Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 16

16 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, 11 L SEPTEMBER 9, 1928_PART 1. " OLDFIELD EXPECT CONTROL OF HOUSE Chairman of Congressional Committee Hopes to Cut Out 23 or More of Rivals. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 8.—The Democratic national congressional com- mittee, of which Representative Wil- liam A. Oldfield of Arkansas is chair- man, reported at national headquar- ters today that the chances for Demo-, cratic control of the House of Rep- resentatives are brighter this year than they have) been at eny time) since the 1916 election when ‘Weodrow Wilson , Wwas re-elected. The Democrats) need an overturn of 23 seats to get con- trol of ths House. The present mem- bership of the House is composed of Republicans, Far -Labor memix ist. The Democratic congressional com- mittes zaid it expscts to capture a con- sidsrably larger number of seat now h+ld by Republicans than the necessa 23. Rep. Oldfield 195 Democrats, two Expeet Gain in East For the most part. th pect to register these gains in the East. Middle- wes; and Northwest. In the East, the ve, the popularity of Gov. Smith esp into the Democratic column L3 . number of districts ordinarily Rewub.ican. They expect that in the Middlewest and Northwest dissatisfac- tion among the farmers will result in or Democratic Representatives along with votes for Smith. Reports received at national head- ters, it was said today. indicaie that many conjressional districts in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Dakotas, normally Republican—some of them by large majoritics—will &ond Demosrats to the next Houss of Rep- resentatives. No Losses Expected. The idea that they might lose in the South—particularly in the border states—while gaining in the North was scouted by Democratic leaders here to- day. They admit that there are a num- ber of drys in the border states and in the South who will not support Smith. but these Democrats, their leaders said, are at great pains to make it clear that they are going to vote for all other | Democratic candidates in order to prove that they are still in the party. Because of this sentiment, leaders say they do not expect to lose a single Congressional seat in the South or in the border states now held by a Demo- crat. FUND TO AID AVIATION. $25,000 Offered for Ocean Hop Transferred to Philadelphia. i PHILADELPHIA, September 8 (P).— The $25,000 offered by the Philadelphia | Evening Bulletin a year ago for the first non-stop airplace flight from a| FEuropean city to Philadelphia, wil be | used by the aviation committee of the | Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce | for aviation development in Philadel- PR The fund was offered in August, 1528, to _stand for one year. Tne Chamber of Commerce, in ac- eepiing the fund, has agreed to com- pletely survey the aviation possibilities | and nseds of the city and district and to | sef_under way the movement to make Philadelphia the center for aircraft manufacture and commercial airlines, | the ground work for which has already | been accomplishéd, it was announced. A Sadien | | AUTO WRECK HURTS 3. | Weman's Skull Fractured in Crash Near Richmond. | RICHMOND, Va., Septemher 8 (/P).— | ‘Three persons were injured, none crit- icaliy, when their autemobile was wrecked after a collisicn with a truck | on the Petersburg turnplke eight miles briew hare todev Mrs, Florence Foreman, 67 of Salis- | , recewved a fractured skull. Foceman, 30, of alishury, ral ribs br and body nd Jack M 15 of Chester, received contu of scalp and hod; MINE PARLEY FAILS. Joint Scale Subcommittee Unable to Agree. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., September 8 (P)—The subcommittee of the joint scale committee of the Indiana oper- ators and miners adjourned shortly be- fore noon today until Monday morning. Homer Talley, representing ths oper- stors on the subcommittee, said th2 subcommittee would report back to the Joint scale committe that it had been unable to reach an agreement with the miners. The miners are understood to be holding out for the 86.10 scale adopted by the Tllinois joint conference and the operators are said to be insisting on the $5 scale adopted in Ohio. JOHN COOLIDGE DEPARTS. Leaves Home at Northampton in Motor Car. had e bruises, a Pa., the | s &and lacera- | |WATSON | i!ndinnn Senator Denounces Demo- cratic Platform at Augusta. AUGUSTA, Mc., September 8 (). — Senator James E. Watson of Indiana ended his speaking tour of Malne with a lengthy address here tonight in which he critirized the Democratic platform. which he said was “filled with in- consistent pledges and contradictory | promises.” | He cited the platform, from tariff |to temperance, and pointed out what | he called flaws in virtually every sec- | tion. Finally he devoted several min- |utes to a denunciation of the Demo- | eratic party under Willlam Jennings | Bryan, a that shifted | policies w any light ROBINSON SPEAKS * ONVETERANS AD Declares Harding Adminis- tration Used Bureau for Pelitical Patronage. I ting leader h a ng change artist.” | | | { By the Assoctated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sepiember 8.