Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1926, Page 7

BROOKHART HEADED . BACK T0-SENATE Anti-Coolidge Vote in Corn Belt to Give Wall Street Foe Impressive Victory. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. I Dispatch to The Star S MOINES, Towa, October 14— Brookhart seems to be ir- ed back to the United cast him into | | which | that he will carry, d be elected » 100,000 upward | red by either his or Republican | enemies writing Knowled: He the tha Claude R candidate gtronz thousands cans less willing than their ganization to accept Brookhart, but, Varring a miracle, the dis- gruntled farm vote will sweep the arch foe of Wall Street back into his Senate seat by an jmpressive margin. Towa Loves Coolidge Less. Cummir 70.000 tory on wave ! corn Demc is ere the able inundates Po for the ¢ He of co Republi- politi last Summe pov : 84 of the s 99 o = sion was es-| 1st the admin-| His | tri- | ¢ill mot | loves ' in earryi His victory sentially jstrati umph of t achic rookhart more, names of es of the Commer fulminate ket the ainst vy to McNar khart ran only 715 votes ahead of Steck in the Towa count in 1824, but that was before Jowa acquired its Coolidze complex. | Brookhart heav \:} ‘ughenism wiil receive cempathy vote represer of who have & < expision of him, but a Frookhart election next month first A foremost will be notice to Wash- on and the busziness East that the cultural M temands atten- \nd resents its failure to get it. Tor the Republican wrs who will | serateh ¥ okhart e eay there are four times as many labor Democrats who will seratch Porter. State Sees “Red.” » is no doubt the State sees| ntly red on the refusal of| . under administration leader- sperity for the sident . Coolidge | Iowa against if he were con- nk O. Lowden for the n delegation. Mr. Cool- worsted. In thi eyve to eve the tion country. could c: But corn public; would by Towa 1ag ape sees with Tes Moines that 7 onditions prevail in the nine States that presented united front before Cong Winter. The corn belt fizht is going One of its cammander: in-chief, John Hammil of Towa, declares that when the fight is renewed there may be 20, instead of 11, Midwest States leagued for common action. The spirit of resentment and revolt| hehind the corn helt drive of 1925-1926 1s far from quenched. Brookhart, by every indication now visilile, will be its beneficiary. He per- sonifi the issue iculture’s con- vietion that it is not wetting a square iz business,” and that . West ystematically liseriminated against at Washington n favor of the industrial E Towa ites with rouch” even; crop conditions are by no avorable. The corn har- ted at 404,000,000 bushel; hort of the 1 It serted at 1den other though 1 means un vest, estima 15 80,000,000 bushels vield, but prices for hozs and catt into which 85 per cent of Iowa corn i converted, ave high. It has been cal- culated that Towa corn growers will {ly obtain, from sales of hogs and fices representing-an average \ bushel for the rn. This 1 income of $425.000,000. she cattle, means a c Brookhart Defles Interests. are unhappy. DY, will ookhart. He is inflaming 1 misery by assailing Wall deral Reserve system, the sportation law and as the deadly He is pillorying farmer” as the are the protective t icul “the deflation of the of the century. He is flin fig around with He insists that his pres- | Washington is nece i that “crucified agriculture” may | \ken down from the er 1@ n when he talks suck d by his prir Senator Cummins, nd he is talking it s indiea He talked it thep now. Am er foreclosure of mor delinquent int wy late ears stuff Brook- 24 campaign, mous Emmets which he called Wall Street,” and Dawes be stricken from ticket. The other night | rookh thundered s the D'mmetsburg best 1 ever made.” red the cech. in Coolidge 3 demand the Republi it Osk that he speech wi G. 0. he Leaders in Quandary. zanization leaders if not enthusiasti- khart this vear » nominally supporting ¥ who a caldly, b 1 frankness. h him mainly inderstanding with the G. when the party or-| Senate To regu- of Brookhart is one | comedies of modern poli- oro hlv dislike him. him unsound in eco- 1 and otherwi: him as wholly mis the Republicanism Cummins and | specter of two S Senators distasteful to | than Brook- | ings. He will on that ac- anizes the next rs x4y support upon ive of Dollive But the United more repre Allison was_expelled from the in favor of Daniel F. Steck. a | Democ but it is Steck’s presence | 17 that body which, to a large degree, ill be responsible for Brookhart's re- . The rpshor : up all 1» speeches with this stirring was kicked out of the » 1 told the truth, and ik there i'm going to keep truth.” H> always shiv- | < the timhers with th.s thrust { A Four-to-Three Bet. i Democratic leaders concede that | Frookhart today is probably a four- three bet. but insist he is “slip- " and mall continie to “slip” Senate j old, ate or-| i I art Wild Geese Raise Sleeping Citizens as Storm Hits Flock Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., October 14.