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I' 4 ‘\ WEATHER. (0. S Westher Bureau Fair today and tomorrow: Forecast.) warmer today; light to gentle variable winds. ‘Temperature—Highest, yesterday: lowest, 56, at 75, at 4 pm. 4 a.m. yester- day. Full report on page 7. he Sunday Stae, g WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Main 5000 to The Star is delivered every eve: ashington “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ning and to W: homes by ‘The Sta:’s exclusive carrier service. Phone start immediate delivery. 1,225— No. 30,812. o. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ( SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1928— 114 PAGES. FRANCE MAY TREAT PACT WITH BRITAIN AS NON-EXISTENT American Suspicion of Pur- poses in Naval Treaty Apt to Force Move. ACTION NOW AWAITS ON ENGLAND’S STAND Leygues Ready to Publish Corre-| spondence So Public Can Pass Judgment. Br Covle to The Star and New York World. PARIS, September 8.—American sus- picion of the purposes behind the Anglo-French naval understanding has brought a decision from the French | government to treat the pact as though it had never been made, if this is agreeable to England ! The New York World News Service learns that Minister of Marine Leygues, who negetiated the understanding, has urged upon his colieagues in the gov- ernment to publish the correspondence between London and Paris to make it clear to public opinion just what is and what is not in that correspondence. It has been decided, however, that it would be incorrect to publish the texts until the replies are received from the | governments, forming the subcommittee of the Geneva disarmament confer- ence, which have been officially in- formed of the understanding. None has replied as yet. | Concerned Over U. S. | Of the three most important, the French are mostly concerned over the American attitude and over Italy’s to & lesser degree. Japan has not replied, but it sees no harm in the understand- ing, France has learncd. The form of Washingtons' reply pre- occupied the Quai d’Orsay considerably, end the hope is hardly concealed that it will take the form of a request for an explanation which will afford a chance to officially define France's) pesition—or rather the position which | the French choose o take on the; matter. If England is willing, France wishes| to take the first. convenient occasion to declare that the understanding has been wrongly interpreted into being aj| reconstruction of an entente, and to rove its disinterestedness will declare tself prepared 1o go over the whole ground with the disarmament commis- sion. Understanding to Last. | This gesture, incidentally. would cost Frence and England nothing, 2 the understanding—even if the paper on| which it is written were destroyed— | would stand, and the two nations wouls inevitably work for a similar solution | of disarmament along the lines agreed | to batween them. | From the French viewpoint the main gain from the correspondence leading to the agreement is England's willing- ness to consider land, air and naval| disarmament together. That point is| established, so even if the record of cor- | respondence is destroyed or withdrawn | France will have British support in the | &raxm:\ment conference for its chief esis. BELITTLES CRITICISM. | S T | London Press Denies Pact Move Is Forced by Foreign Comment. LONDON, September 8 (#).—Some | sections of the London press, despite the categorial denial today of the Brit- ish government, continued to say that the Franco-British naval accord will be Athletics Leading League by Double Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, Scptember 8.—The Philadelphia Athletics gained the un- disputed right to first place in the American League pennant race to- | day by winning their second straight | double-header from the Red Sox in | Boston, 7-6. 7-4, while the Yankees were winning only one game from the Senators at the stadium, 6-3. The Athletics now lead by half a game. The Yankees and the Athleti play their much-talked-about dou- ble-header at the stadium tomor- row, and to regain the lead the world champions must win both | games, A reccrd crowd is antici- | pated. | AMERCAN TOTRY S0L0 WORLD HOP George Henry Starck Will| Leave Soathampton on Flight of 30,000 Miles. | | By Csble to The Star and New York World. | LONDON, September 8.