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DAVIS REPUDIATED BY GOMPERS AGAIN Denies Claims of Candidate ! for Labor Support—Let- ters Made Public. By the associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 9.— Samuel Gompers today amplified, in reply to a second letter from Will- fam B. Wilson of the Democratic campaign committee at Washington, the reasons why the executive coun- cil of the American Federation of Labor considered John W Davis un- deserving of labor's indorsement as a presidential candidate. The letter to Wilson today re- iterates Mr. Gompers' assertion that Mr. Davis was not responsible for the draft or enactment of the Clayton law. “Your letter makes reference to the 8-hour law for Goverament em- ployes,” Mr. Gompers said. “Let me remind you that the law was first passed by a Republican Congress.” The labor leader relates again his version of negotiations which pre- ‘vented the wartime railway strike, and again denies “that Mr. Davis or the Supreme Court carned the credit.” Raps Republican Party. Mr. Gompers continues in part: “It was a Republican Congress with Abraham Lincoln as President that abolished human slavery in America. If the reasoning employed in your letter were to be followed, it would logically ensue that labor and the people generally must for all time follow the Republican party —the party of Coolidge and Dawes— a party which has shown itself to be composed of and tied up with the sordid interests of the mighty few. “That the Democratic party, with the martyred Wilson at its head, en- acted into a law a fair concept of hurcan relations and human freedom can no more bind us forever to that organization than the emancipation proclamation could bind us forever to the Republican party. “But the Democratic party recently held its national convention for the purpose of declaring the principles upon which it now stands. Compare the Democratic platforms of 1912, 1916 and 1920 with the jumble of the 1924 platform upon which Mr. Davis is a candidate Scores Democratic Platform. “Every principle of freedom and Justice which found expression in the platforms of 1912, 1916 and 1920 is conspicious by its absence from the 1924 platform, which even fails to recommend to the people for ratifica- tion the child labor constitutional amendment. The framers of that platform contented themselves with taking some unction to their souls because a few Democrats voted for submission of the amendment in the House of Representatives and the Senate. “Seven years have passed since you left the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson and went into another avenue of life. You must, however, somchow be under the impression that it is Wood- row Wilson who is candidate for President in 1924 and not John W. Davis, and that the platform is the platform of Woodrow Wilson and not of John W. Davis and the 1924 Demo- eratic convention. “By the way, permit me to add that we should remember that the war is over. With you and others I tried to Eive service in the war, but I repeat, the war is over and I am willing to forget and forgive acts of omission and commission resulting from dif- ferences of opinion during the war. Confidence in La Follette, “As for international npolicies, should such good fortune come to the American people as the election of Robert M. La Follette to the presi- dency, 1 have as much confidence in him as in any other candidate for the presidency in grasping and maintain- ing international good will.” Mr. Gompers, on behalf of the ex- ecutive council, also made public the text of telegrams and letters ex- thanged between him and Mr. Davis since the Democratic convention at New York. He made known, in addi- tion, the contents of a telegram in- viting him to the notification cere- monies at Clarksburg, W. Va., and his telegram declining to attend. Another development today at the annual session of the council here was the refusal of Matthew Woll, vice president, to retract the council's attack upon the industrial report of the Federal Council of Churches of America. He informed Rev. Felix E. Johnson of Philadelphia, who came here at the instance of the Council of Churches to request that the American Federation of Labor de- nunciation of the report be with- drawn, that labor's objections to the report “could not be retracted as long as the report stands in its pres- ent language.” The council elected James Wilson of Cincinnati, president of the Pattern Makers' League of America, as a vice president of the council to succeed Joseph Valentine, president of the International Molders' Union of America, who yesterday resigned be- cause of ill health. The Davis-Gompers correspondence eonsisted of two letters and two tele- grams as given out by Mr. Gompers. The first was a letter written by Mr. Davis at New York July 17 and directed to Mr. Gompers at Brighton Beach, N. Y. E Davis Sought Interview. “My Dear Mr. Gompers,” this let- ter began, “I am very anxious to have a personal interview with you at the earliest opportunity. Am leav- ing tomorrow night, to be gone some- thing like 10 days, in order to secure & very much needed rest before the campaign begins. Would I impose on your good nature if I ask you to let me know when and where it will be pos- sible for me to see you. Believe me, with kindest regards, your sincerely.” Mr. Gompers replied with the fol- lowing letter: “I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 17th in- stant, in which you express desire to have a personal interview with me. You ask that you be advised on your return to New York City after 10 days’ rest and the assumption of your whole duty in the campaign impend- ing for the presidential election. I assume that you are aware that I have been in ill health for the past several weeks, and that I am so- journing here under observation and care of my nurse and physician. I desire to be frank with you in saving that though I am steadily improving in health, T am not yet sure or reas- sured as to what I may be able to do in the near future, but if at all in physical condition I shall attend the DEMOCRATIC PAPER TO OPPOSE STANLEY Louisville Courier-Journal An- nounces It Will Fight Sena- tor's Re-Election. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky. August 9.—The Courier-Journal, which has been a “straight” Democratic newspaper ever since its establishment in 1868.—ex- cept in 1896, when it supported the Palmer-Buckner gold Democratic ticket—today announced that while it would support John W. Davis for President, it would oppose the re- election of Augustus Owsley Stanley, Democratic United States Senator, and advocates the election of Fred M. Sackett of Louisville, lawyer and manufacturer, the Republican nom- Sackett is an announced while Stanley has been vig- attacked by the dry in- especially during his pri- mpaign, for his wet rec- in Congress. Sackett has been chairman for several years of the non- partisan State Board of Charities and Corrections, of which Judge Rob- ert W. Bingham, editor and pub- lisher of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, was one of the early Judge Bingham and the . Hert, Republican national committeeman, were credited with the establishment of this reform in Ken- tucky. MALCOLM BAYLEY, EUROPEANS PICK COOLIDGE TO LOSE Berlin Chooses La Follette, London Davis, Says E. J. Henning. “La Follette in Berlin, Davis in London and Coolidge in the United States. “In Europe there are three differ- ent views of the forthcoming presi- dential election in the United States, with Europeans giving little consid- eration to the Fresident of the United States as a candidate to succeed himself.” E. J. Henning, Assistant Secretary of Labor and now acting head of the Labor Department in the absence of Secretary Davis, who recently re- turned from a trip to Europe to at- tend an international conference on immigration problems, says Kuro- peans have our next President all selected and give little heed to the fact that President Coolidge is a strong candidate to succeed himself. Germany has it that La Follette, backed by the farmer-labor vote and | sathering under his banner many adherents of both parties, will be the next President of the United States London holds to the view that John W. Davis, by virtue of the fact that he accepted the Democratic nomina- tion, will be the popular choice tor President. Forget Coolidge Strength. Few Europeans take into consid- eration the strength of Calvin Cool- idge in_his own country, according to Mr. Henning, who obServed that his name is but seldom mentioned {next Chief Executive. Davis’ nom- ination is held in London to be tanta- mount to election in the view of many British spokesmen, Mr. Hen- ning found, while Berlin views the coalition of discontents of both great political parties as foreshadowing the election of La Follett Mr. Henning. who lunched with Von Kuehleman. one of the wartime chencellors of Germany, qoutes Von Kuehleman as declaring that Ger- many is still willing to arbitrate the peace after the war on the basis of President Wilson's 14 points. Ger- many was hoaxed, Von Kuehleman is quoted as saying., by the belief that President Wilson represented the general feeling in the United States on the issues to be settied at Versailles. Either that or Germany, clutching at a straw as she saw her military castles crumbling in defeat late in 1918, haped the strength of President Wilson would rry through a program for the peace which possibly the United N es Senate would not accept. ‘Wilson failed in the Senate of the United States and in_failing brought Ger- many to the brink of ruin, accord- ing to the German view, from which she cannot look forward with any degree of assurance that order wiil come out of chaos. Likens Germany to Child. Germany is likened to a child with no aim of its own by Mr. Henning. Germany does not know its own aim and does not know which way to go, he declares. He said he told one of the high German officials of this ob- rvation and the official replied, “How can we know what we are to do? ery one of our proposals is torn to pieces, either by your coun- try, Great Britain or France. We are torn between our desires and the wishes of other nations.” Turning to the prohibition issue, Mr. Henning said he found no evi- dence of a desire for prohibition in England nor in any other country of scheduled meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor at Atlantic City, beginning August 1. Willing to Confer. “To attend that meeting it will, then, be necessary for me to leave here a few days before, that is July 29 or 30. It.may be advisable for me to stop over a few hours in New York to rest from possible fatigue of the ride from this hotel before going on the train to Atlantic City. I, there- fore, suggest that If it be agreeable that the interview take place in my apartment here in the Shelburne Hotel, Tuesday, July 29, or in the Hotel Astor, room 172, any time that day. “Though not in my usual robust health, I should like you to feel that I am confident that the interview which you euggest would have no deleterious effect upon me. “If neither of these suggestions con- form to your convenience, let me say that T expect to be in Atlantic City, at the Ambassador Hotel, July 30 and for several daye therefater, where, if you care, the interview can be held.” Next came a_telegram from Davis, dated at Dark Harbor, Me., on July 24, and saying: Asks Labor Views. “Your letter 22d forwarded to me here. Regret to say it will be impos- sible to finish_the work in hand and re- turn to New York by July 2. Planning to leave here August 1, and will com. municate with you upon arrival in New York. Meantime ,will welcome, if you care to furnish it, statement of ques- tions in which labor is chiefly interested at the moment. My best wishes for your return to health. The Davis-Gompers' correspondence was concluded with the following tele- gram from Mr. Gompers under date of New York, July 25: “Telegram received. You expressed wish for personal interview with me and designated the time. In my reply I manifested my willingness for the inter- view to take place to conform to the time designated by you. The eeveral dates and places suggested in my let- Lter are still agreeable to me. I can sub- mit no