Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1926, Page 6

NATION WATCHING PRESIDENT'S PLANS Question in Middie West Mind Is, “He Will Run Again, Won't He?” BY ROBERT T. SMALL. | Bpecial Dispaich to The s NEW YORK, Octobar 4.—it svident 1o the cureful observer o sport_and poiitics, that the peopie of the United Sta during the past weck have been more intecested in . Babe Ruth and his big black bat t " they have been in all tie men ranni for public office. The yolitical spel binders are abroad the dand, bat it has been difficull them v k the minds of L wiviee off Lae serious problem of wnou was to piten the next day for the Carainals and the Yankees, and wheo.es Cacd pitchers would ever e anoher chance to w ) out of the park. ‘V'i.e nation b a hay- INg its last ling at tue DAlord. i and in the words of tue iwmorial Woodrow Wilson, politics has been adjourned. Where you approaching that interest one question going 1o run again Question on Every Lip. found anything real political interest, has centered about the “Is President Coc have Traveling through the Midile West | than five writer encountered that every turn the roud the Missisappl River week found no change tion. The yues wax again every lip. This time it was to noted, however, that the question lly was put in the form of an tve interrogation. It w always, idge is going 1o run again, isn't he All of which goes 1o show that most people are interpreting the xilence in the White House as giving consent. So poweriul has been this silence, so subtle has leen the suggestion of Coolidge visitors that the President could not very well give up his work two veurs from now and “leave country in the lurch,” that this coun try they speak of could only be sur prised now by an announcement that Mr. Coolidge would not run. Virtually everywhere he is regarded as a third term candidate, and, notwithstanding this prospect, no astronomers have noted a tendency on the part of the sun to stand still in the sky. Political precedents and do not seem to have much effect upon the people at large any more. The people are too busy with their own affairs to bother a great deal about who holds the average public office and who does not. publican editor, wise in his gener tion, expressed it a little more force- fully t time ago. ¢le xaid the people didn’t care “a hoot in .hell,” and it doesn’t take much ofticial or unofficial observance to agree that he is right. s at to Gnis mu monihs ) question A tp country in the situu- on w shor Prosperity” Fine Battlg Cry. rospesity” is a fine battle cry for the party which is in power, for it knows that so long as the people are busy making money, or think they are maknig it, they will pay little heed o the cry of “turn the rascals out.” Tt takes 100 much time and effort to turn ‘em ont. In times of great prosperity, real or simulated the people do not pay attention for any lenzth of time to great political scandals. Jf these scandals came to light just before election day they misht mean something, But when they break a year or so ahead of the general poll- ing date, the people forget. The agi- tators call it a lack of civie con- sciousness; the politicians who hen- ®fit call it “contentment. . In or 1wo spots of the West there is real political activity. Hi nois, for instance having quite a tme with its senatorship, after all the “scandals” that marked the sen- atorial primaries. Col. Frank L. Smith who defeated Senator Me- Kinley for the Republican uomina- tion, is making @ vizorous county to county speaking tour. ~ He is beating the drums and clash ing the cymby and saying that no. body wants 1o 2o back to “the incom petence and extravazances of (he Democrats.” Smith is out save the people’s money. He admits it cost a whole lot to put him in the positivn of runnn for office un an economy platform, but he insists it was worth it—to the peo Col. Smith msists that the utility inter ests contributed to his $impaign not because they loved him more but be. cause they loved Senator McKinley less. L. Smith explains that the fact was chairman of the that hie State Commerce Commission and had tes and reguki to do with utility tions did not enter into the equation at all Brennan Feels Justified. George 1 nan, Democratic candi date for the Senate, also accepted do nations from Samuel lnsull, the util ty magnate, and they are calling the senatorial flizht a well “insulated™ campaizn wull only zave $15.000 to George Brennan. however. and con- tributed at least $125,000 to Chairman Smith Therefore Mr ennan