Mcllroy Wins From O. C. Holmes Hammond Manufacturer has Lead of 78 Votes Over . Holmes at Contest End. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! CROWN POINT. IND-. June 11 Frank Mcllroy. of Hammond, in the recount contest for the nomination ot senator at the republican primaries defeated C. Oliver Holmes of Gary, by 7S votes. The recount ended this morn ing and resulted as follows:

Nedjl Mcllroy Holmes Grant Schultze Brussey Mcllri'y came within . . .4.C62 . . .4.341 . . .4,253- . . .4.111. . . 2.3SS votes leading his ticket. The contest next goes before the county commissioners at their June met ting next Monday. If either candidate elects the case may be taken to the circuit court. There -was another remarkable outstanding feature in the contest. There is only one perfect voting precinct in the county and that is at Dyer, not a single marked or mutilated ballot was found there and not a one was thrown out. Impaled On Picket Fence, Dies Shocking Automobile Accident Occurs to Marks . Employe. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES WHITING. HN'D.. June 11 Joe MCSeven? y. 636 Sixth st.. Marks subdivision, father of six children and a veteran employe of the Marks Manufacturing Co.. was instantly killed this morning when thu automobile in which he was riding plunged over an embankment and throdgh a fence. One of the fence pickets crashed through the wind-shield and pierced McStvt ny's chest. . - - According to Whiting police. McSeveney and four companions were returning from, Chicago in a Buick automobile. Careening east on Standard ave. at r. a. m . the car suddenly swerved from the road as the driver. Samuel C. Kessler. 30i Sixth St.. Mark subdivision, attempted to make the turn over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Dickey Plavc. A steep embankment paralKls the road at this point. The driver evidently lost control cf the car as it swept over the embankment and dove nose down into a heavy picket fence. McSeveney was impaled on one cf the pickets and died instantly. Other occupants cf the machine were Edwin Slusscr. 61S Sixth St.. Frank Fandmeyer. Marks Hotel, and Ernest Lirkby. 618 Sixth st. All of the men sustained minor injuries which were dressd by Dr. George H. Hoskins of Whiting. The body of McSeveney was taken to Arthur D. Hevden's undertaking establishment at 106, 113th st.. Whiting. U. S: MAKES NEW SELLING ARRANGEMENT Government House Sale Plan in Hammond Has Lower Term's Now. Th sale of Government Houses at I-ynd -ra continues with a greater interest shown by Hammond people than .it any time since the sale commenced. In order to make it possible for a larger number of workers to buy, Frank ?4artin. selling representative recomI mended th.it ihr. tprirn r.r i, ?.;-f ual houses be made lower. He has just received authority to make sales for only $230.oo cash down and balance to be paid at the rate of l per cent, which included interest at 6 per i-'nt. This will be good news to a large number people who wanted to take arvantatre f the low prices but could nr-t make the first payment. The housing shortage is becoming more acute o cry day. Only about one third of tli" houses needed are being buiit this y ear in Hammond. The firm of Gostlin. Meyn & Hastings have announced the securing of several newfactories in aditic-n to those alreadybreaking, ground and getting started. This means that Hammond will continue. Its rhenominal growth of the past five years and the -next census should show a population of from 60,000 to 75.000 people. Unless all theelements interested in the city's growth get together on a progressive building program with builders assured of sufficient loans, our possible growth wfc be hampered, there will be a great conjestion of people an drents will be forged sky high.' The future of Iftimmrnd is at stake and all hammers should be buried and every citizen should be a BOOSTER and all sectional feelings should be subordinated to the spirit of a "GREATER HAMMOND." DON'T BE MISLED Watch for the second announcement of the Eye Opener sale of the Hammond Furniture Co.. J. Arkin. manager 242 East State st . It -w ill mean a saving of many dollars to you. 6-11 TRY A "TIMES WANT AO'

THE BETTINGWAS LIGHT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO, Junr Jl IlrititiK on who Ihr contention will name us itx eliolre for president was an Imrtl to And thin morning UM the traditional lirn'n tooth. The good old fashioned roll of bunk note nhirh uaril to drift around n convention, wrrc hriiiK carefully out of night. One promlnrnt member of the PcnnKj lvnnitt delegation who would rather bet than ent. offered 5 lit :t on Sproul, but he admitted lie -wni Inking n long thnin e. Ite.il hettius on any of the proopecllve J-ltiaten was not in night.

