Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1926, Page 4

"y = WATSON FIGHTING BATTLE OF HIS LIFE Indiana Senator Has Strong | Democratic Foe—Some of G. 0. P. Hostile. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. October 2.— “Jim" Watson is waging the politic: battle of his life. He. and he alone is the “issus” in Indlana this yea Seasoned veteran that he is, his third successive campaign for the United States Senate is far and away the fiercest he has ever had to conduct. | It he wins it his sway as monarch of Hoosler Republican politics will be ab- solute. The fight to wreck him fis correspondingly intense. Watson is girded for his crucial fray with as compact an organization as any American politiclan ever com- manded. It reaches into every post office in Indiana. What is more im- portant, it ramifies into every solitary voting precinct of the State. What is probably most significant of all is that the Watson phalanx includes every Ku Klux Klan unit between Lake Michigan and the Ohio River. It is against this formidahle array of intrenched power that the Democrats of Indiana, bulwarked by anti-Watson Republicans, are now throwing them- selves. ‘Will Elect Two Senators. Indiana elects two United States Senators this year. Watson is the Republican candidate to succeed him- self for a long or full six year term Arthur R. Robinson is the Repu candidste to succeed himself for short or two-vear term required to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Samue! ). Ralston, Dem: crat, whom Robinson succeeded appointment in 1925 Watson is opposed by Albert Stump, Democrat, and Robinson’s antago is Evans Woollen, Democra! Stump is a hitherto relatively unknown but brilliant young lawyer of uncommon oratorical talent. Woollen is an in- tellectual, a banker and member of a d in Indy Against the Re- publican ncumbents it is admitted on crats have strongest me Senate from rt Voorh Sii ote of more than a ; Primary Figures Analyzed ed about most in are the results of ary from which torious. An ob. er 2 without funds anization, rolled up 1 against Watson's round nd triumph of 2 to 1 was sub- stantial. Yet, today Adams' vote looms as the most ominous cloud on Watson horizon. Conservative estimates are that at least 40 per cent of the Watson “‘protest vote” will be cast for Stump, the Senator’s Dem next month. An acces. 000 Republican ballots in s rial contest, as the idge duel of 1322 showed enough to m i e him depend the | chief hope of of these foes is legion 2 men of eminent lude such fmplaca- Postmaster Gen. Beve- can national chai Shank, picturesque ayor of Indian. Long-Standing Grudges. For varying numbers of years eac and all of these good agnd tr Hooster Re p - and Beveridge— respons m"” Rals eague Thers is no evidence that the N Beveridge-Goodr] s red tomahawks ping Waztson canism impugned by fighting a G. O. . nominee. But an open secret hat jointly and severally they would rejoice at Watson's dethronement Democrats Expect Help. Democratic leaders claim that the anti-Weatson Umit, sho beat him. S of The asse: ing to the Democratic war chest as practical evidence of their seuu- ments. There is another disaffected Repub. lican element that is expected to ri up against Watson this year, namely, the Indiena farmers. Watson had their support through the Farm B reau Federation is primary con test. But the Democrats have be driving home that “Jim's” friendsh for the bucelic broth ful long time in manifesting i has been in Congress, House and Sen- ate for more than 30 years, but, it| seems, cannot point to any farm leg- islation for which he was {n any way xesponsible during all that long lod, he other day in a keynote speech ‘Watson blurted out that the plight of the farmer has been growing steadily worse for 25 vears. His resourceful | Democratic opponent. Stump, i asking all over the State what Watson was doing during that quarter of a cert of increasing rura! dis- tress to remedy farmers’ troubles. Thrusts Hard At Watson. Stump is depicting Watson's zeal on ®ehalf of McNary-Hi “‘deathbed cratic ecandi fore gleeful audiences that “Ji got busy for the farmer on the eve of the 1926 primary and ele | paigns—that for 25 vears Watson was | asleep at the congressional switc named Claris | Gefeating | | At least | | slection of {and Senate. |WET AND DRY ISS (Continued from First Page.) for a refsrendpm matters in the & of the Constitution, t say, had no intention of providing for such a ref- erenduni. Xuch referenda, they add, diverts attenti n from te main busi- ness of the hour—the election of pub- ltc officials who will maintain and en- force the prohibition laws. Effect of Wet Galns. The senatorial and congressional | contests present many interesting wet nd dry fights, fights in which both ides are intensely interested, for it s well understood that if the wets {can make material gains in the Na- | tional Legiclature, the impetus given [the wet cause will be to make mem- bete who have been dry, but whose States or districts are pretty evenly divided, up and take notice.” Outstanding among the wet and dry senatorial races are those in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio. In Illinois Col. Frank L. Smith, indorsed by the Anti-Saloon League, is opposed by Mr. Brennan, the Democratic national committeeman, who demands light wines and beer vociferously from one end of the State to the other, and par- ticularly in Cook County—Chicago. If Brennan should win {t would be a distinct wet victory, for the State has been overwhelmingly Repubiican, Coolidge carrying it