Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 12

/ 2 SOCIETY APPROVES CHOIGE OF DAVIS Nominee and Wife Popular in Washington During Official Life at Capital. FAVORITES IN BRITAIN As Hosieu Mrs. Davis Won Social Laurels at Court of St. James. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. i was in January, 1912, that Rep- resentative John W. Davis, who had been deemed one of the eligibles in the Congressional set, departed quietly for his home in Clarksburg, W. Va, and was married with but few preliminaries and in the presence of a few close friends to Miss Ellen Grant Bassel, a friend of several vears’ standing and likewise a native And life-long friend of the same tuaint little mountain city. Mrs. Davis had led a secluded though well educated, social opportunities which are pre- sumably needed to qualify one to pre- de over the home of an exalted of- | 90T al in Washington or of the Amer- ican ambassador. in London. is remembered ir both roles Erace and tact, for for her her ready wit and of the daughters of Uncle Sam. She is also a very beautiful woman and | following the established traditions gowned on all|and eliminating all that would savor conspicuously well occasions. Representative and Mrs. Davis set|mer of 1319, social life quickened a up their household goods very mod- ¢sty at the Portland apartment at|old-world capitals and it was then, . with | that Mrs. Davis presented her young the | Step-daughter to the great world of aughter of the Representative by his | Britain at a small and_very stmply h street and Vermont aven McDonald Davis, marriage happy circle M. D:mald, aleo of Cla she Jiad died a y to round out their e girl came into the world. Mrs. Dayvis the first was the friend of her tu-cesser and her small daughter found o kind und sympathetic mother when, after his wife's death, the ntative from West Virginia Miss Julia Davis, it will remembered. enjayed a brilliant period of belleship in London, where she | the American, must belong to some nd on Octo. | half dozen Anglo-American clubs and ried, in the | Must | service as presented to soclety. 13. 1823, she was m sent home of her father, Wolfton, in Locust Valley, Long m McMlan Adams of nt Wilson appointed hn W. Davis solicitor er the Departanant of Justice removed. with his family, to the dsome apartment hamse known as 509 16th street But .in those days it _rejoiced in stately ‘cognomen of th ents * king 1 and was fre y the hostess for Mr. McResnolds nities. Won British Praise.. life and | cultured and | traveled, she had not enjoved tne|description. first bocause during the lin 1 | made to conserve his strength for Yet she | more important measures. that adaptability which Euro- | would satisfy the demands, and yet, Peans regard as the hatural heritage |not offend the proprieties Davis married Miss Julia Me. | tained King George and Queen Mar: sburg, in 1899, and | and r later, when her | tiously | | She was considered the handsomest 11 it was in London that Mrs. | Dav: { Clarksburg ‘or in Washington, and | Daughter of Nominee MRS. WILLIAM McMILLAN ADAMS, Formerly Miss Julia Davis, only daughter of the Democratic nominee for President. The American embbassy then at Grosvenor Gardens had for several vears lacked official amenities of any no one attempted to entertain Lomndon, except in the most in- formal way. and then the ambassa- Walter Hines Page was in fragile health and every effort was 1t became the delicate task of Mrs. Davis to in- augurate a new social regime which She suc- ceeded admirably in a middle course, of frivolity. In the spring and sum- little in London, as it did in all the planned dinsmer dance. With the am- | bassador, she had previously ente: th v and unostenta the London press rang | with her paises Mrs. Davis was never deemed a| club woman, either in her home in she found her obligations as the wife of the solicitor general sufficient to employ her time. But in London, the | wife of an ambassador and especially | render more than a titular| Mrs. Davis took over this part of her dutles with ease and grace, and for two seasons was| rlc\szess at the American Luncheon | Club, was honorary president of the | American Woman’s Club and a mem. | ber of its board of managers and naturally took a keen interest in | those Societies which have & patri- otic trend and make for good feel- ing between the two nations, Great Britain and the United States. Per- haps she owed much of her Success 10 her rare beauty and splendid poise, wife an American ambassador has brought to London for fifty years, at least. and her portrait by the masters of the Royal Academy hangs in at -ast three galleries. British ambassador John W.| and his charming wife were at ' THE BERTH IN SENATE Declining Vice Presidential Place to Seek Re-Election. Thinks Change Unwise. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 10.—Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana last night “finally and decisively” de- clined by letter the nomination for Vice President. J. Bruce Kremer of Montana announced in the convention hall that®he was authorized to voice the senator’s declination. The text of the letter from Senator Walsh was as follows: “To the Democratic national con- vention, assembled in the city of New York: “I am profoundly appreciative of the generous regard exhibited toward me by the convention. over whose de- liberations I have had the honor to preside for the past two weeks, and find it hard to decline to yield to the desire manifested by so many of the delegates that I accept the nomina- tion as its candidate for Vice Presi- dent. “Reflection has confirmed me in the view that it would be wise neither from a party nor a personal point of view to transfer me from the floor to the chair_of presiding officer of the Senate. Scarcely less important for the welfare of the country than the election of a Democratic President is spring of 1920, the quadrennial spec- tacle of nominating a candidate for President, in both political parties, was in progress. The press of Brit- ain teemed with laudatory articles about Mr. Davis and predicted his se- lecton in San Francisco, and these make very interesting reading when, four years later, Mr. Davis has re- ceived the supreme honor from his fel- low Democrats. His resemblance to Woodrow Wilson is often mentioned | in London papers, though few Ameri- cans see this at all. But one fas-! cinating historic _angle recalled by | English scribes was that James Bu-| chanan had served as minister to the | court of St James just prior to his!| nomination by the Democratic party, | | which was followed by his success a the polls. Americans recall that Mr.| Davis as solicitor general was pre- ceded some years by William Howard | Taft, who was presidential timber for his party in 1909 and in 1912. Mr. and Mra Davis are both fond | of athletic sports and both play a| spirited game of golf and often play together. Mrs. Davis sits her sadaxe\ like a daughter of Dixie should, and | she and Mr. Davis belong to the sev- eral country clubs and cross.coun hunt clubs of Locust Valley. after George Harvev had been ap- | pointed to succeed Woodrow Wilson's second ambassador to London that| Mr. Davis accepted an offer to join | a legal firm in New York City. Soon | after he purchased Wolfton, a_large | estate in Locust Valles, Long Island, | which he has converted into an_ all the-year-around home. Mrs. Davt: i9 affiiliated with all the philanthropi activities of her section and is always | a conspicuous hostess during lh(-‘ spring and summer. The Democratic nominee is a Presbyterian, but Mre ! Davis is an Episcopalian, so they ab‘ tended several churches during their Washington residences, notably that of the Covenant in Connecticut ave- | nue and Ascension in Massachusetts | social graces were so marked. | the height of their fame when, in the avenue. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | WALSH PREFERS the control of the Congress, and par- ticularly of the Senate, by our party. My term is expiring and my re-elec- tion to the Senate is reasonably cer- tain, in view of the services I have been able to render. Some equally competent Democrat can easlly be found for the exalted office to which you would elevate me, whose selec- tion would involve no such sacrifice for the party as would be entailed by my nomination. Gratitude Is Volced. “Deeply grateful for the esteem manifested in the acclamation that attended the adjournment of the last session, 1 am reluctantly forced to advise you that I cannot accept the nomination yet to be made by the Sonvention. “With the highest respect, your servant, “THOMAS J. WALSH." After his letter was read to the convention Senator Walsh received the following telegram from former Representative Tom Stout of Lewis- town, Mont.: “While we all appreciate the feel- ing which prompts the desire of the Democrats of the nation to name you for Vice President, I believe the Sen- ate still offers to you the greatest field of usefulness to Montana, the nation and of honor for yourseif. 1 believe the people of Montana would liké most of all the opportunity to ex- press their confidence and affection by returning you to the Senate by an overwhelming majority.” NEED BRYAN SUBSTITUTE. Nebraska State Committee Will Choose Gubernatorial Candidate. OMAHA, Neb., July 1v.