THE WEATHER NET PRESS RUN Forecast br D. S. Weather nareaab « Near Havea AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION for the month of May, 1028 5 , 1 4 0 iEufttum Fair tonight; Friday partly cloudy. Heaibet of t^e Andii Unrean ot Clrenlatlona PRipE THREE CENTS ,^°!!r^tJRTEEN PAGES) VOL. X U L , NO. 231, Classified^ Advertising on Page 12, MANCHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928, BANDITS TRY WISCONSIN STAGES A DEMONSTRATION <S> - - HARMONY RULES CONVENTION T O W COP WITH HAMMER lA AS THE NOMINATIONS CONTINUE Flood of Oratory Drenches Perspiring Delegates as Fa­ Bat Darien Policeman Hand­ 1 Dry And Farm Planks cuffs Them to Auto and vorite Sons Are Named— Cheers Every Time Smith s Recovers 95 Women’s / Satisfy Both Sides Name is Mentioned— Platform Agreed Upon to Satis­ faction of All Factions, Is latest Report. Dressed Houston, Texas, June 28.— A<|>publican Party for its failure to ] enact remedial legislation. ❖ strict law enforcement plank. In sharp contrast to the bitter <9---------- pledging the Democratic Party to tights which have rocked the Dem A BIRD’S EYE VIEW Darien, Conn., June 28.— Police­ Sam Houston Hall, Houston, OF THE SITUATION enforce rigidly the Eighteenth 1 ocrats in the past, the long meeting Texas, June 28.— Peace and har­ man Amos Anderson today battled Amendment as well as all other of the drafting cornmittee of four­ Houston, Texas, June 28.—;■ three colored men, arrested them, teen members was peaceful and mony, long strangers at Democratic provisions of the constitution, was | harmonious. conventions, loomed large over Sam Here is a bird’s eye view of the recovered several thousand dollars situation in the Democratic written into the platform today by j “ it was the most pleasant and Houston Hall today as the weary ■worth of wearing apparel stolen the resolutions sub-committee fol- I harmonious meeting of the kind I ve convention today. from a Bridgeport shop, and noti­ delegates trooped back in the hot Governor Alfred E. Smith of lowing an all night session. } ever attended,’’ said Pittman. “ They fied Bridgeport police who had not are the finest bunch of fellows Fve Texas sunshine for several hours New York seems a certain vic­ The prohibition plank represent­ ever sat down with. There were no more of oratory before adopting the | tor on the first ballot. known the robbery had taken place. ed a compromise between the ex­ ,KeA fights, nor harsh words— we merely platform and selecting a ticket Senator Joseph T. Robinson The prisoners are Edgar Orr, 27, treme wets and drys and followed a dealt throughout the night with of Arkansas, permanent chair­ a laborer, of 2412 Seventh avenue. The Wisconsin delegation left no doubt in the minds of the other Democratic delegates at Houston middle course as outlined by those language and phraseology.” agreed upon to advance. man of'the convention, holds a Ntew York; Walter Savage, 32, a about their choice for president. They are shown in the midst of a little rally for A1 Smith. leaders who are seeking to prevent He expressed himself as satisfied As the session goU under way it commanding lead In the race laborer, of 1 Escombe avenue. New a disruption of the convention on with the prohibition and farm appeared certain that the platform for vice-presidential honors. York; and Clifton Williams, a cook, the dry issue. planks. could be disposed of by tonight, A resolutions sub-committee of 231 West 149th street. New So satisfactory was the prohibi­ “ It is one of the best platforms which leaves tomorrow for the rati­ finally agreed upon a tentative Yo'-'-. SENATOR REED tion agreement, said Senator Pitt­ I’ve ever seen,” he added. "It is not fication of Gov. Al Smith’s nomin­ platform after nine and one- TT.e stolen goods, consisting of KU KLUX KLAN BURIED man ^of Nevada, chairman, that a half as long as the Republican plat­ ation and the selection of Joseph T. half hours of wrangling. The ninety-five women’s dresses and five minority report, either by the wets form adopted at Kansas City.” Robinson of Arkansas as his run­ sub-committee presents its re­ fur coats, were all mounted on han­ or the drys, is not anticipated. The Prohibition plank was the ning mate. port to the full committee this gers bearing the name of the Bon TOAIDSITH Farm Relief last approved by the committee^ At The accomplishn»ent of this pro­ morning and it is probable the Ton Dress Shop, Main street, | BY DEMOCRATIC PA R H On the other big controversial gram would make this the shortest the outset three different prohibi­ platform will be reported to the Bridgeport. Without the hangers, | issue of this