Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1922, Page 4

DEMOCRATIC PICK - IS “CUT AND DRIED" Selection of Bruce for Senate at State Convention No Surprise. ATTACK OF WADE FAILS 3 Condemnation of G. 0. P. Record a Feature of Session at Baltimore. I Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md.. September 23.— The democrats held their state con- vention here Thursday and it proved to be a cut-and-dried affair in so far as none of the threatened moves against . Dr. J. Hubert Wade, the chairman, materialized. William Cabell Bruce, the success- ful senatorial candidate in the pri- mary, recelved 98 of the 133 votes represented in the convention and | was declared the party's standard bearer for the fall election. While there has been considerable opposition to Dr. Wade as chairman of the state central committec since 1 by Gov. Ritchie as ate board of prison control, which erystallized into the drawing of a resolution the day be- fore the convention requesting him to withdraw, the opposition was mostly from Baltimore city, and with the state crowd lined up solidly under the leadership of former Senator John Walter Smith the resolution was kill- ed in committee and never reached the floor of the convention. Senator Smith was undoubtedly in undisputad control of the convention, and while Gov. Ritchie and practically all of his followers were at the convention they took no active part in the pro- ceedings. The principal features of tae plat- form adopted were: “We reiterate our belief, expressed in the platform adopted by us in 1920, that the;law-abiding citizens of the United Skates will never be satisfied with tWe Volstead law, p: d by a Republican Congress over the veto of a democratic President. We advo- ate the granting of the use of light wines and beer to the people DY whatever legal means necessary to achieve this purpose. Condemnation of Congres “We condemn the present republi- ean Congress for failure to enact into law the reconstruction program sub- mitted by the democratic adminis- tration; for putting the tarifft back into politics and vielding to special interests in passing a tariff bill im- posing a burden of more than $3,000.- €00,000 annually on the people of the country: for surrendering to the President the authority to change tariff rates: for reducing highway appropriations. “The republican party promised the nation prosperity: they gave it ad- versity. They promised to reduce taxes; taxes have been shifted, not Tifted “They promised to stimulate agri- culture; the farmer today is mortgag- ing his next year's crop in order to live. “They promised to revive business; they brought on industrial panic. “We especially condemn the record of Senator Joseph Irwin France. He stands neither for democracy or re- publicanism; he has occupied his time in aiding and abetting a com- munistic government which openly seeks to overthfow this government by _revolutioinary means. “We commend to the voters of the state the candidacy of William Campbell Bruce for election to the United States Senate. His eminent qualifications_for this office make it certain that If he is elected, Maryland will be ably represented in the Sen- ate, and this state will again take that high place in the counsels of the republic to which it is entitled. Congress Choices Indormed. ‘We also urge that T. Alan Golds- borough. in the first congressonal district; Millard E. Tydings, in the second congresisonal district; Antony J. Dimarco, in_the third congres- ional district; J. Charles Linthicum, in the fourth congressional district; Clarence M. Roberts in the ¥ifth con- gressional district, and Frank W. Mish, in the sixth congressional dis- trict, be elected to Comgress by the voters of their respective districts, 80 that the state may have the op- portunity of utilizing their valuable services in the House of Representa- tives " Republican party leaders are draw- ing up their platform which will be presented at the meeting of the state central committee next week. and it 1s understood the planks will be largely dictated by Senator France, standard bearer in the fall election. Republican leaders are also busy picking candidates to run in the firet and fourth Congressional districts, where they have no condidates as yet in the fleld. Meetings of leaders in both districts are to be called. The leadérs, including former Senator William P. Jackson and Chairman Galen L. Tait, have expressed a de- sire that candidates be selected to lead these fights prior to the holding of the convention on September 28. Mr. Jackson has already called for conference of district leaders, to be eld at Easton next week, for the purpose of selecting the candidate to run against Representative Golds- borough, the democratic nominee. Tt is predicted that a wet candidate will be put up. State's Attorney Butler of Talbot. has been classified 28 a wet and is considered the strongest candidate that could be se- lected. with the possible exception of and_ fourth congressional districts. of Caroline county. It is understood that Towers is Mot anxious to enier