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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

attitude Is precisely that displayed in
connection with the demand for an eX-
ira session on Mississippi relief, he
wants to be set whichever way the cat
| jumps.
"For all his care in choosing the
language the President is apt to find
that the country will take him at his
word"
The News, Dallas. Text is not
unlikely or uncharitable to suspect
that fear of defeat either in the coh-
vention or at the polls was the de-
cisive influence - That Gov. Low
den will come out as an avowed can
didate is to be regarded as certain"
The Evening Register, New Haven,
Conn: "By declaring that he does
not want to be President again, Mr..
Coolidge has stolen much of the fire
of the anti-third termers. He seems
to have left the final decision up to
the party and the people. If they
want to break the third-term tradition,
the responsibility will be theirs, not
his"
The Age-HeraId, Birmingham, Ala
1.-THE President clearly weighed in his
own heart his very natural desire
to continue in office agaist the great
unWritten law of only two terms, and,
cutting through the tangle of techni-
cal. artificial argument, arrived at the
great decision of abstention. 1t is a
noble disclaimer.
THE Nation Is saved from the ne
cessty of declaring itself on whether
the third-term tradition shall be
broken. A black cloud is driven away
from the next campaign. In the
sense that the country no longer faces
the issue of abandoning one of the
fundamental principles of our political
system, the situation is infinitely more
wholesome than 1t was before the
President spoke. Mr.. Coolidge, by de-
Ginning to run again. looms larger
than he ever did before"
The Times. Dispatch, Richmond, Va.
by saying I do not choose to run.
rather than I will not rum President
Coolidge has placed himself in a posi-
ton of being able to say at any time
anything he may please. He has sent
up trial balloon. Upon how the winds
watt his balloon will depend the final
Interpretation of his assertion that he
does not choose to rum for President
in 1928"
The Times, Raleigh, n. c.: "a week
ago the political situation nationally
contemplated Coolidge as the certain
candidate of the Republicans. with the
Democratic candidate probable ma.
tional figure.
when Coolidge is told now that he
must not take the nomination he could
command because he would be de-
feated. 1t means that the Republicans
are convinced that the Democrats are
going to name the one man against
whom he could not VIM"
The News, Charlotte, n. C.: "Presi.
dent Coolidge is still the leading can
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didate of his party for the presidential
nomination in 1928.
Had he been resolute in his cor.
victions about the issue and had de-
cided unequiyocally that under no cir.
cumstances would he again be h can
didate for the presidency he could
Just as easily and just as graphically
have said SO.
Republican leaders will know pre-.
cisely how to construe the presidential
utteranCe."
The Transcript, Boston: calvin
is our opinion that President Coolidge
means he will not be a candidate in
1923 and that he is definitely ont of
the race. The President is most In
sistent-One might say most danger
ous--when he resorts to such short
sentences to make his views known.
But / do not favor the granting
Of q bonus he once said; and when
he vetoed the bonus bill he showed he
meant what he said. He expressed his
distaste of the McNary-Haugen bill in
similar manner, and that bill also he
vetoed"
The Transcript, Boston: calvin
Coolidge declines reelection to the
presidency of the United States; an
dCt WiioSt dplIOAlilldte plOtotype IS
found in the refusal of George Wash
ington to permit himself thrice to be
elected to that high office. The
familiar New England phrase en-
ployed by the President is capable of
only one construction in this rart of
the country: L am unwilling to run
for President in 1928 We
wish the President had been more
explicit and illuminating in his utter
ance. but it is essentially charac-
teristic."
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VETERANS PLAN RALLY.
Army and Navy Union Preparing
for Annual Meeting.

