Mitchell Evening Republican (Newspaper) - August 19, 1924, Mitchell, South Dakota
Ten pages the evening Republican City edition vol xxx Mitchell South Dakota tuesday August 19, 1924. Predicts laughter will be extinct new generation wont even smile says professor or. Shaw. Teacher of philos Ophy says sophisticated people Are not amused mirth provokes pass y is . Off Stock a Foki a that have amused Nim my von centuries i the t Ruo. Has i sri a Lau wilt�?1 hut. A at \ ii ene Cohn \ Soni it writer k. A. 19.�?laughter is a it Mill has a Ion time t fore relapsing into a it a a Grin then a smile Complete extinction. I Man reaches the High nutation toward which he in cease to laugh. There bin left to laugh at and. A n removed from life no tighter. A irs cd. Shaw professor of 1t new York University. 1 it All out along logical analytical lines. Ugh at his conclusions if you Many already have done so prof. Shaw Points out a a to a to prove my rpm a have always laughed at the a did no to understand a he laughing frequently As he talk they laughed at Columbus and Hico. And that a a very import or it on Why they will cease to laugh some Day. On that Day they will be thoroughly educated and thoroughly civilized and science will have triumphed and so they will have Rii in above laughter. A there Are men alive in this very Day who Are practically at that stag1. But they Are few. Einstein the great mathematician astronomer and scientist is one of them. Lenin was such i Man and Mahatma Ghandi find Trotzky. To some extent. Einstein is probably the Best example. Yet he is laughed at. As was Columbus and the rest. When he is understood and proved they will no longer laugh. A to Brin the matter Down to our own affairs they used to laugh at the old maid but the feminist movement and changing six standards Are ending that. They laughed at bobbed hair until nearly every woman had e Bob even prohibition slowly leased to be so mirth provoking. My Point is that when people become accustomed to things they laugh at up Ely cease to laugh. That is certainly quite obvious. A comic supplements film comedians and stage comedians joke books a All will find their Way to the museums where they will be labelled a the Cee of but the people who see them will not laugh. Comic strips and All that sort of thing Are artificial Bellows pumping at full Force to keep the it i Yin laughter wily people i a ugly Here the professor Drew a diagram of what people laugh at and by. 1�?incongruities�?such As a i in in a funny hat. A Man slipping in a sidewalk and All the tricks and devices of the stage and screen funny loan and the joke books. A Complete education will end this Type of laugh a he says. 2�?inequalities�?people laugh or their inferiors and their betters. A the Corning of socialism comm in i m or social readjustment will end this. He goes on. A Ltd criticism this is laughter Quot a Ai at things people do not under and the sort of laughter aimed at the Colum buses and einsteins. Science will kill this Type of la he concludes. A this is an great laughter became it is a great Strain. People laugh to had Lincoln had the easy traction period of a Taft i if be would have gone into As a great joke Smith. He told to cos at a time of great crisis or. Charles g. Shaw who says that Charlie Chaplin Harold and other mirth makers we ill be objects for in museums in coming years. Expect 100,000 to hear Dawes notification banners. Torches. Bands and Calliope to be evident at Evanston ceremonies Watertown. S. A. A. 19. Perry f. Loucks of Watertown is today in. Chicago where tonight he will represent South Dakota at the notification of Charles g. Dawes. Republican vice presidential nominee. Or. Loucks was chosen by the South Dakota delegation to the Republican National convention to a it perform this service. Wilson a name cheered during Bryan speech crowd also makes demonstration w Hen platform is called progressive French German ministries Bohi approve pact Paris ministry thanks delegation for results attained at London Berlin alters View German government parties Are convinced maximum was obtained and Everett b. Sweezey vice president of the first National Bank of new York. Admira says naval pact is British scheme Lincoln neb. Aug. Ion a a Lincoln returned to Normal today after having last night witnessed its fourth Celebration attending the notification to members of the Bryan family of their nomination by the democratic party. A William Jennings Bryan had been honoured by Middle Western citizens on three different occasions when he was Evanston 111., aug 19.