Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1925, Page 5

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HONT SEES HOPE FOR NEW PAVIG Marked Improvement on Secondary Maierial Ex- pected Here. Hope was e Hunt, presead today by . R engineer of highways, that through the gasoline tax on automo. biles it will be possible within a few years to make a marked improvement in those street pavements that A Secondary type or that are unequal 10 the heavy traffic now passinz over them He made known this exp L letter from Trafic Di- dge in which the latter sgested that the police notify the engineer department holes tound in the street Hunt told Director Eld police already make aimost daily report streets, Discussinz the task of keeping the streets free from holes, Mr. Hunt pointed out that 60.000 cuts are made in the streets annually by plumbers installing public service facilities, and he added that with such a large num her there must always be many of them unrepaired a he said ugh ridinz until they up faced. Mr. Hunt sald the of holes in the streets 7 to the foreman of repair same day they are received work is done as expeditiously as the total amount of work the foreman has on hand will permit When he wrote to Mr. 1lunt tor Eldridge had in mind reducing the noise made by heavy trucks when they ctrike ruts in the streets SMITH-HYLAN FIGHT TO REACH CLIMAX AT POLLS TOMORROW (Continned tation in rain these holes m, can bhe leveled or suy police re e turned o & on the and the Direc from First Page.) tion—Frank D. Waterman. pen manu facturer—has largely ignored his op. ponents for the nomination tered his attacks on both Hylan and Walker. saving they h telling the truth about each other and that Tammany. which supported F r two terms. has been jus hle as Hylan for eight vears rule. Charles E. Hughes in indor Mr. Waterman for the nomination ferred to the “pitiable plight” of the city administration. Mr. Waterman's opponents are John J. Lyons and Wil Ham M. Bennett Betting Against Hylan The campaign marks the first big fixht within the Democratic ranks since the death of Charles ¥. Murphy head of Tammany Hall for many vears. Mavor Hylan has queted Mur phy in deathbed praise of the Hylan administration In supporting Walker, Smith and Tammany have thrown overhoard a man elected mayor twice with tre. mendous majorities against the opposi tion of the leading newspapers of the £ity, except Mr. Hearst Wall Street betting odds are from 31, to 415 to 1 against Hylan. Tam many leaders predict Walker's vietory by 100.000 vot suming that 50 per cent of the 794 eligible Democratic vorers will go to the polls John P. Uohalan. campaign man ager, predicts a similar victory for the mavor. It is admitted on both sides that the mayor’s strength is in his home horough of Brooklyn and in Richmond and Queens. Tammany is strong in the other two boroughs. Manhattan and the Bronx. John McCooey. Gov H. You always find jlist what you want in Piggly Wiggly Stores. The right brands in the right packages at the lowest prices in 5 T Brooklyn Democratic leader, has sup-| $12,000 a year, whereas Mayvor Hylan ported Hylan, put some subordinates | are out for Walker FIGHT FOR LEADERSHIP. Bitter Primary Fight to Settle Control of Party in New York. BY ROBERT T." SMALL YORK, September 14 York's primary election tomor Mayor may turn upon the que: to how much ham and eg Smith can eat in one da . Hylan. who ‘is m | New New w for made the ernor’s ham ne of the ¢hi sswes in a camy 1s cock-eyed any observer of political events ey has seen rith admits that he is a ham & man—not a hig butter and but just plain ) 5 unted not so long a e was his friend aint suite of expensive t the Bi wanted to know how man” could do such things. ernor prompily and sm v that the State was paying his bill for ham and eggs when he was traveling away from the capital at Albany The governor said the ham and eggs was charged to the taxpayers and he hopad the mayor v = his mite to the pu he thought it would aid his digestion if he thought the mayor was putting up his share. Daily Food Bill $63. Inasmuch as this has heen some- thing 4 backdoor campalgn the snoopers started looking up the gov ernor's expense accounts at Albany and found that e for rooms a mayor as high as $63 a day or Hylan thereupon has chal zed Al Smith to eat $63 worth of ham and eggs in some 2 {-hour period He says it can’t be done. He even ventures the opinion that no one man can lift s and egas much less eat it Therefore 1t is to he Al Smith can't ham and eggs 7t 1o bhe racy’s standard bea election and the pow of Al Smith over the d York should be broken for all time e mayvor has charged that the vernor’s’ expense accounts have ne above $9.000 in a vear. The gov s friends have retorted that t d with the $10,000 salary. would © the governor cost the state only ol ll assumed that if $63 worth of eat n a day chosen again as democ. the d shat Capital. $250,000.00 911 F 8 YOU and SUCCESS I You and success are ever apt to remain strangers unless vou first heed the lesson of thrift. dollars in bank that give vou hackbone to do and dare. Our Savings Dept. Pays ! ] the cleanest stores in town. BUTTE EGGS, strictly Fresh, Doz, 47c | BACON, machine sliced, Ib. 52¢ SWEET POTATOES Finest