—Bewildered by a storm in the midst of which they were caught while passing over the city in their annual migration to the South, wild geese of a huge flock hov. ered over Winchester last night, their squawks arousing many cit- fzens from slumber. Many flocks have passed here in the last few nights, a sure sign, according to old timers,.of the end of Summer SHOOTS WIFE IN NECK AND SAYS HE’S SORRY Alexandrian Bought Pistol Frighten Her, He Declares, After Arrest. to Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANTRIA, Va. Octoher 14.— ng to_effect a reconciliation with his wife, Nathaniel Dedson, 39 years who' lives on Hunting Creek road * last night went to the residence Lena Rawlett, 308 King street, ‘here the wife, Mrs. Adn Dodson, id to have taken refuse, and shot according to the police. She was n to the Alexandria Hospital suf ngz from a wound in the neck from h she is expected to recover. Immediately after the shooting Dod- son went out of the place, and stood n the curbstone until arrested by Po- lice Sergt. Thompson. In his cell today he said he bought the pistol a few hours prior to the shooting to frighten his wife. How- ever, he declared, a tussle followed his display of the weapon. and it was discharged. Dodson and his wife had been separated three weeks, and she was employed in a factory. He is a horer. He expressed hope that his ife would recover. The shooting was zed in the hallwav on the second Miss Eva F. Wilson and Kentuck- ian Engaged, Mother Announces. The engagement of Miss Eva F. Wil- son of 940 T street, teacher of domestic at’ the Lucretia Mott School, to Bishop Matthew Walker Clair of the African Methodist Ipiscopal Church, area of Covington, Ky., was announc- ed today by Mrs. Nannie Bruce Wil- son, Miss Wilson's mother. The wedding will take Washington next month. place in as election day approache: are several factors that justify their confidence. Brookhart's Democratic opponent has repeatedly but vainly challenged him to debate the issues ot the campaign. His refusal to meet Porter in face-to-face combat s causing many former thick-and-thin supporters to wonder what has come over their champlon, hitherto looked upon as a maneater who could and would stand up against anybody and reduce him to oratorical pulp. Demo- s say that Brookhart's fear of meeting Porter is costing him dearly. Another sign of Brookhart's slump is the defection of his one-time power- ful supporter, Dante Pierce, publish- er of the lowa Homestead. Pierce practically made Brookhart, but this vear is letting him severely alone. The Democrats are cAmpaigning on tariff reduction as the best and surest form of farm relief. They hope to secure the speaking services of Senators Reed of Missouri and Walsh of Montana before the cam- paign is over. Reed has sent word that while he voted against unseat- Ing Brookhart, he sees no connec- tion between that episode and the present election. Porter constantly taunts Brookhart with the failure of brother Republican _insurgents, especially “Young Bob” La Follette, to_stump lowa for him. The explanation is that the Republi- can organization shrinks from bring- ing the big guns of the anti-Coolidge batterles into action. Towa’s solid delegation in the House of Repre- sentatives probably will be re-elected by antial majorities. By the ite, the one man to be in ny danger at all is Gilbert Haugen, chairman of the House com- mittee on agriculture and one of the spearheads of the McNary-Haugen movement. His Democratic opponent, 3. Howard, editor of the Alma has failed to inveigle Haugen into a joint debate on farm relief. Howard ™ claims Haugen does not know what is in the bill which bears his name. The World Court is not mentioned in the lowa campaign, which is marked by more than ordinary off- r apathy. Prohibition in this ribbed, bone-dry State also in no- figures in the prevailing turmoil. 1t is farm relief all the way; not even the neighboring Illinois primary slush fund gets an indignant rise out of reform-loving Iowan! OCTOBER FURNITURE [SALE CANDLESTICKS Winthrop DESKS $87-50 A solid mahogany desk, excellently constructed and finished. 