Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1924, Page 4

N’ADOD AND SMITH REDOUBLE EFFORTS Fight Between Two Leading Can- didates Easily Dominates Convention. KLAN ISSUE GROWS BITTER Struggle May Be Carried to Floor of Convention. By the Associated Pres NEW YORK. June efforts to strengthen their positions today occupied the camps of William G McAdoo and Gov. Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic national committee went in session to complete final ar- rangements for the openin f the national convention Madison Square Garden nest Tues The fight between the McAdoo forees e was nating feature of the closing ¢ the pre-convention period, but issues, particularly that of the Klux Klan, also held prominent places in the discussions among the assembling dele An increasing demand from George E. Brennan of Hlinois and from oth ites that the platform declare specificall inst_thy added to the difficulties of the form builders, who already we vided on that point McAdoo Still Silent. ates Meantime, Mr. McAdao maintained silence on this an her planks in | the platform his headquarters it was made known that he had n consulted party leaders on that or other questions which are giving con- cern to the group who are under taking to shape up a meneral party expression for presentation to the platform committee, which will be organized with the meeting of the convention. Predictions that the Kiaa issue would find its way to the floor of the convention for final decision were made today in several quarters There also were those Who rexa it as possible that the prohibition question would be taken to the floor, but the “drys” confident of a strons expression in the platform for law enforcement, were concentrating their fight against “wet” candidates Strategy Bonrds Busy. Both McAdoo and Smith held fr quent conferences today with de gates and leaders from a number of states. Confidence rad headquarters, but the str on each side were busy prepurations and organi being perfected and enlarzed At the MeAdoo headquurters a force of twelve, to have cf n “zones” on the conven being formed. It is to function under the general supe Rockwell, McAdoo's ager, and will constity of an innovation tions Gov. Smith's plans wi convention work are ¢ ed, but formal been made that velt, former Secre andcandidate for in 1920, will plac the delegates Other Leaders Active. Although the McAdao-Smith test overhadowed their activitie supporters of other candidates for th presidency and “dark hos far from idle. Workers and there about the hotels pressing the claims of their favorites upon in- coming delegations. Some of these candidates already are and others are due within the few day The force of party ground h: arrival of cratic lea E. Guffev, from Pennsylva with parts With the intellig headquarters that : sion there respecting the abrogation of the two- thirds rule for the nomination of a presidential candidate would be de ferred for at least day or two, t question was pushed somewhat in t background, but leaders recognized that it was freighted with the pi sibility of a spectacular fight on the floor, ‘which might furnish the first test of strength between McAdoo and his_opponents. The volunteer platform builders re- sumed their work and hoped to reach at least tentative agreements on a number of the less controversial planks. The main questions to be dealt with were fairly well agreed upon, but there remained a difference of opinion as to the language and broadness of expression to be em- ployed in the framing of others DEMOCRATS DEMAND PLATFORM BE MADE ULTRA PROGRESSIVE (Continued from First Page.) gy boards with their name befor con- were h next ders on the nted th ttanal committee left Washington some time ago to take up his head- quarters in New York, he turned over to Senator Pittman the various sug- gestions which had come to him from many sources with a request that Senator Pittman and other Democratic members of the Senate and House give them consideration. At the con- ferences in Washington eight sen- ators and eight representatives . engaged most of the time going over various planks. Several days ago Senator Pittman came to New York and the work on the platform was continued. Senator Pittman hopes to keep the platform brief and with a lot_of punches to it. Considerable stress is to be laid on the agricultural plank. The Demo- erats plan to offer the farmers of the country more than was contained in the