Quality, Splendid Cookers Lb., 4c — 5 Lbs., 18¢ POTATOES Best No. 1 Round Stock 10 Ibs., 29c — 15 Ibs., 42¢ Cauliflower, ea., 25c| Tomatoes Lima Beans, qt., 30c| Spinach MALAGA SHREDDED WHEAT One Hundred per cent Whole Wheat PACKAGE, 10c DEL MONTE Sliced Pineapple S 1 No. 2 can. No. 214 can. .. WILBUR’S COCOA They Could Not Make It Better % Ib., 10c FAB Safely .. .22¢ ...28¢c ARGO STARCH 3rxe:25¢ | KIRKMAN'S SOAP caxe 6c smuinn 3 Bores §¢ | PEACHE 14 1b. 19¢ very finest fabrics Our “Sunset Gold” brand finest fresh creamery Lb., 5¢ Lb., 10c GRAPES LADY ALICE Bartlett Pears No.lcan......23c No. 2%, can. .. .35¢ Sc BAKER’S COCOA Delicious and Strengthening 1-5 1b. 9¢ Washes the | ary alone | Mayor Hylan | O;’,V,U,"t”,s,,p',]”,i Tomorrow gm{ “’/rednesdayr The Columbia National Bank 1 Start banking something THIS PAYDAY and keep the good work up. SAVINGS DEPT. are at vour disposal. DOLILAR. or more will open an account. C d 3% Cimeom le——sjc—|s|———]a|—] CREAM OF WHEAT A Delicious Breakfast Dish for Either Adults or Children PACKAGE, 24c MONOCACY VALEY CORN The 8is Bargain 2 Cans 25¢ 1 Ib. 19¢ 3 REGULAR 10c PACKAGES 29¢ 1 TRIAL PACKAGE FREE THE EVENING costs the city $25,000 a year in sal The casual onlooker in New York | naturally would assume that the fight | in this campaign ha's heen between | Gov. Smith and Mavor Hylan, and so | it has been, hut the mayor is the who is standing for office. Al has asserted his prerogatives as actudl leader of ihe democracy in the State and has decreed that Maver Hylan must go. mocracy a ye in is situated within the con-|Fo fines of Greater New Al Smith is a product walks of this eity cht to “butt the political machine the mavor has |1 heen building for his own purposes|in these last eight vears. Gov. Smith and his riends in Tam- York. and of the as | dt he feels he has a|ev la many Hall have looked askance at the |good times and times which w Hylan pretensions and have feared an- ' go other four years for him at the helm | gy, of the city’ government. They have |yy not liked the mayors alliance with |th William Randolph Hearst and have | announced that this time they are|pa to put both Hylan and Hearst | oo » ash can” for keeps. The! ctual opponent in the ballot- | ing is State Nenator James J. Walker. The Hylan supporters call him “little Jimmie Walker” and say he is a Rroadway butterfly.” This is because “Jimmie” wears rather smartly cut clothes, in the New York manner, or rasher in the Rialto manner, for he likes the “prof on™ and once was a song writer himself in Tin Pan alley ol it for | to pr co Fraud Already Charged. All sorts of supposed issues have been brought forth in the campaign but it has resolved itself, as every one saw from the first, into s tween the a many. and t remnants of the Hear: New York City politics Tammany’s claims of a walkover in the halloting tomorrow wonld seem fo e out by the loud eries of fraud” which already anating from the Hylan camp. It is claimed | Tammany i preparin “steal” the election. But th has all the ity police and thumb and the an election can b circumstances it is a sad reflectic the “force” and on the city admi wh th fih a | ro t influence in horne we cans are havir hut theirs compared to the no national sig to it Frank D. pen manufacturer, al h opposed by two “independent” Republicans, apparently will easily win the nomination 100, fight o) l Surplus, $300,000.00 Street fl | fl [l It's I'he facilities of OUR ONE Ib. 54c¢ Cabbage Lb., 3¢ Lettuce Head, 8¢ 3 Lbs. 25c SUNSET GOLD Peeled Apricots A Delicious Dessert No. 2% can. .. .35¢ Del Monte No. 2 Size ca" 190 BAKER’S CHOCOLATE The Best for All Cooking 1.5 1b. 8¢ % Ib. 19¢ LA FOLLETTE MUST side- | personal sirength was so great and put an end to!he disgry leadership of Senator I ness had bheen used to curry vention of rebates State D. C., |of emplovment with regard to sani- WIN T SAVE STATE | oties eamoiaive lants cmeve ot FOR PROGRESSIVES through relating to child labor and the employment of women. The first 2 effective income tax law was put 3 through by Wisconsin. These are (Continned from First Page.) | some of the progressive measures - | adopted by Wisconsin, some of them iovernor now and then in recent|yhile La Follette was governor and ars. 1t got hehind Senator Lenroot | some of them under Gov. MeGovern, 1920, and put him into the Senate | Who was a La Follette man until the As most of the State de-|despite the opposition of Senator La break came in 1912 over the Roose- who supported another can. | ‘elt presidential candidacy. when La Senator lLa Follette's own Follette bitterly resented McGovern's how. | following the former President. that in a quarter of a century | With thix record behind them, it Is ad never heen defeated. Senator | €4Sy to see why it will be difficult 1 Follette’s strength did not depend |10 wean the people of the State away Wisconsin upon hard times and | from progressivism and to conserva tlement of the farmers and|tism. Senator Lenroot. who was one He carried the State in|of the early progressives, insists that re not | there is no purpose on the part of zood. Wisconsin has never been in | the regular Republicans to be any- ch distress of the other thing but progressive, but, on the estern States, The claim, | other