feels justified in saying things about Col. Smith Rut 1h ment ix one running veal v in the Ilinois oint Huzh 8. Mazill, who is 1 independent andidate for the Seny and is betahoring hoth Smit and Brennan NI Magill and Brennan team up in an at- tack on Smith. but just things seem to be going well Macill turns on Brennan and says: “"How alout that $15,0007" to which Brennen 1 litely bhut with a lot of real feelinx -eplies: “Oh. don’t mention it." The Democrats. ignoring the aforesaid « are attacking the utilities and thei alleged “alliance” with Smith. Ma gill is making an aggressive fight and there {s no question but that he has the regular Republicans worried 8n true is this that Col Smith is charging a =great slush fund™ has been raised to put Magill over He says he knows things that will “rock the State” before the campaign is ended. Thus far he has ziven no in- timation what they are. but the fact is he is fighting Magill rather than Bren- nan shows a fear of real Republican defection because of the primary dis- closures. Brennan will get the organ- fzation Democratic vote no matier what happens, and every vote for Ma gl will be a vote taken from Smith This ficht will bear watching to the bitter cnd. NEED FOUR BUTTONHOLES Oceas in as Frenchmen Must Have Places for Decorations. PARIS, October 9 (#) but- tasholes on @ach lapel of some coats now seen on Paris streets appear to Qor g0 much a minor vagary of fon as a necggsity o provide more room for decoration: The.wearer of a navy blue suit wore a decoration ribbon in each of the four buttonholes—the Legion of Honor, the croix de guerre, the aca- demic palms and the agricultural merit. Others, lacking decorations—and they are in the minority in France— are content with four tinv blue flo ere, in different shades, each exactly et o gse 9 Twin on | be { the | traditions | A noted Ohio Re- | 'DISTRICT CLAIM ‘Disputed Tract Onc THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, NICARAGUA GRANTS TO VIRGINIA LAND DEPENDS ON HISTORY € KIIO\YB as Alexan- ders Island. and Still Under Capital's Jurisdiction, Engineers Maintain. BY Wi A tract cep and the V JAAM ). WHEATLEY. of land about” half a mile a quarter of a mile long on side 0f the Potomac may’ the ivsirief of Columbia. infludes the Arlington ounds and a considerable Arlington exper‘mental ctmert of Agricul- This iract horse shot part of the farm of the Depa ture The Guesti wecied. soon he n of it is ex- will jurisdiction 0 to .he courts Depariment of Justice issves of police jurisdictivn hwav consiruciion, taxation and the citizenship of residents in the area are invoived t epends on a fine point of his cory which must be reconstructed by Lcivcumstantie]l evidence. Virginia ix uniikely to relinguish her jurisdiction { without a fighit, and apparently there is something to be said on both sides. The issue is raised in the report of a completed survey made under the di- rection of George I5. Clark, surveyor of the office’of Public Buildings and Public Parks, which was ordered by Congress. The report has just been made public. Ceded Back to Virg District of Columbia is now Arlington Coun- ty. This territory was ceded back to Virginia when it hecame apparent that it was not needed in the distriet. But Federal juri was maintained as far as the Virginia bank of the Potomac. At that time, the United States will maintain, there was a tract of land known as Alexanders Island, near Virginia shore in the vieinity of High- way Bridge, but separated from the mainland by a channel of open water. In other words, the Government will insist that Alexanders lsland was a bona fide island in consequence, jurisdietion of umbia In the course of years the narrow channel became ciogged. Gradually ia. The original {included whs clearly a part of the the Distrat of process of evolution from open water into marsh and then into dry land in- separable from the Virginia shore. t the District jurisdiction obvi ously extends to the Virginia shore- Arlington County that old shore line. ngineers Back Claim. upposing the Potomac should go { dry tomorrow. Its bed would auto. matically become a part of .the land area of the District of Columbia. Any {persons who establisked homes there would be subject to the taxation and police regulations of the Distriet of Columbia. 