Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1926, Page 7

[IHLMAN REPLIES 10 MISH CHARGES Falls Project and Hits Conowingo Action. Predicting that count the four western Maryland rrett, Alle any, Frederick Was v ould publi by m nging from 1500 to 35.060 votes, presentative Frederick N. Zihiman, eaking last night at lly at Silver Swvring attack which week launched against him by his Demo- ic vpponent, Frank Mish. inc his at ide on the ireat Is water power development project, Mr. Zihlman declared that he had bee cume: in obtaining nn approy 000 for the vriginal sur but that he did not ve the influence to persuade the 'nt to underta'se the pro ect, which would cost $44,000,000, at time when the ( vernment sy ing to dispose of another power de velopment wt Muscle Shoals. hould such an appropriation be granted, however 3 id that would do his 1 OSt 1o at there wias no provision in the chi power can’t be sold to ecitizen: own State.” Md, re last lied to an was Hits Conowingo Ae Mr. Zi 1dmi tical 1 t the ed in State Do to priv wpital reement that the power be sold i timore fc represents ing aw w natural herita While admitting that the Demo- rats had aided in opposition to the provision in the current appropria- tion bill relating to Montgomery County school children attending Dis- trict one of the leaders 1, le Gambrill and Linthicum, mbers of the Maryland Democrati contingent, were “at a pink RBaltimore” when the matter 4 vote Azain refer an t him Jast v My B he strongly intimated, without ac call'ng name 1d been prepared ke Lee, Mr. Zihlman stated in answer to Mr. Mish's query. at has he done Montsomery he was there to ask the “What do you want me to nnot the fight against came to attack aimed people, Explains Planning Work. Mr. Zihlman denounced as ulous” the charge that ns of the National ¢ 1 ng Commission he F d the purchase of lands in and. explaining that the com on was not ed to go into and purchase par was contemplated meet with the con ature. He s proud of the wor o d not ad nt of are: adjacent to planned in Montgomery the District bt As to Mr. N reported inquiry as to why he couldn’t do as well for his Montzomery County e tuents as Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginin had done for his consiitue n_obtain th 7 an veplie how 1 County well ed county f Anyws propr years of deba Although Loushhorough Trid climax of dmitting that he let the helt e bill » stated that he led from the Sen day that it “died had it rec: or two Majority. t Garrs rsonal ma of i the ticket ttory £ run poli “You il tended 1 SUSPECTS IN CALIFORNIA FACE HOST OF CHARGES | Br the A< AN Kidr with a wo were beaten naped Marriagc'l Marr ens he | *hools, he said that he had been | Representatives | s ceived Described by the assistant United H ites attorney as the first case of { zasoline stealing from a parked auto- ) mobilé on a public street, to which two !detenda James M. Springman and Dale McClure, pleaded guilty in Police { Court today, resulted in a jail sentence {of 90 days being imposed by Judge Robert E. Mattingly. as testified that the boys, both in “r teens, extracted by means of a phon and a funnel nine gallons of gasoline, valued at 24 cents a gallon, | from an automobile belonging to | ank Rush of 1523 Ingleside Terrace, | - night of October 20. 's were seen drawing | i {h the * | Two Boys Sent to Jail for 90 Days Each For Stealing Gas From Parked Auto | which' they emptied the contents of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926. HENRY 6. GILLIGAN | gasoline off by Dan Foley of the Traffic Bureau, whose house, 1§38 In- gleside Terrace, was opposite Mr. Rush's parked car. Fach boy, he ated, carried a five-gallon can into North Capital Association Propose“s Successor to Commissioner Rudolph. the gasoline tank. Josenh Bruce prosecuted the case for Government and recom- mended severe punishment in effort to break up petty thievery on the streets. “Tires, wheels, tools, mo- tometers and automobi'es themselves are stolen daily, but I believe thi to be the first case of stealing gaso- line from a parked machine,” he told the court. Henry G. Gilligan, president of the North Capitol Cit; ociation, was proposed by that body to fill the IMILLS HAS CHANCE 10 DEFEAT SMITH {Wadsworth Is Likely to Win, i ! Helped by New York City Democrats. BY DAVID L. Special Disy ALBANY, N. Y., October 26. den Mills has a better chance to defeat Gov. Al Smith this n anybody has had in years. re it not for the extraordinary performances of (Gov. Smith—in if the campaign were to be judg- imply on the basis of this year it would not be difficult to pre- dict the election of Mr. Mills. This summary of the situ conflict with the confidence exhibited by the Democratic leaders. including the New York governor. But just the followers of Jack Dempsey bet their money on what he had done in . forgetting that time is strange transformer of vitality, s o in politics may it be said that Smith is not the same powerful widate that he was in the past. al things have contributed to te of mind. One is the over- The ration reflects the decrease in mith has been in voters feel nge. The ive position ion is in New York City