Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1923, Page 12

12 * ADOD CANPAGH OPERS N EARNES "Has Small Hope for Wilson Support—Fears Possible Opposition. BY DAVID LAWRENC] The McAdoo effort to win the demo eratic nomination for the presidency 1s taking on the proportions of a real campaign. M. Brice Claggett, formerly private secretary to Mr. McAdoo when he was Secretary of the Treasury and later private secretary to the dircetor gen- eral of railroads, has resigned his po- sitlon with the Guaranty Trust Com- pany of New York and passed through here today en route to Los to take charge of the political corre- spondence of his former chie n almost every s of the the McAdoo supporte to establish cithe & campaign unit to Bates to vietory MeAdoo fo Dakota is pointed to the campaign is on that from now nominatio the vigor of longer is there any doubt where MeAdoo himself stands. He will t sion to comment on public que tions from time to time and demo strate his right to assume the leade ship of his party. The beginning of the camy this early date 1 due to the fa delegates will e to be pledged a long time in advance, and if the Me- Adoo supporters do not win them -aome other candidute will Wilkon Strength Vital. fight the however, dd upon what will happen maries, or even on the merits of the various e related to present-day turns on the ability of managers to capture the strength in the party, whic way, has not much Wilsonism or the league of natior or any other particular policies of the former President. It means the strength of the former office | who were put in power dur Wilson administration of eight years The last convention at San Franecisco which the democrats held proved con- clusively that thres-quarters of the dele- gates in attendance were direetly or in- directly rolat the Wilson “tration. The dlash between ) Palmer. however. for that strength made it impossible to be nominat Iy Cox won by a the son votes and large nunibers of supporters, who gave their help to Cox rather than McAdoo. nee 1920 the Palmer disappeared. Mun the of the former Attorney General are now in the MeAdoo camp. Similarly, some of the men who were strong for Cox for instance D. L. Rockwell of Oh who Is Mr. McAdoo's mar mitted to the MeAdoo candid Tp to no peared in the field against who can take away from hi Wilson strengt New York was a part of the Wilson factior presumably will for Al $ inois and Indiana will hardly for McAdoo at the ou strategy of sAdoo to mako and south as a n strating a solid front castern brethren the wisdom of join- ing_the MeAdoo procession. Indecd, 1f McAdoo is nominated the chan ars his campaign will be based an expected combination of the and south, which w w democratic Presid Union ning ‘d with 1 contest ign at that ' The real nomination. for democratic s not turn in the pri issues the with Jome t faction has of apporters who nos andidate has ap- MeAdoo prove to the on west enough to clect it in 1916, Coolldge Strong in it President publican nominee, will strongest support in the e fight for the presidency may, fore, be staged in the west M Adoo may expected to come with a farm program in tiy: hope of benefiting by the discontent in the western states. i ‘That's why the effort of his friends to make a strong showing in South Dakota can be considered as part of thelr campaign to put forth McAdoo &s a “progressive” with sympathies for the agricultural elements who Just now causing a rift in the bublican pari Mr. MecAdoo’ himself o ant. Coolidge is the have his The he st th M forth hesitancy to make | te in 1920 has often been attributed to his unwillingn, to take any step that might be dis- approved by his distinguished father- in-law. Rumor had it that Mr. Wil son thought he ought to have been nominated then for a third term—if only a complimentary nomination as a Yindication of his policie The recent visit of Mr. McAdon to Washington is ta to he has let Mr. Wilson know h and that the former President now has interposed no objection to the candidacy. It is not likely that Mr. Wilson will openly support any didate or participate directly or directly in the pre-convent PRign o far as personalities concerned. He will no doubt en- deavor to exert his influence toward | the shaping of a platform just as he | did in 1920. when it is reported he plank to the convention. a_“d While he may never win the indorsement of the former President before the con- ventfon, he will no doubt be content if Mr. Wilson does not indicate op- position. Probably the test will come when Mr. McAdoo is asked to atate his position on the league of | nations. i (Copyright, 1 DUMDUM BULLETS - FIGURE IN ARREST Colored Man Equipped for Hold- Up Admits Intent, But Denies He Committed Robbery. i A big revolver loaded