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FLORENCEALLENS |T A -y and Navy News. RAGE IS WEAKENED Entrance of ‘Pomerene Into Ohio Campaign May Spoil Woman Judge’s Chances. By Consolidated Press. CLEVELAND, July 24.—It begins to look very much as if the attempt of Ohio’s womanhood to send one of their number to the United States Senate this Fall will fail. For a time it seemed that Miss Florence E. Allen, distinguished Jjudge of the State Supreme Court and one of the foremost woman leaders of the country, would win the Demo- cratlc nomination for Senator in the primaries of August 10. But the en- try of former Senator Atlee Pomerene into -the race put rather a different complexion on matters, and while the defeat of Judge Allen is by no means conceded at this stage of the con- flict, there are certain signs and por- tents which cannot be ignored. Miss Allen has, for inpstance, re- leased the Democratic organization of Cuyahoga County here, where she lives, from its indorsement of her senatorial candidacy. This indorse- ment was given before Senator Pom- erene, also of Cleveland, consented to run. The situation was embarassing, to say the least. May Become Independent. And thus while Miss_Allen has lost whatever value may have been at- tached to her home county indorse- ment, there are those who feel she may have paved the way for an inde- pendent run if the situation after the primaries would seem to warrant such a step. Admittedly it is difficult correctly to gauge Miss Allen's strength. Women of both parties have promised to vote ‘for her, but it is rather difficult for Republican women to participate in the Democratic primary and when the time comes they may be deterred from doing so. Miss Allen, therefore, may be deprived in the primary of support she could depend upon in the election. Which adds another phase to the anti-primary fight under way -in this State. No American woman ever has been elected to the United States Senate. Mrs. Felton of Georgia was appointed and served for a few brief moments in the august upper cham- ber of the Congress. It was but a fleeting glory for the sex, but it set @ goal which will be continually striven for until attained. Was Elected as Democrat. Many, woman leaders the country over thought the time was ripe to elect Miss Allen, but there has re- mained the obstacle of the party pri- mary. Miss Allen always has been a Democrat and was elected to the bench as sugh. Her record in the judiciary has/been splendid. But the party leaders large and the party leaders small, whose support must be obtained to insure victory in a pri- mary, have not viewed the candidacy of a woman for the Senate with any sort of complacency. They still ad- here .to the old idea that it is a “man’s job."” Therefore, since Atlee Pomerene came into the field, there has been a rallying to his banner which bodes no good for Judge Allen on August 10. Senator Pomerene, however, is making absolutely no campaign. He merely has consented to stand for the nomination. It is entirely up to the city and the county and precinct leaders to get out the vote to nom- inate him. There is to be no repeti- tion ot Pennsylvania and Illinois in the Ohio primary, so far as Mr. Pom- erene is concerned. As a,matter of fact, there never ‘was a time in Ohio history apparently when so little interest was being taken in the party primaries. Every indication points to the lightest vote ever cas, which is saying a great deal in a State of 3,000,000 voters where 140,000 votes have nominated & man in the past. The voters of the State appear con- tused by the multiplicity of candidates that will be paraded before them on primary day. The names most fa- miliar to the voters will have the strongest appeal. That i{s & factor which wiil serve Mr. Pomerene well. . It also is a factor which insures the Republican nomination to Senator Frank B. Willis. A lot of Democrats have felt Miss Allen would make a stronger race against Senator Willis than former Senator Pomerene. The popular be- lief is that she would attract much of the dry support from Willis than can- not very well go to Pomerene. But Miss Allen's chances in the primary are dark, and it looks as though there would be a straight-out fight between the men folk at the polls next No- vember. * (Cosright. 1926.) - £ 100 IN BERLIN PRESS CLUB Organization of Men From 25 Countries Honored by Germans. BERLIN, July 24 (P).—The Foreign Press Club of Berlin, which has just celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its founding, lays claim to being the most_cosmopolitan press club In the world. Among the 100 members are correspondents from 25 countries, in- cluding 20 American newspaper men. The importance of the organization is appreciated by the German foreign office and the diplomatic corps. At the anniversary banquet, Foreign Minister Stresemann - and the papal nuncio Mgr. Pacelli, delivered addresses. Vir- tually the entire diplomatic corps and leading German newspaper _editors and politicians attended the dinner. Price of Elephants Gains, BERLIN, July 24 (P).