Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 2

CAMPAIGN IN OHID | OF NATIONAL SCOPE Administration and Prohibi- tion Issues Prominent, With “Slush” as Side Line. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 28. —Out here where the Middle West hegins one of the battles royal of the 1926 congressional campaign is raging. Ohi al of Virginia as the material ancestor of Presidents, appropriately presents a political si uation fraught with important tional aspects. If either Atlee Pomerene is elected to the United States Senate or Vie Donahey secures u third term in the governorship, an Ohio favorite son will be horn to the Democratic party 1 sidential considerntion in 1928, Ohio Democrats are fully alive to those possihilities. They are making @ correspondingly vigorous fight. Should Pomerene and Donahey both be victorious on November > they will unquestionably lock horns for control of the Ohio delegation two years hence. All Issues Present The commonwealth of McKinley and Harding merits the national lime light in this campaign for still an- other reason 0 a degree that is unusual, Ohio has nearly all the polit- fcal issues now engaging the coun try's attention. The senatorial duel between the Republican incumbent, Frank B. Willis, and former Senator Pomerene {s first and foremost a wet to hardly lesser ex- tent it is a trial of Coolidge strength. Senator Willis' campaizn 1s being waged on the categor al platform of “keep the next Congress safe for the President.” In kis first official cam- palgn speech next Wednesday the Senator will declare that indorsement or repudiation of the administration transcends all other questions. acked to the limit by the Anti Baloon League, Willls will seek to de- rive very possible advantage from Pomerene's liberalized liquor views. But it is the Coolidge bandwagon aboard which the giant Senator from Ohto has clambered and mainly hopes to ride to victory. Republican lead- ers adrgit privately that it Willis can- not win in the Coolldge livery he can- &nd dry inte 1 not win at all. They wre confident he can and will. The President’s un. doubted strength with the rank and file of Ohio voters is relied upon to overcome certain acknowledged dis- abilities under which Senator Willls Buffers State Is Doubtful. Ohservations in (leveland, the com- Wi ik lpd il e indicate clearly that Ohio In must_be considered a doubtful Calvin Coolidge carried it in after nomination on the lake- hound shores of C‘uyahoga County, by the fat mafority of 840,000 over Davis and La Follette combined. But Gov. Donahey, Democ on the same oc- casion was re-elected by 176.000. This vear, owing to the personal strength of Atlee Pomerene and Donahe; achieved power #s a two-term gover- Ohfo is ranked by both the Demo- crats and Republicans as a field from which one party ix as likely as the other to emerge triumphant ator Willis himself is fully re of the danger that lurks in the situation for the ;. O. P, even in a State normally Republican by 400,000 Tiis hurried call upon President Cool- idge In Wushington last week, almost | before the President had time to ! reach his desk at the White House, 1s | interpreted in Cleveland as an unmis- takable SOS. Willis asked and re cefved the President’s assurances that heavy artillery, such important | administration spokesmen, like Secre- | tary Hoover, and administration sup port wene the Ohio hrex a#ll hands that o here Capper ot Kansas is one of the big guns short- iy _to boom for Willis. The prohibition and loyalty Coolidge issues are not the only ones of national hue at stake in Ohio. The and Illinois slush-fund ito the campaign, too. will be used by the Democrats Pennsylv seandals e They ni with more t Willis i ordinary fury because of has “Newherry record” bility. He will not on cked for voling to keep New in the Senate, but will be assalled for authorship of the enate resolution which con in unmeasured terms the pra tices for which Newberry came under fire i P Atlee Pomerene opponent, fits ng merene Has Weapon | Willis” Democratic urally into the role of prosecutor-in-chief of Willis on the score of “Newherryism.” It was Pom. erene who submitted the minority re port of the Kenate committee on privi- leges and elections denouncing New- herry's $195.000 primary campaign in Michigan and calling for his expulsion from the Senate. Pomerene will re. vamp all these things on the Ohio stump, paint the parallels which the Republican primaries in Pennsyl- vania and Dllinois display and hammer Willis mercilessly for his conduct | anent Newberry tion is sweeping Ohlo in connection | No wave of indigna- | different fr: Eight rsons were killed and about 50 others were injure when the engine of the Midnight Express of the Central Rallroad of New Jersey crashed into the coaches of the Lehigh Limited of the Lehigh Rallroad at Bethle- hem, Pa. The photo shows the locomotive of the Midnight Express overturned after the crash. Acme. b.0.P. IN MICHIGAN MEETS IN PEACE Heavy Police Guard in An- ticipation of Trouble Found Unnecessary. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 28 ().