Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1925, Page 38

.38 AFOLLETTE GROUP | % N it Tt 4 New Oil Leases On Western Lands CALLS COMVENTION Will Leave Choice of Late] Senator’s Successor to Voters. July 2.—The meet o followers conferring at Oshkosh erday on plans to se- lect a successor to the late Senator an- nounced a decision to call a State con vention,” instead of naming a candi- | date themselves. Former Gov. ancis McGovern of Milwaukee and Roy P. Wilcox of Bau Claire, president of the Wisconsin Bar Association. are the announced candidates in the field. Wilcox for three terms a State Se twice defeated for the govern by Gov. John J. Blaine, a La Folletta | man. Mr. Wilcox was active in be half of the Coolidge Republican electors on the ticket last Fall The action of the Oshkosh conven tion indicates that the selection of | Senator La Follette's successor will be left to the voters this Fall. The State convention announced in call of the La Follette men was, set | for four days after the announcement | of the special election by Gov. Blaine. A further meeting of the organization was set for July 15 to discuss plans for the State convention. | WARDEN OF TOMBS LEAVES 38-YEAR JOB| Has Been Host to Distinguished Guests, Such as Thaw, Chap- man and Schmit. By the Assoctated Press | NEW YORK, July 2—Warden John | F. Hanley of Tombs prison retired to- day after 38 vears' service in the department of correction, 15 of which | as head of the city's principal prison. | In his perfod of stewardship at the Tombs Warden Hanley has seen| prison doors close on some of the most prominent figures in crime, in cluding Harry K. Thaw. Hans Schmit, | the pseudo-priest; Roland B. Moli- | neaux. Albert Patrick and Gerald | Chapman. “I don't intend to engage in any business,” said Mr. Hanley. *I shall| be perfectly content to enjoy life for | my remaining ve: T have stuck | pretty closely to duty and I'm quite willing to let the young fellows tackle I'm through. When you quit the job. That's my philos anything, quit it. ophy."” BIG NEW YORK BUILDINGS INSURED AGAINST QUAKES Bush to Guarantee Structures Against Natural Hazards Re- ported by Companies. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 2—Unprece- dented inquiry regarding insurance against earthquake, tornado and | other natural hazards was reported | vesterday by leading companies, the | Santa Barbara catastrophe being as- | signed as the underlying cause in nearly every office. Beveral of the largest local struc-| tures have been insured recently against earth shocks. Amongz the pol- icles is one of $2,000.000 on the Equita ble Building and another for $5.000,- 000 on the Woolworth, the highest | building in the world. The latter op- eration was said to be still in nego- tiation. In addition to its special quake in-| surance the Equitable carries $4,000,- 000 against infury by tornado. To stimulate home industries, the| Turkish government has issued an order compelling ali public sarvice em. | to wear only clothing and| of native make. The Interior Department yester- day announced the oil ment $ ranting of four stern public lands, which, since aplications were filed, already have brought the Govern- 7,420 in royalties. One lease to the Texas Produc- tion Co.. « the | lege to the office of the quartermaster on 640 acres, in the Salt ek oil fields in Natrona County, Wyo., has brouight $409,564; another to the Transcontinental Oil Co. of Colorado, op several tracts in Hamilton Dome oil fleld, in Moffat County, Colo., has returned $12,- 304: and a third, to John N. Great Falls, Mont., the Kevin-Sunburst Tool County, Mont., has paid $5.- 1. The fourth lease is to William Seabrook, on 34 acres, in the {evin-Sunburst field. Officers Transferred: Robert D. Harden, Medical has been transferred from San sco_to Boston: Maj. Edwin J. Finance Department, from Calif., to Fort Bliss, Te: . Cassius McC. Dowell, Infantry, ‘ort Leavenworth, Kans., to am Houston, Tex., and Lieut onard L. Deitrick, Quartermas- orps, from the Army War Col- general— THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. THURSDAY. JULY 2 HOT RIVET STARTS $250,000 SHIP FIRE Large Passenger Vessel, Under Construction, and Shipway Are Destroyed. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 2.—A red hot rivet started a fire last night on Cramps shipyard which resulted in an estimated loss of $250,000. The rivet fell on an oil-soaked board in{ the shipway on which a passenger steamship which was to have been the largest of its kind in this coun- try was under construction and the flames spread rapidly. Three workmen were injured fighting the fire. The keel had been laid and the ribs of the vessel, which was to have cost about $5,000,000, were well under way. Both the shipway and the unfinished ship were destroyed. The new steamship was to have been christened the Maloylo, and to have plied between San’ Fran- o and Hawall under the flag of the Matson line. The 2,000 miners employed in the northern Colorado coal fields have agreed to continue work under the old wage scale pending a final decision from the State Industrial Commission on the wage cut which has been pro- posed by the operators. A Store Near Your Home APPLES APPLES APPLES New Crop Apples Early Transparent FIRST ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA—WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND OUR STORES ARE BEING WELL SUPPLIED . AND WE OFFER THEM FOR Friday’s Special, 3 Ibs. 2 8¢ PALE DRY The finest mixer you ever poured! A quality product from the House of ANHEUSER-BUSCH J4'77ge 12 R Bish Ine SrlousHe! S—r ANHEU Distributors . SER-BUSCH B RULING LIMITS WAR COST-PLUS DAMAGES Georgia Shipbuilding Firm Asking $930,864; Held to Owe United States $706,908. The Court of Claims yesterday held that war-time shipbuilders, Whose cost-plus contracts with the Govern- ment were canceled, may not recover more than the sum fixed as reason- able cost for each completed vessel or a proportionate part of the cost for uncompleted ships. Lucius L. Gilbert, trustee in bank- ruptey of the American Shipbuild- ing Co., a Georgla corporation, with headquarters in New York, was de- nied the right to recover $339,864 as just compensation on cancellation of contracts to build and install machin- ery in 10 wooden hulls. The corpora- tion claimed it was entitled to re- imbursement for construction of a shipbuilding plant at Brunswick, Ga. A counter claim was filed by the Government for advances made to the company and unpaid bills on the sale of surplus materials, and the court held the Government was due $706,908. Dropped From Army Rolls. By direction of the President, First Lieut. Glenn Clinton Holcomb, Infan- try, having been absent from duty for more than three months without leave, has been dropped from the rolls of the Army, under the provisions of the 118th article of war. ST. Louis RANCH Washington, D. C, CASES AWAIT DISPOSAL. the refrigerator cases of the Govern- | ment’s antl-trust suit against furniture ( manufacturers by assessment of fines leaves the larger number of cases ff of bedroom and dining-room furniture makers still to be disposed of. The chair manufacturers and re. frigerator makers entered pleas oH guil Among those fined $5,000 ves- terday, i{nadvertently omitted from: the published list, were Clarence W. Coye, Grand Rapids, Mich., secretar; of the National Refrigerator Manu- Rapids Refrigerator Co., Grand Rap- ids. The Government dropped the charge CHICAGO, July 2 (#).—Disposal of | 2gainst William H. 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