Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1928, Page 20

MICHELET PROVES BALLOT PROPHET D. C. Man’s Estimate of Vote Weeks Before ElectionIs Unusually Close. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Simon Michelet of Washington, president of the National Get-Out-the- Vote Club, is an election prophet ex- traordinary. Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight was not a particularly fruitful year for professional political prophets, but Mr. Michelet stands forth as_a prognosticator vindicated. Toward the end of septgmber ‘weeks before November 6, he predicted a bumper crop of votes at the presidential election. Many others did likewise, but nobody risked exact figures. Michelet did. He sald there would be a round total of 37,000,000 votes for presidential candidates. As the Associated Press’ carefully compiled figures have just shown, there were exactly 36,798,669. Michelet, in other words, guessed within & round 200,000 of the exact aggre- gate, which was hardly more than one- half of 1 per cent out of the way. His estimate preceded by several weeks the announcement that 43,000,000 voters had registered. Michelet, now a practicing lawyer in ‘Washington, has been a well known figure in national politics for 25 years. He came here from Minnesota as pri- vate secretary to the late Senator Knute Nelson, who served in the upper house for 28 continuous years. During his last two sessions in Congress Nelson ‘was chairman of the Senate judiciary committee. Michelet gives “Ed” Smith, famed Minneapolis Republican leader, chief credit for whatever political acu- men he himself claims. He calls Smith “the boss emeritus” and col him one of the shrewdest minds that ever played the great game of polities. Smith for years was Republican State chair- man in. Minnesota or national com- mitteeman from that State. The Gopher commonwealth has never gone anything but Republican in national velections. The G. O. P. holds Smith mainly responsible for that unbroken record. Formed Vote Club. It was in 1923 that Michelet con- ceived the idea of speclalizing in a warfare on vote-slacking. His many seasons of campaigning on behalf of Knute Nelson and alongside Smith taught him that the stay-at-home vote was a formidable and evil thing in a democracy. He formed the "Nltlonul Get-Out-the-Vote Club” and beclme its president, board of directors, manager and sole financial buker m ‘organization still exists in its original | H form. He proceeded on the theory that & country which only votes 50 cent is likely to be run, now and then, on 50 per cent lines. “I soon found that my enthusiasm for what seemed a national patriotic ‘cause,” un Michelet, “was not wldely contaglous. ocratic politicians | she ¥i5iaat: Sighoriis i SBY “How did you work out your 37,000, ooo-vou for President?” Michelet was 3 n was based on the hunch," he ex- &I:u;% u"tlnt the normal in the m:: not less tlun an 8,000,000-vote going to wul and umng ballots. I placed thnt at 30,000,000 to 40,000,000. It needs to be rememl 3 par- tially blank ballots account for the dis- orepancy between total ballots cast and total counted in the popular vote for President.” wonymht 1928 CHILDREN T TO GIVE PLAY. ¥The Christmas Secret” to Be Pre- % sented by Dramatic Groups. “The Christmas Secret,” a short A ‘will be presented hythethlldrml%‘:\'- MARK TWAIN'S GIRL HEROINE BURIED AT S Childhood CENE OF NOVEL Companion of Humorist Kept Events of Past Alive in Memory Until Death at 91. By a Staff Correspondent. he Star and the ST et P00, KANSAS CITY, Mo., December 28.— On a hill overlooklnn the Mississippl River at Hannibal, where, as a girl, she played with Mark Twain, the famous Missouri novelist, “Becky Thatcher,” a character who wove sentiment into many of the humorist's books, was buried yesterday. Mrs. Laura Frazer, the “Becky,” in real life, died at the age of 91 years. Mrs. Frazer, known to Mark Twain as Laura Hawkins, probably knew more of the early life of the novelist than others of his characters who were taken from real life. She was his child- hood sweetheart and schoolmate. One must go back 85 years, and to the quiet Mississippl River town of Hannibal, to see the picture of Samuel L. Clemens, later the “Tom Sawyer” of his famous novel, and his first sweet- heart, Laura Hawkins, later Mrs. Laura Frazer, and the “Becky Thatcher” of the story. Laura then was 6 years old and Samuel was 7, and they played and roamed together until Samuel left Hannibal, 10 years later. This is how Mrs. Frazer herself summed up the story of those years in an interview