—The Republican State convention opened today {n seeming accord and harmony, apparently having no need of the 300 policemen and special guards stationed about the meeting place to prevent a repetition of rioting which split the Wayne County (Detroit) convention last week Mayor Fred W. Green of Ionia, Re- publican nominee for governor, who sat on the platform with his wife and daughter, received a roof-raising ova- tion. Anticipated trouble at the doors where policemen stopped all who falled to show the much prized cre- dentlals for admittance did not ma- terialize. During the first hour of the convention there was no attempt made by the faction friendly to Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck to seek admittance. Action of the Michigan State Supreme Court at Lansing in setting aside an injunction which in effect directed the convention to seat the 403 Wayne County delegates favor- able to the governor cleared the alr perceptibly. INJUNCTION SET ASIDE. Supreme Court Overrules Lower Tri- bunal on Seating Rule. LANSING, Mich., September 28 (P). _The injunction issued yesterday by Judge Leland W. Carr in Cireuit Court restraining the seating at today's Re- publican State convention of any Wayne County (Detroit) delegation ex that mominated by the faction to Gov. Groesbeck was set the State Supreme Court cept friendly aside by today. The decision was made by six of the elght members of the court hastily summoned this morning. It comprised four lines of typewritten copy and was given without comment The case was brought before the court by Fred G. Dewey of Detrolt, attorney for irs. louise V. Wood- ouse, Detroit, secretary of the rump county convention in Detroit lastr Mrs. Woodhouse was one of :\np.p: s uined from taking part in the te conventlon - support Pomerene. They found him L unusually satisfactory Senator dur » terms at Washington and z his W e \re in mood to send him pparently hck. They would probubly have sent him back in 1922, when Senator Fess beat him. except for what Pomerene calls an eleventh-hour s ab in the back e & combination of women, labor and Antl-Saloon Leugue forces All three ¢ these elements this fme are said to be in a somewhat of mind toward Pome- me vene. though there are unreconciled croups among them. One of the ir- oncilables is Mrs. Harriet Taylor chairman of the committee. It former v "pton national Republican with the slush-fund revelations, but | Pomerene hopes before many more | days are gone to pound them into one of the paramount issues. Senator Willis will be put on the defensive hy the Democrs on anothe mational questicn - namely, the matte of Harry M. Duugherty. When ti former Attorney General wus faciy attack In 1924 Willis stentorign ton declared on of the Senate that “Harr D Tty I8 a8 clean o & hound's toot A few dayvs lute Prestient Coolidgs deposed Daugherry &s head of the Department of Justice. | That eulogy of the man now fighting | for his liberty in t criminal | court &t New York is rvising up to| ite Senutor Willis. Should Daugh- | v be found guilty in Judge Mack's | court it just the feather o turr against Senator Willis § | Anothe 1s doing Willis | no good i noduring Sena tor “Jim” hibition probe ! that the O Se 1 on Anttsaloon Leagne's pay roll. Willis as an extreme Lone dry. was assured | of the hostility eye wets, re- | pa some Repub fi“,m‘“, ,} i who ordinarily wos ach a lar G. 0. P. n ma 1 his views, are “off” Sena 101 1se of his one-time con- | nection with Wayne B. Wheeler's ex. chequer. Willis a plausible ex planation. hut his zeal for prohibition 1% now regurded quite as idealistic and unselfish s it used to be Hope Rests Cities. Atlee Pomerene’s prospects of beat- rg W which are unquestionably far, it by no means absolutely cer. tatn, rest on the big wet vote he will | get In the urban iter: like Cleve. land, Cincinnatl, Toledo, Akron and Davton, rd on the independent “busi. ness men's vote.” of which he is assur- ed. This writer sat at luncheon in a Cleveland clul representative of the financial, industrisl and commercial might of Ohto. His host. with a ges- ture that comprehended the entire din- 1ng room said: “Ninety per cent of the memhers of this club will vote for V’omerene.” 1l informant contends that 90 gril Wl Lusipess men gsaemally- have be jin a | Pomerene. | situas | more of a relig wht Mrs. Upton's_husband who failed of contirmation by the Senate for a Federal trade commissioner at! Senator Pow rene’s instigation in The wife, who claims thus to n scorned. is now managing Republican Women's fo attempt to defeat 1he Ohi desperate Willis Visits “Home Folks.” The latter’s victory iu the recent Democratic senatorfal _primar. a woman rival. Judge Florence len of the left some bleeding nine hearts behind course. are asked by Leat in unison with that Pomerene may Willis re-elected “There ure other angles to the Ohio on, which will be dealt with in A subsequent dispatch from Colum- bue, Gov. Vie Donahey's citadel, and from which. too, Senator Willis" cam palgn is being directed. To date Willis' forays have been umong the hon in the small towns und on where prohibition is /i than in the “wicked Willis has been handshaking spellbinding at county fairs, farmers’ picnics and town meetings, charming them. as he alwavs does, with his picturesque stump speeches, hooming eloquence and homespun temperament Pomerene has not firing line. He has been devoting himself to the Government's oil cases, which are to be argued in the United States Supreme Court, at Washington, on October 4. He thinks it will be October 8 or 9 before he can start into the campaign. That will give the Democratic senatorial can- didate barely four weeks in which to present the case of Pomerene Vs. Willis to the Ohio electorate. But there is every Indication that what he lacks in time will be more than made up in ferocity of attack. Copmashit. 