5 The cases are similar. The engi- neers maintain that, sometime during | the past 75 vears, a part tomac actually did go dry. and hence the made land legally belongs to the District, But Virginia_has her controversy. The fact absolutely * certain that Island was veally an island. The space between it and the Virginia shore may haye been a strip of soggy marsh and not open water jof high water, doubtless, it was over- { flowed. Thus. for part of the vear, an island was created. But during the long. hot Summers it may e been possible for a man to have walk- ed from Alexanders Islind to the un questioned main land without getting his feet wet If such was the de 1o the nobody s Alexanders case, then, Alex- ander’s Island was part of the Vir- ginia shoreline. 1t clearly became a part of the Old Dominion when the ;\u inglon County area was ceded ack. Narrow Open Stretch. Records show that ment of Highway Bridge rested | Alexander’s Istand. Obviously could have been only a very streteh of open water, at the hest, cween it and s ground “The land extends back of the High way Bridge far ax the Columbia ike and wesiward to the experiment- al farm! At present. it seems, the decision ikely to hinge on the actual mean upon 1 ax 1 | Lis | tained in an old deed which has been unearthed. Ethnology researches red men. he word | who have made exhaustive will e consulted 1t means, probably is “pocasin.’ in the Potomac and, Co- | the engineers believe. it underwent a line, not as it exists today, but as it existed at the time of the ceding of Therefore, it would include the old Alexanders Island and all the land built up between it and of the Po- | In times | Iy have even the south abut- | there ing of an Algonguin Indian word con- Experts of the Bureau of | into the languages of the | presumably, a tract of low. swampy land where tide water flows. li is contained in a deed from Philip Alex- lander. in which he srants a right-of. | way through hix land to the Wash {ington and Alexandria Turnpike Co. | This wouid seem to support the con- | tention that there actually was a land connection between the island and the main lund Complete Study Ordered 3ut the physicq] evidence gathered Ly the Federal engineers is to the con. trary | To | has a settlement, it that _Capt. obtain an early cen recommended Harris Jones of the Pubiic ind Public Parks Office, be designated (o make an cxhausive study of the whole queation-—the :urvey report, early maps and records and deeds of the various transfers from the time of the original grants by the British crown—or_rather by his pienipoten- tiary, Cecil Calvert. baron of Balti- more, Just now it is an orphan land. Vir. ginia exercises nominal jurisdiction. But neither the State nor Federal offi cials are willing to : until they are decision. One point in question is who is responsilie for the improvemsat of ihe cobilestone road which hegins at Alexandria and ends at the railroad ivacks near the Hizhwa: Boidee. i land was purchased by the Unit States as an approach to the High | way Bridge. but when the bridge was | ransferred to the bistrict of Colum- bia it was not understood that this ap- proach was, and therefore no one is taking any steps to improve it. Virginia has paved this highw (ween Alexandria and 1 bridge approach. but District officials contend District taxpa money should not be spent to improve the cobblestones Title Investigated in 1912 The commission. which in 1912 | vestigated the title to land of United States in the Distriet of Co- lumbia. expressed the opinion that the Federal Government had valuable vights in made layd below the high- water line on the Virzinia shore and recommended an appropriation to de- termine this. The matter was allowed to lie dor- mant until 1922, when efforts were being made to find a site for a bath ing heach, at which time considerable land was found at the south end of the Key Bridge. Thix was surveyed and the shore line, as it existed in 1864, was established and marked, some distance back from the shore line in fact today. At that time the Attorney General of the United States was asked to Institute proceedings to acquire title to this land, but littie or nothing has been done. Congress in 1923 appropriated $ for another survey. and this is {one the report on which has just come public. This particular lar was thal heing made presumably on the bed of the Potomac lving along the south of Alexander's Isiand. it heing assumed that this waterway, or slough, was properly a part the Potomac River and. therefor 1 part | of the District of Columbia hy nature [of its cession by Maryland | The survey indicates that a hi water mark existed back of Ale ander’s Island, and must have existed in the early part of the Civil War, according to