�?Charles g. Dawes once currency comp Rol a not Cut via nomination for Prest Lei once the a. E cheer Pur j Dent. Last night a brother Olathe Quot chasing agent once Federal oud t governor of the state and its adopted i set Tim re Irve the Strain. It i Well know that some of the a a is men Are the most serious. To let Down the tension. But in men reach a High state of civil a on they will have done away h this Strain and so there will be need of comedy Relief. people never laugh. Is rather a shout of Triumph mein Victory. It is essentially and the basis of a great Deal a her is cruel. Think it Over there some degree of cruelty in in it a falling Man at a Man a tries to achieve something buc misunderstood ? it Ady we have to resort to syn a in smiles. And it is even becom Poue not to laugh under cer a Bela i circumstances. In other a artificial simulations have to 1 a n to keep a considerable por a of laughter alive today. Yes. I shall probably be la ugh my opinions but then. I Ood laugh myself. It cer needed in this hectic Gen director and once head of the reparations commissions experts committee waited at his Home Here today for the coming of Republican leaders to add formally another title to his name that of Republican vice presidential nominee. The party chieftains gathered in Chicago and tonight they will March on this quiet Little City to notify or. Dawes in a formal manner of his selection As the Republican candidate for vice president. The notification will take place at ceremonies to be held on the Lawn of the stately Dawes Home starting at 8 of clock Central Daylight savings time. The exercises Are to be preceded by a monster Parade of the old fashioned Type designed to give the whole affair something of the flavor of a big political rally. Officials of the Republican National committee expect upwards of a Hundred thousand people to gather about the Dawes Home and along the nearby Lake front should the weather be favourable. Voice amplifying apparatus has been installed to insure that All May hear. Many delegations plan to bring banners torches and bands with them and one enthusiastic group has received permission to locate a steam Kallipe of the circus Sype opposite the Dawes Home. Early indications were that neither music nor noise would be lacking. The notification address will be made by former representative a. W. Jeffries of Nebraska who placed or. Dawes name before the Cleveland convention. Or. Dawes address will immediately follow that made by or. Jefferis and after the Benediction the ceremonies will end. La Follette c Campaign to Start in mid september Washington d. C., aug. 19.�? a a senator la Follett of Wisconsin practically has decider to wait until mid september to launch his Active bloc or Section a and that the son for thirty years received the highest Honor in his political life when he was officially tendered the nomination As democratic candidate for the vice presidency. University of Nebraska memorial stadium furnished ample space for the Celebration last night. A colourful and. At times demonstrative audience nearly filled the stadium while some were scattered about the grass football Field close to the speakers platform. Cheers greeted declarations by the presidential nominee and senator Harrison of Mississippi who made the notification address in which he denounced the Republican administration for failure to solve Many of the urgent needs of the country and outlined the principles for which the democratic party would fight to gain a Victory in the november elections. The speakers were handicapped by a Lack of lighting facilities having the unusual experience of addressing their remarks to an audience seated in Semi darkness the Only lights reflecting on them being those placed on the upper rim of the stadium and those on the speakers platform. Amplifiers carried every sound on the platform throughout the stadium. Governor Bryan paid a tribute to Bis party a Standard bearer. John w. Davis extolled the democratic platform As one on which both he and or. Davis stood As one and described the political organization that nominated him As one to which the progressive Farmers and wage earners could look for support. Woodrow Wilson a name mentioned by both senator Harrison and governor Bryan was cheered to the Echo. As were declarations by the latter that the democratic platform was Broad Strong and progressive enough to satisfy those who believe in that great democratic principle of Equality before the Law a that the party presents a a program of progressive policies for which the party stands As a unit without the intervention of far a it new Bank to be opened soon at Reliance a Are. S. Do a aug. ref v t r staff Hank Reliance s. P., j., of incorporation today n the Secretary of state. Capital to / $20,000 was listed. Isaac in is Are rident of the institution. A r. A charter has been tem by delayed but is virtually As according to John hinging superintendent of banking. Tiding lost Ai his Teeth As a. In Man. A German has developed a til he can crack nuts or scathing with them that Ordi to eth would Cal for the of Campaign for the presidency. A number of invitations have been received for him to get under Way with a labor Day address but it was said today St his Headquarters Here that he prefers to wait until a later Day to make his first speech. It is probable that senator Wheeler of Montana or. Lafollette a running mate will begin a stumping tour by the first of september. The itineraries of both candidates will be determined at conferences which will begin after the arrival or within a. Day or two of senator Wheeler from a vacation spent in new England. Democrats entered the Campaign a with a spirit of Harmony and Unity of purpose rarely found in a presidential contest Davis to Start tour of West next week new York City aug. 19.