1926, femi of Democratic and these, Mrs hers, in be undone order and vet taken the | S ! rugivitive f |sion that she was hired to-produce | | Ohio Supreme Court, has | ue from Ormi i | | Noise of Wedding Parties’ Cars Hit In Note to Officials The “so-called humorists”” who tie everything to the family flivver except the bathtub and sink and ride around the business section of Washington to celebrate a wed- ding were given a severe jolt to- day by Frank S. Hight, managing director of the Willard Hotel. Protesting to the District Corn- missioners against the “‘unnec sary’ noises of wedding celebrants Mr. Hight said: “It is fully realized that in the business section of the town there are certain noises which must be endured, but it is equally true that there are certaln unnecessary noises which should not need to be endured, and one of these is that which is caused by the so-called humorists, who rig up an automo- bile containing a bridal couple with ribbons and then dash madly through the streets with the horn on that car and the four or five cars following it blowing contin- ually Mr. Hight's complaint was refer- red to Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent of police. MESSAGE BELIEVED FROM ORMISTON, SENT FROM CANADA his effort to identify Mrs. McPherson as the woman he charges occupied @ cottage at Carmel-by-theSea with Kenneth G. Ormiston last Summer while the Angelus Temple evangelist was absent from her pastorate. At the opening of the preliminary hearing in Judge Samuel Blake's court yesterday Mrs. McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, walved reading of the complaint charging criminal conspiracy and heard five State witnesses testify they were positive the evangelist s the cottage with Ormiston, a forme radio operator at her church. A sixth witness declared the bungalow was rented to Ormiston under the name of George Melntyre May 14, four day: before the pastor disappeared at Ocean Park Beach Witness to Be Heard When court adjourned, kert, Carmel wood deale was still on the s¢tand under cross-examination. Other witnesses to be and Mrs. H. C. Benedict, owner: the Carmel cottage. Willlam Mack, laundryman, and Lawrence Leidig, grocer, both of Carmel, also are ex- pected to be called. John Considine, carpenter, who is id to'have .witnessed several love- making scenes in the back vard of the Denedict cottage, is one of the principal State witnesses slated for appearance today. Miss Bernice Morris, secretary to the late Russell A. McKinley, blind Long Beach attorney, and considered by the prosecution as one of its star witnes will be called at today’s ses- sion in the event the Carmel wit nesses complete their testimony. Her testimony centers upon an alleged plot on the part of Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence to substan- tiate her kidnaping story. Basis for Charges. The present hearing is the out growth of felony complaints issued recently by Keyes charging Mrs. M Pherson, her mother, and five others with criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice and preparing false evidenc nnection with the evangelist's of having been kidnaped an held for ransom. Others named In the ‘omplaints_include Ormiston, now a m justice, and Mrs. Lor- nfes raine Wiseman-Sielaff, whose ¢ es to support the evan- brought about the con- false witnes gelist's story piracy charges, Reports were current here yester- day that Keyes had received a ton through Martin, Chicago attorney. Ke cently admitted receiving a teleg Upton 101 rrom” Martin, purporting to represent Ormiston, asking immunity provided the rudio man testitied for the State. QUEEN BANS INTERVIEWS. Marie of Rl;;l.;fls- Will Not Have Official Press Agent. BUCHAREST, September 28 (#). Queen Marie wiil grant no interviews during her forthcoming visit to the United States. She will not be ac- companied by any official press agent and all information concerning her movements will be given out by a member of the legation staff at Wash- ington, who will accompany her. This statement was issued today through the official Rumanian News Agency “in order to avoid misunder- standings and to prevent the publica- tion of fanciful stories.” Greeks' Philosophy Idealistic. Greeks as a people have a philoso- phy of life that is quite different from that of Americans. Their desire is to be rounded out human beings, and having an interest more in beauty and life itself than in material successes. I?rshnass in personal relations is ex- ptional and as a rule their habits are temperate. They show a liking for the mere process of thinking, -~ | | | | Labor, GARLAND FORTUNE FOR SERVIGE GONE Used Generally for l\dvance- ment of Labor En- terprizes. By The Associated Press. IW YORK, September 28.—A $1,654,000 fortune which Charles Gar- land, founder of the April Farm, al- leged “free love” colony, refused for personal use four years ago and with which he started the American fund for public service, has been spent. Announcement was made yesterday that no further enterprises can be un- dertaken, Records show that the fund was generally used for advancement of labor enterprises. The largest single gift was that of $150,000 to Brook- wood Labor College, at Katonah, At the time he refused the fortune Garland said he did not approve of the way it had been accumulated by his father, a Wall Street financier. He reconsidered a vear later and formed the endowment which was dedicated to nfavord causes.’” Garland in 1924 also refused to ac- cept $88,000 estate left him by his grandmother. Among enterprises aided was the Vanguard Press, publishers of books on radical and labor nbjects for working people, which received $100, 000. Stock valued &t $10,000 was pur- chased in the Russian Reconstruction 1Parms, an enterprise to further indu trialization of agriculture in the Cau- casus, and stock amounting to $20,000 bought in the Oklahoma Leader, eekly farm paper. Disbursements Are Wide. The