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DEMOCRATS SHAPE
REPEAL PROPOSAL
Amendment Restoring Sta'e
Control of Liquor Is
Heart of Plank.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Mindful of Republican prohibition
worries in Chicago, a group Of Demo-
cratic leaders here Is shaping a repeal
unqualified approval in the Windy City
two weeks hence.
1t still is rough heWn. But in keep
ing with the desire to keep the entire
1882 platform under 1000 words, this
plank uses just a few more than so to
dispose of the liquor issue.
1t declares for immediate submission
to State conventions of repeal amend
ment. This amendment would be SO
drafted as to assure State control of
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors.
This principle-repeal of the eight
zenith amendment by an amendment re-
storing State CONTROLS the heart of
the plank. About it are hung declara-
lions for the promotion OF temperance
and the suppression of liquor traffic In
States choosing to remain dry.
The saloon is froWned upon in this
one-sentence. one-paragraph plank. But
1t leaves no doubt that return or ban
lsnment OF the saloon will be up to the
States.
No direct mention is made of beer
or modification of the VolStead act
Tacitly this problem is left to the Con-
greSs that will handle the Job of draft
ing the repeal amendment.
The plank's chief virtue, its authors
claim is the kindly reception it has
been accorded by some party members
of both wet and dry leanings. Those
who have viewed it with approval in
clude a number of Senators who have
been active for the dry cause in the
past and are slated for important
places at the Chicago meeting.
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''Happy Days Are Here Again.
And Hoo.r-a.y! Says Godfrey G. Gloom, but He Is
Somewhat Puzzled Whether Keynoter Pictured
Some Eden of the Past or Some
Utopia of the Future.

tshing his coffee and reaching for his
gold amounted Quill toothpick. "Dickin-
son showed a very commendable degree
of courage. Ever since got here I've
been wanderin' what the Republicans
are goin' to point to with pride this
wear. But Dickinson-he knew all the
time. He pointed with pride to every
thing. even the Farm Board and the
fact that the Hoover administration has
managed to put more men in jail than
were ever in Jail before. Some Of 'em
were even Mr. Hoover's old lodge BROTH
ers from the Harding cabinet. though
Dickinson forgot to mention that.
Awarded Blue Ribbon.
when a man says that If it wasn't
for us Republicans you fellows that are
working three days week wouldn't be
working at ALL you can give him the
blue ribbon as the champion pride
pointer of the United States"
what do you think the effect Of the
speech will be?" the reporter asked.
Hard to say" replied Mr.. Gloom
thoughtfully. "Of course. we saw its
immediate effect. 1t caused such a
among the alleged listeners that Mr..
Tess had to pound his gavel and ask
everybody else to keep still so we could
hear the keynoter. And considerin'
that the hall was quarters empty,
l think Dickinson did pretty well in
inspiring his hearers to make that
much noise. l don't deny that some of
his remarks hit the Democrats pretty
hard. What Dickinson had to say about
the votes of Democratic Senators on
the tariff is goin to be pretty hard for
Senator Barley to answer when he gets
up to keynote on the same spot week
from next Monday.
Voting as They Shot.
And Dickinson was powerful, too, In
his denunciation Of free silver and quo
tation from the Republican platform Of
1896" went on Mr.. Gloom. If the
Democrats nominate Bryan again, you
can set Dickinson down as a good key
noter. But the news that Bryan is
dead must have percolated even to
those Democrats who are still. as a
friend of mine in the press gallery put
IT., votin' the way they shot at the
Battle of the Boyne. Anyway. you got
to give Dickinson this much credit: The
whole point of his speech in so far as
there was one, was an appeal to fear.
CclIdlIlIy lllClC ID awful lOL VI
fear to appeal to this Summer"
However" said the reporter, you
must admit that the convention showed
a good deal of enthusiasm when Sena-
tor Dickinson first mentioned Hoover's
name"
so I hear" said Mr. Gloom. IT
wasn't there at the moment. but
hear they shouted and yelled and
stamped their feet, and friend Of
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even be any minority plank favoring

