Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1926, Page 1

— —————————— WEATHER. (U, & Weather Burean Forecast.) Fair and colder, with heavy frost; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, with rising temperature. Temperature—Highest, 67, at 7:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 7:40 a.m. today, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 No. 130127, Dotered a8 Full report on page 9. Entered as second class matter hington, D. C. - PRESIDENT'S RIGHT UPHELD N QUSTING - OF POSTMASTERS * Supreme Court Settles Fight Started When Wilson Re- moved Myers. « OPINION DECLARES VOID LAWS DENYING POWER Holmes, McReynolds and Brandeis in Dissenting View Hold De- cision Is Revolutionary. By the Associated Press The right of the President of the T'nited States to remove postmasters and other executive appointees from 4 office without the consent of the Sen ! nte was upheld today by the Supreme Court in the Myers case from Port- 1und, Oreg. In an opinfon by Chief Justice Taft the court held that Federal statutes which have been regarded as with-| holding that power from the Presi- dent are vold. The case, removal by Preaident Wilson of Frank S. Myers s postmaster at Portland. had proved a focal point upon whi Iative and Executive branches of the Government had come 1o a1 notable of constitutional right before the highest court. Held Im ant Case. So important was the qu the court designated Senator Pepper of Penns; « former president of the American Bar Association. to rep resent Congress in argument of the case. The point divectly whether Congress had exceeded power when, in the act authorl presidential appointment of fi ond and third class the consent of the Senat declared that such postmasters could only be removed when the sented. Involving was its Ing se it issue Answering this questlon, the court | declared t at Congress has not the constitutional authority to restrict e President in the removal of offi- ials from offices it created, but that the Chlef Executive. charged with the administration of vernment’s business must be diseretion. Taking up specifically that section of the law which makes the term of postmasters four years, the court held it the President could remove them during that period for the good of the service. The court added that i removal from office, It was Tot neces- sary for the President promptly to- submit to the Senate the name of & successor, and that he could hold the office vacant indefinitel Congress Controls Minor Officlals It was held. however, that Con gress conld control the removal of minor officials not appointed by the President. Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Me- cl the free to act case of a described the findings of the majority s revolutionary. Under it. he said, the President would have authority to remove members of ali commissions although it had been supposed they could be removed only for malfeasance in office. 1l argued that the right of presidential removal thus established would extend even to the Controller | e Congress ufeguard. General, about whose tenu had sought 1o throw every Reviews Official Relations. The majority opinion, read by Chief Justice Taft, contained an exhaustive historical account of the relationship between Congress and the President. “This court has repeatedly laid down the prineiples,” it said, “that cotemporaneo legislative exposi- tion of the Constitution, when the founders of our Government and fram- ers of our Constitution were actively participating in public affairs, ac- quiesced in for a long term of vears fixes the construction to be uiven its, provisions, “We are now asked to set aside this constructlon, thus buttressed, and adopt an adverse view. hecause the Congress of the United States did so during a_heated political difference of opinfon between the then President and the majority leaders of Congress over the reconstruction m adopted as a means of restoring to thelr proper status the States which attempted to withdraw the Unton at the time of the % Went to Extremes. “The. extremes to which the major- ity in both houses carried leg measures on that matter are mnow recognized by all who calmly review the history of that episode in our Government leading to articles of fm- peachment against President Johnson and his acquittal Unusual terms were used by tica McReynolds in his protest against the views of the majority. At one point he usserted that in his opinion today throw the form of government planned v tion's founders. v v we had a Government of limited specific powers,” he said. “Today nobody knows