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DEMOCRATS VOTING - TODAY IN FLORIDA Bryan’s Daughter Seeking House Nomination-——Party’si Strength Uncertain in State. By <he Associated Press. i JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June S Florida Democ: 0 to the polls in! « party primary today to select nomi-| nees for one United States Senator ind two Representatives, with chief| interest centering on the House race in the fourth district, where Mrs.!| Ruth Bryan Owens, daughter of the| late Jennings Bryan,| upposes wrs of Kissimmee, in- cumbent. Mrs. Owens woman to s the Nati served the the House. Two Seck Fletcher’s Sea United States Senator Dun Fletcher has two opponents for ina Jerry W. Ca of Talk e hotel commissioner, and n Valzah, former State legis the first Florida is lator. In the third congressional district. composed of counties in the western section of the St 1 wick, incumbent, of Pensacol: opposed by Thomas A. Yon, ¥ ee. The campaigns closed last night, with each of the candidates add ing voters in some part of the & roundin out a strenuous camp though ¢ in which no well defin issues were at stake. Democrats Doubt There 1s some specu out the ate to strength and its possible bearing on| the general eclections in November. Two Republican tickets will be put in the field, according to present in dications, the party is split into two contesting group The recent influx of new from Republican States has caused to doubt that nomination in Democratic primary is equiva- lent to election, as heretofore. Half the State Senators and county officers generally will be nominated today, bringing out a heavy vote. WADSWORTH HURLS DEFIANCE AT DRYS Smith is Talla Strength. tion through Repubtican | s e citizens And as we strive to »m let us remember I really want is tem must be cured the prol zainst the eighteenth when it was before the I believed then, 1 that insert what a sumpt law in United States is amendment Senate, be helieve now amounts to onstitution of the a imost serious error. I felt then, and 1 am convinced now, that not only does such an amendment violate the principles of sound constitutional law- making, but that it le sensi widespre the Constitution its “In effect, the eighteenth amend- ment represents an attempt to com- pel 100,000,000 people to become and remain’ total abstainers. 1 contend that all human experience teaches us that total compulsion ment. I the intent ol stitution to give vight to regulate the priv sonal habits of the citizen. “In_ this respect the eighteenth amendment changes the theory of our Federal Government and contravenes the spirit of our § At the presant time large numbers of people are offering stout resistance to total abstinence by Federal compulsion. The feeling of resentment, instead of re- T ving as people come to realize the signiticance of the attempt are coming to understand that the question at issue is absolutely fundamental Regrets Ratification Won. “It is a great pity that the eight- eenth amendment was ratified. It would have been infinitely better had we, recognizing the liquor traffic and | the saloon a national problem, | ndopted a simple constitutional | amendment conferring power upon the Congres: gislate freely upon the liquor t Had that been done, the Congress could have legis- lated from time to time, estimated the results and, finally, would have reached a solution acceptable to an overwhelming majority of the people “The eighteenth amendment, how ever, ties the hands of the Congres: and the people themselves to a ver: great extent and deprives them of opportunity to solve this problem by statutory enactments justified by ex perlence and public opinion. So much for what I regard as the evils of the elghteenth amendment. “As for the Volstead act, I have been convinced or a long time that its provisions, in some respects, are extreme and should be modified. Furthermore, 1 believe they can be modified without violating the eight- eenth amendment itself. “Certainly no one can contend that a beverage containing but five eighths of 1 per cent of alcchol is intoxicat- ing. And vet such is the law. I se6 no reason why the percentage should not be increased so s to per- mit the manufacture and sale of those milder beverages which are not, in fact, intoxicating. Should the Congress or the State legislatures be rash enough to increase the per- centage to the intoxicating point, the courts may be trusted to stand at the gateway defending the Constitution.” SANDPIT BLAST TOLL MOUNTS TO SIX TODAY Workman Injured Dies in Hagers- town Hospital—Explosion Cause Unknown. i from f the Con- n Bpeclal Dispatch to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va, June 8.