The Washington herald., 1920-08-19
McAdoo Visits white House.

William Gibbs McAdoo was in
Washington for part OF yesterday
and took lunch with the President
and Mrs. Wilson at the White House.
II was the first time that the Presi-
dents sOn-in-law and former Sec
retary. of the Treasury has seen him
since the Democratic national c1n-
ventioR at San Francisco. 1t is un-
dcrstoOd that Mr.. Wilson ana MI
MCAdoo discussed campaign affairs
and acquainted each other with the
parts they intend to play in the
national contest. Joseph P. Tumulty,
assistant to the President, who had
planned to leave for New York late
in the afternoon, took an earlier
train in order to journey north with
Mr.. MCAdOO.
Suffrage Talk of Hour.
Suffrage news from Tennessee was
decidedly the topic OF the hour in
Washington yesterday. Advance ad-
vices indicating that the die was
finally cast and that the thirty-sixth
State had finally come into line sent
an electric thrill through the Capital.
Jubilation ran high at the White
House. where the definite impression
prevails that the Republicans, and
not the Democrats. are the STUN
bling block. Bainbridge Colby. Sec
retary of State, was beset by suf-
fragist leaders. who wanted to know
il he was ready to exercise his on
cial function of duly procIaiming
the Nineteenth amendment to be
law Of the land. To all inquirers
Mr.. Colby joCularly explained that,
I,
to be shown" before acting. final
that the necessary third dozen of
States in favor of ratification is
complete.
Has Philadelphia Kin.
Sir Reginald Tower, ruler of the
Free State of Danzig, in the ca
pacity of high commissioner for
the league of nations, is a remote
kinsman of Charlemagne Tower Of
Philadelphia. former American Am
bassador to Vienna. Petrograd and
Berlin. Sir Reginald is distin-
guished member of the British dip
lomatiC service, to which he has
been attached continuously for
thirty-five years, dating from a
young attacheship in Constantine
pie. He was once a secretary OF
the British Embassy in Washing
ton. A considerable portion of Sir
Reginald's diplomatic life has been
spent in the Americas. For four
years 0906-1s10) he was British
Minister to Mexico, later to the Ar
gentine, and until his appointment
to Danzig was in Paraguay. Tn.
garrison of Danzig consists entirely
of British troops.
Fourth Celebrated in London.
Amid the preoccupation of Ameri-
can newspapers and newspaper-
readers in events at San Francisco.
the Fourth of July proceedings of
the American Society in London re-
ceived scant attention in this coun-
try. James NJ. Beck, of Pennsylva-
mia, delivered a notable speech at
the celebration, although comman-
deered for the purpose only upon
his arrival in London an hour be.
fore. Printed versions of the pro-
eeedings have just reached the
United States. In an eloquent trib-
ute to Field Marshal Allenby, Mr..
Beck related an ancient legend of
the Arabs, to the effect that one
day a conqueror would enter Jeru-
salem. whose name would be AL
lah-Nahir," but not until the water
was piped from the sea.
And down the historic road which
Jacob trod on his way to Joseph"
SAID Mr.. Beck, the road along
Whlch Mary took her little Child
from Pc wrath of Herod, in the