—The feat of the American Army round-the-world flyers will be duplicated in a reverse direction if luck holds gcod for George Henry Storck, lone American business man, who expects to leave Southampton next week on a globe-girdlag dash of 30,000 miles in less than two months. Storck*was a wholesale fur merchant in New York for 15 years and is now a resident of Jacksonville, Fla, and| Seattle,. Wash. He is flying a single-seater Avro Avian seaplane, with a 30-80-h.p. motor, the plane being fitted with special ca- pacity tanks to give it a 1,000-mile flying radius. The machine is now ready at Southampton with the excep- tion of the attachment of floats. Route Through Paris. Stdrck’s route from Southampuon will be to Paris, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Alexandria, Bagdad, Basra, Bushire, Bandar, Karechi, then across northern India to Calcutta, Rangoon, Bangkok, Saigon, Hongkong. Shainghai, Fukuoka 1o Tokio, then West, following the Kurile Islands to the Aleutian Islands, to Dutch Harbor, Seward, Sitka, Seattle, San Diego, El Paso, Galveston, Jackson- ville, New York, New Foundland, Labrador, Grecnland, Iceland and Kirk- wall in the Orkney Islands. . Storck, who arrived here from Amer- ica in the latter part of July, experienced considerable difficulty in getting per- mission to fly over the various countries concerned—a difficulty he attributes to the fact that the United States hes never ratified the international air con- vention. Finally, however, the State Depart- ment at Washington instructed the American embassies and legations in the countries on his route to obtain this permission and arrangement; are now completed. The only country re- fusing his request was Soviet Russia— the refusal, he was told, being due to the fact that the Russian government is not recognized by the United States. Longest Jump 860 Miles. The nearest, therefore, that Storck will get to Russia is Paramouishia Island off Kamchatka. His longest planned hop on the trip will be from that island to Attu Island in the Aleu- tlan group, a distance of about 800 miles. He plans to maintain an average speed of one degree on the map per hour, or about 70 land miles per hour. Naturally Storck is flying light, car- rying only a few of the mast es- sential spare parts and about 30 pounds of baggage. Shirts, socks and underwea:, he will | buy and throw away on the trip. “I must complete my flight in two months if I'm to finish it this year," Storek said today, “on account of the North Pacific, where the worst condi- tions of the whole trip are likely to be encountered. “But fortunately I know those waters dropped because of criticism it has evoked abroad. | The London Observer will say tomor- | row: “The Anglo-French naval agree- | ment may not yet have been abandoned, | but reports to that effect should be | considered erroneous oniy in the senge of intelligent anticipation.” | The opinion of the Sunday Express | is that “the Anglo-French naval agree- | ment is not officially dead yet but it/ scon will be. | “The foreign secretary and govern- | ment are out of touch with the mind of the country,” says the Express. “The ’ English peopie will not make any pre- | war military or naval pacts with the French or with any other European | nation.” | It was pointed out in government circles today that no action on the | naval accord could be taken until an snswer is received from the United States, Japan and Italy, to whose gov- ernments the proposls have been sub- mitted. It was recognized that an ob- jection from any of these countries might make necessary some other meth- od for bringing about an understand- inz on disz mament. It was emph: ain does not wish to concoct anything behind the backs of the other coun- tries. For that reason the proposals to which France agreed are considered #s being only tentative. BRITTEN RAPS TREATY. British Attempt Seas. PARIS, September 8 (#).—The Franco-British naval agreement was characterized as only a British attempt to rule the seas by means of “sub- versive diplomacy” by Representative Fred a Britten of Iliinois. chairman of ithe House Committee on Naval Affairs in a statement tonight. Representative Britten said that the supposed secret claus nn longer were secret since every one now is persuaded that it is only an in- strument to further Britain’s naval power. s Articles _in today's American news- papers in Paris were the only signs that existed here that there was such a thing as the British-French agreement. ‘The French papers printed nothing in Teference to it. Mr. Britten said, “British statesmen and the Admirality Lords are trying to ti2 up the principle nations of the world in a naval armament treaty which pos- itively insures Great Britain's control of the seas.” France’ “bait to draw America into another armament conference.” ‘The Britten statement follows “Publication of the secret Prench naval agreement is not now necessary because the world knows al- yeady that it was but another British Calls 1t to Rule ized that Great Brit- | of the agreement | British- | well, as when I was a fur merchant in Siberia, I navigated my own stcamer there for 10 years. “I've had a longing to fly around the world ever since I was a boy. My father GETS PRISON TERM IN THEATER BLAST Hammond, Ind., Operator (}iveu1 2 to 14 Years—Plans Appeal. | | | ! By the Associated Press. CROWN POINT, Ind., September 8.