what it i HARRY HOUDINI, INJURED DURING ACT, COLLAPSES Famous Magician in Detroit Hos- pital From Abdominal Hurts: Appendicitis Also Reported. By th ssoclated Press DETROIT, October 25, Har Houdini, escape king and magician, collupsed at the close of his opening performance last night. A consultation of physicians will take place today. The hospital reported Houdini to be suffering from abdomina) injuries suffered during one his performances. Dr. Leo Dretzka, physician attend- 1rg Frank Tinney, the comedian, who Jus- of h the legis- | at his | ures | ion would ahsolutely over- | Che WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, TWO GIRAFFES COMING TO Z0O: By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, October 25—Hi-Boy, the affe for whom the children of Washington sent the Smithsonian- Chrysler expedition into the wilds of Africa, 1s here. And so's his old jungle playmate, much to the surprise of everybody. Unaware that Hi-Boy was bringing a fellow-giraffe along with him, there | was no name with which to christen | the newcomer upon his landing here | in company with 2,000 other mam- mals, birds and reptiles, brought to America on the City of Caleutta. |1t seems that the first giraffe cap- tured by the wild animal hunters, and | described in dispatches from Dr. {Mann. up and died without apparent ciuse, so Dr. Mann. determined to i 1 his promise to the youngsters of | Washington, ordered the ark to go {ahead without him and leave him to hunt another, If it took all Winter. Had Fine Luck in Hunt. Fortunately, however, just as the ship was ready to sail, he obtained the two other giraffes and was able to sail with the remainder of the party. Neither Hi-Boy nor his friend had a sick day during the long trip. The whole consignment of strange visitors, with exception of the hoofed animals, will reach Washington to- morrow and be taken at once to the Zoo. : It 1s one of the largest collections THIRD DIED BEFORE SHIP SAILED Hi-Boy Gets His Name at Once, But Un- expected Companion Awaits Title. Some Animals Due Tomorrow. of wild animals ever received in the United States and is being unloaded today. More than half of the collection con- sists of reptil Only the best of these will remain in Washington be- cause of the Hmited facilities for ex- hibition, the remainder being supplied to other zoos In exchange for animals not included in the shipment. Forty-five Days on High Seas. That modern Ark, the City of\Cal- cutta, W 45 days on the high seas, passing through severe storms on the Atlantic and a heat wave on. the Red_Sea. which threatened to prove fatal to most of the collection. But, due to the constant care taken charges by Dr. Mann and his ants, the losses were actually | ! than for any previous wild animal | shipment. The only Pneumonia on the Atlantic, of the smaller birds were the only other fatalities Notable in che collection are: The largest leopard in captivity. A shoebill stork, -one of. the only two ever brought alive to the United States and almost extinct in Africa. This was obtained from the Sudan government. This bird, still a yvoung- ster, stands about three feet high and eats four or five chickens a day. It 18 priceless. An eleph (Continued on Page 4, Column 1. NEW BELGIAN COIN stion that | - STABILIZES MONEY | Gold Unit to Be Called Belga Will Be Used in Foreign Transactions. By the Assoye BRUSSELS, Belgiuni. October The Belgian franc will be x 1174.31 to the pound sterling, s {ofticially announced today. The franc will remain legal currency for do- | mestie usage, but a new gold unit, | called the belga, and equal approxi- mately to five puper francs, or 33 to the pound sterling. will be issued for foreign transactions. Stabilization of the currency will be eftective from tomorrow, when the new $100,000,000 stabilization loan ne- gotlated in London will be placed on the market. _ | The loan, it is learned, will bear in- | a per cent, plus one per cent | or a term of ted Press years, 3 Backed in United States. % Nine state bunks support _the loan; the 1 Reserve Bank of the United States: the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the { Refchsbank (of Germany), and simi- lar banks in Japan. Holland Sweden, Austria_and Hupgary. In addition the banks will place $35,- 000,000 in credits at the disposition of the Bank of Belgium to assist in car- rying out the immediate stabilization plans 2 | " The that the metallic have & stabillzation decree requires reserve of the Bank of Belglum must be 40 per cent.in metal or exchanges. At least three- fourth of this, however, must be in | gold. |~ The present gold reserve of the bank is _given at 338,000,000 gold francs, 273,000,000 being in gold, 30.