Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-09-18
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital
By PETER KEEGAN
Special Correspondent of
The Belington Progressive

JOHN j. PERSHING is private
citizen now after life time of ser
vice in the American Army and with
hardly enough income to live decent
ly for the rest of his days. Move
ments IRE on foot to honor the com
mander of the American world war
forces, either with special military
commission or with some high civil
ian appointment that will permit him
to be at liberty and at the same time
continue to render some service to the
nations armed forces in an advisory
capacity. The nationwide defence
mobilization last Friday was the eli
max of Pershing's career and now he
wants to rest for while and then do
some more writing on his memoirs.
REPUBLICANS GENERALLY are
gay and carefree since the Maine
election resulted in such sweeping
victory for the COP gubernatorial
candidate, especially as the Demo-
cratic National Chairman, twenty
four hours before the polls opened,
predicted fatty that the Democrats
would elect a Governor in Maine. The
Democrats now declare that the
Maine vote indicted nothing, the Re-
publicans say it means victory in
November, and the Progressive main
tain it was just a straight out Ku
Klux Khan fight without any other
issues being involved.
THE MAIN ELECTION, followed
by the PRIMES in Massachusetts and
Michigan, has only made the situa-l
ton more complex. In Maine the Re-
publican candidate had the support
of the Republican national organiza-
ton and it helped him to win. In
Michigan, Senator Couzens, seeking
denomination, did not have the sup
port of the Republican national or
ganization, but it did not keep him
from winning. In Massachusetts, a
considerable row was stirred up be-
cahe Butler, the Republican Nation
al Chairsan, openly endorsed Speak
er Gillett of the House for the Re-
publican Senatorial nomination. Gil
lett won, but some of the Massarhu-
sets Republicans are sore, and the
Democrats and LaFollettes are MAX
ing the most of it.
BOTH DEMOCRATS and Repub-
licans are wondering what will be the
result Of the endorsement of LaFol-
lette by the Steuben Society of A
merica, claiming to speak for 6,000.-
900 German American voters. One TO
the things that brought them into the
LaFollette camp was the Wisconsin
Senator's outspoken opposition to the
World War, but they are also inter
ested in his promise Of an effort, if
he is elected, to revise the Versailles
Treaty The German see some hope
in that.
THE BIGGEST BONFIRE that
this part of the country has ever seen
will be set off in the Potomac River
near Edgewater, Va, in few days.
Up in smoke will go more than 200
wooden ships which the Government
built during the war at cost of a
quarter of billion dollars. The
ships have been sold to a valvage
company for $260,000 the company's
plan being to burn them up and sell
the metal fittings for junk. The
Shipping. Board has tried to sell the
ships to American marine interests,
but no one wanted them.
SECRETARY OF LABOR DAVIS
is winning a reputation as the best
dressed man in the Cabinet, even ex-
ceiling Secretary of State Hughes,
according to those who saw him at
Boiling Field when the Army world
Filters arrived in Washington. Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt
was noted, said one correspondent,
wearing pair of dirty white pants"
while President Coolidge's most re-
markable item of wearing apparel
was an ancient pair of rubbers with
red soles.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS has
thrown monkey wrench into the
Coolidge Hughes plan for another
Washington disarmament conference.
The Labor Prime Minister of Great
Britain and the Socialist Premier of
France have served notice that the
next arms conference must be held
in Europe and the United States can
stay out or come in as we please. 1t
| is an embarrassing situation just now
with the campaign in full swing in
the country, as President Coolidge
promised conference in the Repub-
| lican platform and had hoped to call