Labor Age, a monthly maga- zine: the Federated Press, of Chicago; reh department of Rand School, w York; Wyoming kederation of Portland, Oreg., and Seattle, labor colleges and the Work- < School at Mena, Ark., all recelved of the money, along with others. rland figured in the news recently when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland, ers’ Se obtained a divorce at Barnstable. Mass. Mrs. Garland, with her daughter, left her husband in 1921 when he established a girl art student in their home at North Carver, Mass., but was later reconciled. The April Farm colony started near Allentown, Pa., was disbanded after it came under officlal investigation following burial of a child. The dis- trict _attorney stated in the death certlficate that it was Garland’s son. Garland _served two months in the Lehigh County, Pa., jalil. | James Weldon Johnson is president of the board governing the fund, and Elizabeth Hurley Flinn is its secre- tary . ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TONIGHT The Kalor: izens' Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in parish house of St. Margaret's Church. An informal reception will be given in honor of District Commissioner and Mrs. Doughert, The Commissioner will make an ind there will be a ¢ Miss Mary Elizabeth | The Georgetown Ci ai0f Ebene: { meet, | | meet, Parker, mezzo-soprano, and Paul Bley- den, tenor. with Mrs. Bleyden at the plano. Association Church will 8 o’clock. Lieut. Thomas H. R. Clark and Rev. Daniel B. Hill, pastor, vill speak, and the Georgetown Glee Club will sing. er A, M. The Botanical Society of Washing- ! ton will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly i hall of the Cosmos Club. Dr. Albert W. Hill will speak on “The Quest for Economic Plants.” Social hour with refreshments. Fidelis Camp, 6701, R. N. of A, will give a five hundred card party, 8:30 o'clock, at Pythian Temple. Senator A. O. Stanley of Kentucky will address the National Democratic Club at 320 Connecticut avenue at 8 o'clock. The F 7:45 Warren northeast. Former kington W. C. T. U. will o'clock. at the home of Hadley, 3 First Mrs. street . The Susan B. Anthony Foundation will hold a meeting of the executive board at 5 o'clock in parlors of Port- land Hotel, Thomas circle. |and ninth holes GLENNA COLLETT BEATS MRS. HiLL Puts Up Stirring Uphill Fight to Win Golf Match 2 Up: By the Associated Press HAVERFORD, Pa. September 28 —Defending her title as women's natfonal golf champion, Glenna Col- lett of Providence, R. I., brought off a stirring uphill fight in the first round today to defent Mrs. O. 8. Hill of Kansas City, 2 up. Steady rain, threatening to settle into an all-day downpour, fell on the starters in the first round of match play. u Miss Collett, vesterday’'s qualifying medalist and today's first starter, drove off the first tee at 10 o'clock, pitted for her first match against Mrs. Hill, for three yvears holder of the Missouri Valley campfonship. Jane Brooks of Sparkhill N. Y. won from Mrs. Thomas Hucknall of Ridgewood. N. J., the position of thirty-second player to qualify when she got a 6 to Mrs. Hucknall's 7 on the second hole of the play-off post- poned from last night. Miss Brooks will meet Mrs. J. L. Anderson of New York in the first round of match play. The cards: Miss Collett, out-~ ¢ 5 6 3 7 6 4 4 444 Mrs. Hill out— 4 6 4 6 6 6 7 6 3—48 Miss Collett— In ......584345 4454286 Mrs. Hill— In .45524555 6—41—89 Ruth Batchelder Leading. Contrasting sharply with the expe- rlence of many of the stars, Ruth Batchelder brought off a streak of sensational putting to become 4 up on Mrs. Raymond Slotter of Philmont, Pa.. at the turn. The Boston player sank long putts from the edge of the green at the fourth, sixth, seventh Ada MacKenzie of Toronto, the Ca- nadian champion, made the turn 2 down to Mrs. G. H. Stetson. Word reached the clubhouse that Edith Cummings of Chicago, another outstanding contender and a former title holder, was locked in a gruelling match with Helen Meehan of Phila- delphia. After a slow start, the Mid- west player put on a determined spurt o become 3 up at the turn, but the Quaker girl rallied gamely over the inward route to reduce her margin to a single hole at the thirteenth. FREEDOM OF PRESS PRAISED BY MAGEE Stormy Petrel of New Mexico Tells Advertisers About Journalistic Fight. Carl C. Magee, editor of the Albu- qerque (New Mexico) State Tribune, and the man whose journalistic career fomented & turmoil not only in his own State, but eventually led to the famous Tea Pot Dome Investigation by Congress, told the Washington Advertising Club something about “New Mexico justice” and his experi- ences in the fight, at the club’s regular luncheon in the City Club today. Mf. Magee declared that the most fundamental thing before the Amer- ican people today is the freedom of the press, and asserted that modern democracies have been allowed to pros- per only because the invention of the printing press made it possible for the voice of liberty and idealism to reach all of the people. No Pink Tea Matter. “We are privileged by the Con- stitution to speak our mind in the press i this country, limited only by the logical rights of the indi- viduals to defend characters when untruthfully assailed.” Mr. Magee said. “But the printing of truth in the press is something more than a privilege, it i®a duty, and it should be done when conditions call and the occasion arises in no pink-tea fashion. Continuing, Mr. Magee said that when he fuwt went to New Mexico to assume the editorship of a paper he was confronted by what he bhelieves was the worst political and financial combination