Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1926, Page 1

b anadh? The only evening paper in Washington with the WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder with lowest tempera ture about 26 degrees tonight: tomor- row fair ¢ rising temperi- ture Highest, 60, at 0 p.am. vesterday: lowest, 40, at § m. todny. Full report on page 2. Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,457 TWO CENTS, IFREEZING WEATHER CHILLS 10,000 FANS WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star. - @he WASHINGTO Clo:'ng N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 ered as second clixs matter )<t office, Washington, D. “TAKEC ‘FLORA. ONLY A BULLDOG. SAVES MRS. HALL TAKES SR Lvesin ROOMING HOUSE FIRE STANB, BAI.M AS Barks Alarm When Oil Stove NOVEMBER 27, 1926—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * ATURDAY, s B0, KING IS IMPROVED, RUMANIA INSISTS, | 30.160. 0. SHE FACZS 1! Composure All Through Trial Is Unshaken as Ordeal Begins. DESCRIBES CHILDHOCD AND HER CHURCH WORK Declares She Has No Recollection of Halloween Party Stressed by State. By the Assourated Ies covRTHOT SOMERVILLE. N J.,. November Nivs. Frances Stevens Hall took the witness stand in the Halls-lills welock | 1his afternoon. Dressed in blach. < he tias been stnee the trio] began. Mrs. [lall walked 1 the witness stand i tie same calm manner- that k her conduet in the courtroom si began four weeks testi- was expected g the de- ¢ o's case to a close. Mrs. Hall was the last of the three defendants to testify. “Where were you born?’ asked Defense Counsel McCarter, as the first question in the direct examina-| tion. “In South Carolina in 18 an- | swered Mrs. Hall. She spoke in a low, calm voice as the direct examination was started.. Spectators in the courtroom leaned cagerly forward to catch every word she said. : Mr. McCarter showed her the liy Bible containing the birth records of Mrs. Hall and her brothers, Henr and Willle Stevens. The records of the sister's and brothers’ baptisms were written in the Bible by mother, Mrs. Hall sald. These records Tells of Childhood. Mrs. Hall said she moved to New Brunswick when she was a girl and had lved there ever since. “In your early childhood, where did you attend church?” asked Mc Carter. At Christ's rs. Hall. “Prior to your marriage and while you were a communicant of Christ’s Church, did you have any connection with your husband's church, the Church of St. John the Evangelis! “Yes: 1 taught Sunday school there. “It was there vou became acquaint- Church,’ od with Mr. Hall?" “Yes. “\When were you marries “n July. 1811.” “Was ) older than you or younger He was younger.” “How much younger “Seven years. Mrs. Hall related that after her marriage she and her husband lived in New Brunswick with her mother and Willie Stevens. “When did your brother Henry move from New Brunswiok?” “About 1900.” Did he come to see you less often after your mother died? “I think he came more often during my mother's life.” ‘At the time of vour Drove Only One Car. ‘A Dodge Sedan and Case )id you drive both cars”” drove only the Dodge. )id Willie drive?” “Was vour husband a devoted hus- band?" “‘Absolutely.” “Up to the time of his death, did you notice the slightest change in his demeanor and conduct “No." “Did Willle have a pistol” *Wes." “Did you remember your husband doing anything to that pistol?” “About three years hefore his death my husband filed the firing pin. “Where did he keep it “In his room. I never told Willie it had been filed “Describe the daily life of vour hus- v apt to stay house during the morning. T he made the calls in the afternoon We always had supper soggther and he was often out at church’ meetings in the evening.” Describes Parish Work. “Did you enter into the work your parish?’ “In every way of 1 could. I taught a Sunday school class and helped in | every way 1 could Did you become acquainted with the women of vour parisi “Ye “Did you know Eleanor Mills? “ saw her in connection with work of the church. For a time she was a member of my Sunday school clas “4o you know of any one who mani- fested great zeal”” “1 think Mrs. Clark was as active.” “Do you remember going to the Home for the Aged at Boundbrook®” Here Mrs. Hall interrupted proceed: ings to s that a photographer, in violation of court orders, at- tempting to focus a camera on her Justice Parker ordered the camera seized and the photographer left the voom “Was your chur: v members of rious institu- tlons nearb ter asked, “and do you remember a visit to the Home | for the Aged at Boundbrook”" “Ye: | A freeforall argument between at- | torneys occurred this morning while | {Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | AMERICANS SEEK GOLD. } customary to Prospecting Concession Given to | Four by Soviet Government. | MOSCOW, November 27 ). concessions _commissariat of e | Soviet government has signed an ereement with D. A.