Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1924, Page 4

STRATEGY OF G.0.P. BEST IN CAMPAIG Blunders Laid to Both La Follette and Davis Man- agers After Survey. (This is the third of a series of four dispalehes written after'a 9.000-mile journey through virtually every one of the Northern and Western States.) BY DAVID LAWRENCE. 1t's almost over, so a retrospect can be made not only with impartial judgment but without thought of in- fluencing votes, a circumstance which prevents leaders themselves from ad- mitting mistakes during the progress of the campaign itself. But there have been mistakes made. Every one of the three hoards of guiding the destinies of Coolidge, La Follette and Davis did things which each might have avoid- ed. Yet if one is to judge by the effect on the electorate’ the Repub- lican managers blundered least of all— in fact, the campaign conducted for the President was about the most skillfully handled in the present generaion. Nothing compares. with it unless perhaps the management of the 1916 campafgn by the Democrats, when they re-clected Wilson by hav- ing him make occasional speeches from Shadow Lawn, ‘N. J., and by working the prosperity issue to its last ounce of vote-getting strength. Whether money did it or enthu- siasm or the momentum of Federal officcholders, the fact remains that the Republicans were fully under way in every State of the Union months before their opponents started. This was due partly to the certainty as carly as last April that Calvin Cool- idge would be the Republican presi- dentlal nominee. Organizations formed in the primary campaigns in the sev- eral States were easily ‘carried on. The structure was there and needed little to build upon. Effect of Dawew Selection. The nomination of Dawes for Vice President and the injection of the Ku Klux Klan issue in several local situations were the only factors that necessitated a revision of plans. The selection of Dawes was not as popu- lar in the West as it was in the East. The La Follette movement would have hardly gotten to first base ‘West had Judge Kenyon, for instance, been named 4s a running mate to President Coolidge. As it was, the Western Progressives centered their attack on Dawes. City bankers are not popular in agricul- tural areas, and the placing of the head of one of the biggest banking institutions in Chicago on_ the ticket with Coolidge enabled the La Follette people to make an effective campaign in the Western States. President Cool- idge’s strength, however, was greater than zny single issue or personality in the campaign. Also in the cities the West among business men and nkers, the fame of Dawes in the Jluropeun settlement made him ex- actly the type of candidate the con- servative Republicans wanted. On the Ku Klux Klan issue, the policy of silenice malntained by the Tresident has cost him many votes, but in most of the States this was outweighed by votes gained because of his indifference to the issue. The opposing camps never succeeded in convincing the electorate that the Tresident was in sympathy with the Klan. Indeed, the publication of the letter of the President’s secretary, C. Bascom Slergp, stating that Mr. Cool- idge was neither 2 member of the Klan nor in sympathy with its objects was a clever piece of strategy, and did much to recover lost ground when nothing was said about it after John W. Davis' first speech at Seagirt, N. J. President’s Silence 4 Factor. While the President made few | speeches, and silence can often be & virtue, there is no doubt that so| far as the campaign itself is concern- | ed this hurt him somew! The American people like an active Pres- ident and, since public opinion is often | a deciding factor in legislative battles, | a trip to the Middle West would have | been of ultimate value to the Presi- dent. He probably will travel more after election than he has before. The mistakes of the La Follette management were many. Having ac- cepted at Cleveland the support of several radical groups, the Wiscon- sin Senator did not argue for radi- calism in a concrete and aggressive sense. Either feeling the conserva- tive mood of the country or ylelding to his own impulses, Senator La Fol- Jette took the defensive on the Su- preme Court issue and public owner- ship. . His radical friends would have been better pleased and more enthused had he insisted that the issue was not a change in the Supreme Court or the Constitution, but whether a four-to- three decision should be allowed to override the wishes of Congress. Should one man pass upon the consti- tutionality of laws made by two houses of Congress? Had he pur- sued this tack, the radicals—and there have been murmurs