The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 3, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5555. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1930. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BOTH PARTIES EXPECT TO WIN IN VOTING TOMORROW ALASKANS VOTE TOMORROW FOR MANY OFFIGES Will Elect E\; Territorial Officers and Entire Legislature VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN IS DRAWING TO END Issues of Campaign Sharp- ly Defined as Voters Wait for Hour In the biennial Territorial election tomorrow, Alaskans will march to the polls to cast their ballots for candidates for five Territorial of= fices and the entire membership of the Legislature composed of eight senators and 16 represehtatives. Only one elective office—that of Attorney General of Alaska—is not at stake. A Delegate to Congress, Treasurer, Auditor, ‘Commissioner of Educa- tion and Highway Engineer will be elected in addition to two Senators and four Representatives from each o fthe four Judicial Bivisions. Rivals are Confident While the voters«were today with- holding their judgment until es- day, when they will register their individual and collective wills in the ballot boxes throughout the Territory, rival leadérs of both the Democratic and Republican parties were professing conflgence in the outcome of the balloting. Each party claimed that victory was as- sured on the strength of reports that were being received from all over the Territory. In the campaign which was vigor- ously waged for the past two months, the issues have been wide- 1y discussed by the candidates. The Democratic keystone plank—“Self- Government through a full form of Territorial Government”— was met by the Republican plea for “Sup- port for President Hoover and party unity.” George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress, pledged himself to work unreserved- ly for Home Rule, and his oppon- ent, Judge James Wickersham countered by professing his own belief in the righteousness of that issue, asserted he would work for it, but said it would be too bitter- 1y fought by powerful bureaus for him to promise to obtain the pas- sage of the necessary legislation. He points with pride to Alaska’s Or- ganic Act. Fisheries Agitation Revived The ever-recurrent agitation over Alaska's salmon fisheries was re- vived during the campaign, but it facked the bitter, personal animos- ity characterizing the campaigns of former years'when Delegate Sutherland was on the hustings at- facking Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, and Henry O'Malley, United States Commissioner of Fisheries, for what he termed mis- rulé of Alaska’s fisheries. Mr. Grigsby championed the right of Alaskans to administer their gwn fisheries without interference from anyone, and to control their game and other resources. His op- ponent offered a fish trap leasing bill having for its purpose long- 2 AIRPLANES - ANDSIXMEN ARE MISSING iNo Trace of Burke's Plane| —Renahan and Two Others Disappear ! 1 SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—Chief Pflot Anscel Eckmann, of the Alaska-Washington Airways, 1§ lcaving here today enroute north to scarch for Renahan and his two companions. They are believed to be down between Butcdale and Prince Rupert. OFF FROM ATLIN ATLIN, B. C, Nov. 3.—Pilot Dorbandt, also Pilot Wasson, with Walter Sweet as lookout left here at 11 o'clock this fore- noon in a systematic search’ for Burke. Burke had only 30 pounds of grub, no snowshoes, and only one sleeping bag. Weather conditions are good here today. ;Barking Dogs Attract Attention To Robber’s Loot SHELBYVILLE, Ky, Nov. 3. ~—A hunting trip was respon- sible for the recovery of $3,000 part of the loot stolen from a bank at Liepsic, Indiana, on October 23. The barking of dogs aroused George Bryant, a hunter, who found five steel safe deposit vaults under a culvert. VICTORY SURE, DECLARE RIVAL LEADERS HERE Is Democratic Year Every- where, Says Connors— ! Gardner Claims Victory “This is a Democratic year from lAlaska to Florida and tomorrow |will witness the biggest turnover lof political power in recent yea.rs,"| |declared J. J. Connors, National| |Committeeman of that party, here | m;‘;n:"‘A today. His claims to Alaska were ot A. Dorbandt, after tWo gisputed by local Republican lead- flights over the route to lower|ers; and C. T. Gardner, G. O. P. Liard Port, from Aflin, taken by candidate for Seriator in this Di- Capt. B. J. A. Burke and his tWo yision and manager of the local companions, Emil Kading and Bob'campaign, sald there will be noth- Martin, said he feared the trio is ing to the election tomorrow except dead as they would have over three'the Republican ticket. weeks' to gbt out and only about! This is but one ‘sample of the 100 miles to walk to reach mher:varylng views of the two parties Six men and two airplanes are still " missing in Northern British posts. He said he ‘and’ Mechanic Cope looked in vain for signs of Burke's seaplane, over every -lake on the route: Burke left October 11. Pilot Dorbandt is .now preparing for another flight from Atlin, in search of Pilot Robin Renahan and two Seattle men, Sam Clark and Frank Hatcher. Their ‘disappear- ance is possibly more mysterious than Burke's since they 'were flying a regular plane on the ship route between Seattle, Vancouver and Southeast Alaska ports. They were last seen Tuesday over Alert Bay,| Vancouver Island. They left Se- attle to join in the search for Burke. All vessels between Juneau and Seattle have been asked to keep a lookout. A dispatch to The Empire from Clarence M. Sands, correspondent at Atlin, B. C., says Gold Commis- sioned Wright flew with Dorbandt to Whitehorse to make arrange- ments with L. Wernecke, at Mayo, to cooperate in the search for Burke. Frank Hatcher, missing with Renahan, is.well known in Juneau, having been stationed here the past two summers as mechanic for the Alaska-Washington Airways. of harmony was to be found among the candidates themselves who were only in accord on the proposition of getting all votes possible for them- selves regardless of previous or pres= ent issues. Switch Is Scorcd In this Division, the cohesion un- dertaken on behalf of the conserva- tive faction of the Republicans by Legislative candidates C. T. Gard- ner and W. P. Scott with the Wick- ersham-Paul-Steel element was sharply scored throughout the cam- paign. The two conservative can- didates were accused of repudia- Liard Post | term leases on all fish trap sites|ng girect promises made by them | giving preference to present. site- | quring the primary. campaign, of | holders. Judge Wickersham assert- .4 faith toward voters who had ed it was a good bill and °‘:z;:‘,nommated them last April, and to. pass, while Mr. Grigsby " | their retort was that they wera both culed it as a sell-out to the b, morally and polttically bound to ning interests, and an encroachment 1,4 g11 of the nomineces of their | and their candidates, Others could | be offered but there would be little 'difference in their nature. Even: Break in Juneau Mr. Gardner said reports from party workers everywhere' told a story of success in tomorrow’s bat= itle of ballots; ~He didn't concede |the. Democrats any chance to win |anywhere along the line. He fore- |cast victory for the Republican !Party throughout the Territory. In,the First Division, he was con- fident that his ticket, running| under the “Harmony for the Par-| ty's Sake” slogan, would receive large majorities. He predicted that he and his Democratic opponent, Al-| len Shattuck, would break even in ithis city, Alaska Witn the Natlon “Alaska is in line with the rest iof the Nation this year, and while |the country at large is registering iits disapproval of the Hoover Ad- ministration for its atrocious tariff legislation, its straddling on Pro- hibition, its ineffectiveness in re- lieving unemployment and lack of leadership on virtually every other national problem, Alaskans are go- ing to vote the Democratic ticket| from top to boftom in greater numbers than every before,” de- clared Mr. Connors. “This is ‘a Democratic year in every sense of tha word. The peo- ple of the country are going to elect a majority of Democrats to both the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in the Congress, turn- ing to them for relief from the al- most unbearable conditions that exist at present. And Alaska is go- ing to elect Democrats in sympathy with the next Congress; Alaskans | are tired of being made the tool: of political bosses and would-be| dictators and tomorrow will register their disapproval of them and their tactics by voting for the straight Democratic ticket.” Hard Fight Here The First Division campaign was the hardest fought in the entire Territory, Mr. Connors pointed out. He predicted the Democratic leg- islative ticket would overcome the handicap of the Indian bloc vote 1 i | upon the right of the people of Alaska to control the fisheries. i Schools Made Issue The Democratic candidates made a cleancut issue out of the system of choosing a Commissioner of Edu- cation by popular vote. Charging that this had thrown the entire Territorial school system into poli- tics, they pledged themselves to use every effort to remedy this evil by legislation to create a Board of Ed- ucation empowered to appoint and remove for cause the head of the Department of Education. Their Republican opponents met this by promising to obtain a Territorial appropriation to provide for a sur- yey of schools to determine where and how school funds are being expended. = Legtslation, promised by the Dem- ocrats, to authorize absentee voting | for Alaskans, was passed over in| silence by their opposition. The Republican plea for party harmony, the urgings of the sev- eral candidates to vote the ticket straight, were met by the Demo-\ cratic retort that the