Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and cooler fair, today: with moderate temperature. tomorrow Temperature for 24 hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: 4 pm. am. yesterday. Full report on page 5. yesterday; Jowest, Highest. 1.011— No, 0. 29,321, Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. HERRIOT WINS FULL CABINET APPROVAL OF LONDON COURSE Evacuation of Ruhr Believed Among Issues Decided by Paris Council. FIRST PROTOCOL SIGNED PLEDGES TEUTON ASSETS “ Document Provides Security for Loan to Germany Under Dawes Plan. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 10.—Unanimous ap- proval has been given by the cabinet to the action of Premier Herriot and his colleagues at the London repara- tions conference. This was announced at the conclu- | sion of the special inet council at 1:30 o'clock this morning. A communique issued shortly after the cabinet council adjourned says: “The ministerial council was ac- quainted with what was done at the London conference, and agreed unani- mously to give its full approbation. Consequently M. M. Herriot, Clemen- tel and Gen. Nollet will leave Paris for London today (Sunday)." Stormy Dayx Foreeast. Despite the communique stating that the cabinet fully approved the course pursued in the London nego- tiations and the plans M. Herriot, M. Clementel and Gen. Nollet will follow | upon their return to the conference, newspaper editorials this were somewhat less optimistic. The Echo de Paris predicts stormy | days ahead, and reproaches Premier Herriot for having totally ignored his predecessor's program. L'Eclaire holds that M. Herrlot is responsible for the present quandary s that the Anglo bining against the Latins and France. 'he Figaro declares that Marshal Foch undoubtedly expressed his views on the question of the Ruhr and that whoever disregards these assumes a grave responsibility. Debts Parley in Autumn. It is expected that the London con- ference will close its work by the end of the coming week. Premier Herriot and his colleagues will leave for London this evening. The Senate and Chamber are expected to meet August 20. Tt is understood that the proposed conference to discuss the Qquestion of inter-allied debts will be sum- moned after the American elections, probably at the end of November. is suggested that this would permit the United States to participate. Welcomed in Paris. Premier Herriot's first greeting upon | his arrival in Paris from London last night was from the anti-militarist railroad men, who organized an im- promptu demonstration around the orthern station, crying alternately ive Herriot” and “Viva la Paix.” But the first half hour the premier had at his disposal here was given over to a private talk with France's greatest militarist, Marshal Foch. The fact that the premier had asked the head of the inter-allied military committee to confer with him previ- ous to the cabinet meeting, for which M. Herriot made a flying trip to Paris, evoked much comment during the evening as showing that the mili- tary element is not yet entirely out of the reparations question. This impression gained further ground when at 10 o'clock last night the marshal drove up to the Elysee Palace after the members of the cabi- net had arrived. M. Herriot and the ministers had little to say as they passed into the executive mansion. Declare Accord Prevalls. The premier, War Minister Nollet and Finance Minister Clementel all declared there was no discord in the French delegation at London, but that tehre were important mattefs to be considered with the full cabinet. All the ministers looked grave and preoccupied as they passed into the Llysee. Marshal Foch remained only an hour and a half in a room adjoin- ing the cabinet room, where he had a talk with M. Nollet, while Premfer Herriot gave his colleagues a sum- mary of the proceedings at London. The first communique given out by the minister read: “The president of the council, in accord with the other French delegates to the London con- ference, made a very detailed state- ment on the negotiations at London, which are still continuing. The pre- mier before the meeting of the cabi- net had a conversation with the min- ister of war.” Ruhbr Question Up. The ministers and the members of the London delegation did not say what specific questions the cabinet discussed, but the general inference from the developments at London and the premier’s talk with Marshal Foch was that the government was asked to act as a whole on the question of the evacuation of the Ruhr. M. Herriot's consultation with Mar- shal Foch surprised the members of his own official family as well as his party supporters, but it is declared that he wanted the advice of the highest military authority in France and the head of the interallied mili- tary committee before taking final action. 