Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1924, Page 5

. DEMOCRATS TO GET 'D. C. SUFFRAGE PLANK| Costello Proposal Calls for Recog-| nition of Local and National BEES CHANCE FOR PASSAGE ?elieves Indorsement of Principle i Will Aid Cause. Pr s Staft Correspondent YORK, June .—John F. [Costello, Democratic national com- mitteeman for the District, arrived here this morning from Washington, bringing with him the proposed Dis- trict suffrage plank The plank reads “We indorse the principle of suf- frage for the people of the District of Columbia in the management of both local and national affairs.” Mr. Costello, with the other mem- bers of the District's delegation, will do all in their power, Mr. Costello said today, to have this plank includ- ed in the platform of the party Wantx Prineiple Recognize: “Once the principle of suffrage recognized,” Mr. Costello said, will be for Congress what kind of suffrage we shall b Personally, 1 believe that we certainly elect voting representatives in both houses of Congr: and in the electoral college. 1 believe however, that a broad plank, such this, wiil have a better chance of |bases. The cle adoption by the resolutions commit tee ot the convention than would more specific plank.” The plank will be presented befe the platform committ next wee by Frank Sprigg Derry and Mrs. Snell, members of this district dele- gation. Mr. Costello and Mrs. Mary Wright Johnson, the District Demo- cratic national committeewoman, are here to attend meeting of the Democratic national committce, which perfected arrangements for the con- vention. Other members of the Dis- trict delegation will arrive tomor- row, Mr. Costello said. The head- quarters of the delegation will be the Imperial Hotel. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Local thun- dershowers this afternoon or to- night, cooler tonight: tomorrow fair with moderate temperature: gentle moderate northwest and north ds. Maryland — Local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, cooler in ‘west portion tonight; tomorrow fair with moderate te ature: gentle to moderate t and north winds. Virginia — Local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, cooler to- night; tomorrow generally fair, cool- er in south portion; genile to mod- erate shifting winds, becoming north- erly. West Virginia—Generally fair and eooler tonight, preceded by local thundershowers in east portion this afternoon or night; tomorrow fair and slightly warmer. Record for Twenty-four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 95 ;i 87; 12 midnight, 80; 4 am. 79 noon, 91. Barometer—4 p.m., 29.83; 12 midnight, 9.87; 8 a.m., 29.89: noon, 29.90. Highest temperature, 95, occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest tem- 73, occurred at 5 am. to- 98, mperature same date last year— Highest, 98; lowest, 73. Condition of the Water. erature and_ condition of the - am.. Great Falls—Tem- 59; condition, very muddy. rious Cities. H 3 i Jwano] Stations. Weather. piajsak JwoudiH <eequdp e = Clear Abilene, Tex. % 4 Cloudy Al 7 Toud; Baltimore .. Birmingham. Bismarck .. 2 Boston Clear Pt.cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy b UPEIINIRARAINITARRALANEL2I3ERS BB383:3828228 822833383 2288522123338} FOREIGN. 8 a.m., Greenwich time, toda. . Weather. Stations. ‘Temperature. Lond: 54 Clear T Clear 3 Clear Clear Part clondy Part cloudy MRS. JACOBSON EXPIRES. Was President of Women's Relief Corps Unit. Mrs. Sarah H. Jacobson, seventy- eight years old, president of the Burnside Women's Relief Corps, G. A. R, and a resident of this city for the last forty-five yvears, died at her residence, 1724 20th street, last night. Mrs. Jacobson ‘was the widow of Jacob Jacobson, a veteran of the Union Army during the civil war, and had devoted much of her life to work for the G. A. R. and in helping to create a greater respect for the flag. She is survived by six sons, four of whom served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American war and three of them during the world war. They are: Samuel H. Henry, Charles H., Martin L., Clarence D. and Walter Jacobson. She also is survived by a daughter, Miss Ida May Jacobson. Mrs. Jacobson was born in Jackson, Miss., April 13, 1846. and was married moon after the civil war. She lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, for several years | before coming to this city. Funeral services will be conducted at Schippert's undertaking