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The morning record of the day's session at the Coliseum is as follows: Gov. Allen nominated Wood. 56 minutes of cheering followed. Frank Knox of New Hampshire, seconded Wood nomination. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, a sister of Theodora Roosevelt, also seconded Wood's nomination. Rep. W. A. Rodenburg. of Illinois, nominated Gov. Frank o. Ijowden. Illinois' favorite son. after Arkansas had yielded to Illinois. He concluded at 11 ilb't another big demonstrated started. Congressman McGuire. of Oklahoma started a parade carrying a pretty gul on his shoulders. Delegates joined in the processioTi which wat fllmej for the movies. During the wild Lowden de monst ration, during wrfich th- delegates m lied about the aises bearing Louden pictures and banners, there was cod conferences in the iar rf the Coliseum among Senators Sr.ioot, Borah and o'.her leaders. There was an indication that some trading wms going on. No one of the principals would talk to reporters . Neither Pennsylvania nor New York joined in th Low-den demonstration. J. B. Kealing. of Indiana. aru-nt j Lowden booster, appeared on platform and grinned. . When demonstration lasted 4 minutes. Senator. Beveridge. acting for Lodge, tried to call convention to order. He finally squelched noi.se. C. E . PIt' .cf. Io-. a, serendei Lovrn' . i tion , i Mrs Fletcher Dvbyns of Illinois seconded Lowden's nomination. Gov. Edwin Morrow, s.e.;onded the Lowden nomination. Charles S. Wheeler of California was recognized by the chair and nominated Hiram Johnson of California. The chair had to pound for order to keep the crowd from interfering with Wheeler's speech. Cries of "What happened in California four years ago' were heard. When Wheeler said the country n eded a "two-fisted" nan to take the place of Theodore Roosevelt in fighting the country's battles, here were cries of ' Wood." "Lowden." as well as "Johnson . " Wheeler was razz-; 1 by the .ludicnee. He finished speaking at 1:12 and a demonstration began, California delegates leading. Not so much cheering as there was for other candidates. The tumultous Johnson demonstration lasted .6 minutes. Hiram Johnson. Jr.. led it. wavine a flag. Lead by his little son. Th"S. Schall. Minnesota's blind congressman, seconded Johnson's nomination. A huge portrait of Johnson was dropped from the ba -k gallery and thu convention was a sea of flags. Richard Dougherty, of New Jersey, seconded Johnson. Charles P. O'Neill. of Michigan, seconded Johnson. Mrs. Katherine Phillips Edson of Los Angeles, seconded Johnson. Colorado pasted. Connecticut yielded to Massachusetts . I'. H. Giliett of Massachussett s placed the name of Gov. Calvin Coolidge in nomination. It is rrporttd that Maiding refuses to run as vice-president on a ticket with Johnson. Dorah refused to second nomination because he cannot talk longer than five minutes. The Coolidge demonstration when Giliett finished lasted 30 seconds. Miss Alexander Pfcffer Carlisle, an actress and a relative of Coolidee's, sceonded the nomination. Delaware passed. Florida yielded to North Carolina. Senator Putler nominated Judge J. IC- Pritchard. during great confusion. Talk flowed from the platf-rm inceasinaly . No one seconded Pritchard's n-im'.nji tion . All states including Indiana, passed down to New York . Ogden Mills, of New- York, put Dr. Nicholas Butler in nomination. k F. L DOES NOT LIKE BY MILDRED MORRIS STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICE MONTREAL June 11 Many delegates to the A. F. of L. convention today expressed indignation over the labor plank adopted by the republican national convention at Chicago. Daniel Tobin. of Indianapolis, treasurer of the Federation, predicted a third party movement by organized labor if the democrats at San Francisco do not adopt a p,Uink more favorable to labor. A resolution pledging the aid of the Federation to the transportation strikers in New York was introduced. TRY A "TIMES .WANT AD"

