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MARYLAND’S VOTES
WILL GO TO HOOVER
Leaders of Both Republican
Factions Declare for
Secretary.
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BY WILL I\ KENNEDY.
The 19 votes of Maryland in the Re- 4
publican National Convrntton will be
cast for Hoover.
For tho Republican nomination for
President Mr. Hoover ts the only per
son who has filed in Maryland, , Both
the Wellei and the Marchant-Broening
factions have declared for Hoover The
probability is that no other Republican ,
will file, and even if some one else does
file, leaders of both factions have de
clared fir Hoover The organisation 1
always has been Invincible when united
and with both factions a unit on
‘Hoover, it seems assured that he will :
get the entire 19 votes.
• The Maryland delegation to the
Democratic National Convention mill be ,
•for Gov. Ritchie, with 16 votes. It is
‘thought that the A1 Smith following
has a strong leaning toward Ritchie in !
case of a deadlock against the New \
York governor; and that Maryland's 16
votes will have some support from othex
States even on the first ballot.
Bruce Has No Opposition.
In the senatorial campaign Senator
Bruce Iwe'iis opposition in his own
party. His nephew. Howard Bruce, is
national conr.mttrowian. Gov. Ritchie,
in control of tfie St»te organization, is
a relative and supporter of Senator
Bruce. Therebeen sorftr talk of
Democratic toppqsjtton, -but it has not
materialized
Former Gov. Philip Lee Golds borough
already has filed for the Republican
nomination for the Senate. He is ac
ceptable to all factions and no doubt
will be without opposition within his
own party. He is a strong campaigner
and strong on the Stump. He is ex
pected to give Senator Bruce a close
race, especially if .the. swing is Re
publican in the national election. Re
publicans have been elected to the
Senate twice in presidential years. In
1916 France was elected and in 1920.
Weller * - * -
Under the Maryland law. delegates
to the national conventions are in
structed by preferential vote in the
State to support the candidate selected
by the votes of the party as long as he
has a reasonable chance of success.
Who the delegates to the national con
ventions wifi be is still uncertain, de
pending on whether the Weller or the
Marcbant-iJroemng faction wins. The
selection “of the Democratic delegates
has been left to Gov. Ritchie.
The outstanding fight in Maryland
at present is the contest between former
Senator Weller and former Senator
Jackson df Salisbury, the present na
tional committeeman, who is seeking
re-election. Jackson is being aided by
Mavor William F. Broening of Balti
more, Roland Marehard, the Republi
can city leader, and Gen. W. Bladen
Lowndea,'. * -i
Sail Marshals Fanes.
Weller's forces are being marshaled
by State Chairman Galen N. Tait. col
lector of internal revenue. Other lead
en of the Weller came are Jacob
France, prominent Baltimore lawyer;
Paul Sleeman of Chevy Chase. Charles
Me Mathias of Frederick, who owns
considerable Washington property, and
W Harry Haller of Frederick.
Both factions are busy lining up
delegatee to the Btat» convention, who
will select delegates to Che national
convention, who in turn will elect the
national committeem*n. ' Both sides
claim they will control the State con
vention, which will be held about the
middle of May. The State primaries
are to be held May 7.
Delegate tickets are being filed in the
city of Baltimore and in most of the
counties.
The oangnawtonal campaign in Mary
land is unusually quiet. In the first, or
Eastern Shore district, the present
member, Representative Goldsborough,
has twq opposing candidates, and there
are mhottoni that there Will be a hot
fight in the primaries. On the Repub
lican side no one has yet came forward
in that district, which Is normally
Democratic.
In the second district the sitting
membeC -Representative Cede, hag an
opponent, while no Republican candi
date has announced yet. This district
is normally Democratic.
In the third district, which is the wet 1
district of Baltimore city, former Rep- 1
resen tat; ve Hill filed for the Republican 1
nomination As yet he has no opposi
tion. The sitting Democratic member
from this district, Vincent L. Paimisano,
has filed for re-election. The district
is normally Democratic, but Hill is a
good campaigner and carried it in 1920,
1922 and 1924
Linthknm Opposed.
In the fourth district, also Baltimore i
City Representative Linthicum has
served for nine consecutive terms. 18;
years He now has opposition in the ;
primaries, and two or three Republicans'
are talking of making a contest this
year. The Republican organization is
more determined than ever before to
make an attempt to capture this dis
trict.
In the fifth district. Southern Mary- j
land the old district held for almost
counties* years by Sidney Mudd. father
and son, the sitting member. Repre- i
tentative Gam brill, has no opposition *
for the Democratic nomination There j
are two aspirants for the Republican 1
nomination. Oliver Metzerott, former
State Senator, and A Kingsley Love of I
St Mary's County This is probably t
the closest district in the State and a j
warm contest is looked for
In the sixth district. Western Mary- ■
land normally a Republican strong- j
hold Representative Zlhlman, chair-;
roan of the House District committee, j
has filed for re-election and probably
will be successful He ha* no opposi- ,
tiori as yet but it is reported that ]
David J. Lewis, a former member of >
Congress and former member of the 1
United State* Tariff Commission, prob-!
ably will file for the Democratic norm- (
nation.
