Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1923, Page 15

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. OCTOBER , D._C, OCTOBER 21, 1923 _PART 1. s A 'WEEK TO SEE SHATTERING pA|STON [0OMING AGT TO FORESTALL | _Dr. Ellen F. Pandleton, president of By | Wellesley Coilege, is the sole repre- . 'Fitzgeraid of Casualty Hos- | Sentative of her sex on the jury which in the|pital responded to a call and_pro- | will award the prize in the $100,000 have a single care in the world ex-!and Murphy, who investigated, be-|room for more than an hour. The) ept the administration of the affairs lieved the woman was asphyxiated by room was full of gas end tig f Indiana. lgll escaping from a small gas stove | cl The primary campafgn of 1624 in!ia the room. | Indiana was moved forward this week | The body was discovered with the announcement that E. C.|tub by a roomer about 10 o'clock |nounced her dead. JOHNSONIN OHID Willis May Enter Primary in Behalf of Coolidge Against Californian. i ccial D'spatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohilo, October 20.—If Senator Hiram Johnson enters the pres- | lential primary in Ohlo and President Coolidge does not wish to seem to be| “=smoked out,” it is likely Senator Frank B. Willis will enter as a candidate for the support of the Ohio delegation, with the understanding that the delegates| ected under his name later be re-| d to support Mr. Coolidge. view of the increasing evidence it ig the .intention of Johnson ers to come into Ohio, this plan as been sugzested. Senator Willis is ready pledged to the support of Pre tH 1 lidge and there would mot be slightest ground for suspicion_that s not acting in good faith. Sena- tor Johnson might be anticipated by the filing of Senator Willls' declara- tion as a candidate immediately; 8o that there would be the same reason for his not entering Ohlo in search of dele- gates as led him to avoid Ohio in 1920 unless he should claim that Senator Willis not acting in good. faith, as Mr. Harding undoubtedly was three vears-ago. There is a feeling among republican caders of Ohio, who are without ex- ceptlon decidedly in favor of the nomi- uation of the President next y , that @n uncontested opening must not be left here for Semator Johnson. There 1s In the rank and file of the party an | clement favorable to a candidacy of the Johnson ty] nd some misgiving as to whether President Coolidge really has the personal appeal to make him a strong candidate. With no definitely indicated candidacy in_opposition and no strong campaign speakers to meet the Johnson arguments, the Californian . he would be almost cer- ture some of the Ohio dele- Democrats Split. The Ohio democratic organization | Is belng so completely shot through | with ctional dissension that it Seems quite certain that t sta originally reliably republican, will give her electoral vote to the repub- Jican candidate for President next ; year, no matter who he may be. The zathering of clouds of organization OPPosition about the head of Gov. A. | Y. Donahey has been referred to be- ore, but it seemed likely that the | storm would not fully burst un fter the impending municipal elc ' OF ALL FREIGHT RECORDS Rail Heads and Shippers by Remov- ing Friction Have Achieved Monumental Business. BY HARDEN COLFAX. A new high record for volume of busi- ness done throughout the United States appears In prospect for the mext ten days, according to preliminary reports to the Association of Rallway Execu- | The floodtide of commerce | tives here, which always rolls in upon the raflroads in the closing days of October will sweep to the highest mark ever record- ed, probably topping 1,100,000 carloads of freight a week, unless all advance indications miscarry. Such is the answer from the hinter- land to the wiseacres of Wall street. For the past iwo months stocks have been in the doldrums largely, it is re- | ported, because Wall street feared that the expected increase in fall business had_flattened out. The flattening out, in the light of the carriers’ reports, ap- pears to be a mountain of freight the like of which has never been piled up before in the annals of American rail- roading. For six months and a week the car- rlers have hauled un zverage than 1,000.000 loaded cars of freight every seven days. Month in und month out for more than half a vear the rail- roads have exceeded every week the goal which they reached but twice in not at all in 1921, and only four in the 1920 era of inflation. Prior there had never been a milil car week. Last week closed the twenty seventh consecutive week of such load- ings, if the average for that period fs struck. The total load even week teh back P ted by the carrlers as 21, Present Record to Fall. During the week of October 6 me chandise and other products to ti