-- William Kleihege. millionaire theatrica: | operator of Hammond, was today given |2 2 to 14 years sentence in the State | | Penitentiary at Michigan City and was | | fined $1,000 for conspiracy in the bomb- | |ing of the $1,750,000 State Theater at | Hammond, November 23, 1927. His at- | torneys immediately filed a notice of | appeal to the State Supreme Court. ! Judge Maurice E. Crites today de- !nied a motion for a new trial and | Kleihege's attorneys then presented mo- tions for a stay of judgment. stated that they would file bills of ex- ceptions for the State Supreme Court The motion for stay of judgment which was overruled, was based on the argument that no other member of the alleged conspiracy to bomb the theater has been convicted on the conspiracy charge. Harry Ames and Joe Million now serving sentences for their part in the bombing, were convicted on charges of mishandling of explosives. | It was announced that Kleihege would be released on bond, pending action on the appeal. Victory in Boston| | weather situation, particularly in the | PO, They | 6. 0.P. EXPECTING DRGANIZATION 10 WIN CONNECTIGUT State Offices Are Also Viewed as Aids. DEMOCRATS PIN HOPES ON LARGE WET VOTE Smith's Personality Used as Trump Card—Republicans Name Trum- bull Governor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Ster. Democrats and Republicans of Con- necticut have set the stage for their State and national elections They have nominated their candidates for State offices and pledged their alle- giance to their national tickets. And Connecticut today is far more debat- erations of voters. The Republicans have on their side an extremely efficient organization, the tariff issue and the fact that they are in the control of the State and hold practically all the public offices. They have a presidential candidate who ap- peals particularly to business and to the women and dry voters. The Democrats have as assets in their efforts to wrest the State from the Republicans the wet end of the prohibition issue in a State where wet sentiment is very strong, if it does not predominate. They have as their presi- dential candidate Gov. Smith, whose personality appeals particularly to the workers and to many of the foreign- born voters and voters of immigrant parentage. They have as an asset the fact that Connccticut is at the back door of New York, and the popularity and career of Gov. Smith has registered across the ‘State line. Hangs on Rural Area. The fight in Connecticut will be largely settled in the towns and rurai discricts ot the State. Most of lhe cities in all probabliity will be carried by the Democrats, although this is de- nied by some Republican leaders, It is in these cities that the wet sentimeni is particularly virulent and the great hu!g.ox the foreign-born voters is lo- cated. But Connecticut has only nine cities and more than a hundred towns. The plans of the Republican leaders Jook to “holding” the Democrats in the cities and beating them severely in the towns and rural districts. The Demo- crats are seeking in every way to swell their vote in the towns and the country; to get their voters in the sections be- yond the city limits to the polls. It is in the matter of thorough ol ganization in all the counties and vot- ing precincts that the Republicans have the advantage. The most candid of the Democrats admit that their weakness lies in lack of a cohesive organization. In many of the cities thc Democratic organization has been functioning well, but it is more sporadic than Statewide. Thomas J. Spellacy, who is now na- tional committeeman and who has been a power in the party for 15 years or more, has his enemies, and they have cropped up to a greater extent than usual this year due to the fact that a number of Democrats believe that this is their year and they hope to ride into Wer. One thing is certain—Gov. Smith, heading the national ticket, is the hope of the Democrats. While they have nominated a good State ticket, it prob- ably would not have a ghost of a show Democratic candidate for President. Indeed, there are not a few Democrats who would gladly sacrifice the State ticket if necessary to win the electoral votes for the presidential nominee. The party’s plan of campaign this year is built almost entirely around the per- |sonality of Gov. Smith, and what he stands for. Trumbull Is Named. On the one hand, the Republicans have renominated Gov. Trumbull, who has twice before been elected chief executive ot the State a capable business man who has given the State a good business administration. They have put forward for United States Senator prove a good campaigner. On the other hand the Democrats have nominated for governor Charles G. Morris, son of a former governor, and himselt the candidate for gov- ernor on previous occasions when the party was doomed to defeat. After a struggle in the State conven- tion the Democrats have nominated sentative Au- gustine Lonergan of Hartford. In a four-cornered race in the convention today Lonergan was elected on the Arst ballot. The vote was: Lonergan, 414; Butler, 185; O'Sullivan, 82; Phillips, 46. This was an overthrow for the or- ganization, headed by Spellacy and