Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-06

There's link between President
Coolidge's Summer pastor, Rolf Lium.
out in the Black Hills, and one of the
dearest friendships the Chief Execu-
tive ever had. The boy preacher was
trained in Carleton College, at North
field. MINI. When Mr.. Coolidge was
an aspiring young lawyer and poll
tician in Northampton, Mass, MS
fayorite crony was young clergyman
and college professor named Marion
LIE Roy Burton, who in 1910 became
president of Smith College. DIR. Bur
ton was graduated from Carleton Col
lege in 1900, and taught Greek in its
academy during his senior year. HE
became president of the University OF
Minnesota in 1917 and of the Uni
versity Of Michigan in 1920. Mr.. Cool
idge chose his chum of Northampton
DAYS as the man to place the President
In nomination at Cleveland three years
ago. Insiders there heard that Cool
idge wanted Burton to be his vice
presidential running mate. DR.. Bur-
ton, who passed away two years ago,
often recounted his Carleton College
days to the President. AS the White
House family listens to young Rolf
Lium on recurring Sundays, MT
Coolidge's thoughts no doubt travel
back to his comradeship with Burton.
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Former Senator James w. Wads-
worth. jr., of New York, has lost no
time in getting into step with the
spirit of the times. He has just an
nounced his identification with the
Colonial Western Always, Inc, which
proposes to establish q regular pas
senger and freight air line from
Schenectady to Buffalo. Wadsworth Is
now director Of the corporation, and
purposes giving its affairs personal at
tention. One Of his associates Is Gen.
John F. Organ, commander of the
9th Division Of the A. E. f. In France.
The company intends to link up
Canada with the trans-New York
service by means Of a cross route from
Schenectady to Montreal. The
Canadian service will be hooked up
with the Boston-New York air line,
which the company already maintains.
The new concern will at first operate
across New York three 8-passenger
Fokker planes on a daily round-trip
schedule, to be amplified as traffic
warrants.
Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, Re-
publican. Of California, has introduced
the innovation Of a southern California
office. It's business is to look after the
congressional chores of that particu.
lar portion Of the Golden State. That,
at least, Is Shortridge's official alibi
for dividing his time and energy be-
tween San Francisco, his home, and
Los Angeles, where he has just pitch
ed a tent. There are those who sug-
gest that "Sam's" real purpose in the
movie and real estate region Is to
throw monkey.wrenches in Senator
Hiram Johnson's machinery. Between
the doughty Hiram and the elongated
''Sam" little love Is lost. Johnson did
his utmost to prevent Shortridge's re.
nomination in 1926. The theory is
that the junior Senator will leave no
stone unturned to pay Johnson back
in Hiram's own coin. To that end
Lieut.. Gov. Buron L. Fits, a young
American Legionnaire, Is said to be
the one around whom anti-Johnson
sentiment will be built.
Representative Edgar Howard of
Nebraska, who Identifies himself in
the Congressional Directory as a free
Democrat" is the reported patentee
Of brand.new method for converting
Congress. Disguised with President
Coolidge's refusal to summon House
and Senate in special session for Mis-.
sissippi flood relief, Howard proposes to
offer next Winter constitutional
amendment which will provide for
Congress calling itself in extra session
whenever it pleases. The Nebraskan,
who wears his raven locks a la vii.
liam Jennings Bryan and looks not un.
like the Peerless Leader, is still an
idolatrous Bryanite and predicts that
his hero will live in history alongside
Washington and Lincoln.
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Enthusiastically there are too many
Davises in the administration, with
two in the cabinet and any number
of others scattered over the Federal
landscape at Washington. One day
this week somebody wanted to get
dwight F. Davis, Secretary Of War,
on the telephone and had his own
troubles doing so. This Is the actual
conversation with the switchboard
nymph in the War.Navy Building
"Please give me the Secretary OF
Wars eflee," Replyi Whats his