convention— farm re­ tion proposals were submitted: (1) Democratic national convention convention this afternoon or to­ police h " e said later, identification lief, the platform drafters endorsed Repeal of the 18th Amendment and since 1916, when the Democrats, night. of the goods would have been a ] IN UMPAIGN the requests of farm leaders for modification of the Volstead laws then in power at Washington, met Smith, George, Ayres ar- problem. Little Brown Derby Takes FIGHTING 5TH SAYS approval of the equalization fee by the Wets; (21 A bone dry plank, at St. Louis and merely endorsed Woollen have been placed in Stops Auto principle by inference without men­ by Gov. Dan Moody of Texas, and Woodrow Wilson for another term. nomination. Cordell Hull, Sena­ Anderson, patroling the Post road tioning the McNary-Haugen bill. (3) a law enforcement plank, by Heat Intense tor James A. Reed and others at 4:10 a. m., spotted a roadster Its Place-D elegates Can Fiery Missourian to Pledge “ We have given the farmers sub­ the harmony seekers. The intense heat that had billow­ will be placed in nomination going rapidly toward New York IT WITH BALLOTS stantially what they asked for,” This last program had been ed and eddied about the big audi­ this afternoon. with three colored men squeezed said Senator Walsh of Mass. The torium all this week was relieved The convention probably will into the front seat. He held them Laugh Now Over Their His Support to Nominee; agriculture plank denounces the Re- (Continued on Page 8) somewhat today by a strong gulf come to an end either Friday up and asked what was wrong with breeze. night or Saturday morning. the rear seat. “ We lost the key, ’ F"or the first time since the con- said the driver. Anderson found the Last Convention: No Warfare Save That of Does Not Want Second vention opened the flags that deco­ key in a side pocket and as he un­ rate it profusely were waving BALLOTS ON STRIKE called automatic efficiency experts, locked the rumble seat cover, the LONG JOURNEYS about. Votes This Year; Manning Place on Ticket. and the convention applauded. lid sprang up, disclosing the wear­ Houston, Texas, June 28.— The j Again, however, the delegates ing apparel. took their time about arriving. The “ I present a man with a living, Anderson ordered the men to re­ Ku Klux Klan is buried politically | ARE BEING COUNTED prospect of listening to several human, pulsating heart as well as Party Wins. OF G. B. THAYER a brain,” said Ritchie. turn to the center of the village. today beneath the multi-colored | Houston, Texas, June 28.— Sena-j hours’ more of nominating speeches Hnmble Origin. Orr, driving, sprang at Anderson carnival confetti of the happy-go- tor James A. Reed, the fighting — when everybody knows that It is with a hammer, the policeman said, futile— apparently did not appeal “ Fate decreed for Gov. Smith be­ and Anderson met him with a luckiest Democratic convention I The voters of the Fifth School warrior from Missouri, is not and ginnings which were humble, hut it history. ENDINDEATH Predictions Made much to either the delegates or the blackjack, knocking him into sub­ District fought it out with ballots will not be a candidate for the That visitors, for five minutes before the would not have mattered had she mission. The rank of file .of the party decreed them to be otherwise. It came to Houston disposed to be­ and not with words la.st night and Democratic vice-presidential nomin­ hour of convening there were few Ande^otf then handcuffed two ation but will pledge himself during There Will Be No Strike in the hall. would not have mattered what en­ ot tl\^men to the sides of the car, lieve the best of everyone, and har­ the friends of Frederick R. Man­ vironment she had cast around him, mony was in the air of sunny Tex­ the convention here to take the Widely Known Traveler, A succession of singers relieved with the third jammed between, ning had the votes and c^.rried the stump to give his active support to the tedium of the early arrivals. what path of life she had laid out covered them with a gun and had a as. 'They brought more bands than for him, or what obstacles she had ever have come upon a convention day. Gov. A1 Smith of New York, it was Next Monday. Four names— Gov. Al Smith of restaurant keeper telephone for aid. learned today on the highest Cyclist, Hiker, Dies by New York. Evans Woollen of In­ placed in his way. She moulded In a few minutes the three men city in modern times and began It was a different kind of a meet­ ing from those held last year when authority. diana. Senator Walter F. George of him in the fashion of a man, and were in cells.