State Chairman Walsh. The organiza- tion was backing Robert P. Butler, also { of Hartford, former corporation counsct of that city. Mr. Spellacy had made a di- | rect appea for a * balanced ticket” anc ]had opposed the nomination of Lonergan | or O sullivan. His argument was to the | effect that with Gov. Smith at the | head of the ticket this year it would be better to have a Protestant Yankee nominated for Senator. Butler came into the race only a few days ago. Lonergan had campaigned the State |and many dclegates were pledged to imm when the heads of the organiza- | tion sought to throw the nominaticn to | Butler. It was evident early in the |~ (Continucd on Page 18, Column 2.) ‘Moscow Chain Stores Quit Sale of Vodka | As War on Alcohol Sweeps Over Russia By the Associated Press | MOSCOW, September 8.—Hundreds of the liquor shops in Moscow con- | ducted by the chain co-operatives stores | and will sell none until Monday. Then | their sales will be limited to 25 per cent of the former turnover. In Leningrad last weeck authorities | decided to arrest every one who ap- peared on the streets intoxicated. The arrests averaged above 300 daily. In etiempt to further domination of the Odessa the names of persons found #eas through submersive diplomacy such Fu- fways been practiced in fa hnve “(Codiinued en Pags 5, Column 1)) «© roaming the streets intoxicated are | being published in the lncal papers. What 15 happening * Russia this | week s just a starter if the “d league,” which has the support of many | high Soviet officials, carries out its pro- | gram ~ for progressive limitation of 1ole, he added, was that of | ¢ajjed “MSPO.” sold no vodka today | drinking in the Soviet republics. After October 1 the big co-operative | stores will cease selling vodka in “red topped” bottles, the most popular brand, which costs only a fuble a bottle. On January 1 the government is expected to quit the producing and selling of red-topped vodka and in five years to g0 out of the liquor business altogether. Meanwhile most of the peazants knov how to make their own and millions are doing it. Tariff Issue and Control of NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 8.— | able territory than it has been for gen- | if it were not for the popularity of the Frederic C. Walcott, who is likely to | . LAYMEN DEPLORE POLITICAL CLERIGS 133 Virginians Score “Four Bishops” Who Headed Dry Meet at Asheville. By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va., September 8.—In |a statement signed by 133 “members. | Methodist Church, residing in the Taze- well district of the Holston Conference, forwarded to Virginia newspapers today, it is charged that “four bishops” head- ing the recent dry conference at Ashe- ville, N. C., are atiempting to “promote the election of Herbert Hoover” and “to this end the church organization as political policy of our church.” Deploring political activities of min- isters in the presidential campaign, the statement goes on to say that “there is impending conflict in the opening presi- dential election between one branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Democratic organization of Vir- ginia and other Southern States.” See Elders Influenced. It is charged that bishops heading “one branch of the church” are at- tempting to “exert political influence on the presiding elders and the rank and file of the ministers of the gospel and through them on the lay membershin of the church.” Quoting at length from various dec- larations of bishops of the church from its early days to the present time. in which the separation of church and state is preached throughout, the state- ment enters a discussion ot the prohi- bition questions and sums this up with the declaration that there is no possi- bility of the repeal of the eightecnth amendment. Held Attack on Party. “The organized assault that is being made on Smith by the church,” the statement continues, “is in effect an assault upon the Democratic organiza- tion of every Southern State, an assault upon Southern men who have given us by their votes and influence, both as representatives and as citizens, what- ever we have in our State governments which is best and most satisfying to our citizenship as a whole; it is an assault upon our judiciary, elected by Democratic constituencies, which stands as a model of courage, fairness, in- tegrity, and it is an assault upon those Northern Democrats who stood nobly and courageously between us and Federal bayonets for 40 long years after ! the close of the Civil War." | 'The list of 133 signatures was headed | by the name of B. T. Wilson, district {1ay leader, and included the names ot former Gov. Henry C. Stuart and Representative George C. Peery. ' TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Political Survey of the United States— Pages 20, 21 and 22. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and FEdi- torial Features. | Review of New Books—Page 4. News of the Clubs—Page 5. Radio News—Pages 6 and 7. Financial News—Pages 6 to 9. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 10, | PART THREE—16 PAGES. | Society. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11 | Around the City—Page 12. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. | Amusement Section — Theater | Screen. | News of the Motor World--Pages 4 Lo 9 | Aviation—Pages 10 and 11. Fraternities—Page 12. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— { Page 12 Army and Navy News—Page 13. Spanish War Veterans—Page 13. Veterans of Great War—Page 15. | Civilian Army News—Page 16. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. | Classified Advertising. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 9. District National Guard—Page 10. i PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. | Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. PART EIGHT—12 PAGES. | Special Educational Section—Pages 1 | and and to 10, Music—Pages 10, 11 and 12. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. ! world Events in Pictures. | COLOR SECTION—t PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers: Mr. and I "aurs’ High ‘Lighty of History. | triends and supporters” of .the Southern | such is being actively used as far as lies | in the power of these bishops to fix the | 'PRESIDENT AND Washington; Will BY J. RUSSELL. YOUNG. Stafl Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule River, Wis,, September 8.—When Pres- ident and Mrs. Coolidge arrive back in Washington next Wednesday morning, the people of the Capital will marvel at the marked improvement in their physi- cal appearance. Their three months in the bracing air of the North woods and the rest and se- clusion that have been theirs at their Island retreat on the Brule River have worked wonders. They have enjoyed their sojourn up here and are going back to Washington happy and well and in splendid condition to assume | the burdens of the White House. They will’ return to Washington far different in appearance from the weary, white-faced man and weakened and sick woman who left Washington for Wisconsin June 13 last. The President’s paleness and worn look have given way to a healthy, ruddy hue and a contented restful expression, while Mrs. Coolidge regained her health in a remarkably MRS. COOLIDGE MUCH IMPROVED IN HEALTH ;Both Look Better Than When They Left Return to Capital Wednesday. short time after coming here and she is the smiling and happy, high-spirited person so familiar to the people of the Capital. She is represented as having entirelv' recovered from her illness of last Spring. She contends that she never felt better. Invited to Return. Her improvement and the fun he has derived from fishing and playing out in the open for long hours at a stretch have contributed greatly to the Presi- dent's improved appeacance and happy frame of mind. Their enthusiasm over the climate of this section and the President’s intense interest in fly fishing have led the people up here to hope and believe that they will come back again probably and are just ordinary private eitizens. Already several invita<ions have,been extended to Mr. Coolidge to occupy fine estates on the Brulz and at various points along the far point of Lake Su- perior. Although he has lived very quietly since he come here and has seldom appeared in public, Mr. Coolidge has made a strong impression and es- tablished a popularity here that makes the people want to see him come back whether he is President or not. The " (Continued on Page 5, Column 4) AR RAGELEADERS SPEED REDUEED {Rowland Lands Fourth at El Paso After Engine Trou- ble—Four Missing. By the Associated Press. Although he was fourth to arrive 1n! El Paso Saturday in the Class A air race | from New York to Los Angeles, Earl | Rowland of Wichita, Kan., maintained his lead in elapsed time. His time from Fort Worth to El Paso was 5 hours 43 minutes, bringing his total unofficial time to 19 hours 57 minutes. The five leaders in elapsed time fol- | low: Earl Rowland, Wichita, Kan., 19:57. Robert Dake, Pittsburgh, 20:46. W. H. Emery, jr., Bradford, Pa., 21:52. ‘Theodore Kenyon, Boston, 22:24 (first | into El Paso). | Tex Rankin, Portland, Oreg., 22:53. | | Alexandrian Is Fourteenth. mes S. Charles, Richmond. Va., flv{xa\lg an Eagle Rock, was seventh to | land at El Paso and Samuel H. Turner, Alexandria, Va., in a Berliner, was four- | teenth. Between 10,000 and 15,000 spectators saw the new municipal airport dedi- cated n Fl Paso today by the Challen- ! ger airplane of Theodore Kenyon, Bos- | ton, the first racer to land. Rowland developed engine trouble be- | tween Abilene, Tex., today’s first control point, and Midland, Tex. Forced to land near Sierra Blanca, {90 miles east of El Paso, late today be- cause of motor trouble, Sebastian L. | Pond, piloting a Kreider-Relsner chal- !lenger in the class A transcontinental | races. crashed his plane and is out of competition. ly washed out” he telephoned | municipal airport tonight. Pond