BORDER DISPUTE HELD
WEAR FINAL SOLUTION
Honduras and Guatemala May
fcoive Old Controversy With
Aid of United States.
»r tii* htmts'nuA PrtM
TEGUCIGALPA Honduras March
24 —The long -standing boundary dispute
between Honduras and Guatemala is
eppjoutrhng solution Fauato Davliia
foreign mlftiater, tonight Issued a
rigied statement saying trust under a
provisional agreement, which will be
in ad* effective immediately, the special
boundary commission will trace a new.
provisional ilru between the countries
This iu* will Ire considered the status
<g»o until a finai agreement i* rear lied
(The commission consist* of three
representative* of each government
WPh fioy Davis. United htates Minister
|« Costa Rica, as mediator
If tne two government* cannot agree
finally on the basis of list finding* of
this commission iionduras will ask
trait U>e question be submitted imme
diately to final arbitration by th*
President of U* United CRatas. The
<o*Bim**ion will meet next week at
Puerto Cortes end go over the disputed
zone.
To supply u*e early markets figs
Mem her cucumber* bean* tomatoes
iZur broom* and flour n. are being grown
mem glass <d graebhouaea covering 94
mils* at
PRESENT NAVY SIZE
FAVORED BY HOUSE
|
Funds for 83.250 Men, 8,745 j
Officers and 318 Ships Ap- !
proyed Tentatively.
J tty the Associated
| Continuance for another year of the
Navy at its present strength. 83,250 en
■ listed men. 8.745 officers and 318 ships, |
was tentatively approved yesterday by
the House, which accepted, without
change, a section of the annual Navy
Department supply bill carrying funds
for this purpose
I Ar. unsuccessful effort was made by j
Representative Douglass, a Massaciiu- }
setts Democrat, to boost the measure
1 total $359,150,000. by $4,000,000 to pro
i vide for the reconditioning of the 164
destroyers now in decommissioned
status at Philadelphia and San Diego
Representative French, Republican,
Idaho, in charge of the measure, de- j
dared that the ships were in need only j
jof fixtures which could be supplied j
quicklv in the event of an emergency, '
, and the amendment was rejected with- i
I out a record vote. i
The House also approved without !
change funds carried in the measure f
; for various navy yards and docks
I throughout the country. A final vot j
i on the bill is expected Tuesday.
Naval btiildinq plans were discussed
with President Coolidge in separate in
terviews by Chairman Hale of the Sen- ,
ate naval affairs committee and Sen- ;
ator Odflie. of..Nevada, ranking Repub
lican cn that same body.
Senator Oddie. after his conference. |
declared himself in favor of a* bisrge."
building program than the $2«4,000.00J
one already authorized by the House.
He said the original Navy Department
proposal falling for a total expenditure i
of more than $700,000,000 pleased him
more. : 1
Chairman Hale said he hoped for t <
early consideration of the House meas- i
ure,’ but that the naval appropriation j t
bill would have to take precedence over : J
the building authorization. *
LINDBERGH BELIEVED
HOLDING NEW RECORD j
FOR AIR PASSENGERS I
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to ride with him. that it was not for j
him to comment on this. - He was ob- (
viously pleased with it all, even though J
the unexpected response to his invi- f
tations had kept him in Washington \
longer than he expected.
Departure I'ndecMed. 1
Col. Lindbergh said that he was un
decided as to when he will leave Wash- 7
ington. * '
Assistant Secretary William P. Mac- *
Cracken. in charge of aeronautics at *
the Commerce Department, believes Col. .
Lindbergh has broken the world rec- '
ord for the number of passengers car- *
ried in such a short time by one pilot, (
the number of flights in succession, the t
number of passengers carried yesterday 5
ami the number of flights made yester- j
day. The* American record he broke -
conclusively was that for carrying the s
greatest number of notables. ,
Yesterday's list of passengers included .
Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, wife of the Sec- i
rotary of War; Mrs. Everett Sanders, ,
wife of President Coolidge s secretary; (
Senators Norris, Nebraska: Neely. West t
Virginia; Barkley. Kentucky; MacKellar.
Tennessee, and a host of Senators' wives <
and members of Congress and their f
families. Paulina Longworth. the small r
daughter of Speaker Longworth. went j
down to Bolling Field with her mother j
and greeted Col. Lindbergh, but did not ]
take a trip with him. r
Col. Lindbergh has promised to ac- <
cept the invitation of the Bolling Pleld <
enlisted men to attend their smoker to- a
morrow evening. The airmen had a
luncheon yesterday at the home of MaJ. j
Howard C. Davidson, commanding offl- a
eer of Bolling Field, with Assistant Sec
retary MacCracken, Mrs. James E. i
Peehet, wife of the Army Air Corps t
chief, and Assistant Secretary of the i
Treasury and Mrs. Carl T. Schuneman *
included among the guests. a
Begins at t;N.
Col Lindbergh began his arduous day ?
at 9 30 o'clock yesterday morning and
completed his twenty-ninth hop of the «
day as Washington was blurred in the j c
dusk and the lights of the big Navy I j
Ford all-metal monoplane gave notice to j j
observers that he was coining down for : e
the last time in his strenuous campaign f
to popularise flying, starting with the j j
Nation s leghJators and their families. j j
The talkative propensities of official 1 t
inhabitants of "the Hill" proved too r
much for the airman and when he saw ?