that.
Another group is the extreme vets.
They are belligerent and vocal. They
insist the convention shall say In ef-
feet the eighteenth amendment must
be repealed" The extreme vets want
to say that and stop at that. The ex-
treme vets want to offer the country
just two alternatives to chose between.
One Is what Is today. The other Is
what was before 1920.
The extreme vets want to 20 back to
the condition as 1t was before national
prohibition was adopted in 1920. The
extreme vets are a minority in the
Committee on Resolutions. They are
minority in the convention as a whole.
They will insist upon bringing before
the convention a minority plank de-
manding simple repeal Of the eight
zenith amendment.
Garfield Speaks for Moderates.
The third group in the Committee
on Resolutions and in the convention
as whole are the moderates. The
moderates now include most of the
drys. Their principal spokesman is
James r. Garfield. son of a former
President and member Of Theodore
Roosevelt's cabinet Is years ago. These
moderates will write the majority plank
on prohibition. 1t will begin by ad-
hitting in effect that the eighteenth
amendment has not worked well. It
will admit completely the right of the
people to pass upon the eighteenth
amendment. 1t will recommend that
Congress set in motion the machinery
by which the people can pass upon the
eighteenth amendment. The majority
plank will probably admit the right Of
any States to be wet If and when a ma
jority Of the people of such States say
they want to be wet. They will admit
the right OF wet States to do their own
regulating Of liquor subject to the linn
itation that dry States shall be protect
ed IN their dryness This is a large
concession to the vets. 1t is about ali
That most OF the vets were asking a
lew weeks ago. 1t is only recently that
vets in the mass have gone further
and said they will only be satisfied with
unqualified repeal
The moderate plank outlined above
VIII be recommended to the convention
by majority Of the Committee on Res
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PIT. A. TO SEEK 3-YEAR
JUNIOR SCHOOL COURSE
Bladensburg Group Names Commit
tee to Push Efforts-55 Pupils to
Complete Work Tomorrow.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BLADENSBURG, Md, June 15.-The
Bladensburg Junior High School Par
Teacher Association last night ap-
pointed committee to push efforts to
obtain a third year for the school by
the beginning Of the next school year
A committee representing of the 10
communities served by the school asked
the county Board of Education yes
terday to add third year to the school,
but no action was taken.
H. w. Gilbertson was appointed
chairman of the committee.
Certificates will be awarded IS pu-
pills who have completed the seventh
grade or the first-year course Of the
high school at exercises tomorrow morn
ing at 1890 o'clock on the school
grounds. Rev w. E. Nelson, pastor of
Whitfield Methodist Episcopal Church
at Lanham, will make an address and
invocation and benediction will be
given by Rev. Clyde Brown. rector of
Pinkney Memorial Episcopal Church,
Hyattsville. There will be music by the
school orchestra. Principal Willis
White will preside.
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mine IN the press gallery tells me he
sees William M. Buffers fingers gently
tappln' the railing in what must be
SET down an unrestrained excitement
1or an old college man. Unless these
oio ears OF mine are growing deaf,
tnere was no mention in that speech
OF Coolidge prosperity, or the greatest
secretary OF the Treasury since Alex
ander Hamilton. But maybe that was
Just an oversight on Dickinson's part.
anyway, it's relief to have the
convention opened in due and ancient
form. We got temporary chairman
ana tomorrow We get a permanent
chairman and We don't have to suffer
any more from the ministrations Of
senator FesS, who is the kind of chair
man That can't even make 'em keep
the moor lights turned of after he tells
EN- to In irate tones, carried on the
ether clear around the world"
u In private" the reporter ventured,
great many Of the delegates ex-
press great dissatisfaction with Presi-
dent Hoover. Do you think"
France Delegate Reported Shot.
I don't think what Republicans say
IN private matters MUCH" Mr.. Gloom
interrupted, unless they say it in a
Smoke-hlled room. Here's former Sen
ator France Of Maryland claimin' that
$50 delegates are pledged to him for
President and I hear he can't find a
single one of 'em willing to get up and
nominate him. 1t is rumored that a
man wearing a France-for-Pre
button was shot yesterday on Madison
street, but 1t is believed by naturalists
that he was just starting on his south
ward migration in anticipation of an
early frost"
STILL" observed the reporter, you
hear it said that Coolidge's name was
deliberately omitted from the keynote
for fear it would set off a demonstra-
ton. Don't you find good deal of
sentiment among the delegates In favor
Of distinguished Republican former
President?"
Il certainly do" Mr. Gloom agreed.
From their behavior of this mornin'
I think they could easily be stampeded
for Abraham Lincoln. But l don't know
that Lincoln could qualify. even If he
was alive today So far as I am familiar
with the public utterances of the Great
Emancipator. he never told a waiting
nation that there was nothing alarming
in the increase of brokers' loans"
Copyright, 1892. b. tine North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
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BY ELMER DAVIS.

