The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
VS. Of
Visitors in
Capital
Interviews with Guests
From All Parts of
The United States.

Camden, N. J., win receive in
creased manufactures and COM
merce from the two great projects
now under way. abe 100000 ma
rine terminal and. the bridge over
the Delaware, Charlie" Ellis, the
fighting Mayor" of Camden, said
at the New Willard Hotel yester-
day.
Mayor Ellis, who has been here in
attendance on the National Congress
of Rivers and Harbors, was con-
graduated by that body upon the
success of his long ight against
antagonistic interests which made
possible the victory of the bond
election held recently in New Jersey
for the construction Of these two
projects.
Mr.. Ellis, who has served contin-
uously for sixteen years as Mayor
of Camden first came into national
prominence when the fght against
slackers was on. Asked to use his
influence to secure exemption for
wealthy citizens Of Camden, he de-
clared: My sons are fighting. and
I caunot see why any other mans
sui oc Aobs~o ~ASAAfe@~es
PREDICTS CAMDEN WILL
BE FOREMOST PORT.
The mayor Is as proud of the two
enterprises for which he made such
a long fight as any fond father or
his first-borp.
yes" he said. "the s3.ooo.ooo ma
rine terminal will easily take care
of twenty ships. Built at the foot
Of the Spruce street wharf II will
eliminate the long haul through
Philadelphia and up through Penn
sylvania to Trenton and then over
into New Jersey. as has been neces-
sary in the past. 1t will eliminate
interstate freight tariffs. The ter
mjnal Is bound to make Camden q
formidable rival of Philadelphia and
I should not be surprised to see it
become the more important of the
two ports.
Engineers have already been at
work for three months on the
bridge across the. Delaware from
Market street in Philadelphia to
Camden. This will admit of trans
portation the year round. despite
past have impeded traffic for at least
The mayor declared that the New
York Ship Yard, one of the largest
plants of its kind in the United
States, has work enough to keep
its present force of employees busy
for five years. He predicted great
prosperity for Camden. since both
the. bridge and marine terminal will
open up outlying districts of Cam
den In manufacturer
CUBAN ATTORNEY
VISITS WASHINGTON.
As a result of the appeals of the
Liberal party of Cuba, which has
contended that the last election was
one illegally, new elections will be
held in many provinces of the
isand. This will bring about a Lib
eral victory, 1t is hoped by Julio de
Ia Tore, prominent lawyer and
Liberal leader of Havana, registered
at the Washington Hotel.
'In the province Of Matanzas,"
Mr.. de la Tore said yesterday.
new elections will be held in all
precincts of the municipalities of
Colon. Perico. Marti. San Jose,
Santa Ana, Sabanilla, Union de
Reyes and Agramente.
Because of violence and intimi-
dation new elections will be held
in many provinces"
SEES LIBERAL VICTORY
IN NEXT ELECTIONS.
Because of frauds in the scrutiny
of the ballots, new elections will be
held in Guamacaro and Jovellanos.
The provincial board has also an
nulled the returns from precincts
two and three of Msnguito, Calimete,
No. 1 in Quintana, and Nos. and 2
OF Rogue, where there were evident
infractions of election rules. No
elections were held at all in three
precincts of Colon.
I'm the province of Oriente, where
no elections whatsoever were held in
fifteen precipcts, appeals will be
made for a new election in Holguin,
Santiago, and seventeen other pre-
cincts.
Appeals are also being made with
reference to elections in many pre-
cincts of Camaguey and Santa Clara
In the province of Santa Clara the
Liberal party has appealed more
than 100 precincts. There are ru-
mors that the electoral board of
Matanzas will request the courts Of
that province to -annul the result of
the election in five municipalities.
ordering new elections"
In the opinion of Mr.. de la Tore.
the final results of these disputed
districts will secure victory for the
Liberal candidates.