—The death toll in the prema- ture dynamite explosion in a sandpit here yesterday mounted to six today when Oliver Wood died of his injuries in a Hagerstown hospital. Irvin Henry, G. W. Walls and Emory Miller, all married, were killed instantly. Two others—Romanis Daw- son, unmarried, and G. W. Miller— died later of their injuries. Five others were injured. The men were among a group of 15 in the mine when the blast occurred. The body of Emory Miller was literally torn to pleces. The mine belonged to H. T. Bridges of Hancock, Md., with G.W. Hohannis, Berkeley Springs, as superintendent. Ernest Widmyer, mine boss, was in a critical condition this morning from shock. The injured were rushed to hospitals after stop-gap attention at the mine by Berkeley Springs physi- clans. G. W. Miller, one of the dead, was married just a week ago. All the other married men have families. The men were tamping holes for their last shot of the afternoon when one of the blasts went off from some unexplained eause, b 'COMMITTEE TO REACH DECISION ON FENNING EARLY NEXT WEEK (Continued from First Page.) torneys put their head: a copy of the Cong when some difference ing the commission f Fenning. Only one marked di : wred Letween the two. When Mr. wmkin referred to Ned Freeman, ward of Mr. Fenning’s in abama hospital, as’ ““this nigger,’ Hozan in at the identification state ment was not necessary. Mr. Ran kin explained he called them *nig- gers” all his life, adding that “Ned Fr an gets ju s much respect from me as s Mr, Hogan, however. mtinue to object wi was used again, but ther ence was made both by ] ind Representative cr: ia, together ove ref Rankin Demo . as before the veteran unsuccessful in get- to set forth in item- commissions Fennin, d form the am charged for le ‘es to the war: phatically «declared the nted by the court was fe rvices rendered and that he could for anybody. person and guardiun of the °d Mr. Rankin You won't put those words in my mouth,” replied Mr. Fenning. body can say what one little th here and there is worth. The stat ment as submitted to the court, ) wtisfacto re your serv it £107” persisted Mr. n't divide the court Rankin. . “Suppose the court had what_your services as attorney 1 wera worth?” ve given you my much did you cha ans’ Bureau?” i one cent terans’ Bu- sked you and answer."” “How f ing before the Vet “I never charged a wa for services before the Ve reau.” Denies Making Charge. “In collecting compensation for this n Philip Bers were your charges legal services more than §327 Mr. kin asked. “There were no attorney rendered.” nkin, in discussing the per- element that should enter into said to the witnes: charging 10 per cent « Ery income when he has been in Denmark two years.” “I am not charging 10 per cent,” re- plied the witness, heatedly. “I indi- te to the court what would be a rea- sonable amount.’” Representative Schafer, Republican, Wises had asked permission to question Mr. Fenning and Mr. kin turned the witness over to him. He confined his examination in the main to the close personal touch thy should be given, ha said, to ha the menta incompetent’s recover S STATEMENT. services Declares Papers Have Misrepresented Facts of Fenning Hearing. Frank J. Hogan, Commissioner Fennin - following statement A morning newspaper, in whi purports to he a report of the proceed ings before the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives into by Representative Commissioner I'rede s the statement those procesdings Mr. Hogan had seve . and ¢ called ¢ ‘dirty cu ment called ‘dirty cur’ is literally and ung 1y untrue. edings committes »f of counsel for today issued that during Blanton bal 1u > the House at no time in n courts or before any other tribunal in my career have I led any opponent or person a v cur” T am not in the habit of descending to billingsgate for phrases to be used in forensic debate. did Mr. Blanton apply any such term to me. Had he done so it would have been immediately and appropriately resented “In another portfon of the morning paper’s so-called report of yvesterday's proceedings it is stated that ‘Mr. 2ankin was questioning Mr. out_his colored ward, Ned Fre * ¢ Mr. Rankin referred to man as a negro and Mr. Ho; jumped up to insist that he be ferred to merely as a ward.’ statement continues that 1 gave notice that I would object to ‘this reference every time it was made’ and ‘would ask the committee to strike the word from the record. Thereafter Mr. Rankin referred to Mr. Freeman as “this negro, Ned Free- man,” three times fn succession, and Representative Henry St. George Tucker of Virginia referred similarly to him, but Mr. Hogan appeared not to take motice.’ Denies Second Statement. “This statement is mot true. The fact is that in referring to Ned Free- man, a negro World War veteran, who' is mentally ill and for whom Mr. Fenning was appointed guardian by the Supreme Court of this District, Mr. Rankin called Freeman ‘a nigger.” And it was to this expres: sion, uniformly recognized by colored people as opprobrious, that 1 objected, suggesting that the man could be referred to as Mr. Fenning'’s ward or as a patient. Mr. did not . re- The Rankin thercafter refer to this colored boy who served in our Army as ‘a nig- ger,’ but did refer to him as a negro, to which entirely proper expression I made no objection. Representa- tive Tucker, who obviously did not have the man’s name in mind, in ask- ing a question, for the purpose of dis- tinguishing whom he was referring to, used the term ‘negro’ with entire propriety. Had Mr. Rankin or any other person again contemptuously referred to this veteran as ‘a nigger,’ I would have promptly moved to strike the expression from the record, as I had given notice I would do. “I would like to say through the columns of The Star to, the people of Washington that never in my pro- fessional career of nearly a quarter of a century have I known of any proceedings, In court or before con- gressional committees, involving the good name of a citizen, to be so de- liberately and persistently unfairly reported to the public as those relat- ing to Commissioner Fenning. “Every fact brought out In the hearings that could be distorted un- favorably has been so distorted in newspaper columns. Testimony demonstrating Mr. Fen- ning's scrupulous integrity, his me- ticulous care as a fiduciary and as a lawyer and his consclentious dis- charge of his duties as a Commis- sloner has heen either suppressed entirely or so discolored as to be unrecognizable by those who heard the oral testimony and read the docu- mentary evidence. Volunteered His Aid. “I volunteered my ald to a fellow member of my profession and a public officer of this community after Mr. Fenning had presented to me in detail every fact connected with the matters included in the entirely unwarranted charges which were maliciously pre- sented against him by a Congressman who had unsuccessfully sought to in- fluence Mr. Fenning to restore to active duty a police officer who had been retired by the unanimous vote of the Commissioners upon the recom- ‘mendation.of & board of surgeons and ~7|in effect, threatened that it Mr. Fen- ze for go- Ran- | | indeed, stoler At no time during the pro- s t no time during the pro- |7\ 4% TR0 T any pub- | -1 World War, although that in THE EVENIN a retiring board. This Congressman, ning did not do as the Congressman demanded, the latter would move im- peachment. Had Fenning been a craven and a coward he would have yielded to the influence and the threat. Because he took the only action in the circumstances which a brave and honest man could take, he has been subjected to unprecedented misrepre- | wion and vilification. | charge made against him been fearlessly met and to any | mind has been completely di proved of the charges made against ave been shown, without contra- diction, to have been without the | slightest foundation in fact and so | false that no possible excuse can be | put forth for their making. “The privileges of the floor of the | House of Representatives have been abused and the crass disre- wrd of the solemn obligations of mem- bership in the House has been bared to a_demonstration. More regretable than the irremed- fable harm done Commissioner Fen- ning is the harm done to the City of | Washington and to the District gov- | ernment “No cleaner municipal government than ours exists anywhere, It is im- possible in these United States to find a city so free from corruption as thi pite this, wanton and reckle: charges have had a distinct tendency | rnig our city government