— The record of the Harding and Coolidge and one Social- | a¢ministration toward World War vei- |in fact the training that a business crans wes attacked here tonight by | Senator Robinson who declared that {the “elimination of politica]l influence™ in the selection of those charged with | the care of veterans would improve con- ditions. The minee teing the Democratic viee presidential assailed Mr. Coolidge for ve- oldiers” bonus bill and said | Congr rlasting credit,” had ted the measure into a law over obiection of the chief | “Who will contend tha was right in vetoing the bonus bill? he asked. Vho asserts that Congre: did wrong in passing it over his voto? Hits Harding Appointments. Mr. Reobinson accused the Harding | administration with treat ments in the Vete 2 appoint- Bureau ‘“as proper subjects for political patronege” and eaid the dirce wholly unfit in mo responsible a positio he revolting for disabled scldiers were prostituted.” he continued. “for purposes of. graft and corruption constitute a dark pag: in_the history of cur Government.” The Senator said that bonus bill w: ‘inadequate.” but that its terms were acceptable to the representatives of the veterans and their organiations. and »dded that since its passage Federal | taxes had been reduced several times. Demands Medical Aid. Contending that medical {and hospitalization must be provided for | veterans, Mr. Robinson went on to say | that the “head of the Veterans' Bureau is a great soldier, an honorable man and a patriot,” but that the “defects in tha present administration of that bu- | reau are largely attributable to politics | in the appointment of subordinates and the harshness toward patients, particu- larly Ehose afflicted with mental dis- | cases. Mr. Robinson upon his arrival here advocated immediate development of the Government's vast Muscle Shoals properties in northern Alabama. 1In a conference with newspaper correspond- ents, he reiterated a promise made nat Chattanooga last night that if the Dem- acratic party were placed in power that | it would take steps at once to work out a solution of the Shoals problem. ‘The Burt open-pit mine of the Meésaba | { Tron Range in Minnesota has a daily | output of 10,000 tons of iron ore. ENDS MAINE TOUR| “facility unecqualed by | ettention | RASKOB SAYS HE LIKES POLITICS Compares Campaign to Busi- ness—Sees Bright Qutlook. | BY DAVID LAWRE} John J. Raskob likes politics. H2| finds it as fascinating as business. The Democratic national chairmen was| riding home for the weck-end in a compartment of the Congressional | .imited when the writer observed him | working behind a pile of papers. Every | week for years Mr. Raskob has bern| | taking the same train home but usually | it has been a pile of Genersl Motors | | reports or detalls of financial :!dmmifi-‘ | tration. |4 v does it feel to be reading poli- i ports,” I asked him, “are you enjoying your experience.” | “Yes,” was the reply, "I find politics | fascinating. Really, one of 'he pleasant | | disappointments is that I am finding a higher grade of person in politics than | is generally supposed. 1 know there arc | {the hangers . of course, but by and | {iares the people I am meeting in my | work are not only of fine character, but | of capacity.” { Business Training Valuable. | “Do you think vour work is business. | | men gets, is of value in political cam- | pai | “Yes. and for the reason that a | campaign requires organization st as 1 believe the time is | ions are poing to s to paiticipate | actively in politc.. according to their own preference. It should be made clear, of course. that no corporation as such takes any pari and that no execu- tives or sub-executives or foreman or employe has the right to introduce |the subject of politics in the plant | or the office. But an individual out- | |side of his office of factory ought to_be encouraged to take part in politics. T believe the time will come when comparies will not even have | resort to the idea of a leave of absenc for their executives. Some of them, of | course, can afforc fo leave at their ow: expense. but some cannot. And 3 when the call to service comes, no com- pany ought o put any obstacles in the path of the max called or volunteering Sees Bright Outlook. | Mr. Raskob was asked about his own | status. He sald that just as soon as| h2 had accepted the national chair- | meanship he had submitted his resig- | nation to the company, but that there had boen delay in acting on his resig- nation. which accounted for the japse between the time of his appoiniment and announcement of his resignation. Speeking of politics and the outlook. Mr. Raskob naturally expressed his | hopes and convictions. He pointed | out, for Instance, that he had not claimed Pennsylvania, but that the State committee there was in high hopes of carrying the State. He said, | too. that Wisconsin was the surest Smith State in the Union. His be- | lief is that the result when tabulated by Stetes will show a different combi- | nation of electoral votes than any | election in history. | (Cor ! want F. H. Hillman Dies. SAN FRANCISCO, September 8 (/). —Fred Henry Hiliman. 