questions to you which would not be ly submitted to other candidates for presidency.” in connection with the choice tor the | NATIONS ASSAILS LA FOLLETTE STAND American Party Nominee De- fends Klan as Champion of Religious Liberty. In a long statement headed “A re- ply to Senator La Follette,” Gilbert O. Nations, nominee of the American Party for the presidency, declared last night that the Ku Klux Klan never had discriminated against amy- one or any group because of religious faith. Referrihg to Mr. La Follette's recent letter defining his attitude toward the Klan, the statement declared the in- dependent presidential candidate had shown “a fundamental misapprehen- sion of the issues which he assumes to discuss.” “Neither the Ku Klux_Klan, the Guardians of Liberty, the Pathfinders, nor the Junior Order of American Mechanics,” Mr. Nations said, ‘nor any of the organized bodies of citi- zens that have within the last decade voiced opposition to the activities of the papal system in our country have done s0 on the ground of religious or racial prejudice or intolerance. Champions of Liberty. “All members of those bodies con- cur fully with Senator La Follette in deprecating_with all their might any such_prejudice or intolerance. None of them have discriminated against any persons or groups because of re- ligious faith. They have uniformly been among the foremost champions of the religious liberty guaranteed in the first amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States. “They would defend the religious liberty and every legal right of a Ro- man Catholic with exactly the same promptness and vigor as those of a Protestant. The public has been so diligently misled touching this point that I feel justified, in the interest of truth and correct understanding, in setting forth this emphatic refuta- ton of an errnrdmn has been very widely propagated.” The‘y statement declared that in the Democratic _ national conven- tion, and In many other cases, the issue had not been ralsed by the Kian by its furiously intolerant e es Y1t was asseried that Catholic Jaw condemns our schools and pro- hibits Roman Catholic children from attending them, and that the Vatican constantly exercises powers that are not “religious,” but “political POLITICS IN COLORADO INVADED BY KLAN ISSUE Each 0ld-Line Party Names Candi- date for Senate—Representatives in Congress Indorsed. Special Dispatch to The Star. DENVER, Colo, August 9.—The Democratic State assembly Friday designated Alva B. Adams of Pueblo, present junior Senator from Colorado, to make the race for the Senate long term against Senator Lawrence C. Phipps, who was unanimously desig- nated Ben Hilliard, former Representa- publicans to succeed himself. For the short Senate term the Democrats desig- nated Ben Hilliard, former represent: tive in Congress, and Morrison Shafroth, son of the late Senator John F. Shafroth, to fight it out in the Sep- tember primary. The Republicans named three men, Charles J. Moynihan of Montros, Charles W. Waterman of Denver and Rice W. Means of Denver, to enter the primary. Gov. William E. Sweet was unani- mously designated by the Democrats as candidate to succeed himself and the Republicans put two men in the pri- mary race—Robert F. Rockwell of Panonia, present lieutenant governor, and Clarence J. Morley of Denver, a district_court judge. The four Colo- rado Representatives in _Congres: Edward T. Taylor, Charles B. Timbe! lake, Guy U. Hardy and William N. Vaile, will stand for re-election, each having been given the unanimous des- ignation of the various congressional assemblies. That the Klan jssue is to be a potent factor in the Republican primary is ssured by the fact that Klan candi- won designations for each of tate executive offices, with one exception, that of auditor. The resolu- tion adopted by the assembly made no reference to the Klan, In the Democratic assembly Klan forces were in a woeful minority and were squelched completely by a ringing denunciation of the hooded order by Gov. Sweet. The governor’s speech and the demonstration which it precipitated showed the disposition of the dele- gates so plainly that a strong anti- Klan resolution which had been pre- pared for presentation was not intro- duced. Third party adherents in Colorado will convene in Denver Saturday to perfect organization for the conduet of the La Follette campaign in this State, J. B. DAY POST. 6.0.P. HAS MET POST-WAR PROBLEMS, LOWDEN SAYS Illinois Leader Declares Question Should Be Paramount Issue of Campaign. By the Associated Press. ALEXADRIA BAY, N. Y., August9. —Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Ilinois, in a statement given out at his Summer home here tonight, de- clared that the important issue of the present campaign is whether or not the Republican party has success- fully met the post-war problems with which it has been confronted. To prove his contention that the admin- istration had conquered these prob- lems, the former governor quoted the reduction in Federal taxes and re- ductions in Nationl indebtedness. “Another issue which will become more and mcre ap?nrent as the cam- paaign progresses is: Shall due and ordinary progress under the Consti- tution which hitherto characterized our Nation be sustained?’ the state- ment said. “There can be no_ques- tion but that Coolidge and Dawes both stand for this conception of government. 