heard throughout the length and breadth of the land— would have fared better. As for pub- lic ownership of railroads, a promise to study the question was interpreted by ardent advocatés of that proposal as a weakening. They would have preferred that he argue the merits of the question in the hope of winning converts. v Blunders Are Charged. Indeed, La Follette made the kind of a campaign Wwhich retained the support he would inevitably have, but did not tear away from the conserv: l tives or true progressives or inde- “pendents the large number of voters hold the balance of power in Amer- ican elections. As for the Democratic campaign, it has been a series of mistakes from the very. day .the. Madison Square Garden convention began. Defeat was inevitable because John W. Davis could not reconcile the two opposing wings of democracy. It looked last July as 4f he might. But the Demo- crpts themselves did not come to his ‘ rekcue. The McAdeo movement was a copcrete crystallization of Western septiment plus Southern support. . h ‘South votes Democratic anyway, byt the West could make little head- “way with a New York lawyer as a ' candidate no matter how progressive were his words. He had never before been identified with Western ideas of . progressivism or semi-radical doc- trine. The very praise which issued from the metropolitan press of the East served to injure the Davis candi- dacy in the West. McAdoo might not 'have won Eastern States. Lut he would have carried a goodly number ©of Western States and there .wouldn't ‘have been a La Follette movement because the railroad brotherhoods, mainstay of La Follette, financially . and otherwise, would have supported i L McAdoo. ! Smith's Defeat Resented. In the East the fallure of the ' Democrats to nominate Al Smith ’ caused equal damage. The Demo- * crats took it to heart ind only the ‘necesdity of keeping the “party to- gether to win .State and. congres. siopal contests made them work for Davis. Funds were difficult to col- _lect because of the cleavage in the % party. The Eastern Democrats did L not like the selection of Charles W. Brysa as-Vice President. The West- ern Democrats thought well ‘enough in the; r'"”’ subsequent to this authoritative FAIR DAY, DRY ROADS, TO HELP GET OUT VOTE IN FARM STATES Rain in Dakotas and Other Western States Not to Leave Highways Impassable—Candidates to Get Results in Homes. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, November 3.—Farmers of the Middle West, upon whose abil- ity to get to the polls will hinge the electoral votes of many “doubtful” agricultural States, will find the weather fair and the roads dry toe morrow, the Chicago office of the Weather Bureau reports. Some rain was precicted for today in the Dakotas and Minnesota and in the lower reaches of the Missour! Valloy, but not enough to make roads impassable, and tomorrow, it forecast, probably would be| clear. With this situation confronting him, Gov. Charles W. Bryan, Demo- cratic nominee for Vice President.| rested yesterday in his Lincoln, Nebr., home, expecting to return to the stump today to address five more rural gatherings in his last appeals to_the farmers of his State. Meanwhile, their campaign labors completed, Senator Robert M. La Follette, independent candidate for President, and Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presidential nominee, passed Sunday in their homes at Afadison, Wis., and Evanston, IIL, respuctively, where they will remain througn tamorrow. Gen. Dawes made his- final spoech of the campaign be- fore a Republican rally in South | Bend, Ind, Saturday night. Senator | La Follette also voiced his final ap- peal for votes Saturday night, ad- dressing a group of railroad brother- hood and other union men in Cleve- and. RENT LAW INVALID, EMERGENCY PAST, JUSTICE ROBB RULES (Continued from First Page.) past, the court remanded the case that evidence might be taken in the trial court. In other words, the court ruled, as we read the opinion, that although it judicially knew that the cmergency Eiving rise to the enact- ment of the legislation had ceased to exist on the date of the opinion, it was not prepared without evidence to declare such emergency at an end on the date of the order of the Rent Commission. “The order here involved was en- declaration by the Supreme Court, namely on May 2, 1924, While it is true that after such declaration, or on May 17, 1924 Congress purported to continue the legislation in force for still another’ year, there was no constitutional basis for the legisla- tion, the Supreme Court having de- clared the emergency at an end upon fact judicially known to the court. The opinion of the court is so clear and