66, former vice president of the Standard Ofl Co. of California. died hers today. Hillman came to California in 1911, after having been engaged :n the producing phase | {of the oil business in Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, Illinots and Indiana, He was a dt‘{'ecml‘ of the American Petroleum In- stitute. | save the u DEMOCRAT CLAIMS CIVIL SERVIGE VOTE J. F. Costello Says Govern- ment Workers Will Aid Smith. Contending that “in the Government service today there is the greatest amount of discontent,” John F. Costello, Demacratic national committeeman from the District, declared last night in a statement that the vast majority of Civil Scrvice employes will support the Smith-Robinson ticket As a protest again “injustices and unfairness” in the reclassification law, “compounded” by the Welch act. “The faithful have been insulted” by the reclassification act and the Welch bill, Mr. Costello said. “And of the 60,000 absentee voters in Washington, the vast majority of whom are in the Government service, over 99 per cent are out to defeat a party that would cause such a state of affairs, and will vote for Gov. Smith this Fall" Mr. Costello asserted “The Republican-controlled Civil Service Commission has scen fit to | promulate the most absurd and extra- legal restristions on political activity by the Federal employes it has been my lot to witness in years of active con- nection with the Democratic party. “Why this sudden burst of speed on the part of the commission? “Employes are hedged in with a con- | glomeration of ‘bewares’ and red-letter ‘warnings. " Referring to the reclassification law and the provisions of the Welch act, Mr. Costello said “What a_vast difference when that is compared with the iaw passed by the Democrats, when a flat pay increase of $240 per year was given to all workers.” WASHINGTON STATE CAPITOL BLAZES Fire Destroys Part of Roof of 0ld; Structure—Stiff Fight Saves Building. By the Assaciated Press OLYMPIA, Wash., September 8 —The roof of the old Cabitol here caught fi Jate this afternoon. The entire equip- ment of Olympia was called out to fight the blaze. which spread rapidly. Bystanders and firrmen moved State records from the building as the flames spread. Falling plaster and glass socn | A became a menace to the workers. call for assistance was sent to the Ta- coma fire department and a truck from that city made a auick run to the State Capital, where they added their efforts to those of the Olympia firemen. Extreme difficulty of reaching the fire except in a few spots gave little chance of exting ing the flames in time to pper stories, although fire- men were keeping the blaze from spreading to other parts of the build. ing. The fire was confined to the sout! west side of the roof. Firemen succeed- | »d in getting on top of the roof after a hard fight snd were able to direct their efforts directly on the flame: The origin of the blaze was undeter- mined. Mail Plane Cranhés. PITTSBURGH, P'a.. September 8 (#). —A Pittsburgh -Cleveland mail plane crashed on Davis Isiand in the Ohio River here late today. The plane turned over. Horace Nocrs. the ilot, and two lCVf\'Plan'l girls. his passengers, escaped njury. Mothers! Here’s Economy! Important Sale of Reliable School Shoes ERY special selling of | | sturdily built, smartly styled school shoes—at these very special prices and little boys’ oxfords 'Fh shoes. Many styles y made for thiz Sale; others purchased at price con- cessions from high-priced lines. College type brogue oxfords and meaty veal calf high ¢hoes. 750 pairs, in all sizes to 6. $3.29 Misses' tan, gun metal calf and patent leather beautifully designed Fall oxfords. A doz- en different styles to choose from. All new and distine- tive. 500 pairs; sizes 11!7 NORTHAMPTON, Mass., September | 8 (#.—John Coolidge, who came to the | family home here a few days ago, left | by motor this afternoon, taking con- | eiderable luggage. He was accompanied | by his Secret Service companion. The | destination of the car was not stated | but a Southerly route was taken. WILBUR DUE IN CHICAGO.. Flag of Navy Secretary Will Fly on Lake Michigan. | CHICAGO, September 8 (/) flag of the Secretary of ths Nav fiy for the first time en Lake Michizan Monday when Secretary Curtis Wilbur ;\lll visit Chicago on a tour of inspec- | ion. | Accompanyinz Wilbur from the Pa-| cific Coast will be Mrs. Wilbur and George F. Neil, U. S. N, aide to the Sceretary. | GLASS CONCERNS MERGE. | 85| Consolidation ~ With 0C0,000 Announced. WASHINGTON. Pa. September 8 (/). —Merger of the Highland Glass | Co. of Washington and the Western Glass Co., under the name of the High- | Jand-Western Glass Co., was announced | here today. The new corporation will | have a capitalization of $5,000.00. | The Highland company has three factories here and the Western cou any has plants at Streator, Ill.; Shire- Y, Ind., and Fullerton, Calif. Since 1900 more than 2,000 acres of ate palms have been planted in Cali- dcmh and Arizona. Tew | i (And at Our | to 2, $2-99 Children’s good-wearing calf and patent leather nature- aped high shoes. Flexible, damp-proof solid leather soles. 