Republican platform. Bernard Baruch, active in Washington under the Wilson administration and much interested in the farmers' problem, will be among those who will appear before the resolutions committee in the interest of an adequate agricul- tural plank. The Democrats believe it necessary that the parity between the farmers’ dollar and that of the merchant and manufacturer be restored. Specific proposals to aid in bringing about this end will be advanced as follo First. A reduction in the tariff will be proposed, to aid the farmer to buy those things’ he rdquires more cheaply. Sécond. ‘Co-operation by this coun- try in European affairs, and the re- establishment of European markets for American farm products. Third. ‘Reduction of freight rates en the things the farmer must sell and parchase, And fourth. If these proposals are not_effective, direct government aid to the farmers. . Wabash Wreck Explained. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 21.—Al- Yeped failure of a trainman to lock a switch after a freight train went onto a siding near Williamsport, Ind., and the opening of the unlocked switch by vibration of a passenger train are given as causes of the wreck on the Wabash railroad which eocurred June 1, with a loss of four- teen lives, in the report of the public service commission made public yes- ‘terday. _——— The first cooking school for women fn the south was opened in 1880 at Paace-lnstitute, inr Raleighe N-C, 21.—Redoubled | leaders | ed from both | s were | »n the zround | By the Assocluted Press. NEW YORK, June 21.—Joseph E. uffey. national committeeman from Pennsylvania, has arrived, still as ardent a Smith rooter as a year ago. He said the great majority of the delegation was for Smith “first. last |and &l the time. We have no |second choice. we intend to be -for mith to the last.” Guffey is also for |changing the two-thirds rules, urged | modification of the Volstead act and stood with Brennan of Illinois against |the Ku Klux Klan, | Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, who seconded the nomination of John W. |Pavis at the San Francisco conven- |tion in 1920, will also second his nomination ugain next week at Madi- |son Square Garden. She was izetta | Jewell, leading woman for Otis Skin- Iner, botore her marriage to the late | Representative William G. Brown of west \irg r husband's fa - active in politics e for Congress in d for United States senator in ar's primaries. Her sp rancisco wus one of the big hits of all descriptions taken to the home of Gov. [Smith's sister since the news went out that his collie, a present from his | mother, had become lost. Even the Ipolice of nearby towns in New the hunt for the missing hoom for David ¥ ary of Agri- v, have sat- convention as and have interested to the a block away literature for 13,500 American flags breezes of Madison when the delegates ‘mbie. The last of the banners to be placed today with many great fans Lo keep up the waving if the weather man shuts down on the lair currents Square Gare The Atlantic scouting fleet. under the command of Rear Admiral T. P. Magruder, including his flagship, the | cruiser Richmond, cruiser Milwaukee, batileship Florida, scout cruiser | Biridgeport, and twenty-five destroy- 1 anchor in the Hudson during the convention and be open to visitors s0 that deleg: s from inland states an see what Uncle Sam's Navy 1ooks like When the women's Smith headquar- ters were opened with music and singing somebody asked the governor if he could swim and. if so, did he use he Australian crawl stroke. “No.” he said, “I use the Fulton market |overhand.” He learned to swim by |diving from East River piers near | Fulton street Immedis Philip e 1s on issued by President Wilson in 0 setting forth that the inhab- nts of the archipelago were capable ¢ government will be urged on independence of the " M’ADOO WINS D. C. DELEGATES’ BACKING .‘:Local Group, Uninstructed, Indi- cates It Will Favor Westerner on Early Ballots. By a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, June 21.