Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1924, Page 5

- their Vice.Pres r + ing Amounts of Foodstuffs Used Vice Presidential Booms Get Under Way SOLDIER CANDIDATE PROPOSEDFORV. . Veterans Assert Democrats Must Offset Dawes Upon G. 0. P. Ticket. CHOICE IS NOT INDICATED Caucus of Former Service Men and ‘Women Represents Forty States. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June Bteps toward urging 10 name a former 28.—Definite the Democrats service man as nominee were taken today aucus of former service men and women with repre- sentatives from forty states attend- ins. O. L. Bodenhamer of Arkansas, Chairman, announced that the would make between | the three or four service men who bave been talked of for the pluce. Want War and Peace Record. .\ resolution by C. G. Calhoun of xas, adopted unanimously calls for I nomination of a Vice President, Who has had both a brilliant war and peace time record. Speakers de- clared that the nomination of Gen. tries G. Dawes by the Republicans ry the naming of a by the Democrats to at- soldier vot denhamer said the atform committee had the sugwestions of except universal military the ucus no choice conven- LEGION SHOWS INTEREST IN CIVIC BETTERMENT | Director of Organization's Ameri- canism Commission Tells of Activity in the Posts. Dy the Associated Press. INDIANAFOLI ity and civi members the June —Interest in comm among erment of American according or of the m ion farland W. Powell, legion' Am mission, whose national under rican com- this missio While we have ionnaires for betterment daily, constructive work for bors is the principal aim of at group of ex-service men. “There is no intention on the legion to supp v engaged in _w to offer an agency this bureau development germent, Mr. Powell CANADIAN PRIEST ENDS 30 YEARS WITH INDIANS| Returning to Native Brittany for | First Vacation Since En- | tering Northwest. Ry the Associated Press. EDMONTO Canada, J Thirty years ago a youn priest, fresh from his nati Jeft the little village of Edmonton in 4 rough wagon and pene ted into | the north to minister o the Indi and the few white settlers of tha great frontier. Recently a venerab! hearded and tanned vears of patient e wncultivated monton on h tany. Father p l."kmg his first vac: Through all those y c¢her has preached lived religion for th people of the north. he been in the on of the Catholic m a region have enjoved the benefit of his words of counsel and benediction. Now he will return to Brittany, hreathe once more the air of his child- hood home and revisit the scenes in which as a young man he dreamed of the life of service he has lived. He hopes to return after a yearand again take up his duties in the north. “But next time,” says Father cher, “I shall return to my people, not to Jeave them again in this lif, LEeTE e GERMAN BREWS CREATE HUGE DEMAND FOR GRAIN Statistics Given Showing Increas- French priest, ¢ to his native Bri er, beloved and re ion. ars Father Va- nd taught and benefit of h it always in Beer Manufacture. JENA, Thuringia, June 28.—Dr. Abel, director of the institute of h giene in Jena University, has com- g the increas- ing in Germany n and says these figures impress brew- ers more favorably than they do spe- cialists in hygiene. The investigator that from the beginning of September, 1920, to Septemper, 1922, German brewers Used forty-ome times as much food- Stufts In making beer as the foreign Quakers contributed for the reliet of underfed German children. The in- ‘rease of the alcoholic content of beer is deplored by Dr. Abel, who says aleoholism has increased in Ger- Mmany in direct proportion to the in creased manufacture of heavier beer. The Nuremberg institute « for the care of alcoholics _dealt h only fwenty cases in 1917, while the num- ber of cases there in 1921 and 1922, respectively, was 442 and 1,738. Oth- or hospitals are said by the doctor to thow similar increases in alcoholic PLAN FOR HOME MARKET. Germans Make Player-Pianos, But Not Successful Operators. COLOGNE, June 28.—Germans make Nngr-phnou in large numbers, but mostly for export, and admit they do mot know how to play them suc- cessfully. In the hope of creating a home market certain interested per- sons have arranged for an English expert on these instruments to give a series. of concerts in the bigger cities. Music u.:z RKIS - NOW AND FOREVERMORE LOCAL LA FOLLETE CROUPUNSHAREN |Declare No Action by Demo- crats Can Forestall Move for Third Party. ither the nomination of William McAdoo nor the adoption of a pro- gressive platform at New York can prevent the formation of a party headed by Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette when the convention of the con- ference for progres political tion gets under at Cleveland. July 4. friends and adherents of L Follette d initial meet- ing of the “La Follette for President Club,” held last night at the Typographical Temple, 413 G street Resoluti offered by Western Starr declaring it to be the purpose of liberal elements to place Senator La Follette in the field regardless of the action taken convention were adopted unanimous Speeches in wh it was declared that the progressive