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'“* ILLINOIS TURNING L T0 J0RNSON BOOM Other Candidates’ Support- | ers Worried—McAdoo Gains Strength. 4 i Dispatch to The Star. [CAGO, 1ll., November 24.—That Senator Hiram W. Johnson made a strategic move so far as Illinols is concerned when he made an open an- mnouncement that he would campaign for delegates from this state is the general opinlon of politicians. From all information that can be secured| down state considerable Johnson sentiment is developing, and it is certain that Johnson has many sup- porters in Chicago. The Johnson leaders are jubilant over the way in which Illinois has accepted the John- #on boom and now assert that they will go out for a clean sweep of delegates. The Johnsonites are so bold that they are demanding that the dele- gates at large be voted on by the people instead of named at a state conventicn, and they bring forth legal opinion to show that the law requires a direct vote. That is con- sidered a strong challenge to the friends of President Coolldge and former Gov. Frank O. Lowden. Opinion here is divided as to the offect of the Johnson campaign on ‘he Lowden prospects. Many Lowden Jeaders feel that it will be of bene- fit to Lowden, as it may tend to en- courago other cundidates to get into the race, and the hope of the Lowden- ites is that thelr favorite can control a large number of uninstructed dele- gates and become a compromise can- didate if the avowed candidates get into a deadlock. In other words, the more candidates the merrier, in. the opinion of Lowden leaders Other Forces Worried. At the same time the backers of President Coolidge and Lowden are a little worrled over the best way of meeting the Johnson attack in TIIf nois. The belief Is that, despite the reported Johnson popularity down state, Lowden could capture most of e delegations outside of Cook coun- Gov. Small and his polltical men- Fred Lundin, can be expected to throw all of the hurdles possible in the way of Lowden, and might be able to wreak considerable damage. That there is real Coolidge sentiment in Tlinois cannot be dented, and it will be heard from without doubt. So far as can be ascertained business in- terests here are friendly to Coolidge. The democrats of Iilinois appear to be in for a snuppy presidential cam- yaign, and there a: indications that the rink and file of the democratic organization is getting away from the leaders. William G. McAdoo ap- pears to have been really successful in his quest for local support, and eeveral democrats aiready have an- rounced heir intention of backing McAdoo, although it is understood that George K. Breunan, democratic chieftain, and those close to him, hope to be able to deliver most of the Tlinols delegates to Gov. Al Smith. It looks as if the rival factions In the democratic organization intend to en- gage in a finish fight for supremacy. One cause of the trouble & sald be discontent over the Ina Mayor William E. De: to deal out as much patronage as ¥ wanted, and the stepping on (| ©f ward leaders through the closing of saloons. JOHN R. BUTMAN. CONNECTICUT COLD { hind Johnson. TO HIRAM JOHNSON Senator Fails to Evoke Excite- ment—Lowden Stronger Than Californian. Epecial Dispateh to The S HARTFORD, Conn., The hurling of the States Senator Hiram Johnson into the republican presidential ring has caused no thrill in Connecticut, where the California statesman has admirers, rather than supporters. His candidacy for the republican presi- dential nomination is received cold- 1y, where it doesn't arouse the heat of decided opposition. Newspaper comments have been anvthing but encouraging to the Johnson asplra- tions, and he Is likely to get little help—or rather no help—from Con- necticut. It Is not yet believed in Connecticut that the country s on the rocks, and that any one man 1s necessary to its salvation. This line of argument of Mr. Johnson has not &ppeaied to the voters of this state. Lowden Has Support. Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Tlinols was a Connecticut favorite November 24— hat’ of United THE BUNDAY Johnson Gives Maryland G. O. P. Chance to Fight Senator Weller Senior Member’s Grip on Party to Be Contested—Democratic Delega- tion for Speclal Dispateh toThe Star, BALTIMORE, November 24.—The announcement this week by Senator Hiram W. Joknson of California that he would enter the presidential pri- maries In Maryland is causing con- siderable speculation among repub- lican politiclans throughout the state. As Senator Weller has already sponsored the mnomination of Presi- dent Coolidge, it 1s belleved that a number of republican leaders who are antagonistio to Senator Weller will selze this opportunity to carry the state for Senator Johnson and in that way pave the way for the re-| tirement of the senfor senator from leadership of republican politics in the state. What course former Senator Wil- liam P. Jacl on, national committee- W. Bladen Lowndes and other ntial republican leaders will pursus in the primary is still prob- lomatical, but indications are that they will take advantage of any op- portunity that presents itsel? to un- reat Sonator Weller as the head of the party. If Senator Johnson enters the primaries In Maryland, a8 he did four vears ago. will be compelied to follow suit as a matter of practical polities, and_ the opportunity to make & killing fight on Senator Weller's leadership will be presented. Many Fighting