direct as to leave no room for doubt as to its meaning and our plain duty is.to apply_ it to the case before us. It of course is unnessary for us to attempt to add to the reasoning of the Supreme Court, but we may say with propriety that if the emerg- ency in question is not at an end then this legislation may be extended in- definitely and that which was in- tended to meet a temporary emerg- ency may become permanent law.” FINK WILL APPEAL. Jacob H. Fink_ defendant in the case_decided today, will appeal to the United States Supreme Court for a final decision, because of the ques- tion of constitutionality affecting the Rent Commission. This statement was made today by A Couiter Wells, attorney for the Rent Commission, after a conference with J. L. Krupsaw, attorney for Mr. Fink. “The Rent Commission still exists because of the appeal to the United States Supreme Court, and .ll will continue to exist until a decision is made by that body.” said Mr. Wells. o declined to comment further on the decislon until he had studied it. o The housing emergency does exist in Washington, Willlam F. Gude, member of the Rent Commission. emphatically insisted today. “I have nothing to say'in regard to the decision of the Court of Appeals this. morning other than, irrespective of what they say, a housing emer- gency still exists and I have plenty of proot.” declared Mr. Gude, discussing the decision. “In regard to our func- tioning that is & legal question, but we shall continue our work until we are stopped,” declared Mr. Gude. Richard §. Whaley, chairman of the Rent Commission, declared that he would not make any statement in regard to the court decision until he had received and thoroughly studied the decision. ot Whether the Rent Commission would take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States on the two other cases that will allow them to take this action, Mr. Whaley de- clared that he was not now prepared . Gad “help the' tenants,” - el e ten: 3 Mrs.Clara® Sears ~Taylor, member of the Rent Commission, when in- formed of the action of the court today. “If this decislon is true, I do not know what the tenants of Washington will do. This will mean wholesale eviction. Landlords who have been compelled to charge rcasonable rents.and have had to keep their tenants while they had cases before the Rent Commission. will'now take advantage of the deci- sion to Tid themselves of these poor people. 1t is & bad situation, and I am sorry,” declared Mrs. Taylor. i, & ADAM WEIGAND A SUICIDE. Suffering from acute melancholia. according to Coroner Nevitt's inves- tigation, Adam J. Weigand, 43, shot and kHled himself in his room, at 1505 Vermont avenue, yesterday aft- ernoon. The report of the pistol attracted the attention of other roomers, who found the man fatally wounded. He died before a phy- siclan could be summoned. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Welgand was a widower. declared of Bryan, but did not feel the neces- sary warmth for Davis. * It was a true split of conservatives and radicals which was not settled at Madison Square Garden and will not be settled by the November elec- tion. Thousands of conservative Democrats left the party to announce: their support of Coolidge. Thousands of other'Democrats went | over to La Follette. The Democratic party has been ground by the upper and nether millstone. Its future de- pends upon which wing of the party gains coptrol, for a coalition between the radical Democrats and the La Follette -npporzery‘wm attempt to rel e the Democfatic party after the election returns are thoroughly analyzed. ‘The most effective piece of strategy of the whole campaign was the way the Republicans drove home the idea that the issue was Coolidge or La Follette and what they repre- sented. The fear of getting the wiec- tion into ti House of Représenta- tives for decision, the old Bryan bug- bear. and the argument that business would be' disturbed by a change of administration were worked so well that’the success of the campaign can be attributed to the use made there. Political headquarters in Chicago were unusually quiet, the workers dividing their time between study- ing last-minute reports from other agents in the fleld and preparing to receive election returns. Chalrman Wiillam M. Butler of the Republican national committee issued a statement last night to Republican party workers and leaders. He said: “To all the men and women of the Republican party who have given unstintingly of their time and ener- €y in this work I want to express my sincere appreciation. Our work has ‘been harmonious. Throughout the land, down into the smallest precincts, wonderful, unselfish serv- ice has been given. Victory will reward these efforts. “Those who arc fighting battles are always subjected to criticism. Fair criticism is never resented. But our - national committee has been most unjustly charged with ‘slush fund’ tactics, Those who have made the extravagant charges have failed utterly to prove them. “There are those who would try at the last minute to deceive the public into believing that large bank- ing houses or financial Interests are in control of the Republican® party. Such assertions are so unjust and un- founded that they warrant no at- tention. “All that is now necessary is to have a full vote cast Tuesday. 