side, Gov. Blaine, Candidate La erefore. that times better under [ Follette and many other speakers are e present national administration |declaring that a defeat for La Fol- s little to do with the result in Wis. | lette tomorrow means a return to the nsin_tomorrow [ 01d system, with the interests pulling Twenty-six vears the strings De, i-fashioned party boss and his po Degeneration Is Claimed. ical machine were put out of busi-| The charge is flatly made by Len in Wisconsin, Railroads were reot and the regulars that the origi rbidden 1o zive free passes, which|nal progressive movement in the State Civil| has degenerated into a mere move- laws and R la ment for the control of political offi Nowed, together with a P rs and patronage in the State. He actices’ act. The railroads were |insists that 95 per cent of the early npelled to pay State taxes accord- | progressive leaders and associates of to the value of their property.|La Follette are out of the present pro hich they had not heen doing, and | gressive organization. It Is to drive ey were prevented from passing|home this charge that the phrase is taxation on to the people through ' “Madison ring” has been emploved < for the regulation of the rafi-|in this campaign ao largely. and their rates and the pre- Another point of attack by the regu lars is the financing of the State. They that expenses for the State t have increased 37 per cent nnder the Blaine administration. while taxes have continued to mount higher and h'gher They insist, too, that the attitude of the State administration business has been such as to ollette ate, hor under the Follette, the ago, rvice AT ic Works Regulated. ¢ the system of regulation was all public utilities in the Wisconsin ted the first srkmen's \pensat | | | | Si=] When the School Bell Rings Next Monday Your boy or girl MUST bhe neatly dressed to command attention and respect. The friendships of school davs are sweetest of all. T.et us help vour boy or girl, by an outwardly good appearance, at- tract chums of refinement and character. Dresses, coats and furs for girls and young women: suits, coats, sweaters and hats for young men will look better and last longer when Footer cleaned. A Phone Call Brings Our Service to Your Door FOOTER’S Cleaners and Dyers 1332 G St. N.W. Main 2343 New Home of Edmonston & Co. Inc. 612 13th St. Between F & G Sts. Next to Droep'a R8T STEP” SAFE SHOES FOR CHILDREN Nature prescribes Rules that when followed mean Health—and when not followed insure trouble. A parent should observe the Child’s Foot from the First Step. Most children re- quire only regular styles of ANATOM- ICALLY CORRECT SHOES—but some re- quire a corrective Model. Maybe it's the Whalebone ankle shoe that supports an ankle inclined to weak- ness — or perhaps the Arch is.weak and is readily corrected by an Arch Lift shoe. Taken in time, the future that means Foot Health is assured. We Specialize Children's Shoes—EX- PERTS DO THE FITTING. EDMONSTON & CO. (Incorporated) Advisers and Authorities on All Foot Troubles 612 13l Spp P i 2.0 A ANDREW BETZ, Manager MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, |entorce it, and to regulate the places ] discourage capital from coming into |centage of the last vote for govern.| ticket. 1925. - John M. Work, the candida‘e for lies | OF must be cast in the primaries to WL R aldey veptiss) the Socialist nomination is unoppesed. | entitle o party to a designation on the and that business is | the State. that not a single factory has removed from the State good here. ! Very little is sald or heard of the Democratic primaries. which, of | course, take place at the same time as the Republican and the Socialist. William George Bruce, the selection of the Democratic leaders for the nomination, and the only Democrai whose name appears on tha ballot, has caused a rift in th nks by declaring himself opposed 1o the League of Na tions and the World Court as now con stituted. Rogers Seeking Nomination. Charles B. Rogers, a proleagner. has agreed to allow himself to he bal loted for, and the Wilson Democrats in the State are planning fo write his name on the ballot. Brucs is a Catholic. He is a succbss ful business man in Milwaukee with a big printing establishment. He had a hard struggle in his early days, and is said to have had only one year con- | tinuous schooling. He educated him self. however. as he worked out of | school, and is a great reader. He has | taken a keen interest in educational | matters and in the development of the | public schools. | The ruction in the Democratic ranks | may result in bringing out more vote: tomorrow, which will be sorely needed | it there are to be a sufficient number to have a Democratic candidate on | the ballot for election two weeks hence Under_the laws here a_certain per HOUSE, ROOF & GARAGE PAINTS. GOLD & SILVER PAINTS FOR JRADIATORS 4 PIPING. FLOOR WAX & STAINS. WALL TINTS. FURNITURE POLISHES. Beautifier Here —for every need vour Fall brushing- up brings to light: Tainte for the house, garage anc fencing—wood varnishes and polishes to dress up-fur- niture and interior trim—stains and wax to recondition the floors—enam- els and paints to beautify radiators and exposed pipes. 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