only evidence own party. An so the campaign went. Thom- as Gaffney, Democratic candidate for Auditor, who is tonight winding up a campaign in the Third Di- vision for the entire ticket, attacked his opponent, Cash Cole, for “jun- keting” around the Territory spend- ing money under the pretense of investigating road building activi- ties and the need for roads and trails, and asserted, if elected, he would devote his time and energy to looking after the office ne sought and let the other officials run their own departments. Mr. Cole retorted he was the Sec- retary of the Territorial Road Com- ous sections of the Territory had been made so he could act intelli- gently on requests for allotments mission, and his trips to the vari-. and defeat the Wickersham-Paul- Gardner-Scott alliance. “The voters of the First Divi- sion,” he said, “are fully awake, to what it is proposed to hand to them under the Republican candi- dates’ plea of party loyalty and will not be misled by the demand mndel by these office-seekers that party unity must be preserved. When| Messrs. Gardner and Scott lef! their own political habitations an adopted the wigwams of the Steel- Paul combine for the sake of tying jup the 1,000-odd Indian votes con- trolled by Wiliam L. Paul they) forfeited all rights to consideration | at the hands of their former sup-! porters. They and their allies| snould be and will be defeated. “The cleancut and progressive program sponsored by the Demo- cratic Party and put before the | |ened disaster from fire, was capp public by George B. Grigsby, can- aidate for Delegate to Congress, js| strikingly in coritrast to the time-| 'worn platitudes and vote-catching, devices offered by our opposition. ’w. Grigsby and his co-candidates' from the road funds. School Campaign Quiet Neither Anthony J. Karnes, Ket- chikan, nor W. K. Keller, of this city, respectively Democratic and Republican candidates for Commis- GRIGSBY GAINS ON WEST COAST REPORTED HERE Ketchikan Newspaper Pre- dicts Democrats Will - Carry the Division | A special despatch to The Em- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 3.— Thomas Gaffney, Democratic nomi- will Grigsby, Democratic nominee for make the following statement via Delegate to Congress, will CAITY radio from the Anchorage Broad- pire today from the xewmnan Chronicle predicted that George B. Ketchikan in tomorrow's election by “an overwhelming majority,” and added “a survey of the whole of the First Division indicates Grigshy | will carry it by a substantial | jority.” The Democrats will wind up their ,campaign at Ketchikan this even- ing when Mr. Grigsby and other candidates will make addresses. Covers West Coast The Chonicle’s message to The Empire said: “Grigsby accompanied by r Grigsby flew to Craig, Hydaburg and Klawock Sunday, completing the campaign with the exception of a big meeting to be held here tonight. “Meetings were held at the first three named places with the result that Grigsby will meake big inroads in previously solid oppositon pre- cincts. Reports are coming in that he will carry the west coast of Prince of Wales Island. Craig and Klawock are particularly strong for him. “Grigsby will carry Ketchikan by, an overwhelming majority. A sur- vey of the whole of the First Di- vision indicates Grigsby will carry it by a substantial majority.” LOCAL CANDIDATES RETURN FROM TOUR After an eight-day campaign tnip that covered from Hoonah to Ket- chikan, Mayor Thomas B. Judson and Judge Frank A. Boyle, Demo- cratic Legislative candidates, re- turned home Saturday night on the steamer Queen, highly gratified with political conditions in the comimunities touched and confident of election tomorrow. They made the tour with George B. Grigsby, candidate for Delegate to Congress, Allen Shattuck, can- didate for Senator, and E. L. Samp- son, Ketchikan, candidate for the House. Addreses were made at Hoonah, Petersburg and Wrangell. After spending a day at Ket- chikan they returned home to' be here at the close of the campaign. Mr. Shattuck remained in Ketchi- kan where the Democratic cam- paign will close tonight with a big rally. FOUR ATTEMPT PRISON BREAK| Ring Leader Is Shot and Killed in Sing Sing— Guard Injured OSSINING, N. Y, Nov. 3.—At- tempted escapes of four prisoners from Sing 8ing Prison Saturday night was frustrated. Harry Gordon, ringleader, shot to death by a guard. Another prisoner was wounded, a third was overcome by tear gas and a fourth surrendered. The prisoners had three revol- vers among them. One guard was slightly injured. Officials are seeking to learn how the pistols were smuggled to the was GAFFNEY TO MAKE RADI SPEECH TODAY Nominee for Territorial | Auditor Compares Rec- ord with Opponent |nee for Territorial Auditor, casting station tonight: “I, Thomas Gaffney of Nome am a candidate for Territorial Aud- | |I am speaking to you for the pur- |pose of soliciting your votes, and ' will state a few of the reasons why I should receive your support. “You can judge Mr. Cole’s ability itor against Cash Cole of Juncau. .Says Prohibition Proving Harmful To Youths | WASHINGTON, D. C,, Nov. 3.