the race. Chance for Dry Man. In the fourth district, where Rep- resentative J. Charles Linthicum, democratic candidate, secems to be so solidly intrenched that no republican candi e entered the primary, the nomination may go to John H. Butler. He is considered dry. At any rate, the followers of W. O. Atwood, who ran for Congress as a dry two years ago, are said to be backing his can- didacy. ‘The republican leaders of this dis- trict for a while considered Enos S. Stockbridge, a lawyer, but it was found that he lived outside of thel his dismi chairman of the district line, so he had to be aban doned. J. Kemp Bartlett and 1. Clar- endon Gould have been considered as possibilities. Mr. Tait has asked George Cameron. chairman of the city republican centra! committee, to get the district committee together very soon and name a candidate be- fore the convention. Consideration of the candidates for the United States Senate and House ot Representatives from Maryland was taken up this week by the exec- utive committee of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. and the “wet” and “dry” proclivitie and principles of the various and nu- merous aspirants were debated at great length. No mention was made, it is under- atood, of the prospective platforms of the two political parties, and it is be- lieved that the assbciation will keep its fingers out of that ple and leave any possible utterances on the “wet" and “dry” issues to the framers of the respective platforms. After over two hours of debate, the members of the committee decided that it might be well not to take ac- tion at this time in the way of In- dorsement or condemnation iof any candidates, but to defer the selection of favorites until after the party con- ventions. Several vacaneles on the tickets are to be filled by the conven- tions, and it was the sense of the epbmmittee that no action should be taken until the association had a com- plete list of candidates on which to pass. BATHING BEAUTIES GIVE REAL THRILL TO ART STUDENTS . By the Asmciated Prese. ' OXFORD, Miss.,, September 23.— *Not all frisky freshmen disap- peared when George Ade's “Col- lege Widow" ceased appearing on the one-night stands. One is en- rolled at the University of Mississ- ippi here, from all reports. While - the class in Grecian art was at- tending an illustrated lecture he slipped in some slides of movie bathing beautles. TENS ELETSVOHAN T0 THELEGSLATUR First of Her Sex in the State to Serve in That . Body. | MRS. EDITH WILMANS, Special Dispatch to The Star. CORSICANA, Tex., September 23.— Mrs. Edith E. Wilmans of Dallas, Tex.. will have thc distinction of be- ing the first woman to become a member of the Texas legislature when she takes her seat in that body next January. In the democratic primary held in Texas on July 22 Mrs. Wilmans de- feated John E. Davis, a prominent member of the legislature since 1910. This nomination virtually assures her election_in November. Mrs. Wilmans will be the only woman occupying a high state office in Texas durifig the next two years. Miss Annie Webb Blanton, sister of Répresentative Thomas L. Blanton, who is now state superintendent of public instruction, is retiring from that office at the conclusion of her present_term. Mrs. Wilmans, who is a practicing attorney in Dallas, was born at Lake Providence, La., December 21, 1882, and went to Texas with her parents in 1888. She is the mother of three attractive daughters. Mrs. Wilmans will propose legisla- tion providing for a court of domes- tic relations, a eugenic or heaith bill and an amendment to the state com- pulsory school law that will make it more effective. “In fact.” she says, “ally the bills that I shall introduce and work for will be, welfare bills for the betterment of homes and schools.” DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING TO WIN IN-LOUISWILLE In Active Campaign to Overturn Republican Majority and Elect Representative. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 23.— Democrats of Louisville have great hopes ‘of overturning the republican majority here in the congressional clection and electing a successor to Representative Charles F. Ogden. The speaking campaign has not be- gun, but Kendrick R. Lewis, an at- torney and past exalted ruler of the local Elks’ Lodge, has been busy with a “gum shoe” drive. Maurice H. Thatcher, the republican candidate, who was Taft's appointec as first governor of the Panama Canal Zone, is marking time, but feels that the republican organization, which is in complete control in city and county, will return him a winner. Cheered by Industrial Situntion. The industrial situation has much to do Wwith the feeling of Lewis' en- thusiastic friends that he can win by from 2500 to 7.000. The ranks of organized labor have been mark- edly “sore” at the administration. This was apparent during the Labor day parade through the actions and remarks of the paraders asthey pass- ed the City Hall. While the railroad strike settiement may cool hot blood in some sections of the country, in Louisville only approximately 100 men out of the 