\ Hammer. | schmidt, T. P. Lord, R. E. Eiswalf and | E. C. Becker, Americans, empowering them to explore for gold in a speci-| fled area in IKastern Siberfa until | March, 1928 1t satisfactory rexults are obtained the Americans may have a 20-vear concession on terms which include the obligatory production of 366 peundy pf gold annuallv. answered | husband’s | death, how many cars did you have?™ | Explodes at Otto Rupp Establishment. Sleepers. Aroused. Flee to Safety—One Jumps. Two Injured. Flora., with het prominent teeth, i but she wa wale role in out Condui rugged jaw nwbiody % 3 ing the pringi genuine petting i way today, lorit, being only a bull dog with o partienlar clain to distinguished ancestry, is to be pardoned for accept ing the caresses, for she f | with saving the live L Otto Rupp and sev the Rupp home, at 5840 Conduit road, canght fire this mornin Being naturally of o perament. | her vocal chords exploded. whi employe of tablishment ing to light [ pal ! party itable tem- use sto o ood an_oil Weliar icatesse was attempt- hen D adjoining it. Welfare, seriously burned, was un- | able to spread the wlurm himself, but Flora hied herself to the quarters of Arthur Wainwright, another em- | ploye, and barked as she had never | barked before. Wainwright - dushed through _smoke | aroused Mr. d flames and i and Mrs. Rupp just in { time to enable them to escape with what clothing they could grab. As the flames filled the living quar- |ters, " Curtis Wilson, « roomer, {Jumped to safety from a second- | story window and James Savalisky un ‘to safety, although he received «light burns the hall. PR-1ON. 2 ARRIVES AT COLON. SCORING as he da hed through her | | | Naval Officers Say Break in | Trip Does Not Minimize Its Aviation Value. | By the Associated Prese Proving that modern naval sea- planes can be moved quickly from Hampton Roads to the Panama Canal, Lieut. Comdr. H. T. Bartlett and the three other intrepid members of the crew of the PN-10 No. 2 have ac- | complished the main objective of their | hazardous flight. They arrived at Colon, Canal Zone, | late yesterday, completing their 2,060- | mile “fight over the vast reaches of | water in the face of unexpected motor lubrication difficulties. The plane’ failure to make the trip without stop ping may have robbed the venture of |a lttle of its glamour, but did not | diminish its value from a technical | standpoint. | As it is, the log of the flight con- | tains plenty of romantic appeal. Tak- ing off at Norfolk shortly before dusk | Tuesday, with heavy burdens of fuel, Comdr. Bartlett’s plane and its com- panion, the PN-10 No. 1, headed | south on a practical test of the new hine, which was intended to sur- | plhs the world distance record for their class established by the late | Commander John Rodgers on his near- ly disastrous flight from the Pacific st to Hawaii last year. 0il Consumption High. | Soon it was found that the lubricat- | ing system of the motors was not | standing the strain, resulting in a greater consumption of oil than had been counted on. This difficulty | brought Comdr. Bartlett down on the Isle of Pines, but the No. 1 plane continued for nearly 300 miles farther into the Caribbean until a break in lan ofl feed pipe so complicated its | troubles that a forced landing at sea { was necessary. There, it was lost for more than 14 hours, until the cruiser Cincinnati, one of the guard | ships which had been stationed at s of 150 miles or more along bute, picked it up. Meanwhile, Comdr. Bartlett obtained a supply of oil and gasoline at Nuevo Gerona and proceeded to Cape Francis, on the western end of the Isle of | Pines. to await more adequate sup- plies hurried to him by the cruiser Raleigh. Receiving these, he took off |at 655 am. vesterday and landed at Colon, §: miles away, at p.m. Radio Work Exceptional. Sverything functioned well Norfolk to Panama, he repe from rted, except that lubricating oil consump! tion was too higk He described the operation of the radio equipment as “exceptional.” His uverage speed on the second leg {of the flight was 73.6 Knots. This matter-of-fact report evoked ner words at the Navy Depart- nt. where praise of the eight flyers ras general, and Admiral Edward W, hief of naval operations, was atified that the men showed | %0 much nerve in desiring to continue the flight after having gone down Lieut. B. J. Connell. commander of the PN'10 No. 1, will be unable to use his plane again for some time. One his motors must be replaced, and | Admiral Eberle has ordered the cargo | carrier Vega to take him one from Ithe Philadelphia naval areraft fac- tory at Guantanamo, where it is due to arrive December 3 of | | Mr. Rupp stated that the dam- | age. which he was unable to esti- miate, was only partially covered b: i Practically all of his pe il effects were destroyed, includ- his most priged possession, a ph taken during