two years ago by nearly a million votes. The issue has been slightly beclouded in the last few days by the interjection of an inde- pendent Republican candidate, backed by Julius Rosenwald, who is opposing Smith and Brennan on the issue that they accepted campaign contributions from public utility corporations in their primarv contests. . Repr ative Willlam S. Vare, in Pennsvivania, having defeated Gov. Pinchor, the bo dry, and Senator Pepper, who had both wet and dry support, according to the part of the State in_which the votes were cast, for the Republican nomination, is op: posed by a bons dry, former Secretary of Labor Willlam B. Wilson. There is a surge of resentment against Vare, not only because of the vast expendi- tures made for him in his primary campaign. but because he is recog- as the machine boss of Phila- Other parts of the State re. s his nomination. The election of Wilson, however. would be a_marvel in rock-ribbed Republican Pennsyl- vania. Chio Fight Significant. fight between Willis rene in Ohio has not only t and dry significance, but al Pomerene win would put him 1 A strategic position for the Demo. tion for President in ys would be as much 1SS to seeing Pomerene nominated President by s Democrats as would be to seeing Senator Wads. h the standard on constitutional ation presents terest wet and dry fights 's are out know that his defeat mevely means sending 2 wet Democrat to the Senate in his place. But they ¥ t to eliminate Wadsweorth as the Republican legder of the State and to kill off now any chances he might have in the future for a presidential nomination. They are backing State Senator Franklin W. Cristman, as an independent Republican _ candidate, nst Wadsworth. If Crisunman re. an_appreciable vote Wads- s official and political head s doomed. In California the Democratic nomi- nee for the Senate. Elliott, is a dry, of McAdoo's followers. Sern iortridge, the Republican nom on the other hand, is about “50- in the opinion o dry leaders. He has said he would vote for enforce- ment me 3 the Senate, but he is reg: s having wet leanings. In Nevada Senator Oddie has dry The framers | OCTOBER _ 3, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., —_—— e UE IS SHOVING PART{SAN POLITICS TO REAR support, and his Democratic opponent, Ray Baker, has not definitely an- nounced his position on the liquor question, it is said here. In Oregon, Steiwer, the regular Re- publican nomince for the Senate, and Heaney, the Deinocratic nominee, are both regarded us dry, while Senator Stanfield, who is seeking to run as an independent Republican, is opposed as a wet. In_Arizona, Representative Havden the Democratic nominee for the Sen- ate, has been an active dry. while the drys are still waiting to hear from his opponent, Senator Cameron, the Republican nominee. In Massachusetts, Senator William M. Butler, Republican by a determined wet, former Senator David I. Walsh not declared in detail his position on the liquor question, but the Republi- can State platform has declared for “law enforcement.” Two years ago there was a_ referendum, the voters authoriz.ng the enactment of a State enforcement act. but by the close vote of 454,656 to 446, This was close enough, and the reports from Massa- chusarts are to the effect that wet gentiment has gal.ied there in the last of course. is de- Mary a wet sta to be elected to the Senate whether S tor Weller, Republican, succeeds him- self or his Democratic opponent. Rep- resentative Tydings, is elected in his place. However, Weller may recsive considerable dry support, which went to him in his race against Representa- tive John Philip Hill, for the Republi- can nomination Wet Gain in Wisconsin. In Wisconain the wets in all proba- bility are to gain a Senator. Gov. J Blaine, a wet, defeated Senator | Lenroot, a dry, for the Republican romination, and Blaine's election seems assured. There are half a hundred congres- sional districts or more in which the wet and dry issue is playing a part in the election of members of the House. For example, in Ohl¢, Repre- senative Fitzgerald, dry Republican, is opposed by T. A. McCann, a wet Democrat, and Representative Davey, 2 dry Democrat, is opposed by a wet Republican, Sweeney. Representative Free in Michigan, a dry Republican, {s fighting it out with a wet Demo- crat, Sheehy, and Representative Ed- ward King of Illinois, dry Republican, is opposed by a wet Democrat, F. W. Heckenkamp. Two Illinois Congress. men at iarge, Rathbone and Yates, both drys and Republicans, are op- posed by two wet Democrats, Frank . Wise an® Charles A. March. Of the 334 members of the House who have been renominated, 295 have voted dry, and 99 voted wet. Of 41 new nominess 12 are wet and 6 non- commital. In both Senate and House it 2ppears that the wets will make some gains. But the majority in both houses will still be strongly held by the drvs. Generally speaking, Republican Stats platforms have failed to indorse the wet end of this issue, although the New York platform attempts to give comfort to the wets as well as to the drys. That platform declares for en- forcement of the prohibition laws as long as they are on the statute books and at the same time urges the voters to participate in the wet and dry refer- endum. It does not, however, urge them to vote wet, nor does it pledge the Republican party to abide by the results of the referendum. In Mary- land, the Republican platform pledges its gubernatorial candidate to the en- forcement of the prohibition law, | though it is not so specific regarding Senator Weller, the candidate for the In ratic platforms adopted severai States are frankly wet. This is true of the party platforms in Con- necticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and BOY RAISED IN ARCTIC TO TRY CIVILIZATION He'll Go Back to Alaska if He Doesn’t Like Califor- nia Ways. | | By the Aseociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 2.