Weller. Some of the republican leade outspoken in their oppositio Senator Weller and will welcoma the portunity to meet him in a fight to finish In the presidential pri- Among these is Col. Edward Carrington, who carried the rtate 2 maries. o Ifor the late Col. Roosevelt in 1912. when Senator Weller was on the loser's end with President Taft. Col. Carrington, who has not bees active in Maryvland nolitics for sev cral vears. but is ready to get be- hind the Johnson candidacy, aid: “As T see {t from observation and got Mary! it from nd repu political friends, the cans vill line-up be- has followed Secretary Weeks into the Coolidge column but then vou'll recollect Weller also was on the wrong side when he supported Taft against Roosevelt In 1912 “Then. one may recoiiect Tohnson once carried substantial sections of Maryland and without any organiza- tlon. This vear hell have organiza- tion and money, and Scnator Weller may find_himself chased off the political map.” Complete independence of factional influence In the fufure of the re- publican city committee was also pro- claimed this week by Chatrman Charles W. Main in announcing that a meeting of the committee would ba held on the second Friday in De- JGHNSON SUPPORT IN OHID ON FARMS Otherwise Coolidge Is Far in Van—Thompson to Seek Governorship. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 24— Nothing has developed here since the announcement was made by Senator Hiram Johnson that he would con- test for delegates to the republican national convention in this state to Indicate that any considerable ele- ment of the 200,000 republican voters who voted for the senator for Vice Fresident in 1912 will support him in his latest ambition. 1t is only in the rural portions of the state that there is pronounced political dissatisfaction now, and Senator Johnson will have to look to that element for his support; but it President Coolidge in his message to Congress outlines a plan for the re- lief of the farmer, Senator Johnson's appeal is not likely to be strong even with the discouraged Ohio farmer. Friends of President Coolidge here do not think well of the plan to have a favorite son, preferably one | of the United States senators, run for him in the presidential preference primary. Former Gov. Campbell rendered that service in 1916 for President Coolldge | True, Senator Weller | Ritchie. cember to consider plans for future activities. As bain always has been & lleutenant under Senator Weller, his declaration of independence ls regarded as interesting. In event of m primary between Prezldent Coolidge and Senator John- son the most Interesting question will be whether Mr. Jackson and Mr. Lowndes will fall in behind Senator Weller in support of the President or will use the Johnson candiducy as a means of testing their strength in the state against thc senator. The reports coming trom Maryland, particularly from the eastern shore, represent make a fight for the republican dele- gation. The republizan successes on the shore in the state eclection are sald to have strengthened his position markedly and to have increased his confidence equally. Hill's Place Doubtful. Just what place, If any, Representa- tive John Philip Hill s to be given in the reorganization of the republican state party s being discussed by two or three of the reorganizers, with di- vergent views. Apparently Hill is not popular in the party, but still is regarded as technically a member in good standing. In a general wiy many suspect that Hill has cut all party tles und is €imply a non-partisan wet. He is op- posed to republicans, it s eited whose wetness is not 100 per cent, and he is in favor of democrats whose saturation suits him. On the democratic side interest in Maryland centers around the action to be taken by Gov. Ritchie. The | belief s general that the democratic delegation from the state either will be Instructed for him or will be un- instructed. and that, in the end, his wishes will govern.” The feeling is that ite would be natural for his friends, who are expected to be in control at the time the delegation | 18 chosen, to seek to compliment him on the early ballots and at the same time, to get him before the conve: tion ' in case It 1z doubted that any of the other candidates will attempt to force his hand. The understanding Is clear that William G. McAdoo will not do so. Although many of Gov. Ritchie’s Influential and conservative friends in Baltimore are counted against Mr. McAdoo, the latter's people look upon the governor as being friendly be- cause of the relations between the governor and Bernard M. Baruch, one of the McAdoo pillars. The McAdoo people think they have more to gain by letung the governor be undis- e an they have by try fo;_c;‘: “"‘rlnt" % e ere has been no Indication that Senator Underwood will e in Mary: land, although he is believed to be favored by John Walter Smith, with Wwhom he was on intimate terms when Mr. Smith was in the Senate. [SOUTH DAKOTA G. 0. P. | SPLIT ON JOHNSON [sme Sentiment Divided Between Coolidge and Senator Press Comment Shows. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, November 24 to judge from newspaper comment, are far from being united upon the proposition of Instructing the twelve delegates from Squth Dakota to the next republican national convention to support the candldacy of Senator Hiram Johnson of California. Two of the South Dakota congressmen re- cently declared themselves In favor of Senator Johnson, but this was supposed to forestall action by the minority republicans, whom _they feared would indorse Senator John- gon if the majority republicans at the state proposal meeting on Tues- day, December 4, did not do so, and that the minority might thus have an opportunity to defeat the majority republicans at the primary election in March. Comparatively few of the repub- lican newspapers of South Dakota have thus far fallen in line for the Johnson candidacy. Many are for the nomination of President Cool- idge. One of the first of the republican i himselt for Senator Hiram Johnson !as the republican nominee for Presi- dent was Gov. W. H. McMaster—of gasoline price war fame—who is a candidate for the United States senatorship, against Senator Thomas Sterling, republican, who favors Coolidge. The ! { | Mr. Jackwon us &isposed to | | by giving him the delegation’s vote | leaders in South Dakota to announce | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, NOVEMBER 25, 1923—PART 1. Watson Candidacy ' Expected Before Jan. 1, Friends Assert NORTHWEST TORN BY PARTY STRIFE Washington G. 0. P. and Democratic Leaders Face Fight for Control. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., November 24.— Despite the tact it is fully five months before the open political season is on in this state, the political kettle is starting to boll violently in the dem- ocratic, republican and farmer-labor parties, and a process of separation is now under way in all thres. Yes- terday the remnants of the farmer- labor party, the nonpartisan league, jand kindred political organizations held a state conventlon here, called by James A. Duncan, state cshairman of the farmer-labor party and John C. Kennedy, secretary. Duncan, by the way, is the Seattle labor leader whose radlcal tendencies and leanings forced the American Federation of Labor to take prompt steps to quash the soviet movement on the part of Duncan and his followers through an ultimatum threatening the expulsion of the Se- attle Central Labor Council from the American Federation if it did not chango its ways. There was considerable talk among the delegates of Semator Robert L. La Follette as their cholce for presi- dential nomination, and the delegates are not yet certaln as to whether or not they want to maintain their party as a third one or will attempt to form a bloc within the republican or dem- ocratic ranks, While the radical elements In the state are preparing for the coming skirmish, there is a hot fight brew- ing for 'party organization control both within the democratic and re- publican parties. In the democratic ranks, United States Senator C. C. Dill, looked upon as the state party boss, has served an ultimatum upon the party leaders that ‘“only pro- gressives shall be sent to the na- tlonal convention.” The party or- Eanization is solldly behind the can- didacy of Willlam G. McAdoo, and as yet Dill has not come into the open on the presidential question. Senator Dill was supported during his campalgn by the Hearst Seattle newspaper, and the Seattle staff In charge of ‘the paper is leaning more toward Senator James Reed as the democratic candidate than McAdoo. {In fact, the anti-Hearst democrats feel that the Hearst organization will oppose McAdoo, and they also realize that McAdoo Is the one democratic possibility who will have a chance in this state. A similar situation has been rapid- 1y developing in the republican ranks. ‘The orgauization leaders are out for Coolidge. But in this they are also meeting the opposition of the Hearst paper in the state, which is quletly sending word out that Senatar Hiram Johnson must have this state’s na- tlonal convention delegation. A rep- resentative of Senator Johnson was in Seattle recently and was inter- viewing and feeling out the situa- tion. Several prominent republican politiclans who felt aggressive when they were turned down for federal | patronage after President Harding | was elected, have been approached as well as strong political leaders whol {are at the present time attached to the federal pay roll. Offers have been made to these men to swing into line behind Johnson JAMES DE K. BROWN. ITEXAN NAMED TO HIGH | DEMOCRATIC PARTY POST —The republicans of South Dakota, | Hal H. Sevier, Former Publisher, ‘Will Handle Financial Cam- paign in South. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., November 24—Hal . Sevier of Austin, Texas, former newspaper publisher, has been ap- pointed chief aide and personal spokesman of Chairman Cordell Hull of the democratic national executive committee, for raising democratic campalgn funds throughout the south and for the important work of har- monlzing the various elements and organizations, both men's and wom- en’s within the party. M. Servier, who has just returned from Europe, was notified of his se- lection_when he reached his homa here. He will make a tour of princi- pal Texas citles before the first of the year, after which he will continue { his work in other party strongholds. Mr. Servier will then go to Wash- ington to assist the naticnal commit- tee in its work, and will continue to have particular charge of the work of ironing out differences between va- Tious party orzanizations and per fecting the smooth-working party machinery required for the campaign |next year. He is a widely known authority on finance and _economic questions, and is as widely known for {his