A committee meeting, under the
auspices of the Army and Navy
Union, to discuss plans for a grand
rally" in connection with the thirty
ninth annual convention and encamp-
ment of that organization in this city
September to 8, will be held in the
Washington Hotel tomorrow night at
s o'clock.
The District Commissioners, repre-
sentatives from all veteran and other
organization have been invited to
attend the meeting.
Announcement is made that the
Army and Navy Union Auxiliary will
hold its twentieth annual convention
here at the same time the thirty-ninth
annual convention of the Army and
Navy Union is in progress.
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80 miles up in the hills. last night,
but the bulk of them was left on his
desk for his perusal today.
While the President withheld further
comment, the Summer capital was
swept into a frenzy Of speculation.
Far from the centers Of population,
where news Is not readily accessible.
members of the Presidents party con-
tented themselves with discussing
their own views of the unprecedented
development and with looking for
ward to what bearing the statement
might have on the remainder of the
Summer here.
AS the first news Of Washington's
reaction to Mr.. Coolidges announce
ment began to trtckle in there was a
general movement toward the eXecu-
tive offices to determine whether these
would not provoke additional enlight-
eminent. 1t failed to do so.
There was in Rapid City a general
consensus that yesterdays statement
would be all. If the statement ac-
tually means that Mr.. Coolidge in
tends to retire from the White House
March 4, 1929, no matter what pres
sure may be brought to bear upon
him, it was held that even so. little
information could he expected as to
his plans when he would relinquish
office.
Remains in Black Hills.
There is nothing here to indicate
that the statement will cause any
change in Mr. Coolidge's activity IN
the Black Hills. where he expects to
remain until the first week in Sep
TENDER. He has planned two more
trips into neighbOring areas before re-
turning to Washington, and no doubt
will take advantage Of q few others
should the occasion arise.
Tomorrow he and Mrs. Coolidge 60
by special train to Deadwood. s. OAK,
for a big Western celebration. and on
August II they will visit the Indian
reservation at Pine Ridge, IN re-
mote section south Of here. At Dead
wood Mr.. Coolidge will be made a
chief in the Sioux Tribe.
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SEES NATIONAL REGRET.
Dawes Says President Enjoys Conf
/ dence and Respect.

CHICAGO, August 3 FD.-President
r.oolidge's announcement that he will
not seek the presidency next year Will
be received with regret by millions of
his countrymen, Vice President
Charles G. Dawes said, in statement
here last night.
president Coolidge enjoys the con-
hdence and respect of the American
heople." said Mr.. Dawes, land his
Eecision will be received with regret
by millions Of his countrymen."
Earlier in the day the Vice Presr
hent had refused to comment on the
Presidents announcement.
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PRESIDENT PLACES
CANDIDACY DECISION
ON REPUBLICAN PARTY

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A 22-year- old girl recently con-
Quoted ths Vienna Symphonic Or
phsstra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

"Holy men" in India choose sire nge
methods of demonstrating their
holiness, the most usual being beds Of
nails, with the points upward on
which thew sit all the time
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LOWDEN is SKEPTICAI.
Says He Knows of no One Who Has
Run Away From Office.

NEW YORK. August . IP.-Asked
TO comment on President Coolidge's
declaration that 10 did mot choose"
to run for the presidency in 1928,
Frank Q. Lowden, former Governor
of Illinois, and mentioned frequently
as a Republican presidential possihili-
~, sent this message TO the Associated
Press from Alexandria Bay, y. Y:
"Have no statement to make be-
Sond the one already made to different
delegations calling upon me. That
statement was, in substance. that l
know Of no man in all our history
who has run away from the presl-
tlency.''
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HONEYMOON IS ENDED.
Pauline Garon, Film Actress, and
Husband diving Apart"

HOLLYWOOD. Calf. August 8 C4).
Pauline Garon. film actress, and her
husband, Lowell Sherman. star of both
the stage and screen, have separated.
Both confirmed reports yesterday that
they were living apart, but refused to
discuss the nature of their difficulties.
Sherman returned to Hollywood re-
Gently after more than a year on the
New York stage. Miss Garon and Sher-
man were married just before he be-
gan his New York engagement and
they spent their honeymoon there.
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Smith Declines to Comment.