—Elephants are going up in price, says John Hagen Beck, brother of the late Carl Hagen Beck, who sells wild animals to zoos and circuses throughout the world. Pachyderms of the jungle are “get- ting wise” to game hunters, Hagen Beck declares, and it costs much more money than formerly to catch them alfve. A specimen weighing about a ton, he said, is now worth $3,000 delivered in Europe; while larger ones bring around $5,000. ' i x The successor of Maj. Gen. John L. Hines. upon the termination of his four-year tour of duty as chief of the War Department general staff in De- cember of this year. is being made tha subject of considerable conjecture in Army ciicles, Al- most lnvuu.bv]?v where Regular dt- ficers gather a discussion of this subject arises, and although a num- ber of general offi- cers “have been mentioned in con-’l nection with this approaching va- cancy, comment revolves chiefly around some half- dozen names. Should the promotion of Gen. Hines from deputy to chief of staff be viewed as establishing a precedent, it has been pointed out in these discussions, conslderable credulity is being at- tached to the selection of Maj. Gen. Fox Conner, the present deputy chief of staff, as the next chief of staff. perusal of the list of major generals reveals the fact that Gen. Conner is one of the juniors on that list, and as he will by December have only two years to serve on the general staff, the suggestion has been made that an of- ficer who is eligible for the full four- year term may possibly be preferred. ‘Another determining factor which will enter very largely in the final selec- tion for the next chief of staff will be an officer as well liked by the National Guard and Organized Reserves as he is by the Regular establishment. It is absolutely essential that the chief of staff have the confidence of al three components of the Army of the United States. Another junior major general whom many believe may be selected to suc- ceed Gen. Hines next December I8 Douglas MacArthur, commander of 3d Corps Area, Baltimore, Md. Gen. MacArthur not only made an_en- viable record during the World War but since the close of hostilities has established for himself additional pres- tige for his able administrations of the Military Academy at West Point and in the Philippines. Not only is Gen MacArthur splendidly equipped to per- form the duties of the chief of staff in an efficient manner, but one of the strong points in his favor as the next chief of staff is the great confidence which he enjoys from all three com- ponents of the Army. That in itself carrles_tremendous weight. 1t is pointed out, on the other hand, that the selection for the next chief of staff should be made from among the older general officers in the service in recognition of their long and distin- guished service. This phase of the discussion would eliminate from con- sideration certain senior officers, due to the fact that they will be placed on the retired list of the Army within the next year or two upon their attaining the statutory age limit. In this con- nection three officers stand out most prominently who would be eligible for the four-year terms, all of whom have rendered- equally distinguished serv- jce, which would make it 2 most diffi- cult matter to make a choice. They are Maj. Gens. Charles P. Summerall, now in command of the 2d Corps Area, who is the senior major general; Hanson E. Ely, commandant of the ‘Army War College, Who possesses great qualitles and, it is pointed out, obtains results without friction, and Willlam Lassister, commander of the Panama Department. Gen. Summerall displayed exceptional ability during the war as an organizer and disci- plinarian, while ‘Gen. Lassiter, who ‘some years ago served as G-3 of the War Department general staff, is con- sidered to possess the essential quall- ties required for the post of chief of staff. ‘As the discussion waxed warm, the fact was established that the chief of staff selection is not confined to the list of major generals, but that a brigadier general would be eligible for this important post. Service tongues were set to wagging not long ago by the presence of Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintzelman in Washington, and his name was immediately included in the list of possibilities. That officer has. had broad experience, among his im- portant assignments being chief of staff of the 24 Army in the Amer- fean Expeditionary Forces and as G-2, G-4 and chief of the war plans divi- sion of the general staff. Due to the fact that the demands imposed upon the chief. of staff are arduous, it is for that reason that the signs point to the selection of a younger officer as the successor of Gen. Hines. The en- tire matter, however, is the subject of conjecture, but the next chief of staff, in all probability, will be selected from those mentioned. above. As the result of a thorough survey now being made by a board of Reg- ular Army officers, meeting in Wash- ington, to consider and report upon the development of suitable and non- interfering types' of radio apparatus for the Army air and ground stations, it is expected that there will be an- other Tevision of the data'and specifi- cations pertaining to the radio re- quirements of a fleld’ army. The MAJ. GEN. HINES. Established 81 Years KAHN on 7th St board s also taking up questions re- lating to the u&whn of Army radio. activities with the Navy and other interested Government depart- ments. Though the board has gone thoroughly into the subject of radio activities of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and - other Government agen- cles, it has paid particular attention to the co-ordination of radio frequen- cles in apparatus of those <les, and especially to means of prevention of interference in radio transmissions in the air services and other stations of the Army and Navy and to the many other more or less ‘intricate problems involved. - The con- sists of the following members: Col. Otho B. Rosenbaum, G. §.; Lieut. Col. Alfred A. Maybach, C. A. C.; Lieut. Col. John E. Mugroe, O. D., and Majs. Joseph O. Mauborgne, S. C.; Henry C. Pratt, A. 8.; John L. Jenkins, G. 8.; Ralph P. Cousins, A. 8, and Willlam R. Blair, 8. C. Navy. Adoption has been made by the Bureau of Navigation of a new policy relative to the examination of Navy line officers for promotion. Upon the failure of an officer in the past to A | qualify professionally on examination before a supervisory board,‘the officer concerned would be ordered to Wash- ington to undergo further examina- tion. Such practice however, resulted in a tremendous sum being