— Civilization and ‘“‘easy living” is being put to the test by Thomas “Mickey” G on. The “trial” will determine | whether Mickey, who was born at | Point Barrow, Alaska, 21 years ago, and lived there until this Fall, will go back to the Northlan Mickey was brought here by his father, Tom Gordon, fur trader at | Point Barrow for 40 vears. Tom Gor- don fitted out the 1915 expedition of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer, is a personal Amundsen. The Gordons, father and son, came n the fur trading schooner les Brower. er since he was a small boy I P d I'd take him ‘outside’ to see the bright world of make-believe,” satd the elder Gordon. “Make-believe- because it doesn’t seem substantial {to me any more. Let the boy look around. I go north next Spring, when the ice breaks.” Mickey can choose for himself— | between ‘“make-believe” and the frozen land of his birth. DR. BOSWORTH NAMED. r. Robinson Bosworth of Rock- ford, 1ll., was elected president of the American Sanitorium Assoclation at its twenty-first annual meeting yes: terday at the Mavflower Hotel. Other officers were elected as follows: Dr. Henry Boswell of Jackson Miss., and Dr. Walter L. Rathbun of Fre- donia, N. Y., secretary and treacurer. The association met simultaneously with the International Union Against Papers were read by {. Pottinger, Dr. Lawrason Homer L. Sampson, Dr. Dr. Jeremiah N earnestly thundering that the President must be sustained and vindicated by the re- a devoted Republican House What Watson's oppo- nents are daring him to explain is why e did not sustain and vindicate Mr. oolidge on the World Court and farm legislation. Klan Factor in Race. So far “Jim" has not deigned to no- ng questions regarding h he asks Indianians 'which at Washington e, h no compunction about , but he himself had withholding. tined to be the biggest hell of all those designed to ex: lode Watson s timed to be fired when the campaign is a little further 3 A succeeding dispatch will h thar phase of the Indiana is 18 the first of the Sena- Coupled with the Democratic appeal | for reduction of the tariff on com- moditi these thrusts at Watson, who is mak ing his heaviest play on the prote tive tariff issue, are hitting the b 13 in the wheat, corn and alfa belts. Watson is being called fend himself on still a cou that of being a& politica! acre! Washington. In so depicting him| they have in mind “Jim's” record on Coolidge administration policies. The Senator, lke G. O. P. congressional. n o d h the farmer has to buy, { 10 of senatorial fights since the ble Empire” obtained a Stephenson, late grand dragon ¢ the hooded order for the Hoosier entered upon a life sentencs ter, Indiana Kian stock has 1'a visibie slump. Evidently son's enemies think the h 1o take the lid off of n domination of Indiana and show up the systern of which Watson and his {riends have been the alleged beneficlaries. r mu friend of Roald | It concerns the Ku Klux| rong- | ndiana Republicaniem. Since | tics | KLAN PROBE FACTS DISCLOSED IN INDIANA ASTOUND SENATORS (Continued from First Pag: pend on. Arrange for me to be inter- viewed by the newspapers. I will give a commplete story of my control of In- diana. “This may mean my return to In- diana in a box, 2s I have been warned that would happen. Could Tell About $120,000. “I will give you a complete state- ment of the framed indictment against the highway commission. I will tell all of the corrupt meth- ods used in the Legislature and who received the money. “I could tell who furnished $120,000 in the campaign of 1924, and what in- terest was to be protected in hoiding up the public by high rates for cer- | tain public utilities. “I could explain why the Indiana State Republican comraittee never re- celved a fat purse, which was sent from Chicago to the State committee, but landed in the pockets of an in dividual. * * * How favorable po- litical decisions were induced from certain courts; where and how $200,- 000 were used in the campaign of 1924 to buy votes and to stuff ballot boxes with spurious votes. Charges Robbery of Taxpayers. “I could tell how the arrangement worked out by which certain indi- viduals acquired $¢0,000 a short time ago from a fund which belongs to the taxpayers. * * * Why concrete was substituted for asphalt in the pave. ment of certain city streets, and who profited. f “I could tell how bank deposits of taxpayers’ money have been jockeved for private gain and for political purposes. “I could tell why bank deposits of taxpavers'’ money were shifted from one depository to another so that in- dividuals could get huge sums of sc- cumulated interest, and who got the money. I could tell how three or four bills sed by the last general assembly isappeared and never became law. “I could explain why certain men were placed in public positions from which there is an enormous profit and who gets & 50-50 eut in the money.” —_——e STAR DELAYS WEDDING. Doris Kenyon, Ill With Cold. Post- pones Marriage to Sills. NEW YORK, October 2 (#).—The wedding of Doris Kenyon and Milton Sills, motion picture stars, which was to have taken place at Silver Lake, N. 