2 The only speculation as to the out- * come of the cabinet council was that the premier might find it possible to trade off immediate evacuation of the Rubr in exchange for an agreement (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) . | present Le Rappel | west. xons are com- | taxicab and started for Emergency 1t | By the Associated Press LAKEHURST, N. J, August 9. The position of the Shenandoah, which left her mooring mast on board the U. S. 8. Patoka at Naragansett Bay in the afternoon, in the face of a storm, it is believed, shortly before midnight had been establishea as 70 miles southeast by east of Ambrose Lightship and about % miles from her hapgar. A message was reccived from her defining her position and asking for weather conditions at the |air station, which*give officers here the belief that she might return.in about two hours to hover about the | station until daylight, when she will make a landing. Officers sald they had replied to the Shenandoah that storms in the vicin- ity had cleared away, leaving very favorable conditions for her return 3 DANG, 5 NURE INTRAGFE CRASHES };Taxi Knocks Down Mute. " Street Car Fells Man—Mo- [ torist Hits Third. Three persons are in a dying con- morning | dition and five others injured as a re- | sult of traffic accidents last night. John T. Streeks, a 39-year-old mute, was knocked down by a taxicab oper- ated by Daniel F. Ripple of 336 Sixth street southeast, in front of the Streeks home at 476 K street south- Ripple placed Streeks in the | Hospital. At Eleventh and Water streets southwest Streeks jumped out and returned to his home, where he collapsed shortly after arriving. Skull May Be Fractured. Streeks' brother telephoned Emer- | gency Hospital, and he was taken there {in an ambulance, where it was stated {last night he was suffering from a pos- {sible fracture of the skull. An unidentified colored man, cross- ing the street where tracks are being irepaired in front of 2115 Eleventh street, was knocked down by a W. R. and E. car and taken to Freedmen's | Hospital in an unconscious condition He had not regained consciousness at |an early hour this morning. Dr. Trigg diagnosed the injuries as fracture of the skull and severd shock. Walter Thompson of 606 Massachu- setts avenue, while alighting from a | street car at Eighth and H streets northeast, was struck by an unidentified motorist last night. He was rushed to Sibley Hospital where his condi- tion was pronounced serious. Injuries included fracture of the thigh and in- ternal complications. Baby Thrown Out While pushing her 18-month-old baby in a carriage across the mouth of an alley adjoining 623 L street, Mrs. Esther Newhouse of 1136 Sixth street was struck by an automobile coming out of the alley. The baby was thrown from the carriage. Dr. Newhouse, father of the child, treated it for bruises about the head and face. Neither child nor mother was seriously hurt. Mrs. Cassie Young, 33 years old, was cut about the face by flying glass, and two others were hurt, when two automobiles collided last night at Wisconsin avenue and Fessenden street. An automobile owned by Wil- liam T. Pugh of Bethesda, Md., was going north on Wisconsin avenue and an automobile owned by.Charles H. Hill of 2520 Wisconsin avenue, going south, were the machines fig- uring in the collision. Frank Knight, colored, 26, of 1024 Twenty-first street, and Mary Stewart, colored, of the same address, occupants of the Hill machine, suffered cuts and bruises and were treated at George- town Hospital, Mrs. Young, who lives in Somerset, Md., was treited by Dr. John W. Chappel of 2901 Grant road, and re- turned to her home. Both machines were badly damaged. 2 Miss Hannah Reagan, 22, of 917 B street northeast walked into an auto- mobile operated by Edward O'Connell of 1315 Belmont street northwest as she alighted from a street car at 14th and F streets last night. She sustained bruises on the arms, and went home after recelving first ald treatment at Emergency Hospital To Draw Fine or By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, La., August Knickerbockers for women defi- nitely were banned in Livingston Parish today when the parish police jury, or board of county commissioners, adopted an ordi- nance that its opponents declare has all the earmarks of ancient Puritan legislation. Among other things, the ordinance prohibits kissing, ‘‘petting’” parties, one- plece bathing suits and the exhi- bition by a person of more than “one-fourth of a lower limb.” ‘The