into pute and the effect upon the morale of its employes cannot be overestimated. Subordinate employes with the slightest grievance have been made to belleve that they can dety regulation, disobey superiors and find aid and refuge by appealing to committees or members of Con No city government ecan efli- ¢ function if such conditions :.mi Effect Upon Patients. A important even than the fore- going is the terrible effect which the 1t agitation must neces: v have | upon the mentaliy ill patients of s | Elizabeth's In many fnstances the criminally insane have been encouraged to seek liberation by a belief that congres- sional influence is at hand to aid in the obtainment of that liberation. “Ex-convicts, transferred from Fed- eral penitentiaries to the Government Hospital for the Insane, have become the sources of charges and informa- tion laid before congressional commit tee: ears ago Washington was cursed | with @ movement which had for its | purpose the bringing about of the | liberation on technical grounds of dan gerously insane persons. We are now faced with a recurrence of that move- {ment, and only recently a man dis- { charged from St. Elizabeth's within | | 24 hours shot a citizen on our streets | | and shortly thereafter was taken into | custody, armed, and there was found | | in his pocket a list of persons whom | he intended to kill, on which were the s of two justices of our court. “Too little attention scems to be paid to the demoralizing and tragic | consequences which the wanton hurl- ing of unfounded charges from behind congressional immunity is almost cer- | | tain to res | | “As depld nected with the: which T am speaking is the | ploitation of unfortunate World War | vthing else con- lic | States Res STAR, WASHINGTON, CADET COMPANIES | FEDERAL RESERVE N 4TH CONTEST Armstrong and Dunbar Stu- dents Drilling at Ball Park for Honors. Sleven cadet companies, six from Armstrong and five from Dunbar High School, are drilling today in the thirty- fourth annual competitive drill of the 4th Regiment at the American League Base Ball Park. The annual battalion competition was held yes- terday. Announcement of the winning cadet sompanies and battalion will be made by the judges at 5 o'clock this after noon following regimental maneuve Tor the first time a silver loving cup will be presented to the winning battalion this year-by Dr. Johnson, member of the board. trophy was presented for competitior by Dr. Johnson and seven school offi ials. Will Present Medal. Mrs. Coralie F. Cook, member of the board, will present the teachers’ dinmond medals to the captain of the winning company; Rev. F. L. A. B nett, member of the board, will ax the gold medal to the winning tain. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin tendend of schools, will present the medal to the second-place com- while Mrs. Marie W. Hodgkins ent the bron: medals to the Ace company. dets will be Alfred T. Smith i of the 8ra Corps Are. the official representath aj. ¢ MeArthur. Judges of the drilling pt. Campbell _ Johnson, rve; Lieut. F k man, District of 1'!r1\r|h|rm( Na 1 Guard, and Lieut. Harey E. Dorsey, Baltimore National Guard. ’ The drill was won last vear by Com- pany G of Armstror and Xh(: two Years previous by Companies F and B of Dunbar. ) Personnel of Stafl. Members of the regimental staff and the 1st, 2 and 3d Battalions in to- day’s drill follow Regimental s nel, Harvard Br Frank He Millard_Sellman; gene Dickerson jewed by Col. chief of cting as adjut office , Second Johnson sergeant Lvans: bugler, Corp Darnell major. IR Melvin Barke ttallon—Malor, ; supply offi ond Lieut. James E. Jones; major, Arthur Robinson Aubrey Thomas. Third _ Battalion—Major, Penn; adfutant, First Lieut Shamwell; supply officer, Second I. Sydney Brown; sergeant m Wilder P. Montgomery; bugler, Corp Robert T. Murray GEN. LUDENDORFF CRUEL, Charles aut. Jo- r. Sec sergeant bugler, Corp James | veterans by political demagogues | he s of mentally {1l veterans, | | who eiving enlightened and | | scientific treatment, have, to the great | distress of their families, been dragged | into public hearings and repeatedly published newspaper * reports of | | eavor been made to| \d an entirel. > idea that the | money and property of these unfortu- | | boys has andered, if not ble testimony, wngeable court r ‘l)rtl\,! hows that the greatest care has been | aken to conserve, to increase and | properly and