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Davis Of West Virginia.

The name of John w. Davis of West
Virginia is to be presented at San
Francisco. He is man of great ability
and highly esteemed at home. He has
not enjoyed much of boom, but part
ly for the reason probably that at the
outset he did not take his boom seri,
ously. But as things have developed
and the number of candidates multi
piled, Mr.. Davis has changed his mind
somewhat, and now seems well pleased
at finding himself in the running.
West Virginia is close state, with
republican leanings. At present, while
her governor is q democrat, her tive
United States senators are republicans,
Protection is an issue which makes a
strong appeal to her people.
Mr.. Davis, being out of the country
has not been in the thick Of the po-
litical fray here at home for some
time. Nevertheless -. he has been
accounted a warm supporter of the
President in all Of the latter's moves,
and especially in the matter of the
league of nations.
Whether this absence will weigh at
the convention in Mr.. Davis favor is
question. A similar absence from
the country and at the same post of
duty, London-weighed very much in
the favor Of James Buchanan at the
democratic national convention of
1856. For several years he had been
out of the turmoil at home; and SO
when the factionism grew fierce at the
convention he answered the call for a
good compromise man, and was nom
mated.
Mr.. Buchanan was a man of greater
party prominence at that time than
Mr.. Davis now is. He had served in
both houses of Congress, and as Sec
rotary of State, and, besides the Eng
lish mission, had filed for time the
Russian mission. He had resigned his
London post, however, and was al
home, in close touch with his friends
and giving them the benefit Of his sug-
gestions, when nominated for the pres.
idency. Mr.. Davis is now in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19
Radiance.

A really radiant ray of light is
shed upon the question of the ideal
superintendent of schools by matters
laid before the Senate select commit.
tee in exposition of the attitude of a
member of the board who did not an.
pear in person to testify. It is rather
singular that the clearest clue of the
whole research should be furnished
through absent treatment. It often
happens, however, that documents tell
a more satisfactory story than verbal
evidence. In this case documents fur.
nish the necessary information. One
is letter written by the head of the
school board little over three years
ago in which certain "Friend s." was
quoted as agreeing that particular
member of the board of education
should be retired on various grounds
one of which was stated literally as
follows:
"Her lack of proportion and balance
in her attitude toward the superintend
emit, her venom and embitterness EN-
harnesses the administration of the
schools in dealing with this important
question of the superintendent"
Subsequent questioning disclosed the
identity of this particular member
whose elimination from the board wa.
thus sought, but no light was shee
at that stage upon the reasons for hel
so pointedly antagonistic attitude to
ward the superintendent. The missin,
factor, however, is supplied in tn,
statement of the superintendent to tn,
board of education which shortly fol
lowed his first notification Of yirtua
dismissal in February, the documen
having been introduced in the recort
by the first witness for the board. II
that statement the superintendent
said:
Zone board member not only con
stantly sought the nomination of 9th
ers. but personally sought the mem
ber's own appointment at4my-hands~t'
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Mr.. Cummings and the Campaign

Mr.. Cummings and the campaign.
Will the democratic candidate copy
the example of the republican candi-
date and settle the question Of cam
paign manager Immediately? And
will he still further copy it and name
the man best qualified for the worki
Mr.. Cummings, like Mr.. Hays, has
familiarized himself with the whole
political situation. He has been on
the job steadily for two years, travel
ed extensively, and widened the cir
Gle of his personal acquaintance. He
must have a pretty clear idea of "the
Law of the land" So as campaign
manager he would be able to buckle
at once to his task.
There is, however, this bit Of Cos
sip circulating: That Mr.. Cummings
may be nominated for Vice President.
Geographically, he would fit on a
ticket with either Mr.. Marshall, Gov.
Cox, Senator Hitchcock, Champ Clark
or Mr.. Bryan.
He is popular in his party, and
"solid" with the President. Report
has it that he was selected for key
lnoter~atsSan Francisco on. a-tipafrnm
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Dismissal, Not Retirement.