'was postponed today owing to a severe cold which has kept )i Kenyon confined to bed in a private |sanitarium here. | Miss Kenyon said the ceremony (would take place within a few weeks. She arrived in this city Thursday. Sills also is in New York. Bus Hearings to Resume. Special Dispatch to The Star | "BALTIMORE, October 2.—Ths Pub- Hc Service Commission will resume hearings Tuesday on the application of the Washi ' |land | dents_of Hyattsville, Upper Marlboro and Laurel testified that there was need for such a service ———— ie confronted | Senator Butler hae | in ! o gton Motor Co. arnd | the Red"Star Line for permission to | do an intrastate business in Mary- |4 At the hearings this week resi- | \re bo PRESIDENT'S HOME FAGES LONELINESS { Notch Orchestra Tour to | Reduce Population of ! 19 by 6. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. It's going to be powerful qulet and | lonely this Winter up at Plymouth | Notch, with the six members of the | Notch Orchestra ‘trouping about the country as professional entertainers. At its best President Coolidge' | birthplace is not a lively or a con. | gested place. The Notch boasts of jonly 19 inhabitants, including infants, and to reduce this number by six is going to have a telling effect on_this historic hamlet during the long Win. ter ahead. But the Notch people are now fairly well accustomed to having the general scheme hings broken up and other- wise disordered since its favorite son and although the six members of the now famous orchestra are going to cesert the Green Mountain neighbor- 1 this Winter fo: the vaudeville stage. the remaining natives will somehow survive. Not only will the Notch miss the individual members of the orchestra, each of whom is & na- tive of this hillside settlement and has spent his entire life within the Ply- mouth district, but they will miss also the enjoyment afforded by the orches- tra and the fun at the occasional dances above Miss Florence Cilley's store. None Quite So Good. There is an orchestra of sompe sort down Ludlow way, 12 miles from the Notch, that could be pressed into service if the bovs and girls of the hills decide to dance once in a while during the absence of thelr own favorite musicians, but it goes with- out saying that no other organiza- tion could take the place of the Notch players, so far as the natives of that place are concerned. With them, their orchestra is about the last word in melody and musical artistry. The writer has had evi- dence of this hero worship and it is doubtful {f the Notch would trade its six musicians for the whole Marine Band, full-dress uniforms and everything thrown in The Notch splayers are an interest. ing and picturesque group. Although they have been furnishing the music for the hill dances and other festive cccasions for a number of years, they did not attain owtside prominence until this past Summer. It was on that night last August when Presi- dent Coolidge, with Mrs. Coolidge close to his side, sat on the front plazza of the old homestead at the Notch and listened to the tuneful dance melodies wafted from the dance hall above Miss Cilley’s store, direct- ly across the road. The dance on this accosion was ar- ranged primarily in honor of the President and his wife’s return to the hamlet, although it was understood beforehand that they were still in | mourning for the President's father and would be prevented from looking- |in on the festivities. The distinguished couple, however, fully enjoyed the strains of the music and the laughter and other sounds of jollification that came from the direction of the dance hall. Strange Clause in Contract. Announcement, formally made a few days 2go, that William Morris, New York book:: & =3 the manager of Sir Henry Lauder’s L Paul Whiteman's orches- | ned-up the Notch players. | was not surpri: It has since been learned that the contract with these Piymouth ratives is a rather strange and unique document. In coming to an understanding with the six per- formers, the strangest clause that | ever appeared in a theatrical contract was devised. Heretofore it has been customary in the w business to provide that a tour shall start on a given date and end either on a given date or when the performer had to leave for Eu- rope, Australia or other parts. The contract Mr. Morris has with the Notch players provides, however, that the “‘parties of the second part” shall | not be required to leave Plymouth |unul the harvest is over, and the said tour shall terminate in time to permit them to return to their homes in time for Spring planting. Thus the Notch players retain their status as home folks and their professional standing as farmers. There is more than ordinary inter- est attached to the personnel of this orchestra. Three of the six players are what the Green Mountain people refer to as kinfolk of the President. This in itself is interest enough, but the fact that the Coolidge farm at Plymouth is likely to suffer as a re- sult of this theater business is more interesting. Linn Cady, who runs the President’s 200-acre farm, along with his good wife, Cassie, are going to abandon the o}d farm for this dip into a stage career. Linn is going to play the traps and his wife will preside at the piano. President’s Views Uninown. Just what the President thinks about the Notch Orchestra, including three of his relatives leaving Plym- outh for the stage is a2 matter of conjecture, but it is easily surmised that he does not relish the thought of | his hired man and his wife leaving the | farm. The farm has been running down until old Col. Coolidge succeeded u short time before his death last Win- ter in inducing Linn to take over