1 ap- peal to every one not to relax in the task of seeing that the vote is cast.” SEIZED PROPERTY YIELDS NO PROFIT Court Rules Adversely on Claim Under “Trading- With-Enemy Act.” The increment resulting from in- vestments of the proceeds arising from the sale of property seized un- der the ‘“trading-with-the-enemy” act act does not belong to persons whose property was taken inadvertently and who may be found entitled to the return of the property or the amount recelved from its sale by the alien property custodian. The District Court of Appeals so held to- day, when it affirmed, the decision of the District Supreme Court, which had granted Mrs. Helene A. Kny of New York as executrix of her hus- band, Richard Kny, $894,395.22, being the proceeds from the sale of 2,000 shares of the stock of the Kny- Scheerer Corporation seized under the act. Interest Is Refused. The United States has paid the amount of the decree, but balked when counsel for the claimant de- clared she was entitled either to interest on the money from the date of seizure or to the increment, if any, resulting from its investment. Justice Van Oredel in denying the contention of the claimant pointed out that the certificates were sold under the authority of Congress and the proceeds turned into the Treasury to be retained or invested in Govern- ment bonds until the rights of the claimant should be determined. Court’s Decision. The trading with the enemy act does not provide for'the payment of interest, the court points out and Congrees has not appropriated money for that purpose. If not entitled to interest, the court holds, the claim- ant may not recover any profit made by the Guvernment on its invest- ments. LEADER OF IMBRIE SLAYERS EXECUTED Seyid Hussien and Comrade Shot in Teheran After Official Protests. Execution by the Persian govern- mett of Seyid Hussien, ringleader of the mob which murdered American Vice Consul Imbrie in Teheran, was reported officially today to the State Department. Another man was exe- cuted for the crime at the same time. The death sentences were carried out after Washington had insisted that the two men must receive *the extreme penalty despite a decision by the Persian cabinet to commute their sentences. A third man found guilty and sentenced to death wasé executed some time ago. Others Go To Jail. A score of membeérs of the mob which killed Imbrie have been given long sentences, as they were merely participants in the crowd. The Persian government also has completed other phases of the pro- gram it laid down for itself at the time of the murder. It has made substantial payments to Imbrie's widow and has professed its readi- ness to meet the entire cost of bring- ing Imbrie's body home for burial. Under the insistent pressure of the ‘Washington government, the Persian army colonel in command of the forces in Teheran which should have protected Imbrie, has been placed under arrest preparatory to trial, al- though the original action taken in his case was merely to relieve him of his command. . Witnessed By Amerfeans. As was done in the case of the first execution, the American legation staft in Teheran was requested by the Petsian authoritles to witness the execution of the two men who were put to death yesterday morning by a military firing squad. - ; Advices reporting the. executions brought rellef to Goverriment official here, as the” previous delay, indica ing an effort of the Persian cabinet to evade full responeibility, for Im brie's murder, had brought relations between the two countries to a se- rious situation. SR There is reason to believe that the Washington Government now is well satisfied that the Persian authorities are prepared to do everything in their Rower, not only, to punish those re- sponsible for thé murder in any way, but also to protect scrupulously in the future both American officals and American natlonals who engage in legitimate enterprises in Persia — Under the-spreading chestnut tree of by the Republican management by radio, stump-speaking, editorials and propaganda generally, .