extent of carloads rolle over the highest mark reached was during the preceding week, when 1,097.274 loaded cars were hauled. That recora is the one which, it is believed, will fall next week. It is significant that so-called sum- mer dullness, Labor day and_other holidays, and reported recession of business activities have falled drag down the average during the six months below the seven-figurc total. The carriers ment regard monumental. the achieve- They say it 1lons of this year. But the last week S seen meeting of a number of the democratic leaders here regarding | election of a candidate to st the governor for the nomi 1. They met behind closed doo S, but the secret got out. They have not | agreed on a candidatd, but have tgreed to enter one. H It does not seem likely that they ©can accomplish the defeat of the gov. *rnor for nomination, though at the olls in November a different story be told 1 A. Thompson, | date of the re- | Bovernor, nas himself a'c his campal and who has | affiliated with | out a ct that enter not formall !date, tatement thi “ol. Thompsor he prim has the la et mentioned with the vote retween a 1 andidates e nominatio > state sp. field of guberna nination n. So it see campaign of next aged with “the same 3 rs as last year, but with chances decidedly favor of the i republican, - ALBRAITH. TWO ALARMS SOUNDED BEFORE FIRE IS FOUND Two alarms of fire at a box at 6th and east last night e discovered. as a ome Wooden dc Theatc ox, but when the ) the flrst « passer-by, ce of fire could minor blaze v frame ar the not far from the irenien responded il avhich was pulled by they could find no evi- a’ conflagration. e per. pulling tie belleved, returned up the theater, where the Ing, and the firemer box, it is alle¥ near fire was burn- could not be di- ed to the blaze. It was listed as Ise alarm, when, lo, another from the same box sound he sec- nd search for the Wwas success- R tinguished nutes and twenty-two 400 persons in the ware of the fire call. t The Cloth Models are other exclusive designs—all Fur Collars. | probabiltty DEMOCRATS FACING TEST IN MISSOURI Leaders Fear Primary Resuit Unless Strong Ticket Is Put in Field. Special Dispatch to The Star, ST. LOUIS, Mo., October -20.—The that the Ku Kiux K and prohibition will be the internal issues on which tho 1924 campalgn will be” fought in Missourl, issues which may overshadow other na- tional questions, has led democrat leaders in the state to an attempt to devise a scheme to avold the party uncertainties of the state primary. Fear that a combination of dry votes and Klan votes in the rural sections would result in the nomina- tion in the primary of a candldate for governor who would be wholly unacceptable to St. Louis has been the controlling motive of a number of recent conferences from which hav come the sug state con- tion in_advance primary to an_enti tate ticket. Is that such a party In i controlling ry and that the would be nomi- nated. The democratic state committee has.been called by Chatrman Farr to meet in St. Louls November 1 At that time the suggel for convention will recefve c W. R. Hollister, form secretaty of the democrafic national committee, who probably will have part in directing the McAdoo paign in Missourl, is out in an to the state committee to call 2 vention. There he fe undoubtedly is a reason for which the democrats are You will find that we have included many Manufacturer’s Samples in this collection of Coats. You know what that means. The ma- terials are those which are cortect this season, such as— Fine Fur-like Fabrics, Hi gh- Pile Weaves and Genuine Coney Fur Coats. the popular Side-Tie and lined with silk. “Luxurious ‘Watch Our Windows for New Styles of more | for those | to | {hns been made possible by the ge { together policy between raillroad and | shipper inaugurated last winter and foretold in advance exclusively by this correspondent. That policy has worked so well that it is to be ex- tended immediately to virgin terri- tory. Within the next.ten days or so it will be applied to eastern and New England sections, where it has | not been fully effective heretofore. At present the united railroads of the nation are sitting down with the | shippers in seven well defined freight originating regions. Co-operation is obtained through the medium of re- glonal advlsory boards, composed wholly of shippers. With these boards |the carrlers’ representatives meet often, discuss mutual requirements, plan for car supply, measure the need for equipment and otherwise apply a personal and effective iron to any | wrinkles that may arise. Friction Eliminated. The lack of common understand- |ing in the past, the railroads now { believe, has been the cause of much | friction between shipper and carrler, { many misunderstandings, {11 will and |absence of united effort which has | cost_ both sides .dearly. Almost all the old causes of friction have been | eliminated and the record movement jof railroading history accomplished by the get-together policy. Regional boards are functioning at present in territories of wlich the headquarters are Teledo, Cincinnati, capolis, Dallas, Birmingham, | Kansas City and Omaha. Both sides ro conciliatory, and all endeavor to help. ! The next application of this princts | ple, announcement of which may be expected at any time, will be made in | districts of which Pittsburgh, New York and probably Boston will be headquarters. ‘There has never been a great freight { movement in the past without its car | shortage. Million-car _wee a to | Lring_200.000-car shor | together policy. pius a ne up | of repalr work by the roads t | selves, has changed all that this {In the face of the ord movement, | the association reports a net surplus | of about 18,000 cars uvallable for | further business. The change from a shortage of 200,000 or more cars to | a eurplus of 18,000 cars represents. the carriers assert, the working ouf of an {dea—the get-together policy. evidencing and which they are pro- posing to meet in advance of the campaign. Missouri, usnally consid- ered a democratic state, is in fact a doubtful st and has been for twenty years. Si 304 three re- publican _candidates for President have carrled it and only two demo< cratic candl and bne of those democratic years was 1912 when the }regubl!cxns were split. Taft and Roosevelt together that year re- ceived a larger vote than did Wilson, With Missouri doubtful in normal €lections, there is a further disturbing condition facing the democrats next year. For the past two vears there [has been a very extensive influx of | negrocs from southern states, some { estimates being as high as 50,000 and | none lower than 30,000. For the most part they have settled In St. Louls and in thre or four southeast counties, where the growing of cotton has been begun recently on a blg scale. These new negro votes can be counted as nearly 100 per cent re- publican, As viewed by some of the demo- cratic leaders they must nominate ticket which can hold reasonably well the democratic strength in the country and at the same time get a very gizable republican vote in St. Louis and 2 number of republican countles. Apparently they have no particular person in mind for gov- ernor, but they are trying to find one who ~an meet the requirements. Senator Reed accompiished the feat in his campaign last year, and they want & nominee for governor Who can repeat what Reed did. CURTIS A. BETTS. Miss Margaret Bondfield has been «lected chairman of the general coun- cil of the British trade union co gress. She is the first woman to hold this post, the most important in the trades unlon movement {n England. | 95¢ INDEMOCRATICRACE 'Indiana Senator Not Presi- dency Seeker, But May Enter Field Later. Special Dispateh to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 20.— Even though Senator Samuel M, Ral- stan is not an avowed candidate for the democratic presidentlal nomina- tion his friends are not losing an opportunity that might be of assist- ance if the proper time ever comes to bring his candidacy Into the ope This was demonstrated in Indianapo- lis this week when all of the demo cratic governors attending the gov- ernors' conference at West Baden were breakfast guests of Charles A Greathouse, democratic national com- | mitteeman from Indiana, and Senator Ralston was present. The senator renewed acquaintance with many of the executives whom he has known and became acquaint- ed with others, all of which may prove valuable later. It was noticeable, too, that Thomas Taggart, whose famous French Lick resort is only a short distance from West Baden, extended a warm greet- ing to the governors, especially those ! of a democrati riety. Taggart is! {the political genius behind the Ra Isl(vn movement, and expected to ‘be the dominating flgu n the na- tional genator's name is convention {f the ver presented. One of the thingé that {impre: tawe tending the conferent ing iron will of Gov. Warren T. M Cray, who acted as their India host, to fight himself out of the pre- dicament in which his financial crash has left him. Governor Not Worrled. | With a fortune estimated at one {time to have been more than $3,000,000 in the hands of two trusteeships, with a grand jury investigating his financial operations, with & petition pending in federal court to have him declared a bankrupt, with the bank founded by his father closed, because of his own opcrations, deserted by the republican leaders and his party organization, Gov. McCray evinced no sign of his worrles to the visiting | ®overnors. 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