7,000 or 8,000 employed in shops and ‘terminais were among those winning out. ville and Nashville shops the union is smashed. There are naturally many sore spots. Louisville, too, has always been a “no tariff” town and three of the four newspapers are ham- mering hard on this issue, while the fourth, a republican organ, is under- taking no defense of the schedules. The b&nus veto, too, may have its eftect. Hard Fight on Langley. In one other point the democrats are making a hot and heavy fight. This is directed against John W. Langley of Pikeville, the dean of the Kentucky delegation, and F. Tom Hatcher Is making claims that he can unhorge the vetéran. Mr. Hatcher claims he will carry Floyd county by 3,000 majority, Knott by 2,000, and Pike, the home county of both men, by from 1,500 to 2,000. He figures that he will get a stand-off in Letcher, Perry and Magoffin and will lose Owaley, Johnson and Martin counties by 500 each and Jackson by 1,000, which would elect him by 4,000, Mr. Langley's district gave 14,145 republican majority in the Cox- Harding race, although it went 6,000 against the republicans in judicial and legislative races last fall.” All of which shows the possibilities of the district. largest in the district, is from 3.000 to 5,000 republican, but it has return- ed democratic majorities at times. Record in 1915. In 1915, when Senator Stanley de- feated the present governor, Edwin only 400 majority, and the forces which alded in eutting down the re- publican_normal majority are in the saddle there now. Floyd and Knott ate normally democratic, .but the others have always been substantial- 1y republican. g A three-cornered race is in prospect in the eighth district, where Repre gentative Ralph Gilbert is oppos by Dr. D. H. Kincald of Danville, who was manager and secrétary of King Bwope, the “baby member” of tne ouse in 1919 and 1920. County wdge Gus Jeffries of Adair county is going to Stump the district in overalls on a “bone dry &nd soldier bonus” platform. Gilbert opposed the bonus on the stump, but voted for it in the House. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | 1 the tig L.u.t:hc Yoder, 67, Failed Very P. Motrow, by 471, Pike county ‘.v-lLWEs WITH NECK BROKEN ORYSSUE PORS TOFRONT N 010 Decision Putting Wine-Beer Amendment on Ballot Starts Fight. BIG WOMAN’S VOTE SEEN | Senator Pomerene’s Chanoes of Re- Eleotion Imperiled by Situation. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 23— The decision of the Ohlo supreme court requiring the secretary of state to place the proposed amendment of the Constitution to permit the manu- facture and sale of light wines and beer on the state ballot has caused the wet and dry question to flare up in the state campaign unexpectedly and in a menacing manner. Such a decision was not generally expected. The party nominations for the prin- cipal offices (o be filled were such as Named For Board to Adjust U. S.-German Claims ROBERT C. MORRIS, who was yeaterday appointed an| Amcrican member of the Mixed Clalms Commission, composed of Germans nand Americans who will adjust G man-American claims. to give no good reason for raising such an issue in the campaign. ’rne' nesligible vote given Homer Durand. | the wet aspirant for the republican nomination for governor in the pri- | mary election. was regarded as an in- | idex of the strong dry sentiment in the state. The Anti-Saloon League was not a party to tife litigation, and so is not in _a position to move to carry the judgment of the Ohio supreme court to the Supreme Court of the United States. and the secretary of state and attorney general are not inclined to take that action. Fov these reasons it is likely that no appeal will be made. But even if it should be made the fed- eral Supreme Court could hardly pass upon the question before the date when the ballots must be printed and distributed. The state will be thor- oughly covered with speakers on both sides, and there is danger that the regular Issues of the election may be quite eclipsed by this appeal. Woman Vete Larger. One thing certain now is that a much larger female vote wiil be brought to the polis at the coming election than would have been the case had this issue not been raised. This may be to the detriment of Sena- tor. Pomerene, against whom it is OUTTOBEATHLAN Houston Man Will IOppose Candidate of Invisible Em- pire for Senate. ANTIS WELL ORGANIZED Republicans Join Democrats in Campaign to Defeat Candi . date Mayfield. known the women have a grievance | Special Dispatch to The Star. based on his opposition to both pro- hibition and suffrage. On the whole, Col. Thompson's interests would not AUSTIN, Tex., September 23.