�? a a having poetically finished the blocking out of the subject matters of several of his forthcoming addresses during a three Day stay at his Long Island Home. John w. Davis found time today to devote his attention to several important conferences at his personal Headquarters Here. The democratic presidential nominee was ready to take up with George White former chairman of the democratic National committee questions concerning the makeup of the a Board of strategy and other matters having an important bearing on his Campaign. After his addresses at sea gift n item to Page eight Leo a More extended report of gov. Bryans speech is published on Page five of this Issue. Pioneer trader of South Dakota passes away Minneapolis Minn aug. 19 a James g. Reid. 72 years old for 20 years engaged in the real estate and business Here died today. For a number of years before coming to Minneapolis he was an Indian trader and government agent on the Cheyenne Agency at Forest City s. He is survived by his widow who is now at Fulton s. of i climb it. Everest Vevay Switzerland. Aug. 19.�?an expedition of Swiss alpinist will attempt to climb i. Everest the highest Peak in the w orld. Early next Spring. Only picked guides under 35 will be included in the party and All of the climbers w ill be experienced. Compressed oxygen that ran a injected into the thigh when respiration becomes anti cult will be employed Paris France aug. 19.�?up a the French Cabinet today unanimously approved the work of the French delegation at the International conference in London and thanked it for the important results it had attained in the interest of France. The Cabinet met this morning and after having listened attentively to a report by Premier Herriot on the proceedings and results of the conference gave its unqualified approval of the Accord which had been concluded at the lengthy meeting at the British capital. It was decided that the Premier should read this declaration before the Senate and chamber on thursday giving a Complete report of the work of the London conference to Bon bodies of the French legislature. German ministry backs pact Berlin Germany aug. 19.�? a it a it is generally expected that the Reich Stag will meet on Friday and that its decision on the results of the London reparation conference will be taken at the end of next week. Yesterdays meeting of the Cabinet under the chairmanship of president Ebert unanimously approved the German delegations attitude during the London negotiations and the government is determined to dissolve Reich Stag in the event of the latter failing to Sanction the London pact. According to the Berliner Tage Blatt the representatives of the government parties came to the conclusion that the German delegation Sehi aved in London All that could have been achieved. First evacuation completed Paris. France aug. 19�? up a evacuation begun yesterday morning by French troops of the badent was of Offenburg and Appen Weier was completed last night without incident the French War department announced today. The occupying Force numbering something less than 200 men have rejoined their garrisons and the two towns on the East Bank of the Rhine across from Strasbourg have left not a single one of the foreign soldiers who entered their limits feb. 4, 1923, we Hen the occupation was ordered As a penalty for the suspension of service on German sections of two International railway routes. Evacuated towns rejoice Offenburg. Baden. Germany a. 19.�?up a popular rejoicing Over the departure of the French occupation troops from Here Appen Weier and a number of neighbouring villages finds mute expression in the Liberal display of the German Republican colors which Are flying from almost every House and Public building in the places affected by the troop movement. The evacuation proceeded in an orderly fashion the French avoiding every display of ostentation which might prove offensive to the German citizens who also refrained from demonstration. A Large contingent of French civilians and their families followed in the Wake of the departing cavalry and infantry. German opponents reconsider Berlin Germany aug. 19.�?with the return of the German delegates from the London conference there is a conspicuous moderation in the tone of the editorial discussions on the outcome and political experts Are Busy figuring out the party lineup in the Reich Stag when the governments action is up for approval or rejection. The members of the Cabinet Are inclined to View the parliamentary situation with a degree of equanimity born of the conviction that once the opposition forces Are Given a Complete Opportunity to examine the balance Sheet brought Back by Chancellor Marx and foreign minister Stresemann and allowed to contemplate the economic and political efforts involved in a Quot disavowal of the present government they will be less inclined to maintain the intransigent attitude reflected in the current editorials. The Chancellor entered upon a series of conferences with the Reich Stag party leaders last evening and will continue them for several Days or until the Reich Stag is convoked. The evacuation of Offenburg and Appen Weier by the French yesterday Williamstown mass., aug. 19.