tact, diplomacy, organization and administrative abilities. S. RAYMOND BROOKS. Contests in Indiana and Plans Fight on Hiram Johnson in Nearby States Is Indicated. Spectal Dispatch to The Star, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 24. —Senator James E. Watson will an- nounce his candidacy for the repub- lican nomination for President by the first of the year, according to close friends here. Where the announce- ment will be made and what cetting the senator will choose has not been determined, but apparently it has Leen definitely decided that his hat goes into the ring. Watson, who has been making pre- liminary moves toward a candldacy ever since President Harding’s death, probably would have preferred to wait until the sesslon of Congress was well advanced before coming out in the open, but Senator Hiram W. Johnson's candid announcement that he iy coming into Indiana to contest for the prosidential primary prefer- ence as well as in other “favorite son” states has forced Watson's hand. Friends who are close to the sena- | tor assert that his name will be en- tered In_the Indiana primary, which | will be held May 6, and he will fight it out with Johnson and any others| who may care to seek the Indiana presidential delegation of thirty-two. | Watson, hi¢ friends say, will not file | in “favorite son" states, and there are indications that he had hoped | Johnson would abide by the same! amenities. ~ His name, however, will | be cntered in four or five primary states, it is said. Assured Nearby Support. Already the Watson forces have been at work, quietly but effectively, and they apparently are convinced that the senator will have support in | Kentucky, Ohlo and Illinois. If Frank | O. Lowden is & candidate Watson will not_seek the Illinols delegation, It is| said, but if he remalns out the sena- tor expects to enter the race there. | Who will manage the Watson cam- palgn has not been determined, but| steps are sald to have been taken to- ward the formation of an organiza- | tion that will look after his interests| while he devotes the greater part of his time to his senatorial dutles in| ‘Washington. 1 It is_ the general opinion here | that Johnson made a mistake in_ the selection of John Moorman of Knox 88 temporary maneger in Indlana. Moorman_was chief political adviser of Gov. Warren T. McCray during the last session of the legislature and has | continued his steadfast friend during his financial dificulties. | The fact that Maurice Shelton, for- | merly state purchasing agent in the Goodrich regime, is among the John- | son leuders causes much speculation. | The Johnson crowd also is negotiat- | ing with Scott Shesler, a tax expert of Indianapolis, to become identified | with Indiana headquarters. Shesler | is finterested in the Muncie Press, which is owned by George B, Lock- wood, secretary of the republican na- tionai committee. Senator Johnson is sald to enter- taln hopes of annexing the Hoosfer delegation, because three years ago. in a contest with Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, Lowden and President Hard- Ing, he came within 5,000 votes of winning the presidential indorsement in_the primary. It is reported that David Scott of Linton, Ind., formerly second district chairman and formerly candidate for the republican nomination for treas- urer of state, will be one of the lead- ers in the Watson camp. Scott, when he wap_ district chairman, belonged to the New faction, which was over- turned by the Watson followers when they reorganized the state committee in ‘1922, If he becomes a Watson alde it will be generally construed as meaning that the factional differ- ences between Watson and the old New-Goodrich-Hays crowd are in the way of being settled: The fact that Scott was high up in the party coun- clls when Will H. Hays ran the re- publican K:rty in_Indlana indicates to some that the Hays crowd in In- dlana have at last removed their ob- jections to Watson's political ad- vancement, and reports from Wash- ington are that Postmaster General New will not fight his former col- league. Controls Party in State. Watson is in control of the party crganization and can use it to good advantage In squaring away for the contest with Johnson. It ig believed now that the committee will stand as a unit behind him. Political observers are wondering what President Coolldge will do_in regard to the Indiana situation. Will he permit his name to be filed here, and will he personally engage in a rough-and-tumble scrap with two senators like Johnson and Watson? Or will his advisers take the posi- tion that his entrance into a primary rontest is not compatible with presi- dential dignity? In fact, leaders as- sert the President will face a similar problem in practically every primary state, now that the field has been opened. pl! hé doesn't have his name filed, does it mean that he will shy away from all primaries and depend en- tirely on the convention for nomina- tion? is another perplexing question asked by the politicians, and the pro- primary people are apprencnsive that such an attitude on Cooclidge's part would be construed as indicating presidential distaste of the primary system. “Watson's friends are confident that he can win the presidential indorse- ment in his own state, but they do not Intend to take it for granted. They are already at work ::u his organization up to war s E“HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. Schermann’s