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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Coolidge Startles Nation by
Renouncing Chance of
1928 Nomination.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
TOT in many years has the United
States had a political sensation
equal to that caused by President
Coolidge’s statement removing himself
from the list of candidates for the
Republican nomination next year. The
statement, handed to the corre-
spondents at Rapid City without com-
ment, was merely: “I do not choose
to run for President in 1028." Obvi-
ously this is susceptible of several in-
terpretations, While it is generally
accepted that Mr. Coolidge does not
seek or desire the nomination, many
believe that if his perty insists on
“drafting” him he will not decline the
honor. However it is evident neither
be nor his supporters will make a pre-
convention campaign, and therefore
the field is open to all
As to Mr. Coolidge’s reasons for this
unexpected action, one guess is as
good as another for he has vouchsafed
no explanation. The Middle West ag-
ricultural group are satisfied that he
became convinced that he had not won
over the farmers to his views on farm
relief despite his vacation among them,
Others think that, being a profound
traditionist and a good judge of polit-
ical trends, he became impressed with
the danger of setting a third term
precedent, as it might be considered,
and that his popularity might wane
with this; also perhaps he could fore-
see the end of the great reductions in
public expenditures, in the probable
new navy costs and in the necessity of
putting out huge sums for flood relief
and farm relief. In yet other quarters,
especially in European capitals, it is
thought that the main reason for the
President's renunciation was the fail
ure of th» naval limitation conference
ae i
in Geneva,
E.¢ry Republican politician who has
called on Mr, Coolidge at the summer
White House has assured him that the
nomination was his for the asking, and
to none of them had he intimated that
he did not desire the honor, Mrs
Coolidge is said to have known of his
intention and to have urged him to
retire while at the height of his popu-
larity and at the peak of his mental
and physical strength.
Supporters of a dozen potential can-
didates for the Republican nomination
got into action swiftly on the an-
nouncement of the President’s decision
Of the possibilities, Frank O. Lowden
had the best start, his friends being
organized in various states, Next to
him, perhaps, stands Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover, whose nom-
ination is advoeated by many party
leaders, Both these men are popular
in the South, Middle West and West,
and neither is to be considered weak
in the Last. Vice President Dawes, an
advocate of the MeNary-Haugen farm
relief measure, would have strong sup-
port if he went, after the nomination,
his personality making him very pop-
ular. But Mr. Dawes will not be a
candidate so long as Mr, Lowden has
a chance. Conservative Republicans
in considerable numbers might be ex-
pected to favor Speaker Nicholas
Longworth or Charles E. Hughes,
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
must be considered among the possi
bilities, and the radical Republicans of
the old LaFollette group are being lined
up by Senator Brookhart for Senator
Norris of Nebraska. In Ohio the
Coolidge following turned to Senator
Simeon D. Fess,
Probably the [resident's action will
have no great effect on the contest for
the Democraticnomination, However, if
he Is not nominated in spite of him
self, the Democrats will be deprived
of the “third term” issue, which might
have been useful to them In the cam-
paign.
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APANESE delegates to the Geneva
J naval conference made a last hour
attempt-to save the parley by suggest.
ing a compromise on cruisers and what
amounted to a navy building holiday
until 1031, But this was not accept-
ble to the British and little more so
to the Americans, so with the plenary
session on Thursday the conference
came to an Inglorious end. Since the
British would not yield in their de.
mands, which meant continued su-
premacy on the seas, the American
delegates, especially the naval ex-
perts, were glad to have the confer-
ence close without their having to
make humiliating concessions for the
sake of reaching an agreement. At
the final session each delegation made
a formal statement, a joint com-
munique was issued by the conference
as a whole, and the delegates left for
their homes without ill feeling.
