Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 13

REPUBLICAN RECORD EXTOLLED BY WILLIS in Speech Here, Chal- lenges Democrats to Nominate McAdoo Against Coolidge. Senator, PREDICTS G. 0. P. VICTORY Declares Whole Nation Places Con- fidence in President. Senator Willls of Ohio, in a politi- speech last night before the League of Republican State Clubs of the District, at the Willard Hotel, ex- tolled the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Caolidge, pre- dicted victory for the party next No- vember, and boldly” challenged the Democratic party to nominate Wil- liam G. McAdoo for President Describing the former Secretary of the Treasury as a political and moral coward, Senator Willis asked, ‘‘What chance would this evasive, dollar- chasing, personally selfish Mr. Mec- Adoo have in November against the record of the quiet courage and achievement of Calvin Coolidge?” Sees Gonfidence in Coolidge. ‘he Ohto senator declared that the pecplé of this nation do not want a GIVES COOLIDGE 27 VOTES. Tennessee G. O. P. Pledges State to President in Convention. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 2.—Re- publicans of Tennessee will cast twenty-seven votes for Calvin Cool- idge at the national convention &t Cleveland In June and then launch & vigorous campaign to sweep the state into the republican column in No- vember. Meeting in state convention here vesterday representatives of the. party in every congressional district elect- ed seventeen delegates from the state at large who will cast seven votes in the national convention, selected two electors from the state at lirge; in- dorsed Judge H. B. Lindsay, Knox- ville, for the United States ' Senate, and instructed the convention dele tion to vote for re-election of resentative J. Will Taylor, second d trict, as national committeeman from Tennessee, and Mrs. Mary Giles How- ard, Chattanooga, as woman member of the national committee. BT i S NEBRASKA FOR COOLIDGE. Republicans Indorse State Slate Headed by Norris. LINCOLN, Neb., May 2.—Nebraska Republicans, at their state conven- tion here yesterday, indorsed the ad- ministration of Presidents Harding and Coolidge and lined up behind the state ticket selected at the April 8 primaries. headed by United States Senator George W. Norris, standing for re-election, and Adam McMullen, Beatrice attorney, for governor. TAMMANY DIVIDED ON CHOICE OF CHIEF Curry, Ambitious to Succeed Mur- phy, Gives Intimation of Dis- sent Within Ranks. HITS FOLEY CANDIDACY, Declares District Leaders Must Elect New “Boss.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May Tammany Hall, whose members still gte mourn- ing the Dassing of Charles F. Murphy, their leader for the past twenty-two years, is having difficulties concern- ing the choice of his successor, it was learned last night. Knowledge of dissension came with a statement issued by John ¥. Curry, 6me of a dozen. district leaders who aspire to step into the shoes of “the chief, that we will have no leader imposed upon us by any group or clique.” His statement followed pub. lication of reports ‘that Surrogate ¥oley, Murphy's son-in-law, was being sought as leader by persons powerful in the Tammany organiza« tion. ““The district leaders have the ca~ public affairs, but the responsibility o oery and we must make the de- ofsion.” Mr. Curry, a member of Tammany's executive committee, was said to have & considerable numher of supporters in his quest of Jeadership. At the next meeting of this committee, ex- cted some time next week, it will e decided whether a triumvirate shall control the organization tem- porarily or a successor to Murphy be selected immediately. ACCUSES NEWSPAPERS OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE Bar Leader Assails New York Press—Draws Warm Reply From World Business Head. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—Henry W. Taft, president of the Bar Associa- tion of New York, in an address be- fore that association last night, charged the press of New York with obstructing justice by.printing gra jury proceedings with the connivan e of ‘unethical lawyers, and by print- ing indiscreet headlines and accounts of cases before the grand juries or the courts. Mr. Taft said that no New York newspapers, so far as he knew, em- ployed a lawyer to report court cases. He accused the newspapers of failing to help the lawyers reform the law and referred to the law of libel as the “chief thing that newspapers feel as a restraint on their conduct.” the New York World, defending the newspapers, asserted that lawyers would not be a_ success as reporters because lawyers always disagreed with. the courts. He denied that FRIDAY, MAY CANADIAN SHIP LOST. Entrant in 1920 Schooner Race Sinks Off Nova Scotia. HALIFAX, N. 8, May 2.