Representative LaGuardla of New York {t
in the cockpit on one of the early! i
hops yesterday. Col. Lindbergh tempo- j
rarily balked, until Mt MacCracken t
explained to him that Mr. LaGuardla t
was an old hand at the game himself. >
having flown overseas for 16 months j
during the World War. The Navy <
mechanics who flew beside him In the ]
cockpit were 8. J Maethay and R 8 1
' Russell, aviation machinists' mates, first i
class, when he used the Pord plane i t
belonging to the Navy and Plight Bergt 1
. Roy Hooe and Crew Chief John Carden i
when he used the Army's Fokker trans- j 1
j port Passengers have discovered that
| Col. Lindbergh does not desire to engage
: in conversation while he Is in the cock
| pit, but wants to devote all his attention
to flying
A wide variety of cameras -those of I
j "still" and motion picture camera men,
, as well as theme of person* overly dc-
I siring to have a "shot" of him for ttvir
albums -faced Col. Lindbergh as he
dismounted from one machine to ge»
! into the other,
ISw/Uom !)«■(. ,
Col Lindbergh's plane, after the
; manner of its kind, kicked up a nnnia- j
j lure wind and sand storm at each take*
i off, tout the spectators swallowed the j
dust and smiled, glad to be near their j
; hero Col Lindbergh paid little atten- j
i tlon to those who- wanted to shake his
| hand, and contented himself with giv- j
mg a mtiiltary salute and passing on j
'I nert were scores of children on hand,
| and periodically, as fv passed from I
plane to plane, they cheered and i
shouted his name. The greatest crow*! ]
J of hi* five days of public flying at Bo!'- !
ng field was on hand yesterday to see ]
j him So enthusiastic were some that \
they waited around for hours m the !
] hope that Mr MacCracken could find
place to squeeze them in on one of the j
i rides
Assistant Hecretary MacCracken plans j
to be in Parkersburg, W Va., tomorrow i
lin tire interest of an airport there He
made somewhat df a record himself,
giving th* politicians a few pointers on
how diplomaUcaliy to arrange a dlffnult
situation, for scores tried by almost
every eonceivatoto* mean* to gpf $. ride
with *f,indywith a letter from a Sen
ator or Representative or without it
In the midst of ft ail, Mr MacCramen
was pleasant to all, and last night j
wlien the silver-colored Ford planej
came to earth for the last Ume. lie was
still smiling
Ojl Lindbergh’s practical flying cam-!
paign nad its first reaction in the House
yesterday when Representative Pm low
of Minnesota a member of Uv House
military committee told his colleague-,
that they owed a vote of thanks to Col
Lindbergh for giving members of Con
gress "a ghaiioa Ur fly with the greatest
of all flien aird study aviation" lie
urged sjreedy adoptiofr of a measure to
promote Army air officers, and Repre
sentative MoCllMlc of Okiairoma, Hem
1 ocratlr member «f the House naval
jmma uuuiiiuiL
THE SUNDAY STATJ, WASTTTNGTOX, T>. C„ MARCH 25, TO2B--PART T
prominent at fort myer society circus yesterday
v •nH bp
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Upper left . Miss Victoria Tytus. Upper rijrht. Miss Francesca Mr Kinney.
Lower: Miss Alice Davis.
inf he would lifer to havr something
1 similar lor naval flyers.
Twenty-nine Trips.
An official compilation of trips and
passengers taken by Col. IJndoergh
during last week follows: Tuesday. 7
trips. 60 passengers; Wednesday. 12
trips. 106 passengers; Thursday. 17
trips. 147 passengers; Friday. 23 trips.
201 passengers, and yesterday. 29 trips
and about 330 passengers.
The passenger list, late yesterday, in
! eluded the wife of Representative
! Arnold of Illinois and his daughter.
! Mary Alice; Willa Puller, daughter of!
the South Carolina Representative; ;
Senator Norris of Nebraska with his
son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Robertson, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Rath; Lou and Ralph, sons of Repre
sentative Lozier of Missouri; Represen
tatives MeSwoenev of Ohio and Hope of
Kansas: Representative and Mrs Joe
Craii of California; Mrs. Lawrence ]
Wilder and her sister, who were invited !
to ride by Speaker Longworth: Repre
sentative and Mrs. Bowman of West |
Virginia; Representative Dowell of <
lowa. and Miss Riddle; Ben Arentz. son *
of the Nevada Representative, and the ,
latter's nephew, John Mark.