NEW YORK, August S.-Gov. Al
Ged e. Smith yesterday declined to
comment on the announcement by
President Coolidge that he does not
khoose to run" for President in 1928.
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POLITICIANS CONFUSED
BY THE WORD "CHOOSE"
IN announcement

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NECK BROKEN, RALLIES.
eouth Carolina Youth Tells Doctors
He Feels "Pretty Good"

FLORENCE, S. G., August 3 N1.-
". NJ. Register. 19year-old Florence
youth, continued today 70 battle for
his life in a hospital here after suffer
Ing a broken neck more than three
weeks ago when he struck bottom IN
b ShalloW-water dive.
He rallied last night and talked for
few minutes with physicians, declar-
ing he was pretty good Respira.
ton was easier and he was more ra-
tional than at any time in the past
two days, after having been in a pro-
found coma since early yesterday
morning.
Stimulants have been administered
constantly. and hospital attendants
held no hope for his recovery.
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PRESIDENT SHOULD
WIN, SAYS HOOVER
Secretary Reiterates His Be-
lief That Coolidge Ought
to Be Reelected.

PALO ALTO, Calf, Auugst g.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary Of Com
merce, commenting today on Presi-
dent Coolidge's announcement that he
did not choose to be a candidate for
reelection in 1928. declared
II regret the suggestion in the
Presidents statement. However, l
st:.l believe. as l stated in Chicago
two weeks ago, that President Cool
idge should be renominated and re-
elected
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
B CHILDREN BETWEEN 14-16
 WORKING IN FACTORIES HERE,
 MANUFACTURERS ASSN. SAYS
TRAIN SMASHES TRUCK BUT DRIVER IS UNHURT Luck Again With Man Who Missed Death
 in Fall

George Huck of 332 Chestnut street miraculously escaped death at the Elm Hill crossing yesterday afternoon about o'clock when the truck which he was driving skidded into the path of an oncoming train. The front part of the truck was de- stroyed but Huck escaped without injury.
 Huck was driving east and had stopped at the crossing for north bound train. Another truck just ahead of his failed to go on imme- diately after the train went by, so Huck swung around the other car and as he was coming onto the tracks he saw a south-bound express a short distance away. When he ap- into the path of the train and the motor and front section of the truck were demolished.
 This is the second time within a year that Huck nearly met an un- timely death. Several months ago while he was employed by a painting firm on a Whiting street building the staging on which he was stand ing gave way and he was thrown violently to the ground, distance of about 40 feet. With two fellow workmen he was taken to the New Britain General hospital, where it was found his ankle had been broken. One of the other men died as result of the injury he sus- tained when the staging broke.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
Mother of Athlete Injured in Game Here Seeks Financial Aid
 From High School Authorities
Poultney, Vt., Woman Inquiries About Benefit Dance
 Arranged For Her Son

proceeds 10 Hugh, who is still laid up with the broken leg.
 Clippings which were supposed to have been taken from the New Brit ain Herald gave the Williams fam fly the belief that the New Britain High school students were running "a benefit dance for tle boy. Ac- cording to clippings now in the pos session of Hugh, the dance was con- temnated. but nothing has ben heard about it.
 In her second letter. accordin to reports, she said that the deed vas done by New Britain student an that she could not believe t kick was accidental for it seems it would take a hard blow 10 break the limb
 Two sons, Hugh and his brother are working their way through school and this accident has been a severe handicap to their ambitions and to the family. The bill from the hospital in New Britain was one which the family met with much difficulty.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
FIRE HOSE IS USED TO
 COOL RELIGIOUS FRENZY
Mexican Crowds at Shrine of Guad- alupe Dispersed by Streams
 of Water.

