Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1925, Page 26

26 SMITH'S TRIUMPH S HELD NOTABLE Governor Has Won Support From Republicans for Administration. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 6—The most significant development in Democratic national politics since the last elec- tlon has been the triumph of Al Smith, Democratic Governor of the State of New York, over a legislature dominated b Republican majority | in both houses, Not only are the Democrats Empire State singing the p s of Al Smith, but even in such a stanch Republican institution as the Union League Club one finds a preponderant | sentiment for Al Smith. | The 1 the | in the | question no 1 san one. A legislator or against Al Smith. Won Both Sides. All this is due to the fact that Gov.| ¢ York | Smith knows the State of New and its problems better than any one else in the Government, and in this, his third term, he has conducted him- self with such skill, advocating m wres of Republican as well as De eratic origin, that even such Republi- can organs as the New York Herald- Tribune and the New York Sun have not failed to support him generously. Whether Mr. Smith's victory, legislature comes to an end, to the lack of vision of the lican leadership in the S whether it is due to the governor's remarkable hold on public opinion, | the fact is that the New York gov-| ernor is ever so day than he was in the the face of vote for Mr of the entire State Rer he was, for the third time governor on the Democratic ticket is the | is due | Brought Tax Cut. Gov. Smith has insisted that after 21 years of service to the ftate he could have no ambition to be gov- ernor any longer, and that in this, his last term, he was w#ting for the in- terest of all the people and not poli- tics. Using the radio frequently, ad- dressing large audiences in person & the support of the press of his clear view of public que: s, Al Smith has compelled a Republican legislature to follow him in many important | projects. He outdid the Federal Gov- | ernment, for example, by bringing | about this vear, as well as last, a re- | duction of 25 per cent in e tax. | He forced through a bill eliminating grade crossings. In not all ci did Al Smith suc- ceed. He advocated, for example, the very budget system which Elihu Root proposed several years ago in the New York State constitutional con- vention. He wanted the term of | Governor changed so that the elec- | tion would not come in a presidential year. There were many other things of im- portance which he vetoed, but gen-| erally speaking Al Smith’s victory is| one of the most remarkable in modern | politics. Senate Race Looms. It is natural despite Al Smith's disclaimer of political ambition that the politicians should be discussing the effects of his achievements. Two years hence, Senator James Wads- worth, Republican, comes up for re- election. If Al Smith wants the Democratic nomination, he can have it, and there are already a number of Republicans who fear that if he wants & place in the United States Senate, he can have that, too. Mr. Wadsworth has had troubles of his own in New York State and while he did not opposition when he ran the 1 there was considerable disa women voters beca on suffrage. So; forgotten, but it is safe assume that a race between Wadsworth and Al Smith would break down party lines me of the intimate friends of Gov. does not intend to ate, that he must get back e business to take care of his family in the future and that he will retire from public life after he completes his present term in Albany. Support Is Increasing. There are others among Al Smith's friends who think he will be a serious contender for the Democratic pr dential nomination in 1925, despite the friction which developed in the Madi- son Square Garden convention last | Year. They go on the assumption that Al Smith, speaking from a seat in the | | United States Senate, will command | national attention, and will become = WHY THERE ARE Superior Gas Blast Caused By Lighted Cigar Fatal to Autoist By the Associated Prese EVANSVILL Ind., April 6.— Driving into a oline filling station with a lighted cigar proved fatal to Herbert Parsons, He died from burns the gasoline tank of Oscar Par: 5, brother, was se- verely burned. He had stepped from the car before the filling station at- tendant started pouring the gasoline into the tank e cigar ignited fumes from the gasoline, and the explosion and fire which followed resulted in Parsons being so seriously burned that he died. The station attendant extin- guished the flames on the other man’s clothing. s car exploded. S ST S 7 HELD IN NARCOTIC CASE. Alleged to Be Engaged in Smug- gling in North Carolina. April 6.