was unhurt. | Four Are Missing. | | Four planes had not been accounted | | for late tonight. George W. Brill | Monterey Park, Calif, in a Travelair (monoplane. the last of 25 flyers in the | | class A national air derby to leave Fort | Worth this morning, landed at the Abilene Afrport at 3 o'clock this after- noon and 30 minutes later took off for El Paso. Leslie Miller of Los Angeles, In a Lincoln-Paige, was forced down near | Moran, Tex. He said he prohahly would | be out of the race on account of damage | to_his craft. | _The four missinz flyers were Arthur | Phillips. Chicago, in a Waco: Dale G | Jackson, St. Louis, in a Swallow: A. H. | Kreider, Hagerstown, Md. in a Cha i lenger, and Albert R Jarcbs, Fhiladel- | phia, in a Waco. ! LIVINGSTON IS LEADING. Three Planes in Class B Forced Out of Race By Accidents. | TERRE HAUTE, Ind. September 8 (7). —Flying blindly out of the fog hid- den mountain of Pennsylvania, 17 of the (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) His plane was “complete- | the ! ORPHANED G 4 DSPUTED BY FO Milwaukee Couple, Seeking Gloria Matus After Parents’ Drowning. ‘The future of little 5-year-old Gloria Matus, whose parents Jost their lives in a river tragedy August 5, hangs in doubt today as her legal guardian demands possession of the child and Mr. and Mrs. John Schaeffer of 1428 Irving since she was orphaned, refuse to give her up. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Scheffel of Milwaukee, cousins of Erich Matus, the little girl's father, have come to this city and want to adopt Gloria and take her home with them. Only Friday Gloria was told that her mother and father would never return from the fatal river excursion more than a month ago. She received the news bravely. shire avenue, was made administrator of the Matus estate by the court at Marlboro, Md., two days after the drownings. appointed guardian for Gloria. According to Schaeffer, Meyers has never accompanied his demands for the child with any evidence of his legal re- lation to her or any authority from the court or local police. Girl Refuses to Go. He first sought to gain custody of her about two weeks ago, Mr. Schaeffer de- clared, but Gloria refused to accompany ::h;l unless Mrs. Schaeffer went with | her. | Meyer called at his home again yes- terday afternoon, Schaeffer asserted, and left an empty suitease which he said was for the child’s clothes. He told Mrs. Schaeffer that he would re- turn this morning and take Gloria to his_home. Both Schaeffer and his wife declared |1ast. night that they would not let him (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. (#) Means Associated Press. after they have lefi the White House |Sec! street, northeast, who have cared for her | Henry F. Meyer of 1259 New Hamp- | At the same time he was| FIVE \President Asked To Speak at Fair | i In His Home Town By the Associated Press. | NORTHAMPTON, Mass.. Septem- ber 8.—President Coolidge today was offered an opportunity to speak in his home town for Herbert Hoover. In view of the President’s con- templated trip to Vermont after his return from his vacation in Su perior, Wis., directors of the threc. county fair, in session here today. de- cided to invite Mr. Coolidge to come here and speak at the fair which will be held herz October 2, 3 and 4. HOOVER IS LAUDED BY COMMERGE MEN 80C Former Co-workers Give “Farewell” Dinner to Ex- Chief at Willard. Putting aside for the evening th- | | routine of a presidential candidate and | | stepping back into his old role of “the Chief,” Herbert Hoover sat at the ban- quet board with 800 of his former co- workers in the Department of Com- merce last night and chatted of old | times—and of the future. It was an informal “family” party, arranged by Commerce employes as .\{ farewell to one who has guided their | official destinies for seven and a half | | years. That the host of Government work- ers in the Commerce Department wish their old chief well in his new adven- ture was evident from their enthusiasm in the big ballroom of the Willard last night. But through all the gaiety ran a note of reluctance on the part both of Mr. Hoover and of the employes to say good-by. keep the flavor of politics out of the affair, some of the bureau heads could not restrain the urge to refer to their retiring leader as “our greater chief- to be.” or, rore bluntly, as “America’s next President,” and each such refer- ence precipitated euberant applause. Oblivious to Tributes. Hoover himself appeared oblivious to these compliments, except for a faint smile as he gazed intently at the table- cloth before him. When all of the bu- reau and division chiefs and other of- ficials had had their say before the loud speaker microphone at the long head table, the Republican candidate arose and expressed his thanks for the gift of a “mysterious” electric grand- father’s clock as a lasting token of the department’s esteem for ils former retary. nouncement of the gift was made by Walter