recently: . Recalls First Meeting. “Do_you recall when you first saw Tom Sawyer?” she was asked. “Oh, yes,” she replied quickly. “I remember that very well. The Clemenses lived on Hill street, about the middle of the block, where the old house still stands, and we lived across the street and about half s block away. I was standing in my yard one day when Sam Clemens came along and saw me. He had a rose in his hand. He put this between his toes and with a kind of handspring tossed the flower over the fence to me. He was just showing off. I was 6 years old then and he was 7. ‘We became fast friends after that. “We attended school together and went to the same parties. When we were little we played in the of the Clemens’ home almost every day and we found plenty of amusement. I remember that there was an old brick chimney in the backyard, built along- curred he, too, set up a howl of anguish. “He crlkeyd !muer lml louder than I did,” Becl “sun Clemm h me to skate,” e‘g‘hdmymm for m.wtthmmmnlhudhm hand in hand. We had great fun.” “Was he mischievous when he was & boy?” Mischievous as Boy.' ever said 80 to me. There were, he said, certain incidents in the book wherein when he talked with that curious drawl of his e I never knew ways told big hlu. magnified th just as he did in his books. But he them in such a way that you knew he was romancing. He didn't say in earnest anything he huw ‘wasn't so.” (Copyright, 1928, by North American News- Daper Alliance.) T WALTON IS ELECTED RAIL CLERKS’ HEAD Officers for Coming Year Are Named by Employes of Penn- sylvania Road. A. P. Walton was chosen president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Cllpflcl f the i’e:.x'soiy mr‘f.dm'z ployes of A the lnmul election held last night. The lodge will hold its annual Christ. mas party for the children of the em- ployu at its lodge room tomorrow E":i“‘"' at which presents will be dis- ributed. Officers who will serve with Mr. Wal- ton for the com! year are: Vice preuident J. A. Mo r; secretary, H. A. Herfurth; treasurer, H. M. Wood; chaplain, Mrs. Mary Hyland; sergeant. at-arms, W. F. Le Graw; inner guard, R. E. Scott; outer guard, W. E. Rawles executive board, J. W. Burton, J. V. Triker and E. 8. Kendrick. BOY TO RECEIVE MEDAL. Frank R. Jelleff to Present Trophy at Club’s Christmas Party. ‘The mo.t “all-around boy” o{ tha Boys’ Club will receive an honor med wnlght nt the club’s annual chrhmn party from Frank R. Jelleff, president. The of the party, to be held at 230 t, calls for music, acrobatic entertainment and the presentation of hmmn bags to younger members. A dance for senior members Wwill be 1 held after the party. CASH REGISTER OASE DISMISSEI] Federal Trade Commission|, Drops Complaint Charging Unfair Trade Methods. | By the Assoclated Press. The Federal Trade Commission yes- terday dismissed its complaint against the National Cash Register Co. of Day- ton, Ohio, in which it charged that company with using unfair methods of competition by having its salesmen make “disparaging” and “wholly false” statements regarding the financial sta- bility of the Remington Cash Register Co. of New York and the quality of its product. ‘The brief filed in reply to the com- mission’s complaint declared that “the Federal Trade Commission is without jurisdiction and should not assume jurisdiction” in this case, since all the subject matter is covered in the Federal Government's case against the National Cash Register Co. in the Southern Dis- wz Court ox Ohio. That court's decree February 1, 1916, the brief declared, eould be lfljul " Since that mmt. 1t continued, 'the ice . has not called the Na- tional cuh any cases of alleged unfairness on purt of those selling its products.’ 7 ‘The reply denied the 's allegations regard- ing mmoda used by its n!almzn ngn the Remington Co., such as de- liberately injuring Remington machines mlllnmlie them appear mechanically un- rel Legionnaires Entertain Inmates. Inmates of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital will be entertained tomorrow night with a minstrel show glwn by t.he Costello Post of the American Legion. The show is the same which the gave sev- eral weeks ago at the District jail and will be repeated January 24 at the Jewish cammunlty Center as the an- nual benefit performance of the vet- erans’ organization. Free Psychological Lecture By Earle Wayne At Junior Order U. A. M. Hall 808 Eye Street N.W. Tani(h! n lx(w P.M. vited 'BEWARE THE COLDS THAT HANG ON Coughs from colds may sead to se- rious trouble. 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