Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1927, Page 18

SMITH DECLARED GANING N SOUTH Representatives Claim Sup- port of Numerous Dixie Political Leaders. BY GEORGE D. RILEY, News Editor of the Birmingham News. Special Dispatch to The Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 2—The tide of Al Smith's presidential hopes, lapping over the Mason-Dixon line, has seeped into seven Southern States which three years ago stood with the phalanx supporting William G. Mec- Adoo. 3 Instances lately have come thick and fast to support the assertion of partisans of the New York Governer that their campaign is making prog- ress against desperate odds. A South-wide survey, just completed gonably look for aid in the tle coming in the 1928 Democ tional Convention from Maryland, ginia, Florida and Loulsiana. Gov. Smith may swing support from unin- structed delegates representing North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Ken- tucky. Allied With Strong Leaders. In their maneuvers to gain support for a Roman Catholic wet, as against several Protestant drys from the South, who probably will be put for- Mr. Coolidge, cham- ith have allied them- selves wit wosing array of Dixie political leaders. Among_the claimed by Smith agents as among their adherents are Gov. Albert Ritchie of Maryland, Gov. Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Clark Howell, Atlanta publisher and power in Georgia pol- itics; former Senator Oscar Under- wood of Alabama, Senator Edwin S. Broussard of Louislana, and two Tex: members_of President Wil- gon’s cabinet—T. W. Gregory, former Attorney General, and Albert Burle- son, one-time Postmaster General. Northern Florida, almost re-popu- lated in the boom years by settlers from north of the Ohio River, is known to be at odds politically with the lower peninsula, and is considered fertile fleld for Smith's campaign workers. Large sums have been ap- propriated for expenditures in this State alone, it is learned authorita- tively. outstanding figures Left to righ cinct detectivi Some of the material confiscated THE VALUABLE PRODUCTS SEIZED BY POLICE v police yesterday in a raid on an upper room of 1207 E street northwest. Capt. Bean of No. 1 precinct, who led the raiders; A. T. Fiehelly, B. D. Hughes and J. E. Kane, pre- SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 3 DANCING AND CARD CARNIVAL PLANNED Knights of Columbus Fete April 25 to Aid High School Scholarships. Plans for a dancing and card carni- val under auspices of the Knights of Columbus in Washington have been completed, Charles W. Darr, State deputy and chairman of the general committee in charge, announced last night. The carnival and ball will be held April 25, at the Washington Audi- torfum, for the benefit of the Arch- bishop Curley K. of C. free high school scholarship fund. An attend- ance of 10,000 is the aim of the com- mittee. i Secretary of the Navy Wilbur has accepted an invitation to open the festivities with a short address. A program of entertainment will be given prior to the ball. One of the features will he an exhibition by one of the Washington drill teams. Officers of the general committee in charge of the ball are: Mr. Darr, chairman; Thomas J. Fitzgerald, secre- tary; John Francis Hillyard, assistant secretary, and John B. McGinley, treasurer; James A. Sullivan, Rev. F. X. Cavanaugh, J. B. McGinley, J. Leo Kolb, Thomas P. Dowd, T. J. Fitager- ald, William A. Mulligan, Robert J Cottrell, Willlam G. Feely, James T. Ryan, J. Eugene Gallery, John E. Burns, Albert E. McCarthy, Fred 8 Martin and Michael D. Schaeffer, vice chairmen; Willlam H. Callaghan, Dr. H. J. Crosson, F. P. Sheehy, P. J. Haltigan, P. Harrington, Leo A. Rover, Willlam P. Normoyle, Maurice J. McAuliffe and Dr. Charles J. Grif- fith, all past State deputies, honorary vice chairmen. Announcement of committee heads and members will be made later, Mr. Darr stated. Student Paper Suppressed. SHAWNEE, Okla., April 2 (#).—The Bison, student publication of Okla- homa Baptist University, was sup- Louvre Has Unique Vault. hibits in the Louvre at night ave been insf KB Georgia Klan Defeat Cited. In Georgia the recent overwhelm- ing defeat of the Ku Klux Klan ticket is believed to open the way to more liberal consideration of Smith's can- didacy. North Carolina, shaken by the resignation of Judge Willam Grady as State grand dragon of the Klan, and his public denunciation of the masked order, offers another vantage point for Al's campaigners. The reappearance in Virginia of Thomas Fortune Ryan, erstwhile “Cardinal Richelieu” of Old Dominion pelitics, but more lately a resident of New York City, is linked significant- Iy with recent utterances by Gov. , which are considered favorable to the Smith cause. ite the personal ambitions of Gov. Ritchie, the preponderant wet and Catholic elements in Maryland's electorate are cited to assure support for. Gov. Smith on the crucial ballot. Catholic Southern Louisiana, which outvotes Protestant Northern Lou- isiana, holds promise of another dele- gation cheering for the *“son of the Bast Side.” In the face of outspoken opposition from Gov. Dennis Murphre of Missis- sippi, and Senators Heflin and Black of Alabama, Smith’'s managers might count on a small popular vote from the Catholic Creole communities along the Gulf Coast from Blloxi, Miss., to Pensacola, Fla. An unquestioned power in Alabama politics remarked to a friend the other day that, with Alabama's delegation to the 1928 convention uninstructed, it would be easy for him to deliver the State's 24 ballots to Smith. Indications are that Smith adve- cates may expect scant succor in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. However, Smith campaign commit- tees are being organized in every Southern State, and Democratic ng; tiopal committee men are being tad by their Northern brethren that, ““Al is the only man to beat Cal.” (Copyright. 1927.) . GEORGETOWN DEBATERS BEAT LEXINGTON TEAM Washington and Lee Men Lose in Contest on Cancellation of Debts. Georgetown University's varsity de- bating team won its first intercol- legiate debate of the season last night in Gaston Hall against a team from Washington and Lee University of Lexington, Va. In winning the judges’ decision, 4 to 1, the local de- baters advanced successful arguments agalnst further reduction or cancella- tion of European war debts due the United States. The Hilltop team, coached by Rev. John J. Toohey, S. J., was composed of Francis 1. Brady of Massachusetts; J. Philip Cahill of Massachusetts and 308 N. McGuire of the District of Co- lumbia. Harold N. Platt of New York, Charles B. Carr of Virginia and William A. Plummer of Ohio repre- ROSEBUSH & SHRUBBERY SALE To protect the many valuable ex- aults lled beneath the floor |and lowers the into these the display c ered at the end o know the secret, can ope really one big bu ent diamond, pparatus whic! : is among the e and 1o fe, and the that only authorized attenda te it. ued at §: ibits thus pressed today because it contained resolutions asking reinstatement of o | three instructors ousted for teaching ution. Several hundred coples sold, however, prior to sup- 1927T—PART 1. WILL PRESENT COMEDY. 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