—Here in | New York Gov. Al Smith is given the ght of way in any may feem to boost his candidacy. An | incident happened today which indi- cated clearly which way the wind Across -34th street from the Waldorf Hotel, where are the head- arters of the Democratic national and many of the candi- for nomination, the Smith have strung a big Smith ban- Maj. Ollie Newman, former District | Commissioner and now with the Un- derwood forces here, sought permi | sion to string an Underwood ban- ner across the street in the same block. At first he was told that all he had to do was to get permission of property owners on each side of the street.” But a few hours later he was called on the phone by the com- any that was going to put up the Underwood banner and informed that the highway department of the city issued ‘an order that not more than one banner was to be strung across a street in any one block. All of which shows the truth of the old ying that there are more ways of killing a cat than one. Announcement has been made by the New York state committee for the nomination of Gov. Al Smith that arrangements have been com- pleted with the Western Electric ‘ompany to have the proceedings of the convention broadeast in Madison in City Hall Park, so that the thou sands who are unable to gain ad- be able to hear the proceedings. Senators in High Places. A tip from Rhode Island and its fighting senate: If the Democratic convention gets in a tangle and the sessions promise to_be unending a little chlorine gas might relieve the d'l\muon, it was suggested here to- Members of the United States Sen- ate are not going to be given the cold shoulder in the Democratic national convention that they received at the Republican convention in Cleveland. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi is the temporary chairman and key- noter selected. Another senator, Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, will wield the gavel as permanent chair- man of the convention. Senator Pitt- man of Nevada is handling much of the work of the preliminary draft of the proposed platform, along with Senator « of Virginia. Twenty of the Democratic Senators are delegates to the convention. D. C. Group for McAdoo. The District of Columbia's delega- tion to the national convention, oper- ating under the unit rule, is expected to cast its six votes on the first ballot for McAdoo for President. There is Smith sentiment, Davis sentiment and Underwood sentiment, too, in the delegation, but the McAdoo sentiment is in the majority, it is said. As a majority of the delegates vote, 8o the delegation will vote as a whole, un- der the unit rule. The delegation comes to New York uninstructed. Georgia peaches and California or- anges are figuring in_the preconven- tion campaign here. From Georgia a large shipment of peaches has arrived at the McAdoo headquarters, and now comes the word that the California delegation will bring with fa a big load of California fruit to be placed in the headquarters of the “favorite son” of the state. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the late President Wii- son, has arrived here and joined the convention throng. Also Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint during the Wilson administration. Youth Acquitted of Murder, TEXARKANA, Tex, June 21.—J. Rush Wimberly, jr. seventeen, of Arcadia, La., was acquitted by a jury here late yesterday of a charge of slaying Merwin Hawkins, sixteen, of Shreveport, who was shot to death during a fight on & train here last January 7. The two Youths, fellow | students in & military academy at Boonesville, Mo., were returning to school after spending “the holidays with relatives. They quarreled over a broken pipe. St ea e NI S Each of the seven woman mem- bers of parliament in Holland balongs 1o a &mm matters that |er,” he declared here last night while Square Park, in Central Park and ! mission to the Convention Hall will | | Canfield said the delegates and their nds under a proclama- | friends will represent only about one- CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS the convention by a delegation head- ed by Manuel Queaon, president of the Senate; Senator Sergio Osmens, Representative Clare M. Recto, Resi- dent Commissioners Izauro Galbadon and Pedro Guevara, and Prof. Jorge Bococo, dean of the College of Law of Philippine University. Each session of the convention will be numbered. The corresponding number will be placed upon the ticket admitting to it. Persons entitled to admission will have a booklet of fif- teen tickets. If a number is lost the ticket carrier loses out on the session. Of course, fate might take a slap at the Democratic convention and cause the twenty-five youngsters ex- pected to arrive at thé New York Nursery and Child's Hospital to. be girls. But the first boy baby to be born after the nomination of a presi- dential candidate