reconnaissance maps of Army officers which were unearthed | in pursuing the xurvey. upheld by a legal | | be lled i ers in- the 000 the be h- Delves Into History. and on gives in- the history of the claim by Mary 1o jurisdiction to high-water 1 It n an {:ho Virginia_shore. teresting early hislory of the zranis ‘rrum the crown, with all of the dis- turbances of the various settlers over the question of their respective grants. It brings the lines boundinz the syants down to the grant to Cecil, Baron of Baltimore, the son of Lord Baltime The data compiled show that in the establishment of the original Dis- Columbia there was particu- veference to the Potomac River | which would change the linex as laid | down in the original grant. There is | accompanying the record an abstract of the title to the land of Alesander's Island in which it is referred to as an “island in the Potomac.” The he. lief is expressed that additional search | will strengthen this contention and {aid in a final settlement the dis pute that this '& United States land | and within the District of Columb | th WEST MASSACHUSETTS EXPECTED TO GIVE VICTORY TO BUTLER (Continued from First Page.) no means least, in the personal pop. ularity of President Coolidge. Ne ator Butler is not & stump_speaker, but neither, it will be recalled. was the late Ser br. Mu v Crane, who | contended him with bowing and not lifting up hie voice in cam paigns. Senator Butler is an or zanizer. however, and it looks as thouzh his ability along this line was bear fruit. As a matter of fact, the Republican o nization in thi State is a vear-round affuiv. The Demiocrats, nn the other hand. usnally re'y on building up their organiza- tion the last few weeks of a cam- paisn. It vanishes largely in the interim hetween clections. Republicans Are United. The Republicans of Massachusetts | united this vear actionalism There more strongly for a long time in the party is at a minimum. seems no good reason for turn over this vear of all years, with a Massachusetts man in the White House in whom the State takes ide. It is true there are spots where the boasted Republican pros perity does not exist, particularly in the textile and the boot and shoe in dustries. But on the whole the State is decidedly not hard up. The elements of the Walsh strength ave. first, Senator Walsh's great per- <onal popularity. He has a host of !friends the State over. Second, his abllity as a campaigner. On the stump he is .effective. Third, the |large Irish Catholic population in the { Commonwealth. Not all the Catholics | are Democrats by any means. The voters of Irish, Italian and Polish ex. traction are many of them Catholic but also Republican. Some of these ! Senator Walsh has had with him in the past and he may have again, par- tlcularly in view of the fact he has espoused the wet cause and Senator Sutler has the support of the drys are than vercentage of the Irish-American Catholics who have been opposed to Walsh in the past and will be again— not a large percentage. to be sure, but enough to have some effect. Question Dry Plank Wisdom. as to the wisdom of the Democrats adopting such a wringing wet plat- form as they have done. It is well understood that the platform is re. sarded 25 & asrious shallenge to the a sudden | On the other hand, there is a certain | There is a difference of opinion here | challenge which ithe dry organizations to beavers 1o defeat the | candidates who stand on [ form. The reaction agai ireme wetness may offset | vantage i= obiained from winning | over Republican wets. The women “olers, even in the indusirial centers, will. in_most cases. vote dry. The Repuhlicans are not overiooking the wet and dry issue, although they minimize it in convarsation and insist [ in public address that it is not a major | issuie. They are putting out the arg { ment’ that ‘the industrial interests of | the State and its prosperity are hound T up with Republican control of will work Democratic this plat this ex what ad canse lik jdrvs: a overn- ment. and that these interests are of | paramount importance when consider- ed in connection with the election of a wet Senator and a wet governor, who would belong to the Democratic party. In addition. the argument is being made that the eleciion of a wet Demo- tic Senator cannot advance the i ts of the peopie who desire a m; ation or repeal of (he ry laws, on the theory that the Democratic party is dominated by the drv South Discusses_Wet lssue. The Springfield Union, | distinctly wet in its {which is supporting tin