400 pairs; sizes 6 to 11. $2.29 CHOOL-OPENING time makes quite a dent in the family budget. This is real opportunity to save on fully-war- ranted school shoes. Do not mias this Sale! New Sports Socks for School Special offering good- wearing novelty sports socks for boys and girls. Three-quarter lengih and junior stzes. 35¢ 3 Pairs, $1 7th & K 3212 14th Balto. Store) Gov. Smith’s Son Freshman ThisYear, |Seeks Team Berth By the Associated Precs. | ALBANY, N. Y., September 8 Walter Smith, youngest of the Dem- ocratic nominee’s three sons. went away to college today In high hopes of making the foot ball team. i The lad, who is 18 years old, spent | the Summer as a_counselor at a | boys’ camp in the Adirondacks. He | will be a freshman this year at Man- | hattan College, just out of New York | City, where his older brother Arthur will ‘be a_ senior. Instead, however, of golng straight to the campus, Walter headed for Onkdale, Long Island, where the college foot ball squad will train. He is after a berth on the team. 'ELIHU ROOT DECLINES TO TALK ON POLITICS Famous Stn;;s;nnn fie;larex He Is! Through With Public ‘ Life Forever. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE. N. Y. Scptember 8.— Elihu_Root, tamed statesman and for- mer Secrefary of State and War, de- | clined today to discuss the presidential | campaign, saying he was “through with politics forever and retired to private life.” Mr. Root, accompanied by his three granddaughters, stopped in Syra- cuse cnroute to his home In Clinton, “T realize that you must get a story for your papers but I am through with | politics forever and retired to private | life. I have been in the limelight for many. many years and I think it is now time' to step aside.” Although the elderly statesman has remained in the background for some | time, this was believed to have been | the first direct word that he had left the | field in which he spent many years. He is now 83 years old. Coloreé 7Bsrptists Back G. 0. P, SHREVEPORT, La., September 8 (#). | —Resolutions indorsing the platform of the Republican party “as representing the best inter-sts of the race and the country” were adopted here today at the forty-eighth annual session of the | Naticnal Bap''st Convention of Amer- {jea, composed of negroes. AN System. This system is a com been absolutely elimina We want you to drive put the Packard Shock that you will buy no oth the comfort and safety preserved. Cennecticut at S T H G.0.P. SEEKS VOTE OF WOMAN WORKER Mrs. Raymond Robins Heads| Drive in Industrial Sections. By the Associated Press. ing for _the votes of women in the Republican national com- mittee yesterday set up a national divi- sfon for industrial women and planned at its head Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago. | Mrs. Robins, known in factories and mills around the world as former pre.i- dent of the International Congress of | Working Women, and of the Americar, | Women's Trade Union League. said the organization of the women would be handled through State heads chosen from “the rank and fil Sha will remain in Washington to direct the industrial drive, part of which will be | | planned especially for the women in the | mills and potteries of the Carolinas and | ‘Tennessee. | “The South is just waking up in- dustrially.” said Mrs. Murray Boocock, | of Virginia, who 1s to assist Mrs. Robins. “For Southern industrial women there is only one issue, immigration They are getting good wages for the first time and they don't want the flood | of foreign labor they think a Demo- | Orchestra and other featur cratic victory would bring. We are not | working for the Repubiican party but| for a principle, and I have never seen | the women of Virzinia and the Eouth| so_up in arms.” | Mrs. Robins said women in industry who had never voted before “will vot2 and work for Hoover because law en- | forcement and industrial rcorganiza- | tion are vital to them. “There are two groups of industrial women,” she sald. “Those who have done definite constructive thinking about the industrial situation, and, sec- | ond, those who are dry. 1 he first group, feel that Herbert | Hoover's great quality is his ability | to reorganize industrial groups by the consent method, through conferences, | rather than by arbitrary laws. “The second group realize that no other women in America have suffered ‘fmm saloons as industrial women