Attorney General Palmer's decision
that departmental employees OF ove'
seventy years of age who have not
served for fifteen years must be auto
matically retired without annuitlee
goes counter to the principle upon
which the retirement act is based. The
fundamental idea Of that enactment
was to enable the government to re,
lease from active duty the elder work
ers in the service with compensation
sufficient to maintain them, proper
toned to their pay at the time OF re-
tirement. 1t was not designed to com
pel the dismissal of men or women
who had served the government IN
their later years and had reached
certain fixed age regardless of the
length of time of service.
It is by no means assured that the
law is framed in language that com
pels the dismissal-retirement Is not
the word to apply to these cases-of
men over seventy who have not had
fifteen years experience. 1t is, OF
course, to be conceived that such
elder employees may lack in efficiency
as compared with younger men and
women, possibly they have been re-
tanned in service as matter of con-
sideration. There was no thought IN
the departmental service, certainly
none on the part Of the employees,
that the retirement act would work
such a hardship as a peremptory dis
missal of any person without annuity.
An equitable reading of the law
would seem to be that those who have
served more than fifteen years
and have reached the age of seventy
are to be retired unless they are en-
titled to efficiency retention status for
two years longer, and that those Of
seventy or over who have not served
long enough to secure retirement on
annuity should be retained in the
service until they have attained that
status.
The Attorney Generals ruling is
not conclusive in the matter. It may
be tested by appeals to court in case
any employee over seventy without a
ffteen-year record is dropped from
the rolls without annuity. It may be
that the courts will hold this to be
the law, but until they do it may be
questioned whether it was the inten-
ton of Congress to visit this hardship
upon men with, say, but a year to
servo to bring them within fifteen
years. margin Of service emitting
them plainly to annuity retirement 1t
was doubtless thought when the law
was framed that there would be no
employee in the government service
who would fall within such category,
the ffteen-year term presumably hav-
ing been named with the idea of cover
ing all possible cases.
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In the Personal
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

Assumptions that Senator johnson
is su1king are disregardful Of the fact
that he has been through an enormous
amount Of work and worry and needs
"a little rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

With Secretary Colby in charge at
the democratic convention, there could
be no question Of the District Of Co.
lumbia's importance in national pol
itics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

Administration insistence on the
league of nations may impel Senators
Borah and johnson to resume the
oratory with all the old-time vigor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

To prevent any possibility of his
being mistaken for dark horse, Col.
House gets as far away from the pad
dock as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

The favorable attitude of Mr.. Hoov-
er toward the republican candidate
win assist in defining his political po-
sition in another campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

Plans to make the league of ma.
tions bigger issue than prohibition
may not suit Col. Bryan's program of
spotlight management.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

In spite of certain personal differ
ences Leonard Wood and Murray But.
Ter will probably vote the same way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

It must be admitted that Mr.. Ian
sing is at present not nearly so prom
inent an e1-Secretary Of State as Mr..
Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

A league of nations stampede is al
ready under way for the San Francisco
convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

1t is quite evident that, in spite of
able personal leadership, both political
parties have friends in the A. F. of l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

Senator Harding's affection for the
old town band ought to help to win
the musician vote Of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

President Wilson will communicate
with San Francisco by wire, and it will
be live one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

Checking" is not likely to figure any
more effectually in San Francisco than
it did in Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-19

John Barleycorn continues to argue.
He always was a laxative old soul
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Half and Half.

Half and Half.
We read of half delegate
As San Francisco news we sean. .
Some things we still may regulate
Upon the $3.50 plan.
"Those funny little mustaches," re-
marked Jud Tunkins, make me wish
the old fashioned election bet about
q mans not cutting his whiskers till
somebody in particular is President
could be revived"
No Convention Should Be without It
OTIS great invention" said the
man with D. slightly wild look in his
eye. DIT should make my fortune"
"What is itw
"A mechanical applauder. It can be
set to applaud for hours at a time
without the slightest wear and tear on
MISUNDERSTANDING. ss>ssnns,s !.
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Wakeful Conscience.
"By this time you should have made
enough to retire on"
"Retire" exclaimed the profteer.
"What's the use of retirings These
Investigators won't let nae Sleep"
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
A Graduated Scale.

A 6-hour day is far too long.
So is or 4.
Unless my calculations wrong
We might cut off some more.
Well hope in time that it would be
A proper thing to do,
To set the limit down as
And later on as 2.
1 should not then esteem it wise
To view the task as done.
For me a comfortable size
Would be number l..
And then upon some summer day,
When drowsy zephyrs call,
I'd hit the zero mark and say,
"Why 60 to work at all!"
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A Disorderly Occasion,