economically to use the | ets of these boys to the end that | they, should they recover, may have a | competence to aid them to carry on in life, or that their dependent parents or other relatives should have that | competence should they not recover. Hospital Called Unfit. in h 'St. abeth’s Hospital, than which | there is no better managed institution for the enlightened treatment of the mentally ill, has been pictured as an unfit place for the veterans of the itution was established by the Congress of the United States primarily for the treat- ment of the officers and men of our Army and Nav d although, as is | well known in this community, re- fined and cultured men and women stricken with mental illness, have | been and are now patients there. it is time that notice should by taken of the things of which I speak. | “The people of Washington who know me well, I am sure believe me when 1 say that they have not, except through the columns of The Star, been informed of even half the truth re- ding the so-called Fenning case. ever has there been so much de- liberate misrepresentation. Never has there been such willful distortion of facts. Never has there been so patent an attempt to prejudice a community and to arouse not only all of its peo- ple, but particularly those whom every right-thinking man will agree should not be misled.” TWO MEN HELD IN KILLING OF AUSTRALIAN POLICE Another Chapter Added to Find- ing of Sleuths’ Headless Bodies in Mine Shaft. By the Associated Press. KALGOORLIE, Australia, June 8.— Another chapter in the mysterious murder of Inspector Walsh and Sergt. Pitman, which continues to be one of the greatest sensations the gold fields have ever known, opened today with the arrest of two men on murder charges. They are Evan Clarke, pro- prietor of a public house, and John Trefene, a barman. The mutilated and headless bodies of Walsh and Pitman, detectives in the gold theft investigation bureau of the Kalgoorlie Police Department, were found in an abandoned mine shaft early last month. The missing parts of the bodies were found later inmanoth:rdpurt of the shaft. The officers had set out to traj thieves. P Near the bodies was found a com- plete illicit gold treatment plant and police said the detectives had undoubt- edly been surprised by the men they were seeking. ————— HEADS MINISTERS’ BODY. Rev. M. B. Lambdin Elected by Presbyterians. Rev. Milton B. Lambdin of 3634 Park place northwest was u imous- ly elected president of thé Presby- terlan Ministers’ Association for the coming year at the monthly meeting held yesterday. Rev. Willilam J. Seelye was elected vice president, and Rev. Mr. Murdock, sétretary-treasurer. Following the business session Mr. Lambdin addressed the assoclation on “A Fisher's Net From Tyre,” in which he recalled his visit to the | aair IS WIFE’S DIVORCE PLEA Germany's Wartime Quartermaster General Called Extremely Ir- ritable and Abusive. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 8 garethe Ludendorff, who divorce, chary erman; quartermaster general with and cruelty. The gener as leader of the ( the war, she allexes, “extremely irritable abusive,” so as to make hi n cisti since de him isingly Ludendorff divorced her for- mer husband, an officer named Per and married Ludendorff before war. She is a member of the Bo family, which owns one of the lar companies in_ northern many and which distributes throughout Berlin. There has_been no issue from her union with Ludendorff. Of the two sons by her former husband, one fell in the war, leaving an §-year-old boy, who is often at the Ludendorff home. The second is a former lieutenant, now a bank emplove, who served as adfutant to Ludendorff in Hitler's beer cellar revolution at Munich in 1923. Frau STREET WORK ASKED. Commissioners Get Pleas From In- dividual and Associations. The District Commissioners were urged today by Irving G. Quesada, a lawyer with offices in the Washington Loan and Trust Co. Building, to pave Tawrence street northeast between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. The Commissioners also received from the Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Associa- tion a request that Twelfth street northeast, between Rhode Island ave- nue and Monroe street, be fitted with curbs and guttering and paved, and the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association complained that the streets in its sec- tion are in need