will bear the can- didate's name. Twenty-five expactant mothers formed a club at the hospital and at a caucus pledged themselves to sup- port the nominee and name the baby accordingly. Mrs. Mary Moran, act- ing president of the club, favors Gov. Smith and next John W. Davis The Association Against the Pro- hibition Amendment, here to get a wet plank In the platform, will have a conference of members and friends tonight. Senator Bruce of Maryland will de- the principal address. Other akers will be Rear Admiral Fiske, | Assistant ~ Attorney General Willis {Jones of Maryland, and Charles S, Wood, eastern campaign manager of the association. Short talks will be | made by delegates, who are members of the association from many states. James P. Holland, president of the New York States Federation of Labor, also will participate. “It is not certain whether United | States Senator Oscar W, l‘nd.-rwuml.‘ | Alabema's favorite son. will be here | for the convention” That was the |statement given out at Mr. Under- | wood's campaign headquarters, sit- uated on “Boom Alley” in the Wal- dorf Astoria, Both the Underwood and Davis boomers have prepared handsome booklets setting forth the qualifica- tions of their respective candidates with the portrait of each on the re- spective covers. Underwood is styled | “Clean, capable, courageous.” while | the John W. Davis booklet styles Davis as “a great Democrat.” Palmer Canfleld, federal prohibition director for New York and northern New Jersey, admits it would be im- possible to make New York city “en- tirely dry” during the convention, re- marking the city could not be “mopped up” in a day or a year. He said special agents from out of town would be on duty to keep the lid on as tight as possible and that the out- of-town agents, none of whom are known to the local bootleggers. would complete their own plans today for their campaign of “dryness.” Mr tenth of the normal number of visi- tors to the city and that the delegates will be too busy with politics to paint the town red GOV. DAVIS DECLARES FARM AID HIS AIM Says Presidential Boom Only Inci- dental to Efforts to Bring Agri- cultural Relief. By the Assoctated Press. KANSAS CITY, June 21.—The pri- mary purpose of Gov. Jonathan M. Davis of Kansas in going to the Democratic national convention s “to get something done for the farm- resting between trains on the way to New York. The Kansas governor'y candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation is only incidental, he said. But when he was introduced generally as the “next President of the United States,” he nodded acknowledgment of the introduction iov. Davis outlined some of his planks in _his “Davis-for-President” platform. They were: Readjustment of credit basis for the farmer. Reduction of the tariff. Adjustment of freight rates in pro- portion to the value of the farmer's products. Making credits as available to the farmer as to other businesses. Stabilization of markets. Gov. Davis was with the Kansas delegation, comprising about thirty persons. = -— While American women are bobbing their hair, the women of the upper classes in Siam are letting theirs grow long for the first time. How- ever, the majority of the Siamese women still keep to the old tradition and have their locks shorn like those of the men. | certain TAGGART DECLARES THERE IS NO ‘B0OSS’ Helieves Democratic Party Ruled Entirely by Popular Mandate. FOR RALSTON FROM FIRST Hoosier Denies Frame-Ups at French Lick Springs. BY ROBERT T. SMALL NEW YORK, June 21.—Thomas Taggart of Indiana is busy these days trying to impress upon his in- terviewers and all and sundry that he is not a "boss” in any sense of the word and that the Democratic party is not bossed. Mr. Taggart pooh-poohs the talk of a “Big ¥our™ in the democracy and says he is having no “truck” with any bloes, cliques or other - combinations in restraint of presidential booms. Mr. Taggart knows of only one candi- date in the race—Senator Samuel Ralston, a Hoosier Grover Cleveland. He likes Al Smith: he likes a lot of people, but he vows and declares he is not in the “bossing” business and never was the All the talk about the visits that George Brennan of Tllinois and the les F. Murphy of Tammany 1 to make to him at French as pure “bunk.” ac- cording to Mr. Taggart. This trium- virats did not mect together to settle the airs of the party. They did not meet to turn thumbs down on candidates. The last visit Mr. Murphy made to French Lick