CHICAGO, June is (NAN.A.).-
Godfrey G. Gloom, the veteran Hoosier
observer and Jeffersonian Democrat, was
discovered by a reporter in grill room
across from the hall where the Repub-
hcan convention had just adjourned,
with the organ playing Happy Days
Are Here Again"
And that organist certainly chose
the right selection" said Mr. Gloom.
For about Is or 20 minutes this was
one of the happiest days Of my life. or
leastways of the last three years.
You see, happened to have stepped
out into the lobby Of the convention
hall to buy stogie when Senator Dick
inson started his keynote speech, so
when got back to my seat was a
little confused as to what was going on.
I sat down and I listened to this bell
mouthed orator from Iowa describing
the happy situation OF some country OF
other, under the guidance Of a great
executive, whom, as 1t happened, he
didn't name for the first few minutes
happened to hear him.
Enthralled! Enraptured!
Believe me, my young friend, it was
beautiful and beguiling picture he
painted. I shut my eyes and Toasted
nv ears while Dickinson went on telling
about this great executive who had pre-
vented a catastrophe. averted financial
panic. put millions of men back to
work and headed of a drop in agricul-
tural prices.
Whether this was a description OF
some Eden of the past. or some utopia
of the future, I did not know: put II
certainly sounded good as that leather
lunged statesman doomed 1t out. And
it was quite while before 1t came TO
me with a sudden shock that he was
talkin' about the United States under
the administration of Herbert Hoover.
well. I suppose that was all right
One of nv granddaughters a few years
ago went to New York and married one
of these younger literary critics, who
has since returned home to Rising Sun,
Ind, and accepted position in his
fathers filling station. And he tells
me that the hard times are goin' to Gre
ate a revival of popular demand for
romantic and imaginary literature,
something that bears no relation to the
sorrows of the present day. II that's
the case. Dickinson's speech ought TO
be the big best seller Of 1882. for I have
not heard anything so romantic and I'M
aginative since the last time I was Wis
tied by high-pressure securities sales
man shortly before the crash.
Grammar Criticized.
But criticizin' Dickinson's speech as
literary production. as suppose we
must, it seems to me he was guilty Of
mixin' metaphors. Pretty soon 1 hear
him mention Hoover by name as the
captain who alone has demonstrated his
capacity to steer the economic ship into
a safe harbor As I remember Mr.. Hoo
ver's campaign speeches Of 1928 his in
tentions were terrestrial. not aquatic: he
promised to drive the new sedan into a
two-car garage I only hope he's better
at findin' harbor on a dark night than
he was at locatin' thai two-car garage
we heard so much about back in those
days.
However" continued Mr. Gloom. fin
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DIVORCE SUIT DROPPED
Col. lack T. Miller Enlists Wife's
Aid to Save 10l Ranch.

NEWKIRK, Okla, June Is R.-
Mrs. Margaret Blevins-Miller's divorce
action against Col. lack T. Miller, last
Of the 101 Ranch founders, was dis
missed yesterday on motion Of the
plaintiff.
Another action seeking to salvage the
101 Ranch headquarters. under home
stead exemption laws. from foreclosure
proceedings is under Amusement In Dis
trict Court. The plainsman Joined his
former wife in this litigation.
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olutions. The wet plank outlined above
will be recommended by a minority.
Between the two there will be debate
and then probably some time Thursday
q roll call There will be roll call
because wet Dr. Nicholas Murray But
ler president Of Columbia University,
demands a roll call. He will get the
roll call and he will be defeated. A ma
jority Of the convention Is moderate or
dry. As 1t now seems the moderate
plank will be adopted. In the moder-
ate plank the word Immediately" or
promptly" will have some Importance.
The moderates believe the change to a
new status of prohibition should be
brought about speedily.
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SEA CRASH DAMAGES SUE
New Japanese Craft, E-4, Collides
With Battleshin.

