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14 PROSPERITY ISSUE 1S AIDING COOLIDGE Headed for Third Term in White House, Political Observers Believe. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 7 ¢‘oolidge either consciousl ciously has sounded h Tor 1928. It is the pre Natfon. He regards this and no one can take it him. , Mr. Coolidge’s friends believe it would take a g upheaval in American business to keep the Presi- dent out 8¢ a third term. So long as conditions continue to approximate the situation of today AMr. Coolidge has to do nothing but sit still and re- malp relatively silent. The President is in the happy posi- tion of sitting in the White House at a time when most of the Nation President or uncon »wn keynote erity of the as his issue, away from Tot. pears to be contented with it Farmers of the corn belt are raging about conditions in their section of the country, but when they meet ostensibly to denounce the President, they do not denounce him. They hope he will sce their plight and do something for it. The President has his own ideas a 1o the proper 3 fes. They may not suit Is, but evi- dently they will get him by, and that is W momel Entitled to Cla . It will do no good for the Demo- ts to cluim that the country would be prosperous in spite of Mr. Coolidge, or to say that the country would have recovered from the war period under any other President. The facts are that Mr. Coolidge is the Chief Ex- ecutive at this most fortunate period ns such is entitled to claim all credit he desires. If the condition 1t large were not so 4nd 1 of the countr happy, Mr. Coolidge would get the blame. He might try to escape it, but he could not. A President likewise can get vir- tually all of the credit out of any good acts of Congr while ping from congr jonal misdeeds if he so Coolidge, howeve has ion highly to praise the of Congress and to say t he and Congress worked in the finest sort of harmony There are still some who insist that Mr. Coolidge is not a politician. They forget that he has been in politics all of his adult life. Since graduating from college he has been out of public oftice only something like two or three e knows what appeals to the man far more than any of the astute leaders of the party prepared to ditch Mr. Cool- ie were Eastern Shore and Bay Crops to Head Soon for Markets. e Delicacy Is Waslfington Favorite—Prices Are 30 Cents to $1. Watermelons, rite ‘Washington's favo- Summer delicacy, which taste just as luscious on Sixteenth street and Connecticut avenue as they do in Moonshine alley, will start arriv- ing In good quantities during this week from ‘the ern Shore and Chesapeake Bay districts, in opinion of wholesalers last night. The watermelon line for Washing- ton, which starts from Florida early in the season and runs up the coast, ready has passed the South Caro- lina_houndary and a_boatload from the North Carolina-Virginia line ar- rived during the last week in charge of Capt. John Willett on board the C. T. Wright, reputed to be one of the speediest boats on Chesapeake Ba 4,000 in Single Load. Capt. Willett brought 4,000 melons to Washington last Thursday, con- | signed to a commission merchant of the waterfront and during the I two days Washingtonians drove thel automobiles down to the wharves and carted off approximately 1,500 of them. The receipts of melons during the last week, despite the large cargo brought in by the C. T. Wrigh light and the demand w: cording to dealers, which resulted in prices ranging from 30 cents for small melons to $1 for large, selected melons. Icing Process Costly. One dealer, who two weeks ago bought more than 1,000 melons in a carload for $175, paid just $275 for less than 1,000 last week, he stated. The cost of transporting them to his place of business and icing them a melon and he said he was forced to charge 35 cents for the poorest grade and at least 75 cents for the best grade in order to meet the con- ditions. Despite the light receipts of the past week, however, dealers believe that the watermelon market of Wash. ington will have plenty of supplies during the latter part of this wee or at least by August 15. By tha time, the melon line moving up the coast will have passed the Virginia Capes and be well up into the Rappa- hannock district and the Shore, whence have come ton's choicest melons in days in 1924 and who would like to s e sidetrack him today on the “third L'NERS c ERED | HART In their plans had heen tiwarted by the death of President | FOR LEG'ON cHlEFs darding and the of Mr. | ge to the Whit Onee | he was In that position of power, Mr. | Coolidge knew how to play the game [ Cabin Steamers Will Take Vet-| far better than the leaders who had : 10t been particularly atuacted to | erans’ Leaders to Paris Conven- him. i . P lbiing (ol BGonDmy. ! tion—Plans Are Announced. The President has lost none of his | e political acumen in the years that | By the Associated Pross. have followed. He has preached | CHICAGO, -Cabin steam- economy day in and day out. Some ] ers of States lines will of the Democratic leaders say they | carry hizh officials of the American can prove that Government appro { Legion to the organization’s 1927 na- priations are mounting at an alkuwm- | tional convention in T John J. L, rate and that Government econ- | Wicker of Richmond, Va., national omy is a fiction rther than a tact, | travel director, announced toda But the people have heard