an editorial today | the Constitutional 1 the voters to elect “wet candidates, | Senator Walsh and Col. William ston, the Democratic nominee for governor, sets forth th arguments concisely. After agreeing with the league that the principles of individ- {ual rights.and local sclf-government I should be preserved and that the hibition laws are inimical to thes { principles, the Union said “But when they (the Constitu.ional Liberty League) declare that the proper step for all people holding this Lelief of this particular question is to vote for wet candidates in this State this year they raise two questions. { The first ix whether the conditions are ripe for ignoring all other factors in | public welfare in Commonwealth or ! country, and the second is whether |by such a step the ends which the | Constitutional Liberty League prop. | erly seeks are really to be served. 1‘ Prohibition is not now a party question and cannot immediately be made such by voting for either wet or dry candidates. The two parties and their candidates stand for dif- ferent ideas and records in govern ment. hut neither of them stands eithey for or against what the Consti- A which s mpathies, but nator Butler, on the appeal of berty Leagueé to i | Buildings | ed | | The report goes at great length into| | | ssert their rights | gers, { | the deteat | | { ranged D. | | 1 BEPALS SAFETY o1ters o Get U. S. S. Tulsa Proceeds to Guatemala to Transport Peace Parley Delegates. nzme Lttte Nenn bringi inted oas UNAGUA NI Charge d'Affaires NN ined s for Liberi o in the L Liwrence ® conduct har 9, Den- per- ! i mits e will part sonferences fnto hetween representatives he kovernment and the revolutionisis, The Uniled St tes left Corinto yeste-day where it will 1 delegurtes in char in Capt In » ready, . geihe zunboat Tulsa from Guate- take aboard the Reur Admiral e of the American srngaan waters .. Wrman Denver to ~hoand m a wneutr: a4 Corinto Armed forces of s itors will be landed t the town to prese; e and 1o protect the lives and property citizens and foreigners regardless of their political affiliations, Orders have been issued that, dur- ing the maintenance of the neutral zone, no one except the Navy person- nel may carry firearms, swords, dag- machetes or other deadly We pons Vessel: ourded e th Noved nitted aring molestation the nava! a 1ority, The entire conference is hein by the Ameri good offices by the N plate the a there 1 ut ex n- A $10 0 sidere and & 10 ot and § And The be he christ the new and b The, run 300 them Star nntil that the n entering Corinto will be by Navy personnel 1o make < Btk huve heen Blies will be pe molested or may ap [ ar- an authorities, huave heen re- AraguEns whose quested tutioral Liherty League stands for. For every wet Democrat that can pos sibly be elected in Republican States there will he two or three rabidly dry Democrats elected from Demociatic States. It would be impossible for the members of the Constitutional Liberty Leazue to fire Democratic ballots into such a sitwation and hit anything, “If and when the Constitutional Li iy Union are brought avout, it will, in all proba Vility, be through the instrumentality of the Republican rather than the Democratic party. The States which are commoniy wet in scntiment have in the same period of vears been either Repunlican all the time or most of the time. Every one of the Den b tic Nuuex waich gave Davis his' v clectoral votes in 1924 speaks [njere With the voice of Upshaw on this york question.” The The appe the 1 Liberty L I8l nets nesi. vived years ago by which followed the late Louis Coolidge, @ accou candidate for the Lepublican sen- ern \ atorial nomination against Senator wp, Gillett, Representative Bowles has o been a member of the league, for ex- i fple, wday he s quitting it e along wiith other’ Republicans of wet i tendencies, Rl ¢ Both the senatorial candidates went gaid. into action last night. Senator Butler, cquke speuking in Salen, replied to a fetter 5 e sigoed by Wiliiam Green, president of courtie the American Federation of Labor. In 1o this letter, which has come inte The Massachusetis, Mr. Green opposed the | ained election of Senator Butler on the ghips sround that he had voted against the | et postal emploves’ wage increase bill, Senator Butler designated this as a fake issue” and questioned the non partisanship of Mr. Green, who is 2 member of the non-partisan campaisn committee of the American Federa thin of thor. Senator Builer called M to the fact that Mr. Green en three times selected by his