that existed in any State. He declared that by playing upon the ignorance of the f{lliterate 50 per cent of the voting population, this organization had seized control of New Mexico's finances and had so throttled the press that not a news- paper in the State dared oppose it. The new editor's first clash occur- red with Albert B. Fall, former Secre- tary of the Interior. When Mr, Magee declined to discontinue criticizing Mr. Fall's conduct of the Land Office, the latter told him flatly, the editor said, that he would “break” him. It was only a few days later, the speaker said, when the banks called in a $50,- 000 note it held on the paper. Mr. Magee declared, however, that when he published the facts and told the people of the State they would have to buy up the bonds or see his paper seized, they supplied the necessary $50,000 well ahead of the time before the banks could foreclose the note. Mr. Magee declared that conditions in New Mexico are repaidly being righted. The courts no longer dare blindly follow the dictation of dishon- est politiclans, he said, and there is not now a newspaper in the State that s afraid to speak its mind often and freely if the protection of public interest demands it. COLLAPSES ON STREET. Unidentified Man Dies Soon After Reaching Hospital. An unidentified man of middle age who collapsed in the 400 block on G street today died shortly after his re- moval to Gallinger Hospital. He weighed about 235 pounds, has light hair, is slightly bald and wears a stubby mustache. He wore Khaki overalls, brown shirt, purple sweater and a light hat. Mrs. Jarrott Refuses Annuity Left Her By Duke 7of Orleans, French Pretender By the Associated Press LONDON, September 28.—The tea tables of Mayfair were enlivened this afternoon by the unexpected an- nouncement that Mrs. Violette Jarrott had renounced the life annunity of 6,000, bequeathed her by the Duke of Orieans, pretender to the French throne. It is understood that Mrs. Jarrott. who is already comparatively rich, was. prompted to relinquish her rights through consideration for the other legatees, as the duke's fortunte is is sald to be smaller than was origi- nally supposed. Mrs. Jarrott, in abandoning the legacy, stipulates only that provision be made for the upkeep of the duke's collection of blg game trophies. Former Queen Amelie of Portugal. the duke's sister, who is the regiduary legatee, will presumably benefit con- siderably through Mrs. Jarrott's re- nunciation. The duke's impoverished widow, the Archduchess Maria Doro- thea, who is serfously ill at her castle in Hungary, will not benefit, as the duke cut her off ut a penny. l n | 1926 NEW YORK REPUBLICANS PICK MILLS TO RUN AGAINST SMITH (Continued from First Page.) tion. Mr. Fish said that the referen- dum was a Democratic measure, hav- ing received the entire Democratic vote in the assembly and the State Senate and only a handful of Repub- lHcans had voted for it. Mr. Fish wound up by offering a plank de- nouncing the referendum in unmeas- ured terms, which he submitted to the resolutions committee of which he was a member. Just before the executlve session of the committee was held, he declared that he would offer his plank from the floor of the convention when it reas- embled last night. By the time the executive session of the committee was over with the adoption of the compromise plank, he had decided not 10 carTy the matter to the floor of the convention. He still continued pri- vately, however, to denounce the referendum and to say that he be lieved the convention made a great mistake in not inserting his plank®in the platform. His outburst at the open meeting of the committee was the only bit of fireworks staged dur- ing the convention. Indeed, the New York Republican convention was e model of precision and smoothness. Every possible con- tingency had been foreseen and cared for. The machinery of the convention worked on well oiled wheels, and if the keynote speech, the speech of the per- manent chairman and the nomination speeches could have been omitted, the whole affair would have been over In a half-hour or so. The convention functioned without ady wild enthusiasm, though the Young Republican Club of New York staged a demonstration for Senator ‘Wadsworth, parading around the hall and cheering. The mention of Presi- dent Coolidge's name by speakers al- ways drew applause, and his name was frequently used. While the convention moved off smoothly; Republicans today realized they must do a vast amount of work if they are to succeed at the polls in November. Many of the ultra-drys are still incensed against Senator ‘Wadsworth because of his pronounce- ment against the eighteenth amend- ment and in favor of the referendum. Reports of disaffection of up-State Re- publicans have been extremely dis- quieting. Up-State Doubtful. It may bel that the compromise on the platform, agreed on by Senator Wadsworth, and a statement he made Friday night declaring for law en- forcement will ease the situation, and win him back many dry votes. It may be that the shift will be sufficient to give him victory in the end, but he has a great fight on his hands to win, and some of the up-State Republicans shake their heads and say that “only a miracle can pull him through.” ‘When Senator Wadsworth was first elected to the Senate, in 1914, he had a plurality over his Democrat op- ponent, James W. Gerrard, of about 68,000. The women did not vote then. Bainbridge Colby, running as a Pro- gressive, at that time rolled up about 62,000 vOtes. In 1920, when the late President Harding was defeating James M. Cox, the Democratic nom- ines, by approximately 