Starting with the fifteenth trip, the ,
! -passengers included: Representative and j
Mrs. Vestal of Indiana and their two
j children: Representative Johnson of:
1 Indiana. Ws wife and child and Repre- j
sentative and Mrs. Gasque of South
Carolina and their three sons; Repre
sentative Parks of Arkansas. J. McKell. i
nephew of Representative McKeown of
Oklahoma: a daughter of Representa
tive Allgood of Alabama; Riley J. Wil
son. jr.. son of the Louisiana represent
ative. with Mrs Wilson and Mrs. John
Taber, wife of the New York represent- I
ative: Representative Houston of Dela
ware and his two children: Represent- ;
ative and Mrs. Eslick of Tennessee, i
Representative Adkins of Illinois, with i
two sous and a daughter j
live Williams of Missouri . and two
daughters and Mrs. McKeH. c >
Mr>- A. M. Nevius; 4Hrs, Hst imopC
daughter-m-law of the .Utah Senafor
and Mr and Mrs E. W. Sitioot; Rep- j
'-esentative Kendall of Pennsylvania and
his daughter; Mrs. Grace Angus; John
E. Wright; Med ITI McCormick, • Jr/.
Francis Poulaon; Miss Evelyn Allgood,;
niece of Representative AllgoOd: Misses '
! Catherine and Mariana Harrison. |
! daughters of- the Mississippi Senator
i and his neied, Carease . Representative !
and Mrs Allen of Illinois and Edward
K Bohn, son of the Michigan repre-j
sentative. ' . . ,
Beginning with the twentieth trip, j (
which was made in the Pokker plane, j
the passengers included RepresenUtive
Lankford of Georgia. RepresenUtive j
Steele of Georgia, his daughter Martha
and a *orv, a niece of Senator Caraway;
Miss Nellie Cohen and Miss Roae Horn
stein. Miss Evelyn M. AUgood. daugh
ter of the Alabama member; Repre
sentative Casey of Pennsylvania, his
sister and daughter; Miss Brookhart.
daughter of the lowa Senator; Mrs.
John Hooeiden. Mme. Romereau. Rev.
i Dr. James Shera Montgomery chaplain
iof the House of Representatives, and
his wife; Mrs. Wainwrtght, wife of*the
j New York member, RepresenUtive*
i Romjue. Missouri; Wright, Georgia.
1 and Sears of Florida; the wife of Rep [
resc-ntative Ackerman of New Jersey, i
Miss E Kuhn, the wife of Representa- j
j tlve Swick of Pennsylvania. John Cush- I
mg. Washington Herald publisher; Mrs. I
Prank Knox wife of the business man
ager of the Hearst newspapers; Repre
sentative Fau*t of Missouri and his sis
ter. Mrs, Hamilton; two daughter.* of j
Representative Nelson of Wisconsin.
Grace and Ruth; Representative and .
Mrs. England of West Virginia and
theli three children, Mrs Estep, wife of
the Pennsylvania member; the wife
and son of Representative McLeod of
Michigan, Morris Giadke of New York
and his son Representative Sears of
j Nebraska and Miss Myrtle Painter. i
In the 24th trip, which was made
shortly after 5 o’clock and those fol
lowing were Representative and Mrs
Fitzpatrick of New York. Representa
live and Mrs Griffin of New York,
Representative AJmo of Alabama, the
Misses Margaret and Jacqueline Mans- j
field, daughters of the Texas member; j
the daughter of Representative Wain- i
wright of New York and Miss J Deane.
Senator Neely of West Virginia, the
wife of Representative Douglass of ,
; Massachusetts arid their daughters, j
! Pauline and Marian, John Cleghorn,
nephew of Senator Carter Glass of |
Virginia; three nephews of Representa- j
tlve Almon. M aft ha Oarrott, Mrs
j Francis B Russell, Lucy Phejpa, Repre
| sentative Engiebrlght of California,
i Senator McKeiiar of Tennessee and
| Mrs Bowers, Mrs Kent, wife of til*
I Pennsylvania Representative, and her
j daughter Margaret; Representative
! Karting of Wisconsin Ayala and Harry
| Bchlerf, Mrs Grace Thatcher Butler
niece of Representative Thatcher of j
Kentucky the daughter snd daughter
in-law of Representative Norton of New
Jersey, Representative Carter of Call- !
forma Representative and Mrs Beer;
of Pennsylvania and their son. Repre*
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EQUESTRIAN CIRCUS
HELD AT FORT MYER
Washington Society Girls Join I
With, Troopers in Annual
Benefit Affair.
Cowboys and Indians visd for honors j
with “Old Continentals" and dashing j
hunters as troops at Fort Myer, assisted
bv a group of horsewomen from the
younger social set of the Capital, yes- j
terday presented the third annual j
society circus before audiences which
twice filled the post riding hall, ana
brought out a notable assembly from
official circles, headed by Mrs. Coolidge
and the chief of staff of the Army.
Maj. Gen Charles P. Bvunmerall.
The circus was staged in the after
noon and at night for the benefit of
the recreational activities at the fort,
and combined colorful pageantry with
daring equestrian feats, in which was
mixed a dash of comedy
The participating troops comprised
units from the 3d Cavalry and 16th
Fi&d Artillery, known throughout the
service for their respective accomplish- j
merits in stunt riding and spectacular
field maneuvers. In addition to present- j
ing these well known specialties, the;
troops offered a series of burlesque ;
numbers and. assisted by the Washing- !
; ton girls, participated in several attrac- j
I tive presentations.
The tandems, musical quadrille and
hunting pageant, in which the Washing
ton girls had parts, and the Dcadwood
Coach" and “monkey drill." were high
lights fn the contribution of the Cavalry- j
men. led by Capts. Jesse G. Boyken.