1 think it is_equally clear that La Follette and Wheeler stand for the opposite. They would substitute public ownership for pri- vate initiative. The Democratic tick- et was named with a view to at- tracting both sides of this funda- mental difference. ““As the campaign moves forward the fight will tend to become more and more a fight between the forces which stand for constitutional government and their opposites. There is no room for compromises be- tween these two forces.” FRAT BROTHERS FIGHT. Both Require Surgical Care After Encounter. Judge Gus A. Schuldt in the United States branch of Police Court yester- day dismissed a charge of assault lodged against Vincent W. Gallagher of 1631 S street by Edward P. Mul- cahy, a classmate and fraterrity brother in the Phi Beta Gamma Col- lege Fraternity. " The fight, after which both re- uired surgical attention, took place July°7 at the fraternity Rouse, it de- veloped in the evidence: Mulcahy has filed a suit in the Municipal Court against Gallagher for $500 personal damages. . Both were members of the 1924 uating law class ef Georgetown niversity. EAVIARIIEEL 9. RETURNS HOME FOR STRENGTH, DAVIS TELLS WEST VIRGINIANS (Continued from First Page.) Joy at belng upon native soil agaln and his appreclation of the welcomé extended to Ihm and to Mrs. Davis. This evening he made a 30-mile trip to Fairmont to greet his sup- porters there who have stood loyally by him in all his political adven- tures. Speaking at the home of Mr. Shaver, the nominee declared while he could not recall the first time he came to Fairmont that when he came to count his friends the numbers did not decrease when he got over the Harrison County line. After he had recalled by name a number of West Virginians who had had a part {n shaping his early politi- cal career, Mr. Davis apologized for dropping into reminiscences. “It-is enough for me to say,” he declared, “how I rejoice to be with you again and how sincere is my gratitude for this evidence of your friendship and good will. A heavy task has fallen to my lot. You will not be surprised that, when 1 looked about for aid in performing it, my mind turned first of all to West Vir- ginia. I was not long in finding there the man I needed. I came to Marion County and drafted your fellow townsman and my friend, Clem Shaver, as field marshal. We in West Virginia know_his political wisdom and sagacity. We know, too, his loy- alty, integrity and courage, and be- fore long, the Democracy of the United States will join us in our high estimate of him as a citizen and as a man. “And so, in the name of old friend- ship, I offer you my gratitude for all that your support has meant to me in the days that are gone, and my thanks for this evidence that you will not deny it to me in the days that are to come.™ Carry State Standard. Reaching Clarksburg early In the day, Mr. Davis was greeted by hun- dreds at the rallroad stations and thousands that lined the streets lead- ing to his home. One of the first sights as he stepped from his car was the West Virginia standard used in the New York national convention After the station reception Lad ended, this standard had its place in line :‘uh the national, State and town fah AGCEPTANGE TALK 10 BE BROADCAST Both Coolidge and Davis Speeches Will Be Han- dled on Radio. Radio listeners-in of the National Capital will be given an opportunity to hear the speeches of acceptance by President Coolidge Thursday night and by John W. Davis, Demo- cratic presidential nominee, to be de- livered at Clarksburg, W to- morrow night. These spe be broadcast by station W The speech of Brig. Gen. Charles G Dawes, Republican vice presidential rominee, at Evanston, Iil, accepting the nomination, August 19, also will be broadcast by a local station to be announced later. The speeches of President Coolidge and Mr. Davis will be carried by tele- phone wires to the American Te phone & Telegraph Co.’s broadcasting stations in Washington and New York, to the General Electric Co’s station in Schenectady, and to other points farther west, whence they will be simultaneously dispatched to radio listeners in a large part of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Broadcasting companies estimate that each address will require about two hours for delivery. Radio programs previously fixed for the two nights by the telephone company and the electric company will be postponed. MILLIONS TO HEAR DAWES. Va, Thirteen Stations on Western End for Chicago Speech. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 9.—Thirteen radio stations will be linked in the broadcasting chain set up for the notificaticn of Charles G. Dawes, the Republican vice presidential nomi- nee at his Evanston home, Augzust 19. “There are 13 letters in tne name cf Charles G. Dawes—it's ns lucky number,” said W. H. Strong, radio assistant in the Republican speakers’ bureau here. Only 12 stations wi be in the chain for President Cool idge on August 14. The Dawes ce: monies are scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m., central standard time. The following stations will be on the west end of Dawes circuit: WEBH _and WMAQ, _Chicago; WLW, Cincinnati; KDS, St. Louis; WDAF, Kansas City; WTAM, Cleve- land. Seven stations to be selected by James B. Reynolds, telephone offi- cial in Washington, wiii be on the eastern end of the circuit. For the President’s notification, the western end will be the same, with the exoeption that WGN at Chicago will _supplant both WMAQ and WEBH, making 12 stations, with the seven eastern broadcasting points, Mr. Davis’ speech will begin at 8 o'clock, eastern standard time. FALLON NOW IS FACING BROKERAGE INDICTMENT One Other Charge Likely to Be Quashed as Result of Acquittal. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 9.—Because of his acquittal late Friday night of the charge of bribing a juror, William J. Fallon probably will escape trial on an indictment accusing him of con- spiracy to obstruct Jjustice. His prosecutor, Assistant Federal At- torney William J. Millard, said that as both indictments were based on the same evidence Fallon's acquittal madei t probable that he would not be_tried on the other indictment. There remains, however, another Federal indictment against Fallon, the disposal of which the Federal authorities have not vet decided. This alleges that Fallon, his partner, Eugene F. McGee; Edward M. Ful- ler and W. Frank McGee conspired to defeat the ends of justice of the United States and concealed from the trustee in bankruptcy certain a: of the defunct brokerage firm of E. M. Fuller & Co. This indictment was based on confessions of the bankrupt brokers. XY Lightning Kills Swimmer. Special Dispatch to The Star. YORK, Pa, August 9.