1,100,000 plu- rality, Senator Wadsworth won from his Democratic opponent, Harry W. Walker, by about 500,000 plurality. Today Senator Wadsworth 1s opposed by a stronger Democratic candidate than he has met in the past, Justict Robert F. Wagner. In an “off vear, and with Gov. Al Smith heading the Democratic ticket in this State, with the dry organizations out to get his sealp and to put an end to wet lead- ership of the Republican party in New York, has a real battle. Many of ublicans here believe he will . holding that New York always gois Republican “nationally,” and that the senatorial fight is a national fight. His defeat would be a real loss to the Republican forces in the Sen- ate and to the country, for there is no doubt as to his ability and his hon- esty of purpose. Prohibition Compromise Plank. The text of the compromise prohibi- tion plank adopted by the Republican convention follows: “The manufacture, transportation or sale of intoxicating beverages is forbidden by the Federal Constitution. ‘So long as this provision is in the Constitution 1t should be enforced. The eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act are the law of the land. As a party which has always upheld the cause of law and order, we pledge our public officials, whether national or State, to do all in their power to sbe that thev are obeyed. “The people of the State are right- 1y alarmed by the lack of observance and enforcement of the Federal law relative to the sale of intoxicating liquors. From this has resulted the pending referendum to obtain the opinion of the people upon the ques- tion of the modification of that law. The referendum gives all the oppor- tunity to express themselves. We urge & full expression at the polls on this matter.” Follows Keynote Speech. The rest of the platform follows in the maln the keynote speech of Rep- resentative Mills, dealing with State taxation, public utilities, ~assailing Tammany and extolling the Coolidge administration. Mr. Mills has an even more difficult fight before him than Senator Wads- worth, opposed_as Mr. Mills is by Gov. Smith. Mr. Mills, however, made an excellent impression at the convention, and his address was well recelved. He has a good grasp of State issues, and 1s expected to make a vigorous campeign. Republican prosperity and_the favor in which President Coolidge 1s held by the peo- ple are expected to help him. It will be recalled, however, that Gov. Smith won the election two years ago while the State was going for President Coolldge by almost a million votes over John W. Davis. The delegates were late assembling today. All that was left to do was to put the official stamp on the slate of nominees and go home. With the crumbling of the contest over prohi- bition in the conventfon itself, what “pep” and “zip” the anticipation of a fight had given were gone. Nominating speeches were limited in time and were run off in a hurry. Mr. Mills first was put in nomination for governor. The nomination of the three other State officers followed. Women Denied Place. Senator Wadsworth’s was held up until the end. The women have been denied a place on the State ticket, which has not pleased a number of them. Mrs. Florence Knapp, the present secre- tary of state, was bdomed for several offices from lieutenant governor down, but got nowhere. The office of secretary of state is legislated out of existence with reorganization of the State government, which goes into effect the first of the year. An effort was made today to get Mrs. Ruth Pratt to run for the House from the district now represented by Ogden*Mills, the Republican nominee for governor, but 8o far without suc- cess. It is belleved she would make a strong race if she accepted the nomination. Mr. Mills was put in nomination by Nathaniel A. Elsberg, who himself might have had the gubernatorial nomination had he been willing to accept. After praising Mr. Mills for his service in the Army during the World War and in Congress. Mr. Elsberg said. “I'Say that he compels this honor by his character, and by character I mean_more than an in- gratiating smile, for such a smile can e developed until it gets to be al- most mechanical, but character is nomination gift of God alone. Who doubts that he possesses it? With incentives to be an idler which only character could withstand, he has devoted all his great abilities to the public wel- fare. Mrs. Knapp Seconds. “He will tear away the veil of sham behind which our opponents hide and show them up for what they really lare. And when he does that, he will destroy the fictlon which has been built up and which wearies me beyond expression—the fiction that Tammany Hall has suddenly become a philan- thoplc institution or is anything else than what it's always been—an organized appetite which feeds upon the very people whom it claims to help.” G Mrs. Florence Knapp seconded the Mills nomination and herself received an ovation. She pledged the loyalty of the women to the nominees of the convention. The Herkimer County delegates in- structed for Cristman for Senator, and other Cristman delegates filed with the secretary of the convention the following statement setting forth their position: “In order that there may be no mis- apprehension as to the position of the delegates from Herkimer County, and to the' end that we may retain complete liberty of action, after the adjournment of the convention, we do hereby publicly state our position, with reference to the paramount is- sue before the people, The question before the people of the State of New York that dwarfs all other questions in importance is the so-called refer- endum. This