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THE E’V'ENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 71, 1926. ALL SEE VICTORY -~ ONPACIFIC COAST Campaign Closes Quietly After Stir Caused by Sena- . torial Investigations. By the Aseoctateq Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 1.— Predictions of victory and estimates of pluralities by opposing camps to- day brought the 1926 political cam- paign to a quiet close on the Pacific Coast, where last week the noise of senatorial investigations reverberated through Washington and Oregon be- fore jumping south into Arizona. In " California Republican _head- quarters issued a stutement predicting pluralities of 300,000 for United States Benator Samuel M. Shortridge and the State ticket headed by C. C. Young; while the wet and dry wings of the Democratic party expressed, respectively, their confidence in vic- tory for Justus S. Wardell, modifica- tionist candidate for governor, and John B. Eilioit, bone-dry candidate for United States Senator. Both ndidates Confident. Both Senator Wesley L. Jones, Re- ublic Washington and Scott ul Democratic opponent, ntage in after-effects In Oregon the Democrats predicted Bert Han former shipping board meniber, would be a result of the split in Republ between Senator R. N. ning as an independent, Bteiewer, who defeated ntield for the Republican nomination in the primary. Idaho Republican leaders professed to ses no possibility of anything but victory for the State ticket, headed by H. C. Guldridge, candidate for gov- ernor, and scouted Democratic pre- dictions of victory for John F. Nu- vho hopes to unhorse Senator Gooding, Republican, seek- tion. Vigorous Utah Campaign. Utah awaited the outcome of a ous mpaign waged by Ashby Democrat, inst Senato 1 Smoot which Mormon Church affairs figured as an issue. The upshot of Kepublican efforts to supplant Gov. James G. Schrug- bam, Democrat, with Fred B. Bul- zar, ic efforts to squeeze Senator Tasker L. Oddie, Republican, out of the Senate with a victory for Raymond Baker was likewise awaited with interest in Nevada. DEMOCRATS PREDICT CONGRESS VICTORY Oldfield Sees Control of Senate and House by Good Ma- jorities. By tho Associated Press. Reiterating his prediction of a Democratic landslide in tomorrow’s balloting, Chairman Oldfield of the Democritic congressional campaign committee predicted in a statement made public today that the Democrats have i majorities House in in the both the Seventieth ful analys of the wvarious s lead me to b ve that we will v overturn the 36 Congressional seats nccessary to capture the House, s but that our_gain will more closely approximate 50 seats. “We are s to gain eight and yossibly 10 seats in Per vania, In New k. New io, Indiana and Mi 1, we sure to capture & Fubstarn 1 number of d ricts now held by i ans, and this analysis might be e iny reasons why the country is turning to the Democratic party, notably its stand for purity in elections and honesty in office. Every trial of corruption has led to a o pool fed by Republican ‘practical ians,’ “notably the Vare-Mellon nes ‘in Philadelph nd - Pitts- and the Smith-Insull public owd in Ilino disclosures of the investigation: aroused the pu om the corruption of ¢ en who know what they are willing to pay for it.” LABOR CHIEI;IN APPEAL TO DEFEAT WADSWORTH Green Urges New York Working People to Back Wagner, Assail- ing Record of Senator. By the Associated Press. W November 1.—Wil- Ham Gre, ident of the American ment want an n, Federation of Labor, in a statement fssued ¥ in behalf of the non- | partis 11 camy ommittee of on, appealed to the people of the State to vote | ert F. W Democratic for the U ates Senate. an exceptionul opportunity for us to support u true friend of the people.” said Mr. Green, “Senator Wadsworth,” Mr. added, “in opposition to legis tion for woman and child laborers for farmers and people generally has been of nt char an unre nting and con nding upon his recor has no clim whatever for the sup) of working people and thelr frie AUTOS TO AID VOTERS. Democrats Providing Transporta- tion to Nearby Maryland. Free transportation facilities to nearby points for Wash- ington desiring to vote end ho have no means of transpor- | tation v furnished tomorrow by the Nat Democratic Club of ‘Washir The club cominittee, 2. will be tn h Hotel | before time aryland. and for the voters utomobile sray ceive elec DROPS 15 FLOORS; DIES. Manufacturer Either Leaps or Falls From Hotel Window. NEW YORK, November 1 (#).— Thomas Harden Carter of Eaglewood, N. J., either fell or leaped to death from a window on the fif teenth floor of the Hotel Roosevelt today. He was president of Thomas Carter & Sons, I handkerchief manufac- turers of 263 Broadway. Identification was made by Russell Carter, jr.. of Englewood, a brother. He told investizators that his brother was of a mnervous temperament and recently suffered a nervous break- down due to business worries, DR. HARDING, 82 . SPENDS DAYS IN REVERIES OF SON'S CAREER Late President Had Vision of White House at 5, Father Recalls. Passershy Find Parent lil of Body, But Eager to Talk of “Warren.” By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, November 1.—Rev- cries of the son who preceded him to the grave fill the declining years of Dr. George T. Harding, the only liv- ing father of a President. 