his 11 rvice as a lieutenant in the rman army before the World War. A straw hat hanging virtually in the center of the fire escaped un- scorched. The quick work of firemen attached to Engine No. 29 confined the fire to the living quarters of the two-story rooming and eating establishment, although the flames, fanned by a strong wind, were shooting 50 feet above the house, according to L. R. Ferguson, United States deputy mar- shall, a neighbor, who arrived at 6:30 o'clock just after the fire started. The fire station was established about a year ago through efforts of the Con- duit Road Citizens’ Association. Pair, Just Married, Blown Three Miles Apart by Tornado By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Ark., November 27. Tragedy descended swiftly upon the wedding party of Ernest Hill and Irizone Mitchell. negroes, here Thursday night. The preacher had just pronounced the two_ husband and wife when the tornado swoop- ed down upon Good Hope Church, where a throng of 100 friends were witnessing the ceremony. The church was picked from its founda- tions and wrecked. Six of the party were killed and a score in- jured. The bride and groom. both seri- ously hurt, were found nearly 3 miles apart. STORM DEATH LIST B4 N 7 STATES South Clears Away Ruins and Cares for Hundreds of In- jured and Homeless. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 27.— Southern communities which felt the deadly breath of whirling tornadoes Thursday and Friday were clearing away debris and tending their wound- ed today as the total of those killed by the wind’s fury reached 84. Funds for supporting relief meas- ures for injured and homeless were being raised by newspapers and beneficlent societies in response to cries for aid which followed the path of destructive winds. The injured from Texas to Virginia were more than 300, and property damage was expected to aggregate above a mil- lion dollars. Red Cross Forces Busy. Forces of the Red Cross were in action today in Arkansas, where 47 died from the storm's violence. In Morehouse and_Claiborne parishes of Louisiana, relief workers from Shreve- port and Monroe were toiling to re- establish_order where 16 had perished and much distress prevailed. Rehabilitation went forward also in other States where the fitful tempest had wrought destruction in swirling through Arkansas Thursday night, striking in Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala bama and Tennessee, then finishing its fatal course Friday at Ports- mouth, Va. Reports from the varlous storm- marked States today gave these esti- mates of known dead, in additlon to a number missing: Arkansas, 47; Louisiana, T8; Mis- sissippl, 10: Texas, 1; Alabama, 3; southern Missouri, 4, and Virginia, 3. 21 Dead in Arkansas Town. Heber Springs, Ark., where the torm’s toll was heaviest with 21 dead recorded, by gallant effort had treated her nearly three-score wounded and cleared her streets of debrls. Fifteen residence blocks in this small resort ity the Ozark foothills were razed in twin twisters which struck early Thursday night. Water facilities today were restored to near normal and conditions of sani- tation were secured by a numerous corps of doctors and nurses who came from Little Rock, Kinsett and Harri- son on three relief trains.‘ - Homeless, estimated at 750, were given shelter and the destitute were | fed and clothed. 7.000 Accordion Players Entered in 10-Day Contest for Moscow Title BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Bv Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 18 MOSCOW, November 27.—Accordion Province will stage a 10-day competi- tion, starting December 5, to select the best three players. The strangest &ight that any city of 2,000,000 souls can offer is now seen daily, as entrants in the contest go about the streets pumping their favorite instrument, each followed by a train of singing urchins. 17 provincial clties and 6 Moscow city wards. Fifty-one regional winners will be selected, and these will com- pete in the final tournament in Mos- | plavers numbering 7,000 in Moscow | cow the succeeding week. Two newspapers, the Rabochaya Gazeta and sthe Komsomolskaya Pravda, which are staging the com- petition, say they intend to follow it | with a balalaika competition, which | naturally will be broadcast like the | recent hog-calling contests in Amer- {ica. There are several other competi- |tions planned, and the winner In There are only five women among | every case will hold himself in readi- tion &taxis the contestants so far entered. The | ness to accept-an American.theatrical{to co-operats -yl c £DEQESMeUl &ixerharts 1 DENYING RUMORS ‘Bficharest Official Statement | Refutes Idea of Ferdinand’s {POPULARITY OF MARIE i .I1S DECLARED IMPAIRED Politics Waxes Warm as Questions of Regency and Carol Push to Fore With Monarch's Status. By the Askociated Press, BUCHAREST, November The | Rumanian foreign office today for mally authorized the Associated Pres: to categorically den fantastic rumors that King Ferdinand is dying of & blood disease and that the King's mental vigor is impaired.” | The King is continuing to receive fand work with his ministers daily. Reliable and authoritative sources re port the monarch'’s condition improved. The newspapers announce today that the physicans In attendance upon the King are ready to forego an opera- tion if his health appears to be bet- | ter, and there is general agreement from every available source that it is_improved. There has not been the slightest suggestion either in the press or in official circles regarding Princess Helen, wife of former Crown Prince Carol, for membership in a regency. KING FIGHTS MALADY. Aide Says Ferdinand Is in No Im- mediate Danger. PARIS, November 27 (#).—The | latest reliabie news received in Parls indicates that King Ferdinand is manfully fighting the inroads of cancerous growths and is slightly better than he was several days ago. Gen. P. Angelesco, chief of the King's military household, who is in Paris, asserts that the monarch is in no immedlate danger of death. | He says he has come to Parls not to | hasten Queen Marie to Bucharest, | but to reassure her with regard to her husband’s condition. The Queen and her children Prince Nicholas and Princess Ileana. are returning from their visit to the United States and Canada on board the steamer Beren- garia. Prof. Lecene, a French cancer spe- clalist, has left for Bucharest to at- tend Ferdinand. He was summoned by the French radiologist, Dr. Rog- got, who arrived there Thursday. Politics Grow Activ Meanwhile the political parties in Rumania are showing feverish ac- tivity, owing to the serious condition of King Ferdinand. Credible advices received here say that the principalf preoccupation of the parties at pres- ent is over a modification in the composition of the Council of Re- gents named to rule in the event of the death of the King until Prince Michael, son of the abdicated Crown Prince Carol, shall reach his ma- Jority. _ Modification is regarded as certain. At present the regency council is made up of Prince Nicholas, the head of the Rumanian Church and the president of the Supreme Court. The brothers Bratiano, for years virtual rulers in Rumania, are striving hard to obtain the support of all parties in view of the present emergency. They already have that of Premier Averes- cu's People’s party. The Bratianos and Averescu are said to fear the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) e DRIVER'S EMPLOYER 1S HELD IN' DEATH Jury Accuses Contractor; After Truck Operator’s Lack of Permit Is Revealed. Charles D. Fowler, contractor, of 1222 Kenyon street, and William Westley Everhart, 17 years old, col- ored, were held for the action of the grand jury in connection with the killing of 8-year-old Joan Terry, col- ored, by a coroner’s jury, sitting at the morgue, this afternoon. The Ter- ry girl, who resided at 3217 Eleventh street, was struck and fatally injured by a truck at Eleventh and Kenyon streets on Thanksgiving evening. Fowler was held following testi- mony that Everhart had been in his employ for a month without posses- sing a driver’s permit and that the contractor had hindered Headquarters Detective Paul W. Jones, in his efforts to find Everhart, who is alleged to have left the scene of the accident after hitting the Terry girl. Jury Involves Fowler. It was decided by the coroner's jury that while Everhart was respon- sible for the death of the girl, that Mr. Fowler was an accessory after the fact. Everhart, according to the testi- mony of Detective Jones, told a num- ber of conflicting stories after he was identified as the driver of the death truck by Thomas Mitchell, 15 years old, of 3005 Eleventh street. Jones told the jury that Everhart stoutly denled he was the driver of the truck but admitted he had been at the scene of the accident and saw the Terry girl taken to the hospital. Jones further testified that Everhart ad- mitted he had no driver's permit, although hé had been driving the Fowler truck for about a month. Two See Truck. Lewis Valencia and Wilbur Dish- man, both 15 years old, testified that they saw the death truck and later identified it as the one belonging to Contractor Fowler. The boys said the truck had no lights at the time of the accident and after the colored Mental Infirmity. i nfounded and | | | | | | ) N \%\Q‘\\\\\ NN News Note: President Coolidge balks at eating a raccoon sent him from Mississippi. | | i HOEHLING TO BLAZE TRAIL IN OIL CASE Ruling on Admissibility of Doheny’s Senate Testimony Will Set Precedent. Halted yesterday afternoon by the strings of legal technicalities which wound themselves in and about the trial of Albert B. Fall, former Secre- tary of the Interior, and Edward L. Doheny, ofl magnate, charged with sonspiracy