—~James W. West, Chair- man of the Youth Committee of the National Child Wel- fare Conference, says Prohi- bition has aggravated instead of lessened the commercial amusement problem because of cheap liquor bootlegged at these places which has spread drinking among young people in marked defiance of the law. e ®0ec®csceccsce e o0sc0ccccoses DOUGLAS FOLKS DEFY STORM FOR REPUBLICANS .| from the First Division. Is there to initiate or accomplish any con- | structive measure in the Auditor's Office by a comparison of what he did as Territorial Representative Candidates ‘atline Their Policies and Reply one important law that he either' to Criticisms advocated or supported? There is! not. The records speak for them- selves. “What is my legislative record? I published them in every paper from Nome to Ketchikan. The Session Laws and House Journals will at- test among the many constructive measures I sponsored and pssed, the Eight Hour Law; the law giv- ing the franchise to women; the first lien law for the protection of labor., in defeating the notorious Control- ler Bill; the bill percent. “I also earnestly supported in- creased appropriations for the Alas- ka Callege, rouds, trails, schools and gviation fields. ] "“T obtained the first airmail sub- sidy, thereby establishing a perma- nent aviation system which is in- | valuable for the progress of the ‘Territory. “Has Mr. Cole done anything as a private citizen to assist in the public development or welfare of the Territory? He has not. After serving in the Legislature, his in- parent that he could not be elected to any office in his town of Ju- neau. drawn by lot from a hat. I now state positively that I will carry the City of Juneau by a large major- ity. “As a private citizen my accom- plishments are well known even here in Anchorage. Among my hu- mane accomplishments, the estab- lishment of health officer for the patients of Alaska at Morningside is one of which I am proud. I was given credit for this by the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska. port I am certain you will extend me, As Auditor I promise loyalty to every section of Alaska.” GAFFNEY ASKS PEOPLE NOT TO TURN TERRITORY OVER TO PAUL BLOC SEFARD, Nov. 3—Calling on the voters fo Alaska, Republicans and Democrats alike, to repudiate em- phatically the frame-up of Repub- lican candidates in Southeast Alas- ka to hand Alaska destinies over to ‘William Paul, the Czar of the or- ganized Indian bloc, Thomas Gaff- ney, Democratic candidate for Ter- ritorial Augditor, .addressed a large meeting here Friday night. The speaker’s prediction of a sweeping Democratic victory was four inmates. Hundreds of guards 'greeted with applause. are today searching cells. One coil of rope and several table knives have been found in shake-down. OIL GUSHER CONTROLLED OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, 3.—~The rampant No: 1, C. E. S gusher of the Morgan Petrol Company, which held the city bound for three days and thre d late Sunday night when a ¢! iron nipple was anchored in pl Shortly before the gusher capped, fire broke out on the covered surface of the North Ca- nadian River, seven miles below 1S il Thickly - planted cotton is recom- mended on all soils by Arkansas ex- periment station officials. ——————— e e escsscccne EVERY VOTER SHOULD CAST A BALLOT Every qualified clector owes it to Alaska, his commun- ity and himself to cast a bal- lot tomorrow. The polls will open at 8 o'clock in the merning and close at 7 o'clock in the eve- ning. Every American citizen, male or female, who is over twenty-one years of age, has lived in Alaska one year, and in his precinct thirty days, is qualified to vote provided he may meet the literacy test. Those who cannot read city, buf it did not prove sericus. — ‘The Louisiana cotton cooper: |expects to handle 125,000 bale: (Continued on Page Eght) (Continued on Page Eight) jpeasan,, and write are not entitled vote unless they voted Alaska in 1924 or previously. Go to the polls! . 00000 ccrvcoe “I opposed and was instrumental | increasing the workmen'’s compensation law sixteen “I thank you for the hearty sup-/ Republicans brought their cam- paign in the First Division of Alas- ka to a close Saturday evening with a meeting in Douglas. De- spite blustering wind and pelting rain, the candidates were greeted by a representative and appreciative gathering in the Coliseum Theatre of the neighboring town. As at the rally in Juneau Thursday night, Judge James Wickersham, candi- date for Congress, delivered the principal address. Others who spoke (were Cash Ccle, candidate for au- !ditpr; C. T. Gardner, candidate for Tefritorial Senator, and W. P. Scott, candidate for Territorial Represen- tative. . “My Democratic