- | 000,000 in foreign currencies or drafts |and the remaining 35,000,000 in silver and other bullion. ! New Curency Surprise. A commission to direct the bank's technical work in connection with stabilization will be composed of the svernors, vice governors and two di- j rectors, assisted by a regency council {composed of nine persons selected | from the world’s commerce, industry and finance. | Introduction of the new curency { came as a complete surprise, as it had i been denied up to the last minute that such a deciston was contemplated. Adverse comment was forthcoming {trom financial and commercial eir- cles, the opinion heing expressed that [ the creation of the belga would add i complication to international trade. On the offier hand. the choice of a stabilizaflon rate of approximately 175 francs to the pound met with the highest approval. London Prepares to Lend. LONDON, October 25 (®).—An- nouncement of Belgium's stabilization plans was immediately followed b | underwriting arrangements for £7 {250,000 of the loan to be offered her lin 7 per cent bonds at 4. redeemable |in 30 vears at 105. | . 300 Rebel Yaquis Surrender. ' MEXICO CITY, October 25 (P) | President Calles has recefved u mes- sage from Gen. Manzo, commanding government forces. saying that on Wednesday the Federals captured {about 300 of the rebellious Yaqui In- | atans, who surrendered without fight- | { ing By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—The New York City water supply is seri- ously threatened by subterranean cracks which are slowly draining the $160,000,000 Ashokan reservoir in the Catskill Mountains, the New York Tribune says today. The reservoir is 12 miles long and 3 miles wide. ed during a performance in he was starring several weeks id he believed Houdini is suffer- ing_from appendiciti Houdini completed last night's per- formance althdugh his temperature was 104 according to George H. Atkin- son, his manager. - Radio P_xograms—kflge. 28 ” A recent survey, it says, supports the theory that millions of gallons from the huge basin are seeping away through the veins, and thence to the surface again in adjacent ‘water courses. The reservoir, described as rivaling the Panama Canal as an engineering achievement, 18 virtually empty. ZThere has been 8o lick of rain, how- Jold, less than 16,000,000,000 NMJ (Continued on Page] 1 \WARNS NICARAGUA T0 END GIVIL WAR Kellogg Tells “Factions to Ignore Any OQutside In- fluence Against Peace. | By the Associated Press. The revolutionary leaders in Nica ragua have taken o non-conciliatory an attitude that officils here are won- dering whether (hé revolutionary cause has not been buoyed up con- siderably by support from Mexico. Peace negotlations at Corinto, in augurated by the United States, are getting nowhere, In ah effort to avert collapse of the mnegotiations, Secretary Kellogg his warned the participants that thelr wisest course is to get together on the merits of their quarrel without regard to out- side Influences. PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS. i siffin 2 | Liberals Sald to Be Dissatisfied With ! Conservatives’ Terms. CORINTO, Nicaragua, October 23 (P).—The peace conference between the representatives of the Conserva- tive government and the Liberal revo- lutionaries w brought to a close yes- terday because of the insistence of the Liberals that the Conservatives turn the government over to them. The delegates left Corinto this afternoon. Today the Conservatives will con- voke Congress to arrange for the turn- ing over of the presidency, now held by Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, to Adolfo Diaz, former President. All of the Liberal party leaders have safe conducts for three days after the conference. The government has reinforced the garrisons so as to be prepared for any disturbances. The party leaders have expressed to Lawrence Dennis, the American charge, their appreciation of the good offices of the United States and his personal efforts in bringing the two factions together. Customs Guards Killed. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October 25 (#).