levied against the transportation appropria- tion. Furthermore, a perusal of the Navy Department recprds showed that 99 per cent of those officers falil- ing to qualify in the first examination were successful in the re-examination before the statutory board sitting in Washington. in conformity with the economy program, it has been decided to hold a further examination before another supervisory ‘This pro- cedure will not only result in a con- siderable saving of the mileage appro- priation, but it will also eliminate the necessity of an officer absenting him- self from his regularly assignned duty .::Adon while undergoing the on. J The reason an officer is ordered to appear béfore a statutory board after he fails before the supervisory board, it is explained, is that the law pre- scribes that it is an officers’ prerog- ative to be re-examined by the former board before he can be reported as having failed in the examination for his promotion. The statutory board acts as a reviewing autharity on the supervisory board e itions. Under the new policy, though an offi- cer fails to pass two or three super- visory board examinations, he still would have the privilege of going be- fore the statutory board for re-ex- amination” before he would be re- garded as falling in his examination for promotion to the next higher grade. The belief is expressed in the Navy Department that the savings in the mileage appropriations will be considerable, as past examinations show that th are many officers who fail on tI rst examination con- ducted by the supervisory board, while 99 per cent of that number qualify on the second examination: Eight Navy officers became due for promotion July 16 as the result of the retirement of Capt. Wilbert Smith, upon his own application, July 15, and the resignation of Comdr. Jacob H. Klein on the same dats They are Comdr. R. A. Dawes, Lieut. Comdrs. R. G. Thomas and A. G. Dibrell, Lieuts. L. F. Safford and W. M. Fechteler, and Lieuts. (Junior grade) F. J. R. Eggers, R. C. Percival and R. B. Tompkins. Capt. Archie F. Howard, whb has been on duty as assistant paymaster at Marine Corps headquarters, will be relieved by Ma, uel . Bogan, who has beén detached from duty af the naval prison at Portsmouth, N. H. Capt. Howard has been assigned to the next course at the field officers’ school, Quantico, Va. Seventeen graduates of distinguish- ed military colleges will be commis- sioned bprobationary second lieuten- ants in the Marine Corps to rank from June 26. They are Robert H. McDowell, ' Thomas G. McFarland, John R. Lanigan, Raymond E. Hop- per, Peter P. Schrider, Francis B. Loomi. il H. Arnold, Elvin B. Ryan, John H. Gribell, Marshall C. Levie, Willilam D. Saunders, jr., John H. Coffman, Walter H. Troxell, David M. Shoup, Charles E. Chapel, Wallace Thompson and Frederick Streicher. Due to the death of Capt. Burwell H. Clarke, U. S. M. C., First Lieut. Oliver T. Francis and Second -Lieut. L. C. Whitaker have become dus for promotion. Five Dental Corps officers of the javy have been selected to undergo 60 WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You need our fastant duplicating seevies Duplicate ). Bring your llehxl.o’tho”lgn. 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Eight officers of Naval Academy classes prior to that of 1913, in addi- tion to the class of junior officers who will begin a_course in'aviation In- struction at Pensacola, Fla., August 10, have been designated ‘to undergo this course, which leads to qualifica- tion as pilot. They are Lieut. Comdrs. Charles A. Pownal, Harry R. Bogusch, Danfel E. Barbey, Thomas Shine, Raymond_G. - Thomas, ' Charles G. McCord, Harold E. S8now and Camp- bell D. Edgar. Considerable comment has been in- voked over a provision of the equal- O O Py o S 7 o ey £ sy O B O EE e O B O B O EI O I O T 0 Elegantly constructed 3-piece fibre living room suite. A very limited quantity. Table and h-p_extn.....f..... o id soviesundenSeRr gy I il ization of promotion law which pre- scribes that, if available, staff corps selection boards should be composed of officers of the corps concerned, but in case there is not available a sufficient number of officers to merve, it is provided that rear dd- mirals of the line may be detailed to such duty, s, provision . has aroused the curiosity of many Navy officers, the curious feature of the law being that boards on selection for promotion to the ranks of captain and commander in a staff corps may be composed of staff officers of the rank of captaln, while line officers who may be detailed to serve must be of the rank of rear admiral. Due to the fact that there are no dental officers holding the rank of captain, the forthcoming board, which will shortly meet to reccommend officers of that corps for promotion, will con- sist of rear admirals of the line. It will no doubt be slightly more difficult for rear admirals of the line to select dental officers for advance- ment to the next higher grade than to select captains of the line to rear admiral, as the average rear admiral of the line, it is believed, has not de- voted much time to a study of the re- quirements which make a successful dental officer. Modern Theater for Singapore. A modern theater, catering to both Chinese and Europeans, will soon be built in Singapore, Straits Settlements, by a Chinese capitalist, according to Consul Hugh S. Miller, Singapore. ‘The building will be 150 weet wide with a frontage of 94 feet and a height of 70 feet. The design for the front- age represents one of the first at- tempts to introduce color into local architecture. Special Door Signs at War Department . For Two Néw Assistant Secretaries *An fnnovation in office signs hassign was been made at the War Department as a result of the creation of an addi- tional Secretary of War. 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