—Fu- sion of the republicans and anti- suffer by such a result, for while both } Ku Klux Kilan democrats in tae he and Mr. Donahéy are classed as “acceptable” by the *Anti-Saloon Ll‘flg}lfl‘ it is known that to Wayne B. Wheeler. the head of the league, Col. Thompson seems more entitled to the support of his organization. It would be no new thing If the people of Ohio should ignore the federal prohibition provision and vote into their constitution a pro- vision that is in violation of it, for the fact is that the constitution of Ohio still contains the provision that to be a voter in this state one must be white. It is true that this pro- vision is a hang-over from the days of slavery, but it cannot be claimed that it has been left there as an over- _slghl by the Ohio people, for though it has been a dead letter since the adoption of the fifteenth amendment repeated attempts by the colored peo- ple of the state and their white sym- pathizers to have it taken out have been regularly and decisively voted down. It was not even taken out when the state constitution was changed so as to give women the ballot. Factions Wiped Out. _Probably in no other state has the line between the conservative and progressive factions of the republi- cans-been more completely wiped out, All the prominent progressives of the 1912 movement are back in the regular party organization and were active in the movement that resulted in the nomination of Col. Thompson for governor. To further bind these elements together in the campaign it is proposed to have the principal ad- dress at the formal opening of the state campaign made by a prominent progressive, and that speaker will be, if he will accept, former Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana. Democrats here seem to have it that Justice John H. Clarke, who Is resigning from the United States Supreme Court bench, is soon to come out as a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for the presidency and that he will have the support of former President Woodrow Wilgon, and not the latter's son-in-law, llam G. McAdoo. Another interesting and persistent political rumor here is that whether he is elected or defeated this fall Senator Pomerere is to be offered by President Harding the vacancy on the supreme bench which is expected will soon be made by the retirement of Justice Day. To the vacancy thus made in the Senate, it is sald, Walter F. Brown of Toledo, prominent in the movement that brought about the nomination and election of Mr. Hard- ing, but still unprovided for per- manently, would be appointed BELIEVE TERROR GANG CAUSED MAN'S DEATH Rapidly After Threats by In- truders in His Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., September 23. —The death of EIl C. Yoder, aged sixty-seven, a member of the Amish Church, whose funeral was held from the Amish meeting house a few miles north of here yesterday, is believed by the authorities to have resulted from being terrorized by a gang or ruffians who visited his home last Sunday. They told him they would treat him as his aged father, Christian Yoder, was tortured by a gang of robbers, who visited his home thirty-five years ago. The culprits then stole a crock of butter from. the cellar and other articles and left the place. Mr. Yoder, Who had been partlally paralized for years and was alone, collapsed and sank rapidly. James Schrock and Lawrence Fidler have been arrested In connection with the affair and the authorities are 13oking for two other young men, Mr. Yoder was a highly respected farmer. The family did not wish to ¢ause any arrests, resoft to law being Ordinarily Pike county, (nei"mtrlry to the Amish religion, but lends informed the authoritles which resulted in the arrests. Mr. Yoder is survived by his wife and eleven chil- dren. The family wak at church when the intruders made the visit. Diver. Who Fractured = Cervical 2 V_O‘mbn May Recover, ST LOUIS, Mo., Séptember 23.— Physicians today said there was a chance for the recovery of Paul L. Boehl, twenty-six years old, who suf- fered .2 bfoken neck four wéeky ago while diving. The fifth cervical vér- tebra in his neck Is -fractufed, and his spinkl cord 8 sévered. Phy- sicians say his life literally has been anging on a thréad,” and declars the case to be it 1161 in wedical selefice. Boeh! his béen éoh- scious. Physicians say. the fracture is knitting. . s e selection of George E. B. Peddy of Houston as candidate for the Umited States Senate in opposition to Earle B. Mayfield. the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan faction of the democratic party, makes the political situation in Texas the most remarkable that ever confronted the voters of this state. The facts that the regular re- publican organization of Texas has gliven its formal and hearty indorse- ment of Mr. Peddy's candidacy and that the convention of anti-klansmen democrats which nominated Peddy was made up of more than 500 dele- gaies from various parts of the state many of whom have long been promi nently identified with democratic po- litical affairs, are taken as an assur- ance that he will receive the united support of: these two rlements, One of the things that makes the result of the coming senatorial elec- tion problematical is that of the 1,200,000 qualified voters in, Texas only about 614.000 went into the democratic primaries. It is conceded | meeting. The following day he called 1o Europe. that practically all of the 600,000 who did not participate in the democratic primaries