ordinance was submitted to the jury along with a petition signed by 514 citizens of the parish asking that it be enacted into law. It prohibits, under any condi- tions, “a woman wearing trousers, he Shenandoah Puts Out to Sea To Ride Out Storm on Coast Navy Giant Dirigible Expected to Moor at Lakehurst Early Today; Keeps in Touch by Radio in Wind. |and expressed the opinion that Com- mander Lansdowne would now head the craft for Lakehurst. In her first message in the after- noon the airship had requested the station to stand by to land the craft about 4 o'clock in the morning. On the basts of this and the latest, mes- sages officers expected her to return to the vicinity of the station to cruise about until the hour set for her land- ing and housing in the big hangar. The whereabouts of the Shenan- doah at 6 p.m. was unknown to the air station officials, who added that the message did not state for what reason she was returning. The Shenandoah had planned to re- main at the Patoka's mast three days vnless weather conditions became un- favorable. _The naval station had h, (Continued on F rd nothing Tumn 7.) PATROL WILL STAY WITH ARMY FLYERS Ships to Stand By Until Trip Is Resumed or Definitely Abandoned. Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder and his fleet of patrol vessels will re- main in the North Atlantic Ocean until the Army world fiyers reach American territory, or the flight is definitely abandoned. This -announcement was made by Navy Department officials last night in reply to inquiries as to how long the naval vessels will remain in the vicinity of Iceland, Greenland and the coast of Labrador. It was pointed out that officials ex- pect the flight to hop off within a few days, and that nobody in the Navy Department expects it to be aban- doned. Unless ice conditions clear up on the east coast of Greenland, it Farewell and around its tip into open water on the wept side,.a distance of something more than 750 miles. Worrled Over Fuel. The only thing that is worrying Navy Department officials is the fact that the cruisers and destroyers nat- urally ‘cannot remain indefinitely at sea without refueling, and when Ad- miral Magruder received his orders he expected to be back in American waters before the scout cruisers re- quired additional fuel. The destrovers must refuel oftener than the cruisers, and the plan is to have them receive fuel from the three cruisers when their supply runs low. The destroyers also can receive other supplies from the cruisers to assist them for a reasonable length of time. Officials of the Navy Department made it perfectly clear that the Navy has no idea of leaving the world fiyers in Iceland. In fact, the Navy is on the job to help the flight across the Atlantic, and that is what it pro- poses to do, just as it has done in other parts of the world. RELIEF PLANE IN. Boston II to Leave Maine for Pic- tou Today. By the Associated Press. BAR HARBOR, Me., August 9.— The airplanc Boston II, bound for Nova Scotia from Langley Field, to replace the Boston, wrecked on the round-the-world flight, was moored in the harbor herc tonight. The plane will take the air tomorrow mornirg to fly to Pictou, N. 8., should favor- able weather conditions prevail, Lieut. G. C. McDonald said. The relief plame arrived here early this afternoon from Boston, after a brief stop at Northport, Me., where it was necessary to alight, owing to thick fog along the coast. MENACED BY STORM. Lawrence Forced to Put to Sea to Escape. 3 By Radio to The Star and New York Copyright, 1924, i ABOARD U. 8. S. McFARLAND, IN- DIAN HARBOR, Labrador, August 9. —The destroyer squadron waiting here to convoy the American world fiyers across from Greenland pitched is expected the two remaining planes | will attempt a flight direct to Cape | WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1924.—EIGHTY PAGES. LEOPOLD OF KINDLY NATURE, BUT WEAK, ALIENIST TESTIFIES Blames Boy Slayer’s Inabil- ity to Resist Loeb on Ab- normal Glands. REVEALS HE DISLIKED TO KILL FRANKS BOY Psychiatrist Says That Accused ‘Wanted to Postpone Slaying and Go to Europe. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 9.