- (Copsright, 928y —or .right out In the sun or g:ou any place—the ~village muu* t now stands, says the Fort Wayi Sentinel. A i . WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1924, Miss Addams’ La Follette Meeting DANGER OF STRIFE NOT DEAD IN NILES Racial and Religious Hatreds, Deepened by Bloodshed, Still Exist. By Consolidated Press. NILES, Ohlo, November 3.—Relgn of terror, impending wherever race and religicus hatreds are ‘engendered, has held sway In this town for days past and now has left it dazed— Just as it has done in Herrin time and again before, The clash of Saturday, which came within an inch of being real civil war, climaxed a week of trouble between the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the Flaming Circle, an anti-Klan order. With their hatreds now deepened by bloodshed, the op- posing clans constitute another dan- ger center to be added to those already sealed with blood in Illinols, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and the South. Only the arrival of National Guards- men prevented a murderous battle in Niles that would have eclipsed anything of its kind 'In the peace- time history of the country. Thought of it makes the membership of both factions shudder, ‘but it does not Seem to have tempered the animosi- tles of klansmen and anti-klansmen, but the thought of what might have happened has resulted in the mili- tary insisting on prompt and vig- orous action against the ringleaders. Real Armies Lined Up. Two real armies faced each other Saturday afternoon. The Klan army, 15,000 strong and well armed, was assembled at a tristate konklave of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir- ginla, a mile north of the city. The anti-Klan army of more than 500 held a strategic position at the entrance to the city where the klans- men would have to pass if they pa- raded, as they announced. Klan scouts sent up the road to test out the enemy fired and drew fire in an exchange or two. It was in these skirmishes that the casualties oc- curred. The Klan army was just preparing to move, its thousands were assembling, about to start an advance, when guardsmen came hurrying to the town from Youngstown. They saved the day. For had the march started it would have resembled the British retreat from Concord, with anti-klansmen beside every telephone pole, rock and tree, picking off klans- men, whose superior numbers probably would have led to @ later massacre. Bitterness which led to this open warfare has been developing here for months. It started last June when klansmen were beaten up in Youngs- town, near here. But a truce was signed them. This was considered broken when the mayor. who in Sep- tember had granted permission to the Kian to parade on November 1, re- fused last Tuesday to allow the Knights of the Flaming Circle to pa- rade at the same time. That night his home was bombed. Feeling ran high and the mayor asked for troops, which were refused. An attempt then was made to bomb the Klan head- quarters, in Rummel's poolroom here but it failed. Troops Again Refused. After that the sheriff asked for troops, but again they were refused. The Klan meeting followed on Sat- urday with its attendant bloodshed. Whether now there will be an aft- ermath as at Herrin, Ill., with bat- tles on the slightest pretext, is un- certain, but the same symptoms are present in both places. The Knights of the Flaming Circle are an impor- tation from Herrin, where they were started by Ora Thomas, a deputy sheriff, who has been the center of the fight tfere. But in Herrin the fight started over the attempts of the Klan to en- force the prohibition law when it thought the sheriff did not 4o his job. Here the fight is over religious and racial difference. Foreigners are said to make up a third of the population in this city of 13,000. Natives organ- 1zed klans to oppose the foreign ele- ment throughout Mahoning Valley, at Niles, Youngstown and Warren, where the steel mills employ large numbers. Troops Temper Hatreds. Both sides have drawn blood and may continue the terrorism. City offi- cials and the sheriff, however, are busy issuing statements professing a determination to enforce the law and prosecute the guilty parties. Meantime Gen. Benson W. Hough, in charge of the guard, says that troops will be withdrawn only gradu- ally, so that the city may get back to normal. ‘The citizens here are not accus- tomed to troops as they are at Her- rin, and, being awed by them, may be less inclined to start new battles. If the insistence of the military is car- ried out that the guilty be punished | for their part in the fighting. the ex- ample may be a tempering influence that has been