�? great Britain dominates the league of nations and the Commerce of the world and inspired the Quot Washington conference for limitation of armament in order to prevent the United states from having a sufficiently Strong Navy to protect a merchant Marine which could compete with that of England said rear Admiral w. L. Rodgers u. S. A. Retired in a statement today at the Institute of politics. A your limitation of armaments treaty of three years ago played into England a hands and indeed she originated it a said the Admiral. A she does not wish us to interfere with her As our National growth might permit us to do. It was the Competition of our merchant Fleet with that of great Britain which she hoped indirectly to limit by direct action upon our Navy. It is not to be thought that she was contemplating rivalry of the navies As tho primary Issue. A in regard to tho prospective International loan to Germany it is alleged that the american Bankers Are waiting for England to take the initiative. If such is the Case let us reflect How far it May be explained by the ability of England to control the Commerce by which Germany will pay her reparations and thus make. American credit tho tool of higher shipping. A upon my Honor. I have never heard a whisper of it All my years of intimate association with British said sir Arthur Salter chief of the financial Section of the Teague of nations and a member of the British shipping control Board during the War in replying to the charge by rear Admiral Rodgers. Sir Arthur said that British ships went where tho interest of private owners and shippers dictated and the British government never knew where merchant ships or we hat they were doing. Murder charge is to be filed against Hough witness saw mors running from chamber woman in apartment below so testifies concerning mrs. Morse murder Many Are Ito testify former husband of slain woman one to be heard in coroners inquest Sioux City la., aug. 19.�?failing in a a third degree attempt to Force a confession from Carl Hough suspected of murdering his sweetheart Lillian Mckinney near Bedford la., last monday officers have taken the Man to the scene of the crime in the Hope that they May shake his Story of innocence. A charge of murder will be filed against rough when he reaches Bedford. Hough w As arrested in Sioux City sunday by policeman Tom Barron upon information furnished by John Beach an itinerant Harvest worker. Taken to the Polico station. Hough admitted his identity hut declared his innocence. He said he started from Herrick. S. D., on August 8, with miss Mckinney in an automobile which he had purchased there. On the next Day they arrived at Spencer neb., where they were married by a minister by the name of Williams according to Hough a Story. From Spencer they went to Oakland ta., to visit his Mother. Hough declared. The next Day they left for Clarinda. To. While Cating in a restaurant there Hough says that he was approached by two men who asked him where he was going. When informed that he and the girl w Ere bound for Omaha tho men asked if they might accompany them. Hough says that he agreed. Shortly after resuming the trip according to Hough a Story one of the men offered him a drink from a bottle and both he and the Mckinney girl drank. A Short time later. Hough says both he and his wife lost consciousness. Tho next thing that he remembers was when he awoke the next morning just outside of the town of Bedford. His wife Wals gone. Stongh ways that he then started a search for a i wife. He abandoned the Auto in a Cushing la., garage where it was found by police. Today a baseball National league new York ____310 too cio�?6 9 i Cincinnati ____010 too ooi�?2 la 0 Mcquillan and Snyder Luque and Hargrave. Is held in official circles As an ear i Brooklyn Ooi too 030�?4 la 2 nest French intention to live up to the agreements entered into with tho German delegates and it is believed that this initial action will have a beneficial psychological Quot influence on German opinion. American rankers Speed loan new York City. Aug. 19.�?with the successful conclusion of the inter Allied conference. American Bankers today began speeding up the machinery for flotation of their share of the $200,000,000 International loan to Germany upon which operations of the Dawes plan will hinge. Preparations for underwriting this huge financial transaction will be started at once International Bankers indicated with prospects that ratification of the London protocol by France and German will be followed by an Early Sale of the Ion. The offering however is not expected before october. The presence of leading american Bankers in Europe it was pointed out in Wall Street today would expedite arrangements for the German financing. J. Morgan themas w. Lamont and George Whitney All partners of Morgan and company who will head the american Syndicate Are in England. Other Bankers expected participate in the flotation of the loan who Are either in Europe or on their Way there Are Charles e. Mitchell president of the National Cit Bank Pittsburgh ____010 002 ooo�?3 7 i Vance and de Berry Cooper and Schmidt. Boston at Chicago postponed rain. Philadelphia at St. Louis no game. American league St. Louis. Too too 220�? 