LABOR PLANK

I CHICAGO. June 11 Harry S. New j senior V ni ted States senator from In-i I diana. is wearing his broadest smile. ,' Once Senator New was chairman of the national committee and the hardj est job ho had w as to silence the clam- ; or for tic kets. This year the clamor is create! than ever before, but Seni ator New doesn't have to do any silencing . "The reason that I was for Lowden for president in the Indiana primaries was because I know him and we are both in the cattle business." explained Tom (Irani, of Lak county. But Mr. Grant is a Wood mart now. He feels that the people of Indiana wish Leonard Wood, and Tom is for the people ail cf .the time . Western Vruon blanks provided for press correspondents at the convention :-h writ a faint picture of tw At the Kentucky headquarters. "My granddad was a descendant of Daniel Boone and one of the first kt'ttlers of Kentucky, sahf 6'f phani-?, t. itii. ir en tl-.c.i haunches facing each other and with their trunks intertwined above, the letters, "G. O. P." Couldn't hardly tell whether the elephants were pulling and tugging at each other or what was mtrant by the grins on the elephants' faces. Maybe the artist had been reading about the puzzled fighting going on intraparty. After sermtr hs secretary of the Indiana republican state convention a lew- days ago, and having an easy time- of it. Clem J. Richards, of Terre Haute, imagined he would like some of the same kind of business here. Rut after giving the pob of assistant secretary of the convention the "once over," Clem decided he would rather dig coal. As he has all the tickets he. can possibly use, Mr. Richards preferred to let some one else do tae work. A rube delegate, whom no one ever would suspect of being a close observer, remarked: "Suppose there must be something in Chicago that makes 'em all thick in the ankle." Ray Lyman Wilbur, presider.t of I. eland Stanford I'niversity. Herbert Hoover's alma maUr, has arrived here. He asserts that Hoover will be nominated because "the delegates likely will nominate the most worthyman and that is Hoover" which may be the scholastic view. Wir.f.eld T. Durbin. of Anderson, formerly governor of Indiana. is meeting many ( the old-time politicians with whom he has taken part in national republican conventions for many years. Also, he met a number of men with whom he soldiered in the war with Spain, and two or three who were comrades of his in th" civil war. "There is nothing like a national convent ion to link the past with the present." said Mr. Durbin. It is expected that J. Frank Hanly, Samuel M. Ralston, and Thomas R. Marshall, also ex-Governor of Indiana, will be here before the week is ended . William G. McAdoo is here watching the selection ef the candidate who may be his eppof.ent in the race for the White House. Mm. McAdoo is also prese nt . Tric tAVaTit m iscjwl a rrtn vpntinn In forty yeara.

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Chicago society has lost interest in the convention and turned its atten

tion to a horse: show. William Howard Taft is to arrive in ton today, and it is anne.unoed he won't even go near the convention. He is Westward bound on business other than political. Three hundred pedicemen ami 423 sergeant-at-arms are on duty at the cemvention and business has been pretty dull for them "thus far. It was another big day for the laundries. It was a brave collar that stood Jp for more than twenty minutes. I 'ist night was a busy one for the bands. There was a rally on every corner aroi the Michigan P.oulevardiers were hard at work until shortly before sunrise. J. Hampton Moore, mayor of Philadelphia, had a throat massage last night. He expects to nominate Gov. Sproul today. Frank Hitchcock declared today that he had heard of a convent :on down in Georgia whr his colored friends were treated more harshly than ever before in history. The gathering was held-in an undertaking pail"i- and the delegates had to pass through a room containing a couple, of kegs of nails under sheets that resembled th lar'.e departed. Bill Flinn. of Pittsburgh, who- gave Hi Johnson $5,000 for his campaign fund, is here laking his investment out in sightseeing. He still is full of hope, though. Senator Bill Rorah. who is here reporting for the papers, took his morning constitutional, hatless today, through the crowded lobby of the Cemgress. He abandoned his regular morning horseback ride because the crowd was too thick. When Frank Willis, former governor of Ohio, saw- Senator Poindexter on Michigan avenue, he yelled so everybody could hear: "you're a fine presidential candidate. Why you can't Says Bushne'.I: 'I've seen him, with6qoare-blo-ked hat and lonsr, flowing beard at eery convention." even spell cat." Frank once "spelled down" Miles at a congressional spelling bee and he is mighty mcky about il . Senator Jim Wntson had to hurry so fast to get to the opening session that he could not get bis hair cut. and nobody needs a trim worse than Jim d .es. fannie Hurst was present, but her two-1 reakfasts-a-w-ee k husband was not aicund. Fannie was working and P is i resumed that he would have interfered w ith her ar' . Nellie Bly, who went around the worbl in the days when it still was fashionable to dip snuff, is here ii a green hat looking just like a chicken. Some folks say she is over 5". Mayor Rill Thompson gave the boys a treat by swaggering through the lobby of the Congress with his white cowboy hat cocked over one eye. He bad a band of trained s.ngers with hi -n who told in verse what a great town this is. If the taxicab drivers don't slow up. the? are going to neeil those singers for a number of . funerals. Alice Longwort hattracted mor cattention than any woman present 'at the initial sessions of the convention. She sat with her husband. Nick, in the. jury box just behind the chairman, and smiled and gmiled just like- T. R. used to. She sSill looks young, but she is a trifle heavy. THEY WERE EXCITED 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 CHICAGO. June 11. A rumor that Chairman Will Hayes had called a general conference of presidential candidates here yesterday caused great excitement in the headquarters of all the candidates, chased the legs off innumerable repe-rters and resulted in general all around eonfusion . Investigation disclosed that none of the candidates had been invited and supporters of each, when they heard of it. were fearfully excite,), jumping to the conclusion that something was being "put over." There was no basis for the rumor.