38-inch wide auto- matic slide. FINE WORK That's what people say about our Painting, Paperhang- pholstering, Draperies. ing, mates. GEORGE PLITT CO., Inc. O.intino. Panerhanging, Draperies, Upholstering 1325 Fourteenth Street THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER- 14, - 1926. WORKHOLSE AN INGURY 1 BEGN Public Welfare Director In- vestigates Reports of Oc- coquan Congestion. Investigation of congestion at the| rict workhouse at Gccoquan, Va., | arted today by George S. Wil- | son, director of the Board of Public Weifare. | The situation was given serious con- | yes ernoon, and, as a result, | Director Wilson was authorized to make a careful study of existing con- ditions with a view to recommending some measures of relief. The board's attentio nwas called to the conditions at the workhouso last week by Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal institutions, who made an ap- peal for additional funds to provide | food and ciothing for the excess 0[; prisorers. | Accommodations Taxed. | An unprecedented increase of 162 in 30 days has virtually he accommodations at the workhouse to the limit, Capt. Bar- nard reported, in addition to drawing | heavily on the $50,000 maintenance fund. As it costs approximately $1 a day per priscner, Mr. Wilson indi- | cated that 1t likely would be neces- ary to ask Congrcss for a sizable upplemental appropriation for main- | tenance. 3 “I Jon’t expect’ the overcrowded conditions to be permanent,” said Mr. ‘Wilson. “The present situation is due primarily to the great number of prisoners being sent to Occoquan for violation of the fic regulations, to- gether with an increase in prisoners convicted on a charge of intoxication. The surplus of prisoners is being cared for. however, but the work- house is running behind in its ,allot ment of funds for food and clothing. Increase Is Rapid. Mr.- Wilson pointed out that on Sep- tember 1 there were 423 prisoners at Occoquan, and on October 1 the num- ber was 585. The average population at the jail during the last fiscal year was 413. Announcement was made at the board meeting that Dr. George M.| Kober, vice chairman, had prepared a comprehensive summary of the de- velopment of all charitable, and penal institutions in the Distr during the last 25 years. Director Wilson said he thought the summary would be invaluable to mem- bers of the board as well as the House subcommittee investigating the e $30,000 RAISED HERE FOR JEWISH AID FUND Drive for Relief in Russia and Po-! land Still Has 30 Days to Go. in advance of the date ing, Washing- Ten days fixed for actual canva ton has subscribed nearly $30,000 to-| ward its quota of $150,000 in the| Nation-wide campaign for Jew lief in Rus and Poland, it drive officials in the Jewish munity Center. The remainder must be r the next 30 days, it was stated. were formulated for an intens here under a number of authorized | team captains. Rudolph B. Behrend, man, who attended the national con- ference in Chicago last week, at which it was voted to increase the national quota to $25,000,000, presided at the | meeting and reported on the Chicago conclave. He said the drive had been | successful_in 1,500 cities throughout | the United States and Canada. i At the suggestion of Simon Lyon, who was chairman of the last united | Jewish campaign, five vice chairmen | \vere elected to assist Mr. Behrend in | the campaign. They e Dr. Abram | Simon of the Eighth Street Temple, Paul Himmelfarb, Isidore Hershfield, Washington representative of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; Joseph Wilner and Harry Sherby. Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, member of the newly created District Board of Public Welfare and leader of the | Jewlsh Charities, was named hon-; orary chairman. Joseph Tepper wa elected secretar- Active support was pledged by the R'mai B'rith, they Council of Jewish ! Women, the Y. M. H. A. and Y. W.! H. the Friendship Circle, ivery other Jewish organization in the city also will be called upon to ! form teams and engage in the cam- paign. Com- | drive chair-, | i =g | George Godfrev, who died recently Ashton, England, left a six-room filled with canarie: at This Pair of FREE With Every $50 Purchase or More 5-Pc. Breakfast SUITE 544 A suite of unusual charm —decorated and finished to 5 pleces. A Call Main 4224 for esti- COL. PITCHER BURIED. Retired Indian Campaigner at Rest in Arlington. Col. John Pitcher, a retired Cavalry officer, who died at the family home at Edgewater, Md., Tuesday, at the age of 72 years, was burled in Arling- ton National Cemetery this afternoon with the usual military honors. He was a native of Texas and was gradu- ated from the Military Academy in June, 1876, _Most of his early service was in the Far West. He took part in several Indian campaigns, and served also in the Spanish War and in the insurrec- tion in the Philippines. For several years he was stationed in_this city, first as aide to Gen. Schofield, com: manding the Army In the late eightie and afterward hs military aide to_the Secretary of War. From 