5 9 1 Boston. 140 Joo 30x�?ll 12 0 Danforth Grant Lyons Pruett Kolp and Severeid Fullerton and pie Inich. Cleveland. Too too 201�?3 8 0 Philadelphia 020 020 olx�?5 %3 Shaute. Messenger and l. Sewell Baumgartner and Perkins. First game Detroit. Too 002 ioo�?3 8 0 Washington 200 too Oil a 12 0 s. Johnson and Bassler Mogridge and Rue. Second game Detroit. 0 Washington. 0 Collins and Woodall Zachary and Ruel. To every morning 300,000 people ride into the City of London from a five mile radius 500,000 from a 10-mile radius and another 50,000 from beyond. -.o. Surplus Oil for which there 16 insufficient storage can be pumped Back into the Earth to remain there until wanted. Los Angeles. Calif., aug. 19.�? a it a kid Mccoy once known As the trickiest fighter in tho prize ring held in connection with tho Sligo to Loath of mrs. Theresa morn la it it Tiff say night is spamming insanity according to two alienist who examined him today. To apparently became mentally unbalanced this morning. Coincidentally with the sate Niento mrs. Iva Martin apartment House neighbor of mrs. Mors told the county grand jury she was positive that the malt she saw running from mrs. Morse apartment a few moments after the woman died with a Bullet in her brain was Albert a. Mors her Divono husband heir to her estate and beneficiary of her life insurance. As mrs. Martin concluded her positive identification of mors Deputy District attorney Bonner Richardson left the jury room in search of mors who had testified previously. Mors was not in the grand jury waiting room. Los Angeles cal., aug. 19.�?up a kid Mccoy sex pugilist held on sus Pinion of murder in connection with the death last tuesday night of mrs. Theresa w. Mors became mentally unbalanced in his cell Here today according to a Polico announcement. Alienist yesterday declared Mccoy sane. Captain of detectives Cline declared his belief that tho former prize ring idol was not but was actually a off his head a and a cracking a under the Strain. A special guard was detailed to Mccoy a cell to prevent him from doing himself any injury. Mumbling and racing nervously about his narrow quarters the former fighter stopped every few moments to paste bits of cardboard on the Walls. When asked w hat he we As doing he answered a a in a making a trap for that rat when informed of Mccoy a Peculiar actions. District attorney Asa Keyes said tho three mental experts who yesterday asserted the prisoner was sound in mind would be sent Back to the jail immediately to further observe Bim. Former husband to testify los Angeles calif., aug. 19.�?gs a thirty witnesses were subpoenaed to testify before the county grand jury today in its investigation of the shooting of mrs. Theresa w. Mots Here last tuesday night and the subsequent wounding of three other persons in and near tho mors antique shop a Cycle of events which resulted in the arrest of the former pugilist kid Mccoy on suspicion of murder attempt to commit murder and Highway robbery. Among them was Albert a. Mors former husband of tho dead woman mrs. Iva Martin occupant of the apartment below that in we hich the shooting occurred who insists she saw mors leaving the building immediately after the fatal shot was fired and several detectives who insist she must have been mistaken. Out of the testimony of these and other witnesses. District attorney Asa Keyes confidently predicts will develop an indictment charging Mccoy with the murder of mrs. Mors. Mccoy a sister. Mrs. Jennie Thomas has already told the grand jury of an alleged confession made by her brother while the body of mrs. Mors was vet warm. Mccoy says that mrs. Mors killed herself in his presence in Quot Mio apartment they had been occupying As a emr. And mrs. N. Shields for about a month but tho version on which the District attorney expects the grand jury to base its indictment is that the former idol of the prize ring killed the wealthy Divorcee in Drunken rage when she told him she would not marry him. Alienist yesterday put a serious obstacle in the Way of any attempt to free Mccoy on an insanity plea when two of three specialists sent into the suspects eel by the District attorney reported him sane. Weather forecast now a tartly Cloudy in West probably local Thunder storms in East and Central portions tonight and wed Nesda it warmer in East cart Len tonight. Minnesota mostly overcast tonight ant wednesday with showers in East portion tonight warmer in Southeast portion tonight. North Dakota partly Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and wednesday somewhat warmer in Northwest portion tonight. South Dakota partly Cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and wednesday somewhat warmer in extreme West portion tonight. Local temperatures maximum and minimum temperatures from 7 a. In. Yesterday to 7 a. In. Today As recorded by the official government thermometer maximum. 