— alleged nar- arrested in Winston-Salem morning, were brought to and lodge in the Guilford wait hearing before commissioner. The e made by narcotic in- headed by Dr. B. R. Reece those ar- officers to to one of alleged by bringing narcotics nston-Salem by airplane, is Dbe- ved to be leader of the band Snipes, it is said, has owned an air- plane for several vears and osten- sibly has been doing a passenger- carrying business, making trips to points in Virginia and to Baltimore, Md. . With rested Gus Bell and ker and - four negroes, three women Snipes, the Federal a Winston- m, where the arrest s made. ad about $500 worth of cocaine on his person R. one man and mccording to to the outstanding leader of his party. Certainly if Mr. Smith Is to be a factor in the 1928 situation he will be much more likely to exert influence if he is actually in the political lime- light than If he is in private busi- -ss. Nineteen-twenty-eight is stilla long w but it is worth record- ing that the popularity of Al Smith Is on the incre: His supporters in the neighbor s have heard of his remarkable work and are talking of him again for 1928. Whatever else may be happening to the other candi- dates for the Democratic nomination in 1928, Al Smith goes on every day developing more friends and more support in the Democratic party in the East. (Copyright, 19 ‘AFLIN CL iyes Examined for Glasses. If treatment found necessary, we will so advise you. CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO. 1314 G 922 14th Established 1889 Flakes as an ounce of prevention THAN A MILLION THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 3405,000'000 FOR USE | WILL TOER STORM AREA. IN HlGHWAY BUILDING Red Cross Official to Inspect Work in Middle West. Vice Chairman James I. Feiser, Department of Agriculture Bureau Also Sets Apart $135,000,000 in charge of domestic operations of the Red Cross, will leave today for for Road Maintenance. a tour of relief offices in the tornado reglon. The personnel on duty at those offices has “adequately disposed of emergency relief demands,” he sald, and now is ready to settle down Perform.ance Every day a Buick owner realizes more and more the greater safety of Buick mechanical 4-wheel brakes, the extra reserve of power in the Buick Valve-in-head engine, and the easier steering and parking that result from Buick’s ball-bearing, worm and nut steering mechanism. More reasons why more than a million Buicks are in daily use today. EMERSON & ORME “Home of the Buick” 1620 M St. N.W. and 1016 Conn Ave. Never Closed—Franklin 3860 —— WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Approximately $405,000,000 will be spent for construction of 24,000 miles of highway and $135,000,000 for main- tenance of 217,794 miles of road dur- ing 1925, according to Information se- cured by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture. The State highway departments, the bureau satd, plan to construct 5,900 miles of asphalt, concrete and brick pavements; 11,600 miles cf sand-clay, gravel and macadam roads and 6,700 miles of improved earth road. Comparing the funds available for 1925 with those for preceding years, the bureau said it appears certain that road construction will go for- ward at about the same rate as in the proceding year. Since 1921 the total mileage of surfaced roads bullt each year has been between 30,000 and 40,000 miles. Civil War Veteran Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAG TOWN, April 6.—Willlam A. Nichols, wounded during the bat- tle of the Wilderness and given up to dle, finally succumbed last night. He was 87 years old. He served with the Tth Maryland Regiment through- out the Civil War. He spent his de- clining years at Cascade, near here A widow and five sons and a daughter survive. Lunching A la Comfort Perched on a stool, or clinging to the arm of a chair, you can't enjoy your luncheon. The Cornwell Tea Room —gives table service, with attentive attend- ants, in addition to three sumptuous menus— served table d’hote. Sandwich Lunch. Salad Lunch Hot Lunch With either Coffee, Tea, Chocolate or Milk. G. G. CORNWELL & SON 1329 G N.W. e O .35¢ to the long task of permanent re- habilitation. American