—Chamorro government head- quarters reported yesterday that a Mexican motor schooner, laden with arms and ammunition, repelled by force an attempt by Honduran cus- toms guards to board the vessel off Puerto Castillo October 21. Several guards were killed in the affray. COTTON PRICE BREAKS AGAIN ON CROP NEWS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—Cotton prices broke approximately $1.50 a bale, to the lowest levels since 1921, to- day, as the New York market was thrown into confusion by the Govern- ment’s forecast of the largest crop on record—17,454,000 bales. Although the official estimate far exceeded private forecasts, which averaged around 17.000,000 bales, heavy buying of cotton for trade ac- count absorbed the flood of selling orders which followed publication of the figures and kept the decline with- in reasonable limits. December contracts sold as low as 12 cents a pound, and prices of other months ranged from 12.10 cents for January to 12.76 cents for July. Leaks in Great Reservoir Threaten Serious Cut in New York Water Supply ever, and feed streams are flush from bank to bank. Esopus Creek, the main source of supply, has been found to diminish its flow shortly after entering the great basin, only to rise a few miles below the dam to full power. It is sald.to be delivering only a scant 200,000,000 gallons daily compared with 450,000,000 gallons required for New York's needs. The water supply in the reservoir is so low at the present that in spots flowers are growing. Other parts are bush meadows. Rains of towns and villages which were inundated 10 vears ago when the huge dam was built are again visible, as are acres of tree stumps, denoting where once stood forests. Of the 130,000,000,000 gallons the reservoir is designed to of his | | notable losses | were two zebra. which succumbed to | A few | 4astatement, - - ¢ pening Sfar. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION REED SGORES WALB FORINDIANA SLUSH FUND ALLEGATIONS Brands Charges as False and Declares Investigation Discredited Author. PROPAGANDA ‘POPPYCOCK’ LEAGUE WORKER ASSERTS Myers Says Cheap Pamphlets Were Distributed to Non-Voters. Oregon Probe Ordered. KANSAS CITY, mony before the fund Nations Non-Partisan Assoclation was trying to effect the senatorial cam- paigns in Indiana 1s “poppycock,” Jo- seph Myers, jr.. declared today at the resumption here of the Senate in- | quiry into that campaign. i Myers represented that association | in Indiana during the first six months | of this year and Clyde A..Walb, chair- | man of the Indiana Republican State | eommittee, testified last week at Chl | cago that “the propaganda’ put out by the assoclation was designed to| defeat Senato Watson and Robin- son, Republicans, because of their vote against the World Court ““That's poppycock and nonsens i Myers said. "It is the result of the| tevered hmagination of w political | ieader who is either illiterate or ter rified, perhaps both.” Reed Attacks Walb. Chariman Walb ulso came in for an attuck by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missourl, chairman of thé commtitee, | in a statement by the Missourian be- | fore he reopened the hearing at the | Federul Building. | “I think that the investigation in | Indiana proved conclusively that the chairman of the Republican commit liberate falsehood, and ¢ discredited,” Senato October 5. Senate “He said that the State was flooded | with money, but the money turned ou to be u lot of cheap pamphlets. That gentleman and his story were loft sus pended in the a Senator Reed's statement was made after he had denied he had stated at Indianapolis last Friday that the In diana_ inquiry was furnishing only “chaff.” Ie” was quoted by the In- dianapolis News as having made such Explains Pamphlet Distribution. plaining that his salary was $3,000 | ar, with $50 a month for expenses, Myers testified that the pamphiets he distributed and*which Walb produced at Chicago went monthl non voters, college and high stu- dents. 1 “Was that campaig: Indfana_or all « school arried on onl; the Union Union,” Myers adding that the League of Nations Non-partisan Association was the one | headed by former Supreme Court Jus. tice Clark. Did anybody came to Kan: asked. No one that 1 Do you know anything about an $5,000,000 fund for world peace 1. leged to have been subscribed by mil- lionaires?” Senator Reed asked. “I know nothing of any such fund,” Myers replied. : alb previously had told s Recd that he had heard sueh s foen was su&;s{hrn:e«:lm a New York meet- & and that Myers e 1 ing and that Myers might be able to Says Expenses Were $350. “Who paid your “The League of > san Assocfation. succeed you when you City?" Senator Reed know of." Myers alary? Nations Non-parti- t was se in. check to Alfred W. Tavlor of Tnatr: apolis, who was assisting in the work and that the $30 expense money was included.” e “Well, we won't go‘into a $50 penditure in an Indiana (-zmlénlme{ Reed sald. “You say that any state- ment that