was said to have been for the pur- didate. vs Mr. Tag- ate did was to pose of voting McAdoo That was all wrong. gart. All the trium; play golf. take the baths and lounge around in the evening enjoying life and indnlging in social pastimes. The “Big Four” of today is popu- larly supposed to ist of Mess Taggart, Brennan, Guffey of Pitts- burgh and Al Smith of New York the successor of the late Tammany chieftain in Democratic leadership of his home state. i For Ralston From Fifst. There is no doubt there exists a strong “community of interest” be- tween these four gentlemen, but Mr. Taggart is consistent in saying that from the first he has been for Sena- tor Ralston, regardless of what the other sides of the “Big Four’ may think, and he believes that among the dark horse clement Mr. Ralston has a leading position. The latest offic bulletin from headquarters of the “dry” force sent here from -hington to “mop up during the convention period an- nounces that, contrary (o general opinion in the great American hinter- land, New York really is not now and never has been since prohibition became a law a really wet city. “It is just damp in spots.” explains the regional director. Kind to Bootlegxers. Nevertheless and notwithstanding. fate has been kind to the bootleggers these last few nights preceding the convention. Heavy fogs have fallen with the evening shadows, and in the sheltered seclusion of the gray mists the vift motor craft of the whisky merchants have been playing ducks and drakes with their natural ene- my, the revenuers. Several battles have taken place in the fog blanket, but for the most part the liquor run- ners have safely reached their desti- nations with the forbidden cargoes. Thus far the bootleggers have kept their agreement not to raise rates on the demands. They said they would abide by the decisions of the hotel men and the restauranteurs, to charge only normal fees. If the convention should prove to be a long-drawn-out affair, however, there may be a change, for it is axjomatic that all rules fail in “dry” weather. Two Swindlers Caught. The police have arrested two swin- dlers charged with trying to seil bjts of glass as diamonds. It is deniad that any of the visiting Democrat: were the victims of the game. Here's an evidence of what the New Yorkers themselves think of the con- vention, the New York City delegates are deserting their outlying homes and taking quarters at a hotel right in the middle of what may be called the convention loop. They do not nt to miss anything by going home o' nights. The Al Smith forces scored an early scoop on their rivals of the M(‘Aflog STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That’s All ik Studebaker Asks you to compare the.Light Six with competitive cars at its price—then with cars selling for several hundred dollars more for— Beauty, Comfort, Roomineeé, Ease of Handling, Flexibility, Power, Quietness and Lack of Vibration—then Drive a Studebaker Light Six Prove to your mmfm why it is supreme in: its fleld, Joseph McReynolds “The Studebaker Man” ' Selling Satisfactory Transportation in Washington for 35 Years D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 21 camp. ' Smith headquarters produced the frst And there is just one name of the first tune. You t. It was YThe Side- walks of New York.” “Rosie O'Grady” and all the other familiar airs of the olden days followed in their proper places. All this arranging of an extra spe- cial session of the oconvention at 9 o'clock, daylight-saving time, Tues- day evening, for the delivery of Sena- tor Pat Hafrison's “keynote” speech tainly written himself a piece. The 1924, “boys” who have seen the piece say it will make every one sit up and Senator Pat does not be- Republican breth- ren or dwelling in unity with them. Sock 'em in the jaw 1s his philosophy of_politics have even gotten out pack- ages of paper matches urging every- hody to vote for Al Smith for Presi- dent. “Give us another Lincoln,” say the must mean that the senator has cer- | match covers. The matches, by the way, are of the take notice. lieve in loving hi ‘denly. national safety variety and won't explode sud- (Copyright, 1924.) WILL FIGHT FOR WEST. Nebraskans Start for Convention Pledged to Gov. Bryan. OMAHA, Nebraska, June braska's delegation to the Democratic convention to support Gov. vention city. | clare | active candidac: impress upon candidates must be ! will meet the requi New York, voters of thiy sectio: NEIGHBORHOOD “1—The region near where one is or resides. 