Mr. Cool | The steamships Pre arding, They have | They have ers if the up and fdge preaching cconoms heard him over t 1 Tead his speeches in the It makes no differer propriations have gone ap: may Le expected to go higher still. The {re has wineed the people | e b =< i economy, and the so- | ealled humorous stories which have | been told from time to time to illus-| trate the President’s naturalNew | England thrift have served to help rather than harm him. Coolidge and economy are words which cannot be separated in the public mind, despite | the many stories told of how much | 3t costs the people each vear to keep the presidential vacht Mavilower in commission so that the President and ehe First 1 ¥ may enjoy their after- uises down the placid stretches | of the Potomac View as to Primaries. | e Republi {nt'l!u'wn\ wimit they do not see how | resident Coolidge is to be. kept out | of the no on in 1925 if the coun- | e keenest of t vina try remains prosperous. They do not | belteve that the “scandals” in the | Republican primaries will react in | any way : the President. He | hiad nothin 7 them, just as | he had 1 to do with the oil | scandals whic «d the close pf the « Hz administration. | President ble to take | edvantage o that is done in the name of the Republican party suffers mot a whit from any evil * committed in | its nane the party and He occupies, in fa ion unique in American politic v. Hence, it will not he < it he turns that history upside the unprecedented 1926 Japan and Its Overflow. Phil v people did not and that this le att tion of the okio zovernment apparently having better luck with Korea. fc shows an increase popu tion of bringing th over, the x > den Bity of por ais 1.364 | A square valent of 2.45 h n apan proper. of pared with 2.423 And a greater part Korea is cultivatable than is the in Japan. The total population of Japan, including For- Saghalien and Kor s now 3,454,347, Japan proper being credited wWith 59.736,704. The male population putnumbers the female by 963, in J of the area Must Get Own Numbers. Prom the Outlook Magazine The new dial system which the tele shone company has installed in New ork City requires the subscriber to Eet own numbers by means of yuoving the dial. A friend tells us that the only way he can get a num- Ber is by flashing the operator and telling her that h his arms are broken, that he has St. Vitus' dance, that he is blind, and will throw him- out of the window {f she refuses Sufficient. #:om the London Tid-Pits. The shop was deserted except for the cashier. A handsome young man ptrolled in. Do vou keep motor car accessories pere?” he asked. The pretty cashier smiled sweetly. “Only *she replied . | are sed. Roosev ing a delegation made up res from every State. national commander and his I national officers and the American Legion guard f honor, made up of 150 legionnaires, rep- snting every State, will go on a single liner. Wicker was told by officers of the States lines that the Legion American organization to give ¢ to American liners on a ntic_movement x other lines will be pressed into o carry Legion men to Paris, COLOR ON THE ADRIATIC. Scenes Near Shores Seldom Seen in Other Harbors. From the Chrigtian Science Monitor. By Trieste the sea is emerald flecked with blue. An amphitheater of hill protects the port at the back: west, the coastal flatlands commerce on thelr way toward Venice; south, the headlands recede successively into soft haze. Upon the sea are ships with sails the like of which are seldom seen t sther har Consider the hoat quat, snub-nosed, lounging through the water as If to say the days are pleas: and speed of small im- portance. Gallantly painted are the « ch after the peculiar pleasure their owner or captain. Take, for 1 {example, the manner in which three ated; hawseholes with but of rose, helow a band of gray tripe of rose, followed hy the ide to the waves' reach in hawseholes of red. white band, pe, green from there down to ter; and hawseholes again red, blue bulwark, red stripe, decc ton eve then a ship's hlack | blue st the wi hut with | black body. The ships are | sails four-sided, bent to a ing obliquely on the mast. patching provokes the varying tones in single 1s of one color, such as dark green and light green, red and orange. Other safls are bolde red and white, vellow and white. a_red corner, yvellow basis with large blue splash in the center, pale green and { brick red, or red, ocher and orange. On the shore tileroofed houses take | possession of hilloc and cypress nder among the olive groves. 2 lugger rigzed, the d_hang. Skillful | troes | Where flelds appear the grain is | thick carpet that mimics as the breezes run over the rippling sur- face of the In this setting these i ling ships supply the color which N ets offer {0 the forests of Brazil, Dhieh flowers bring the Alpine high- | lands in Spring, and which the but- erflies vield at Java. ran the price to him up to 30 ('emsi " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 8, 1926—PART 1. WATERMELON SEASON TO BURST ON CITY IN FULL GLORY THIS WEEK “BABE” OGLE. Mr. Ogle once upon a time was a po- liceman, the biggest man on the force. Now he helps unload and sell water- melons along the waterfront. He's au- thority for the statement that the sea- son’s here. NAVAL RESERVISTS BACK FROM CRUISE Destroyer Allen Brings D. C. Contingent After Two Weeks’ Maneuvers. Washington naval reservists, com prising the second