to defraud the Government N connection with the California naval oil reserve leases, Criminal Di- vision 1 of the District Supreme Zourt is in recess today to enable the sresiding justice, Adolph A. Hoehling, to dispose of the “grave and impor- tant” question laid before him by op- s0sing counsel. . The issue was committed to Justice Hoehling after three and one-half hours of argument on the admissibil- 1ty of testimony given by Mr. Doheny- sefore the Senate ofl investigation sommittee January 24, 1924, which the | overnment, represented by Owen J. [Roberts of Philadelphia and former | Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, spe- ‘al prosecutors appointed by Presi- Jent Coolidge, seeks to have placed be- fore the jury as evidence in support of ‘he conspiracy charge. The testimony 5f Mr. Doheny before the committee fealt with the $100,000 loan he made to Mr. Fall, which the latter first had de- clared was advanced by Edward B. Mc- Lean, wealthy newspaper publisher. Night Sessions Proposed. Shortly after court convened in the afternoon, Justice Hoehling announced he would take the arguments under advisement and left the bench. About an hour later he returned and ex- plained that owing to the gravity of the matter, he desired more time for study, and adjougned the trial until Monday. At the same time the court informed counsel that the case would be heard daily except Sunday and the defense let it he known that night sesslons would be agreeable to them to expedite the case. This, however, was not formally agreed to. Mr. Roberts had the “last word” in the argument just after the noon re- cess, but he employed his opportunt only to emphasize briefly that Mr. Doheny’s oil committee testimony was not adduced under compulsion or on 2 subpoena and therefore no existing statute referring to constitutional wghts is applicable. Then he repled fo the charges of Frank J. Hogan, chief counsel for Mr. Doheny, and Wilton J. Lambert, leader of the Fall defense, that the Government was not Dresenting its case chronologically by Sxplaining that the very nature and intricacy of it made it advisable to place it before the jury in a logical order. Effect on Future Probes. The decision which Justice Hoeh- ling is preparing is expected to clarify the meaning of section 839 of the Re- Vised Statutes relating to testimony iven before a committee of Congress. Fhe question is regarded as important not only for the bearing which it will have on the presentation of the case for the prosecution, but also as to its effects on future congressional investi- Zations, as_the point has never been (Continued, on Page 2, Coluron 8 Mer(;lry to Drop To 26 Tonight at Cold Snap’s Peak Mittens and ear tabs will be in evidence tonight when the ther- mometer drops to 26 degrees. The Weather Bureau predicts the peak of the present cold snap late this evening, with gradually warher weather tomorrow and Monday. White Rwer, north of Lake Superior, reported a temperature of 30 below zero last night. The weather forecaster expects that the cold wave from Canada will hit New York and New England more severely than this neighborhood, however. ’ The local thunderstorm which awed many Washingtonians last night was part of the general dis- turbance throughout the country which caused the Missouri tornado, according to the weather prophets, who said that lightning was re- girl was hit, “it kept on going faster.” Detective Jones told the jury that he had trouble in getting Mr. Fowler him In gnding - - 5 ported in many other localities. 'Radio programs—Page GOULD IS CLEARED OF SLUSH CHARGE Republican Candidate for Senate Seat Exonerated. Election Predicted. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Me.,, November 2 Arthur R. Gould, Republican nominee for the United States Senate, stood cleared today of charges of having exceeded the $1,500 limit placed by this State upon primary campaign expenses. Gould, upon whose election next Monday depends Republican control of the Senate, emerged last night from a hearing before Secretary of State Frank Ball, confident that the dismissal of charges had vindicated him and assured his victory over Ful- ton J. Redman, Democratic nominee. At the same time Daniel F. Field, chairman of the Republican State committee, and Senator Frederick Hale voiced belief in the integrity of Mr. Gould and predicted his election. Brewster Continues Attack. But Gov. Ralph O. Brewster, who in an open letter to Maine Republicans ‘Thursday night repudiated Gould, re- newed his attacks upon his party’'s successful candidate in the primary. He charged that “in all the welter of personal abuse there had been no denial that the law was deliberately and repeatedly violated by friends of the successful nominee.” Brewster’s letter had charged it was a matter of general knowledge that conslderable sums in excess of the legal allowance had been