referendum was passed by the unanimous vote of the Demo- crats of the last Legislature with the ald of a few Republicans. This refer- endum asks that the Congress of the United States pass an act permitting the several States to enact legislation that is forbidden by the Constitution of the United States. “This, we are firmly persuaded, is nullification. “We entertain no doubt that when the paramount law of the land is as- sailed, when the Constitution >f the United States is directly or indirectly attacked, all other considerations, all other questions are of secondary im- portance. Above Party Regularity. “With us the Constitution of the United States is above all other con- siderations. The Constitution of the United States is above all question of temporary party regularity. “We entered this convention with a possible hope that by appropiiate action this convention would undo the serious mischief that a few Re- publican members of the last Legis- lature did, acting in concert with the Democrats. “We regret that the mischief has not been corrected. Not only has the mischief not been corrected by this convention, but the person who publicly alded and advised these few Republican members of the last Leg- islature into their unfortunate and disastrous -action is about to be re- warded by this convention., We would take appropriate action for the enforcement of the supreme law of the land, hoping that the State of New York would be in harmony with the Federal Government on the sub- ject of prohibition. & See Nullification Move. “We regret to find no actlon of this convention that is at all adequate to the situation. We are told to abide the event of a referendum, which we regard as nullification, something ut- terly forelgn to.our thought as Re- publicans. “Now, Inasmuch as we regard this elghteenth amendment as a sacred pact of our fundamental law, as we belleve in the enforcement of law, we look upon the nomination and can- didacy of James W. Wadsworth, jr., for the office of the United States Senate as so serious a menace to Re- publican principles and such a blow to Republican ideals, and of such se the future welfare of our Nation, that we feel it incumbent upon us to here- by give notice that we reserve for ourselves complete liberty of action. “In no way do we consider our- selves bound by the action of the con- vention in the nomination of James W. Wadsworth, jr."” Another seconding speech for Mr. Mills was made by Representative Wallace Dempsey, who extolled the candidate’s service in the House. ‘There were no other nominations for governor, and the voting was per- functory, the counters announcing Mills as their cholce through their chairmen. Some Avoid Voting. When Herkimer County was reached, however, the chairman an- nounced “seven votes for Ogden L. Mills, three not voting.” Herkimer's is a dry delegation, supporting Christ- man for Senator. The result of the ballot nominating Mills was 1,304 “ayes” and 13 “not voting.” Lieut. Gov. Seymour Lowman was quickly renominated, in accordance with the State rule. His proposer, Thomas L. Fennell, said Lowman had been “a winner” two years ago, and he would win again this year. After nominating for chief justice of the Court of Appeals Benjamin N. Cardozo and Henry T. Kellogg as as- soclate justice, the convention then turned to the final task, the renomi- nation of Senator Wadsworth. Towman is a “bone dry.” For con- troller, Vincent B. Murphy was re nominated. Kor attorney general, Al- bert Ottinger was renominated. Judge Robert Thompson of (anan- daigua, with a voice like a fog horn, an old-time spelibinder, placed Senator Wadsworth in nomination. From the start he had the crowd applauding and laughing ‘When Judge Thompson named Sen- ator Wadsworth, there was a demon stration and enthusiasm, but it lasted only a minute or two. The judge re ferred to the indorsement given Sena- tor Wadsworth by President Coolidge and got another hand. He appealed strongly to the drys not to bolt the party, but to support Wadsworth CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Study class of United Lodge of Theosophy, Hill building, Seventeenth and 1 streets, will meet tomorow, 8 pm. The Cosmopolitan Club will meet at luncheon Thursday, at the Lee House, The Longevity Legion, Inc., will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at 1628 K street. Prof. Vincent Lynch will lec- ture on “The Power of Thought in Science—When Linked With the Di- vine.” Admission free. The District Wheel of Progress will hold its opening meeting of the sea- son tomorrow, 8 p.m., at the Mayflower Hotel. Election of officers. CANDLER UNCHANGED. | ATLANTA, Ga., September 28 (#). | —No change was reported early today in the condition of Asa G. Candler, financier and originator of Coca-Cola, who was stricken with paralysis Sunday. Mr. Candlér, who is 756 years old, was sald by physicians to be in an ‘“‘exceedingly grave” condition. e T Quake Felt in California. VENTURA, Calif., September I8 (#).