division of the Jo- cal battallon, yesterday completed a two-week cruise aboard the destroy- er Allen, their training ship, which docked at her berth at the Washing- ton Navy Yard, and all of the officers and men were placed on the inactive list for another year. The reservists left Washington two weeks ago aboard the Allen and went to New York City, where they were given a brief liberty, and then to Japeague Bay, where the ship joined squadrons 9 and 14 of the destroyer scouting fleet. With these squadrons the local destroyer practiced offensive and defensive movements, including a night attack of an imaginary en- emy. While a Napeague Bay there was no liberty, so the men were given practice at handling small boats un- der oars and confined their recreation to swimming from the ship's side. One day was devoted entirely to the instruction of reserve officers in handling the ship. An imaginary dock was laid off in the sea by mean of buoys, and each deck officer was required to put the vessel alongside the dock and got her away safely. At sea the reserve officers stood their regular watche: When the vessel was detached from the fleet to proceed home it was in a_heavy fog, and Lieut. Harry J. executive officer and navi- d down a course for Winter lightship _and steamed by 1 reckoning. This point was ac- and the vessel then curately made headed” safely for the Chesapeake capes. The Allen is commanded by Lieut. Comdr. Alfred S. Wolfe, while Lieut. | ¢. B. Cunningham acted as instructor and observer. The Washington reserve officers on the vessel were Lieut. Harry J. Nichols, executive officer and navi- #ator; Lieut. Bernard A. Sullivan, gunnery officer; Lieut., junior grade, Homer S. Eimers and Lieut., junior srade, Wilbert E. Locklin, watch and division officers, and Ensign Ralph H. Hudson, engineer officer Baltimore naval reserves also were on the vessel, and their officers were | Lieuts, junior grade, E. H. Cole (first |lieutenant); Charles H. Bryant, watch isfon; B. C. Tucker, communi- land a ions; Tho chelberger, chief engineer, and C. I. Lowe, commissary officer. INEW CANCER THEORY ADVANCED IN BERLIN Disease Declared Caused by Suf- focated Cells Secreting an Acid Like That of Sour Milk. By Science Service. BERLIN, August 7.—Cancer is | caused, nof by any particular germ hut by the suffocation of cells, caus. ing them to secrete an acid like that of sour milk, which stimulates ab- normal growth. This in brief fs_the theory advanced by Prof. 0. Whr. burg “of Berlin, as a result of his rescarches into the phystology of the it e All tissues of all living organisims produce acids as a_result of their life processes, Prof. Warburg explains. In the health: body these acids e combined with oxygen taken in with the breath, and are burned up to form carbon dioxid and water. But if for any reason a mass of cells fails to get its normal ration of oxygen the harmful fermentation acids arise and begin their mischief. Cancers are not able to get along entirely without oxygen, Prof. War- burg states, but they stand_ suf- focation and the presence of lactic acid better than normal tissues can, which gives them a considerable ad- vantage in the ccmpetition of growth. Lions Stalk on Highways. In East Africa the drought has heen so severe that wild animals have invaded the towns and settle- ments in search of water. At Nairobi the inhabitants have only to stroll a short distance out of town to encounter herds of buffalo and rhinbs 1nd it is a frequent occurence to me§t all manner of big game, includifg lions, on the roads leading from gne town to another. ’ BT FINEDINLONG CONSPIRACY FIGHT Malleable Castings Associa- tion Case Closed After Two and Half Years. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND Ohio, August A Federal court fight of almost two and a half years’ duration against 48 members of the American Malleable | Castings Association and 47 large | malleable iron castings companies was terminated yesterday when 87 defend- ants appeared before Federal Judge Westenhaver, enterd pleas of molo contndere and were each fined, $2,500. The indictment upon which the de- fendants were brought to trial was returned by a Federal grand jury at Cleveland in March, 1924, and fol- lowed a long Federal investigation. The defendants bitterly fought the Government's efforts to bring them to | Practically every legal action | stance was brought into use, | trial. for res but the Government finally won in | each case. Many Refused to Appear. The most important and most pro- tracted phase of the resistance grew | out of the refusal of defendants liv- ing outside of the Cleveland )“edeml’ Court district to appear here for trial. More than two score trials and court proceedings, involving habeas corpus actions and appeals to Circuit Courts | and the United States Supreme Court, | were required to for the defendants. Finally, however, by virtue of a Su- preme Court ruling, the defendani were ordered to appear here for trial. Date was set for September 13, 1921 The decision to enter the “nolo con- tendere” pleas, which are virtually | pleas of guilty, as the means that the indictment is not con- tested, came at a meeting eight day ago in Washington between Attorne: General Sargent, his assistant, Russell | Hardy, and representatives of the American Malleable Castings Associa- tion. secure extradition | Conspiracy Was Alleged. | The indictment returned against the defendants