were either not interestea in any of the candidates or they are of the republican political faith. Republicans Are Few. It is very clear that there are not that many republicans in Texas, although to say that there are 300,000 who belong to that party would not be far wrong. It is pointed out that if_even 200.000 republicans cast their votes for Peddy it would be enough to elect him when added to the votes of the anti-klansmen democrats. Another thing that is in Mr. Peddy's favor, it is asserted, is the fact that approximately 40,000 former members of the American party were debarred from voting in the recent democratic primaries by the pledge which the state democratic executive committee imposed upon all voters. These will be privileged to vote in the general electlon and they will support Peddy to a man, it is declared. Kian Denounced. An analysis of the anti-Ku Klux Klan element in Texas shows that it is composed of many thousands of Protestants as well as all of the Catholics, Jews and forelgn-born peo- ple. Mr. Mayfleld can hardly hope to receive the votes of any of the klan's opponents, it is pointed out. In the convention which nominated Peddy denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan was the Keynote of all the speakers and the platform which was adopted. It will be the paramount issue of the campaign between Peddy and Mayfield. Up to this time Mr. Mnyfleld. has never mentioned the klan fn ‘any of his-public uttetdnces: He hag heVer denied or affirmed that he is a _member of the so-called - visible émpire. Peddy {6 a prohibitionist and a woman suffrage advocate. The first speech hé made in the legislature wae in favor of woman suffrage. He was a floor leader for the Woman suf= frage resolGtion in the legislature. As a leader of the University of Texas student body in the fight against Gov. James E. Ferguson pre- ceding his impeachment, Peddy be- came a state-wide figure in 1917, PLAN POST-WAR WORK. Conferetice Will Study Uy S. For- 5. eign Relations, NEW YORK, September 23.—A national conference to atudy impar- tially the advisability of and éxtent of American participation in inter- national affalfs and of reduction of American armaments will be held here November 10 and 11, under the suspices of the National Civie Federa- n. < Alton B. Parker, president of the organization, in a'letter sent to in- vited delegates, declared that these questions involve ‘not only the de- sire of America to end war and to ald in reconstruction, but also the practical issue of how to sateguard America and ‘its ‘Institutions from damaging effeéts following in the wake of continuance of present con- ditfons. . C. & 0. MEN TO RETURN. Greater Part of Btrikers-Expected Back by Tuesday Morning. . RIGHMOND, Va,, September 23— Détafled orders for the return of itflk|ng Chesapeake and Ohio rail- way. shopmeén, under teffns of the agreement with the rail management t night, are being worked out to- b) H. 8tewart, president of thé p crafts’ federation. Thesa it was annotinced, will direct l?e .fl urn to work Monhdhy mfil:pln‘ of | meh at points east of Ronce- verté, W. Va., ahd on Tudsday fern- at all western centers. 'he ‘agreement” stipulates that the 8,000 8hopmen of the road who walk- ed ot on July 1 must be back at thelf work - within- €hifty days, bu union leaders and rsxil officials state tolky. 1t wak hoped that this could be '&lhl" balf, that- time. . Thd men be taken back, it was an- nounced, as quickly as positions can be made for-them.” A TARKF SOUNDED N HODSERRAGE Democratic SQnatorial Can- didate Sees Immense Levy ! on United States. BEVERIDGE NOT TALKING Taggart to Take Stump for Demo- " cratic Aspirant. Special Dispatel to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS ind., Sept. 23.—The speaking .campaign of both political parties has got under way in the last week. Samuel M. Ralston, demo- cratic nominee for Unitéd States senator, has made two speeches, and in both of them he continued to tle doubt that the democrats intend to make the tariff the main issue in the campaign. In a _speech delivered in Indianapolis Mr. Ralston went ex- hausiively Into the tariff question, saying that in many instances the 1ariff levy under the new law would be more than the entire labor cost of the industry affected. Albert J. Beveridge, the republi- n nominee for senator, has made no speeches, but he has been in close touch_with the organization and has ttended meetings for speakers at publican state headquarters. Ques- tions discussed at the speakers’ meet- ings related largely to the increase n_cxpenses of state administration, wiich, it is sald. will be emphasized by democratic speakers. After (he ectings of speakers it was said that Miles Furnas will have enough in- formation to meet in a very satisfy- ing way the attacks of the demo- crats. Mr. Furnas, who is a member of the legislature, has been gathering data on state cxpenses for some time. Campaign Sway. Although Mr. Beveridge has npt been speaking, the republican speak- ing campaign in the state has been In full sway with speeches in a num- ber of cities. At