with dumdum bullets and a dark blue handkerchief nrepared to be used as a mask were foun@l in possession of a youns colored man arrested at 7th and D streets northwest this morning by Detectives Flalierty and Fowler. T never stuck up anybody in my life,” declared the prisoner, “dut I had it in my mind to do it." Profitt Jackosn was the name given by the prisoner. He said he was unable 1o read or write, and not knowing how 10 spell his first name he had always signed his name “P. Jackson.” T hold up my right hand,” he sald, and am willing to get on my knees to God and say I didn't stick up anybody.” At police headquarters the prisoner said he had resided in this city se erall years ago, and had been em- ployed in the kitchen of one of the e e A President of D. C. Council, Boy Scouts of America. ROLAND ROBBI Treasurer. WASHINGTON LEADS IN SCOUT NUMBERS Tops Cities of Its Class, Out- stripping Even Baltimore and Philadelphia. Waslington leads all of the cities of its population class (400,600 to §00.000) in the number of Boy out Cleveland, its enrolled, such cities as Baltimore, Milwaukee and Los An- & according to reports made at anking the District of Columbia Council held vesterday at the City Club, L. A. Snead together with R was the elected president g officers arry Mo- B. Drown, May, vice presi- president for ears, was elected hon- orary president. 1n addition te the officers. the following were elected members of the executive board: Paul Rartsch. Henry P. Blair, Brig. Gen. Llovd Brett, Gans, J. H. Hanna, Paul . Roy er and L. Whiting Estes. The advisory board was elected as follows: Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Ad- miral W. §. Benson, Robert S. Brook- M. O Chance, Karl W. Corby. Dolph, J. S. Flannery, Thomas satlin, Frank n, Frank R. leff, E. Lec Rudolph Jose, ames L Lee. nee R. Lee, John *. Letts, Colin ingstone, n T. Mather, Matthe: nk Moorm Newbold uncan Phillips Theodore Roosevelt, J. A. Van F. R. Weller. Myron W. Whitne: ter G. Wilson, James S min Dulaney, Dr. wan, Elmer Dover, E. D. Hathaway, rank L. Middleton, Gen. Anton Ste- phan, W. C. Miller, William Knowles Cooper, James -T. Lloyd, John O. Bvans, Clark €. Griffith, Frank L. Wagner. 3 CALLS RED CHEEKS | BAD HEALTH SIGN Dr. E. F. Sappington Tells of Experiments With Blood Transfusions. mpson, Boy Dr. Ernest F. Sappington of Wash- ington, in an address on ‘Blood Transfusion” at the final sessions of the Southern Homeopathic Medical Association at the Hotel Washington today. declared that red cheeks are not necessarily indicative of good | health, but may be the sign of high blood p sure, and even anemic per- may have them. ‘Men, normally, have five million red blood cells to the cubic centi- meter and women 4,500,000,” declared Dr. Sappington, who stated that Dr. De Page, in charge of a Belgian hospital during_ the found that a soldier suffering from wouads, whose blood cells had been reduced to ‘less than half in twelve hours, would die unless a transfusion was performed and then they usually' recovered. Not only do blood transfusions give rfiore blood, but increase the activity of the patient’s own blood manufac- turing organs and increase the tend- ency for the blood to congeal, thus stopping- hemorrhages, he added. “1 ha arned that it is necessary ‘hard boiled' if one desires to where in public lif; en. Charles E. Sawyer at the assoclation’ bangpet night. “I have ' also to be stay or get an d Brig. learned from recent experience that it is safer not ta talk,” he added. Gen. Sawyer declared although at- tacks had been made against him he had never, figured in a newspaper ;. “This has taken quite ral courage,” he declared. satisfaction of kpowing and standing for a principle, and of honest convictions.” Referring to his present position as physiclan to President Coolidge, he declared that in that officlal relation both he and Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone had the same happy accord with the present Executive as with the late President Harding. “As far more prominent hotels. He was born in Lawrence county, S. C.. he stated, Lut had been away from thére a number of years. Colored men in a recent hold-up in this city wore masks similar to the one taken from Jackson, and the several merchants who have been held up the past faw days will be ed te take & look at the prisoner with a view to identifying him. The prisoner and his effects were photo- graphed. and lice of other cities will ke notificd of his arrest. as these relations go, they are chang ed in name only,” he said. He outlined the purposes of the Harding Memonial Assoeiation and urged the members of the association to_support it. Other speakers were: Dr. L. B. Siemon, president of the American Institufe of Homeopathy, toast master; Dr. Alonzo Tenny of Chicago, Dr.