Party to represent it at Democratic national conventions respect the labor organizations achusetts" said Senator But- nd 1 do not believe that they intend to ceceive dictation as (o their political activities,” girafr ton. him not b recog he he; the ends sought by to th the Constitutional wsiie has stirred up a4 ho 1 was orzanized ne Republicans who iargely who t east bt e Al letter store. thorou Defends Vote on Veto. With zard to the char had voted against the post wage in crease bill, By said he had come into the Senate after Prosi dent Coolidge had vetoed the bill he cauxe Congress had made no provi sion for meeting the additional cost He voted with the President o sus. | tain that veto, he said. but he sup ported the Sterling bill which actual iy muve the postal employes their in creases in pay as xoon as that' meas ure was pertected. and submitted o the Senate. Senator » that he Senator Walsh. invading the west- ern part of the State, spoke at West Leli. near here. He atineksd Senator Butier on the ground ke had o the senatorial investigation paign expenditures and on the gr that he stood for “every sclfich est which now enjoys the pposed of cam-* und tor inmunity | of special favor The Kepubliein senaiorial date, who stopped here today on his way 1o a meeling at North Adams, commented on the Walsh address. to the effect that Senator Walsh “stands for no business” and that the \Walsh slogan was “to make husiness condi- tions worse than they now are Of the four newspapers here, the Springfield Republican, which is dry upporting Butler nd is the . which is wel. in bhoth mornis and evening editions. The News, how ever. which ix wet, is supporting Walsh editorially. 1 of the papess are owned by the Bowles newspaper intes The Democrats are setting no little store by their nomination of Edmund . Talbot, mayor of F: River, for lieutenant governor. Mr. Talhot is of French extraction and is expected to have weight with the French-Ameri can voters, many of whom have heen Repubiican in the pa the other h oceurred over candl- il the mix - up the nomination Denmocrats of # candidate for ni vernor and resulied Joseph R, Ely of We: field has somewhat complicated things for them in this part of the Niate, Henry Dooley of Boston also was a candidate, thouzh he sought to withdzaw In favor of Mr. Ely in order to have a balanced ticket. His name remained on the ticket in the prima- vies, however, and the Boston vote nominated Dooley. The upshot of the matter was considerable embarrass- ment for Ely, who would.not take the nomination although Dooley with- drew, and the selection of Talbot. Ely has declared his support of the entire Democratic ticket, however. One ele- ment of strength which Senator Walsh had in 1918, when he defeatcd the late John W. Weeks for the Sen- ate. he lacks today. This was the independent vote which stood with? President Wilson for the League of Nations and was symbolized by the | h the Railway Schools¢in Canada. Working In conjunction with the railways, the Ontario government is planning to put into operation rail way cars to be used as classrooms in the sparselyv settled regions of that province. The cars will be fitted with the most modern schoolroom equip- ment and will provide living quarters for the teacher, who will periodically visit a1 such places as the children of a Mstrict could with reasonable cunvenience cungregate, sles of Africa an for the children of riraffe, who come to the Zuo from all parts of the I'nfted States. will give $20 the Dbest | names will receive honorable mention | | Christening Party Planned. will be by no meanr an empty honor. | iraffe ¢ home. The Hurricane Near]y Prevented Col Return to Tell of Discovery of America ded by (.. OCTOBER 10, 1926—PART 1. BOY OR GIRL WHO NAMES GIRAFFE TO GET $20 IN GOLD Prizes and Invita Attend Christening Party for - New Pet ‘at Zoo. Star & golnz to make it well! Washineton may get a new Maan. in u letier to m. posted is wdopted for r De. Willlam M nt of the Zoo. is neton from the jun Ha oy ihe Capital. the first place, us you kno the name of the winner. to-| e, v with the nume selected for the | tawn and told me that will be engravd on a brass | phant hunters has and placed on the cage where | elephant. nimal ia kept. It will remain | keep it alive for me. as 1ong s the giraffe itves and | nide rron here, near e read by millions of visitors | Lorder of the terrjory. “I immediate Ition of coast were none at charter a were none ava 1 tried to g ship coming up from Delago to put ipto port and