Errors Called Proof of His Genuineness Psychologist Declares Variability of Polish Marvel Is Earmark of Biolog- ical Function Uncontrolled by Will. el Schermarn, the FPolish graph- | whose . Intuitive powers - hate New York sclentists, police off- and jonrnalists since his srrival few"weeks ago, s been gl nent in central Europe, and particularly in Yienon. " for the laat thirieen Eugene 8. Bagger, author of the fog articis, went to Vienna & skeptic and, after & searching investigation of eight months, became _convinced that Bchermann has powers mever before au- thenticated in & human being. : BY EUGENE 8. BAGGER. On my first visit to Rafael Scher- mann 1 pulled a piece of paper from my pocket—a letter from a Hungarian friend in Vienna. Letterhead and sig- nature were torn off. The letter con- <isted of only about hree lines. Schermann sajd: “What language is that? I don't know it.”" 1 said: “It's Hungarian.” Schermann said “Is that letter a '7 and that one an I confirmed Thereupon he said : “This man is a| genius—or, rather, | promised ' to be iother substantial witnesses, support- cesses. seph Kainz. er a proof of its genuineneces. He Saya that his variability js the ear- mark of a biological function uncon- trolled by will. If Schermann's per- formance rested on trickery, it might be, Prof. Fischer believes, more uni- formly accurate. When Schermann is very tired and nervous, when he is personally strongly concerned in the outcome of a test, or simply when he, for any psycho-physleal reason, Is in an “off* mood. his powers do not function with their ueual cutting edge. mann, himself, most honest and con- scientiou# of men, takes pain warn people not to expect from him 100 per cent aecuracy all the time. But the consensus of experts and ed by my own experfence, Is that Schermann's failures are infinitesimal compared with his astonishing suc- Moreover, one of the interesting points about Schermann's mistakes is that he frequently hits the truth He diagnosed a handwriting as that of an Army officer. It was the hand- writing of a_chvillan—but one_who happened to be president of a Vien- nese fencing club. the Union. The point is, the writer was a man well versed in swordsmanship. Again, Schermann_once attributed a script to a poet. In reality it wa: that of the great Viennese actor, Jo- who, however. was wont | to do literary work, too. in touching up the plays which he produced. After Kainz's death a number of literary experiments—fragments of ' plays, poems, etc.. were found among his SENATOR CAMERON'S RECALL CONSIDERED Arizona Member Acoused by Foes of Failing to Live Up to Pledges. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz, November 2 Things political in Arizona at this writ- ing center about a possible recall of Senator Ralph Cameron, who went to Washington on the tide of republican victory in 1920. The recall movement now being talked is sald by the democrats to be due to “the failure of Cameron to fulfill campaign promises,” and the republi- can ranks in Arizona are divided over Cameron, with_the national committee- man, Andrew Baumart, and other lead- ers opposed to Cameron's policies, ac- ;ordln‘ to best information available ere. On top of the talk of recalling Came- ron is a movement to send Gov. George W. P. Hunt of Arizona to the Senate to succeed Cameron. Gov. Hunt, his closest friends will eay, would appreciate a seat in the United States Senate as the crowning achlevement to his political career, ex- tending back thirty years. The republicans opposed to Cameron probably would name Thomas E. Camp- bell, former governor. to enter the race against Gov. Hunt, provided the demo- cratic machinery worked harmoniously in favor of Hunt The democrats are divided over the Colorado river contro- versy, but it is belleved that Hunt, although opposed to ratification of the compact. would {n some way put him- self in line for the United States Senate. JAMES WYNKOOP. BALL'S CANDDAICY GETS HARD BLOW Head of D. C. Senate Com- mittee Faces Strong Op- position in Race. 2 RELIGION 13 135U INLOUISIANA RACE Candidates and Speakers Openly Stressing Creed Im- portance in Election. Bpecicl Dispateh to The Star. * NEW ORLEANS, La., November 24 —For the first time since Louisiana bad a primary election law for ths nomination of a governor and al state officers the entire Loulsiana delegation in Congress—two senators and elght representatives—has turned to Washington without pu licly committing themselves or takl any part in the contest for governor. Heretofore members of the delega- tion have been drawn into the battle they were openly in the frz 1d_ majority of them probably on stump and campalgning for thelr choice for governor when it came time to return to the Capital for the December opening of Congress. Four years ago Representative James B. Aswell of the eighth district was a notable example of the activity In the governorship contest But not &0 this time. N ator Jos ] dell n Edwin have declared themsely triangular 1 of Dudley L ator Broussard he would vot enerally e was Mr. Br and former ¢ House Members Do Same. The same is true of the eight me bers of the House. Two of the cans® didates—Henry, L. Fuqua Bouchaud—hail from the district Representative George K. Favrot d Baton Rouge. But not a .word frox Mr. Favrot. Louisiana political leaders are clined to overlook these si! of 3 {cause of the unprecedented politic | conditlons now existing in Louistan WILMINGTON, Del., November 2-1.