—The defense today neared the end of its plea be- fore Judge John R. Caverly for miti- gation in the punishment of Nathan | F. Leopold, jr., and Richard A. Loeb, scions of millionaire families, for the kidnaping and murdering of young Robert Franks. Dr. H. S. Hulbert of Chicago, the last of four eminent specialists through whom the defense has attempted to !prove the youths are “mentally sick, | spent the entire two-hour session of ’rnurl on the witness stand He dis- sected Leopold's personality as he had that of Loeb vesterday. Leopold, he said, was fit mentally to fall in with| Loeb’s plan to commit the “perfect| crime” because of the mental state to | which he had been reduced through | physical deficiencies, failure of cer- tain glands to function normally and a strange “king-slave” phantasy which had persisted from childhood. Two Natures Combined. { i i | | | The psychiatric cause for the Franks crime is not to be found in either boy alone. but in an interplay {of their friendship, he said | Leopold was described as by nature | kind, and an almost unwilling part- ner in the murder of the 14-year-old Franks boy. Only Leopold's obeisance to his “dream king,” who was Loeb, | kept him a partner even after his in- ! tellect told him commission of a “per- fect crime” was impossible, testified Dr. Hulbert. Leopold wanted to r‘ou-[ pone the kidnaping and murder and‘[ 8o to Europe, he added. | Tllustrating to Judge Caverly by! |use of large X-ray photographs of | Leopold’s anatomy, Dr. Hulbert point- | ed out what he said were glandular irregularities. He mentioned the *Nnfll, pituitary, adrenal and thyroid glands. He described the functional irregularities as responsible for Leo- | pold’s admittedly far-advanced intel- lect and the stilling of his emotional | |growth after the age of seven or| | eight years. | Unusual Brain Process. Dr. Hulbert said that the X-ray dis- | closed that the cartilage between the | plates of Leopold’s skull had become | bone, unusual in one of 19 years, as the process generally develops after the age of 30. | The witness veered from his usual solemnity as he smilingly described certain black lines on Leopold's skull as having been caused by “prepara- tions used to keep his hair in order.” | Dr. Hulbert still was on the stand when the hearing was adjourned at noon until 10:30 a.m. Monday. Clarence S. Darrow, chief of de- fense counsel, stated after adjourn- ment that possibly four additional witnesses would be called and the defense would rest its plea for mitiga- tion of punishment Monday afternoon. Relatives to Testify. Allan and Jacob Loeb, brother and uncle, respectively, of Richard Doeb, and Foreman Leopold, brother of Nathan, and the Loeb family chauf- feur would be the last defense wit- nesses, Mr. Darrow indicated. Immediately upon the defense rest- ing, Robert E. Crowe, State's attor- ney, wiil iaunch a vigorous rebuttal in furthering his demand for the death penalty for Loeb and Leopold. Rebuttal will require possibly four days, the prosecutor indicated. On the State’s rebuttal witness list appears the name of Miss Susan Lurie, University of Chicago student with Leopold, and said to have been the only girl for whom he ever ex- pressed any feeling. It was to Miss Lurle that Leopold is alleged to have remarked before he was arrested for the Franks murder that it would be a good joke were she to surrender him as the murderer and claim the $11,000 in rewards. s The mail of those interested in the case was, as usual, heavily burdened with “crank” letters today. Judge Caverly got letters from throughout the country, “the vote” today being largely “against,the youths.” (Continued on Page 3, Column 3 Kissing in Public, Woman’s Knickers Jail in Dixie Town or.bloomers, or what is commonly called knickers”; declared that one 8o attired is “improperly clothed.” Another section declares it “un- lawful for any person other than near relatives, when or about any public highway of this parish, or When in view of any public place commonly frequented by the pub- lic, to kiss, hug, pet, pat, embrace or even fondle any other person, or to allow any other person to - hug, kiss, embrace or fondle them.” “Participation in what is com- monly known and called a petting party” is also placed under. the ban, The penalty for violation of the ordinance is a fine ranging from $10 to 350, or imprisonment of from five to thirty days, or both, DRINK “DANCING” HOOCH. Two Men Drown While Compan- ions Continue Dance on Pier. NEW YORK, August 9.—Two men danced to death off an Bast River pler today and two others were saved from drowning after drinking from a bottle of “smoke,” a mixture of alcohol and water popular on the water front. While their companions, were struggling in the water, six other men who had partaken of the ‘“‘smoke" continued to dance about the dock. e FIFTY MINERS TRAPPED. Nine Bodies Recovered After Ex- plosion in Japanese Mine. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 10.—Fifty miners were trapped in the Irtyama coal mine, Fukushima province, when a gas explosion occurred there yester- day evening. It i3 feared that all are dead. Nine bodies have been re- covered, | name into the Michigan primary be- | FORD IS ENTERED INRAGE, WON'TRUN Flatly Declares He Will Not Seek Senate Seat; Name on Ballot. By the Associated DPress SOUTH SUDBURY, .