your organization tried to defeat Senators is untrue?” the Sen. ator proceeded. “I do,” Myef effort to draw the trail in Indiana politic: “Then you were not trying to de- feat Senators Watson and Robinson? No. But personally I would like to see them defeated. I do not think they are the caliber of men to repre- sent any great commonwealth in the United States Senat “Myers told Senator Reed that if he wanted to find out how the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association was financed he could do so from Hamilton Holt, formerly of New York, but_now president of Rollins College at West Palm Beach, Fla. Tells of “Poison Squad.” Senator Reed announced that he was informed that Mrs. Vivian Tracy Wheateraft, vice chairman of the Indiana State Republican committee, | was ill at St. Louis and could nof give her testimony at this time. The chairman called Frank J. Prince, a newspaper correspondent of Indiana- polis, Ind., to testify that Mrs. Wheat- craft gave an interview to him and to W.A.S. Douglass, Western correspond. ent of the Baltimore Sun, in which she said she had organized “a polson squad,” among the women of the State to aid Senator Watson in his primary campaign. Before questioning Prince, Senator Reed read into the record an account of the interview as written by Doug- | lass and published in the Sun. Mrs, | Wheatcraft was quoted as saying that it was the work of the women to carry on a “whispering campalgn." After the publication appeared last August Mrs. Wheatcraft issued a statement denying that she ever had made any statement about “a poison squad” or a ‘“whispering campaign.” Later Denied Story. Prince testified that Mrs. Wheat. craft had stated .during the interview that she had organized & committee of 10 women in each of the 3,551 pre- cincts_and that through them she could “butter” the State with any in- formation she desired to. “At the conclusion of the inter- view,” Prince sald, “we asked Mrs, Wheatcraft if sho desired us to omit any of the interview and she sald she did not. Mr. Douglass and I, after leaving, made our_ngtes separately; Column 5) returned. “It is an across r it | Mills. {veference to Senator Wadsworth. BY GosH, =i Looks Like ‘ONE OF THE 7a\PeLiTicat PARTIES News Note: 1926—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. GOV, SMITH WEAKER INNEW YORK STATE Defeat Not Likely, But Mar- gin of Victory Will Be Smaller. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Ll Dispateh to Star | LO, N. Y. October ew York has a hunch that} ed by a| narrow margin, Coming from i sec- tion of the State which in 1924 gave Theodore Roos w substan- . the wish Shes BUI, Western But nevertheless there is a certain ngih possessed here by Represent- | tive Mills which is greater by fav| than that of Mr. Roosevelt. All fac-| tions of Republicantsm and many_of | the independents are united for Mr. | The same cannot be said \\llhl | { | If the bit denunciation which one | hears in this vicini nons u\m.m.,‘ s is any ind . cutting that will be done and the votes that will be cast for Mr. Cristman, the Independent Republi- can candidate, there is grave danger that the Republican party will lose a United States Senator in' the Empire State, Women Have Old Grudge. The prejudice against Mr. Wads- worth dates back to the days when he opposed woman suffrage. As explain- ed to the writer, several of the woman leaders concede that while the vote may not be used, nevertheless he who would have denied women the right to vote implied a belief in the in- of the sexes with respect to Six years ago in the Harding land- slide there was little opportunity for the women to protest effectively against Senator Wadsworth, though much of the same antagonism. which® is being manifest today was apparent then. It cannot be sald that there is as much apathy in New York State as in other sections of the country. The militant fight made by the supporters of the out-and-out dry candidate, Mr. Cristman, is a surprise to everybody. This is the part of New York State which counts heavily in the final reck- oning, for it is dominated by Erie County, which has in many State elec- tions presented a more or less even cleavage between the parties. If Mr. Wadsworth cannot count on a heavy majority in western New York, he will have difficulty making up for it in the vicinity of New York City, where the tendency to vote for Al Smith has become a habit and un- doubtedly will carry along almost as many votes for Justice Robert Wag- ner, the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. Hope for Democratic Aid. In this end of the State