pick it up. company regretted that this & not be done. T even thought of Ing to charter a Zanzibar governu steamer. “Then the proprietor of a service station In Dar-es-Salaam ¢ to me and said he thought he ¢ the elephant to me in a W So he's off to get it. It meansa t the Zoo dAMer | drive over $00 miles of bad roads acenstomed Wik be Gl backe e 1 zet acquainted Ly haby elephant. You notice that about it. If it arrives in Da daam | shall: but 1 want o ge hoard ship. It is simply impos; for me now to cancel the arra ments 1 have made to ship the ¢ tion and ourselves next Saturday at steamer i€ the only one avall 0 long that I should arr [ United States in too bad we the elephant does not arriy; es-Salaam before I leave, tae Larrives. | Star fro hefore he sailed. d of baby elephant. AugRes ng 1o Wash e was to one of the 1t is ubout the sout .l. triee hg steamers in addition to that, The Star in gold to the winner. n gold for the name that ts con- | 'd_second bert by the judzes.| 5 for the third best name. Then | her children who have written | letters in support of the 1 each. 4 honorable mention in this case | Star and Dr. ) tx for 13 ening party wetx We will ¢ e a fine time, contest ‘here are me suggestions arve very clever indeed. The will continue to receive them | next Saturday morning. After the contest will be closed and| ames submitted to the judges nume must be ready for the e when he arriyes in \Washing The Zoo attendants will call that from the flrst and it will i he long hefore he will come to| warden will try to get it nize it and answer fo It ,when|Port Said or New York ars it outside his cage. where. n are zoing to | get hildren at o special to Vent I have not « t much Iready longer to! more than and some of her, Ug the” g to m or s umbus Simflar | founder of the great Lenox Libra tion| New York, hought the print for hd | $10.000. three times more thar paid for a copy of the Gutten Bible. West Indian hurricane wrought dest the Bah: spelled d phus and his g 434 vears u sting document now in the ) Public Library. mniversary nest n vovager's lar in the We Ine intercst in the old is said to he the first nt of the discovery of the Vorld. en Columbus st his putron, Queen scovery, he’ sailed IFor fe: he mi to tell of hix di -count of hix threw it overboard in At the wme time al letter to the Who had intebeeded the «xpedition Ietter, it seen Columin to he cast in the went down, but the weathered the storni. he yer. which contained « ler t of his discovery. Tt w hand to his conrtiey hought it advisable not to broad news of the new discovers to have o few copies letter printed fation, Wt A0 years age a turned up in u hoolk where. after its genuinencss was ighiy determined. James Lenos ose in 1y ccording 1o un */GRCCER WRESTS GU 5 of | tal 1. Toesday ing on Cat | X hasore- | ocument. | ofticial West Hand Burned as Weapon Is charged—Bandit Gets rted hack to in Away. Isabella, of into the hur ht not reach . he wrote and I~ he wro'e Spanish him Woresting with whic colored hold-up man hi Aed, gt s niglit but a pistol was threated erat Ninth thwaried 1. George i . laxt bery in his store ined de pi t £ or 2o buens shont the hand when ol was fired, possihl The colored arter 11 a'eioek e of oatmeal a0 <helf in a position diff \s Ned returned with the cer hyir nd himsell confronted wi or stol, e appled with th and the pistol wis discharsed the str \fte YOt iy tin saved : £ e the <hot the handit hroke & A tient. B rerinan sctive Smith the Sih pree siation di wd that 1l by the held-up man had behind Dete Spring police headqua s the case. e potic worn for conti of cony of 1his avis o i of ters o wirs APARTMENT SIZE GRAN PIANO Two Beautiful Grand Pianos. A Musician’s Special Specially Priced for Monday ONLY 5495 (Sljght/y Used) $10 Z)U\\'.\' $10 MONTHLY We are offering two splendid apartment size Baby Grand Pianos to musicians. We’ call this opportunity “the musician's special,” because it affords two lucky musicians a won- derful opportunity to obtain just the piano they need at remarkable savings HOMER L. KITT CO. 1330 G Street N.W. “Everything Musical” Thes nds herly Unusual Two Savings for the Taover of Music TERMS od the capty The s . st tele. ‘on present | graph about it—but here’s the leiter. fappointing how thinzs happen in Afri-| The chlef game warden came to ele- tured A baby He has telegraphed him to 400 hern looked up the ques here A to There | et n | Bay The ould try- ment Ford came ould vek nick and bled es tong sible nze llec . for ahle ve in the i Dar ame e in