F. Brown, Assistan: Secretary of Commerce, who said the clock would be delivered to the Hoover home within a few days. Brown also handed Hoover a thick volume containing the autagraphs of 2,261 employes of the department as a further token of their good will and estee In aid: “It is most difficult for me to attempt to express my feelings at this time. All I can say is that I am proud to have won and to hold your friendship. Praises Associates. “Together in the department during | the past few years we have had no sorrows to bind us in closer comrade- ship. We have had only progress. This is the only department that, in the face of a rigid economy program, has allowed to expand. We have had the support of the President, of Con- gress and even of Gen. Lord. “The impression the public often | gets of the Department of Comemrce is that it lives in an atmosphere of statistics—in a veritable volcano of figures. ~Actually, however, about one- half of the department is devoted to saving human life, and the other half to increasihg incomes of the survivors. “To me it has been only a matter of daily inspiration to have had the op- portunity to be associated with you in this work. You wil le to_pursue " (Continued on Page umn | sy m. response, the former Secretary Column 1) GAMBLING CHARGE MADE | | BY VICE SQUAD’S RAIDERS i —— | Alleged Proprietors of Place, With 35 Others, Taken; Equipment Found by Po}lce. The four alleged proprietors and 35 ‘pntrons of an establishment were ar- | rested by Sergt. C. J. Letterman’s vice | squad, early this morning, when they | smashed their way through the doors at 1610 Fourteenth street. Elaborate gambling paraphernalia was said to { have been found inside the place, which, | the officers declare, to be one of the largest of its kind in the city. The squad, led by Sergt. Letterman | and composed of Detectives R. J. Cox, W. F. Burke and G. C. McCarron, had to force open three doors, heavily re- inforced with iron, before they reached the room in which the alles was taking place. | There they found tables which they | say_were fitted up for black jack and | eraps games. Those booked at the First precinct | police station on charges of setting up {a gaming table gave their names as ' | Richard Young of 883 Columbia road, Richard Sykes of 1234 Farragut street, Jnse[})h [Es,saxd g_l 1811 Gales northeast ang homas Kell; Hamilton Hotel. FRosthe | Radio station WRC will not be re- | quired to curtail its programs but its wave length will be changed to one close to 300 meters under the Federal Radio Commission’s new reallocation 'plnn effective November 11, it was learned authoritatively last night. | The wave length of all of Washing- ton's broadcasting stations will be altered, WMAL is to be given a channel con- siderably higher than its present 242.6 meters, but it will be required to divide broadeasting time with another station outside Washington. This is expected to restrict this station’s activity to three nights a week. WRHP is slated to lose its cholce 3224-meter band for one within (? 200-meter class, while WTFF i WRC to Keep Full Programs on Altered Wave Lengtfl Under Reallocation Plan is to have its channel advanced slightl higher than its present 202.6 meter‘s. e The new wavelength assignments, which are to affect about 60 per cent of the Nation's stations. it was said. will improve radio reception conditions in Washington as well as in other sec- tions of the country. Local listeners with first-class receiving sets, it was pointed out, should be able to bring in without interference approximately 30 of the so-called national stations and 15_regional stations. The power of the Washington broad- casters, witl the possible exception of WMAL. is not expected to be changed., but WTFF is to lose its local status when its studio is moved into Virginia. ‘This station, it was said, will be credited to the State of Virginia, where its trans- mitter is now located, and will be as- CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| DOUGHERTY SEEKS | 8anization, the Com; | the trial board must go t ged gambling | the | TEN CENT; ELSEWHERE SHIERE PNALTES FOR PATROIE Would Empower New Tria Board to Enforce More Rigid Code. MAJ. HESSE HAS PLAN T0 ‘PUT FEAR IN FORCE' Present Tribunal Similar to Court Martial, Bride Says in Report. A rigid system of penalties providing mandatory dismissal of policemen con- victed for certain offenses will be the next step in the police department re- formation program if the newly created trial board fails to bring about the ex- pected improvement in efficiency and discipline, it was indicated yesterday by Police Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty. Maj. Edwin*B. Hesse, superintendent of police, recommended such a plan to the Commissioners last April, five months after the submission of his scheme for reorg: ion of the trial board which was adopted Friday. This plan was considered by the Commis- sioners in connection with the recom- mendations for a new