James M. Shelton and J. W. Cunning- j
ham.
C Battery, of the 18th Field, com
manded by Capt. Joseph F Tate,
appeared in a comedy number. The
finale of the afternoon show was pre
sented by B Battery—the “Black Horse
Battery," under Cam Stewart F Miller,
which drilled In the uniform of Hussars,
and at night, A Battery', in Continental
garb, commanded bv Capt. John Nash 1
closed the show with a drill A dance
was held at the end of each perform
ance.
RADIO COMMISSION
BILL PASSES FINAL
LEGISLATIVE STAGE
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the five zones of the country upon the I
basis of population.
Caldwell and Eugene O Sykes, an
other member of the commission, were
in the Senate gallery during the de
bate, and, as he came under fire the j
commissioner from New York, who is
serving under a recess appointment,
leaned forward with hand cupped be
hind his car.
Dill declared that the allocation of I
the superpower to the radio corpora- '
tion hart made necessary the provision
| of the bill inserted by the House, ex- ;
plaining that this allocation had
brought complaint from many sections
of the country.
Senator - King declared that if the
commission did its duty under the law
It w'ould refuse licenses to Ihe “radio
trust," as it is authorized to issue li
censes only in the public Interest.
“There is no necessity for crowning
i the efforts of this trust,” he declared.
''Certainly H would not be in the public
interest to increase the power of this j
; trust.”
Aside from extending the life of the j
commission, and proposing a more
; equitable distribution of station power,
the legislation would lUnlt licenses to j
entertainment stations for periods of,
three months with those for commercial
! stations running for one year.
—
sentative Jeffers of Alabama, Miss M
E Carthy, MLss Nickelaon. Miss Marjorie
Boubry, MUs D. K Grsenwell. L. H
Carpenter, the daughter and sister of 1
Representative Curry of California, !
Felix, Marie Ixniiae and Dorvllle, chil
dren of Senator Broussard of Diuislana,
H Greenberg, newspaper camera man
the Misses Carol and Gloria Grosvenor
daughters of the president of the Na-
I tlonal Geographic Society; Miss Lillian
Burke, Miss Cortnne Rich, newspaper
woman and Edward O’Hara. Associated
Press photographer, who is credited
With having gotten two rides with the
colonel during the past week
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SPRING NEAR AS WHITE HOUSE
PLANTS BURST INTO BLOSSOM
Crocus and Magnolias Blooming, While
Other Flowers Show Signs of
Flowering Early.
Then* is every evidence about th*
White House grounds that Spring final
ly has arrived.
The past two or three days of ml!d
weather have had the effect of a magic
wand on the plant ltfe within thes-'
beautiful acres. Hundreds of crocus,
varied in color, and Jonquils have
I bloomed, and the seieral Japanese
i magnolia trees burst into blossom Frt-
I day night, and attracted no end of at
tention on the part of passersby yes
terday.
Blue and white hyacinths are peep
ing above the surface in the large
flower bed in front of the fountain in
the north grounds, and the indications
are that the forsvthla and tulips will
burst forth in all their colorful glory
within a few days. The iris, of which
! there are hundreds in the various beds
j in the White House grounds, promise to
follow closely.
Other Shrubs Budding.
In the meantime the many ros*
bushes and other plants and shrubs
i vnd trees have come out of their Win •
} ter lethargy and are rapidly maknv;
Ireadv to present their Spring array
i Those who a'c responsible for the horti
culture and floriculture In these
! grounds are proudly laying claim to the
i honor of having the first magnolias to
i oloom in the Capital. However, it p
admitted that plant life generally
throughout Washington is considerably
behind this year compared with former
! years. The several Japanese cherrv
trees in the rear grounds are wonder
fully well advanced, and their beautiful
pink blossoms are looked for any day
now. . * ,
, The huge horse chestnut tree planted
ibv President McKinley near the west
i gate in the front grounds Is expected
! again to win the honors of being the
i nisi of the hundreds of trees in these
! grounds to present leaves.
1 Despite the rapidity with which the
* plant life has matured during these
few Spring-like days, the White House
; gardeners are not yet making ready to
replace the greens stationed about the
front portico and the east and west
wings of the White House with the
i famous bay trees. The latter can stand
i very little clviUv weather and they are
I kept within doors until all fear of a
! sudden drop in the temperaure has
passed,
('nulldgr* Fond of Flowers.
Both the President and Mrs. Ooolidge
are especially fond of flowers —in fact,
all forms of plant life Mrs, Ooolidge,
1 who is going about very little since her
recent Illness, spends considerable time
during the morning walking about the
| rear grounds and has watched with
| genuine Interest each day's prog teas
i made by the various shrubs and plants
During liis walks back and forth to
the executive office and while on his
constitutional strolls about the front
i and rear grounds. President Ooolidge
Invariably Stops frequently to inspect
tlie plant life to see how it Is udvanctng
Much interest is centered In the
White House crocus. There are more
than 0,000 of these bulbs scattered
about the ground* and when they reach
their full maturity they present a spec*
tacit? that is the envy of every lover
of home gardens There are a score ot
more squirrels In the White House
grounds, and the gardeners contend
that these animals make away with
more than a themeand crocus bulbs each 1
year.