Mexico City, Jan. 8 R-Streams from fire hoses were required to break up excited crowds which milled about a tree in the town of Guadalupe near the capital, yester- day after a small boy had reported q vision of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
 "The Virgin has come back to earth again! I've just seen her!" the lad shouted to his mother as he rushed into their home.
 Within a short time a crowd esti- mated at 10000 had gathered, block ing the streets about the boys home and striving to see the tree on which he said the Virgins image had been visible.
 There were numerous slight in juries, and the police, unable to make an impression on the crowd. called the firemen, who turned their hoses on the milling thousands. finally dispensing them. Investigators failed to find the image of the Vir- gin on the tree.
 Guadalupe is the site of the shrine of the Virgin erected to commem- crate a vision which tradition says appeared to an Indian peon in 153i.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
YELLOW JOURNAL" FOE
 DIES IN GRAND RAPIDS
Edmund w. Booth, Prominent Edi- tor of Grand Rapids Press,
 Was Clean News Advocate.
Grand Rapids, Micn., Jan. 8, LP,--

Grand Rapids, Micn.. Jan. 8 H,-- Edmund w. Booth, editor and general manager of the Grand Rapids Press and a member of a prominent family of newspaper owners. died here this morning. He had been i'll one week. MT. Booth was 60 years old.
 MT. Booth entered Butterworth hospital here last Sunday for ob- servation. A recurrence of a ser- ous intestinal disorder developed shortly afterward and he failed to rally. His death came as a shock to Michigan journalists and news paper workers generally.
 Although he was deeply interested widely in its promotion and in satis- flying an interest in art, MT. Booths greatest interest was journalism.
 An eloquent orator, he was an ardent champion of "clean news" in the columns of his newspaper, and rarely missed an opportunity to condemn what he called yellow journalism"
 MT. Booth took over editorial management of the Grand Rapids Press in 1906. after more than decade in Y. M. c. A. work. With the exception of brief absence from duty on account of the illness which ultimately caused his death, and some time spent in European travel, he was active until the day he entered the. hospital.
 Mir. Booth is survived by his widow and four children.
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08

of her wagon. l got Gown4 to the milk house. Charlie Smith stood there and as l got down almost abreast of him he started to come at me and said not tonight mister and swung at .me.
 He landed on my china glanc- ing blow. Of course I dropped everything and went to defend my self. He landed one on my fore head between my eyes and when he came again I took him back of the neck and down he went l expect ] broke his neck, l do not know.
 'Then I caught him by the collar and thrashed his head up and down as many times as he slugged me on the forehead when we had the oth- CT run in. When we had this other run in, which was several years ago, he struck me in the forehead IS times and last Monday night I took him by the collar. raised him up ard slammed him down in the road 13 times. Then l went home"
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
Rhode Island Farmer, Despite 72
 Years, Kills His Younger Rival
 After Fight With His Bare Fits
George Keene of Limerock Confesses to Police, Telling of Alleged Attack and How He Battered Down Op- ponent, Leaving Him Dying By Roadside.

Providence. R. l., Jan. R>- George II. Keene, 72 year old farm CT of Limerock, R. l.. confessed last night after a six hour grilling that last Monday night he had fatally in jured Charles "Gunboat" Smith, rowing farmland, with his bare hands and had left him dying in a lonely country path in Georgeville
 Smith died in a hospital Tuesday Keene last night was charged with first degree murder in the ninth dis trict court at Harrisyille, pleaded not guilty. waived examination and was held without bail for the grand jury.
 Attorney General Charles P Sis son, who, with state policemen, had examined keene until nine o'clock last night, issued a statement con- taining keene's confession, which said in part; Last Monday night I took a bundle Of papers and started for Miss Browns to give them to her and to pay her up for the use
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
Secty. Brown Takes Census in Order to Re- flute Child Labor Charge By Minister.
Declares Statement That Conditions in New Britain Are Bad Is Not Based on Proven Facts.