—‘ One of the hardest blows vet struck | at the candidacy of Senator L. Heisler Ball for re-election to the Unhcdi States Senate was administered this week when the Kent county republi- can committee meeting in Dover adopted a resolution that the senator must come from either Kent or Sus- sex county this year. The same reso- lution conceded New Castie count the home of Senator Ball, the gov ernorship. Anotheér resolution read out of the party as traltors all those republican. who helped defeat T. Coleman d Pont. a candidate for the United States Senate last time. Although ro names were mentioned in the resolu- tion, it was said that it was aimed at State Senator James F. Alle and his father, former United States Senato J. Frank Allee and those who fought Gen. du Pont =0 bitterly. Tiis action {s the culmination of the bitter feud that has been in prog- ress between the forces of Senator Ball and the Coleman du Pont faction since the election last fall. The du Pont people have been smarting un- | der the defeat of their candidate and for months hLave been boasting that they would not allow Ball to be re- elected. However, the action of read- ing the other faction out of the party | came as a surprise. It is a part of | the scheme to nominate ex-Gov. John | G. Townsend of Sussex, for tife Senate and former Mayor Leroy Harvey. for ernor, as has been planned by | ol. Thomas W. Miller and his friends. | C. E. GRAY. | [ | Diamonds listed below raiso cash for parties. blue-white sol- re diamond ring; fine and modern cut gem; 18- carat ladies te gold mounting. 1-carat white soll. <aire diamond ring, mod. A GUARANTEE WIiTH EVERY DIAMOND SOLD Kahn Optical Co. 617 7th St. N.W. in which religion is waging its w about the three candidates. Lines tween Catholics and Protestants a being drawn In the face of this re that has broken in Louisiana p Senator Ransdell must go to the J for renomination in the fall of 19 Senator Broussard must face the ried in the fall of 1926 Catholics. AW Florida Through Trains Daily Leave Washington as follows Everglades Limited 9:30 a.m. Havana Special (1st Section) 3:15 p.m. Havana Special (2nd Section) 3:15 p.m. Palmetto Limited 9:40 p.m. Florida Special (Effect.0sc 31) 12:35 a.m. Coast Line Fla. Mail 3:15 aum. Winter Tourist Tickets, at reduced fare xow on sale, allowing stop- evers, retur: limit June 15, 1924. Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South Address GEO, P. JAMES, A.G. P.A. 1418 H St., N. W., Washington, D.C Telephone Main 7800 glous EWLIN must be sold at once to Diamond cluster ring fine white and beautltu ly cut gems. Diamon welgh about 3 carata: im- ported mounting. Party must sacrifice. All-platinum wris watch set with dlamonds all around: extra fine full-jeweled movement. $100 situation in South Dakota with reference to presidential candi- dates of the republican party is of unusual national interest, for the reason that South Dakota will be one of the first states to officially indorsc candidates. This action will be taken definitely at the March primary election, when presidential candidates will be voted upon by the republicans and members of once. His nerves are !h‘(lfil‘;flil“ H: : RMA! tlil has a brilllan Acimeiny fnunecr.u but _his th s glving out. He is a great | B e ter_has sacrificed himself | for others—fought for justice—but he i had many enemies. They accuse him of a terrible crime. He didn't do any thing wrong—he meant well—he is in- hocent. He sits behind walls—heavy, papers. As Schermann’s analysis pre- ceded this by several years, in this! line, 88 in many others, the Vienna wizard put his finger on a life’s se- cret. Or else, as Schermann said, looking at the handwriting of a friend of mine, the man had fought hard bat- tles with poverty. As a matter of fact, the man is wealthy, but his fortune has shrunk very considerably ot the time of the republican national convention of 1920, and is still well thought of here, are a number ofl other republican lcaders, but there | ®re yet no signs of active efforts in | behalf of any of the possibilities as | rivals of President Coolldge. Representative E. Hart Fenn of the first (Hartford) district will ieave for Washington Thanksgiving night. He, with the other republican congress- President Wilson, but it was critl- cized as an Insincere method. The general sentiment among re- publicans here iy that if the Presi- dent wishes to be a candidate he should not be backward about say- ing so. State Committee Meets. At & meeting of the republican state central committee last week to —_—_— GIRL SUICIDE IDENTIFIED | AFTER FUNERAL SERVICE Left Kansas City Home in October. Ended Life When Ejected men from this state—Richard P. Freeman of the second district, John Q. Ti'son of the third and Schuyler Merritt of the fourth—favor the Mel- lon taxation reduction proposals. H. I. HORTON. ——e JOHNSON FORCES ACTIVE IN MONTANA G. 0. P. RANK HELENA, Mont.,, November 2 Former announcement of his candi- dacy by Senator Hiram Johnson of California has already resulted in considerable gumshoeing by Johnson men, who, until the Californian spoke, had ‘not been active, so far as could be_learned. ‘While there have been no pro- nunclamentoes for the press, the Johnson supporters, it is sald, have Teceived considerabie encouragement. The McAdoo candidacy can scarcely be said to have had impetus by Mr. McAdoo's recent guarded utterance: because McAdoo men had