KURE, Japan, June Is CP).-The new
japanese submarine, E-4, OF 1855 tons
and one of the newest and largest sub
marines af1oat. was damaged today in
collision with the battleship Hyuga
on the inland sea of Yamaguchi Prefec-
ture.
The Hyuga was not damaged There
were no casualties. The E-4 was taken
to the Kure naval base after the
collision
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INSURANCE DECREASES
New Production for May Drops
22.5 Per Cent.

NEW YORK, June Is (P.-New life
insurance production for May totaled
760,l27,000, compared with $3.50, 346,-
600 during May, 1881, a decrease of
22.5 per cent the Association of Life
Insurance Presidents has announced
For the first five months of the year
the aggregate volume of new business
was s4,249, $4,000, against $4,S33, ABS 900
in the same period last year, a decrease
Of l2l per cent.
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100000 GEM THEFT
SUSPECT FATALLY SHOT
Gang Member Accused in Glemby
Robbery in New York Is
Victim.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Frank Apo
Ito. 30, who, police said. was a member
of a gang which stole more than $780,
600 worth Of jewels from Mrs. Harry c..
Glemby was found fatally wounded in
an apartment in West Fifty-fourth
street last night. He had been shot
through the head.
The apartment was leased by Helen
Smith. who. police said, was member
CT the gang. She and another woman
and three men were arrested and most
of the S305. los loot was recovered
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WORKING AT CAPACITY
Wheeling Steel Corporation Adopts
Full Schedule TODAY.

WHEELING, W. Va, June IS (R.-
Wheeling Steel Corporation officials an.
nounced yesterday that the Yorkville
tin plant would be working at capacity
today for the first time in many months.
The plant has been working part
time. Twenty-four hot mills will start
today.
The plant employs nearly 1000 men
When working on full schedule
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URGES DRY LAW CHANGE
Hartman Also Tells Bankers Anti
Trust Act Needs Amending.

Trust Act Needs Amending.
RYE, N. Y, June Is R-speakins
before the convention of the New York
State Bankers Association here yes
terday, Henry I. Hartman, president Of
the United States Chamber Of Com
merce, urged amendment Of the Vol.
stead act and the antitrust laws as
means of relieving business conditions.
Mr.. Hartman also recommended bal
anclng OF all governmental budgets ard
the delegation to the President Of the
United States of the power to suspend
existing laws when Congress Is not In
session and to veto individual items In
appropriation bills.
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that bill, it would have meant GER
tain defeat for me. I am going to
get 10000 votes which would have
gone against me if that bill hadn't
passed"
Although Watson may get his re-
ward of 10000 votes which other
wise might have gone to his Demo-
cratic opponent, Frederick Van
Mugs. he is not likely soon to forget
the flashing administered to
him in the final hour of the SEES
sion by the irate Senator jim
Couzens (Rep., Mich).
Old timers in the senate say they
can not remember another instance
when one senator dashed another
with such caustic and biting Ian
guage as was employed by Couzens
in his caStigation of Watson.
Nor has Couzens' anger and re-
sentiment subsidized. Four days after
his tilt with Watson, the blunt
speaking Michigan senator, inter
viewed in his office, still was boil
ing with indignation.
Il am astonished," said Couzens
that two-faced, double crossing
liar like Jim Watson should have
been able to put it over on tho peo-
ple>of Indiana for forty years.
Il hope that at last they have
found him out, and will atone for
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Rapidan, but he's at least trying
to forget what worm the present
Hooverisn times have turned him
into" he said.
=
d EVOLVERS? Nothing doing.
Awe don't want them. We've
got lots of them and wives don't
shoot the husbands any more.
They're too busy trying to keep
them or hunting new ones. And
as for burglars, they don't buy
them; there's nothing to steal.
Why should they. I ask you?
How much longer will the attic
trunk hold out for the unem-
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ROOSEVELT, YOUNG
TALK FOR z HOURS
Economic Trends Dis.
CuSSed, Says Governor.