In a statement issued today by Arthur L. Brown. secretary of the Manufacturers association of Hart ford county, he contradicts the in- ference made by Rev. William H. Alderson, published in last evenings Herald in reference to the employ uent of children between IA and 16 years of age so far as their employ ment in the local factories Is con- cerned. MT. Browns statement is as follows:
 Tn your issue of January z, 1927, a statement was published alleged tShave been made by Rev. William II. Alderson, before the Mems Bible class at the Y. M. c. A. Thursday evening in which he states that the employment of children between 14 and 16 years of age is larger in pro- portion in New Britain than any other New England cities.
 New Britain being almost wholly manufacturing center the inference would naturally be that our local factories were hiring an excessive number of children and inasmuch as this report seems to have been and is being broadcasted by the press, we consider it our duty to refute this statement so far as our manufactur- CTS are concerned.
 "The writer this morning took a census of the children employed in the member concerns and with one small factory missing. concern whose factory payroll averages about 50 hands, 1t was found that ~total number of children between the ales of IA and 16 is 55 of which 26 ar4employed in the factories and 4 khe offices of these concerns. ,a 'Tp psubstantiate our findings the SAgurhs of each concern as reported fo tIas office follow:
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
Special to the Herald.)

Poultney, Vt, Jan. - Intimat- ing that there is benefit money in the possession of some one in New Britain, Conn.,, which should have been sent to her son, Hugh, whose leg was injured while playing with the Troy Conference academy foot fall team agairst the New Britain High school eleven in New Britain,
 Mrs. John D. Williams. of this place is planning on making a direct ap- peal to the New Britain school prin- cipal.
 She has sent two letters to Coach George M. Cassidy of the New Brit ain team requesting him to bring about a settlement but she has not received any satisfaction. Since the Williams family is depending on the support of the boys father, Mrs. Williams feels that she should get as much consideration from the New Britain school as she did from the academy which conducted a minstrel show recently and gave the
New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
SOCIAL WORKERS SEEK
 OLD BURRI7T SCHOOL
Will Try to Take Over Building for Head
 quarters

That there is possibility of the old Burritt school building being used as a community chest head quarters became known today when it was learned that the matter has been preached to several of the trustees of the United Community corporation. Nothing definite has been done yet because the matter has been under consideration for only two days, but F.. w. Pelton, retiring president of the corpora tion, stated today that the sugges- tion appeals to him, at least to the extent that he proposes to confer with the school officials and ascer- tain just what the possibilities are.
 The suggestion points out that the United Community corporation could save in it's overhead expenses by having all of it's activities housed under one roof. One suggestion IS that the rent now paid to owners of buildings renting to the differ ent organizations, be paid to the school department for the use of the building. The other suggestion is that the use of the building be donated for the cost of it's upkeep and the balance go into the com munity chest.
 It is pointed out also by advo- cates of the idea that there is a sentimental value there, since the Day Nursery and the Junior Achievement, as well as the Amer icanization program, all had their birth in this building, The school yard also forms a public play ground A belief that the building was left to the city in such q way that it can be used only for educa- tional or welfare purposes is being investigated. If the conference with the school authorities is favora blc MT. Pelton will bring the matter up at the next meeting of the trustees for discussion and possible action.
 Because of the fact that he will be out of the city when the next annual drive for funds is held, Mir. Pelton last evening resigned as president, although he still remains a member of the board, James s. North resigned as vice president.
 Logan Page was elected president to fill MT. Peltons' uneXpired term. There was no vice president elected. Postmaster H. F. Erwin was named director general of the next com munity drive,
 The board of trustees is as fol- lows: Chamber of Commerce mem hers, w. L. Hatch, F. w. Pelton, Leon A. Sprague, s. NJ. Davidson, w. C. Hungerford, E. J. Porter, L. w. Young and Stanley Hart; con- stituent members r. M. Holmes, w. F. Atwood. Mrs. Ernest Smith, Mrs. C. F. Chase, A. H. Scott. A. F. Cor bin, Harry C. Jackson and Edward NJ. Pratt; contributing members, James s. North. J. F. Lamb. Mau- rice Stanley, Mrs. A. J. Sloper, Dr.
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