Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1924, Page 4

~ DIES' SUDDENLY Prominent Business Man Vic- tim of Attack of Acute Indigestion. { Osecar Charles Portner, 40 years old and a prominent business man here, died at his residence, 2409 California street, toda: Death was due to heart disease which followed an at- tack of acute indigestion. Mr. Portner apparently was in the best of health just prior to his 1lin He was born in this city, of the jate Mr. and Mrs. Portner, and had been a resident here. the son Robert lifelong Mr. Portner had a wide and varied | business cureer, during which time he heid important executive positions with many of the well i ness firms of Washington. a vice president of the Capital Con- struction Company. president of the Portner Realty Company, the Vir- feed and Milling Company and e president of the Portner Corporation In the District. Heavy Realty Moldings. The Portner real estate holdings include the I'ortner Apartments, much other propertr in the District of Columbia nd in the Southern States. Portuer recel ¥y edu- Virginia d for a while attended a school at Lawrenceville, Later he attend- «d George Washington Unive: i Besides his buslness activities, Mr. Portner was a well known clubman mber of the Ra ashington and the ub of Philadelphia, a mem- slonal Country ington Golf and Racquet ber of Club and nthnsinstic Sportsman. Te was an enthusiastic sportsman, i interest in golf and 1 many friends among the lovers of the turf. He was a r of Kappa Alpha Greek Fra- He is survived by his widow, two Robert Portner, 3d, and John nder Portner; a brother, A. 0. Tortner, and four sisters, Mrs. Henry D. Fiood and Mra. Palmer Derby, both of this city, and Miss Alma i’ortner 0 ew York. to relatives, associates and friends, Funers Tangements BULGARIAN GRAPE CROP IS FINE, THANKS TO U. S. American Vines, Acclimated After Three Years, Replace Native Ones That Failed. By tie Associated I'ress. Bu'garia, October long years has there yield of grapes this been sudden | have not yet | 3 COOLIDGE SURE WINNER, LAWRENCE DECLARES (Continued from First Page.) ing a maximum not far behind the electoral vote of four years ago. States Sure for Coolidge. is abrolutely sure to carry, and in the Davis or La Follette columns are given the States which they may car- ry and which, for purposes of demon- stration only, are taken from Cooi- 1dge: Aladama .. Arizona . Arkansas . California, Colorado Connectic Idaho Illinois Indiana . Tow, a . Kansas . Kentucky Louisiana . Maine .. M . Massachusetts. Michigan Minnesota Mississippi North Dakot: Ohlo . E | Rhode Island {South Carolina. | South Dakota. . Tennessee .... v Virginia ... ‘Washington | | i | Coolidge. Dagis. Ls Follette | ¢ {between the Here are the States which Coolidge | | Lawrene NG__STAR, WASHINGTON, represent ' the moximum of elther Davis or La Follette. Now as to the maximum strength of Coolldge, the writer feels that Min- nesota, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Washington, Wyoming and Montana, which represent a total of 65 elec- toral votes, are almost certain to be cast for the present Chief Executive, s0 that the Coolidge total should Le, at least, 333 electoral votes. There is a chance—but only a nee—that “oolidize may captire North Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma, which would c ires wall with Hard- . becnuse it I8 a three-cor- nered race, and some of the States now finclined toward La Follette are normally Republican. Helped by Break in Lines, The writer began his trip Septem- ber 10, but this year relatively few votes have been changed in the lust fow weeks. have been may be counted cession of La Follette stre West and an in ase in the Davis vote In the st. The drift away from La Follette the West has| only strengthened [Dresident Cool- | opportunitics, for until two veeks ago most of the La Follette votes in the West had been obtained from the Demo t. ery vote liette and given to vest has made more certain the casting of a plurality vote | for Coolidge, because the Republican | totals have with the La Follette | onslaught fairly through the mpaixn. In the the Davis mpaign has seemed to take on new life in the iast 10 days, thousands of | votes originally intended for La Fol-| lette having been brought back to the | Democratic ticket. Hut the margin | Democratic and Repub- | n Hartles in the Eastern States is| zreat that the diminution of La Follette strength und increase in the Democratic vote will have no effeet on the electoral vot tho! it will play an important y ate and 1l contes All rights reserved. Repro. ut permimsion is hereby Lo in lic bidden e PLEA IS DENIED. Mrs. Sweeten Must Stand Trial | With Hight in Murder Case. MOUNT VERNON, 11, Circuit Judge J. K ruled a motion of Mrs, for a separate trial ments which charge her jointly M. Hight with the murder by poison of their mates. | The date of the trial was set for | November 17, but defense attorneys announced they would file motions | asking that the case go over until| the January term. | October toany It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are | obtained through them Drastic Tires, { thelr fore, REBEL N BRAZL MAKE NEW GANS Completely in Control of Western Rio Grande do Sul. Push Eastward. Associated Pross, AIRES, October 31.—~The ints are in com- o control In the western part of state of Rio Grande do Sul and arce pushing eastward, ac- cording to dispatches from the Argen- Brazilian border. he dispatches added that the plan of the rebels in eventually to occupy the state capital at Porto Alegre and take over tho state government and then to co-operate with the Sko Paulo rebe La Nacion says it has received In- formation that the position of the government of President Barnardes zil is far from socure; that the growing opposition to it Is being In- alleged repressive meas political opponents. per adds that it learns numerous prisoners have been sent to islands off the coast of Bragil. The aims of the Brazilian rebels | have been made public in a proclama- tlon issucd at Uruguayana. The rebels demand that the powers of the federal government to decree L state of slege be restricted and ask that the legal authorities of the coun- try be placed upon an exclusively leral b 