—George Bentzell Snelbaker, 11, was killed and his father, Austin J. Snelbaker, and a brother, Elwood, were knocked unconscious when lightning struck a tree under which the trio were dis- robing preparatory to taking a swim in Conewago Creek, near Zion View, yesterday. i X Immediately the procession got un< der way, Mr. Davis' car was sur- rounded by a cheering crowd, and it was only with dificulty that it was able to make its way. His head bared, the candidate stood .in the tonneau smiling and waving in re- sponse to a continuous ovation. The crowds that had accompanied his car overflowed the lawn at the Davis home on Lee street. Hscorted to the veranda by the local reception committee, the candidate was tender- ed the welcome of the city by Har- rington G. Otis, city manager, and Samuel R. Bentley, president of the chamber of commerce. After the formal ceremonies had ended, Mr. and Mrs. Davis withdrew to the library, where they held an impromptu reception. SPEAKS AT SHAVER HOME. Candidate Shares in Automobile Parade at Fairmont. FAIRMONT, W. Va., August 9.— Under the glare of a battery of flood- lights John W. Davis stood tonight on the veranda of the home of his friend ard fleld marshal, Clem L. Shaver, and told & crowd that packed every inch of space within the sound of his voice his pleasure at meeting agaln with Falrmont friends. Coming here early in the evening on a special train of the Monongahela West Pernsylvania Public Service Co., the nominee and a party of Demo- cratic leaders, personal friends and newspaper men was taken through the streets of the city in an automo- bile parade that ended its line of march at the Shaver home. As was the case wherever he went today, the few yards from the auto- mobile to the steps where he spoke were marked by a succession of hand- claps as he greeted old acquaintances. There was little effort at ceremony. Mr. Shaver introduced former Gov. Jared Y. Saunders of Louisiana, who made the speech of introduction of the Democratic nominee to his Fair- mont audience. Mr. Davis, too, spoke only briefly. A few reminiscences of prominent Fairmont men, most of them now dead, whose influence he felt had shaped his early career in law and politics, reference to the steadfast support Marion County had given him in past years and the ex- pression of pleasure at what he termed his second homecoming of the day made up the speech. A few minutes were spent at the house, with more handshaking; then the nominee was whisked away in an automobile that took him again to the special train, on which he re- turned to Clarksburg, Brazil Decrees State of Siege For Four States iated Press. OS AIRES, August 9.—Ad- vices to La Nacion from Santos state that the Brazilian federal government has decreed a state of e for the states of Sergipe, Bahia, Amazonas and Para. It is stated that the government has also extended the existing state of siege at the federal capital, and in the states of Rio Janeiro and Sao Paulo. According to an official dispatch received by La Nacion, the Bra- zilian government forces operat- ing out of Sao Paulo have reached Cerqueira Cezar, on the Sao Paulo railway, about 150 miles west of the city. It is reported that the rebel forces operating in North Parana have been surrounded at the village of Tibagy. s AVERS OLD PARTIES BETRAYED TRUSTS Phillip F. La Follette Says Dereliction Is Responsible for New Movement. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo, August 9.—The fundamental principle of the pro- gressive movement is to preserve and perpetuate “life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness,” Phillip F. La Fol- lette, son of the presidential candi- date, declared in an address here to- night. Speaking in the interests of the andidacy of his father, Robert M. La Kollette of Wisconsin and United States Senator Burton K. Whaeeler, for President and Vice President, re- spectively, young La Follette asserted that if the “old parties had remained true to the principles which gave them their birth,” and adhered to “the leadership which founded them, there would be no progressive movement in the United States today.” “This movement,” he said, “is not a movement by or in the interests of any one class or element of the United States. The progressive movement represents the great mass of the peo- ple of the United States, Imperialism or Democracy. “The real question before the American people today is: Shall Amer- ica remain a great democracy, with a government ‘for, by and of the people;’ or shall America travel the high road to imperialism and become an autocratic reincarnation of im- perial Rome or autocratic Greece. “The Government of the United States, under both Republican and Democratic administrations of late, has been moving away from the spirit and design of the Declaration of Independence and toward the auto- cratic doctrine of the divine right of a few to live from the labors and lives of many. This has been done in open deflance of the expressed will of the people of the country. “The people of the United States have not deserted either the Repub- lican or Democratic parties—those parties have deserted the people. Each of those parties have as their fundamental _principles — principles which brought them into existence— ideals in which the American people believe, but neither of those parties are following. those principles; in fact, those principles have been used as 'a smoke screen to hide the treacherous betrayal of those two party organizations into the hands of the ‘money changers.’ Awakening to Crisis. “But the American people of today are awakened to the crisis. The American public are testing the pro- gressivism—the fundamental democ- racy—of candidates today, regardless of party names, by the only creden- tial that cannot be forged—their pub- lic_record. “The American people have to choose between two conservative candidates and one progressive con- didate for the presidency of the United States. President Coolidge stands as an unmitigated conserva- tive; John W. Davis, the nominee of the Democratic party, belongs to the conservative camp, any claims to the contrary notwithstanding. “I believe the American people will decide the issue of 1924 as they de- cided the issues of 1800 and 1860; I belleve the American people are whole-heartedly in favor of the prin- ciples of the Declaration of Inde- pendence and the institutions of our Government tried and preserved to protect and foster those principles. I believe the American people will again record their faith in the pro- gressive ideals and elect Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler In November,” 1924—PART 1.’ OHI0 CANDIDATES PUT ON THE GRILL Questionnaires Ahead of Pri- maries Seek Attitudes in Case of Defeat. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 9.—Chair- man C. R. Montgomery of the Re- publican State central committee has sent out a questionnaire to the candi- dates for nomination on the Republi- can State ticket in next Tuesday's pri- mary election, in which he seeks to ascertain what their attitude will be toward the n=tional Republican ticket and toward ihe successful candidates on the Republican State primary ticket, in case they are defeated. It is regarded as having a two-fold purpose—first to develop whether there is any sympathy on the part of any of the candidates for nomination on the State Republican ticket for the La Follette movement, and second, to put certain candidates for the nomina- tion for governor, who have made severe strictures upon their opponents, on record as to whether they contem- plate bolting the ticket in case one of these speclally opposed rivals should win the nomination. Senator John K. Burke of Elyria, one of the nfst active candidates for ‘the nomination for governor, has been severely denouncing former v. Harry L. Davis, who is seeking nomination again, and charac- terizing his former administration ant, if not actually reckle in the care of public mon Burke has also been suspected of leaning toward the La Follette organization and he, most of all the candidates for governor, has been under suspicion of bolting to La Kollette if he is not nominated for governor, and of bolt- ing the Republican State ticket in case former Gov. Davis should win the nomination. Dry Republicans have also suspect- ed that an object of the questionnaire was to test James A. White, former State superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, who is the dry candidate for the nomination for governor. Gov. Davis is regarded as a liberal, and there might be some question as to whether White would support him if nominated. But White answered promptly that he would support any of the other candidates for governor if they were nominated, and that he was enthusiastically in the support of President Coolidge and Gen. Dawes and would work and vote for them whether he was nom- inated or defeated. None of the other candidates has replied to the inquiry. J. H. GALBRAITH. GUARD ARTILLERY WILL HAVE OUTING 260th Going to Fort Washington Saturday—Recruits Come in Fast. A trip to Fort Washington next Saturday evening for members of Battery A, 20th Artillery, District Na- tional Guard, and friends of the mem- bers is being arranged by Maj. Wal-, ter W. Burns, commanding. The quartermaster boat General Rucker will leave the Washington barracks dock at 6 p A military band will accompary them, and | guardsmen and their friends expect | to arrive at the fort in time to make a daylight tour. A dance will be held until 10 o'cloc Then the boat will return to Washington, and a buffet supper will be served at the Coast Artillery Armory. Last night was pay night for mem- bers of the battery for their training at Fort Monroe, Va., which closed last week. Recruits Comre In Fast. Recruits are coming in so fast that the maximum strength for Batteries B and C is expected to be reached by the middle of the week. Battery A was filled up immediately after re- turn from Fort Monroe, and Batteries | B and C only have a few more va- cancies. The following men enlisted at the | downtown recruiticg offices, 1224 F street, last night: E. Stuart Colvin, 1317 H street northeast; Harry Sil- bert, 308 Eleventh street northeast; J. Russell Anderson, 1005 Florida avenue northeast; William A. Crup- per, 634 L street northwest; Vasco Vincent, Capitol Heights, Md.; Joseph A. Malloy, 919 Ninth street northeast; Addison Wright, jr. 144 Twelft reet: Theodore IL. 1429 ew Jersey avenue Lamont street; ark place; Charles L. Roetschi, Belmont street; John F. Delveve, Third street, and John C. Stevens, 6104 Third street. Recruiting offices will remain open until 11 o'clock each night this week until the quota is obtained. An en- tire battery is composed of members from National Uriver: SHERIFF ARRESTS BOY AS PRISON SUSPECT Fugitive Colored Youth Held Pending Investigation Into Child’s Illness. Sheriff Fink of Princes Goorges County last night arrested Charles Clifton_Manuel, colored. 16, at Broad Creek, Md., to be held pending further investigation into charges that he administered crushed poison on a fried cymbling to the S-year-old daughter of Charles Middleton. a dog fancier of Silver Hill, Md., last Fri- day. The girl, Eleanor Middleton, was taken to Casualty Hospital Friday night, but no traces of poison could be found by physicians vesterday al- though she was suffering severel from stomach disorders. Posses searched the surrounding territory of Silver Hill vesterday under Sheriff Fink. According to the Maryland authorities, Middleton was about to return Manuel to the Cheltenham Maryland Reformatory before the occurance. S A POWDER MAGAZINES BURN Du Pont Storage, House Loss Ex- ceeds $600,000. Special Dispatch to The Star. PENN'S GROVE, N. J., August 9.— Fire destroyed 150,000 pounds of powder in the magazines of the K. I du Pont De Nemours Company at Carney’s Point, near here, today. Three buildings and five empty freight cars were burned, but not one of the employes at the plant suffered so much as a burn. Most of the workmen had quit for the day, but several were still linger- ing at the plant when the first of the magazines flared up. Save for that flare, there was no_ explosion, but the powder made a flerce blaze that threatened five magazines used for the storage of gun cotton, the near- est of them only 200 yards away. Strenuous efforts by firemen and em- ployes kept the flames from spread- ing farther. The Carney's Point plant is used chiefly for storage purposes. «It is directly across the river from Wil- mington, Del., where the company has ROOSEVELT, WATSON, JOHNSON TO SPEAK Additions to Republican Campaign List Are Announced From Chicago Headquarters. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 9. — Theodore Roosevelt, jr. Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Senator Watson of Indlana and Representative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota enlisted today in the Re- publican national speakers’ corps, Representative Everett Sanders of In- diana, director of the speakers' bureau, announced. Mr. Roosevelt, conferring with Mr. Sanders today, Indicated his willingness to participate’ in the New York cam- paign, whers he believed the Republican chances for victory were better than for some years. Senator Watson will make his first speech at ShefMeld, 1L, August 22. Rep- resentative Johnson will devota virtually his entire time to the campaign in be- half of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket in his home state, South Dakota, where, in the pre-convention campaign he directed the forces supporting Senator Hiram Johnson of California. A. F. Williams, United States district attorney at Topeka, Kans., and CIff A. Matson. « Topeka lawyer, conferred with Mr. Sanders today on the campaign plans for Kansas. Both expressed con- fidence in eweeping Republican vic- tories there. MONTANA PRIMARY CLOSELY WATCHED May Largely Tell if Presi- dency Race Will Be Settled in Congress. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont, August 9.—If it be true that the addition of a single State to Wisconsin—which, it is gen- erally conceded, will be carried by La Follette and Wheeler—will be like- ly to throw the presidential election of 1924 into Congress, the nation will soon have a good line on that possi- bility, for, on August 26, Montana will hold her primary and the vote at that time will indicate pretty clearly how the State will go in No- vember. Leading Democrats confess the State doubtful at best. The Republicans are not crowing. On every side sin- cere men confess that a La Follette- Wheeler victory in the three-cornered race is more than probable A fourth ticket—the Socialist-Labor— will have electors, but its vote will be negligible. At the primary on August 2§ the voters will nominate a candidate for the United States Senate, two candi- dates in each party for Congress, a full set of State and County offi- cers, justice of the Supreme Court, the Assembly and half the State Senate. Wheeler nominally remains a Demo- crat and will support Senator Walsh for re-election. Mr. Walsh is with- out opposition in the primary. Four Republicans Run. Republican candidates for the Sen- ate are: Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin of Helena, brother of the first woman representative, Jeanette Rankin; Frank Linderman of Kali- spell, a nationally read author of In- dian’ tales; J. W. Allison of Butte, who is running on a wet platform, and R. W. Kemp of Missoula, a bus ness man. The race lies between Rankin_and Linderman. Both Representative J. Scott Leav- itt, Republican, and John M Evans, Democrat, seek renomination. The former is opposed by Robert Yellow- tail, a fullblood Crow Indian. The latter runs against a field of Whl(“h the most formidable is Byron E Cooney, a Butte editor, who has the backing of the wets in this district. Cooney gave Evans a close race two years ago and may beat him this time. Gov. Joseph M. Dixon, former Unit- ed States senator, seeks renomination as Governor on the Republican ticket. His victory is generally conceded in the primary. Five Democrats seek this honor, the chief being J. E. Erickson, now State chairman, whose omination is almost a certaint RS LOUIS M. THAYER. CAPITAL DAVIS CLUB TO HEAR ACCEPTANCE Radio to Bring Nominee’s Speech to Meeting to Be Held at the Ebbitt Tomorrow. The John W. Davis Club will begin its campaign activities tomorrow eve- ning with a large gathering in the Crystal Room of the Ebbitt Hotel, where there will be radio equipment for hearing the notification cere- monies at Clarksburg. The club has sent a special representative to Clarksburg in_ former Postmaster General John C. Koons, who will be on the platform where the speech of notification by Senator Walsh of Mon- tana and the speech of acceptance by Mr. Davis will be delivered. Several other members of the club have also gone to Clarksburg by automobile for the ceremonies. President Carter B. Keene stated yesterday that the John W. Davis Club, which was organized March 10 last, would co-operate actively with the Democratic national mmittee. He has conferred several times with National Chairman Shaver and indi- cated several members of the club who were prepared to help by speak- ing in getting Washington residents to the polls in their home States and assist_in other ways the national committee might indicate. The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. has run a special wire to the club headquarters at the Ebbitt Hotel to_assure uninterrupted radio service Monday evening from the platform at Clarksburg. WIFE OF PREACHER DIES. Mrs. Rosa Burkeley Parker Suc- cumbs in Takoma Park Home. Mrs. Rosa Burkeley Parker, wife of Rev. William A. Parker of Takoma Park, died at the family residence on Poplar avenue, Friday. Funeral arrangements have not been com- ploted. Besides her husbandy Mrs. Parker is survived by two sons, Floyd R. and Willlam D. Parker and two daugh- ters, Miss Catharine V. and Miss Blanche M. Parker. She had been a resident of this city at intervals dur- ing the last 35 years. EDWARD R. DREW DIES. Was Resident of Washington for Past 35 Years. Edward R. Drew, 69 years old, a house decorator and a resident of this city for the last 35 years, died at the Georgetown University Hospital yesterday, following an operation. Funeral services will be conducted at his late residence, 624 A street northeast, tomorrow afternoon at 30 o'clock. Interment will be in its main plants. Officials would give no estimate of the loss except that at present prices, 80 cents a pound, the powder destroyed was worth $600,000 by iteele, 4 X lenwood Cemetery. Mr. Drew is survived by his wife, Mrs. Augusta O. Drew, and two daughters, Mrs. W. Stork and Mrs. Frederick Geiliages, all of this city. TWO LA FOLLETTE FACTIONS DEVELOP Each Seeks to Offer Electors in Maryland, But Friction Is Denied. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 9.—La Fole lette leaders here deny that any frice tion exists in their party and declare the movement is progressing smooth- ly and satisfactorily. Petitions to place the names of the La Follette-Wheeler electors on the Maryland ballot were put in circu- lation this week by the Conference for Progressive Political Action, by which name the third party is known in this State, and Robert M. La Follette, jr., son of the presidential candidate, has written the sccretary of State ‘and the attorney general asking them (o recognize no other ticket than that proposed by the C.P. P. A This was done, it was explained, to counteract the aectivities of an- other faction that seeks to offer a list of La Follette electors and already has a petition in circulation. The latter group is headed by Alfred Holt and Albert N. Jarvis, who the right of 1 gressive party’ Questions At Issue. Among politicians generally, the La Follette vote in this State is an uncertain quantity and depends to ag large extent upon the following: * The extent to which organized labors will vote as a unit for its approved . candidate. - The extent to which the ultra-wet voters are impressed with the jdea that both Coolidge and Davis are dry and that La Follette is the near- est approach to a wet hope. Both Democrats and Republicans seem content to let the wet-or-dry question alone this year, and if the La Follette supporters do not bring the issue forward, it probably will be given an off year. Maryland Democrats are hoping much from the acceptance speech of John W. Davis Monday, and believe that it will appeal to the conservative element of the State. Leaders frank- ly admit that the outlook is not over- ly encouraging. There is the La Fol- lette movement on one side to beckon the radical Democrats and the Coolidge and Dawes combination on the other side to attract the conserva- tive element. Votes May Switch. Disturbed by the La Follette move- ment and not liking the Bryan end of the ticket, some substantial citi- zens, bankers and big business men, who normally have Democratic in- clinations, are talking of voting for Coolidge "and Dawes, while if the labor vote follows indorsement of its organization it will be La Folletts and Wheeler rather than Davis and Bryan who will benefit by labor's antipathy to Dawes. Four years ago thousands of Mary- land voters listed as Democrats switched their votes to the Republi: can ticket and en ed Harding to carry the State by more than 50,000. The city Republicans showed the first real activity of the campaign last night when ‘the city committee met and discussed plans for the open-. ing of campaign headquarters and in- creasing Republican registration when the books are opened next month. Discussion of a candidate to oppose Representative J. Charles Linthicum in the fourth district brought out two prospective candidates. One is John R M. Straum, a lawyer, and the other Is Miss Gertrude Leimbach, who was lelegate to the Re = tion at Clevelana. ~ 0 cas conven HERRIOT WINS FULL CABINET APPROVAL OF LONDON COURSE (Continued from First Page.) by Premier MacDonald to continue occupation of the Cologne bridgehead by British troops. GERMANY PLEDGES ASSETS. First Protocol Signed to Effectuate Dawes Plan. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 9.—The first of three protocols necessary to put the Dawes reparations plan into opera- tion was signed this afternoon by representatives of the German gov- ernment and the reparation commis- sion. The document formally accepts the Dawes plan, and by it the repara- tion commission releases all German assets so that they will be available as security for the proposed loan to Germany. One of the other two protocols is between the allies and the German sovernment, while the third contains an agreement among the allied na- tions. The effectiveness of the pro- tocol signed today is conditional upon the signing of these two protocols, u conclusion which depended upon the success of Premier Herriot's impor- tant mission in Paris, where he met the French cabinet tonight in a hur- riedly summoned session. Logan Praises Result. James A. Logan, jr. sat as unoffi- cial American representative with the reparation commission this afternoon, and after the signing he described the protocol as a businesslike ar- rangement between the reparation commission and the German govern- ment. Jts completion without diffi- culties, he said, was due largely to the skilled handling of the situation by M. Barthou, president of the com- mission. Despite the shifting of conference Interest to Paris, the experts con- tinued their labors in Downing street. With the German experts they com- pleted their study of the report on restoration of fiscal and econontvic unity in Germany and tomorrow will draft the covering letter with which the report will be handed to the “Big Fourteen.” Third Phase Unsettled. The experts stfll are confronted with the task of getting the Germans to agree to the third phase of the al- lied program for operating the Dawes plan. The Germans have balked on that part of the French scheme which permits allied priority in the pur- chase of coal, coke, dyes and other product within Germany, and the Berlin representatives evidently are intent on holding out until M. Her- riot compromises on the military evacuation of the Ruhr. The experts will meet at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening. Italians Honor Soviet Ship. NAPLES, August 9.—The cruiser Worowski of the Soviet Russian Black Sea fleet, today dropped anchor here after having been greeted by a salute of 21 guns from the Naples arsenal. The officers of the Russian vessel were received by Admiral Lobetti and other naval authorities. The Worowski, which is the first unit of the Soviet fleet ever to visit stllll-n waters, will remain seversl ays.