of repair. Another communication received by the Commissioners from the Congress Helghts Citizens’ Association objected to the opening of a proposed cemetery in its territory. PETERSBURG PARK URGED Creation of & national military park to include the battleflelds of the siege of Petersburg, Va., is_proposed in a bill by Representative Drewry, Demo- crat, of that State, passed by the House yesterday and sent to the Senate. More than a score of major engage- ments, or battles, were fought in this slege {n 1964 and 1805 during the Civil ‘War, the committee report says. One of a half-dozen amendments by Repre- sentative Begg, Republican, ~Ohio, approved by the House, provides for acceptance of donations of land to be included in_the proposed par] Wonderful Opportunity —to purchase established lunch- room near Navy Yard. Three- story modern brick bldg., com- pletely equipped lunchroom. Deed includes fixtures and possession of business. J. E. White & Co. 931 15th St. M. 9451 (ARBPUNA Cleaning Fluid ning Flu ruins of Tyre during the Spring of 1923, and pictured its desolation so graphically predicted by the prophet Brekial. WINS BIG POINTS Supreme Court Upholds De- cisions on Exchange Charges and Deposits. The United States Supreme Court vesterday, in effect, upheld the right of the Federal Reserve Board to for- bid member banks to charge exchange on check clearances and to refuse im- mediate credit to banks upon the de posit of checks. cision described by Federal : officials as the most impor- tant in the h serve system, the court denfed the ap peal of the Pascagoula National Bank anta. The Mississippi bank demanded the sht to make an exchange charge for remitting payment to a Federal Re- ve bank for checks drawn on itself, and the refusal of the Supreme Court jto review the case is be ed to end conclusively the sever attempts which have been made smaller ! ba institutions to these al by make ! 1 Reserve officers consider of more mportance, however, that part of the Mississippl bank’s case which demanded the e al Reserve {s sive immediate credit to mem- {ber banks for all of its deposits or |checks and drafts drawn on other member banks in the same district. If permitted, they said, this practic would have resulied in an inflation of Federal Reserve credit amounting to $5.000,000,000, The' reserve hoard was represented {before the Supreme Court by I D. Baker, former reretary of W | The court gave no written decision, | merely upholding the decision of the lower court by refusing to review the case. The Pascagoula bank also sought to prohibit the Federal Reserve Bank from handling checks for any banks other than its own members and, for its own members, any checks not pay- able within the same district RUMANIA MAY GET LOAN OF $100,000,000 IN U. . American Agents of Financial Con- cerns Negotiating Deal for Re- habilitation of Railroads. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, June 8.—Represent- ives of American financial concerns ave been in conference here with er presumably con cerning a ilroad loan or credits the new government desires to raise in_the United States, Experts estimate that the amount needed to bring the Rumanian rail- roads up to the economic require- ments of the country approximates £100,000,000, most which amount the government presumably would be prepared to accept supplies and equipment Similar negotiations were taken up Autumn with former Finance ster Bratlano. These fafled be- e the government was unwilling to glve adequate security for the loan. BAKERS OPEN MEETING. NORFOLK, Va., June 8 (#).—The eleventh annual convention of the Potomae States Bakers' Association, embracing the States of Virginia, st Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and North Carolina and the District | of Columbia, opened today for a laday se at Virginia Beach with about 300 members, their wives and representatives of aliled trades attend- ing. L. n to order at Ashburn, mayor welcomed the il of Parkershurg, W. he convention E. Storck president, called 2:30 o'clock. of Virginia Beach, sitors and response . Lloyd of Martins- a., vice president of the Reports of the secretary, J. Harr: { W. Stohlman, both of Washington, , showed the affair of the body to be in excellent condition. Fifty- one new members were added during | the year. Mr. Storck, in his annual address, pictured the present magnitude of the baking industry, tracing its growth during several generations Oxford gray and other trousers Mode Tropical Worsteds — two-piece —p lain colors and stripes $25 Two-piece Flannels, in popular Grays and Tans . .. $25 Seersuckers ..... $13.50 Palm Beaches.... $15.00 D. C, TUESDAY. JUNE 8 Right to Slap Husband in Bridge Game Issue Before Court in Divorce Case tory of the Federal Re- | ton | 1926. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—Whether a wife is justified in slapping her hus. band’s face in a bridge game because he objects to her method of play Is to come before the court for decision. Dr. Ralph Almour, a physician, yes- terday filed suit for separation, alleg- it his wife slapped him during ge game and that on other sions she had scratched his face and given him a black eye and ai serted that his life with her was “marital torture.” Details of the bridge game inci dent, which was said to have hap- BULLFIGHT RULES UP FOR CHANGES Spain Seeks Way to Avoid Unnecessary Cruelties to Horses. pened last December, were related by Dr. William Ginsberg in an affidavit He said that Mrs. Almour, apparentiy thinking a trick had been taken by her partner, started to plek it up when her husband, who was playing | against her, said: “That is my trick, Marian. Let's play the game fair." | Mrs. Almour then slapped her hus. ! band, Dr. Ginsberg sald, and the, game continued with relations be tween the twe considerably strained. | Mrs. Almour denied all her hus | band’s accusations, and was awarded | temporary alimony of a week, pending trial of the cz BY OLIVER FOX. Correspondence of The St Daily News. e. and the Chicaso | TWO ISSUES BACK OF NOMINATION OF BROOKHART FOR SENATE (Continued from First Page)_ viding for a revision of the Federal erve system, but he had not open- denounced the Haugen bill. Senator Cummins recognized as a supporter of the President and the administration in everything but its farm policy. His renomination would have saved the face of the adminis- tration and would have been hailed as a distinct victory by the inner 1d by the regular Republicans His defeat will be hailed by opponents of the administration the severest blow which it has ained at the polls. Sen as defeated in Hlinois larg orld Court issue, though the resentment of the farm of that also played its part. Jper, another strong admini anator, lost in Pennsylvania becaus of the resentment of the people again: the prohibition aws. But the Cun mins defeat is the more bitte it resulted in the victory of who been anti-administration through and through, while the victors the on the W | a man M cial cont. words: iking| "It is the w the Iliking | . ./ ‘o commit |and means of reducing of ho in bullfighting Th mittee, whose ch | the chief of police, ix 1o 1 bull-bre 15 maste reviewer : for the May 14—The offi es todayya decr winz memorable DRID, Sy pu the. sald, might cause the setting up of in another insurgent State like Wiscon- sin, insurgent from the Republican viewpoint. Senator Cummins has and respect of his colleagues in an unusual measure. His apparent de- feat was the cause of much regret to them. He himself made the fol lowing statement regarding the pri- maries: “I hagve nothing to say except to| express in this way my deep appre- iation to my friends in JTowa. for their onstant, untiring work in my behalf. | They have done everything for me | that loyal, unselfish men and women | could do. I am profoundly grateful | to them, and this gratitude will con- tinue so long as I live. Brookhart Former Aide. Senator Cummins was first_elected 3 v to the Senate in November, 1308, to|of the bull, to tire him sor fill a vacancy caused by the death of | also to s with the Senator Allison, and he has been re-|(which a g prevents fre lected continuously until now. wound | served eight s Governor | Iowa. before coming to the S | Brookhart in earlier yea | lieutenant of Cummins in Towa poli-| matador. ties. He broke with Senator Cum-| In the south ming after the latter sponsored the |hornproof apron 3 act. the horse. Th hope- | will also be accepted for Sp ovem-| Gen. Primo de Ri Porter | tatorship is already ol 11 of His Majesty to aj to report on Wi the sacrifics trm omposed hter, a bul 4 bl | societ to a The main questi the eruel torture of bull; their public dise the disgustin dened animal ring, dragging 1 kicking i The iking is nece ¢ to st first v of The Democrats are fully toward the election in ber. it appears