"Did you think my speech stirred
the audience!" inquired the cam
|paigner.
~ wouldn't exactly say. it stirred
EN-" replied Senator Sorghum. II
would rather say it mixed 'em up"
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The New York herald., 1920-01-11

istrate. received ss2. 900 for having an in
dictment against Arnold Rothstein
quashed Rothstein was indicted fol-
shooting two detectives. but the case was
dismissed by Judge Mcintyre. in General
Sessions. on the ground no proof had been
submitted to the Grand Jury, whose in.
,dictment accused Rothstein OF the shoot
ing.
Mayor Hylan wrote the letter to Richard
T. Enright, Police Commissioner, several
,aonths ago and explained that he had
heard OF the rumor at the Police Club, in
Riverside Drive. The communication was
found In the letter file OF the Mayor seized
IN City Hall several weeks ago. 1t is ex-
pected that the inquisitorial body will
continue its investigation OF the contents
or the letter before the end of the week.
1t became known that book containing
the twenty-fifth annual report of the class
OF 1880 or Harvard University describes
clinton Tyler Brainard. a member of the
extraordinary Grand Jury, as having
practiced law in Omaha. Neb., and at
Creede and Cripple Creek. Col, up to 1895.
1t is understood Mr.. Brainard is not a
member of the Bar of this State.
An attache of the District Attorneys
office said that even IL Mr. Brainard had
been admitted to practice here it would
not deprive him OF the right to act as a
grand juror IL he made the statement
that he was not in active practice.
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Girl of %, Said
To Be Wife of F6Yr,
Held as Bigan1ist
Mrs. Edna Leslie Never Went Through
the Formality of a Divorce, the
Police Charge.

Mrs. Edna Eeslie, twenty-three years
old. Of No. AS Euydam street. Brooklyn,
who the police say admitted she had been
married to four men without the formahty
OF divorcing any Of them. was arraigned in
the Gates avenue court yesterday on a
charge of bigamy and pleaded not guilty.
She was held in 81 600 bail for examination
on January 10. Her first husband, Charley
Hoffman, twenty-eight years old, Of No.
354 Maujed street, was the complainant.
The other alleged husbands are:-Rob-
ert Simmons, twene years old. of No. As
Halsey street; George Faucet, twenty
two, of Brooklyn. and John Leslie, twenty
two, a harbor boatnan. The warrant for
her arrest was issued on October "a. 1919.
Did you marry these four men?" De-
tective James Mccormick is said to have
asked her.
"Yes.' 1 did," she replied. according to
the police. But / didn't know 1t was
against the law. / met Hoffman when !
was sixteen years old. / married him and
had one child. Shortly afterward he dis
appeared. i then met Bobby Simmons,
and he went to the war. didn't expect to
see him any more. and for that reason ]
married George Faucet. While ! was
married to him my child by Hoffman was
struck and killed by an automobile. This
and the disappearance Of Faucet caused
me o become quite nervous I met John
Leslie and ! married him. l love him
more than anybody else. He has been kind
to me and made me very happy"
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Expect Grand Jury
to Quash Charges
in nInterborough Case
But "Overshadowing Crime" Inquiry
Will Not Be Dropped, Say
Reports.

Reports afloat in the Criminal Courts
building yesterday had 1t that the Ex-
traordinary Grand Jury on Monday will
hand up presentment to Justice Weeks
in the Supreme Court quashing conspiracy
charges in connection with the strike of
employees on the subway and elevated
systems OF the Interborough last August.
1t was said. however. that the body "as
matter OF PRIDE" will not drop the in
quiry into the "overshadowing crime
While none of the Grand Jurors would
talk, 1t was learned that they have decided
70 take some action on the Interborough
conspiracy charges on Monday. 1t was
intimated by one Of the Jurors that the
present will contain resume of the diff
culties the inquisitors have experienced in
their investigation because Of their con-
troversy with Edward Swami, District
Attorney.
IT was declared that Mayor Hylan is
the high city official who wrote a letter
recently stating that rumor was abroad
that a member of Mr.. Svann's staff, a
newspa perman and O. time city mag
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
FLOWER HOSPITAL APPEALS
FOR FUNDS TO KEEP UP WORK

