Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-05-23
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital.
(Rv Peter Keeganl

ed two CABINET members into private
life have been turned on John w.
Weeks, Secretary of War, but with
little effect thus far. A powerful
chain of newspapers is
heading the assault, charging Weeks
with improper connections with large
financial organizations, which have
relations with the Government. Sec
retary of State Hughes, likewise, has
been involved in the Shipping Board
investigation. 1t is alleged that he
influenced the board to sell a big
passenger ship to foreign firm for a
small amount when American COM
panies offered much more. Hughes
denies it.
There are lot of women in Wash
ington would give almost anything to
know where Mrs. Coolidge buys her
hats. The word has got around that
the first lady has turned down the
fashionable stores on F Street, the
Capitals Fifth Avenue, and has
chosen little shop in Mt. Pleasant,
formerly suburb, and now a part of
northwest Washington. 1t is report
ed that Mrs. Coolidge bought six
spring hats there. But the location
of the shop and the identity of the
owner are secrets which Mrs. Cool
idge is keeping as steadfastly as her
Of state Importance.
Misery loves company, says the old
proverb; and the truth of the adage
has been demonstrated here. Hiram
w. Johnson, whose presidential aspir
Burton K Wheeler, under criminal
Indictment in his home state of Mon
tana, have become fast friends. Find
ing the members of his own party in
the senate not so friendly to him,
Johnson has turned to other fields for
companionship. The pair were seen
arm in arm at a circus recently and
they are often in close conversation
at the Capitol
With the convention only month
away, the Democratic political situa-
ton, so far as the selection of a pres
idential candidate is concerned, does
not clear up. Everyone of the thirty
odd aspirants has a chance, and one
mans guess is as good as another's,
if not better. McAdoo will go into
the convention with the most votes to
start with, but the big question re-
wolves about his ability to increase
that lead. In the Republican conven-
ton in 1920, General Wood had more
votes than anyone else at the start,
but he was unable to increase his total
by as much as ten per cent during all
the balloting.
The ending of the preferential pri-
maries finds President Coolidge with
a thousand votes to
his credit for the G. o. P. convention
no June 10. Coolidge headquarters
have been opened in Cleveland, to re-
main in operation until the business
there is wound-up. Indications are
that a free-for-all fight on the floor
of the convention will be necessary to
name the Republican vice-presidential
nominee. This is in accordance with
Coolidge's wishes.
Many months will elapse before the
last is heard of the great oil scandal.
The Senate investigation has been
but the fight will go on
in the courts. The United
States Supreme Court will have to
make the final decision in the cases,
both criminal and civil, so as much
as two years may elapse before the
litigation is finally ended. Both Sim
clair and Doheny have plenty of
money and they will fight to the linn
it, both against losing their properties
and to keep from going to prison in
the event criminal indictments are re-
turned against them.