11l of body, but with his 82-year-old mind alert, the parent of Warren G. Harding sits in the house which has been hfs home here for 42 years and appraises for those who pause before the humble gate the qualities of great- ness which lifted his boy from an ©Ohio farm to the White House. “They're ringing for Washington. Some day they will rins for me.” That prophecy, made by Warren Harding, at the age of 5, as he heard the bells chimed in memorfam to the first President, the father has seen ful- filled. Mother's Teaching Lauded. Today he lives in a world gone by, his mind filled with interesting fnci- dents, years forgotten, in the lifc of his illustrious son. And any review by Dr. Harding of the life of his President son begins with the statement that the most im- portant factor in it was ‘“‘the wonder- ful teaching and inspiration received from his mother and his grand- mother.” “The value of study, “ndustry, kind- ness, loyalty and discreiion taught by his mother from early boyhood were tenets followed faithfully,” Dr. Hard- ing remarked, musing the other day about his son. “That calling for ten- der treatment of ecnemies often brought him _criticism.” The President’s first effort at public speaking is an incident which Dr. Jlarding takes great pleasure in tell. ng. Harding’s First Speech. “It was while I was teaching the Buckhorn Inn School. Neighbors and students were gathered in the country schoolhouse . I had just delivered am address when Warren pulled my coat- tail and sald: ‘Papp, I want to speak also.’ There was no dissuading him. He recited a five-stanza poem, taught him by his grandmother. That was 58 years ago this coming Winter. ‘Warren'’s first idea of education was received at a wood box in the kitchen of the Harding Blooming Grove. He would sit by the hour making out words from the printed letters on the newspapers which his mother had pasted on the box to make it appear less untidy. “Grandmother Elizabeth Madison Harding was responsible for the Hard- ings naming their son ‘Warren Gama- liel,’ after an uncle, a Methodist preacher.” Here Dr. Harding told how Warren earned his first money by sawing wood for a neighbor, later raising 18 bushels of wheat on an abandoned potato patch, and still later, while not yet 13 rs of age, working as a teamster the construction of the Toledo and ©Ohio Central Railroad. First Turned to Law. The Fourth Estate might never have had a member of its profession in the White House had Warren Harding, as a boy, gone his own way. When he UnuERKODE DR. GEORGE T. HARDING. graduated from Ohio Central College Warren started to read law in the office of a Marion attorney. He seem- ed pretty well satisfied with his undertaking, but Dr. and Mrs. Hard- ing “did not like the man with whom he was assoclated, and we induced him to give up reading law.” Warren, the father relates, had been editor of the college paper, so, after he left the law office, he went to work for the Marion Mirror. “The editor and Warren got into a ruckus about James G. Blaine. Warren always had been an admirer of Blaine, so he quit the Mirror, and, after working at odd times for the Star, T made it possible for him to | buy ‘this paper by lending him $300 and going on a couple of small notes. In all the 30-odd years that Warren ran the Star, ba never szid anything harmful against any one. He was a constructive journalist. The paper grew in value until it sold for about $500,000. “Warren always was an easy writer and speaker. He knew what he want- ed to say, and it never appeared to be any effort for him to express him- self in writing or orally. Began Speaking Early. “While still in his teens Warren took unusual interest in politics, and made many speeches before he wi 21 years old. He was unusually suc cessful in his early political ventures, and as proof of his popularity even in his own precinct, which numbers many Democrats among its residents, it should be remembered that he ca ried it 100 per cent at the presidential election. “Warren's respect and love for his mother, brothers and sisters and my- self was beautiful. He and his brothers and sisters were a mutual admiration society. Whatever one did the others applauded. “He always was giving me presents. When he could not think of anything to buy me, he would give me money. The last present he gave me was a check for $100. This was a da two before he left for the White House. He explained that it was to help me defray the added expenses I had been subjected to in entertain- ing at my home during the campaign. This was all nonsense, but he in- sisted, and I accepted it. “His love for his friends was un- usual. He would stick with them after they had been deserted by virtually every one else. I am certain that none of Warren's friends could influence him from an opinion or de- cision, which he knew to be right.” DEMOCRATS FACE CONTESTSIN SOUTH G. 0. P. Strength Shows Itself in Several States—Local Issues Dominant. By the Associated Press. Contests for senatorfal and congres- sional seats in Virginia, North Caro- lina, Louisiana and Kentucky and a heated gubernatorial race in Tennes- see drew chief Interest in Tuesday's election in the South, with confirma- tion of Democratic nominees a mere formality in most States. Active Republican opposition to the re-election of Senator Lee S. Overman