Ctriii rn in-" ., .A o CO" vO CHICAGO

Coliseum Situation Reclouded With Doubt For Even Experts

BTJX.X.ETXH COUSEUM, CEICa&O, Ju-ne n A dramatic effort to pat the naju of Hi ram Johaaon squarely 1efore the Eepublican natlonaj. convention made by ! Ctarlas S. Wheeler, oX California, me-. with such rejlstance this afternoon that the chairman was called upon to admonish the delegates and Wheeler nimaelg-, his blood up, demanded that his auditors "uncork their unwilling and prejudiced, cars" to hear "the truth about a man who can win in November." Wheeler's address ended at 1:12, a demonstration started. It was noisy, but not so clearly pre-arranged as had been the others. Bl M.KT1N INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! OI.ISKI M, junc 11 The Wood demon t ru t ion after Oov. Allcn'n speech bixlril .'ID minute. Lodge tried to set order time and ucain. Ho won hixrl iy tho gallery nlicn he .'nxixtcd on order. The drlrcatm continued :ih if thry hnd nfttr heard him rn. 'I he Kan nan delegation led n march through the aislrn. Then Minnesota and Knmm lartcd a Wood demonstration. Led bf Sunflower delegates a proccKnion mi otarted around the hall, through the choked alnles and nested delegate. Fines rrere waved aloft. Apache jelln ent up as etn ceo barks. A South Dakota delegate seized the Sooth Dakota Heat signs and joined iu the parade. From the buck of fhe hall in the i isitors gallery came a steady repel it ion of the cry, "Wood," "Wood.' It won causht up by Wood supporters on the floor and the hall reverberated to the steady intonation of his name. BY (illORf.E H. HOLMES STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. H. SERVICE! COL1SLCM. CHICAGO. June 11 ens of the greatest oratorical days in republican history began here today when the fifth session of the republican national convention got under way with the only order of business. the nomination of a presidential candidate. No eievtnth hour withdrawals w-re reported up to the time the convention opt nod . DOZIA IN THE RACE At that hour it seemed certain tiiat at least a dozen men weu!d figure in the initial balloting which may come late this afternoon. This situation is so beclouded with doubt; so .bound round w ith claims and camouflage and uncertainty "that evidently none of the candidates has yet figured himself out of the running. Kxperierued o'oserers anticipate th? breaking will begin about the th.ru bullet. COMSLLM IS OVE.V The huge elongated bowl of the Ci iiscum was a veritable, oven today. Long before the s ssion began the heat was oppressive and licconung more .-a every minute. And the oratory, promised to be as fervid as the day. It was estimated conservatively that 'no less than 4. speeches u-eul.l be maele in this hot place before the nomination would be closed . "THE OM.Y IIISINESV The delegates, as usual, were jlmv. in arriving. Most of them were veterans who have attended many conventions and neither the soaring flights of rhetoric or the heat were magnetic in fhc-ir appeals. Senator lieniy Cabot Lodge, coo! and liTir' nurbed in his stiff oat and white waistcoat, v.-as: one of the earliest arrivals . "The or.'y bu.-incss I know of today." r said as he came in. the. nomination of the next president of the I'lilted States." The candidates themselves wero "shrinking violets" today after a stie, . uous week's work. Most of them remained up town along Michigan ave.-n; and kept U-Iephonic touch wjtb things down in 'the Cediseum. Kven Gov. Spmul of 'pnnsvlvni:i and li . Nicholas Murray Hutler. of ! New- York, who have been seated with j their delegations every day, were missing when the session started. ; There was considerable dark horse ! talk in the gossip of the delegates on the floor as they waited for the session to begin. The name of Charles F.vns Hughes was heard frequently. Party leaders and campaign managers were confident there would be no deadlock. (Continued on page slxT) REGARD PLATFORM (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 CHICAGO, June 11 Universal approbation was given the republican party platform today by various presidential candidates one of whom will be asked to stand solidly on it in the 1?20 campaign. Comments were as follows: Senator Warren O. Harding, of Ohio It is a good platform. The commendation of the senate for its stand on the treaty is particularly gratifying to me. Maj . Gen . Leonard Wood Every republican candidate can whole-heartedly accept the provisions of fhe iriL'1 platform. It is a sound, wholesome appeal to the American people. Gov. William C. Sproul, of Pennsylvania The platform suits me. It is in accord with republican sentiment and tradition. It ie American and is constructive . Nicholas Murray Rutler. of New York The fullest strength of the republican party can be mustered in support ef this document. Senator Miles Poindexter. of Washington -I approve of the league plank heartily. Republicans always have, and republicans always will stand against the surreneler eif sovereign richts and powers of (lie nation, fuch as proposed by the Wilson league of nations.

HOW CANDIDATES