It is stated unofficially that Pres.
ident Coolidge will call another naval
disarmament conference before his
term ends, early In 1020, and that he
will ask that it hold
Washington,
its sessions In
G% ALVAN T. FULLER of Massa-
sachusetts, after his long and
careful investigation of the of
Nicola and Bartolomeo Van-
zetti, decided that the condemned mur-
derers should be executed on August
10. He sald he was convinced that
the two men were gullty of murder,
that no evidence had been produced
that warranted a new trial, and that
their previous trial was fair and with-
out prejudice. He could find no ground
on which clemency could be claimed]
or granted. In reaching these concly-
sions the governor was alded by the
advice of President A. Lawrence
Lowell of Harvard, President Samuel
W. Stratton of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology and former Probate
Judge Robert Grant, This commission
arrived unanimously at a decision that
was the same as that of the governor,
Mr. Fuller spared no pains in his in.
quiry, isterviewing the condemned
wen, the witnesses, the jurymen and
Judge Thayer, who presided over the
trial and who was accused of preju-
dice in its conduct. He talked
at with Celestino Madeiros,
the condemned murderer who made a
confession that was designed to clear
Sacco and Vanzetti of the charge
against them. This confession, the
governor was convinced, was false.
The only remaining hope for the two
men was that President Coolidge might
intervene, but at Rapid City it was
stated that this was not expected,
since the President had always held
that the case belonged wholly within
the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts
courts,
Word of Governor Fuller's decision
was sent immediately to all American
consulates and extra guards were pro-
vided in foreign cities where demon
gtrations in favor of Sacco and Van-
zetti have occurred in the past. Rad
icals here and abroad, who have al
ways held the men were convicted be
cause they were radicals, tried to stir
up disturbances in various places and
it was announced that a general strike
would be declared throughout Argen-
tina, The radical press in Paris was
enraged and undertook to create a
sentiment there against the American
Legion which is to convene in Paris,
cuse
Sacco
also
RESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE
journeyed to Deadwood Thursday
and 300 Sioux Indians in full war
paint and feathered headdresses wel-
comed him as the great white father
and a big chief in their tribe. They
kicked up their knees and bent their
heads forward as the tomtoms beat
out the message into the surrounding
mountains that a new chief awaited
their crown of eagle feathers, and Mr.
Coolidge, equally pleased over his
novel experience, looked forward to
taking away with him the title of
“Chief Leading Eagle.”
Well to the fore were Chief Chaun-
cey Yellow Robe, his daughter, Rose-
bud, and Chief Standing Bear, who
were chosen to perform the coronas
tion, and with them were Chiefs Kills
a Hundred and Crazy Horse with a
coronation speech in the Sioux lan
guage that was translated to the as-
sembled crowd.
The celebration which President and
Mrs. Coolidge attended, of which the
Indian coronation was a part, was a
reproduction of the frontier days in
1878, when Deadwood was the center
of the Black Hills gold rush,
IFTEEN planes are entered in the
great aerial race from San Fran
cisco to Hawall for the $35,000 offered
by Jumes D. Dole, The race starts on
August 12 and the prizes go to the first
two to land on the island
the aviators will make
accompanied. Among the others
two women, Miss Mildred Doran of
Flint, Mich, and Mrs. W. I’. Erwin of
Dallas, Texas,
Another attempt of British aviators
to muke a nonstop flight to
falled when the
R. Carr and E. C. Dearth was forced
the flight un-
Neither man was injured.
After a lot of quarreling, Charles A.
Levine and Maurice Drouhin, the
French pilot, reached an agreement
concerning the pay the aviator is to
receive for flying the Columbia back
for his wife and family. It was un-
derstood the flight to New York might
be started within two weeks,
For the benefit of the air mail serv-
ice, Clarence Chamberlain made a sue-
cessful test of taking off from a plat
form constructed on the deck of the
Leviathan when the vessel was
miles out from New York, It
be saved in the landing of European
mails.
EYMOUR LOWMAN was sworn ino
as assistant secretary of the treas
ury in charge of prohibition enforce
ment, succeeding Lincoln OC. Andrews,
He said one of his greatest tasks would
be the curbing of the radicals, both
wets and drys, indicating that he
would endeavor to pursue a middie
ground policy. Next day he announced
a shift in the machinery of his office.
