Evening star., 1924-01-08
TALKS and TALES
Nth and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

No, good people, those constant
rumblings heard all over town yes
terday had nothing whatever to DO
| with the earth's nervousness, but
were simply air transmissions of the
awful howl emitted by Tammany Hall
braves, when the "wigwam" learned
| through the New York dalies that an
alleged combine was doing its utmost
to deprive the greater city of the 1924
democratic national convention.
Highiy excited, Harry Wilson Wal
ker, veteran newspaper man and out
| rider for the advance guard of the
states representation to the coming
hhatIonal comittee melting OF the party
blew into the Hotel La Fayette last
| night. and had this to say:
! mere are ugly rumors afoat in
M NJ Miaanhatan-shussh! New York wants
snis convention, and is willing to
spend several billion dollars. more
/ OF Or Tess. to get ft-shussh. Joseph p.
Lay, real estate czar Of the island, and
chairman Of the citizens committee, i.
| Tlieu over certain reports, and wher
Joseph P. Day becomes riled. duck!''
| 10 Illustrate Mr.. Days remarkab BILE
, ability II lead, Harry then whisk ed
| back to that memorable year when
haiser Wilhelm and the world came
10 the parting of the ways He said:
nen war was announced Europe
/ was crowded with prominent Ameri-
@ @Gans. All was confusion. and hercu-
lean enorts were being made to
roundup our scattered tourists, with
London the objective. Secretary OF
! state William Jennings Bryan had
| sent me along with the warship to
| AID the marooned
| arriving in London, I found Nor
man E. Mack, Harry Hawes. Joseph
| r. Day and other big democrats much
! perturbed over Ambassador Pages
! appointment of two republicans. Her
pert Hoover and Augustus Gardner
to head relief committee, with head.
quarters at the Savoy.
| At such a time nothing could be
! SAID, but when, for some unaccounta-
| pie reason, II was announced tina,
headquarters would be closed on sun
tunity and leaped into the Iimelight.
| All day Sunday this indefatigable
worker met trainload after trainloac
| OIL wanderers, supplied those in need
with funds, fed and clothed them and
made all hands comfortable. Once
started he kept at his task for DAYS.
! From then on Joseph P.'s' star
| was In the ascendancy. He was the
| ldol or all newspaper men, who ten
| dered him never-to- be-forgotter
| On his return to New York Charles
Francois Murphy personally wei.
| coined him; so If his present oppo-
| nents are wise they had better lei
| New York have the little old conven-
tion."
Cleveland will make shoSs work OF
any one attempting to profteer dur,
ing the forthcoming republican ma.
tional convention. to be held there ir
June. At least that is the prediction
OF c. T. Brimson. well-known engi
neer of the Forest City. who is max
ing brief stop at the Hotel Wash.
ington.
| "All hotels will be distrieted, stand
ardized prices will prevail. and the
get-rich-quick gentry will have tc
hustle to make any headway against
the SYSTEM" said Mr.. Brimson as he
preciate that much depends upon the
treatment extended the visitors mex
are to come to Cleveland, and moth
iprofiteering."
/ The Ohioan reported business In
| his home town as somewhat quiet al
present. "Of course. the usual heavy
production of automobile parts never
! slackens," he added. You know
Cleveland turns out more automobile
country, most of which go to Detroit
Oh, yes, We manufacture four time:
! as many as the Michigan city-iI
fact, with everything considered, we
play quite as important part il
keeping the world moving as do oul
neighbors in the City of Straits"
! x X r
The mention of automobile traffic
| calls to mind the experience of Mrs
Henry Powell of New York in front
| of the Lee House the other afternoon
| when three times she attempted t.
cross 18th street at l. without sue.
! cess.
! The good lady. who stopped off a.
| the hotel preparatory to opening q
| house here for the winter, had plan
| ned taking a car at 18th street tC
| visit the Capitol
| Every time she left the curb she