Rushville, the re- publican, campaign was opened by Edward C. Toner of Anderson and Mis. Carina Warrington, state pro- bhation officer. Mr. Toner, in discuss- ing state expenses, said that most of the taxes are local and said that of all the money expended about 42 per cent is for schools and 25 per cent for roads. At Boonville the campaign was opened by Archbald Hall of In- dianapolis, who defended ‘the admin- istration of the tax law by the re- pubiicans. At Wabash. Ind, at the opening of the republican cdmpaign, Miles Furnas was the chief spea'sa: iA notable republican event of tne week was the speech in Indianapolis by Wlilliand L. Harding, former gov- e¢rnor of Towa. John Waesley HIillL chancellor of Lincoln Memorial Uni- versity, Cumberland p. Tenn., also has been in the state for a number of speeches. The campaign at Rich- mond was opened with an address by the Rev. Mr. Hill. who said that all present troubles of the national ad- ministration are due to inheritances from the Wilson administration. The R Mr. Hill will remain in the state for speechmaking nother werk Taggart to Take Stump. { A cheering bit of news for the democrats this week was the word that Thomas Taggart. former na- tional chairman, will take the stump for Mr. Ralston, the democratic nominee for senator. Following a meeting of tue state committee it was noted in the newspapers that Mr. Taggart was not present at the | Mr. Ralston over the telcpnone from French Lick and assured him that he would be in the campaign with all the oratory at his command. He said he would get into the campaign early in October and remain to the finish Mr. Taggart was never known as a speechmaker until a few yvears ago when he made a race for the Senate after he had served a short time in the Senate as an appointee of Mr. Ralston, who was_then governor. Prior to that time Mr. Taggart's aid in democratic campaigns had been of a more substantial nature At the meeting of the democratic state committee it was predicted that democrats would carry seven of the thirteen congressional _ districts. Walter §. Chambers said that 1,000,- 000 additional coples of the demo- cratic pamphlet dealing with alleged republican extravagance in State af- fairs would be printed, and he said also that 200 speakers had volun-! teered to give aid _in_the democratic campaign. Mr. Chambers said he would spend most of his time out! in the state until after October 9, the second registration day. Demo- crats attending the meeting said that the democrats had much the better of it in the first registration. Un- bilased reports, however, indicate that neither party scored much of a success in the first registration. Beveridge-Shank Allfance. A new note was struck in the democratic campaign this week in a speech by Russell J. Ryan, chair- man of the organization in Indian- apolis. Mr. Ryan asserted that there is an alliance between Mr. Beveridge, candlidate fof sehator,and Mayor Shank of Indianapolis. Shank, he said, is aid- ing in electing Beveridge, and Beve- ridge, if succesdful, he said, will at- tempt to make Shank governor. It is presumed that Mr. Ryah, who Is re- sponsible for the democratic vote in Indianapolis only, was attempting to take advantage of some of the ups and downs of the city administra-! tlon. Some political observers have not made up their minds as to whether talk of this kind will ald or harm the democratic chances. Mayor Shank apparently has made a good many enemies in Indianapolis, but those who have traveled over the state with him say that in outside clties his speeches meet %ith great tavor and that he has a knack of meeting the country people that can- not be beaten. 1t is notedl also that Mr. Beveridge has not attempted to deny his friend- ship for Mayor Shank. In fact, Mr. Béveridge praised the mayor Highly at the recent meeting of the re- ublican editors. Even those who 85 not Tike Mr. Beveridge have noth- ing to say derogatory to his political |astuteness, and the fact that he makes Do attempt to hide the support that Mayor Sha is supplying.. gives Pduse to those who might be tempted to count Shank as a liability for the fepublican eampaign. LANDIS IN BONUS FIGHT. Proposes to Battle Until U. 8. Set- tles Its Debts to Its Veterans. SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 23— Kenesaw Mountain Landis proposes to keéep fighting until the United Btates “is intelligent enough and honest enough to settle Its debts te its veterans on thelr merits.” . Speaking at the New York state con- vention of the American Legion last hight he said in regard to opponents of & bonus: “Empty your, pockets—Iay the money ‘you made out of the war on the tables— and-then we Will b8 ready to hear your analysis of the motivés of your opposi- ti6n to a soldief. bonus.” L3 ACCUSED OF PLAY-PIRATING. Beptember 23 — arged with play-pirating, Charles mer of Washington, Pa., is in dustody here today. He will be ar- raigned Tuei Kn?or 88 -ar- Yosted by federal agents &t Wash- mgton, upon complaint of a repre- dentative of the ucers’ Associa- " PITTSBURGH, tion of New York. It is alleged that ‘he obtained copieb Of more than ‘& dosen dramas that were being pro. wWo o duced in New York ana staged them At Washinglon. stress the tariff. There appears lit-| FLAPPERS HUMAN, BRITISH. VIEW IT, DONCHERKNOW By the Associated Press. ‘ LONDON, September 23.