the Wads- worth adherents are talking of the heavy New York City vote expected to be cast for Senator Wadsworth. There is little doubt here that the Cristman movement will tend to make Demo- cratic votes for Mr. Wadsworth. As matters stand now, western New York will cut Senator Wadsworth down from the majority he received six years ago and Gov. Smith will not poll as big a vote as he did in 1924, But the election in the Empire State will not be decided in the so-called upstate counties. It is already ap- parent that New York City will either elect Messrs. Smith and Wagner by reduced majorities over other years or by its apathy toward the Demo- cratic nominees for ggvernor and TUnited States Senator will bring about the defeat of both. For Gov. Smith is weaker upstate than in his previous campaigns. Mr. Mills’ campaign has made a profound impression on the minds of independ- ent voters. The three-cornered race for United States Senator makes it impossible to apply the same line of reasoning to the status of the upstate vote. Rather it would seem that Mr. ‘Wadsworth will be helped by Mills in the western part of the State wherever straight tickets are voted. If the central section of the State shows the same defection from the Smith standard as does western New York Al Smith may well turn with anxlety to the “sidewalks of New York"” for that tidal wave of votes which again and again has brought him victory. (Covyrizht. 1926.) “Cowboy Artist” Dies. GREAT FALLS, Mont., October 25 (#) —Charles M. Russell, famous *‘cowboy artist,” dled suddenly at his home here last night. His death was due 10 heart digease, OHID REGISTRATION Rainbow at Night ! Followed by Snow | In North Carolina| By the Associated Press. | FRANKLIN., N. (. October Snow and freezing weather to day followed the rare phenomenon of a rainbow at night witnessed here last night. A perfect arch was seen across the Western sky about 10 o'clock. The colors of the spectrum were not as clear as is usual in rainbows seen dur- ing (he day. The mercury stood at 32 this mornfng and w light snow tell. FALLS OFF 250000 arty Leaders in Quandary as Election Fails to Interest Voters. P By the Associated Press COLUMBLUS, Ohio, October 5. —Lack of interest by the voters in the Ohio campalgn has leaders of hoth partles in a quandary as to the probable effect upon chances of election of their candidat Approximately 250,000 fewer voters registered for this vear's election in the seven largest cities, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, Dayton, Akron and Youngstown, than two vears ago. Approximately 80,000 | fewer registered in the seven larg cities than which registered four years | ago. This falling off in the bitg city vote is construed generally as enhanc- ing the re-election of Senator Frank B. Willis, so far as the urban vote is concerned, but a light vote in the rural districts is llkewise construed to be favorable to former Senator Atlee Pomerene, the Democratic sena- torial nominee. This i3 based on the assumption that Mr. Pomerene will receive a large percentage of the liberal vote which predominates in the large cities and that Senator Willis will receive a ma- Jority of the dry vote which predom- inates in the rural sections. The wet-and-dry issue, though not openly discussed, continues to be the most important in the senatorial contest. Cleveland, approximately twice as large as Cincinnati, has 7,000 fewer voters registered, the former qualify- ing 121,000 and the latter 128,000. The wet-and-dry issue {s not so pro- nounced in the gubernatorial contest between Vic Donahey, who is seeking a third term on the Democratic ticket, and Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati, the Republican candidate. Both candl- dates are acceptable to the dry or- ganization. The gubernatorial issues have been confined to State matte: Gov. Donahey, in the few speecl he has made, stressing alleged domi- nation of the Utllitles and Tax Com- mission by utility interests, which are controlled by Republicans. Mr. Cooper stresses alleged lack of business ad- ministration by the governor, holding him responsible for a State treasury deflcit. $1,000,000 GEMS STOLEN. TOLEDO, Ohlo, October 25 (#).