Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-28

Mabel Walker Willebrandt. who has
set every feather of the Democratic
rooster to bristling with indignation,
will leave public life after March 4,
1929 She will have completed roundly
eight wears as Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of the United States. President
Harding appointed her exactly seven
years ago yesterday, on September ~,
1921. Mrs. Willebrandt intends to re-
enter private law practice. Her decl-
sion diSposes in advance OF the threat
made by her 1928 campaign enemies,
namely, that if Hoover were to become
President and appoint the G. 0. r. Joan
of Arc to another Federal Office, the
Senate would refuse to confirm ner. "A
United States iudgeship in California
is the Job for which Mrs. Willeorandt
was supposed to banker. Her friends
declare she long ago determined to
hang out her own shingle again. Be
cause of her inside experience at the
Department of Justice, she has been
the recipient of seductive partnership
offers from metropolitan law nrms.
Once Mrs. Willebrandt was pollt!cal
protege of Senator Hiram Johnson, but
for a long time he hasn't even been a
brother to her. The Neutrality-suspicious.
woman in the country is still year
this side of 40.
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The woods are full of amateur
strategists with sure-fire schemes Tor
electing Hoover and defeating Smith
and vice versa. One of the bright ideas
suggested to the Republican nominee
CONCENTRATES his capture OF the irish
German and italian votes OF New YORK
City-Al Smiths stronghold-at a
swoop. The patentee of this particular
brain-Wave would have Hoover devote
his October speech on Manhattan
Island to a Observation-Disclosures naval
and merchant marine program. Such
a speech. tits said, would serve two pur-
poses. 1t would constitute Herbs" red
blooded reply to the secret Anglo
French naval agreement, provided ne
took his courage in both hands by
branding 1t as a deep-laid plot against
Germany and Italy. That would insure
Hoover the vast German and Italian
vote of New York In the second place,
! such a blast would be direct slap al
John Bull. That would twist the Brit
;sh lions tail, tickle the New York Irish
and knock Hoover's alleged pro-English
SympathieS into cooked hat!
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No less ingenious a device for paving
Gov. Smiths route to the White House
emanateS from resourceful Democrat
It's his notion that "Al'' should smoke
Hoover out" and come right down here
| to Washington for the purpose. In
short, this Napoleon of politics pro-
poses the governor should challenge the
Republican candidate to joint debate
at the very seat of Federal government
and insist on face-to-face discussion
of Teapot Dome, power trust, farm re-
/ lief and all the other issues which
| Smith is now trying to hang on Hoover
| personally The originator OF this plan
| doesn't think it would pan out. But
! he's convinced that even an unaccepted
challenge would rebound psychology
cally' to Smiths benefit.
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1t isn't only the famed Royal North
west Mounted Police Of Canada that
always get their man." Along comes
the Bureau of Investigation OF the De-
partment of Justice with the dramatic
announcement that Bertram Dyer. a
fugitive for more than 10 years, has
finally been apprehended at San Fran
cisco His capture is the climax OF a
chase which has persisted since Feb
ruary, 1918, when Dyer was wanted
for cashing fraudulent Government pay
checks. At the time he was employed
| in the fisheries division of the Depart
ment of Commerce at Springville, Utah.
Living under many aliases in different
parts of the country, Dyer for while
was a student at Dartmouth College and
later taught chemistry and Spanish IN
Massachusetts, public schools. Several
bigamouS marriages also are alleged