lacking in the Illinois city. W. W. SIBRAY FUNERAL. Rites for U. S. Official Conducted Today. Funeral services for William W. Sibray, assistant commissioner gen- eral of immigration. who died at his residence, 1005 Tenth street, Friday night, will be conducted at 0. B. Jen- kin's funeral pariors, 809 Ténth street, this afternoon. Rev. Dr. S. Carroll Cole, will officiate. Interment will be in_Cedar Hill Cemetery. % Honorary pall bearers have been named as follows: W. W. Husband, United States commissioner general of immigration; R. C. White, Second Assitant Secretary of Labor; George R. Wales, Civil Service Commissioner; Luther Steward, president of the Na- tional Federation, of Federal Em- ployes: J. P. Doughten, chief of the visa office, State Department, and Roger 0'Donnell, a local attorney. The man who sald there is always room at the top never tried an upper berth, says the Lake Co. (Ind.) Times. Night Supper _ Toasted Sandwich ; 28c Fried Oysters 25¢ Oyster Stew 25¢ The Autometer Restaurant New York Avenwe Between 14ih and 15¢h Streets Is Dispersed By the Asseciated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, November 3,— A La Follette-Wheeler political meet- ing here yesterdsy, at which Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago, oke, broke up amid confusion when a man in the sudience asked Miss Addams whether Semator Robert M. La Follette was connected with an organization which had for its main object the destruction of the Consti- tution. The question remained un- answered. Cries of “Throw him out!” “Shut up!” and “Sit down!” greeted the in- APPEALS BY RADIO TO BRING CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE TONIGHT (Continued from First Page.) grossing contest is that of former Gov. Charles Deneen, Republican, and A. A. Sprague, Democrat, for Senator. While Senator Robert. M. La Fol- lette, the Independent candidate for President, and Charles G. Dawes, the Republican nominee for Vice Pres! dent, were at their homes at Madison, Wis., and Evanston, 111, respectivel their speaking campalgn ended, Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, Demo- cratic vice presidential nominee, was to make his final speeches todsy. The interest of the agricultural States in this election, combined with indications of generally fair weather, observers sald, presaged heavy bal- loting in the rural and doubtful states with farmers in the Middle West and Northwest able to get to the polls in propitious weather and over good roads. - Towa Race Watched. I Towa an apathetic interest in the State ticket, prediction by Republican, Democratic and Progressive head- quarters that success will attend them and an increasing hopefulness by the Democrats that their senatorial can- didate, Danlel F. Steck, will defeat Senator Smith W. Brookhart, marked the close of the campaign. Forecasts of a large vote in Min- nesota were favored today by the Weather Bureau's prediction of a cold clear day. If this condition prevails on election day, an unusually large rural vote may bring the State total to approximately 900,000, a record. Senator James A. Reed's speech, scheduled at Jefferson City tonight, formed the feature for the wind-up of Missouri's campalgn. With the closing of the campaign in Oklahoma, came predictions by Republican and Democratic State chairmen of victory for both national and State tickets. Walton’s Election Claimed. R L. Davidson, Democratic chair- man, forecast a Davis and Bryan suc- cess by “at least 50,000 plurality” and the election of J. C. Walton, former governor, by “about 25,000 majority.” A. C. Alexander, Republican chair- man, declared “Coolidge and Dawes will recelve the electoral vote of Okla- homa” and “W. B. Pine will be elected Senator ~anywhere from 30,000 to 100,000.” In North Dakota Coolidge, La Fol- lette and the Non-Partisan League, with its State induetrial program, are the outstanding issues to be determined by voters. In addition, however, the con- gressional race in the second district, to determine who will fill out the unex- pired term of George Young, Coolidge adherent, is considered of importance. With victory predicted in South Dakota, considered a doubtful State, by both the Coolidge and La Follette State campaign managers, adherents of both candidates devoted chief effort toward turning out a record vote. In Ohio voters go to polls to decide a plain Republican-Democratic issue. Possibility of legal skirmishes over control of Indiana election machinery loomed as the campaign 5 Frank C. Dailey and Frederick Van. nuys, both former United States di: trict attorneys, have been retained by the Democratic organization in In- dianapolis to take court action to