78. Minimum 62. At 8 a. In. Today 37. Weaton roads number 273 last witness heard in Franks murder Case Thomas marshal is in court ready to begin argument for state defense asks close Cross examination of East Ai Jenest is marked by extreme Courtesy Mitchell Cloudy 67 roads Good. Watertown rain during night Neys was a Magnet that Drew to the Chicago 111. Aug 19. Testimony was finished today in the Case of Nathan Leopold jr., and Richard Loeb confessed murderers of Robert flanks. A final Exchange of pleasantries Between or. William of Krohn state alienist and attorneys for the defense marked the conclusion of this phase of the both sides declared their cases Complete the attorneys gathered before the Bench and conferred As to procedure on arguments. Thomas Marshall Legal expect for the states attorney was announced As the opening orator for the prosecution. A five minute recess preceded the Start of the arguments. Written arguments wanted judge Caverly announced that he wanted both sides to submit written conclusions containing a statement of opinion and reasons therefor. To also asked for a Complete copy of tho confessions of the Youthful slayers Asho had never read them and for the records of certain medical testimony. The court announced that the testimony on the kidnapping charge would be Given after the final arguments on the murder indictment. The attorneys agreed this should not last More than a half hour. The judge stated that at that time he would announce the Date upon which his decision would be Given. A then is Only one penalty applicable Here a said or. Marshall at the Start of his argument. A that penalty is death. The lower punishments apply Only to lesser 4tf this does not deserve death then there has never been a Case in Illinois that deserved that he added. A punishment should be proportionate to the turpitude of the offence a said or Marshall. He emphasized the atrocity of the crime and said the Only question before the court was the degree of punishment that was to be inflicted. Quotes supreme Foort he went into the Legal aspects of the situation declaring that judicial Power a Given to insure fulfilment of the will of the legislature As expressed in the Law. A judicial discretion Means sound discretion As applied amp the will of the Law Quot he said and read from Illinois supreme court decisions to uphold this View. He also quoted that court As holding that punishment should be proportionate to the turpitude As revealed by aggravating circumstance in the crime or absence of such aggravations. A responsibility a or. Marshall said a is without degree to is fixed. A if Loeb and Leopold Are responsible enough to receive a sentence to the Penitentiary they Are by that same responsibility responsible enough to be sent to the final examination mild Chicago 111., aug. 19.�? a5 a Courtesy raised to the highest degree marked the Cross examination today of or. William o. Krohn state alienist and last witness in the judicial hearing which is to determine the punishment of Nathan Leopold or. And Richard Loeb for the kidnapping and murdering of Robert Franks. Contrast to yesterdays proceedings when the expert and Benjamin Bach rach of counsel for the defense shouted angry retorts Back and Forth smiles and a a please were exchanged today. The expert punctilious by used a a sir in every answer and the attorney never failed to address the witness As even thrusts at the stands each of tho sides to the Case have taken failed to provoke Sharp retorts. Or. Krohn once found occasion to score the defense alienist theories explaining that he had Given no formal opinion on the mentalities of the defendants since june i and that newspaper interviews quoting him on that had resulted from his attempts to explain a exaggerated claims made by the defense. A you mean that the reporters told you these Ragg rations were offered by the defence did you not a ask or. Bachrach. A not entirely. Anyway i tried to explain them for the boys a was the a answer. A ask him if he could explain them a suggested Clarence s. Darrow to or. Bachrach. A could you explain them the witness was asked. The doctor flushed a bit at the implication. But smiled and answered negatively. The for today called for the Start of arguments As soon As the Cross examination was finished. Or. Darrow announced today he would ask permission of the court to have the defense make the opening and closing argument on the theory that the Burden of proof of mitigation is on the defense. Or. Darrow prof erred his request for procedure on argument at the Start of the afternoon session but Wras overruled by judge Caverly. A i must hold that the state has the right to open and close the final arguments a the court said. Crowd to hear oratory expectation of oratory by actor Clear. 64 roads Muddy. Aberdeen 60, roads Muddy precipitation .50. Huron Clear 66 roads fair. Sioux Falls partly Cloudy 65 roads Good. Pierre Clear 61 roads Good. Franks murder hearing the usual crowd of spectators undeterred of a soaking rain. The downpour served. However to reduce to a Bare dozen the unprivileged scores who usual