regi: this indifference by totals. Also Gov fice so long that many tural inclination to ch n has taken an aggre: certain rural counties Smith Weaker Up-State. Gov. Smith, therefore, !s not as strong outside of New York City as he was in the past. Heretofore, he could to the metropolls with an even break or a lead and then the sidewalks of New York would pile | ! high the majority. Here are some which cannot be regarded I8 ing to the Democrats. They were ¢ | obtained today at the office of the secretary of State here. They do not lude 13 counties on which final |tizures have not been officially trans- { mitted. Only one of the 13 missing, | however, is populous, namely, Monroe. So the ratio will probably remain the when the figures are all re- however, as discon- figures Of the 62 counties in the Empire | | State, 49 this year have a registra- tion of 3,178 h compares well, of course, with the 2,845,309 of regis- tration in the ident counties in 1822, but rather unfavorably with the tot; 2,411,362 for the me counties | in 1. Hegistration always falls| off in an off-year and goes up in a pres'dential ¥ i 1924. Al the sive of the Drop in City Registration. ; On the face of it, therefore, it would | seem that Gov. Smith, who won in | 1922, would win azain in 1926, because | he piled up a 356,000 majority four | ago. The problem goes deeper | & numbers and 1 dependent | The totals for New | > were 1,185 | han 1 on York City red with 61 in 1926, in the New York vhen Gov 108,060 City registration | Smith's majority New ago. they aiding him on his march to the i they vote Democratic, ¢ did not reganl young it as highly as an | v as they did Gov. Smith Ogiden Mills would ernor. | from the Republican | ff in the volume ronfidence would with decrease TSONS I red in nties, the loss to| ith in his own stronghold—- | York City area—would be | Two years admin They 30,000 Votes Will Decide. on will be which nee of Smith | Nest ma whole. the - ahout votes Il total to hold the off vear. If Gov. 1 be by the « has yet rece On the Arrivals at_and Sailings From New York, ARRIVED AT NEW YORK. TODAY —Southampton and Cher- Havre 3 Lington—Trieste €rpoo | | i e Bunker. bot ! Martha Smith. both Pe. rontes Adidimon wnton, Stavangerfiond—Bergen .. ..... | nhagen . Noon | 3 a0 00 AN | llin — Southampton. | and Hamburg ... Midnight | —San Juan. Puerto Cabeilo b Maracaibo. : Noon | — Portau _ Prince. A lombia and Cartagena Noon Kingston. - Cristobal | x 1:00 AM. | #:00 PM. 11:60 A ! Flovd G. ¢ | shot acancy which will be created by the " tirement of Cuno H. Rudolph. re tions point to the election of Mr. Mills { contly resigned, at its meeting las by a close margin. night, in the 1 threp Chure As for 'the senatorial race, the | RS (L Sk Seccie s e pro chances of Senator Wadsworth have | josal was made by Cabell been improved hy the wcmarkable |ang recefved the unanimous assenting race made’ by the top of the ticket, yvote of the assembly. A copy of the Mr. Mills. It is conceded that in the | regolution will be forwarded to Pr rural sections Mr. Mills will run|gent Coolidge. ahead of Senator Wadsworth, but the - drift of Democratic votes to Mr. Wads- Address by Dougherty. worth in New York counties is sub-| Commissioner Dou y gave a stantial. The Cristman vote in the up-| brief resume of the form of the Dis trict of Columbia government. Mr. State districts s growing.” Can_the drys up-state defcat the wets of New | Dougherty also requested the citizen York City? This is the real line’ of | assistance in keeping the streets ¢ cleavage ‘and not party lines, and throwing papers and other bits | therefore the chances favor the re- h on the thoroughfare election of Senator Wadsworth, Re- soctation voted appro of | publican, who will poll a large Demo- b %ed iOltienEhip | Member | atic vote. " to be conducted un tion of < (Covyright. 1 EPTTEeTae | sociations from November | READY FOR HALLOWEEN . and voicd a donation of $10 Y 5 per cent of all fees received S from hew members during the drive nd the 60 d ng to the gen- 1 committ federation to help meet the incident to the campaign. 6.) War Names Committee. Appointment of 2 commitiee in charge of arrangements for the Ameri- can War Veterans’ Club Halloween party, which will be held Monda night at L’Aiglon Salons, on Columbisg road, was announced Overalls and gingham dresse: be correct attire for the par committee comprises: Lifeut. B. R chairman; Lieut. Col. Ira F. F vice chi ; Madison 1 Hill, Lieut. Howard Fisk, Wallace Streater, Maj. Roy Hughes, Ralph A. Cusick, Li Charles’ Riemer, Comdr.. W Homer Carroll, Dr. Gecrge B. T . Howard F. Kane, Dr. Dunlop P m Free- Bell, Capt. | nd Capt. :\“’v(‘l‘l{ weett, William | rove, Edward | Hand- American Veterans' = Club of the expense 0 resolved (o join with the angley Junior iligh eacher Assocfation in nk W. Ballou, supe ools, to purch: the vicini be used The as plained ing the and th used by the company. A vesolution voicinz regret over the death of Rev. Henry Brundage, pastor of the Eckinston Presbyterian | Church, was adopted. KILLED BY EXPLOSION. B. Tough Victim of Texas Oil Field Disaster. 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