—The Lunenburg ~ schooner Belavanne, adian entrant in the first inter- national schooner race in_ 1820, in which the Gloucester boat Esperanto was the winner, was lost yeste: on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. ‘The Delawanna's spring stay snap- ped, causing the main mast to crash down, smashing in the stern of the boat. Capt. Cook and crew escaped their dories and made shore in oty. GERMAN COAL INDUSTRY NOW AT PRE-WAR OUTPUT Other Lines of Production Reviv- ing, But Complain of Poor Credit Facilities. By the Associated Pres. BERLIN, May 2.—The pre-war pro- duction level has been reached in al- most all branches of the German coal industry. Coke and bituminous coal are slightly under the pre-war figure, but production of 1ignite doal, upon which the full weight of the Germar mining energy has been thrown since the Rubr occupation, shows an in- crease of more than 60 per cent. The March total of bituminous, coke and lignite production throughout Ger- many, exclusive of the Saare basin was 26,000,000 tons against 22,600,000 for March, 1913. Coincident with'the picking up in CALL ARGENTINE STRIKE. Syndicalists Resist Application of " New Pension Law. BUENOS AIRES, Hl{ 2.~The Ar- gentine syndicalist union’last night ?uu a resolution to call a strike of he members of its afliated unions The step was faice o goverament's determination: to put. Ints effect the fon law, under which 5 per % of workers must be _applied toward the pen- nd. The. unions which will be called out include the Maritime Workers' Fed- eration, cegsation of work by which Would cavse a stoppags of activities in theé port. n! Bneno- Alres. FORD CHARGE UPHELD. Vaslov Simek Found Guilty of At- tempting Extortion. DETROIT, May -2.—Vaslov Simek, charged with malicious threats to ex- tort money from Edsel B. Ford, pres- ident of the Ford Motor Company, was found guilty by a jury here late yesterday. He was remanded for sentence next week . Testifying for the state, Ford iden- tified letters alleged to have been ‘written by Simek threatening to blind his children if he did not place 31, 050,000 in a box on a designated va- cant lot. Handwriting experts tes- tified the letters were written by Stmek. | lhaagarating— A NEW DEPARTMENT GREATER EISEMAN’ With Two Pairs of Knickers lawyers were interested in law Te- form, saying that they- wanted laws that consumed money in prolonged experimentation before judges. Both speakérs participated in a dis- cussion on “The Courts and the Press.” the coal industry, many other indus- tries, including 'machinery, metals, chemicals, locomotive building and Will Examine Your toy manu!ulure‘ represént an im- h W d take advi a provement in “orders and sales, but yes for Glasses farmer, such 55 b now prevescd 1n| “We are resdy. to take advies an rovement in ‘orders and saies, i i E. - They have confidence in the kind of | measures before Congress.” from those experienced in 8Car 0. 14G 8 government President - Coolias: i ClaflinOptical C 13 cilities. I R T R e s O e P e e e L T N L R T T e b e cntacics [cle——=[c]——]c[c——=]ale——=]a|lc——=]al—ol———=lo=a|ol—=lolc——=la]c-——F [0l —= o[ ——] | bilipsbotrni P pcrfect repmr. The only disputed plank in the platform was the indorsement of |pacity and the will to choose the new farmer relief. The original draft of | leader,” Mr. Curry stated. “He must the resolutions committee favored |be a district leader chosen from and “immediate legislation to relieve the |by the leaders. man of the stamp of Mr. McAdoo at the lead of their government, and that with their ballots at the next election they are going to prove that they do not, if they are given = cuance to vote for or against him. CLAFLIN counsel We delayed the opening of this new branch of our business, until we could install a line of boys’ clothes that was worthy of our quality and value standards. miven a full term as their Chief Exec- utive. “When the standard of Repub- licanism fell from the dying hand of Warren G. Harding,” the Ohio sena- tor said, “it was picked up by a worthy successor. Much was achieved for the public good in the few short months that Harding was President and much good has been done durirg the brief perlod Mr. Coolidge has been in the White House.” Lauds Achievements. _ The achievements of the Republ can administration were then taken up by Senator Willis. He declared that since-its origin the party h been o successful administrator an that the Democratic party has a rec- ord directly to the coptrary. Tnconclusion, Senator Willis com- mended the members of the league tor their efforts to get out the state voters temporarily living in Wash- ington. “From the standpoint of good citi- zenship,” Senator Willis said “every man and woman of legal age should vote. It is their right and their duty and I have little use for the individual