opponent, George B. Grigsby, is quoted by The Alas- ka Empire-as saying I lied when I asserted I opposed the Alaska clause of the Jones Marine bill. I hall not retort in kind. The record !speaks for itself.” Cites Jones Cablegram To a group that gathered about jhim in the hall immediately after (the meeting, Judge Wickersham |added: 5 | “senator Wesley L. Jones, of ability as a nonetity became so ap- | Washington, author of the Marine| bill and its Alaska clause, ought to |know my attitude toward it. At the His recent position was an rally in Juneau, I read his cable-! accident, inasmuch as his name was gram to me in answer to my re-| |quest that he state my position. He said, ‘You did everything you could 'against it’ I offer the word of Senator Jones, who has no object and who could not be induced to make a mistatement, against the word of Mr. Grigsby, who, even his friends will admit, is likely to be | influenced by personal political considerations.” In his address, Judge Wicker- sham replied to the criticism thal he had urged Indians at Haines to sue the Government to recover possession of tribal lands, and fish- |ery rights. “No suit for the recovery of land rights, fishery rights or hunting rights is contemplated,” declared Judge Wickersham. “The proposal is to have the Government give Alaska Indians, as it gave In- !dians in the States, some compen- sation for the natural property rights taken by Whites. Determined by Court “Formerly in the States, Indians obtained such compensation through treaties with the Governmen. Fin- ally, when treaty settlements had been made with most of the tribes, Congress passed a law to the effect that Indian compensation claims should be determined by the Court of Claims. For Alaska Indians to get into the Court of Claims may require an act of Congress. In- dians at Haines solicited Mr. Paul and me to act for them. They have agreed to assess themselves $10 each |to defray cost of litigation—filing | papers, obtaining evidence, trans- porting witnesses and the lke— if and when their claim is allowed to be filed in the Court of Claims.” The rest of Judge Wickersham's address at Douglas related to mat- ters he discussed at the Republi- can meeting in Juneau Thursday night. * [ | Refers to Trips Mr. Cole praised the legislative record of Willlam L. Paul, candi- date for Territorial Representative. cisms of himself. “I have been criticised for trips Then the speaker replied to cflth‘ B.0.P.GULTY OF LIBEL SAYS JOHN).RASKOB Democratic Chairman Says He Has Not Sold Share of Stock Short WASHINGTON, D. C,, Nov. 3.— The Republican campaign poster asking who caused the stock mar- ket crash aroused Chairman John J. Raskob of the Democrafic Na- tional Committee to charge by in- ference that he is being libeled The poster also asked: “Did Raskob sell short?” Commenting on this question, Raskob sald the poster inferred that he deliberately influenced the depression market. He continued: “Not only did I not sell short i1 the recent collapse but never at any time since the advent of the present Administration, embracing the whole of the Hoover Panic period since the crash a year ago and before that, since Hoover’s in- auguration, either directly or in- directly, did I sell short a single share of stock or any commodity. “I am moved to issue a warn- ing that this is a libelous utterance by any agency that publishes it because the charge transcends the limitations of politics and is a di- rect assault on my business integ- rity ar intelligence, for large miprovemenis know they have been made. My opponent, Thomas Gaffney, ecriti- cised me for flying over Mount Mc- Kinley. I did. I was the guest of rthe Alaska Airways on the flight. It was not at the public’s expense.” Mr. Gardner outlined his policy .with respect to educational matters. | “We should know what we are getting and what we should be getting for the $1,000,000 we ex- pend -on our schools,” he declared. “I believe the educational situation ‘should be surveyed by an expert, ‘and then that the resulting plan and its operation should be re- moved as far as possible from the realm of politics.” Activities Are Reviewed Mr. Gardner briefly reviewed his activities in behalf of the pulp paper projects for Southeast Alase ka; of a bridge across the Gastineau |Channel, and of the use by can- neries and fishery interests of wood boxes insicad of paper cartons as packing receptacles. Mr. Scott, at Douglas as at Ju- }neau, spoke of his and Mr. Gard- ‘ner's primary campaign as it re- ‘lated to’ their election campaign, saying they had filed and were running as Republicans. W. G. Smith, candidate for unless I | { platform. Grover C. Winn, candi- ,date for Territorial Representative was detained in Juneau by the ill- ness of a relative. Mayor Kilburn of Douglas was chairman of the meeting. He limited his remarks to urging citi- zens to be sure to exercise their privelege of franchise at the ap- proaching election. Plane Crashes While Stunting; Three Dea TORONTO, Nov. 4.