that Claude F has been nominated for the ra 4 this o in Ilinois and Pennsylvania will prove as regular as clocks if they come to the Senate after the clections in No- vember. On the face of the returns Brook- hart's vote will be about equal to the combined vote of Senator Cummins and Mr. Clark. Two other candi- es, Dan Reardon, a wet, and L. 1. Eichelberg, received votes so small as to be almost mnegligible. Mr. Clark, it is believed, cut more deeply into the Cummins strength than that of Brookhart, but he drew from both. Prohibition turned out to be a factor of little or no importance in the Republican senatorial primary. The three leading candidates were all rated dry. Progressives Rejoicing. The report of the victory of Col Brookhart was a signal for rejoicing among the members of the Progres- sive group in the Senate. It also e to speculation regarding idential nomination by the an national convention in at will the farm States of t do in that conventioh 1f the President is a candidate to suc- ceed himself, was the question asked. Senator Norris of Nebraska, chalr- man of the committee on agriculture, and leader among the Progressives, said of the victory of Brookhart: he Progressive victory in Iowa ends by far the interest of any particular didate. It has no par- ticular personal significance. It is an outery on behalf of the farmers of the West. It is a notice-to the political leadership of the Republican party that these farmers are not going to follo! blindly partisan leaders for party’'s sake. It is a declaration of il dependence and a demand for justice. Senatcr Robert M. La Follette, jr.. the W hree- | Williard R.| | Woodridge, and of the treasurer, J.| of Wisconsin, said: ‘The people of |Towa have once more demonstrated their firm alleglance to progressive principles. They countrs |ing justice for the farmers insisting upon her inalienable right |to name her own rpresentatives in the Congress. This election is a vin- | dication of a faithful and courageous public servant. His victory will be great encouragement to all progres- | sives in their fight to bring the Gov- ernment back to the people.” Regulars Are Distressed. Members of the regular Republican organization expressed their distress| at the defeat of Senator Cummins. What the regulars will do in the election in November remains to be seen, and no one would hazard a guess at headquarters today. There is an impression, however, that the Republican national committee will keep out of the fight and let the voters of Jowa settle the matter their own way. 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ASLEEP, WITH KNIFE Slashes Youth’s Neck—Disarmed After Half-hour Struggle—Re- cently Left State Hospital. Specdal Dispatch to The Star FROSTRURG mett McGuire, L erday morning by his McGuire, bending over eck with a jarge butcher 1y bri and rar Carl, 19, ing the | commotion, ran upstairs, and was at {tacked by the father, who inflicted a | deep cut on the left wrist. The father | then attempted to break in the locked | door, leading to his wife’s room. The two sons, e of neari: uting pamphlets here. {half an hou: 1‘ n” rh‘!r\'J In his home, police discovered a|ing him until of s arrived with printing press and Litchfield willingly | handeuffs. McGuire now is in jail at showed the arresting officers numer- | Cumberland under observation. He ous samples of the literature he was | recently returned home after seven accused of distributing. months at a State hospital, and it was thought had been cured. Over a vear ago McGuire attempted to shoot « voung son, Peter, jr. and when another son, Leo, grabbed the weapon the father shot him in the hand befor he was disarmed. FORMER TEACHER HELD AS PAMPHLET PRINTER| Charge of Distributing Improper Literature Made Against H. W. Litchfield at Cambridge. By the Assoated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June & Henry W. Litchfield, former assistant professor at Amherst College and a | former instructor of Harvard Univer- | sity. was held last night to answer to | a charge of printing and possessing improper literature. He was arrested after several Bos- ton residents had complained of find- ing the literature in their malil boxes. Subsequently, police discovered. the sald, that Litchfield had been distrib v| LAW LIMITS MINISTRY. | Chihuahua Allows One Priest or Preacher to 9,000 Persons. 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