— Theft of $1,000,000 worth of unset dia- monds was reported to police today “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes | view { porary LEGAL AIDS HEAR by Jack Kloville, New York dlamond salesman. Police learned that three young men went to the Union Station here vesterday and presented checks for Kioville's trunks, which contained the diamonds. When Kloville pre- sented his checks at Union Station today he was told the trunks had been claimed. The trunks were traced to a downtown hotel here where they were found minus the diamonds. * Zoo Ark’s 2000 Beasts and Birds Reach Boston Harbor. CROKER CHILDREN () Means Associated Pre: as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 97,522 Sunday’s Circulation, 108,779 TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE TOLIMIT INDORSEMENTS 10 THAT GIVEN BUTLER Politicians See Bad Effect on 1928 Race of President if Senator Loses. ACTED TO HELP FRIEND IS GENERAL EXPLANATION Appeal to Massachusetts to Elect Gov. Fuller as Well Gets Same Interpretation. Y ). RUS: . YOUNG. By publicly indorsing Senator Wil- Ham M. Butler of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican national committee, who is a candidate to succeed himself in the Senate, and Alvan T. Fuller, who is seeking an other term as Governor of Massachu- setts, Prestdent Coolldge has made himself the real issue in the cam- paign in that State This is virtually the unanimous opinfon here in political circles. Re. publicans and Democrats are in ae- cord on this one point. In political quarters the general feeling is that President Coolidge has by this ap- peal to the electorate of the Bay State, deliberately thrown his po- litical future in the balance; that he has staked everything on the out come of the election in his home State, Incidentally while political clrcles were buzzing today with this lates campaign development, clear intd LOSE ESTATE FIGHT Supreme Court Denies Re- view Asked by Tammany Chief’s Sons and Daughter. BY the A Press he one-time 1 hildren of Richard Croker, der of Tammany Hall were denied @ Supreme Court re of their uns éffort to overturn the settlement of thefr father's estate The highest court refused to inter- fere with the action of the Federal courts in southern Florida, which dis- missed o suit brought by Richard Croker, jr.: his sister Ethel and broth- er Howard to enforce a judgment oh tained in New York aguinst the tem da essiul receiver of the estate BUREAU PROBLEM St. Elizabeih‘s Inquiry Is De- scribed—Group Organizes Four Subcommittees. Ditficulties experienced at St Eliza- beth’'s Hospital as well as the whole problem of how to improve Govern- ment care of mental incompetents and minors of the World War were pre- sented today at the inaugural session of the legal advisory council of the Veterans' Bureau. Following a welcoming address by Director Frank T. Hines of the bu, reau, and a response by Charles S. ‘Whitman of New York City, president of the American Bar Associavion; Maj. ‘Willlam Wolff Smith, general counsel of the Weterans’ Bureau, launched into an explanation of the general program and specifically brought up the matter of St. Elizabeth’s Hosp! L He told the legal council which has been called into s ion as a Govern- mental aid to consider several legal questions, but principally the matter of guardianships, that the council would be asked to consider the matter of committments. Tells of Difficulties. “We are having a great deal of difficulty in the City of Washington over this question at Sf. Elizabeth’s,” said Maj. Smith. Explaining that unless the Secre- tary of War or the Secretary of the Navy or recent action by the court had_ specifically committed men to St. Elizabeth’s, Maj. Smith said that there was nothing to prevent many of these patients from “walking out any time they wished.” Maj. Smith said that habeas corpus writs were releasing a number from the institution. Discussing generally patieits who are leaving hospitals, Maj. Smith said, the bureau was hav- ing difficulty in getting them back. “Their actions,” he said, “are not what the public would like them to be. These men are a constant source of embarrassment to the bureau and thelr actions are not good for the patients themselves.” Conslderable trouble was also re- ported by Maj. Smith as due to “ex cessive fees to guardians. (Continued on Page Former German Sailor Offers to Reveal Belgian Bank Loot of 1914 for 5 Per Cent By the Associated Press. OSTEND, Belglum, October 25.