trial board, but action was deferred, Mr. Dougherty said, to allow the reorgarized disciplin- ary body a reasonable time in which to bring about an improvement in con- | ditions. | The delay, the Commissioner empha- sized, does not mean that the proposal b3 Despite efforts of those in charge tol,has 'been permanently cast aside. the new trial board grows lenient and imposes inadequate penalties, he said, then serious consideration will be given Maj. Hesse's other set of long-pending | recommendations. “Put Fear in Force.” | Maj. Hesse was called into the meet- {ing of Commissioners Friday, Mr. Dougherty explained, primarily to de- iend his advocacy of the adoption of a drastic code of fixed penalties. The principal reason he gave, according to the Commissioner, was that heavier penalties such as he urged would “throw fear” into police officers and probably reduce the number of acts of intemperance and cases of neglect; of duty that have come before the board in recent months. Commissioner rty said he firmly believed he new trial board is competent to accomplish that purpose without having to be guided by a scale of fixed penalties from which it could not deviate in eases that might be de- serving of leniency. Representative Gibson's disclosure of the supposedly secret investigation of the ploice department this Summer by investigators of the Federal bureau of efficiency failed to excite either the Commissioner or police officials. Mr. Dougherty had no comment to make, except that the bureau o tives on previous occasions had prol into the affairs of the municipal government without the knowledge of the Commis- sioners. Maj. Hesse said he had no fear whatever of what the bureau nll‘lgcl'lot sa."/“in its rlehw" to the Gibson subcommittee or the ouf h’lvesflglfiolx;. T i Some police officials aj red greatl amused, however, whanpfil'd th:rte !hg investigation had been conducted “un- der cover.” Malcolm Kerlin, acting chief of the Efficlency Bureau in the absence of Herbert Brown, they said, had been observed obtaining informa- tion from the police files, and their police training indicated to them he was investigating something. Would Compel Witnesses. In the wake of the Trial Board reor- missioners received the annual report of ’35:;?—'-’-' tion Counsel William W. Bride, urging cnactment of legislation empowering the board to compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment without re- course to the Police Court. with its consequent delay. This would expedite trial proceedings and remove, in Mr. Brides opinion, much of the criticism ] s n cte Bo:’rd isuu'ihe past. T r. Bride also suggested t] - sistant corporation fifxnsel ::::tl;nlz::l adviser and prosecutor for the trial board, but this already has been carried out in the reorganization scheme. The ;;mr[t‘onwas wr:tten. However, before was_start % in tAhe trial board. A “A great deal of delay an - quent criticism of the police !r‘i’:ltg:::d Is due to its inability to secure the ate tendance of witnesses by atachment,” the Bride report stated. “Under the present procedure where witnesses fail to appear after having been per- sonally served with notices to appear, hrough the cumbersonme procedure of req:esnng the Police Court to issue attachments, This procedure should be amended by law, so that the trial board of its own motion could forthwith secure the attendance of witnesses by atachment,” the report declares. Mr. Bride discusses at some length his reasons why it would be better fo have the assistant corporation coun- fil nact as prosecutor instead of chair- T have long been convinced that the police trial board would be materially improved if the assistant eorporation oo ibc,r;unwl. who sits as chairman of that oard, was relieved of his membershij Jot;‘x 1: ;en% be gl\'&n the duty of cundutt‘: rosecution of charges, - port states HReS, he re ‘As the board functions at present, the procedure is very informal, even to the extent that there is no.one charged With the duty of preparing. and present- ing the case against the ac officer. The board knows nothing .of the case until it is colled for hearing; and in consequence is utterly umbl’e con- sider it in an orderly way. Like Court Martial. “This board is closely akin to a court- martial. It is a diciplinary body and discipline should be administered within the Police Department itself. The members of the trial board should be members of the Police Department and the corporation counsel should be charged with the presentation .of the law and the evidence to the board. In that way the charges could be gone into, the evidence sifted, the witnesses could be interviewed ane the ma- terial facts properly preMnted. “The complaining witness involved could present the facts to this legal of- ficer to prepare the case for . To- day there is little or no preparation for signed one of the wave bands set asid> for broadcasters in that.State. trial. At the present time neither the " (Continued on Page 2, Coluss &d