been at work in_ the state for months and have It practically sewed up, so far as the democrats are concerned. There are no signs of any organ- tged effort for President Coolidge, ‘who, however, seems to grow rather than shrink, through his policy of #llence. Without ~ attempting = too broad a statement, it might be said thet as tHings now are, among re- publicans, the politiclans favor John- son and the people Coolidge. Mr. Lowden, incidentally, 1is possibly popular with both classes. The Ford boom still fails to thrust up its periscope. LOUIS M. THAYER. Births Reported. ‘The foliowlog births have been rej #ho health department within the las| four bours ' e Stewart. girl. i Swain, Jr.. boy. E. 0'Brien, girl. . r Potts, girl. and Becky Gnatt, girl Whilam C. and Alleen Smith, girl. bay. , girl. rted to twenty- Rodney W. and Kate G. Fadel Qoariss W. axd Edza X, Hepburs Leo Y. and Grace M. Love, John L. Martha H. Bernhardt, boy. Charles and Elsie Hounson, girl. Willism J. and Mamte James, boy. Clarence J, and Margaret Owens, girl. + John and Julia Mibas, 3 Samue] and Ellsabeth Hilleary, boy. ot 284 e i Haeaon, bor, e, g S by Tuciue and boy. TAVEcy 22 Bussio Fousier, ' conslder routine matters, only Cool- idge presidential sentiment was man- ifested. The consensus of opinion in all sections of the state represent- ed by the members of the committee was that assuming that the President would make no serious “breaks” in his administration there would be practically no opposition to his can- didacy in Ohio. The one thing bearing purely on state politics that was brought out in the meeting of the state central committee_was that Representative Theodore E. Burton would not be & candidate for the nomination for gov- ernor next yvear and that Col. Carmi A. Thompson would be. ’ Here in Ohlo, where former Secre- tary of the Treasury William G. Mec- Adoo has many friends, no little crit- icism has been heard of his propo- sition to provide the payment of the soldiers’ bonus by bond issue, the impression being that he favors that in preference to the Mellon plan of reducing tdxation. Outside of the i probable beneficiaries of the bonus there is little sentiment here in Ohio for the bonus. Some surprise is expressed here that in spite of the activity of Mr. McAdoo, former Gov. James M. Cox, who it Is presumed will be a can- dldate, has taken no action to get before the people. But there is plen- ty of time. The presidential prefer- ence primary will be held on Tues- day, April 1, and the declarations of candidates must be made to the sec- retary of state not later than Febru- ary 21. No one doubts that Mr. Cox will be a eandidate. 3 J. H. GALBRAITH. — GARRETT PLEA HEARD. Richmond Judge Takes New Trial Motion Under Advisement. RICHMOND, Va., November 24— Judge B. D. White today took under advisement the motion for a new trial for Robert O. Garrett, Cumber- land county clerk, under sentence of five years imprisonment in connec- tion Wwith the shooting:to death the Rev. 8. E. Plerce in front of the Bap- tist parsonage, at Cumberland Court- house, on June 5 last. No indication as to when he would announce his decision was given by the court, who refused today to allow the common. vunh‘ tg lntrodnedc l. m%lll.o‘rh that Garrett be removed imm ly a8 clerk of the Cumberiand county court, other parties and political organiza- tlons having authority to have tick- ets in the fleld at the primary ele tion next March. ALFRED BURKHOLDER, IUNDERWOOD'S STOCK IN FLORIDA STRONGER Bryan’s Attacks on Senator as Wall Street Tool and Wet Fail to: Bear Fruit. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 24.—Underwood stock seems to be going up steadily without special ef- fort in the state. It is hinted that a strong Underwood organizatoin is probably to be formed scon. Mr. Bryan keeps hammering the Alabama senator and talking of “Wall street and wet” proclivities of the candi- | date. ~ State newspapers to a large | extent declare t! thers s nothing in Underwood’s record or statements to indicate that he is influenced by the “money powers,"” and the wet talk is pooh-poohed out of the question. That Mr. Bryan proposes to attend the democratic convention in some capacity is evident, and while he has been practically told that he isn't needed, on the Florida delegation, he otill hopes to be selected ap & dele- Fta. and continually indicates his ntentlon to do as he pleases if chosen, State newspapers strongly lean to an instructed de! Lr.th)n-—\lnd that would not please the ex-Nebraskan. One mmg which has tended to leasen the enthusiasm of some violent Bryanites in Florida was his rather uncomplimentary way of declining the suggestion of “running for gov- ernor.” In the highly interestin re natlonal cflnpl.l' gn new hnEn‘-“&::p up daily. At Tallahassseo the state capital, a new weekly newspaper has been started in the interests of former. Gov, Catts and the Ku Klux Klan. The newspaper is outspoken In its language, and declares that the state ress will not give these features air 3 e GEORGE HOYT SMITH. After circling her way two-thirds sround the globe, wrif and lec- turing in ev.rm city, Miss Nelll Scanlan, New d- mwgunr wo- = has’ agaln reached New York ty. by Landlady. ST. LOUIS, November 24.