yme- . ryin hout he herg FROM HOLD-UP MAN Dis- h ning L and rob . the man entered the store cay been nann nod PRESIDENT NAMES sions +o COTTON COMMITTEE {Board Will Join With Other Agencies to Co-ordinate Disposal Methods. habhy | while fog the bov or girl whose | elephant at the same time ita giraffe | ! By the Associated Press. President Coolidge yesterday the atd of the cotton farmer A special governmental | | board assist him in solving the problem browght about by & slump in cotion prices. The hoard will join with other agen- | cies of both the Federal and State xovernments already at work, and will devote special attention fo de. vising orderly methods of dlsposing of the large cotton stock on hand. came | Lo by that the situation could be met by a proper co-ordination of all agencies éndeavoring to assist in the work as he has heen fnformed by hix official advieors that the sitnation presented no occasion for “panicky” views. Meyer Named Chairman. Kugene Mever, managing director of the War Kinance Corporation, was named chairman of the President's committee, while Secretaries Mellon, Jardine and Hoover are the other members. The committee was directed hy Mr. Coolidge ““to co-operate with those en saged in the production. marketing and use of cotton. t& investigate the present market condition of cotton and v ler uhle assistance as can he + the effor Iy being made the. South through the financial in- stitutions. co-operative organizations, and Federal intermediate credit banks and otherwise.” Mr. Mever and the other members of #he committee refrained from mak ing any statement as to the plans, out an indicatfon of steps they will take were foted In the advice Mr. Hoover gave to Steuart W. Cramer of Charlotie, N. .. chairman of a textile group who had written the Commerce Secretary about the sijua ton. In # letter to Cramer, the Secretary said that cotton milis should take ad vantage of the present prices to ac- quire ample stocks, thereby piacing themselves in a’favorable condition to neetcompetition from mannfacturers and putting the cotton grower in a better position to obtain improved prices in the.export trade. Balks Credit Move. The committee was named by the President after he had consulted on the situation with his cabinel advisors and members of the Senate from Southern States. The action was ad- isable in furtherance of the Govern- ment’s policy of rendering aid. which . The President dcted on the belief | { the Government | in | oerat, | legul | will be held temorrow. at WRIGHT DEFENDANT IN ALIENATION SUIT Camages of $250,000 Asked by Former Husband of Olga Milanoff, Dancer. Ry the Assaciated Pross CHICAGO, October 9. A against Frank Lloyd Wright. noted architect, charging alienation of tha affections of his daughter and thoss of Olga Milanoff, Montenegrin dancer, vas filed today here by Waldemar Hinzenberg, her former husband, who azks $250,000 damages. Wright is supposed to have gone to Mexico after he and Mlle. Milanoft fled from his Spring Green. Wis., es tafe. after warrants and summons in action by Mrs. Miriam Noel Wright had been issued against them. Hinzenberg charged that he had lost the affectlons of Svetlana. his 9 yves oid daughter. as well as of Olza Mrs. Wright has a $100.000 pending against Olga. There also nre -ants charging a statutory offenca t Wright apd the dancer had recently been marked by making available $30,000,000 credit for th cotton industry through the inter mediate cvedit hanks. The first meeting of the commit which ti line of action ix expected to he da cided upon. A gloomy in the South sion in the cotton painted here hy Senator South Carelina. who arrived from the cotton helt. mes face the farmers be price of cotton, as the present price is helow the eost of productlen.” he suid. “Federal loans will help tide them over hut no perraanent relef will be found un til the farmers organize, reduce acre agg. stabilize the price and hold the cotfon for their price.” of the sit the market picture because. of depres tlense. Dem vesterday “Hard cause of the low industry & of con Arkansas, ns average an The pearl shell sideralle importance to it i estimated that the nual ontput of commercial shells 2,230,367 pounds, sufficient to make about 733,000,000 pearl buttons. The value of the vearly output in the rough state is approximately a quar ter of a_million doliars Twenty-five dollars se- cures automobile. Many good used cars. Sale now on. Pot. 1631 Studebaker Bldg., 14th & R Sts. 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