—Henry Ford, resting at his Way- side Inn here tonight, declared he would not become a candidate for the United States Senate even in the face of reports from Lansing, Mich., that he had become an involuntary can- didate for the Republican nomination when petitions containing sufficient cignatures to place his name on the primary ballot September 9, were | filed with the secretary of state.: Mr. Ford was emphatic in his dec- larazion. 1 am not a candidate and will not be one.” He gave no hint as to what action he would take to prevent his name from going on the ballot, expressing | a desire for more details of the cir- cumstances that had brought his| Mass, August fore eldborating on his simple state- ment that he would not run. PETITIONS FILED. Efforts to Find Interests Behind Boom Fruitless. By the Associated Press, LANSING, Mich., August 9.—Henry Ford became an involuntary candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator when petitions, containing sufficient signatures to place his name on the primary ballot Sep- tember 9, were field with the secre- tary of State today. The petitions were filed shortly before the time limit for filing expired at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Ford-for-Senator boom was started a few days ago without his consent or knowledge, and his name will g0 on the ballot unless he requests its withdrawal. Although his close associates have termed the move “absurd,” it is con- sidered likely he will follow his course in previous elections and ignore the filing entirely. Efforts to ascertain what interests were behind the Ford boom have been fruitless. The petitions filed today were brought to the secretary of State's office by Peter Fagan, secretary of the Public Utilities Commission. He de- clined to throw any light on the move- ment. His chief, William A. Potter, chairman of the commission, is a candidate for the Republican guber- natorial nomination. The projection of Henry Ford's name into the senatorial lists further com- plicates an already muddy situation. It will bring him in opposition to his for- mer business associate, Senator James Couzens, who also qualified for a place on the Republican senatorial ballot. Besides Couzens and Ford, three other candidates qualified — Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle of Detroit, Hal H. Smith, Detroit, and Daniel W. Tussing of Lansing, said to -have the support of the Ku Klux Klan. The Democratic candidate for the senatorial nomina- tion, Dean Mortimer E. Cooley of the University of Michigan, will go into the primary unopposed. ACTED LIKE WASHINGTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 9.—George Washington chopped down a cherry tree, told the truth and got two terms as President of the United States. Joseph Pondura chopped down a cherry tree, told the truth and got 10 days in jail from Magistrate Miller in Jamaica Court today. Pondura told the magistrate he got 5 cents a bunch for'cherry branches from soft drink venders, who use the branches to deco- rate their stands. Man, Amuck, Kills Woman. SUMMIT, Miss., August 9. —Mrs. ‘Will Bolian, 45, was killed and her daughter Fannie, 15, and a nelghbor, Charles H. Carver, 22, were danger- ously wounded when George Mack, 60, ran amuck with a pistol late to day, iy Star, SAFE TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGE: General News—Local, National, Foreign. Financial News—Pages 24 and 25. Radio News—Page 26. PART TWO0—I12 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 8. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 9. Around the City—Page 9. The Civillan Army—Page 10. Veterans of Great War—Page 11. PART THREE—8 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages § to 7. Fraternities—Page 8. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Sestion. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section — Features Fiction. The Rambler—Page 3. and PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Serial, “White Fang"—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 PAG! Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. mr. SIS RS EXPLOSION WRECKS LAUNCH IN POTOMAC Dr. George W. Warren Injured in Mysterious Destruction of Craft. The 55-foot, 10-ton launch Ali Baba sank to the river bed last night after an explosion had fired it and injured its owner, Dr. George W. Warren of 1212 H etreet northeast. The explosion, mysterious in its origin, resulted when Dr. Warren stepped on the starting but- ton preparatory to taking the launch out for a trip down the Potomac. Dr. Warren was hurled in the air by the force of the explosion and fell in the engine room compartment as the little craft, well known in lower Poto- mac waters and around Washington, burst into flames. William Bird, who was with Dr. War- ren on the yacht, rescued him. The launch sank after firemen had subdued the blaze. Dr. Warren is fleet surgeon of the Corinthian Yacht Club. He was mot seriously hurt by the accident and was unable to explain the cause. The launch was valued at $40,000. REJECT AMERICAN OFFER. Nicaraguan Officials Say They Can Handle Own Election. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 9.— The government has refused the American State Department offer of observers and 500 Marines to super- vise the coming elections. It is stated that the government considers itselt amply able to enforce law and order during the elections. The gov- ernment also states that the electoral law devised by the American experts is inadequate 60 cents per DAVIS LAUDS HOME AS STRENGTH GIVER Big West Virginia Greeting Declared Heartening as Campaign Is Near. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W John W. Davis was back home to- night to receive official notification of his nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate and to seek from his friends and neighbors strergth and encouragement for the task that lies ahead. Crossing the West Virginia line ecarly today from New York, he had his first welcome at Grafton, his offi- cial reception here. in the place where he was born, and his second home- coming tonight at Fairmont, the rock of his early political strength and the home of his fleld marshal, Clem L. Shaver. Va., August 9.— Addressing his friends and reigh- bors from the veranda of his old home, Mr. Davis assured them that it was nelther by accident nor by ca- price, nor without forethought, that in this crisis of his life he had re- turned home for strength, for pathy, fer encouragement support. “In the presence of this welcome, in sight of these familiar faces, my heart goes out of me,” he said. “I must wait to speak urtil it comes back. “There is an old fable of the mytho- logical giant, the son of Mother Earth, whose strength was as the strength of 10 when on the earth. Lifted above the earth. his power fell from him, and it did not return until once more he had reached the earth. m- and for “Such is the sentiment that inspires me now. “It is not by accidert, nor by mere caprice, nor without thought, that at this crisis in my life I have come back here for strength, for sympathy, | for encouragement and for support. Heartened for Task. “Your presence, and in such great numbers and with such smiling faces assures me that I have not come in vain. I shall leave you strergthened and heartened for the heavy task that lies ahead. g “It is not easy to transplant a tree that has had from 40 to 50 years of growth. It is not possible to trans- plant memories, traditions and friend- ships that have come to one who lived 45 years in a single spot. “Although fate has made me a warderer here and there over the earth, you, not I, are responsible for that. You, 14 years ago. called me from the practice here 1 was enjoy- ing and made me that wanderer on the face of the earth. But I never have cut the ties of affection that bind me te Clarksburg, to West Vir- ginia and their citizens. Never, even in thought or speech, has home meant anythirg other than this epot. “Forgive me if I say no more. Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth may wish to speak without finding words. But Mrs. Davis and myself thank you for this welcome. We bow before you in gratitude and our hearts are very full” Greeting at Grafton. Before his official reception here, Mr. Davis was welcomed informally at Grafton, the first stop of his train {Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) BOOTLEGGING IMMIGRANTS How thousands' of Chinese and other undesirable aliens, debarred by law, are regularly smuggled into the United States—a well organized and well financed busi- ness presenting a serious menace to American institu- tions and ideals. A series of six vitally important and interest- compelling articles by Fdgar Mels, with an introductory chapter by James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, beginning tomorrow on the editorial page of THE EVENING STAR “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. - CANDIDATES” TALKS 10 PUSH CAMPAIGN AHEAD THIS WEEK Parties Have Held Back Pending Pronouncements by Standard Bearers. | COOLIDGE FORCES LOOK FOR INDEPENDENT VOTES | Butler Tells of Plan to Form Na- tional Non-Partisan