-G. W. Johnson of Danville, newly elected president; Dr. O. Scott Run- nells nd Dr. “Frank A. Swartwout, rotiving president. . i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DUNGAN' SLAYER | Abe M T0 DIE ON GALLOW Herberf L. Copeland, Colored, to Be Executed March 3, 1924, Justice Bailey, in Criminal Division 1, today sentenced Herbert L. Cope- land, colored, to die on the gallows March 3, 1924. Copeland was recently convicted of the murder of Police Lieut. David Dunigan, May 21, 1918, at 1400 Carrollburg street southwest, where the officer attempted to arrest him. Counsel for the prisoner noted an appeal to the District Court of Appeals, and Copeland was returned to jail. Story of Copeland’s Crime. Deputy Sheriff McPartland of Mary- land on I street northeast to get him land in I street northeast to get him to go to Maryland as a witness, and s accompanied by Policeman John Conrad. -Copeland killed both officers and, with gun in hand, sought refuge at the home of his half-brother at the Carrollburg street address. When Lieut. Dunigan and a squad of police had surrounded the house the lieu- tenant entered and was killed by Copeland As the negro attempted to leave the house he was shot five times by the other officers, and as a result of his wounds lingered in the hospital for several weeks. While awaiting trial he broke jail and was not located for more than four, rs until he apprehended at_Akron, Ohio, last July. When re- turned to jail Copeland steadfastly denied his identity and did not admit it until, called before the court to have counsel assigned Argue Motlon for New Tri Attorneys Henry Lincoln Johnson, B. 1. Gaskins and Royal A. Hughes for the prisoner argued a motion for A new trial today., in which they laimed that the atmosphere of the trial was prejudical to the prisoner. One of the lawyers declared that the whole trial resembled a moving pie- ture affair. Justice Bailey overruled the motion and asserted that Cope- land hud received a falr trial. As. sistant United States Attorney Emer- son, who conducted the prosecution. | opposed the motion for a retrial. Says: Who's goin’ t’ make th’ sewer connections; an’ do th’ farmin’, an’ newspaper work, an’ shovel- in’ after we're all educated? Hain’t it grand t’ receive a business-lookin’ letter an’ won- der what your wife's been chargin’, an’ then tear it open an’ find it's only an-announce- ment ? (Copyright WOMAN FOUND GUILTY. DAUPHIN, Man., November 23.— After deliberating five hours, a jury returned o verdict last night of not gulity against Peter Sawickl, twelve, and another verdict of guilty of man- slaughter, with a strong recom- mendation for mercy, againet his mother, Mrs. Paul Sawicki. They were tried jointly for the slaving of Mrs. Anna Sunka on Septembew 10. “Mrs. Sawicki was remanded Bir sentence. The killing of Mrs. Sunka in the Sawickl cattle corral was alleged to have been (the aftermath of a quar- rel caused by cattle owned by the Sunka family running loose In the Sawicki grain flelds. During the witnesses stated that Mrs. Sa- wifki ordered her mon to shoot Mri Sunka after a fight between the two women. ational Newspaper Service.) MORATORIUM SEENi IN RECLAMATION Disastrous Failures Predict- ed for Tenants Unless Concessions Are Made. A practical moratorium will have to be granted: the government on a number of reclamation projects to prevent their being djsastrous failure to the present tenants, Chairman Campbell of the Interior Depart- ment's _special advisory _committee, NOVEMBER 23, 1923. said today in reviewing the investi- gation to date. “In my opinion,” said Mr. Campbell, “1t will be necessary for the govern- ment to ‘reconstruct’ the fiscal policy of its reclamation service and grant a new start to & number of projects— probably a third of them. It would seem - that some at least will have great difficulty in paying out under the present rate of assessment.” ‘Witnesses have told the committee, the chairman said, that the chief handicaps to settlers were a too short time for repayment, inclusion of worthless land in some projects and exceswive construction charges. In no case, Gov. Campbell declared, had there appeared any Intention on the part of the settlers to repudiate their debts to the,government A new system of repayment, pro- posed to the committee by Representa- tive Simmons of Nebraska, in behalf of the North Platte project, has been placed before Secretary 'Work. It would entall the assessment of annual charges on the basis of land values, the best acreage being made to bear the heaviest proportion of assessment. —_— WOMAN ENDS LIFE BY FIRE Mrs. Mary Moore, 87, Failed in Suicide Attempt by Hanging. EWARK, N. 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