By United Press
HYDE PARK, N. Y, July 49,
Owen D. Young, noted in econom-
les, industrial and reparations
questions, talked for two hours to-
day with Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for
president. Afterward he was silent
and showed slight annoyance at
questions put to him.
Young's visit, regarded by politi-
cal observers as dealing with in
ternational affairs, likewise was
touched upon only vaguely by the
Governor.
I'VE just discussed the whole
economic problem" Governor
Roosevelt explained. I'VE talked
of facts, and trends, and needs"
Roosevelt revealed that Young
was supporting him.
II received a letter from him i'm
mediately after my nomination
There is no question as to where he
stands" the Governor said.
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ployed? You're asking me? I'll
tell you this-they pawned and
pawned so much that. now they're
down in the crevices and are
bringing out antiques" he ex-
claimed.
And silverware-they say they
don't need it now. I have so much
I could set a table for banquet
in the Claypool every night for a
week and no one would have to
wash the knives and forks.
Wedding rings? Achl They
came in here a long time ago.
Love went out the window with
the stock market crash and radios
followed It." Uncle" said.
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QUIET PREVAILS
IN MINE REGION
800 Troops Patrol Scene of
Strike Strife.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
DUGGER, Ind, July 23.-Three
hundred national guard troopers
patrolled the Hoosier mine property
today, as quiet reigned on the scene
of the thirty six-hour siege of
twenty-seven miners by a thousand
union pickets.
Both pickets and the besieged
mine staff had returned to their
homes today Despite the presence
of the troopers, martial law was not
in force.
The guardsmen were to protect
the property pending a settlement
of differences between the union
and nonunion forces. No further
disturbances were expected by
authorities.
Governor Harry G. Leslie, who
came here and persuaded the war
ring factors to declare truce, re-
turned to indianapolis.
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persons bringing them in. They
say there's nothing to eat, any
way, and so We take them and
they 60 the bean soup route" de-
clares Uncle" of "three-bau'
fame.
Fishermen have been the last
20 succumb to the city's habit of
laying on the counter and getting
al it can" out of an article.
I'VE have fishing tackle on
hand, but the fisherman, If he's
got so much as a few cents to
spend for bait, is keeping his reel,
at least for 1882. He may not be
able to fish with Hoover on the
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Baptist Minister Pledges
Battle to Finish for
His Station.

Defying the might and the mil
lions of utility corporation, city
pastor barely past his majority,
prepared today to wage a fight to
the finish for the project of his
dreams-a radio station that will
serve the people without fear or
favor.
The Rev. Morris H. Coers, 23-
year-old pastor Of the Thirty first
street Baptist church, Annette and
Thirty-f1rs streets, sounded def
ance to the Indianapolis Power and
Light Company and radio station
WFBM as he girded for battle.
He declared that he will fight to
the end to retain the license
granted for his station
Protested by WFBM
Protesting against the establish
ment of the church station is the
indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany, operator of WFBM. The util-
ity company asserted in a protest
filed with the federal radio COM
mission that the church license was
granted without a hearing, that
public interest, convenience and
necessity would be served better
by granting additional facilities at
Indianapolis to a prior applicant
with qualifications and experience
for broadcasting, than to an mex
perienced and UNQUALIFIED an
plicant."
The utility station, the petition
stated, applied some time ago for
additional facilities.
Mr.. Coers was notified Thursday
that hearing before the radio COM
mission will be held soon.
Confident of Victory
eve will go to Washington with
all the confidence in the world that
the decision will be given in our
favor" the youthful pastor stated.
I'VE will present evidence that will
surprise the commission, and un-
doubleday also the power and light
company"
Petition of the church for $50
watt station was made about six
months ago. Directors had been
considering the matter for more
than a year prior to that The
petition was granted June 30. The
station is to operate almost alto
gether on commercial basis,
according to Mr.. Coers.
fsITTo axrNoNf tn HnoY0o fhic tyot1f1tro
with gifts and endoWments," he
stated. I'VE already have great
deal of support, and we expect more.
The power and light company's
protest seems to me to be mighty
weak. 1t says that license should
not be granted to an inexperienced
and unqualified applicant
Application Given Study
"The federal radio code states
the same thing. The commission
has Investigated our application
and has found that we meet all re-
quirements.
The power and light company
is acting in this case just as it does
in all others. 1t wants the whole
thing. 1t wants to hog the show.
However, believe there are
enough persons in and about Indi-
annapolis who are interested in the
type of religious and educational
programs we will present to war;
rant the setting up of this station.
And we certainly are going to
fight to get it established"