—Nomination by the Democratic national conven- tion at New York of Gov. Charles W. Bryan for the vice presidency, neces- sitates the selection Dy the Demo- cratic state committee of a candidate to make the gubernatorial race. Among those mentioned for the place is City Commissioner John Hopkins of Omaha, who, like Gov. Bryan, has given some of his time to an effort to reduce gasoline prices. —_——— 1 am, In the manufacture of adrenalin crystals, used to rouse the blood pressure in cases of collapse and so on. 50,000 oxen are required to sup- ply the crude material for a single pound. This material is made from a small gland which surmounts the kidney. and was discovered by Taka- mine, the Japanese medical scientist. D. C, THURSDAY DAWES IS GENEROUS TOWARD HIS OPPONENT Expresses Pleasure at Honor Shown Old Friend and Former Pellow-Townsman, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presi- dential nominee, expressed his pleas- ure today that the Democratic vice presidential nomination had been con- ferred upon his old friend, Gov. Charlex W. Bryan of Nebraska, the state where the general formerly lived. He issued this statement: “Gov. Bryan and I differ sharply, of course, in political matters, but that has never interfered with the personal friendship which, for so many years, united our families, and which started in 1889, when Willlam J. Bryan and I set up housekeeping within three blocks of each other on D street in Lincoln, Neb. “I am glad of the honor which has come to Gov. Bryan and to the city of Lincoln and the state of Nebraska in his nomination for the vice pres dency.” 400,000 MALARIA CASES. Epidemic Throughout Ukrainia Assuming Serious Proportions. By the Associated Press. KHARKOV, Russia, July 10.—A ma- larial epidemic throughout Ukrainia is assuming serious proportions, more than 400,000 cases having been recorded during the last five months. In some villages the entire population has been stricken by the disease, which is of the malignant tropical type. The epidemic is especially widespread in the mining districts of the Don basin ——— Certain diseases are shown by marks in the eve, according to a French scientist. The Management of ThisBank is in the hands of experi- enced officers, some of whom have been con- nected with us for over a third of a century. Our policies are sound and based on years of experience in conservative, Success- ful banking. Our location, to- gether with our efficient service, am- ple capital, modern equipmentand strong JULY 10, 1924. MAN MAKES OWN COFFIN; TO BE BURIED SATURDAY Michigander Boasted He Could Devise Everything He Needed Except Food. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 10— Frank “Home Made” Way, who made good his boast that he could make everything he peeded eoxcept food, dled yesterday in his self-fitted workshop and will be buried Satur- day in a coffin be made a year ago when his health began to fail. Way, who was sixty-nine, made his own hats, shoes, coats, trousers and vests, and even his own false teeth. In the little workshop, where he has spent. an average of twelve hours daily for the past twenty-three years, and where he was found dead yester- day, he made his own cigars. He | was tor many years a familiar figure on Grand Rapids streets, because of his picturesque homemade attire. He earned neceasary funds by painting #gns. STORM DAMAGES ITALY. Naples Flooded. Shipping Wrecked and Crops Injured by Hail. ROME, July 10.—A severe storm swept throughout Italy today, dam- aging ships in nearly all the ports and flooding the lower parts of Na- ples. Lightning struck the steamer Tomaso Di Sava in the dockyard in Genoa, where she was being repaired In northern Italy hail damaged the crops, while a terrific cyclone swept Zara, uprooting trees and devastating vineyards. —— Tribesmen Capture Town. LONDON, July 10.—Tazarut, in the Spanish zone of Morocco, has been captured by Riffian tribesmen, accord- ing to the Tangler correspondent of the Daily Mail. McAdoo Going Abroad. NEW YORK, July 10.—The hotel suite where Willlam G. McAdoo had convention headquarters was evacu- ated today. McAdoo, his wife and two daughters will sail on the Berengarfa Saturday. Gov. Smith will return to Albany tomorrow. T e e A curious fish, which does not be- long to any known species. was re- cently caught off Iceland. Three feet long, it is jet black in color, the whole skin being covered with white The Star’ll FERRIS PRAISES TICKET. Michigan Senator Lauds Davis and Says Bryan Adds Strength. BIG RAPIDS, Mich., July 10.—“John W. Davis is one of the gTeatest states- men in America. He has demon- strated that” said Senator Wood- bridge N. Ferris, in commenting on the Democratic nominee this morning. “And the nination of Gov. Bryan of Nebraska has strengthened the ticket,” he said Bring You all the News from home. Wherever you are stay- ing for the summer—if it’s reached by mail—The Star—Evening and Sun- day—will come regularly upon your order. If you change your ad- dress The Star will fol- low you wherever you go upon notification. Rates by Mail—Postage Paid Payable in Advance . Maryland and Virginia— All other States— Onemeonth . ... One week. . ... Daily and Sonday Daly Susday 15¢ 5¢c We Close Saturdays at 2 P.M. Clearance—At Its Best These are the days to replenish the wardrobe — while we are having one of the only two sales we hold each year. All Spring Suits Reduced Again There are no exceptions in this sale. 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