5. Another demand is for unifie of the fiscal revenues of he proceeds of which, the should be distributed among the different states and mu- niclpalities proportionately in accord- ance with their respective contribu- tions after provision has been made for the federal government. vices from the border say the rande outbreak started at Uru- wna and Sao Borja and was fol- lowed by similar uprisings in many interior towns, including Santa Maria, | which was a federal military head- quarters and cachoeira, alegrete and baize. The River Usuguay Is patrolled by numerous rebel launches, .but many fugitives have managed to cross over into Argentina The main rebel forces in the state Para 1d to be encamped the ba of the Parana River Izuazu as far north as Guayra. A federal force proceeding against must penetrate extensive for- of Reduction CLEARANCE SALE Tubes and Accessories RADI' ELECTION DEBUT TUESDAY Streets to Be Considerable, Some Believe. DY ROBERT T. AMALL. Next Tuesdny's grand (uadr political rumpus will be A first real radio claction, More peop will have the olaction returns broush to thelr homes than ever be- nninl ditional picturesque be the usual gre ewspaper bulletin the usual marching throngs | many cities thern will b red fires and bonfires and skyroekets and clec- tric beams, ench having Ity own sIg- | nificance of Jubilation or information Not a few newspapers will both re- ve and broadcast returns by wire- It will be the country’s first great test of getting national elec- tion results through the wave-throb- bing ether. ‘or the first time In history a Presi- dent, sitting in the White House, will be able to “Itsten {n" on his own fate Heretofore the Presidents and candl- dates for that high office have had to sit by and read the little slips of paper written out by operators sit- ting at telegraph wires. le All Avenues of News Uned. All of these usual appurtenances ot election night will be running full blast at the White House from dusk of Tuesday evening until dawn of Wednesday morning, but. in addition. the President and Mrs. (wolldge will have the executive radio sct tuned in for all the news that's fiying through the air, be it foul or be it fair. The radio has been accused freely of late of robbing the cam- paign of much of its “pep.” The spellbinders have complained that too many persons have been staving home at night, with the old headphones at | their ears, and thus the “local” meet- ings have not been xo large nor so enthusiastic as in the days gone by. The folks have figured there was no need 1o g0 hear a second-string ora- tor when they could toast the toes by | the old fireside and maybe get a word | er two from Mr. Coolidke or Mr. Davis {or 0ld Battling Bob from the West {Tn view of these complaints lodged | against the radio, it will be inter- cating to observe just what effect it quite [promising a complete service. D. 0., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3L will have this year upon the down- town throngs. Not only newspaper offices, but cafes, theaters, movie houses and other places of amusement have in- stalled radio sets for election night and will give the returns direct to thelr patrons. Telexraph Holding Ows. Despite the radio preparations the telegraph companies which make a business of gathering and dissemi- nating election Information report there han been no appreclable falling off in or for election mervice. Some of radlo; stations will b dependent upon the telegraph and telephone 1ines for the assembl which they will fo fesults will be more or less In the nature of an experiment, but the radlo statlons everywhere are Here In Washington, headquarters | of the political parties, there s a| radlo war in prospect. Two high- swered stations usually dlvide the | nights, both broadeasting on 469 | meters. Station WRC has Tuesday nights, but station WCAP-—a link in | the American Telephone system— | wants to broadeast also that evening | and 1s tryl to borrow a wave that | won't Inte Thus far the tests| Vi not actory to the! ans whose sets are not | tive to tune out the interference, Kecretary Hoover of | the Department of Commerce, has | complained that this lack of selectiv- | ity In the great majority of sets now in use, is one of the greatest prob- lems that confronts him, seriously limiting the utility of the air. (Copyright, 1924.) Familiar Shopping Incident. 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Colors are black, navy, cordovan, suede and new tan. Sizes 9% to 11% Men’s Beacon Blanket Bath Robes, $5.98 Made with shawl collars, in coat style. Trimmed with Rayon (fiber silk) braid. Cut full and well made. Men’s Shirt Sale $1:85 the lot. The well known Neckband and collar at- Men’s English Broad- cloth Shirts, $1.95 Made of imported E broadcloth neckband collar attached Almost All Items Below Cost. R. MOTORIST: Winter weather with its motoring insecurity will soon be here. Motors must be pro- tected against the cold. New tires, hood and radiator covers, front and rear bumpers—you’ll need them and you can get them here at these prices radically reduced below cost. Totals 183 70 Only 286 votes are necessary to a choice i | Bulgaria was vines by the 1 here th practicaily denuded of ravages of the phiylloxera some 20 years ago. Grap ¢ S0 scarce that the days of their plontitude were beginning to be recalled us fairy tal An asecviation of enterprising indi- viduals one Spring brought a shipload of Amelcan vine silps and induced the growers to piant their desolated vine- yards to the American vine. It took three years for the American to ucciimate themselves to the Bulgarian ol and to begin ylelding. the high point in gl Not Coolidge Maximum. style. While the foregoing table may work out in conformity with the ac- tual voting, the writer does not ex- pect it. Inktead, he feels that aside from demonstrating conclusively that Calvin Coolidge will be elected, the table does not represent the maxi- mum strength of Coolidge. It does sizes Men’s $3.50 to $5.00 “Madewell” Union Suits, #2:2£ Samiples and slight irregulars Siiver, worsted and carded cotton. Two-thread white mercerized cotton, and part-wool suits. Heavy, medium and light weights. Sizes 34 to 50. 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