—Eng- land has not much sympathy with complaints against the “flapper,” and the press has been conducting a lively defense in her behalf. Over here she is taken philo- sophically, like the weather. A prominent American resident of London told American inter- viewers recently that England has no “flappers,” but the state- ment bespeaks the dignity of age and.respectability rather than ac- curacy. The species may have been transplanted to America, and even improved upon, but its original home was here. Like the words “rotter.” “wangler,” ‘“cadger,” ‘“nipper” and “waster,” the word “flapper” is typical English slang, which became popular in the early da: of the war when the young girls —or those who acted like younsg girls—wore their hair in a single lurge curl or pigtail protruding from beneath the hat. This braid or curl “flapped” from side to side as the owner saucily tripped along Piccadilly or other prome- hence the name. “There is no escape from the flapper,” say the Bnglish. “She will hunt a man down, marry him and darn his socks. She Is some- body's daughter, and she is a human being. In fact she is the mother of our grandchildren. IBRITISH PREMIER BLAMED IN CRISIS Editor Gardiner Declares Lloyd George Has Aided French Ambitions. URGES A NEW CABINET England’s Affairs Must Be in More Responsible Hands, He Says. BY A. G. GARDINER, Britain’s Foremost Liberal Editor. By Cable Dispatch to The § LONDON, September 23.—The latest eruption of the European volcano is a superlative {llustration of the levity of the Lloyd George method. When we are right his political jugsling puts us in wrong. The triumph of the Turks over the Greeks inevitably precipitated a grave conflict between French and British policies. It 1s notorious that France and Italy had backed the Turks morally and materially, while England en- couraged the Greeks. The victory of Kemal openly is haled in France as a victory over England. The situa- tion brought France and England to the brink of a momentous decision, France_only has to stand aside leave England alone to cope with Kemal's claim for possession of the Dardanelles and Constantinople. and in conflict with the whole Mohamme- dan world French popular opinion favored this course, but, fortunately, other con- sideggtions intervened. France is the patron oi the little entente, and the little entente is terrified over the progpect of the return of the Turk Moreover, French inter- ests in Asla Minor are great. and Ithey are threatened by a too triumph- ant tehabllitation of the Turk. A Cabinet Dilemma. Such considerations have modificd the French policy. and at the end of last Week it seemed that joint action between gland and France to main- tain the neutralization of thé Darda- nelles and Constantinople was immi- nent. In the midst of the delicate negotiations Lloyd George flung a bomb in the shape of a sensational manifesto that the empire was ready to defend the fruits of the against attack. Why was this sued? It was a personal ac George, probably supported by Win- ston Churchill. = Was_ it an_attémpt to stampede France?. If so, it was a fatal act in policy, as-it gave France precisely the excuse &he Wanted to adopt an attitude of benevolent neu- trality. Was it a domestic_political i move, designed to recover lost pe {sonal prestige? Was it sheer irre- { sponsibility? { No one accepts the view that the { entire cabifiet authorized the action | The foreign minister was not re sponsible. The cabinet is left in a familiar dilemma, either it can resign or accept the position and try to clear it cup. If the premier expected a great popular response to his manifesto, he was profoundly mistaken. The pub- lic reception of the Suggestion of a new war is universally hostile. Even | the Northcliffe press is placarding the streets with: ¢ “8top the new war The labor conference declared: “Not a man; not a gun'" Every section has denounced the levity " and recklessness of Lloyd George's proceedings. The chief mischief of the Incident is that it misrepresents the attitude of the peo- ple. No one wants war, but no one wants the Turk back in Europe. For a century, the rule of the Turk has been the curse of Europe. The one practical achievement of the war seemed to be the final overthrow of the Ottoman tyranny. If that tyranny was to be re-established undér the protection of the most formidable imiitary power on the continent, the situation would not be better thau before the war, but infinitely worse. It would permanently embarrass Anglo-French relations and obliterate all hope for the restoration of Eu- rope on the basis of the league of nations. British Ministry Attacked. This danger can be avoided only by preserving the common action of the allies. The George manifesto im- periled this. &8s a declaration of Q | STRAITS’ FREEDOM VITAL Unpleasant Surprise From Turk Nationalism a Po Poincare, and agreement and gold reserv for cighteen make commission. treaty August. FRANCE TO SHIFT NEAR EAST POLICY Eventual Support of England Held Certain by Andre Tardieu. BY ANDRE TARDIEU Former Fremeh High Commissioner ted States. | By Cable Dispatch to The St: Copyright, 19: PARIS, September 23.