The work Of Flower Hospital has become
so Jeopardized by lack OF funds that ar
appeal for aid to the public was made
yesterday by William NJ. Baldwin, vice
president of the hospital A campaigr
executive committee has been named with
Edward r. Tinker treasurer.
THE free ward. dspensary and Children 5
work OF the hospital have already been cur
tailed because of the financial difficulties %
DR.. Baldwin said. ''Now the hospitals
ambulance service, at present the largest
In the city, is threatened. 1t has an aver
age of 5000 calls per year.
THE hospitals maternity section is in
adequate. The work OF the New York
Homeopathic College. connected with the
institution, is threatened. too new dis.
pensary. new maternity ward, new chill
dren's ward, new college building, new
nurses home, a new servants quarters
are needed. besides many genera house
hold improvements.
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
PROFESSOR X" MONEYLESS MAN
OF LAMBERTVILLE, IDENTIFIED
BY SON AS DIR. JOHN L. BRAND
Lieutenant Commander Finds
His Long Missing Father,
Worcester Physician.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday.-The 1nys-
minister in Lambertvile n. J., and known
as Professor ~" was identified today as
DR.. John l.. Brand. sixty-four years old,
Of Worcester, Mass, VINO disappeared in
March. 1917
His son. Lieutenant Commander Charles
l.. Brand, in charge of construction at
the Philadelphia, Navy Yard, walked into
the front parlor as Professor X" was
posing for his photograph.
He took a few halting steps into the
room and in quivering voice, said:
"Father, don't you recognize me? l am
your son, Charles
The man. launching back in his chair,
stared with wide-open eyes. He was MAX
ing a supreme mental effort. He became
very pale and painted
After a tense moment. he whispered,
No"
Then, slowly rising from his chair, he
walked to his son, putting his trembling
hands on the epaulets of the commanders $
uniform. He stared for some time directly
into his sons eyes, but he could not re-
member.
Sinks to- the Floor.
When he realized he had failed to con-
quer his disease and recall the past. the
broken old man gave deep sob. and sank
TO the floor. He was virtually carried
from the front parlor in the Bensey home,
where the meeting took place. to his bed
room.
Commander Brand said he had read the
account of Professor ~" in the news
papers, and the description was so accur-
ate he instantly recognized his father.
Obtaining leave from the Navy Yard. he
Immediately went to Larnbertviile, arriv-
ing shortly before noon.
DIR. Brand was born and educated in
England the so. said, and was physi-
clan and a musician. He had devoted
himself almost entirely to research work
for some time prior to his disappearance.
and was an inveterate reader.
Shortly before his disappearance. Com
mander Brand said his father had suf
fcred from minor attack OF amnesia. but
apparently had recovered. Mrs. Brand
was prostrated by his disappearance.
The commander fears the news of his
fathers condition, and his return after he
had been thought dead. will again pros
trate his mother 1T must be broken to
her gently" he said. DR.. Brand will be
kept in Lambertville for the present.
The physician attending him says ii is
possible for him to recover with proper
treatment. His trouble is functional and
not organize the physician said.
DIR. Brand Found Destitute.
DIR. Brand was found destitute at
Moore's Station. three miles from Lam
bertvile on December %. Since that time
he has been in the home of the Rev
j. T. Bensiey., at -Lambertville. amazing
scientists with his profound knowledge
and struggling to find the open sesame"
to blank memory.
He has revealed an astonishing knowl-
edge OF the law, medicine. astronomy.
architecture and kindred subjects. yet
apparently he is unable to recall anything
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
DIR. Brand Disappeared from Hotel In
East Gloucester In 1917.

WORCESTER, Mass. Saturday.-Dr.
John L. Brand, who was native of Eng
land, came to Worcester almost twenty
years ago as a music teacher. He secured
a position as organist in st. Johns Epis-
copal Church and later went to All Saints
Episcopal Church as organist. He and
Mrs. Brand had two children. Lieutenant
Commander Brand and Miss Rose Brand,
who was married to Captain Archibald II.
Sunderland, of the United States army, in
| 1910.
Shortly after the wedding Mr.. and Mrs.
Brand went to Boston to live, and In 1917,
while Mrs. Brand was visiting their daugh-
ter at Fort Monroe, Mr. Brand disappeared
from the Hotel Rockaway, in East
Gloucester, where he had made his home
while Mrs. Brand was in the South. Cap
tain Sunderland returned from France in
1918 and was assigned to duty at Fort
Leavenworth last September. Mrs. Brand
went there to live with her daughter. Ac-
cording to Worcester friends, she is still
at Fort Leavenworth.
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Start Drive to Sell Irish Bonds.

A campaign for subscriptions to bonds
of the Irish republic will begin tomorrow
in the Bronx. Campaign headquarters
have been opened at No. SIS Willis avenue,
where assembly district organizations will
centre. The campaign Is conducted by a
committee OF ten, Of which Thomas j.
Byrne is chairman. and Thomas Mullen,
secretary. Beginning January II, teams of
canvass under auspices of the Friends Of
Irish Freedom.
The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Serbian Award for R. U. johnson.

Prince Regent Alexander, of Serbia, has
conferred the decoration of Commander
Of the Serbian Order OF st. Sava on DR..
Robert Underwood Johnson, of No. S27 Lex
ington avenue, in recognition OF his war
work. it became known yesterday. s. V.
Grouitch, Minister to the United States
from the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, presented the insignia and GER
tificate. Dr. johnson formerly was editor
in hcief OF the Century Magazine. He is a
director of the Hall of Fame and perma-
nent secretary of the Academy of Arts and
Letters.