the Coolidge acres. The President had several confe: ences with Linn last Summer, and | after personally looking oversthe place | and checking up with his farmer the President was well pleased with every- thing and went away hopeful for the farm's future. It is needless to say there is no cheer for the President in the news that his promising farmer and his wife are going trouping. Probably the most picturesque mem. ber of this famous little orchestra Uncle Joe Wilder. He married the sister cf the President’s mother. He is S"Sc)'llix-;l old ud‘h.is th“ {dj = the Coolidge property at the Notch. ncle Jos wflr play the fiddle in A featurs of the brief exercises to be held in the auditorlum of the | Sesquicentennial unds in Philadel- |phia on Wednes District of Co- lumbia day, will be the singing by the entire _gathering of ‘“America, the Land Beyord Compare.” The music of the song is by Theodore Henckels of Washington, who also collaborated | with Henry van Dyke in writing the verses. It won & prize in the New York Herald's national patriotic song competition several! years ago. Two thousand copies are being printed, so that &ll who attend the celebration of District day may join in the chorus. The words follo s ong, burst into Thaa. in jovaltsr. loyalty. T, tove thine inignd sea: = groves and glant trees. Tolung plains, thy rolling plalns, became President of the United States, | DELAY IN PENSIONS CAUSES PROTESTS Retired Clerks Blame Bureau for Faflure to Get Their Increased Annuities. Debats over the question of why the Pension Bureau has mnot read- Justed more than about a fourth of | the annuities to conform with higher figures provided in the new retire- ment law, featured the meeting ves- terday afterncon of the Retired Em- ploves' Association, at G. A. R. Hall. Speakers both attacked and de- fended the Pension Bureau, but no formal resolution was offered. and no vote was taken in the matter. Work Very Far Behind. Those who criticized the Pension Bureau pointed to the fact that Con- gress had authorized an increase in the annuities, effective July 1 last, and yet not a third of the annultants had received their increased income. It was considered an {njustice by those who criticised the bureau. On the other hand defenders of the bureau stated that a provision in the law compelled the buresu to inquire into the detailed record of each one of the more than 12,000 annuitants to see if they had taken more than the authorized leave of 30 days a year. More leave than that, it was said, must be deducted from the time of service in computing the amount of the annu This task, which in- volved going into thousands of records the Government departments ents was said by de- ension Bureau to have been enormous. The bureau was re- ported now to be in a position to turn out the increased annuities at 2 much more rapid pace, on the basis of reports from the Government de- partments on leave records. Each annuitant would be paid in full back to July 1, it was explained. President Starr I The association heard a report from its executive committee on the iliness of its president, Jacob TW. Starr, at his home at Lyon Park, Va., and upon recommendation of the committes voted $200 to Mr. Starr in recogni- tion of his services to the organi- zation and as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held. ‘W. D. Mabry, secretary of the asso- ciation, reported on his trip to the West, during which he visited Yellow- stone Park, Portland, Oreg.; San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas City and St. Louis. Mr. Mabry addressed local organiza- tions of the Retired Employes’ Asso- clation at San Francisco and Los Anseles. In the absence of President Starr, ‘fic:t President John M. Kline pre- E e MAKING FIELDS IN_SEA. Dutch Drain Zuyder Zee to Expand Cheese Industry. Special Diepatch to The Star. VOLENDAM, Holland, September 28.—Holland is darining the Zuvder Zee in order to make more grazing land for the fat cattle who supply the world with Dutch cheeses. When the feat {s accomplished, this town, long one of t srots of the Netherlands, will be a herring town without a harbor. The brow:. sailed fishing fleet will be left high and dry, and the pink-chesked Dutch girls, who parade the dykes on 2 days when the fleet is in port, will no longer have any reason for parading. Other towns of the Zuyder Zee will share Volendam's fate. The villages which have always been connected with the sea, must turn to agriculture or become extinct. Tourists who go to Zuyder Zee towns to see the colorful costumes and hearty fishermen, must go elsewhers when the bed of the Zuyder Zee has been annexed to the fertile fields behind the dykes. T ——— the company. He has appeared on the stage before. He took part in some flddlers’ conte®s a year or so ago and later appeared for a week at a Boston theater. By some, Uncle Joe is considered superior to Mellie Dun- ham, Henry Ford's prize Maine fiddler, as an interpreter of old-time dance music. The writer has seen Uncle Joe bend down on that age-worn bow of his and he would be willing to put this old Notch character up against the best of the oldtimers. Relatives In Orchestra. The remaining members of this orchestra are Clarence E. Blanchard, cousin of the President, who will play the clarinet; Louis Carpenter, who carries the mail between Bridgewater and the Notch, who will play the clarinet, and Herb Moore, schoolmate and cousin of the President, who will serve in the capacity of promoter, and will call the numbers during the per- formances. Herb has a voice that, because