entitled to a vote, whether he or she be Democrat or Republican, who does not exercise the privilege of the ballot. Deplores D, C. Situation. In this connection the Senator said be deplored the fact that the citizens of the District of Columbia have no voice in their government. Because of that sad state of affairs, he said, the citizens of the District should ex- ert their influence to interest oth- ers in their community who have the right to vote. Edgar C. Snyder, president of the league, opened the meeting with a brief speech telling of the activities of the members of that organization and of the plans being made for their work in the coming campaign Thomas P. Littlepage of Marvland vice president of the league, presided. T. Lincoln Townsend, treasurer of the league and chalrman of the member- ship committee, made a report re- garding the finances and regarding the drive being copducted for mem- bers. Others who spoke weré Judge Mary O'Toole of .the Municipal Court and W. J. Dow, who is in charge of the compilation of the absentee vot- Ing laws of the states. OPERA RECORDS BROKEN. Chaliapin Heard by 8.300 Persons in Cleveland Performance. CLEVELAND, * Ohio, May 2—Two world records for indoor opera at- tendance were established here last | Bight, according to Lincoln G. Dickey, manager of Public Hall Eighty-three hundred persons heard Feodor Chaliapin sing in “Faust,” the largest single audience in history, Mr. Dickey said. The receipts totaled $23,879 The record of 26.430 persons attend- ing the four concerts of the Chicago Civic Opera Company were broken by 2,200 more persons attending the four of the Metropolitan Opera Com- | pany. PLAGUE CURE REPORTED. German Scientists Claim Remedy for Foot-and-Mouth Disease. BERLIN, Ma; What is declared to be a cure for the foot-and-mouth disease has been announced here by Profs. Frossch and Dapmen of the Berlin Institute of Veterinary Hy- giene. Sweden is sending experts here to investigate the reputed cure. i iy We Safe slorage facilities for offer Our experts will put your Fur garments in Here it is—all-wool boys” suits with two pairs of knickers. Coats lined with alpaca and trousers lined throughout. Shown in tweeds and cassi- urs. meres. Sizes 8 to 18. they are going to Ree tn {* thot '« {8 .608 to 614 ELEVENTH ST. ; ) Our Greater Value In Men’s Suits S b owing all - wool tabries the seawo: most popu- lar patterns —both light and dark ef- feects, EISEMAN'S OUTFITTERS TO MEN SEVENTH AT F Pbxlq)sbnm |fi 608 to 614 ELEVENTH ST, A Symposium of Specials foi'_Saturday This is the featured & X eSOyt | | B | g | 8 o ISRV o\ Special for Saturday 500 pairs of “Duchess’’ Sandals Presenting New Effects in ports Dresses —r-fea.t'urcd at— 315 They are full of smart model lines and effective draping—which lend themselves especially to the Sports typee—in many new and unique interpretations. Broadcloths, Flannels and Roshanara Silks—toned in harmony with the season and service. Second Floor Suits Reduced to 524 Dress and Sports Types ~ Plain Twills and fancy ‘weaves. Short jackets, long- line Coats and Boyish models. They are perfectly tailored and handsomely lined. Third Floor Luminous paint, used to coat watch and clock dials and indicators, con- tains mifiute quantities of radium, which, as.the paint decays, remains unimpaired. Reduced to- 523 Sports and Dress Models Blue and Black Twills, plain - and in combination with White—creating most attrac- tive effects. Many trimmed with fur; also- many Sports models. Mvnéuel Modical Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyutght Specnlut Main 721 408410 M Tashion Bidg. 10th and G Bta. N.W. AUTOMOBILES OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming e g — i) Central Auto Works and Garage Wi, Beuchert, Prop. 449-51 Eye St. NW. Frankiin 6305 Gilasses Fittod Eyes Examined Patent Gray Biege White 455 A most opporture event mectir;g'a very pronounced demand for Sandal types of footwear. Here is the very ‘Dress Slips Nainsook-2nd Satinay, with lace, handdrawn-work and plain tailored models: hip Tk of sclf material, All shadow pmf Snzes 32 to 44. newest style in Sandals. Built over a real Sandal last that combines style and comfort.” Choose from Patent Colt, White Kid, or Gray or Beige Suede—all have hand-turned soles and one-inch leather heels. Sizes 214 to'8, widths A to C. == 0| —0|—0|——0]|e—m o] e— 0] —=0|c——=]o|ls| —— 0| —— =5[] =——=|0|——] 0] ——=]0] | ——c———lo]lc—=lole—JdJc——|ol——jo]—=alc—D]alc—1 Street Floor u Bracelets $2 to $30 As is usual we are the first to present to Washington _these charming Novelty Brace- lets. Gold Filled and Sterling. Silver . with variations of hine- stones -and enamel Many different shapes and sizes of links from which to make your se- lection. 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