—A German- Belgian Reichsbank bonds of 270,000,000 gold marks, rep- resenting ment; 4 conference at Paris between Curzon, and the little en- tente ministers over near east peace, Fratico-British over the defense of the straits—that's this week in Europe. German-Belgian was rendered possible through a prior | the Reiclisbank | attainable through the England holds and gives Germany guaranteed | occupation of the Asiatic agreement | | and Belgium payment, time which theoreti- cally,was refused by the reparations Belgium will the bonds and Germany wiil not have o redeem them at the Bank of Eng- iand until March, 1924, when she can be expected to argue that these obli- cations will prevent her meeting her obiigations due reparations clause of the Versailles Thus Poincare has accepted today what he refused in London last near eastern question with Poincare only after the complete disagreement between the French and English viewpoints had become apparent and had been sharpened by the.press of both sides. Logic would have pre ferred the conference before the d pute. It is true that events in Anatolia advanced so rapidly that Eu- ropean governments were discon- certed. Lloyd George, who last year urged the Greeks forward, has suffered de- feat, but it is difficult to see where anybody else except Kemal has gain- ed. as despite the pro-Turkishness of the whole French press, which secnix to have forgotten the war: despite even the Angora agreement, which | ended Franco-Turkish hostilities »n | the Smyrna frontiers, France, after | protecting Christians in the Orient for. centuries. risks unpleasant sur- prises from Turkish nationalism allied to_sovietism. i The problem of preventing the | Turks seizing the straits is the Le- g) ginning of the whole dispute and this was the question which the Par conference undertook to settle. Liove George clumsily launched a soft of call to arms, which got a bad recen tion even in England. Poincare, whu decided previously to withdraw ti- small French garrison from the Asiatic to the European side of the straits, tried to register a diploma i victory by letting it appear to be reply to Lloyd George's manifesto Danger to Freedom. Actually the question is what will be done if Kemal decides to instull himself on the European side. Exon de would | e stracts SR render the fr. precarious. The greater part of the French press has shown an utter incompre- hension of the English policy. Ene- land, which cannot live without fre edom of dom’ of commerce, reacted against the Kemalist threat as it alwais reacts when vital trade points | threaten. This same Britixh tradition brought England into the war in 1911 for, had she attached less importan e to Antwerp than the Dardanelles <he would not have rushed to save Fran Failure of the Paris tand this has brough regrot disturbance. , Of course. Franee niust resist Lloyd George's fantasies afte vielding for thirty-two months. but that’s no excuse for misunderstandin Great Britain’s object, especially whe:, the recent decisive experience shows # these principles safegarded Kurope's interests and those of France. too. PACIFIC TIDE PHENOMENAL. - PANAMA, September 23.—The tid Purpose of Curzon. came here to discuss the to the solar eclipse ’ on the Pacific side of the canal rose yesterday to 191, feet. The phe- nomenon is believed to have been due French indifference to the lssue would be equivalent to an invitation to the Turks, 16, proceed and the removal of Frendh troops from Chenak is an oiiinous - indication- of the state of tnd in Paris. i At best the episode has enormously enhanced the bargaining power of Poincare, in_the,_diplomatic struggle with England. Turkey is only one phase of the issue which involves the whol¢ European problem and e péclally the fate of Germany. On this the interests and outlook of England and France are dlametrically opposed and the disastrous developments in Asia Minor give French diplomacy a strong hand in pressing for its own plan of extremist action. Incidentally the affair has reacted seriously on in_the country. There is a growing feeling of alarm at his irresponsible handling.of weighty matters and his incurable tendency to approach world problems from the polnt of view of political strategy. His stock with all pirties stands at the lowest point since the war and the suspicion that this latest demonstration wes govérned by electoral considerations prevails widely. The convictioh is rowing that the oll can is not the gu! means of putting out the fire raging in Europe and that before an English policy of peace can be pressed successfully against a French policy of milltarism England’s affairs ist be entrustec to more respon- ORDERED TO SEA DUTY. 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