has been made in North Carolina by Johnson J. Haves, who is popular in the western section of the State, while in Kentucky Senator Richard P. | Ernst, Republican, is opposed for re election by Representative Alden W. Barkley. Republican opposition has developed |in six North Carolina congressional districts, while in Virginia Democratic indidites for three seats in Congress have Republican opponents. uation in Tennessee. While the candidacy of Gov. Austin Peay of Tennessee holds chief interest of voters, incumbents in two congres- sional districts have Republican and independent opposition. Gov. Peay is opposed for re-election by Walter White, Republican. In the first Louisiana district James O’Connor, Democratic incumbent, has | Republican opposition in Gus Gertling. While some Republican opposition ! has developed in one senatorial and four congressional campalgns in Florida, chief interest centers in the strength of the Republican vote. In Georgia Senator W. L. George is unopposed for re-election, as are 12 candidates for Congress. In one dis- trict the Republican candidate con- ceded defeat and withdrew from the | running. Dr. L. G. Hardman, Demo- cratic nominee for governor, will be formally confirmed. | Black’s Election Conceded. In spite of the Republican inroads in the Democratic ranks of Alabama | Hugo L. Black, Democratic candidate | for the Senate, was openly conceded election over Edmund H. Dryer, his | Republican opponent. Bibb Graces, Democratic nominee for governor, has Republican opposition in John A. Bingham Purely local questions overshadowed | congressional and senatorial elections | tn most Southern States. Florida will | vote on an amendment prohibiting ownership of property by aliens who are Ineligible to citizenship. Increased irrigation and hydroelectric develop- ment will be put before voters in Louisiana, and in South Carolina more than a score of local amendments are to be voted on. In North Carolina the wetand-dry question has figured to some extent in the State contests. - Pomerene Halts Campaign. CLEVELAND, November 1 (#).— Atlee Pomerene, Democratic sena- torial candidate. canceled further per- sonal appearances in his campaign 1ast night, following the death of his brother, Judge Celsus Pomerene, in Canton, associated in ber of years, law practice for & num- OUTLINES OUTLOOK FORWETS AND DRYS Probabilities in Election Re- sults Discussed by Anti- Saloon Official. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 1. Scott McBride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, vesterday gave out a pre-election statement regarding the “wet” and “dry” question. “Among the States in which the referendum propositions are on the ballot the following are important: Missouri, ~California, Colorado and Montana,” the statement says. “In these States the wets are en- deavoring to repeal State laws under their general referendum statutes. These are all real referendums and the drys are fighting to defeat these efforts of the wets to break down en- forcement, Every report coming from these States, Indicates the drys will win. “Straw /Ballot,” He Says. “In three other States, New York, Iilinois and Wiscnsin, the wets are holding a straw ballot referendum,” the statement asserts. “These are only sham battles. National dry leaders of all prohibition organizations have urged their constituency to ignore these and give attention and efforts to the election of dry Repre- sentatives and dry United States Senators as well as dry members of the State legislature The fact that the drys are not voting on these futile contests will, of coure, make it easy for the wets to have a majority and wet newspapers will flare headlines indicating victory for the wets Wilson Has Chance to Win. “As to the election of Senators and Representatives, the interests where this issue is most vitally involed are in Massachusetts, Pe: ylvania, Ohio and Illinois. Our reports indicate the certain election of Willis in Ohio, Butler of Massachusetts and Smith in Tllinois. Wilson, Democratic candi- dgte in Pennsylvania, is being ardent- 1y supported by the dry forces and s gaining ground and has a chance win, n Congress the primaries were decisive for the dry side and election indications are that there will be a decisive_mapority in the next Con- gress. The indicatins are,” the state- ment concludes, “that State legisla- tures will stand about as usual. URGED FOR TRADE POST. E. O. Sykes of Jackson. Miss.,, In- dorsed by Collier. Appointment of E. O. Sykes of Jackson, Miss., to the vacancy on the Federal Trade Commission was urged upon President Coolidge today by Rep- resentative Collier, Democrat, Mis- sissippl. Mr. Sykes a former member of the Mississippi State Supreme Court, and 1s now practicing law in Jack- son. The vacancy to the commission, for which a number of Southerners have been indorsed by Senators and | Representatives from different States, DRYS CLAIM GAINS IN NEXT CONGRESS Wets to Only Have 105 Seats in New House, Says Dr. Wilson. By the Associated Press. Leaders of the dry forces in final campaign statements and addresses yesterday predicted the Seventieth Congress to be elected tomorrow would be cven drier than the present one and asserted that the real issues in the election are constitutional an- archy or law enforcement. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the board of temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church, said an anal of the primary elec- tions and of the election in Maine showed that apparently three dry votes would be gained for the Senate and that the drys were practically certain of electing 309 members to the 105 for the wets. Claims 21 Doubtful Seats. “The drys will probably be victo- rious in the 21 districts which are now rated doubtful,” Dr. Wilson said. “This collapse of the campaign against the prohibition amendment is truly remarkable. It was not ex- pected by the drys any more than by the wets.” vne B. Wheeler, general counsel of oon League, asserted inan v morning before men Baptist Church, that the which would confront two voters at the polls tomorrow in most districts were “Constitutional anarchy or law enforcement.” “The straw vote referenda in New York, Illinois and Wisconsin are an attack upon our whole thecry of representative Government,” he said. “The firsf two of these ask that a Federai law necessary for the enforce- ment of the Constitution be altered at the request of these States, per- mitting the States themselves to en- force or ignore a part of the Consti- tution. Quarantine for Bootleggers. “The Wisconsin 2.75 per cent beer proposal in her referendum is equally antagonistic to representative Govern- ment. “The bootlegger and the moon- shiner are. to be guaranteed from any local police action in _California, Colorado, Missouri and Montana, if the referenda in these States, repeal- fng the State enforcement codes, are won by the wets. “The friends of law and order are supporting congressmen who will keep their oaths to support the Con- stitution. They e ‘opposing every illegal or improper method to violate the fundamental law.” INDIANA JURY CALLS Klan Head Also Summoned as Probers Resume Inquiry Into State Affairs. ed Press. INDIANAPOLIS, November 1.—In- tigation of charges that high offi- cials entered into corrupt deals with D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, was re- sumed by the grand jury today after a week end adjournment. Among_witnesses called for today were Herbert Males, mayor of Evan: ville, and Joe Huflington, great titan of the Klan. Huflington also is from Evansville. Males was a witness last week before Senator James A. Reed's senatorfal committee, which also has been inquiring into the Indiana politi- cal situation. The inquiry here is now in its fourth week. Court oflicfals have de- clared that the investigation is pro- ceeding along several lines and that there is no immediate prospect of a report. PRESIDENT LEAVES TO BALLOT TONIGHT IN OLD HOME TOWN Coupal, presidential physician; sCol. S. A. Cheney and Capt. Wilson Brown of ‘the Mayflower, Army and naval aides, respective The trip_ will allow the President for the only two candidates whom the President has publicly indorsed—Sen- ator Butler and Gov. Fuller. Aside from the natural interest the President i taking in personally cast- ing his ballot tomorrow, instead of voting by mail, as he might, he is looking - forward with considerable pleasure at once more being hack in his home town. It was there that he | first enfered upon the practice of law after graduating from Amherst, and it was there that he and Mrs. Cool- idge started housckeeping after their marriage 21 years ago. Stay to Be Short. Both he and Mrs. Coolidge are look- ing forward to seeing their old friend and neighbors, and, although thei visit will be brief, they are confident that it will be a most happy one. It is the President’s intention to go di- | rectly to the voting booth from the | station at_Northampton and to start back for Washington soon after the noon hour. From reports received at. the White House, the citizens Northampton are planning to make considerabla ceremony over these two Northampton _citizens during thelr brief stay. The town is to be deco- rated, and a large public reception in honor of Northampton's onetime mayor, now President of the United States, and his wife will be held at the high school. The presidential party will receive election_ results on the return to the White House shortly after 9 o'clock tomorrow night. It has been ar- | ranged, however, for messages con- cerning the earlier returns to be placed aboard the train at various points on the way back to Wash- ington. ESCORT FOR PRBSIDENT. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Novem- ber 1 (P).—Plans for a public recep- tion for President and Mrs. Coolidge when they come home here to vote tomorrow are completed. Arriving at about 9 o'clock tOMOITOW Morning, President Coolidge will go at once to the polls under escort of a reception committee of 12 citizens. Then the first citizens of the land will visit their old home on Massoil street, where Mi Coolidge's mother, Mrs. Limyra Goodhue, will be waiting. At 10:30 o'clock a public reception will be held in the high school hall, which will last until the presidential party goes to the return train at 11:30. John C. Coolidge has three recita- tion periods at Amherst College on ion to_ his thought here Northamp- particularly close_appli studles this year It w that he would not be In ton to see his parents. Five women, old friends of Mr: EVANSVILLE MAYOR| i and Mrs. Coolidge to vote in person | of | election day, and since he is making | SOUTHWEST VIEWS ELECTION CALMLY Oklahoma Furnishes Main In- terest in Spirited Race for Senatorial Honors. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 1.—Can- didates in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were returning to home pre- | cincts today to conclude campaigns in which personalities generally over- shadowed national issues. With the exception of Oklahoma, where a spir- ited senatorial race developed and the Ku Klux Klan was discussed by State nominees, comparatively light ballot- ing was forecast. The gubernatorial contest held in- terest in Kansas, with former Gov. Jonathan M. Davis, twice acquitted of accepting bribes to pardon convicts, opposing Gov. Ben S. Paulen, Repub- lican. Davi a Democrat, conducted a ‘“vindication” campaign, charging the Republicans with persecution during his administration. Curtis Campaign Quiet. Senator Charles Curtis, Kansas, vet- eran Republican floor leader, has not made an intensive campalgn against his Democratic opponent, Charles tephens. Seven of the eight incum- hent Representatives to Congress are seeking re-election. The resignation of Representative Tincher, Repub- lican, of the seventh district, created a sharp contest between C. R. Hope, Republican, and H. . Brown, Demo- crat. National issues were injected into the Oklahoma senatorfal campaign by John W. Harreld, Republican, who is opposed for re-election by FElmer Thomas, Democratic Representative to_Congress from the sixth district. A Klan controversy developed between gubernatorial ‘candidates, in which Henry S. Johnson, Democratic nom- inee, ‘and Omer K. Benedict, Repub- lican, was charged with being mem- bers of the hooded order. Johnson ignored the charges, while Benedict declared he severed his affiliation with the Klan four years ago. Texas Is Apathetic. ‘With the Democratic nominations considered equivalent to election in Texas, the Ioting tomorrow has little interest. The 18 Repre- to Cong re seeking re- on. Harry M. Wurzbach of the fourteenth district fs the only Repub- lican and has attracted attention be- cause of differences with party lead- ers, which Democrats claim gives them the advantage through the pos- sibility of a split in the Republican force: Gov. Mirlam A. Ferguson has made little comment on the general election since her defeat in the recent run-off prim: by Attorney General Dan Moody, youthful Democratic leader. Moody 15 opposed by H. H. Haines, Republican, LIQUOR BAN ASKED AVIONG SALESMEN 14,000 Firms Get Request to End Treating Practice as Selling Aid. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 1.—As a new step in prohibition enforcement, the Citizens’ Committee of One Thou- sand has sent to 14,000 of the leading manufacturing executives of the coun- try a communication urging them to prevent their salesmen from using liquor in promotion of sales. This means of cutting off what the committee considers one of the im- portant markets for bootleg liquar was suggested by Gen. Lincoln C. An- , Assistant Secretary of the asury, in charge of prohibition en- ment, the committee announced. In a letter to the committee, which organized to promote law observ- ance, Gen. Andrews said: “I' know from personal experience that the big sales agencies for large manufacturers often make it a prac- tice to supply generous quantities of liquor by way of entertainment upon all manner of occasions, where their customers are meeting together for one purpose or another. Create Market for Liquor. “Big manufacturing business, through allowing, or rather fostering, these expense accounts for large quan- tities of entertainment liquor, is mak- ing considerable part of the market for liquor, which in turn brings into e »nce and supports the organized liquor trafic which furnishes the liquor. How inconsistent én the part of these big busines who claim they want the law en a. Gen. Andrews said in his letter that he was confident business men throughout the country, if the matter were properly presented to them, would “readily enough agree to cut out this practice” by refusing to au- thorize “expense money" used for the purchase of liquor. He closed by re- questing the Committee of One Thou- sand to take up the matter with the manufacturers. 14,000 Firms Circularized. A photostatic copy of his letter was included in each communication s to the 14,000 manutacturers. Fred B, Smith, chairman of the law observ- ance committee, explained that the committee was not selecting any par- ticular concern or groups of concerns in sending out the communication and that he was certain many manufas turing executives were unaware that such practices were being used by their sales departments. Among the members of the execu- tive committee of the body for law ob- rvance are John D. Rockefeller, ji Bishop William T. Manning, Homer S. Cummings, former chairman of the and committee, of Virginia. PHILADELPHIAN IS NAMED National Democ Senator Carter Gla: Rev. Thomas Joseph to Help Rev. Thomas W. Cooke, Rector of the Church. Rev. Thomas Joseph of Philadel- phia has been named assistant to Rev. | Thomas W. Cooke, rector of the | Church of the Ascension. He will act ! as office curate of the church. Ir. Cooke has arranged services at the church for this week, i v communion at 7:30 a.m. i . Goodwin of Leland, M., charge of th rvice. rations are being made for the fifth anniversary of Mr. Cooke's pecial term of Huston Thompson, Democrat, Colorado, last September. Ohio. The brothers had been was caused by the expiration of the|Coolidge or leaders of the Republican ‘women of the city, will serve on the reception committee. I rectorate next Sunday. He came here from Ohio to reestablish the church. | ASSISTANT AT ASCENSION | PASTOR'’S DEFENSE TO PICTURE VICTIM AS "DANGEROUS MAN" Dr. Norris Represented as Beating Chipps, Slain Foe, “to Draw.” Goes Right on Preaching to Crowds and Urging Re- ligious Views. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ! FORT WORTH, November 1.—They {say of the modern murder trial that vou generally try the dead man. Woman slayers nearly always win their freedom on this latter-day hy- pothesis. Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, stepping fresh from the pulpit to the prisoner’s dock here today, expects to win his freedom by proving that D. E. Chipps was a ngerous man,” and there- fore the minister of the gospel was justified in shooting him to death. Rev. Dr. Norris is the second sen- sational evangelist to share the spot- licht of public attention during the last few months. Like Atmee Semple McPherson of Los Angeles, Dr. Nor- ris has his own temple, the First Baptist Church. Like Aimee, he is & uder, not only for the Lord, but against everything he regards in the nature of a clvic ill. Like Aimee, he has his own broadcasting radio sta- tion,’ a high-powered affair of 500 watts, and, like Aimee, he has kept the ether sizzling with attacks upon his enemies and “the diabolic plots” he says have been formed against him. Has Confldence of Flock. Like Aimee, Rev. Dr. Norris has the loyal confidence and support of every member of his flock. His con gregation consists of at least 5,000 souls. It is claimed that his Sunday school class is the mnl:d"St in the coun- try. if not In the world. Like Aimee McPherson, Dr. Norris 18 conducting his church’ largely ac- cording to his own ideas. He is not affiliated with the State or county Baptist conference, but s still en- gaged in a battle for recognition. Since the killing of Chipps, Dr. Norris has not missed a Sunday in the pulpit. As a matter of fact, he has been engaged most of the time |in conducing a county-wide revival and has been preaching almost daily with an ever-increasing fervor. As his | bail undoubtedly will be continued, Dr. Norris Is expected to continue preach- | ing_during all the time his life is in jeopardy. minister of the Gospel is just as much entitled to shoot in self-defense as any other citizen of the community. He claims that Chipps, a big, power- ful, two-fisted, he- as they desig- nate them here “where the West begins,” called at his office, adjoining the church, and threatened to kill him if he did not cease his attacks on fTayor Meacham and City Manager of Fort Worth. The minister claims that at one time during the interview Chipps put his hand to his hip pocket. The minister fired. He did not shoot timidly once, but boldly five times, and so steady were his nerves, so true his aim, that four of the bullets took effect. a Calm After Shooting. The Fort Worth chief of police has declared that Dr. Norris was the calmest man he ever arrested after a homicide. “I am sorry, chief, T had to do it,” he said, without a tremor in his voice. Chipps, the victim of the shooting parson, W found to be unarmed. The prosecution will demand to know why he should have reached for his It is Dr. Norris’ contention that a | FRANK. NORRIS. hip pocket when he knew there was no gun there. The prosecution will also contend that Chipps was shot in an out-oflice by the minister, and that later the body was dragged to within a few feet of the minister’s desk. A pool of blood is sald to have been found in the outer office. There was none where the body lay when the police were summoned. Certain erroneous fmpressions have gone abroad concerning the shooting and the circumstances surrounding it. Rev. Dr. Norris is one of the strongest fundamentalists In all the world, but there is no quarrel con- cerning evolution or the descent of man in the murder trial. Nor is there any association with the Ku Klux Klan. Dr. Norris made numer- ous attacks on the Catholic Church, and in the heat following the shoot- ing sald something about a “Catholic conspiracy.” But Chipps, his victim, was @& prominent Mason and had no connection whatever with the Catholic Church. “Shooting Talk” Alleged. The truth of the matter is that Dr. Norris knew in his sermons and in his radlo talks he was g what they call in the West “shooting words.” He says he received several warnings to let up, but they made him all .the more determined to cz | ry on. However, when Chipps first telephoned and then came to his office last July, the minister thought shooting time had come and feels he was justified in beating his man to the draw., The fact that Chipps had | no gun makes the defense perhaps a | little more diffcult. Thus far Forth Worth has taken the episode rather calmly. There are no half-way views of the shooting nevertheless. Virtually every man in the county is either for the minister or against him. It is difficult to see how 12 unprejudiced men can found to serve on the jury. D. E. Chipps, in the wholesale hard wood lumber business, had lived in Fort Worth 18 years. Ile was a man about town and extremely popular with his friends. Dr. Norris has lived here 17 years and has been a stormy pulpit petrel every moment of that time. Mild-manner, soft-spoken min- isters are anathen® to him. He says the Baptists who won't recognize him are simply Jealous of his succes Chipps a great friend of ) Meacham and felt the attacks made upon him even more keenly than the Mayor himself. The lettei had con sulted his friends about answering Dr. Norrls, but all had advised him to let “the good doctor rave.” The defense will endeavor to attack the be vor the trial. TWO ARE ACCUSED INMELLETTSLAYING First-Degree Murder Charges Are Filed Today Against Ben Nadel and Dan Pfaff. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 1.— First-degree murder charges were filed here today against Ben Nadel and Dan Pfaff, Cleveland, sald by police to be bootleggers, in connection with the slaying of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher. The warrants were brought here by Detective Ora Slater, special investi- gator in the Mellett murder, and Police Chief Wise, of Canton. The charges were filed to prevent release of the two men on habeas corpu charges, which have been filed in Common Pleas Court. The warrants were issued at Can- ton and signed by Prosecutor C. B. intock of Stark County. ing of the cl 5 inst Pfaff and Nadel followed investigation here by Cleveland police of the “hide out’ here of Patrick Eusene McDermott, while a nationwide search was being made for him in connection with the murder of Mellett. PREACHER SLAYER | ASKS TRIAL CHANGE TO ANOTHER COUNTY (Continued from First Page.) assailants he was un- He was tried for He was then The on the pastor able to identify. arson and acquitted. , tried on a charge of perjury. | Jury was unable to agree. |~ An arch foe of evolution, he carried his evolution fight and fundamental- ism campaign to many parts of the country. Delegates from his church were barred from State Baptist meetings several years ago following one of his | fundamentalist tours. He is an active member of the Klu Klux Klan and has often charged persecution by members of other religious faiths. With the seating capacity of the courtroom less than 500, Judge George E. Hosey has limited attend- ance to those bearing passes. Guards have been ordered stationed at the courthouse doors to handle the thou- sands expected to seek admittance. ZIONIST SEES PRESIDENT. Dr. Chaim Weizmann of London Pays Respects. By the Assoclated Press. Dr. Chaim Weizmann of London, president of the World Zionist organi- ization, which is constructing the aitional Home in estine under the British League of Nations mandate, was received at the White House today by President Coolidge for a call to pay his respects. Dr. Welzmann, who is in this country for several months, was pre- daffairs of the British embassy. REED DENOUNCES COOLIDGE SILENCE Senator Says President Errs in Not Condemning Smith in llinois Race. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 1.— United States Senator James A. Reed, Democrat, Missouri, continued his in- terpretation of recent testimony be- fore the Senate campaign funds in vestigating committee, of which he is chafrman, in an address last night from Kansas City, broadcast from Station WGN, Chicago. issouri Senator charged Presi- dent Coolidge with “failure to inter- fere with the infamous practices of politiclans working directly under him” in a vigorous allusion to what he termed “political corruptions that have rocked the decent elements of America_during the last two Repub lican administrations. He said the Republican party was dominated by interests determined to pre e present tariff schedules in se of opposition from all quar- “It has been recently said that should we remove these trade barriers American wages would fall to the level of wages paid in Furope, but we should remember that the only reason American workmen have | gained the wages they now enjoy is | because of their organized efiorts to force their wealthy employers to di | vide profits. High wages in America | lare not the result of the tariff. In touching upon the lilino al contest, Senator Recd tor “The President s enounce { Frank L. Smith (the Republican nomf | nee), who received canipa mone from the public utilities which he | controlled, but Coolidg: | his duty, keeps silent. —————e 500 ATTORNEYS TO AID IN CHICAGO ELECTION Lawyers Detailed by Bar Associa- tion to Assist Boards in Pre- venting Fraud Voting. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 1.—Five hun- dred members of the Chicago Bar Association were accredited today as special attorneys fo the county elec- tion board to assist In prevention of fraud and disorder at the polls to- morrow. Electon _officials that 59 police squad cars and three- score of shotgun squads from the Police Department will eruise be- tween precinct headquarters to pre- vent gperations of ters and tel rorists. Each squad car will carry la representative of the county court The bar association volunteers will be centered in four wards, notably the twentieth ward, where disorders in April were investigated by the Senate campaign funds committee and where more than 2,000 fraudulent registra- covered last week. mayor as well as his slain friend in | neglecttul of | also announced | GOV. NELLIE ROSS - SEEKS RE-ELECTION !Wyoming Republicans Pres | dict Defeat of Country’s First Woman State Head. By the Aesociated Press. DENVER, Colo., November 1.