of its volume and range, is the pride of the Notch, and his calls during the playing of the orchestra rival the music itself, and sometimes drown it. Since the death of Col. Coolidge, Herb has sssumed thé position of boss of the Notch. He {s the spokesman on 2ll occasions, and in other wavs he sort of directs the destinies of this hamlet. He accompanied the Coolidge Home-Town Quartet throughout the country during the national campaign of 1924, and he acquired a certain de- gree of fame beczuse of his lung power and his quaint humor. It has not been determined just how these players will be billed during their vaudeville engagement, but it i8 expected they will start on tour the latter part of this month. Their first performance will be in Boston Washington is included in their {tinerary. It is the opinion of those who have heard this orchestra that its tour will do much to revive inter. est in the old-time music gnd square dances such as have been given a cer. t;;:dmoum ©of prominence by Henry “America, the Land Beyond Compare,” To Be Capital's Song on Its Sesqui Day Golden Gate that star front the West, o ae West: v rivers' mighty sweep {0“"5‘ S¢ and fair, stesp, , Cloustains wid 258 teep. an thy *y So Northern crystal air, mountains wild and stesp. all thy Ty Hin el Erit silver Eastern strands. ]‘:de berond compare. we love thes Uui:'l:l.d beyond compare. ws love thee mfl%fi our aflaflnu' ind, For Truth and Rl i Righf 0 may har Pll'gll'}flllt z.m‘h e " ) §lary W Sipes iotpeariea, And seen of all the world, A'Al:i h.leu of all the world, to Freedom andlieen of all the world, 1o Frestom “The ~Chamber of Commerce March,” dedicated to Isaac Gans, also will be one of the numbers played by the Army Band at the District day bration. [ 1926—PART 1. Ma;j. Covell Believes Rather Than ith the number of motor bus lines operating between Washington and nearby States gradually increas- ing, the Public Utllities Commssion is becoming more convinced as time goes on that the National Capital needs a centrally located union bus terminal according to Maj. W. E. R. Covell, a sistant to the commission. Just when the need will be met still appears uncertain, although intima- tions continue to gain circulation to the effect that one or more private groups of individuals are considering the feasibility of building a terminal 2s a business venture. Linked With Market Site. The commission, according to one of its officials, has about reached the conclusion that the terminal will have to come as a private project, unless it can be operated as part of a new market development. Whils this last suggestion has been talked of to some extent, officials at the District Build- ing frankly seyv that Washington prob- ably will have to look to some private interest to provide terminal facilities as a ground-floor teature of & building, the upper stories of which could be an office building. hotel or similar business activity. There are two primary reasons, com- mission cfficials say, why a terminal is rapidly becoring a necassity: First. to open up the sireet space that is occupied by more than a score of sep. arate bus lines in various parts of the city, particularly downtown: second, to make it easier for the travel public to find an interurban bus when they want ore. “Thers is no question but that Washington must have a regular bus terminal before very long,” said Maj. Covell. “Recently the commission con- centrated a number of the interurban ines on Little Ninth street, between Pennsylvania and Louisiana avent but it is not working satisfactoril The only solution is to build a central terminal.” There has been some talk at the District Building from time to time of UNION BUS TERMINAL URGED AS GROWING NEED IN DISTRICT Project Will Have to Be Undertaken by Private Interests Government. the possibility of hastening erection of a terminal by fixing a future date, after which the use of downtown streets for terminal purposes by inter- urban lines would be restricted. It is understood, however, that thus far the commission has not deemed it ad- visable to take such a step, balieving it might result merely in inconven- ience to the traveling public. Officials believe a proper terminal, capable of serving as a starting point for all the busses that run to every corner of nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia and even to Baltimore, Philadel- phia and New York, would prqove bene- ficial to the bus lines thamselves as well as to those who use them. Persons who commute daily on a certain line, it was painted out, know where to get the bus they want, but the public generally, includlgf the occasional riders, find it a difficult task to locate the ular bus that goes to the place t 10 reach One woman told recently of how and her family spent nearly an entire Sunday afternoon trying to locate a bus they had been told operated to a they finally located the right one, it was too late in the day for them to make the trip they had planned. Bsltimore Has Terminal. Maj. Covell said he has just learned that within the past v months Baltimore has established a bus terminal in the heart of the city, adding one more name to the list of cities that have such facilities. The sight-seeing bus lines in Wash- ington for some time have been using a_system of maintaining offices in which their patrons wait for e trip to start, and the bus, instead of parking on a busy street, is brought to the office just at the starting time. It {s not the intentlon of Utilities Commission officials that the strictly local bus liries would operate