—An earthquake shock described as “fairly stiff’” was fell here at 9.49 o'clock this morning. No damage waa reported. rious and disastrous consequences to | 11 PERSONS HURT INDAY'S MISHAPS Wagon Driver and Autoist Are Only Accident Victims Severely Injured. Thomas Butterhoff, 62 years old. 32 C street, was severely injured ea last night as a result of a collisior in front of 510 Third street betweer Butterhoft's wagon and a _dellv motor vehicle driven by Clinton & Jones, 1145 Fifth street northeast, the wagon being hurled against a parked car owned by Arthur E. Browning 600 Third street. Butterhoff was tre: ed at Casualty Hospital lor & frac ture of the right knee. Walter R. Brown, 40 years, em ployed at Congressional Country Club was severely injured last night in traffic accident on the road between Seven Locks and Potomac, Md. Police were told that the automobile in which he was riding left the road and struck a pole. the accident happening when the lights on the car went bad. Brown whose relatives reside at 432 Eleventh street southwest, was treated at Georgetown University Hospital for an Injury to his spine. Others injured in traffic accidents yesterday were James Jolks, colored 44 years old. 171813 Fifth street; Al bert Krause, 36 vears old, Providence, R. L; Mrs. Ruby Matthews, 30 I street Solomon Adams, colored, 66 years old 1635 Vermont avenue; Willlam J. Car ter, colored, 50 vears old, 732 Fourth street; Joseph Mace, 65 years old, 408 D street northeast; Gertrude Wims colored, 2§ years old, 3946 Connectl cut avenue: Stanley Warner, colored 4 years old, 1746 Willard street: George Bolton, 4 vears old, 4464 Reservolr road; Dennis Gray, colored, 50 vears old. 1225 Twenty-second street, and ar unidentified white man EDGEMOOR CITIZENS STUDY TAX AREA PLAN Increase in Levies and Better Fa- cilities Are Balanced by Property Owners. Faced with the prospect of & certain increase In taxes if the proposal tha the community of Edgemoor be char tered as a taxing area is approved b the Maryland State Legislature, the Edgemoor Citizens' Association after a lengthy consideration of the matter last night withheld indorsement of the plan pending a study and recom mendations to be made by a special committee. The meeting, attended by more than 50 residents of the section affected by the proposal, was held in the Edge moor Club. Maj. E. Brooke Tee. Democratic leader of Montgomery County and a candidate for the Legislature, explain ed how the taxing areas are Incor porated. He termed the present tax rate as assessed by the county eom missioners and the basis of the tax assessments “low.” but did not adve cate the new plan for the Edgemoor district. B. C. Perry, president of the Mont gomery County board of commission ers, also explained the operation of the taxing areas, as distinguished from incorporated municipalities. and Emory H. Bogley told of the benefits of the formation of a taxing area at Friendship. Opposition to the organi zation of the community into a self taxing area, however, was voiced hy a malority of association members who joined in the discussion Tinal action, however, was postpon ed and the following committee was< instructed to make a detalled analysis of the matter and report a recommen dation at the October meeting: Jo V Morgan, Walter R. Tuckerman and Charles 8. Robh. The association adopted a resolu tion approving the work of the Mont gomery County Civic Federation and named delegates to represent the Edgemoor Assoclation in the federa tion. Willlam W. Bride, president of the assoctation; Charles S. Robh and Col. Wallace M. Craigle, secre tary, were named delegates, and Jo V Morgan was selected alternate. A discussion was held on the work of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission regarding provision of more adequate storm water sewers. A resolution adopted called on the Washington Rallway and Electric Co to depress its tracks on Wisconsin avenue from the District line to the Bethesda Bank to the level of the roadway. The assoclation voted that a fund should be raised to provide reference books for the Bethesda School. Mn Tugkerman spoke briefly of the need of contributions to the fund being raised by the Red Cross for rehabilitation work in the stricken areas of Florida. On Last Leg of Air Tour of Europe. AMSTERDAM, Holland, September 28 (). —Clifford B. Harmon left by airplane for Croydon Airdrome, near London, England, today on the last leg of an aerial tour of rope in the interest of the International League of Aviators, of which he is the head HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300; claiming maiden - year-oids: Y irlongk o 116 Golden Twig T St 108 Combat . 11 DNy Fevae T 108 *Keyiet I 108 +Tenacity 100 € Lady .. 100 o iter Bal ; o oer 103 twdian Light 112 108 10 QECOND RACE—Purse. $1.300. clming B.year-olds and up: mile nd 70 yards. opicaca 108 SPrince Theo .. 90 SPeaRY ikiin . (B0 sStar Brght > 103 Hanky Rice . 103 elene Hackwh 04 *Poor Bport ¥4 Camouflage . 108 THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.300: clamiog 3-year-olds and up: 6 lun: *The Enginer . 9% "Geoan a8 F’ll-'?li MI-‘I Lizzie 1 8 .¥hlllll')lfl Fire.. 110 113 Uralite ........ A0 { lley Gop - Also eligible— *Body Guard .. 117 Lewis = 5 Saucy Mim . FOURTH Purse, $2.000. the Pod mont Handicay: 3-year-olds and up: 1 : 4 *Cupid’'s Cw i . 12 Did s rse 9 BisaBiare - 108 King Sadt © s vi’rln\! ot Wales 103 Rolls Royes . 104 1E. B. McLean entry. FIFTH RACE—Thg Eastern Shora Hand: cap, $16.000 added: 3-year-oids: 8 Turlon +Black Panther. 110 Joci 11 Turquoise 12 Fuhe s iBivo ove 10 103 +Polymel 12 j3un, Ko D113 Polante .:1Illl 108 old Coln ... 108 *Abul Paik 108 Jopagan 120 Osmond ....... 123 Sir Harry (000 110 Adiow . 105 Aromagne 114 Sans Terre 1 volver 104 Rim 3 1 Tipstaft 108 {Waler 3, Saimon entry lides. 3-pound penalty §WiIS Snarpe Kilmer entry ! agamore Stable entry. SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.300: 3-year-olds and up: 14 miles, claiming Aversion . 108 *Papa Blinks Open Hand 102 *Sir Leonid hama . 108 Martingale True Boy . 108 SEVENTH RACE—Puree $1.300: claim ing: 3-year-olds and up: mile and 70 yards ter Sue . 103 Facet . . S FrR o H 1 e *0 seon . . 2 *Boval Flag 91 Lisab -. A *Avpprentice allowance claimed. Wealhar cloudy; wack faab