1901 to 1907 he was superintendent of the Yellow- stone National Park, and was milita nstructor of the University of Mary land, at College Park, from 1917 to POLICE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE FOR PARADE Junior Order of United American Mechanics to March Saturday. Police arrangements for the parade of the Junior Order of United Amer- ican Mechanics on Pennsylvania ave- nue Saturday evening were completed today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- ntendent of police. Commanding of- ficers of the department will be in charge of various details along the parade route, which will start at First street and Pennsylvania avenue and end at Twentieth strect and Pennsyl- vania avenue, Street car traffic will not be suspend- ed either on Pennsylvania avenue or on streets intersecting the Avenue. West-bound vehicular traffic will be diverted off the parade route, how- ever, at a distance two squares ahead of the head of the column. Cto traffic will be permitted whenever pos sible without seriously interfering with the parade. Parking of vehicles will be prohibit- ed on the Yorth side of Pennsylvania avenue from First to Twentieth street, on Treasury place, East lxec- utive avenue and on Twentieth street south of Pennsylvania avenue to F street after 6:15 p.m. Pedestrians will be permitted to cross the parade route at any interesection between units of the parade column. A0BILLIONS ASKED INFRENCH BUDGET Government Fails to Provide for Payments cn Debt to America. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cableto The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, October 14—The Poincare sovernment has completed its 1927 budget for France. It totals 40,000,- 000,000 francs. With addition of the floating debt sinking fund and local taxes, the total is about 50,000,000,000. The national revenue of France is estimated at between 130 and 150 billion francs. One-third of the na- tional income, therefore, will be taken from the people next year in axes—is, indeed, already being taken for no new taxes are provided for believed to make taxation | higher in France than in any other | country in the world and so high that the burden will perhaps tempo- rarily injure the national economy. Provision is made in the budget for payments on the British debt settlement and continuation of inter- on the commercial debt to the ‘nited States, but no provision whatever is made for payments on the unratified Washington debt agreement. France expects to receive about five billion fra next year as Ger- man reparation: Only a billion and a half francs of this sum is credited in the budget. This will be applied on reconstruction of the devastated regions, for which some 20 billions still are due to damaged citizens. If, therefore, the Washington debt ettlement is ratified and payments are begun, either new taxes must be voted or the money must be withheld from reconstruction. The largest single item of the budget nterest on the national debt, which amounts to half the entire budget. The project contains no definite indi- cation of stabilization of the French currency. The government still ap- parently hopes to improve the value of the franc before seriously taking up the stabilization problem. (Cony 1 Chicags Daily News (o SHAW LEAVES $65,140. Daughters Only Heirs—Merriam ‘Will Disposes of $56,272. Benjamin F. Shaw, who died Sep- tember 15, left an estate valued at $65,140, according to the petition of his daughters for the probate of hi will. The estate comprises realty valued at $20,000; stocks, $28,740, and cash, $16,400. The only heirs are the daughters, Edna S. Dunmire and Har- riet H. Shaw. Attorneys Cull & Cull represent the estate. The Washington Loan and Trust Co. asked for the probate of the will of Sallie G. Merriam, who died Sep- tember 26, and by which the company is named as executor. The estate is valued at $56,272, and the heirs-at-law are a sister, Mary A. Walback, and a niece, Marjorie S. Britton. BACKS MIDCITY SITE. Edgewood Citizens' Association for Central Market Location. The Edgewood Citizens’ Association, at its regular meeting in the Lincoln Road Methodist Episcopal Church last Monday night, added its indorse- ‘ment to the midcity site for the new municipal market. A resolution was adopted, too, ask- ing the District government to make Lincoln road, from Glenwood Ceme- tery to Channing street northeast, passable. It fs in such a condition now that children going to school can scarcely use it. Another resolution called on Traffic Director Eldridge to place an auto- matic traffic signal at the intersection of Rhode Island avenue und Fourth street northeast. ATTAC—K LAID TO DRIVER. 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