— Burifed treasure of 9,000,000 francs in gold and silver currency les hid- den on the shores of the North Sea near Ostend—so Petrus Jarden, a for- mer German sallor, informs the Os- tend authorities in a letter dated Kiel. Jarden says the money was stolen from the National Bank of Belglum in 1914 by German sallars, who were forced to bury it to escape punishment from thelr own officers for looting. They intended to return and fetch it, but were all drowned or killed in the war except Jarden, who now offers, it glven 5 per cent of the amount re- covered, to lead the authorities to the treasure trove. The National Bank of Belgium has no record of the loss of such an amount in 1914, but the Ostend au- thorities have referred the matter to the foreign office at Brussels for in- vestigation. tion was given in White House cifcles fthat the President’s letter, made pub- [lic yesterday. is not ablishing @ jprecedent, and that the Executive does not intend to issue any further indorsenments the forthcomin: election. Effect of ler's Defeat. 1f Senator Rutler and Gov. Fuller fwhom the President has indorsed i a letter made public in Boston yves {terday. o down to defeat November this would he @ clean-cut and un tiation of Calvin Cool idge. There would be no other wiuy to consider such i result, according 1o the views of politicians he ted out that ppen 1o the President’s political future than a de- feat and repudiation in Massachusetts. This is not only the opinion of Demo crats but of Republicans, some of the latter being more or less close to the President and khown to be un- ! questionably eager for a continuance {of his political power and leadership epudiation coming from the voters his own State cannot fail to affect s the President and siends may have now for a third ¢ conclude. stdent’s friends contend that indorsement of Butler mista nothing wol pe has given his open support in a frank and sincere manner and that his ac- tion was void of any thought of him- self and was without any mental | reservations. Move Called Natural. One of the President’s intimates at the White !ouse today said that it would have | far more significant and surprising had the Presiden done what he has for these two friends and political assoctates. If the Presi dent had remained silent throughout the entire campaizn and had let elec- tion day arrive without doing some thing to assist there would have been room for far more comment and spec ulation than is the case fn connecticn with the letter he has just written to Massachusetts, this friend insisted. It was hinted also by the latter that this phase of the situation was very recently brought to the President’s attention. He was told that in many parts of the State word was being spread that the President had aban doned his friends—that it was all bunkum about the President’s appre ciation of Senator Butler: that he cared little whether or not he was elected. Just what influence these fulse re ports had upon the President’s sul sequent action in behalf of his tw friends is not known, but his indorse- ment nevertheless v quickly fol- lowed. Many Honors From State. This Intimate of the President in an endeavor to interpret the President's step called attention to the fact that President Coolidge has been a voter in Massachusetts these many years and has at all times heen interested in politics and has frequently been the reciplent of political honors at the hands of his party and friends, there. fore, it is not unnatural that he felt it his duty as a good citizen, if for no other reason, to help, even though in a small way, to elect men in whom had confidence and who, he felt su; would serve the State in an honorable and able fashion, Besides this reallzation of his duty as a citizen and Republican, the Presi dent, this friend continued, has ample reason to feel that he should do some thing to help Senator Butler. It was pointed out that the President is not unmindful of all that Senator Butler has done for him; the laying aside of his business and personai amw.w to conduct his preconvention campaign in 1924 and later to direct his cuni- paign as chairman of the Republican national committee. Just what the President thinks of this close friend and chief political adviser is set forth plainly in his letter of indorsement Along with the discussion of the Coolidge letter of indorsement is con siderable comment upon his decision to go personally to Massachusetts to cast his ballot. Why do he and Mrs. Coolidge make this long journey mere- 1y to vote, when it would be possible for them to send thelr bailots by mail just as they did two years ago? Example to Voters. As might be expected, the Presi- dent’s decision to journey to the voting booth at Northampton to vote on election day did cause considerable surprise. One friend of the President endeavored to explain this decision on the latter’s part by saying that the President has been appealing for some ‘time to the electorate through- out the Nation to vote, and he no doubt thought it was up to him and his wife to set a good example. True, :’hey could have done their patriotic