Roses Center of Attention
The opinion is that the President’s |
c hies Interest lies In the. White House
rose gardens The larger of these
gardens Is Immediately east of the,
President's office and contains more,
t linn 300 bushes and a dosen or so rose
tree# Virtually every known variety
sod specimen of rose may be found in
Uds garden, and whan it t« in full
bb s»m. it i» a spot »>t rare beauty.
grounds is the old-fashioned fljxyer gar
den made by the late f! Warren
Harding when was mtetrss of the
White House, arid which has b'en kept
flourishing by Mrs. Coolidge. The latter,
however, has an old-fashioned garden
of her own, just east of the rear portico,
and in it are found nearly every sort
of perennial and annual.
The domestic magnolia trees have
not vet b'osxomed. but they are expected
to do so very shortly If the warm weath
er continues. Two of the largest of
these domestic trees are familiar sights
In the front grounds They are near
the fence and when they are In bloom
they attract much attention. Three of
these domestic magnolias grow close
together near the rear portico. They
offer a cool, shady nook, and It Is there
that Mrs. Coolidge frequently sits while
she sews or embroiders.
PROHIBITION ISSUE
YIELDS TO “OIL” IN
POLITICAL DEBATE
(Continued from First Page >
Mr Hoover and Senator Willis are
lighting U out for the delegates.
The people of Massachusetts would
like very much to vote for President
Coolidge for President again. Francis
Prescott, Republican State chairman of
Massachusetts, said here yesterday fol
lowing a luncheon at the Capitol with
Republican members of the Massa
chusetts delegation in Congress.
"The Republicans of Massachusetts
believe that the President does not wish
to run,” said Mr Prescott. “But there
are some of them who still believe that
' the President might accept the nomi
nation if it came to him under certain
circumstances ”
Mr Prescott did not specify what
tlvae circumstances might be.
The Massachusetts State chairman
discussed plans coming cam
paign with the House members of his
State and with Senator CHllett, Ho
said that the Republican organisation
was more completely organised at
present in the Bay Slate than ever be
! fore and that the prospects were good.
i He made no prediction in regard to the
| senatorial nomination against Sena*
i tor David I. Walsh. In other Quar
ters however, it was said that either
former Senator William M, Butter,
ciiaitman of thr Republican national
committee, would be the nominee, or
an effort would be made to draft Ctov
Fuller for the race Both said they did
! not wish to be candidates.
'
Judge Annuls Marriage at Sea, Holding
Captain Lacked Power Under D. C. Lawj
l ———
!
1)> lli*< AosetiSlrd t*re»*
CHU'AOO, March 34 - Appellor
I Judge Joseph Rabath today annulled a
: marriage i*uforined by a shin's captain
on the high seas. although the veteran
I divorce Jurist did not hold that all aueh
j marriages are void
i David Maynard, former attache of
I the League of Nations and now a college
I urofcasur, asked that his marriage to
; Wllla M Kvans, a former professor of
i Loutish In a Pennsylvania college and
• daughter of the Hcv, William M Kvaus
, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, tw annulled
I Maynard's hill set forth thav ware mar**
rled by Capt. tleorge Fried of the Crest»
deni UiHuevell on July 1, Ig’Jrt, while
ou I heir way from Knglaud to Franc*,
and based his plea on the ground that
th« master «f a ahtp had no authority
MHUNIM
SENATORS INDICATE
GORDON APPROVAL
Subcommittee Expected to
Report Name Favorably
for Supreme Court.
The Senate judiciary committee may
have before it tomorrow a favorable re
port from the subcommittee consider
ing the nomination of Maj. Peyton |
Gordon to be an associate justice of
i the District Supreme Court,
i That the subcommittee has decided
jto recommend confirmation of Maj j
I Gordon was clearly indicated following
a meeting yesterday, attended by Scn
i atots Steiwer. Republican, of Oregon,
j and Caraway. Democrat, of Arkansas.
Senator Deneen, Republican, of Illinois,
was unable to be present yesterday, but
he has attended previous sessions of
the subcommittee and gone carefully
into the questions raised in connection
with the appointment.
Several persons attended the first
meeting of the subcommittee and op
posed confirmation, complaining of the
I method of handling a number of cases
in the district attorney’s office during
Maj. Gordon's term as head of that of
fice. It was indicated yesterday that
the subcommittee has reached the con
clusion that the objections do not jus
tify an unfavorable report. The judi
ciary committee must act on the sub
committee report before the nomina
tion is taken up in the Senate.
AL SMITH ASSAILED
AGAIN BY ROBINSON:
DEMOCRATS REPLY
(Continued from First Page.)
‘ reply, reverting to a previous declara
tion by Robinson that "birds of a
feather flock together.” and asked him
j to tell the Senate about his political
associates in Indiana whom he named
j as Gov. Jackson, George Coffin. Repub
! lican treasurer of Marion County, who
also is under indictment, and D. C.
Stephenson, serving a life term for
murder.
"Out of that triumvirate, or so I am
told,” Tydings said, "came the appoint- j
ment which concerns us today Who
is Ed Jackson? He campaigned in D. i
C. Stephenson s car for the governor- j
ship of Indiana.”