Legion posts in the terri- tory recently devastated reported to headquarters yesterday the colle tion of $862,000 for rellef of victim “The fullest co-operation exists b, tween the two organizations,” said a statement issued by the society GARY LIFE BEING WRITTEN Ida M. Tarbell Telling Story of Steel Magnate. NEW YORK, April 6 of Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation, is being written by Miss Ida M. Tarbell, and will be issued in book form this year, the twenty-fifth year since the billion-dollar corporation was formed. It also will be published serfally when McClure’s Magazine, which suspended publication nine months ago, is revived in May. Miss Tarbell's book presents Mr. Ga sympathetically as a man who rose from farm boy to the powerful corpora- tion head. 'he life story Is your baby tortured by eczema or chafing? JUST smooth gently on to the irritated skin a coat- ing of Resinol Ointment, and see how quickly his fretful ery- ing stops. The moment this soothing ointment touches the skin it relieves the itching and burning and hastens the heal- ing. Does not smart when ap- Kliad and its ingredients are armless—two facts which make it specially suitable for babies. Resinol Soap is unsurpassed for babies because it so thor- oughly cleanses the skin with- out injuring its delicate tex- ture. fi'k your druggist about MAN MURDERS GIRL, THEN GIVES SELF UP Walks to Police Station, Throws Revolver on Desk and Con- fesses Crime. wociated Tress. NWICH, Conn., By the A April 6.—Be- . 24, a’ stenographer, ity, was shot and in v killed in a woods here yes- by James A. O'Mahoney, also York then walked to police , threw a revolver on < and confessed the murder. Police hurried to the place and found the body of the girl. She had been shot five times in the face and chest. O'Mahoney refused to give any rea- son for his act. Officer Reassigned. H. Corlett, United Sta Infantry, at the Army War College, Washington Barracks, has been ordered to Fort Monroe, Va., for duty as an_instructor at the Coast Artillery School. Maj. Charles THIS WEEK You can see and drive the New Wills Sainte Claire Six WARRINGTON MOTOR CAR CO. Established 1912 1727 Connecti North RESINOL MONDAY, 'APRIL 6, t Ave. 1925. BOXING TAX VALUABLE. Enables 25 Per Cent Cut in New York Income Rate. NEW YORK, April 6.—A reduction of 25 per cent in State income taxes decreed recently by the Legislature was made possible through revenue tron. professional boxing in the State, Senator James Waiker said in n address before the National Sports Alllance here last night. “The revenue from boxing added the last word to the controversy and enabled us to give the taxpayers what they demanded,” he asserted. Sen- after Walker, who is the author of the bill enacting the present boxing law, of 2,000 as the “father of the game in this State.” 21 Churches in Revival Drive. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 6—Twen- ty-one Protestant churches of Lynch- burg are engaged in a simultaneous evangelistic campalgn, which is to culminate next week in 10 addresses, to be made by Rev. Dr. G. Campbell | Morgan at Court Street Methodist | Church, Son of Publisher Dies. DENVER, Colo, April 6. —Kent Shaffer, son of John C. Shaffer, pub- lsher of newspapers in Chicago, Den- ver, Indianapolis and other cities, died yesterday at his home, in Los Angeles, according to word received here by relatives. Mr. Shaffer was the treas- urer of the Denver Publishing Co publishers of the Rocky Mountal News and Denver Times His death was sudden, according to the information received here, hav ing been the result of a severe bror chial cold 222 22 L T 2 T E 7T T 7 T 2227 HOLLYWOOD LAND AND WATER CO. was introduced to an audience| Open Evenings T L L L THE SPRING EXHIBITION OF KARPEN FURNITURE Showing Karpern’s Newest Designs at Special Low Exhibition Prices More Than 500 Karpen Pieces Included in the Exhibit Starting today and continuing for two weeks—April 6th to 18th—the Spring Exhibit at the Lifetime Furniture Store en- ables you to select your Karpen pieces at the special Eyery Karpen Piece Reduced low prices. ‘Whether you buy a com- plete Karpen Group or just a single Karpen Piece, you get the benefit of the low Exhibition prices. Suite Illustrated Typical of the many suites in the showing is this Karpen Overstuffed Group in Baker velour with cush- ion tops in harmonious tapestry. 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