establish- ment Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery. ARSI Y FALLS INTO MANHOLE. Abe Shapiro, twenty-one, 1400 North Capitol street, stepped into an open manhole of the conduit of the Potomac Electric Power Company at the southwest corner of Florida ave- nue and North Capitol street about 7 o'clock this morning. He sustained a severe injury to his right leg, pos- sibly a fractdre, and was taken to Casualty Hospital i |willing to let the farmers have the .jand will manage the business for | street, in Emergency Hospital suffer- HUGE GRAIN COMBINE URGED FOR FARMERS American Farm Bureau Receives Offer That Would Give Control of Firms and Elevators. OFFICIALS FRIENDLY TO PLAN Would Eventually Be Given Board of Trade Trading Privileges. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, June 21.—Grain farmers would own, finance and control five large Chicago grain firms and 5,000 co-operative elevators under a plan which has been submitted to the ex- ecutive committee of the American farm bureau, which will shortly name a committee, headéd by President O. E. Bradfute, to study the scheme . The plan includes the Armour Grain Company. Rosenbaum Grain Corpora- tion, Bartlett, Frazier & Co., Rosen- baum Bros. and J. C. Shaffer & C | handling more than a billion dollars worth of cash grain transactions an- & ally, according to estimates of the siness of the last few Purpose of Proposal. contemplates turning the firms’ forty and all other me- equipment, along with man- rial facilities. The five firms in- ved control virtually the entire clevator capacity ut ‘the Chicago d much of the capacity in other primar; el export lone are esti- )0 and other prop- ,000. ain marketing or- tually would be ac- ng privileges of the of Trade, under the termin: | Details of financing reaching to hundreds of millions of dollars will the committee. The the prod for the amort tion debentures, nd bonds, it was suggested, although the legal and financial detaiis of the plan were not made public. nal announcement of the ¥ the farm bureau. said v contemplated would state co- ator exchanges, tors and individ merchandizing agen tood that the tentat n has been submitted to other organization: the announce- nt said. “arm bureau offici who have n considering the pl e were reported as be rd the proposition opera- tors considered it with or. Plan Significant. John C. Shaffer of the J. S. Shaffer & Co., said the plan was gnificant as a revelation of the attitude of those in the grain trade toward the co-operative marketing effort of the producers. “The elevator and grain men are thus shoywing the farmers they are properties at an appraised valuation, them for a given period until they wish to take the whole manage- | ment into their own h . he said. | “The Americ ner has been Stream, former preside Chi- cago Board ot Trade as had the co-operative idea, but has not had the facilities to put it into execution effectively w men who have de- voted their lives to grain marketing. | and who control five of the largest grain companies in the world, offer to turn their properties over to the American farmers and offer to de- Vote the next five vears of their lives to the project and then stand ready to turn the tire properties over to persons designated by the farmers to conduct the busines: 1f & final agreem is reached be- tween the farmers and the five grain companies it is predicted that it will take at least three months after that {0 consummate the unified plan. Such a merger would provide the farmers with the most economical tem of handling grain, George E. ers of the Armour Grain Com- press—concerning the American Farm Bureau Federation proposal to ac- quire big Chicago grain handling facilities—means, when the plan is consummated, thet our farmers will the best and most economical ilities possible for marke *“said Mr. Saunders. = ¢ to pool wheat in order to obtain a fair price, which apparently may have to be done, this Vears short crop should make an operation comparat 1 view this as an _impo . construc- tive factor in wheat values.” The committee to examine the pro- posal for the huge merger, appointed by the Farm Bureau Federation, was announced today as composed of the following: O. L. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration, chairman: S. H. Thompson, Quiney, Tlls.; Fra ans, Salt Lake City: G. F. Reed, vice president of the federation, and M. D. Lincoln, Co- lumbus, Oh R e Says Husband Slashed Throat. 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