charged them with manu- facturing 75 per cent of the annual production of malleable castings in| the United States; with having con- spired since January, 1917, to assign and allot the buyers of malleable fron | castings among themselves and to fix prices. These alleged arrange- ments, the indictment alleged, would serve to eliminate competition. The indictment further charged that the American Malleable Castings Association was used in carrying out the alleged conspiracy. The indict-| ment was returned under the prov sions of the Sherman anti-trust act. Maximum fines for corporations for this charge is $5,000 and for indi- viduals is $5,000 and a year's im-| prisonment. The $2,500 fine agreed upon at the conference last | week. The fines meted out today totaled | $217,500. the original 95 pleas and were fined an aggregate of $14,500. This brought the total of the fines to $232,000. HISTORIC FIGURES T0 BE COMPLETED Contract for Several in Central Group at Stone Mountain Awarded at Atlanta. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, G: August 7.—A con- tract has been awarded to the Stone Mountain Granite Corporation for re- lieving, outlining and pointing the equestrain figures of Davis, Lee, Jackson and a color bearer in the central group of the Stone Moun- tain Memorial, and work will begin immediately, it was announced today by officials. Hollins Randolph, president of the Stone Mountain Memorial Associ: tion, in a statement given out toda: explained that the contract awarded after an exhaustive study of a number of bids. Mr. Randolph said that the Stone Mountain Assoclation has in cash and solvent subscriptions an amount practically sufficient to carry the first section of the central group to completion. Augustus Lukeman, sculptor of the Stone Mountain Memorial, con- | gratulated the assocation on the selection of the Stone Mountain Cor- poration for the contract. T e Dog Joins Dead Master. 0ld Dog Joe, after a long life of friendship and devotion to a master he outlived, was found dead a recent morning in the barn of the Mertz farm in St. Louis County, Mo., says the Capper’s magazine. His former master, a wallpaper dealer, had left $10,000 in trust for Old Joe, his care- takers to inherit it ultimately. So, as befitting a wealthy dog, Old Joe's last days were spent in ease and comfort. His death was not unexpected. He had been failing several weeks and died while asleep. The wishes of Old Joe's former master were carried out to the letter. In the orchard a grave exactly 5 feet deep, 3 feet long and 18 inches wide was dug and Old Joe was laid in it. His death canceled an 11-page “Doe Joe" agreement, which omitted no detail concerning Old Joe's care and burial. e The Mean Thing. From the Boston Transcript. After driving her husband almost frantic one evening with her chatter, she remarked: “John, I suppose when 1 die you'll have a mausoleum built in my memory. “Don't fool yourself,” returned her exasperated husband. “When you die I will have you cremated and your ashes placed in an hour-glass with an automatic reversing arrangement. Then you can keep on going for ever.” - The Helsinfors-Stockholm air line is substituting for the small passenger planes machines with a capacity of 10 passengers. 4 For World in By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 7.—Suffering from ammation of the hip joints when 7 :T‘:‘x:‘:‘old <o that physicians fe: red he might never walk unass }ed. Dr. Otto Peltzer of Stettin, is being feted by scores of citizens as the greatest am: teur middle-distance runner in the world. Dr. Peltzer at a recent track meet in | stamford Bridge, London, lowered by Six-tenths of a second the world record for the half mile set by J. F Meredith of the University of Pennsylvania at Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1916. The Stettin high school teacher negotiated the, distance in 1:5 He holds all Teacher, Once Crippled, Sets Record Middle-Distance Run German records from 400 to 1,500 | meters. | The doctor of philosophy and politi- | cal ectence, born March 8, 1900, credits his mother with his first warld record, because, he said, she urged him to run in London despite a bad cold. “He was the weakling of the family,” Mrs. Peltzer said. “Until he was 11 years old phycisians refused to allow him to attend school and he was edu- cated by a tutoress. At 7, he lay in ! bed for months with inflamation of the hips. We thought he’d never be able to walk again. Participation in ath- letics in high school restored his health, but it was not until he was 14 that he ran his first race.” Children Are Away From Traffic Dangers in EDGEMOOR and SATTERY PARK are building a City d— 1 The Million-Dollar Development Beautiful Shaded Lots 10¢ Square Foot and Up Most Modern Improvements We Finance Home Building 406-12 Dist. Natl. Bank Bldg. Main 2141 and 3747 FARMS DEVELOPING - IN SOUTH AMERICA THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT HAIRCUTS BUILT HOME WILL BE GIFT expression | Several weeks ago five of | defendants entered | was | ON GOLDEN BRIDAL Barber Sons and Daughter to Honor Parents With Big Celebration. Louey, the barber, and his brother, Tony, who take turns ringing the cash register and calling out “Next!” in Louey’s small-portion shave and shingle shop across from the Raleigh Hotel, will tell you, should you ask them, that business is ver' nize. 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