Recalls Sinclair Appointment.
Robinson recalled that Gov. Smith
had twice named Sinclair as racing
commissioner of New York, which post
Robinson said the oil man resigned j
shortly before the expiration of a five- j
year term in 1925. He said that after I
Smith had written his letter denying
campaign contributions by Sinclair,
contributions by Sinclair in 1918 and ’
in- 1926 to the New York Democratic j
campaign fund had been found.
Robinson said that Edward L. Do
heny, lessee of the Elk Hills naval oil
reserve, had*testified he had employed:
three members of the cabinet of Pres 4 - j
dent Wilson immediately after they
had left their offices—William G. M:- :
Adoo, former Secretary of the Treas
ury: Franklin K. Lane, former Secre
tary of the Interior, and former Attor- j
ney General Gregory. Later, he said,
he understood former Secretary of War
Garrison had also been employed by
Dohcny. and that former Secretary of
State Lansing had been employed by
Sinclair.
I "Doesn't the Senator make any dis- J
tinction?” asked Senator Barkley.
Democrat. Kentucky, "between legal
employment after leaving the cabinet
and illegal employment while in the
cabinet?”
Senator Walsh also questioned him to
ask if he meant to draw any inference
j against the former Wilson cabinet of
j fleers. He said he was drawing no in- ,
ferences. that the facts spoke for them- :
selves and that next week he would
i draw some conclusions.
Questions Robinson's Record.
“I might venture to ask.” Senator
] Tydings said, "if the legal birds with
whom the Senator has flocked—his In-;
dianapolls law firm—has not done a!
large business in representing bootleg- ■
gers and other violators of the prohi
bition law in the courts of Indiana
while the Senator has gone about mak- ’
i ing speeches under the auspices of the ;
Anti-Saloon League which paid his!
expenses?"
Senator Robinson denounced that,
j statement as a campaign lie” and re
lated how his first appointment had j
come to him as a surprise. He then told ;
how he had been nominated in 1926
from a field of five candidates and;
elected to his present post.
SMITH IS SILENT
Governor Will Delay Reply to Senator's
Letter.
B> the SMtK-iated Preaa.
ALBANY. N Y.. March 24 -Gov !
Smith today received the letter of
Chairman Nye of the Senate Teapot;
j Dome investigating committee, in which
j the Senator charged the governor with
I seeking to undermine public confidence
in the investigation. It was indicated 1
that the governor would have no for- i
mal reply to the letter before early next
week.
The latest attack on the governor by j
Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indi- ;
ana. who today charged the State
executive with retaining Harry F. Sin
clair as State racing commissioner dur
ing the naval oil lease investigation
of 1924. was met by silence on the gov- j
emor’s part.
BANKER KILLS SELF:
RUN CLOSES DOORS
Uy lhi* Snnx-iMrC Press
OSBORNE. Karts.. March 24—Wor
ried over a visit here of three national
bank examiners, Frank Denman, presi
dent of the First National Bank of
j Osborne, shot and killed himself at his
j home here today
The Institution, with deposits totaling
| nearly $300,000 was closed after a short
run precipitated by the suicide of the
! president.
Apparent irregularities of between
SB,OOO and SIO,OOO were uncovered, the i
j hank examiners announced They said
Denman was unable or unwilling to
explain the discrepancies
j Except for the small irregularities, the
bank appeared to Ik- in gv\>d condition,
the examiners said
! Because of the wide efleet vd such a
decision •-*> aa> midi, Judge Babafh
took several weeks to reach an opinion
wad annulled the match tor different
reasons than those set forth by May*
uard
Judge Ha bath held that the marriage j
was performed without a license at*
though the District of Columbia. the
point of register of the vessel, required
a license. Me also decided Cwpt Fried
had no authority to perform ceremonies
under the taw of tire District of Co*
lumhia These facts however he held
do not make the marriage absolutely
void, uoleas It were null tried tor a de- \
free The marriage how* vet he held
could not be considered valid as *
common taw mtiLage because the laws
j of the Dun let olmdumbl* do »ot tarn ,
i comman law maltlafea. *
SINCLAIR WILL GET
FALL’S TESTIMONY
Oil King Permitted to Have
Statements Taken for
Use at Trial.
By the Awviaied Pr<*»*.
Deprived of the testimony of Albert
B. Fall because of his Illness. Harr/ F.
Sinclair yesterday obtained an order
from Justice Jennings Bailey in Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court per
mitting him to take the oral deposipon
of the former Interior Secretary to be
used in Sinclair’s defense against
charges of conspiring with Fall to de
fraud the Government in the Teapot
Dome lease.
The deposition will be taken at Fair#
home in El Paso, Tex., on March 29,
perhaps by Daniel Thew Wright, v no
recently came into the case as assy ate
counsel for Sinclair. The court's order
appointed M. B Bull, a notary public
at El Paso, as the commissioner to ti ke
the testimony, and provided that only
three days’ notice of the intention of
the defense need be given the snccia!
Government prosecutors, Atlee Pomer
ene and Owen J. Roberts.
Secrecy to Be Maintained.
The deposition will be taken oefore
only representatives of the defense and
prosecutors, George P. Hoover, counsel
for Sinclair said, and will not become
public until read in court here.