Body to Aid President. GOULD LI | Before the close of this week Pres- | ident Coolidge and John W. Davis, as | the nominees of their respective par- ties, will have given their personal |interpretations of the Republican and | Democratic platforms as adopted, and | their outlines of the issues the cam- paign presents. Mr. Davis will fire the first broadside tomorrow night at Clarksburg, W. Va. his home, and President Coolidge will deliver his | speech of acceptance here Thursday | night in Memorial Continental Hall From the dates of the national con- ventions until today littie has been attempted by the Republican: the | Democrats or the La Follette-Wheeler | forces beyond the consummation of | organization plans for the campaign | There has been a general holding {back until after the candidates shall |have made their statements to the | people. Senator La Follette is mak {ing no acceptance speech. He made | his statement to the public when he | announced his candidacy at the time 1of the convention of the Conferenc | for Progressive Political Action Cleveland More Activity Due. coLx. | With the pronouncements of the | candidates on the issues of the cam- paign out of the way, it may be ex- | pected that the campaign will ente |upon a more active period, though in many of the States real cam- | paigning will not begin until Sep- tember 1 or even later. The Republican campaign manage- ment convinced that President Coolidge is going to receive the sup- {port of a very considerable number | of the so-called “independent voters"” and also of men and women who have { formerly voted the Democratic ticket. | For that reason, Chairman William | M. Butler of the Republican national committee last night announced that a Coolidge and Dawes non-partisan organization, national in scope. pro {ably would be a feature of the cam- | paign. | Believe in Coolidge. Several reasons are given by Re- publican leaders for the deflection | of these voters to the Coolidge stand- |ard. Chairman Butler last night said | that it was the belief of the people lin the sincerity and honesty of the | Coolidge administration, and also the dissatisfaction of others with their |own party leadership. | Other Republican leaders are 1 | ing stress on the desire of voters n | to throw the election into the House | of Representatives—which would fol- low if the vote of the electoral co |lege was so divided among Coolidge, | Davis and La Follette that none r | ceived a majority. Senator Lodge Massachusetts, for example, from his | sick bed only a few days ago, an address which was to be read at "a. Republican gathering in Nahant, | in which he warned the voters gen- | erally that such a condition might | result in the House being deadlocked | over the choice of a FPresident, and | that finally the election would go {into the Senate, where one of the two | highest candidates for Vice President would be balloted on and the success ful candidate would then become the acting President of the United States sent Fears Bryan as President. Mr. Lodge takes the view that in such event, the Farmer-Labor Sen- ators, two in number, and several of the so-called Progressive Repub- lican Senators would cast their votes for Gov. Bryan, the Democratic nominee, and bring about his elec- tion as acting President—President in. fact—over the Republican nomi- nee, Gen. Charles G. Dawes. This, in Mr. Lodge's opinion, would be a great calamity. Supporters of the ' La Follette- Wheeler tickets however, pointed out last night that Senator Lodge was begging the question when he laid down the premises that Dawes and | Bryan would have received more votes than Wheeler in the electoral cellege for Vice President. They pointed out that it may be found when all the ballots are counted on election day that the La Follette- Wheeler ticket, if it does not stand first, may stand second in the num- ber of electorial votes. Then if the election is thrown mto the House, a vastly different situation may arise. Two Alternatives Presented. For example, if the House should be deadlocked—and to a mathemat- ical certainty it would be—and the selection of an acting President 'be left to the Senate after March 4 next, as it must be if the House is unable to elect, then it would be a race in the Senate between Dawes and Wheeler, or between Gov. Bryan and Wheeler. This would put a dif- ferent complexion on the situation, indeed. As between Dawes and Wheeler, the Democrats of the Senate would held the balance of JBwer. As between Bryan and Wheeler, the Res publicans would hold the balance of power. In one quarter it was suggested last _night that rather than bring ntinued on Page 3, Column 2.)