prevent Republicans from alleged at- tempts to tamper with Democratic election officials. From other sec- tions of the State there were also reports that the major parties were in conflict over the personnel of elec- tion boards. The Ku Kiux Kian continued as the dominant issue in the guberna- torlal contest between Ed Jackson, Republican, conceded to have the support of this order, and Dr. Carle- ton B. McCulloch, Democrat, who has denounced the Kian. Pulpit appeals to “get out and vote™ and a great Klan rally at Dearborn, a suburb, late Saturday night, mark- ed the wind-up of the pre-election campaign in Michigan. More than 25,000 persons attended , the rally, it was said. ® State officials at Lansing predicted that more than 1,000,000 votes would be cast in the State. Rich’s, 1001 will be closed today and Tuesday on account of the death of Mr. - ELECTION RETURNS By Radio and Direct Duri: ; ng SPECIAL DINNER DANCE Main Ballroom Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday Evening, November 4th, Starting at 7:00 PM. Dinw&mhduding(:ov::(:hm« a la carte setvice ‘has kept in close touch with the Klan by Heckler’s Query terrupter, who left the meeting al- most immediately after he had asked the question. ‘When order could not be restored, the meeting adjeurned. Miss Addams decried the ‘“politi cal thunder” of Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presidential candi- date, in his swing around the coun- try, in declaring that the Constitu- tion was in danger if La Follette was elected. She declared there was need of a new political party to care for the large body of voters who do not vote because of their dissatisfac- tion with the two major parties. ELECTION PARTY PLANS COMPLETE (Continued from First Page.) mind other than the duties of his office or the fact that it was a beautiful Fall day. ‘The President was at his desk at the usual time and was kept busily engaged. He saw few callers and indulged in no political conferences other than to go over a batch of telegrams and messages from friends and party leaders in the various im- portant sectors of the battlefront. He algo talked for a long time with C. Bastom Slemp, his secretary, who situation and who, from his mare than 25 years of prominence in Re- publican politics, knows considerably more than the ordinary person re- garding last-minute celculations. Mr. Coolidge looked rested after his quiet Sunday. He appeared calm, as usual, and during the first part of the day disposed of a tremendous amount of routine business. To his intimates President Coolidge feels absolutely sanguine. He has no doubt about the result. He has said 80 himself, and besides, if he had any doubts it would never be detected by a glance at him. There is no indication that the daily routine of the White House will be changed tomorrow because of the election. The President will be at his desk, as usual, and has intimated that he will announce the successor of the late Henry C. Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture. Cabimet Members Cast Ballots. The members of the President’s cab- inet. who also have a more or less personal interest in the election, either had already cast their votes by mail or were at their homes, ready to £0 to the polls tomorrow. All mem- bers of the cabinet will have their votes counted, except Secretary Wil- bur, whose State laws prevented him from voting by mail, and who was un- able to leave here because of pressure of business. Q Among those who had to leave Washington in order to cast their votes were Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who left “Washington this morning for Pittsburgh, where tomor- row he will drop his vote in the ballot box; Attorney General Stone, who al- ready is in New York, where he will vote; Secretary of State Hughes, who | | will reach New York some time tomor- | Tow to vote: Secretary of Commerce || Hoover, who is in Californta, and Sec- retary of Labor Davis, who tonight will £o to Pennsylvania. Secretary of War Weeks, although mot in the city today, executed his ballot several days ago and mailed it. Postmaster General take advantage of the absentee voting law in his State, but went to his old bome in Indianapolis, Ind., yesterday, where he, tomorrow, will cast vote, Secretary of Interior Work sent his vote to his home in Colorado. Star’s Elaborate Program. The Star's election night program will be the biggest it ever has under. taken. In addition to the mammoth screen on which the news of the poll Wwill be flashed as it comes ovér wires of the Associated Press, Western Union and from staff and special cor- respondents. Mr. Wile will provide a feature that should prove invaluable to the