Positions of five zone supervisors were
Maj, H. H. White was
transferred from the post of assistant
commissioner of prohibition to a pew
abolished.
position known as general supervisor
Having just completed
the reorganization of the Washington
office of the prohibition bureau, Major
White will now undertake the reor-
ganization of branch offices through-
out the country.
of field offices,
Shakeups in some of
the districts are in prospect,
GNORING the wails of New York,
Philadelphia and other Eastern
cities, Tex Rickard decided last week
that the Dempsey-Tunney prize fight
for the heavyweight championship
should take place in Chicago. The
South park commissioners there agreed
to lease the Soldier Field stadium to
the promoter for $1000 for the one
night. At first September 15 was se-
lected as the date of the battle, but
oy
ready before September
his wife's illness and
ey
other
It is expected that the fight will draw
a gate of at least $2,000,000,
GG SY BRNOR DONAHEY and other
Ohio officials were on edge all
week with the prospect of serious
coal operators of the state to reopen
their mines on a non-union basis,
The authorities at all mining centers
were ready to do their best to keep
the peace, and the governor was ready
to send troops into the field as soon
fallen down, He urged the miners
conference which ended in a dead
lock at Miami last spring, and asked
erpors Small of IHlinois,
of MBunt Vesuvius, and throngs of
lime spectacle,
itants of towns threatened by the out.
director of
homes, though the
cano would soon return to normal,
OWAGER QUEEN MARIE of Ru
mania was put on the Rumanian
pay roll at $125,000 a year by the na-
tional council, The boy king, Michael
I, was granted £110,000 a year. Small
er grants were made to other mem-
bers of the family of the late King
Ferdinand,
Premier Bratiano has become vir
tual dictator of the country, for the
regency is composed of three weak.
lings. Politically and militarily the
premier is taking the fullest meastires
to frustrate any plans Prince Carol
may have for gaining the throne.
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Cheapside First Home
be built?
“The Old
Street”
And why tie appellation
Lady of Threadneedle
Mr. H.
the answers In an article on the archi-
tectural history of Britain's bullion
house, Many think that Sir John
Soane, the wizard of Lincoln's Inn.
fields, built the bank.
fabric three
Sampson, Taylor and Cockerell—have
was the bank's first home;
ball, in Poultry, and it was not until
present bank was laid.
the bank, can be
tending the full length of the build-
Taylor sculptured an excellent
the ‘Old
Street.’ ”
La dy of
led the diréctors to fear that the ad-
ers were obtained,
pulled down,
were made,
Believe That Stolen
the fabric was
and more extensions
An estraordinary example of the
survival of foolish superstition was
(England) farmer who was convicted
he could easily afford to pay for them,
and that, moreover, he had plenty of
a cow which had fallen sick, for he
firmly believed no other could be so
efficacious,
A similar belief is heid In many
parts of Germany, where practically
everyone buys a ticket for one or
other of the state lotteries, Many un-
educated peasants will tell you they
are sure of winning if the ticket they
have was bought with stolen money.
In Turkey, copper rings are worn
one else, it Is supposed to answer its
purpose twice as well,
Examples might be multiplied from
every quarter of the earth, Most
probably the superstition arose from
the natural desire of the criminal to
find some excuse for his delinquencies,
a
AT
COST
Ups and Downs
In Washington, exposed the danger to
the health of
flushes and tattooed red lips, said at
a dinner in Cleveland:
as her bapk accopnt.
“I heard a story the other day. A
man said:
“9 understand that Mrs. Maturin
her face lifted.
don't see any difference.
“Well! sald the first man, ‘it fell
again, I hear, when the beauty doctor
sent In hie g' -
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“Uncle Joe” Cannon's biography,
written at his own request by his sec
retary, L. W. Busbey, is the subject of
many amusing anecdotes of American
this one. Cannon was once accosted
by a new member of the house who
had just made his maiden speech. On
being asked if he approved of it,
“Uncle” Joe shifted his cigar to the
judicially :
“You sald many good things, and
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker,” said the
“But,” continued the venerable
speaker, “the good things were
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