from the central bus terminal when it is estab- ished, but that the terminal would be a place to bring together the score or more of interurban bus lines running to distant points outside the District. (Continued from First Page) standing is the basis for any European understanding and pacification.” He asserted, that the Thoiry policy in no wise ran counter to a general understanding of the nations of the world, nor was it directed against other nations or groups of mations. On the contrary, he said, all nations should help, especially the United States, in restoring the spirit of con- ciliation. The United States, he de- clared, has followed a policy ever since the treaty of Versailles designed to bring about the real pacification of Europe. Dr. Stresemann referred particuiar. ly to President Coolidge’'s address at Cambridge in July, 1925, as indicat- ing the desire of the Uhited States to see concord established in Eurove. In this address President Coolidge pledged the moral support of the ted States 1o Europe In re-estib- lishing stability and accord. Denies Trade War Threat. ned western European | stee. conso: v namse, but men- tloned it indirectly, asserting that it dld not contemplate ruinous competi- tion with England and the United States. The German foreign minister said that one decided step in the direction of European understanding and ac- cord was the Dawes agreement. De- spite the dificult burdens imposed upon Germany by this agreement, he said, it took the reparations problem out of politics. The League of Nations, Dr. Strese- mann declared, exercised a beneficent effect because it provided an interna- tiona! ferum. “Regular meetings ba- tween foreign ministars and other leading statesmen of various coun- tries make possible a personal rela- hip that hitherto has been miss. he said. PLEA STIRS INTEREST HERE. Administration Circles, However, Au- thorize No Comment. By The Associated Press. A plea voiced in Cologne vesterday by German Foreign Minister Strese- mann for American participation in the rehabilitation of Europe attracted considerable attention here, but failed to evoke any authorized comment in administration circles. The address seemed to be regarded as designed to throw light in connec- tion with the flurry caused in Eu- ropean capitals by the recent private conferences between the French and German premiers and later between the Italian Premier Mussolini and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign minister, rather than for the signifi- cance of {ts references to the United States. In an addre at Cambridge, to which the German statesman referred in making his plea, President Cool. idge stressed the importance tn Amer- ican eyes of security agreements be- twen the European powers as a basis of sconomic restoration. It contained a suggestion, at least, that American financial aid in that readjustment could hardly be expected under any other conditions. The President has frequently urged the security pact ides in connection with arms limitation problems abroad. Speaking_at Arlington on Memorial day this Vear he said “Europe has the League of Nations. That ought to be able to provide those countries with certain political guar. antees which our country does not require.” In view of the emphasis the Presi. dent has always laid in his public utterances upon the policy of stand- ing aloof from European political en- tanglements, the expressions of Chan- cellor Stressmann probabdly cannot be regarded as more than a reiteration of the wish that the Washington Government could find it possible to participate directly in European read- justment, either as a member of the League, the World Court or in any other way that participation could be secured. FRANCO-BRITISH ACCORD. Chamberlain Tells Briand England Approves Berlin Move. PARIS, October 2 (A).—France and Great Britain are in accord concern- ing the negotiatio: for a closer Franco-German understanding, it was announced today after a talk between Foreign Minister Briand and Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain. The British forelgn secretary stop- ped off to see M. Briand while return. ing to London from Italy, where he conferred at Leghorn Thursday with Premier Mussolini. g The two statesmen today went over the whole gamut of international problems, according to a communique issued after the meeting, and agreed on a common policy. Neither the Leghorn conference ner STRESEMANN ASKS U. §. TO AID EUROPEAN RECONCILIATION AIM M. Briand's recent meeting with For- eign Minister Strasemann of Germany at Thiory was mentioned in the com- muniqua, but it is understood Sir Aus- ten informed the French minister of the substance of his conversation with Mussolini. ‘When they separated the ministers showed the same cordlal intimacy that has characterized their relations since the Lacarno conference, from which it was deduced that their ex- change of vlews was entirely satis factory. BRIAND MAY SEE MUSSOLINL Three-Cornered Talk May Include Chamberlain By Cabls to Tha Star and New York World. PARIS, October ~S8ir Austen Champerlain, the British foreign sec- retary. sugested to Foreign Ministsr Briand that he have a conference with Premier Mussolini of Italy. Chamberlain showed willingness to help iron out the differences between France and Italy. Briand agreed, and after the interview Briand declared he believed & three-cornered conversa- tion with Chamberlain and Mussolini would be useful. This may be only a gesture on Briand's part to show that there is nothing in the reports that a new balance of