—A =ix- teen-year-old girl. who committed suicide November 10 by inhaling gas after she had been ejected from a boarding house for inablility to pay for her lodging, today was identified as Ruth Elizabeth Williams of Kan- sas City. The identification did not arrive, however, until after the girl had been buried yesterday afternoon. The grave was donated by a chari- table woman, who learned the girl was to be buried in a pauper’'s grave. Advices from Kansas City police sald the girl disappeared from the home of her brother there, October 10 last. The girl's body lay In the city morgue nearly two weeks, in which time the police made futile efforts to find relatives or friends. She was known only as “Dorothy Phil. 1ips” at the boarding house, {DENIE S CREDITOR HELD HIM PRISONER 26 DAYS Chicago Manufacturer Says He Was Kept in South by Fear of Harm. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 24.—It was fear of harm and not actual dure: that kept R. W. Naylor, president a manufacturing concern, in the home of Everett Leonard at Chatta. nooga, Tenn., from . October 14 to November 5, he declared yesterday after reports from the Tennessee city that persons thers claimed lor ;V" living as a gueSt in Leonard’ ome. .For_him to leave the city, Naylor said he had been givi to under- stand, would mean trouble. As a con- sequence of his experience he caused the arrest here of Leonard and his son, who now are facing charges of kidnaping and carrying concealed weapona. Naylor claims he was forced to either settle certain obligations with Leonard or go to Chattanooga. He asserts that it was under duress that he was taken to that city, but onge there he was In no sense & prisoner, according to his story. - Ins stead, says that he worked with the elder Leonard |||b l;l aflo;!“!o reach agreement on business deals, :‘u Bhad his movements within the ity p) lls—and cries out—eries out, hCk The,” help me. Nobody hears| him-—the walla arc too thick. ~He lan- lshes and suffers, consumes himself. Becomes ill—is dying. Now they hear him! They rush to his ald: he is free. But he is not the man he once was. Who is he?" T was stricken speechless. The man who wrote the brief Hun- garian note is_a former Budapest Journallst, Paul Kerl. Before the war he was one of the most brilliant men in the profession. His correspond- ence during the Balkan wars awak- ened European interest. During the World war he was a pacifist and pro- ally spokesman in Hungary and was persecuted by the government. He Was one of the leaders of the revoiu- Hon in October, 1918. Later he joined the communists. When Horthy and the Whites: came into power Kerl was arrested and imprisoned and tricd for life. The charge against him was that he was the murderer of Count Tisze, Hungary's war pre- mier, who had been shot to death in his palace by a group of intruding revolutionists, unidentified at the time, on October 30, 1918. owing to exchange conditions, and though living In luxury, he has grave financial worries. These instances prove in a -aphic way the ade- quacy of the Baconian saying as ap- plied to Schermann's case that error is merely a form of truth. You cannot approach the work of Rafael Schermann from any point of view and not be impressed. I came (o doubt: others have come in the same frame of mind. We have scoffed hen those who have known him for vears told of the things they have seen. And they have proven in the right—not as doubters. There Is no need to see in Scher- mann a man who goes beyond nature. He is a part of nature; the thing that he represents, whatever it may be, is npatural and not supernatural. That it has not yet been analyzed and dis- sected does not mean it will not be in time. There are diseases of which the germ is still unknown, yet these dis eases are recognized. It is so wit Schermann. He has something that has not been defined. (Continued tomorrow). (Copyright, 1923, in United States and Canada by Norih American Newspaper Alliance. All Rights Reserved.) The charge was_ bolstered up—we knew all v.hf time Keri was innocent. The prosecution could not produce any evidence, but, Kerl,. who behaved at the trial in a very dashing man- her and defled and, ridiculed his ac- cusers, was Sentenced to death for the murder. The Russian soviet gov- ernment interveried, “and Keri, to- gether with & batch of other political prisoners, was ‘exchanged for'some Hungarian officers. He went to Rus- sia and now is in: Vienna. O, 'yes-— while in prison he began to show ptoms of tuben;ulol:; s;‘:l-m actually half gone when the freed bim. Today. he. is compara- tively well again, but his nerves are shattered. He.ls an pld friend of mine, md“:"hel: he '5'("‘ prinl:h: wrots articles in hjs defpns th Nation and in the New Yorml!&un One _very important reservation about Schermann ‘'must bé made—hls faculty is not infallible. Sometimes his_snalyses blend - astonishing = truth with. obvious error; at other times he runs up, as it 'were. against a blank wal I have made & special study of his limitstions on the basis of both my own ex] ents and ol servations of testimony con tributed by experts. 'wing "to the extremely elusive ter of Scher- nn’s gift, one define them g b; Upholstering, Furniture Repairing A NO. 1 WORK AT LOWEST PRICE Clay Armstrong, Upholsterer LACE TO GET WORK DONE ATRRALL. BHAToR SuiThs A SPECIALTY Get your orders in now to get your upholstering by Christmas. Phone Franklin 7483. Drop Postal 1233 10th St. N.W. Justifying Your Confidence Is Our Success WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You need our instant dupli- cating service. 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