Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1924, Page 5

D T, *BRANCH LIBRARIES UNABLE TO FUNCTION Elimination of Funds for Books and Personnel Makes Diffi- cult Situation. HOPES Items Fully Approved by Budget Bureau. Mount P 1t branch pleted and harre 1L least s final draft of for presentatives Januar month Distric cut out Empty. ubli s con- stion un- ) the ¥propriations Unable to Give Aid. The PINNED ON SENATE ° 25,000 LEAD SEEN FOR PRESIDENT IN CALIFORNIA VOTING | (Continued from First Page.) ranks in this s his own faithrul and by ma supporters his re- thdraw from the rac = hopelessly beaten was regard, selfish and politie On the other hnson leaders re Presic didacy in adoptin n in the fall elee- 0. who won ver his | dential |1 ent victory and made the predic- n that he would win the Republi- vote by 30,000. At Johnsc ters it was said that * much up in the air » any statement.” rength w3 with sturdy amento coun- he Coolidge eles, 5o ¥, of wh ounty, son stronghold, gave contrasting this that the presi- four years wgo. vote ~was 3 for Herbert of Commerce. COOLIDGE WINS INDIANA. vear's vote with primary Haover, * | Klan Candidate S“ept Into Nom- Was Riding to Fall. althou women we \ the Hoov- virtually the Pr. f them took espousin d many in the ¢ cam- ined in REPORTS FROM 52 COUNTIES. Assured of Big Jjority. Coolidge Is Ma- 4.618 ination as Governor. Ly the Assoc INDIAN President ted Pr tory in the blican prima him thirty-three W con ht of political centered in more vote ention almost hservers the nomina- ntuated om the s rday with for the erne interest in contest Republican tion for gov . which acee e Ku (ted terday andings Kiux Kian T turns from the failed to change th Unoflicial returns from 109 precinets give b, TUn- opponents for and in A a mu- seleetion tunay ivowed opponent of 1, was many thousand votes beliind. When 2,012 precinets out of '9 had | tabulated toda; ackson, 106,564 with itic contests int in nominee .ml while e the 1t 219,043 no pre lidge, atic, 2900 for ment and ATO Z CLEAN-UP SALE Every item to get in this ad had to be put at a srice so low that it will be sure to attract the thrifty ond date of birth for pa Company founded 1 610 Woodward Bldg. 1 Branches—M. 340 Glasses Fitted o Modical e Eyes Examined College Graduate Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Speclnllsl Phone Main 72 409450 HeTachion. Bide. 10th and G Sts. N.W. George R. Durgan of LaFayette, an anti-klan candidate. No votes were cast by the Dmeocrats on a presi- dential preference, The returns from 1,422 of the 3.409 precincts in Indiana show the fol- standing in the Democratic for governor: McCulloch, Cravens, 15,629; Crittenberger, Batt, 7,0 Dur 2,996; Priest, TEXANS FOR McADOO. Assured Control State Convention. of Democratic | Mc- for the lmnmrrllh [.rpfldfiulml nomination Texas Adoo, giving him a majority | otes of the 1 be cast national delegition W. Underwood had plediged delegates | nties, while 180 dele- uninstructed. Gov. Pat M. | . who has opposed hoth MeAdoo wrge he um Love, nation. T Ji de rxlm. adopted ions Neft auld be opp M ics, by resolution the nam of Alvin O r commander of the American ion, as a candidate for Vice Presi- |* { Ku Klux Klan issue developed | Bosque and Valverde num\n‘ tions, which adopted resolu | th sug- ‘The the ve Orange county inated Lea's name from the list of | pulpa was indorsed for r state delegates because of a statement in which he ascribed McAdoo's strength to Klan support. Returns from Republican county conventions indicated instructions for President Coolidge were voted with dorsement of R. B. Creager, na- nal committeeman from Texas for Vice President. REPUBLICANS ARE SCORED. Oklahoma Democrats Indorse Mc Adoo Candidacy. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma Democ here last night Indorsed the presi- dential candidacy of W. G. McAdoo, but declined to interest its twenty na- tional delegates to support any par- ticular candidate. This action rep- resented a compromise between the t 1ctions favoring and opposing a cAdoo-instructed delegation. lutions were adopted publican administration ‘most _incompetent and corrup! history of the United Sta Th n regime was accused ed the largest distil- head of prohibition en- admitted perjuries _into misappropriated funds r former service men,” and propriated $10,000,000 for s Germans “while ds of veterans are penniless streets erying for Okla, May 7.— s in convention Reso- afling the as the in the of having ler at the forcement; public tment of a tariff unfavorable other charge laid to convention indorsed compensation for ex-servi avored an immigration ducive to Americanism,” “to protect tabor law adjusted e men and law “con- and designed American labor.” A child sieic . nd Un tates Senator R L. Owen. cott ris, former Congressm. was indorsed for national and Mrs, D. A elec national committeewoman. LAW CHANGES PROPOSED. Michigan Republicans Would Give ‘Women More Voice. | By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May Changes in the state primary election laws, a demand that women be given greater representation in the party councils and the selection of del gates at large to the national oon- vention were on the program of the Republican convention today. These matters were discussed yesterday at a pre-gonvention feren; There was some hostile sentiment at the conference toward Senator Couzens and Edwin Denby, former Secretary of the Navy. A’ faction, apparenily in the majority, favored ignoring issues connected with these names. = At county and district con- ventions the name of Senator Couzens was quite generally ignored, although other state and congressional office- holders were indorsed. SAULSBURY INDORSED. Delaware Democrats to Vote for Former Senator. By the Associated Press. DOVER, Del, May 7.—The Dela- ware Democratic state convention terday indorsed former United States Senator Willard Saulsbury as the state’s choice for the presidential nomination. Andrew C. Gray was re- elected a member of the national committee and Mrs. Harmon Rey nolds was chosen as the woman mem- ber of the committee. The convention decided to send a delegation of ten to the national con- vention, made up of two delegates with one vote each and eight with E If vote cach. Among the dele- gates chos: e United States Sen- ator Tha ard and Repre- E sentative n H. Boyce, NELSON WINS IN ST. PAUL. T fout of a tot figuy Siex Re-Elected Mayor Against Labor Candidate. pturcd one ma and returned its tw | By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn.. Arthur I v s Always “Right” in Quality and Price The Wriaht Co. ) 905 Seventh St. N.W. Beds — Mattresses— Springs ‘ Nationally Advertised Articles —at— The Wright Company’s Special Pricing FOR TOMORROW ONLY Englander 3-Piece Bed, 3.6 size only. 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