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Washingtcwi,  June 3.—Eastern Pennsylvania:     Fair and vvTirmer I Siaiday.
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WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1920
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DEilD; MANY DYING; THREE AUREL LINE TRAINS CRASH
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iCox   Lead rs !    That ri-^y
Are .Informed Must Gain Re-
IAcIoo and Palmer Combine Against Cox Lead and Force a Tactical Recess
SEEK NEW ALIGNMENT
cruits or Lose Support TWENH-FIRST BALLOT
Auditori: Talk of ar after one was pron';
n. Snn FranciHoo. July 3.— tn !i)ii:nment until Monday r. wo more ballots tonight %   )no'i~ kadfis of the co¬
alition   oi   Of ti'>     to   Governor   Cox. Those   wl > ¦ ti'    standin.?   pat   with their favoi :e   ens a's a mo.ms of "bloek- ! ing  Cox  X er    bfi.;niiin>r  to  feel   that ¦ there Avas i»c  ci - ace  of putting over i MfAdoo h.st.os-at competitor. |
rvjx leafierF Tvere getting word from ^ several d!ff*ient dektrati.ms that If the Ohio governor's manaKers could assure thfUi *hey had enough votes to nominate \1'^ » what the states in ques¬ tion could ±ro-w In tney would gro to ro.\. Tlie Cox leaders, however, could not give this assurance and the result wa.s that th"^ dcaJlock simply con¬ tinued and some of the moss, recent Cox ettinK   nervous   as
Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3.— Deadlocked, the Democratic conven¬ tion at 11:41 o'clock tonight adjourned until 10 a, m. Monday after having taken 22 ballots without giving the two-thirds majority nci>ded to nomin¬ ate.    Twenty ballots were taken today.
When adjournment wis taken. Cox was  leading with  McAdoo second and
1 almt r third.
Cox leached his high water mark on the mth bahot and thereafter showed loaECs.
McAdoo made fluctuating gains, the p.'-incipal one being when Georgia went J acqui.sitiors were over solidly to him on one ballot, but I the drcu) in the tw<!'ntieth ballot showed. shIftC'd back to I'almer on tho next. There   was  talk   everywhere   of   inn
Some of the keenest political skir- j appearand'' of a "fhirk hor.'se" and the inishing ever exhibited in a national | word was g«r.eralTy pasd<Hl that an ad- convenilon was re.sorted to during the ; journm-nt would come so thiit a new day's hallotlnu;. The rush ot Governor i a!iK">"<-'C' "S"*''*^ ^'^ afCocted. Cox on the eavl.v balloting re.suUed in formation of a coalition between 3A,doi> and Tahner forces to i)revent i from carr.ving the nomination, ,,^^,„ j„ ^.^.^^ i„^^.^n(,^ ly on his shoulders. When the Cox j when tl.e oflici.ils attempted to an r.cment was at its zenith, a reco.xs 1 bounce thi result of the 20th ballot' 'aken ami the time utilized to ' jii^y ^^,^ only a.s far a.s Mc.Xdoo's total] tft further plan.s for tonight. An j which wa.'^ a tain of 13 over the pre-1 Ireement w.ls reached between the | vious ballot, when the Mc.\doo crowd: |mer ana McAdoo leaders for a de- Icipcd to their feet and launched into^ Isive   CO  .iti'.i    and   then   force   ad-   anotlie,      deir jnstration.       For     morei
than   n\o   rai .litis   tJie   New   ^ orkers j swuiij; throiK    the aisles whooijing itj
After th? 2ot!-. biillot it was learned vhe i'ox. pi'OplP had mode several ad¬ vances toward n.aUing trades with the i-ialition  elements.    They  were turned
¦•nment miil Wjudajt.
liiiv   b j'-ve   th ¦   iiaekV-one   of   the
rush   ;ius  been   br >ken   and   that
l;>day   w 11   sro   a   cJ^ecline    in    his
'^strength.     Th-!.-   far   th--   TaJmer-Mc-
Ado")     slHanrc     wa---     defensive,    but
vrivethv'• .'I    an  oe fcta.tred fnto an.of-
¦nsi-.. C'.n"'!nc  if yet   to  be  CenJon-
, Jitratcd.
Aft-r the aCnd huXUtl Delegate .Spel-
-cy, Ctrutf fuvt. again inov.-d .nn ad-
jurnmei't  until   lu a.  m.  Monday and
motion w.-is t'jri'ed by a vfv.a voce
tc.
Tw-fity-6':r:(nd  Ballot, i .'aliPtn-.!- l>a\i!^ 4   Mr.Vdoo 12, Cox 8. Iri/ona—.\U .\i'i o i. Cox 2  <")wen 2. 1 -IKS    I'j.lmc-  -•. Mc.^iloo 2, Co^
iiCornia    Cox 11, .Mc-^doo If*  TJivis ummii 'js :<. lorado- fa^.'^-'l. kncctic'jt—fox  7,   I'ulmor  4.   Mc- , Cumniinp.s 2. lare—