crowds asembled in front of The Star Building. He will explain every important bulletin tn all fts significance, £o that the watchers will have no difficulty in understanding the full importance of &pecial an- nouncements. Mr. Wile's voice will be amplified through a new type of loud-speaker capable of hurling the human voice Wwithout distortion to great distance. Those at the back of the crowd will be able to hear and see everything Just as well as those in front. Interspersing the bulletins will be cartoons by The Star's cartoonist, Clifford Berryman, and portraits of Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted , o KAUFMAN grromeTmisT 809 11th St. N.W. F St. N.W,, Max M. Rich Western Union Wire Reservations New did not || his || the political leaders involved in the election. On & twin screen beside the one showing the bulleting will be display- ed appropriate short motion picture reels. A speclal attraction will be a film showing traffic conditions in Washington, just completed for The Star with the co-operation of the Dis trict Government and traflic expert, As soon as the returns justify, an extra edition of The Star will be issued. Inside The Star building a corps of reporters will be engaged In answer- ing telephone inquiries as they come in over 10 special lines installed for the purpose. Persons unable to get downtown and desirous of depending on The Star and the Associated Press for news of the election will be given all the information at hand if they merely call Main 5000 and ask for it. Church to Exhibit Returns. Election returns will be received by speclal wire and by radio and thrown on the screen tomorrow night at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets, the church of which both President and Mrs. Cool- idge are members. The Men's Club of the church has prepared a varied and interesting program. Moving pictures, including “The Hoosier Schuolmaster.” and scenic and edu- cational films will be shown. Special projecting machines have been in- stalled and will be manned by ex- perienced operators. Charles T. Ferry, organist, will: give instru- mental numbers. A direct wire has been strung to the Western Union Telegraph for the reception of im- mediate returns, and other returns will be picked up by radio. Radio Service at Legion Post. Election returns will be received by radio tomorrow night by George Washington Post, No. 1, the pioneer Dost of the American Legion, at the clubhouse, 1829 I street northwest. A short business session will be held at 8 o'clook, after which the loud speaker will be turned on and the remainder of the evening devoted to receiving returns. A blackboard will be erected in the assembly room and the results posted as the returns are received. Percy B. McCoy, commander of the post, extends an invitation to all legionnaires in the District to be guests of the post tomorrow night. OWL CAR SCHEDULE. Special Service to Be Given Big Election Crowds. Extra and late speclal street car service will be installed tomorrow night by the Washington Railway & | Electric Co. to accommodate large numbers of persons who will be in the downtown section for electio: returna. The “late special service' for oars running into the suburbma seotions of the eity foll The last car will leave Ninth and (i wtreats for Eleventh and Moenros streets at 201% am.; Ninth and P wtroets for Hrookland, 146 am. Treamury to Pifteonth and H mtree and Dis riot fine, 1:30 am. ; Ninth and G streets to Soldiers’ H 2:094 am; Ninth and G wtreets to Forest Glen, 12:49 am.; Ninth and (> streets to Brightwood, 2:27% am.; Ninth and G streets to Anacost and Congress Helghts, 1:20 am.; Ninth and G streets to wharves, 02 wm., Wis- consin avenue and M street to Rock- ville, 11:30 p.m.; Wisconsin avenue and M street o Alta Vista. 12:30 am.; Wisconsin avenue and M street | Somerset, 1:40 wm.; Ninth and I | streets to Mount Pleasant, 1.27 am Ninth and F streets to Thirteenth and D streets, 2:10 am.: Ninth and ¥ streets to Cabin John, 1:29 am wharves to Georgia avenue and W street, 1:37 am.; Georgia avenue and W street to arves, 1:05 am.; Wi teenth and G streets to Mount Rainler, | 1:45 am.; Fifteenth and G streets to Riverdale, 1:45 am.; Fifteenth and G streets to Bfanchville, 1:45 am.; Iif | teenth and G streets to Laurel, 11:35 p.m. The following cars will run all night3 Between Fourteenth and East Capitol streets and Thirty-sixth street; Du- pont Circle and Seventeenth and Park road; Treasury and Fifteenth and H streets northeast; steamboat wharves and Brightwood; North Capitol street and Michigan avenue and East Capi- tol street and Massachusetts avenue. 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