2—The people in the vicinity.” —Standard Dictionary. BDURIETH 36th and R Streets N.W. If there is any more important factor in the selection of a home than the neighborhood in which it is located, we coni to bring it to our attention. Following are listed some of the people who have purchased homes in Elliott L. Thurston, Correspondent, New York World Dwight Shurtleff, Major, U. S. Army Maury Middleton, Asst. Treasurer, Southern Railroad Jobn Upham, Major, U. 5. Army Henry Robinson, Iniernal Bevenus Buresn Gordon H. Steele, Captain, T. 8. Army Harvey L. Cobb, Asst. City Editor, Washington Times R. J. Gross, Chiet of 'Personnel, Lighthouses, Dept. of Commerce D. H. King, Manager, Casualty Dept., Ralph W. Lee City Editor, Washington Heraid Herman H. Pohl, Captain, U. 8. Army Frank Sterling, Administrative Asst. to Asst. Secty. of Agricultare B. W. Simpson, Major, U. 8. Army Ashbury R. Woodward. Potomac Lithographing Company. Harry Thurber, D. C. Represcatative, Truscon Steel Ca. John E. Morris, Alr Bervice, War Dept. Manager, Property Mamgement Dept, Sbannon & Lachs, Inc. Léeutenast, U. 8. Army Anbrey Carter, Beerstary to Comptraller of Currency Thomas J. Hayes, Major, U. 6. Ammry ‘William Jewel, ‘Manager, Radio Dept., Hecht & Co. - Frank H. Rowe, Vice President, Georgetown Bealty Co. Benjamin McKelway, City Editor, Evening Star John B. Rose, Major, U. S. Army Glenn L Tucker, Correspoadent, New York World Robert M. Heth, Attorney-at-Law Earl S. Haskell, National Mortgage Investment Oo. Paul J. Frizzell, Sales Manager, Shanon & Luchs Con- struction Co. Hiram Cooper, Major, e Army Charles E. Tracewell, Editorial Staf, Evening Star William C. Allen, Plumber Robert Compton, Asst. Manager, National Furnitore Co. William B. Lowery, Captain, U. 8. Army Harry Goodwin, Western Electrie Company Robert M. Klinger, Income Tax Burean, Treasury Dept. William A. Maidens, Attorney Edna Preble Jones, Weltare Worker D. M. Beere, Major, U. 8. Army Norman R. Pond, - Office Manager, Jobn E. Fowler Co. S. L. Vandegrift, Sopt._of Personnel, C. & P. Telephone Company Benjamin Greenstreet, City Post Office Wesley Cole, Electrical Engineer, War Dept. Charles Thorndike Special Agent, Dept. of Commerce ss that eighteen years in the real estate business has failed URJEITH George Wi C. B. Jenkine, Protessor of Anatomy, ington Caiversity W. A. Millen, Associated Press Muriel Fritz, Realtress, Arnol@ & Company Kirk Miller, Columnist, Washington Times Hector Lazo, Special Agent, Dept. of Commerce Harold B. R Baitorial 84, Breatny Star Frederick Conway, Attorney Madeline McCandless, Interior Decorator Paul P. Reiney, Interstate Commerce Cemmission William J. Rowan, Treasury Department E. H. Inmon, Captain, Medical Corps, U. 5. Amy J. D. Battle, Traffic Manager, National Coal Asocts- jon Earl H. Christian, Asst. Bacteriologist, Mt. Alto Hospital Myles C. McCahill, Walter Gibbs, Income Tax Bureau, Treasury Dept. August H. Moran, Sales Engineer, War Dept. C. T. Beach, Service Misager, Shemnen & Locha, Horace M. Baxter, Amt. Eramizer, Patest Offico Th s Hamli Divisional Manager, Beechant Paeking Company Jobn E. Linder, Shannon & Lachs Constrection Co. George Rawlings Sonihers Bailmas Frank H. Ellis Indian Office, Interior Dept. These are-the people you will have as neighbors when you buy there. Remember, BIBIEMN is up northwest, surrounded by estates and institutions, per- manent and established. These fix and hold the standard. Remember, also, these homes are designed, constructed and finished in a manner to please the most discriminating buyer, yet they are offered at a price and on terms to suit the economical. By auto—Drive across the Q Street Bridge, turn nof 36th Street (right next the Western High School), Or take P Stree: R Street, or Wisconsin Avenue car to R Street and walk west to to take you out. Price, $8,250 " $1,000 Cash—$75.00 Per Month TO INSPECT Inciuding Interest and Payment On Principal rth one block to R Street and drive due west to pledged by T. S. Allen, delegate at large and state-Bemoeratie chairman, Charles “Bry President, left last night for the con- Before departing the governof de. We're not going to presspn We simply wantjo convention that in order to save the west from the in dependent sentiment that has swep: 21.—Ne- | States like Minnesota and Wisconmy nominated ments car to 35th Street and walk north to th Street. Or call Main 2345 for auto HANNON . & LUCH