spent to insure Gould’s triumph and bluntly contended the victor was in the posi- tion of a man receiving stolen goods. Brewster testifled before Secretary Ball that of his own knowledge he did not know of “one cent spent by Mr. Gould, or with his knowledge and consent, beyond the limit of the law." Klan Leader Acts. The charges had been preferred by gemdFi lflelgh,la I\/lletgodlst minister olph and a lea e Khu?. ler in the Ku Leigh testified that although he had preferred the charges he was without direct knowledge of any violation of the law. He was referred to by Hinckley as victim in a political con- spiracy against Gould. In dismissing the charges Secretary (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Only 27 Days More Christmas is coming SHOP EARLY And Your Choice of | Gifts Will Be Better COURT PARTS GIRL - AND DANGER MATE | Frances Arnold’s Marriage to Haliloff, Self-Styled Prince, Dissolved. The wmarriage of Miss Frances A. Arnold, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Davis G. Arnold of Bethesda, and Roufat Magometoff Hallloff, cabaret dancer and self-styled Georgian prince. has been dissolved permanent- Iy by the Circuit Court at Rockville. Judge Robert B. Peter has signed a decree granting Maj. Arnold’s petition for annulment of the marriage on the ground of fraud. 2 Miss Arnold married Haliloff near] two years ago after a whirlwin courtship and when it was thought she was about to announce her en. gagement to a prominent young club- man here, Her “prince” was a dancer at the Cafe Le Paradis at the time. The ceremony was quietly solemnized in St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church on April 13, 1925, by Rev. Herbert Scott Smith. Trunks Seized on Honeymoon. ‘When the couple reached New York on their honeymoon Hallloff's trunks were seized in a breach-of-promise action. The petition for the annul- ment declared that the bride promptly returned to her home in Washington, where she learned that her husband | had been accused of issuing bad| checks. Hallloff admitted, too, that he | was really not a prince. Mrs. Haliloff further told the court that in May, & month after her mar- riage, she consented to accompany her husband to France. On reaching there, however, she said she discov- ered that Haliloff was wanted in a number of countries on ecriminal charges. Without further delay, it was stated, she returned to the United States and ever since has made her home with her parents at Bethesda. The petition for annulment was filed last January. Haliloff was iiv- ing in Belglum at the time, it was said. As a result of Judge Peter's decree, Miss Arnold regains all of the privileges she enjoyed before her | marriage. Tearns of Decree. She is better known to Washing- ton society as Miss Delight Potter Arnold. The name “Delight” is not her baptismal name, but a name by which she has been called both by her family and friends for many years. Miss Arnold was at her parent’s home this morning. Mrs. Arnold said her| daughter had been informed of Judge Peter’s decree. The action was brought by Maj. Arnold, because Miss Arnold is still under age. ce ANTI-STALIN GROUP GETS SMALL POSTS Leaders of Opposition Reduced or Given Positions as For- | . 1 eign Envoys. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, November 27.—Confirma- tion of the decisive victory won by Stalin’s central executive committee majority over the opposition during the recent Communist party contro- versy is seen in a number of appoint- ments just announced. Gregory Zinovieff, former head of the Communist International, is named a member of the praesidium of the Soviet State Planning Commis- sion, a relatively inconspicuous posi- ton. Leon Kameneff, former vice pre- mier, is appointed Ambassador to Italy, replacing M. Kerzenzeff, Georgi Sokoinikov, former finance commis- sar and another opposition leader in the party controversy, is belleved likely to succeed the late Leonid Krassin as Ambassador in London. M. Lashevitch, formerly first as- sistant to the commissar of war and navy, is made assistant manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and the appolintment is pending of G. Plata- Kkoff, former assistant president of the Supreme Economic Council, to repre- sent the Amtorg, the Soviet foreign trade organization in America. These appointments eliminate the men from Russian politics and pre- clude the possibility of their resum- ing factional activily agajnst the cen- tal conziitegs 3 AT ARMY-NAVY TILT Bright Sun Helps Mitigate Wintry Blasts Sweeping in From Lake. GRIDIRON> DRY AND ;’AST UNDER STRAW BLANKET Vice President, Three Cabinet Members and Other Officials At- tend Annual Service Contest. By the Associated Pre HICAGO, November i A rea! Winter day, with the temperature be low freezing, but with a bright sun breaking up the morning haze, greet ed the annual Army-Navy foot bal game today. The