—Harry Tag- gert, former mail pilot, and his passengers, Jean McColl and Kath- leen McColl, were Kkilled Sunday when a plane crashed from an al- titude of 100 feet while Taggert was stunting. > TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Nov. 3.—Closing quotafion of Alaska Ju- |neau mine stock today is 6%, Am- ‘erican Can 11 Anaconda Cop- per 362, Bethlehem Steel 70, Fox | Films 36%, General Motors 347%, Granby Corporation 14, |tional Harvester 60%, Kennecott Copper 25, Montgomery-Ward 19%, National Acme 7', Packard Motors |8%,% 8%, 8%, Simmons Beds 13, |Standard Brands 16%, Standard |0l of California 53%, Standard Ol lof New Jersey 53%, United Air- |craft 32%, U. S. Steel 145%, Cur- tiss Wright ,37%. R A TS SSIONAL WOMEN TO MEET THIS EVENING | PROFE:! Tonight at 7:45 o'clock in Miss Treasurer occupied a seat on the | Interna- | over the Territory,” Mr. Cole sald.|coroline Todd's Studio, the regular “They were necessitated by my of-|ponthly meeting of the Business | ficial duties. I am a member and ang professional Women's Club will the secretary of the Territorlal pe held, Miss Ann Coleman will Road Board, expenditures of which gjve a book review and those inter- |range between $320,000 and $500000, ested in the subject, although not {every two years. T cannot honestly members of the club, are invited |vote to spend the people’s money [to attend the meeting tonight. AS CAMPAIGN ENDS RESULT IS IN DOUBT Associated Press Refuses to Predict on Victory Claims of Parties BITTERNESS FEATURE OF BATTLE’S ENDING Party Le.’:\clers‘~ Indulge n Personal Charges and Counter Charges By BYRON PRICE, (Ascociated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 3.— Across the breacdth of the Nation, wracked by party dissension, party leaders have sounded the final ral- lying call ot millions of voters who will choose a new Congress and the Governors of thirty States at Tues- day's general elections. Except for a few valedictory ceremonies, re- served for election eve, the cam- paign ended Saturday night with the ending of the week. Bringing to its big moment in carnival profusion the customary noise, color, climatic political emo- tion Saturday, yesterday, today and tonight, many thousands of Ameri- cans are exercising their constitu- tional right of tumultious free as- semblage as travel-weary candi- dates petition for victory with their tlast hoarse whispers. Contemplating this picture, the leaders of both parties have turned hopeful but anxious faces toward the approaching decision. Hearten- ed by what they have conceived to be widespread dissatisfaction with the Hoover Administration on the score ‘of busifiess 'depression, Pro-- hibition failure, tariff and farm relief misfits and other issues, the Democrats are standing by their (Continued on fage Two) BATTLEFIELD COVERS MOST OF COUNTRY :Disputed Territory of Polit- ical Campaign Takes in Over Half of Population ! WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 3— (Associated Press—The political campaign of 1930 has paused with ithe final pre-election alignment still klangled. The result is warmly dis- {puted. The voters will write their |answers tomorrow, electing a full kNatlonal House of Representatives, one-third of the Senate, Governors in thirty-two States and hundreds i lof lesser officials. ! Both the Democrats and Republi- |cans have made the Hoover Ad- ministration the issue Nationally, | especially with reference to the bus- |iness decline, the tariff, farm relief and Prohibition. Added to these local complications have been added to the task in many states. Both sides see a recession of the Republican tide which arose in 1928, scaling down Republican ma- Jjorities in Congress and, perhaps, accompanying a turn toward the Democrats in minor offices. The Democratic managers predict a ma- jority in the House of Representa- tives and a marked reduction of the Republican majority in the Senate and the possibility of its complete disappearance. ‘The Républicans claim that an eleventh-hour swing to their side insures them a sure control of both houses of Congress. Similarly, they claim more than half of the States which wlil elect Governors. Both parties are claiming the victory in disputed territory, in which lives more than half of the country's population. This dis- puted territory includes, among oth- ers, the States of New York, Penn- sylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and several that are small Congressional districts that are listed as really doubtful in other States than those mentioned are less than one hundred among the 435 members of the House. The major Democratic assaults for ad- ditional members of the House have been in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Ken- tucky, West Virginia and Missouri. Democratic gains in Virginia and North Carolina are expected.