—With campalgn oratory on the wane in five Rocky Mountain States, the Arizona and Colorado senatorfal contests and | the Wyoming gubernatorial race, in which . Nellte Tayloe Ross s seak- ing re-election, promised to matntain the interest at the polls Tuesday which has b shown in recent weeks. Mont, and New Mexico voters were concerned with te office noi Invest tion of reported excessive senatorfal campaign expenditures in Arizona by the Senate campalgn funds committee added zest to last-minute efforts of candidates to develop new issues. Indieations were that Senator King of Utah would he unable to com. plete the hearing before tomorrow balloting starts. Witnesses thus far have failed to divulge excessive ex- penditures by efther Senator Cameron, Republican, ~ secking re-election, or Representative Carl Hayden, his Dem ocratic opponent. Hunt Secks Sixth Term. Five times Governor of Arizona, G. W. I, Hunt rested on his claim to sixth term, disputed by R. C. Clark, Republican Submerzed by the bitter personal fight between former Gov. O. H. Shoup, Kepublican, and State Senator W. IL. Adams for the of Colorado, former Gov Democrat, and Charles ‘terman, Republican, each profe «ertainty of election to the United Sta.es Sen- ate. Gov. Arthur Hannett, Democrat, and R. C. Dillon, Republican, awaited the voters' decision as to the next chief executlve of New Mexico cone fronted with the possibility that a full Socialist State ticket headed by C. M. Bixler might take somo votes from the mafor parties. Montana Airs Prohibition. oss, first woman elected as ate chief executive, had rallied her Democratic supporters during the last few weeks in opposition to Frank Smerson, Republican. Emerson’s sup porters forecast victory on the claim | that Wyoming is normally Repub lican. Prohibition has been made a major sue in Montana, where the two Rej sentatives to Congress have made intensive campalgns. | UPSHAW CAUSES STIR ADVOCATING “WETS” Anti-Saloon League in Maryland Resents Speech Favoring Tydings. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORIE, Md., November 1. The speech of Representative Willian: | Upshaw, the noted dry leader of Geor gia, at Pittsville, Wicomico County | Saturday night, in which he indorsed {and urged the voters to elect Millard | E. Tydings, who is known as one of | the leading “wets” in the State, has caused a storm of indignation in Anti Saloon League ranks. “Representa tive Upshaw has alwavs been a Dem oc st and prohibitionist second,” declared George W. Crabbe, superin tendent of the Maryland Anti-Saloor Len today. In urging the voters to elect Rep ive Tydings over Senator O declared that Tya artest wet I have ever ns with. st minute switch, the As soctation nst the Prohibitior Amendment today withdrew fts sup port from Senator O. E. Weller, and d all members of in a statement ask the association to vote for the entire Democratic State-wide ticket. Thiy action based. according to the statement, on the reply of Senator Weller to a questionnaire concerning objectionable planks in the Repub lican pla tloon League is ac “The y s Senator Weller and wiidate for governor. the welfare of our ition would election of ive Tyd ate-wide tive Mr. M and we cause in th FLORIDX DEFENDS RIGHT TO CONTEST TAX ACTION State Claims Government Is Absurd in Charge That Statutes Prohibit Suit. Py the Associnted Press prida filed court passing upon the Constitutionality of certain fea tures of the Federal inheritance act which the W 1 challenge. The State asserted that it was ab- surd for the Government to contend that the revised statutes prohibited it | from bronging a suit to restrain the essment or collection of taxes, in | sisting that the Unit could not sustain jts claim tt © must be universal submi throughour | the United States statute, which | F \ holds ts unconstitutional. | Pointing out tk or the statute [ which if would attack, it would be | deprived of 50 per cent of the Federal | estate tax, it is insisting that it was direetly affected and all of fts tax | payers indirectly, by the burden which | the al tax imposed. The tax { would remove, it declared, severa! m.ilion dollars annually from its furis diction, which would diminish fts } revenue: b ¥ ing to the Government’s third | ground the State insisted that it had {a direct interest in opposing the law. {and that the suit was not merely brought, as the Government had rted, in the interest of its citizens. WINS SEIZED PROPERTY. Mrs. Buddeberg to Be Returned $5,000 Taken by U. 8. The Alien Property Custodian must return property worth $3,000, seized {under the trading-with-the'enemy act, which is claimed by Mrs. Elea T. Buddeberg of Philadelphia. The District Court of Appeals in |an opinion by Justice Van Orsdel | today reversed the decision of the | Distriet Supreme Court, which had held for the Government official. The | appellate tribunal finds that the prop- | erty was unlawfully seized, as Mrs. to Paul n of Germany. ter the war was Since illegally seized, the court over. says, it may not be lawtull Sented by Henry Getty Chilton, charge | tions were reported to have been dis. | Atiorney William Sabine’ :.;m for the petitioner.