power is developing— France and Germany counterbalanced by Britain and Italy—which have been discussed since Chamberlain met Mussolini at Leghorn Thursday. But probably there is more than that to Briand's attitude. The British are by way of being favorably fixed in the Mediterransan since Italy will be Britain's counter- poise to Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean, replacing Greece. France has nothing to gain and only trouble to expect from the Italian fascists. So both Chamberlain and Briand are considered to have every interest in meeting Mussolini, talking over international politics and calm- ing him. One of Italy's fears is understood to have been expressed to Briand to- day by Chamberlain—that France in her rapproachment with Germany might take a less firm stand against Germany's annexing Austria. Mus. solini would like to hear directly from RAriand that this is not true. (Copyright. 1928.1 o LEGION POST CENSURES GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA Demands Retraction of Reputed Er- roneous Statement on Re- ! liet Status. By the Associsted Press MIAMI, Fla., October 2.—Harvey Seeds Post No. 29, American Legion, today announced unanimous adoption of resolutions demanding “that Gov. John W. Martin immediately and pub- Licly retract his former erroneous state- ment and give the nation and the ‘world the actual facts of our suffering and devastation in the storm area.” The action followed publication here of statements by John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross charging Gov. Martin and others with minimizing lesses in the hurricane- swept area. CHORRIS to borrow. For each $50 orl fractionborrowed Yo Hi et woch f:' an g:'aount- the of l certain town in Maryland, and when! | American on his exped |the Tomen's Movement. | many" iNDIAN PLANT HERD REVEALED IN QUEST Native Risks Life in Three- Year Search for Botanical Specimens. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 2—An unedu- cated Indian who trekked the wilds of British Guiana for three years c lecting botanical specimens, maki repeated trips by boat from the inte- rior to the coest, and once walking 800 miles to get rare orchids and other specimens, today was revealed as a hero in the botanical world Suffering hardships such as most men will undergo only for gold or other precious metals, the Indian in his three years of labor gathered a collection that outrivals any {n the world except that of the Royal Bo- tani Gardens of Kew, England. according to an announ nt today by officals of the New York Botanical Gardsns Finds Many New Plants heretofore u : ie been discovered in the Indian's co! is now at the Botanical announced. Dr. H A. Gleason, curator of the New York Botanical Gardens, told the story of the India. na. to gather While in the the Indt another Indian, Ompar ition showed so much in Dr. Gleason left ha his collecting outfit “For threc years after that time.” said Dr. Gleason, “more plants con- tinued to arrive in a steady stream, until the total reached nearly 30,000 specimens. Mandoza (the other In. dian) quit after a few months, and the hat when 4 the Indian |bulk of tha plants were secured by La Cruz alone. Walks 800 Miles “He had a flat-bottomed boat, and in it he roamed all over the northwest district of itish Guiana, coliecting in all sorts of ou he-way places which a white man would have d4ifi culty in reaching After ha had gor one load of his booty to the coast, he immediately started in once more, walking & round trip of some 800 miles to bring out another load on his back."™ La Cruz, on somse of his trips, Dr Gleason said, braved danger of being lled by Indians of different tribes. The only thing that di: guished La Cruz from other members of his tribe, Dr. Gleason said, was that he had an undershirt and a huge so brero. He was paid 33 cents a da) for his aid on Dr. Gleason's trip into the interior of the tropical country WOMAN iN GERMAN' LEAGUE DELEGATION Dr. Gertrude Bauemer Long Prom- inent in Educations)] Work By Cahie to The Star and New Tork World BERLIN, October 2.—Germany sent one of its most noted woman educationalists and soctal reformers to Geneva as a member of the officlal League of Nations dslegation, Dr Gertrude Bauemer, permanent seere tary of the division of aducation and schools of the German r ot interior. Although s Dr. Bauemer's first trip to Geneva as an official delegats to the League she has done 2 great deal of work thers in a semi-ofeial capacity with the various sccial wel- fars committees of the League. Dr Bauemer, who i3 53 years old, was educated at a gi gh school and then a teachers’ seminary. She has taught at public schiools and girls’ high schools. At the Berlin University, where she got her Ph. D, ehe studied Ger manistics, political sclence and philos ophy. After she left the university she served on the editorial staffs of the magazines Women and the Help. From 1916 to 1920 she was director of the Social Pedizogic Institute in Hamburg, and from 1810 to 1813 chairman_of the National Unton of German Women's Organization After the German revolution she was elected a delegate to ths national convention at Weimar, which drafted the German constitution. Since 1820 she has been a Deputy of the Reichs- tag as a member of the Democratic party, and has also held her present office in the ministry of interior She had written a “Handbook of “The Or- anization of Girls’ Schools in Ger- and a ‘‘Commentary on the Law for the Waeifare of Germ; Toutl WILL HEAR REICHSTAG. 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