Sinclair sought the court order to
enable him to get the story of the
Teapot Dome lease from Fall, on the
grounds that it could not be properly
brought out by written questions. In
that connection he cited an affidav it
filed in the case this week during the
1 hearing at which Justice Bailey granted
{ Fall a continuance, severed the cases,
denied Sinclair's motion for a two
month postponement and rtt the date
of trial for April 4.
This affidavit, submitted by Reginald
W. Ragland of Sinclair's counsel, said
that Fall, if he was able to testify,
would say that he had only assented
to the executive order, which enabled
Sinclair to lease the oil reserve re
luctantly at the insistence of President
Harding.
Bribe Charge Denied.
The Government charges that after
Fall leased the Teapot Dome reserve to
Sinclair the oil man gave the former
i Secretary $233,000 in Liberty bonds.
Ragland said Fall would testify that
this payment was not a bribe, but had
been paid to Fall for one-third Interest
j in his New Mexico ranch holdings.
Fall's deposition will be his first testi
mony as to his dealings with Sinclair
and of the Teapot Dome lease.
Wright said last night that he had
I' not definitely determined whether he
would make the trip to El Paso as
planned to get Fall's deposition. He
>aid his information was that the former
Secretary was extremely feeble and
could not be permitted to talk or to
endeavor to answer questions for more
I than 30 minutes a day. This, he
indicated, would make the work of
getting the testimony tedious and re
i quire many days.
Wright said he would decide before
| tonight what he would do.
SINCLAIR EMPLOYE
CLAIMS FALL DEAL
WAS NOT RECORDED
j (Continued from First Page )
Trust Co,, Ken well conceded that he
might have had other places where he
kept them. Replying to Senator Walsh
of Montana, the witness said it was bus
recollection that the oil operator had
installed either a safe or a vault in his
borne when it was remodeled some
, years ago.
j Lasker gave an affirmative answer
when Chairman Nye asked him if he
! was on such dose terms with Upham
that the treasurer would have felt se
: cure in crediting him with a party
donation made by some one else whose
identity it was desired to conceal
, This is only one of a number of in
stances where donations were credited
[on the Upham records to men who
since have denied making them, and
the committeemen assumed that this
| was one method Upham used in wash
ing out the $160,000 Continental Trad
j erty bonds which Havs sent to him cut
of the Sinclair jack pot” of $260,000.
Lasker said he never had been called
upon to help wipe out the deficit, as
he had done enough during the H.vrd
i ing campaign, his total contributsona
then being $27,000. Also he said he
never had talked politics with Edwin
I Denby. former Secretary of the Navy,
! and declared he never had attended
any conferences at which the extin
guishing of the party debt was dis
cussed.
Knew Daugherty Associates.
Asked if he knew Harrv M. Daugh
erty. former Attorney General, and his
; close associates. Jesse Smith and Hotr
! ard Mannmgton. Lasker said he did.
| but asserted he never had held political
conferences with them,
j "Never talked politics with them a:
any time’" inquired chairman Nve
“I never discussed anything with
them except the weather.” Lasker de
j dared w ith emphasis
Disclaiming any knowledge of either
1 the Continental Trading Co. or am of
its Liberty bond profits, the former Go* -
eminent official also denied that he had
given $150,000 in Liberty bonds to
i Thomas W Miller, former alien prop
| erty custodian, who recently was con
victed of a conspiracy to defraud the
Government in connection with alien
property returns.
DklnT Want Newspaper.
"Did you ever offer to purchase the
Marion tOhioi Star?" asked Chairman
Nye, referring to the newspaper sold by
President Harding Just before his death
"No, sir,” Lasker replied "I could
not imagine why 1 should have wanted
it. 1 am not a publisher, but an ad
vertising man."
Finally Lasker told the committee
that he had no knowledge about funds
of the Republican party except wtvai
he gave and those he spent as director
of publicity duruig the Harding cam
-1 paign.
The witness could not say what had
been done with the $35,000 cash con
tribution he gave to Upham ui I*3o.
, but his recollection was that the tie*'
urer had said he wanted to distribute
it around among the States in small
lots. He prvwJuccd a check drawn tv*
himself as evidence of the contribut'd',
Why did you pay it m cash * ‘ asked
Senator Walsh
j l don't know, unless Mr Upham
asked (or it in cash.” Lasker returned
i "You know. Senator, politicians usually
| like to have contributions in cash
' Is that a regular practice ui Chi
cago?"
”Oh t suppose ao,” lasker replied
with a laugh
SHIP’S OFFICER WOUNDEO
S. 11 a»r. U.lK.n S. C , In
Condition at Dover,
DOVER. England March 34 W**™
A H Oeet of Belton, B C„ **«*•*
of the steamer City el Alton, wa» lauded
here tonight suffering hom a gunshot
wound. He aaa taken to a hospital
m critical condition
The steamer had tent a «■%<**> ***»
sag* to the United Wale* ShEfbtt
Board office at London urgently askuu
that aid be anti from Ha»ua*e Kng
and A doctor of that city m»«
m a lugger but was unable la ffitd the
steamer in the position indicated, a*»d
\ , trffil- dki aw.ad I'ji'divt