forces must di- themselves from the two major cal parties, and stressing the record of Senator La Follette as the leader of the liberal movement for more than a quarter of a century, were deli Representative chaefer of Wisconsin and execu- ¢ of the Woman's Com- Action, outlined the campaign the committée is con- ducting among the women of the na- tion in the hope of accomplishing among liberal women what the auxil- iaries formed by the Republican and the Democratic parties are doing ameng the comservative women. Following the meeting a declara- tion of principles was adopted on motion of Samuel Sigman, secretary to Representative George J. Schneider onsin. Mr. Starr was elected president, Miss Isabelle Kendig, vice president; Joseph L. treasurer. and Marx Lewis MacLaren Down in Burma. By the Associited Press. RANGOO! Burma. June 28.—Stuart MacLaren, itish world aviator, who vesterday at the Democratic | THE EVENING WILLIAM JENNINGS BRY BY MAXINE DAVIS. NEW YORK, June 28 —Women may set up vigorous compefition with men in the game of politics. But when something, no matter how slight, ap- peals:to their maternal instincts the business of the country is incons quential, and they forget it er was this better proven than Mrs. A. L. Smith of Chicago, IIL, committeewoman. All day yesterday Mrs. Smith sat in her delegation a | picture of unhappy indignation. Candidates were named; issues were whispered: votes were t all around this usually astute politi- | cian. But none of it mattered. | | pretty daughter Aileen was in her room in_tears. | Miss Aileen had been the victim of | a careless rumar, relating a tale that | | | by the girl had met and fallen in love with Al Smith, jr., and that she and her mother had canceled their plans for a Furopean trip order to re- | GERMAN PRAISES DRY U. S. Getting More Successful. BERLIN, June 28.—Alice for many years identified with social work in Germany, believes that the American people have solved the problems of aleohol and dancing in a way that will make for a better generation. Writing of her recent experiences in America, Miss Solomon expresses the belief that while in the big citi there are evasions of the prohibition is growing “dry,” and that the num- ber of opponents of prohibition is constantly decreasing. As for dancing, it is Miss Sol mon’s belief that the social work- ers have been able to provide such opportunities for young people to amuse themselves at dancing that the objectionable dance halls are being less and less frequented. ORDER IS EXTENDED. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, June 28.— The French mission’s recent proclamation permitting the return to occupied terri- tory of some of the Germans expelled from the Ruhr and the Rhineland has been extended, it wae announced today, to include all German nationals expatri- ated from the Duesseldorf bridgehead and the Ruhr areas occupied by the French. WOMEN AT CONVENTION aded | Her | Social Worker Says Prohibition Is| Solomon, | STAR, WASHINGTON, main in New York near the hero. | Aileen is a dainty little girl, | her large eyes glow when she re- ceives mail addr in a bold, mas- culine hand and postmarked the Windy City She had never met lll"' twenty-one-year-old governor's son and her interests did not wander far | from home. The boy back home was heartbroken over the printed rumor; Aileen was wretched; Mrs. Smith's | day was ed. Politics might go | to pot for all of her. Her interest| was in killing the ru | ing_away her daughter's embarras and | tears All day | colleagues that bod. but to t The fem long she sat with her with a grim expression d not i1l to her political foes, inators of the tory the 5 specie ¥ be fabpy in ic organizations. but whén it comes to her young she is | indeed powerful T know w se Tom Taggart, t Indiana, can certainly boss me, a 1 venture, every other woman thi comes within ge of his smile. 1 met this powerful Hoosier by accident tod I was interviewing the pretty women of the Indian some nonsen other, | te this or that probable plank in the platform, when a pleas ant, white-haired man turned and sard: What do you want to know, might be able to help you. n't sure. He was too willing | suspicious s Byt 1 put and he evaded the masterly technique. Eve did not recognize the political artist, but insisted on lead- ing questions While he gurgled, some woman whispered, “That's Tom Taggart.” I | and beamed. He chatted sister? for my the bly. ou ought to have a husband advised. “If you will come to In we will see that you get a nice one, , with every air of s n sending my trunk to French ck. 1 approve of bosse: STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That's All . HOTEL INN Prmeey g Ba MM-G‘IO 9th St. rooms, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924 q B.rtond T et \ The smartly correct riding habit is of natural linen crash; s]ccve'less, $16.50. The golfer wears a white sweater, banded in color, $5.75, and a white flannel skirt, weap- around, $7.95. For tennis, a striped tub silk blouse, with monogram and glass buttons, $7.50; pleated white flannel skirt, $12.50. 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