cold, aided by Lake Michigan's chilly breezes, followed rain and snow vesterday, but only traces of smow and a few icy spots were left in the municipal stadium The sunshine promised to mitigate goose-flesh somewhat as approximate Iy 110,000 Americans from nearl every State prepared for the game Many of the early patrons of cou muting and other transit lines, evi dently possessors of tickets, carried heavy blankets and extra coats. IFou several days department stores had been featuring blanket sales, ap parently with profitable result. The approaches to the stadiun were a bit slippery after a below freezing night, but not enough to hamper the movement of traffic where the ling of march of the paradin West Pointers and Middies led tk way for the hundred thousand fans Mascots First to Enter. Mascots of the two teams were the first to be admitted to the field. None but the Navy goat and the Army mule got past the ushers be fore 11 o'clock, while 200 huskies cleared off the gridiron. Rolling up the canvas and raking off the hay showed the turf to be in magnificent condition, falrly soft and springy, unfrozen and aimost dry. Overhead a wintry sun did fls best to add to the perfect setting, beam ing down through a slight haze, with quite a little warmth for the end of November. The legion and civilian ushbrs, on hand early, were augmented by a Culver Military Academy troop, the first martial note of the pageant. Locatlon of the southern goal post, ‘about 150 fee® front the arch of the stadium’s horseshoe gnd, and the northern goal hardly more than half way down the huge expanse left the northern end of the stadium nearly a hundred vards from the actual field Frost and snow ringed the grassy expanse which had been carefully blanketed for a distance of 10 yards out from each side line. At 11 o'clock a column of 160 police marched up each side of the gridiron to form a cordon about the field. Jackies Arrive on Scene. A hundred jackies from Lakes Naval Station were the official delegation, arriving at 1 act as guards and ushers, but still no ticket holders had appeared. By this time ushers had been scattered over the huge structure at their posts and but three of the eight hige can vas spreads were yet to be remgved A thin blanket of hay was spread around the fringe of the gridiron und the surplus hauled away. Don W. Bailey and A. L. Bush, buck privates from Fort Sheridan, were the escorts of the Army mule. H. R. Paige and W. C. Specht, middies, chaperoned the Navy goat. First Fans. The fur-coated feminine advance guard, four in number, arrived at 11:30, the first unofficial spectators, so far as discernible among the hun dreds of ushers to arrive. A thing trickle of fans followed them into the west stand, the Navy rooters’ section The thermometer stood just a littie below freezing and the early comers merely had to kick their toes a bit to keep comfortable. The last canvas was peeled off ar 11:45, and the line marks were spread Officials Attend Game. ‘Washington was deserted by the ministrative heads of the two military establishments of the Government and by another cabinet officer and scores of other officials today as foot ball warrfors of West Point and An napolis took the field at Chicago for their annual pigskin classic. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis and Secretary of the Navy Curtis D Wilbur headed delegations from the War and Navy Departments which left Washington yesterday afternoon and are occupying boxes in opposing cheering sections in the big bowl on the lake front of Chicago this after noon. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, who was in Mooseheart, IlL., on Thanksgiving day, occupied a box with friends. Vice President Dawes Present. In the party accompanying Secre tary of War Davis were Assistant Secretarles Hanford MacNider and F | Trubee Davison. The party of Secre tary of Navy Wilbur was larger. It included Assistant Secretaries Theo dore D. Robinson and E. P. Warner Rear Admiral William . A. Moffett chief of Navy aeronautics; Rear Ad- miral W. R. Shoemaker, chief of Bu reau of Navigation, and Capt. Emory Land, assistant chief of aeronautics and other officials. Assistant Secretary Charles & Dewey of the Treasury and Assistant Secretary R. W. Dunlap of Agricul ture also attended the game. Vice President Dawes, himself a resident of Chicago, sat in a flag- draped box at Soldlere’ Field. He dedi- cated the stadium yesterday, —e HUNDREDS ARE SLAIN “IN BRAZILIAN REVOLT By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, ~ November - Several ‘hupdred Brazillian revolu- tionaries and government troops are reported to have been killed and many others wounded in a battle at Bella Vista, State of Rio Grande do Sul, sav private advices reaching here from the Brazillan frontier. The revolu tionists are sald to have taken Os waldo Aranha, chief of the state fazqes, arisoneny