have.” Engineers 15w estimate that it will| take 30 vears to construct the dyke on | the Zuider Zee now under way to add 1 522,504 acres of land to Holland. | IN THE new Packard Standard Eight is here. We cordially invite you to call and see this long- rumored car. It introduces ten additional and beautiful new models into the Packard line. You will find the new car somewhat smaller and lighter in weight than the famous Packard Custom Eight—but powerful, fast and luxurious. It includes every refincment and improvement made possible out of a long experience in building cars with straight-eight motors, together with a number of important inventions among which is the new and exclusive Packard Shock Absorbing bination of Packard and European inventions and positively makes the Packard car not only the easiest riding car in the world but also the safest to drive—for the dangers of front wheel shimmy and steering whip have ted. one of the new cars and Absorbing System to any test your ownership would ever call for. We know er car once you experience features it offers. Packard owners and those who hope to become Packard owners will be delighted to see that the distinguished beauty of Packard lines has been Centenarians Fly On Birthday One Of Trio Observes By the Associated Press. OLD ORCHARD, Me., September 8—"Grandma” Almatia Bennett of Chicopee Falls, Mass, who has a habit of celebrating her birthdays in the air, today observed her 102d in the usual manner, by flying from here to Portland and back again She was accompanied by Charles W. Bradley. centenarian, of Rachester. N. H. who made a similar trip with “Grandma" last year At the Portland Airport. the cen- tenarians were greeted by Mrs. Mary A. Waterhouse of Scarboro, 104 years old. who, not to be outdene by “Grandman” went aloft herself Grandma Bennett sald she hoped that when she was 105 years old some aviator would take her on a flight to the Pacific Coast. CARNIVAL.PLANNED. Friendship House to Hold Affair| September 19. A cirens, music and varions r‘nn(rfls will feature the third annual street carnival of Friendship House. 326 Vir- ginia avenus southeast. Wednesday September 19, from 4 to 10 p.m. The affair wil include a contest for a prize for the bt dacorated baby car- riage, bicyele and wazon. respectively, 1sic by the Children’s Toy Symphony Circus events will be directed by Theodore Tiller. Miss Alice Leizh By- ars and Mrs. Walt R. Gladding are in charge of arrangements. DETECTIVE.WINS RACE. Arrests Youth and Seizes 168 Gal- lons of Alleged Liquor. A young man was arrested and 168 by Detective C. A. Berry of the twelfth precinet after chase at high speed through the northeast section of the city last night. Sighting the car at Lincoln Road and W streets northeast, Berry started to pursue and overtook the speeding ma- chine at Seventh street and Florida avenue northeast. The driver, who gave his name as James L. Slaight, twenty-seven years old of 904 I street southeast, was ar- rested and charged with reckless driv- inz and transportation and possession of liquor. DELAWARE PRIMARY IS DU PONT VICTORY Leaders of, Faction Claim to Have Obtained Control of Party in State. | | By the Associated Press | WILMINGTON, Del., September 8.— | Leaders of the Du Pont faction of the | Republican party claimed to have scored a vietory in the State Republi- | can primary today for delegates to the | Republican State convention to be held | in Dover Tuesday. Organization leaders claimed to have carried all counties in the State with the exception of Sussex and predicted control of the convention with about | 113 of the 160 delegates. | It was indicated tonight that the or- ganization would likely ignore the Sus- | sex County caucus, which chose I. D. | Short for governor. | The support of the organization, it | was said. will be thrown to Ruby R. vale for United States Senator; Robert F. Houston, incumbent, for Representa- | tive, and C. Douglas Buck for governor. | SEES LABOR FOR SMITH. Union Official Forecasts Big Demo- | eratic Vote in Tennessee. | NEW YORK. September 8.—Maj. George L. Berry of Tennessee, presi- | dent of the Printing Pressmen and As- |sistants Union of North America and | chairman of the labor bureau of the Democratic national committee, re- turned from Tennessee today and at Democratic headquarters predicted that Smith and Robinson would poll the largest industrial vote ever received by a presidential ticket. | “There is a very general appreciation of the fact that the Democratic nom- inees have proven their interest tn the worker's cause,” he said, “and at the same time are in harmony with Ameri- |gallons of alleged liquor were seized |ca’s business ethics, which means peace, prosperity and good will | Sworn In as President. 1 PANAMA. September 8 (#).—Vice President Tomas Gabriel Duque today was sworn in as Chief Executive of Panama to relieve President Rodolfo Chiari, who had obtained a leave of | absence because of ill health. Duque will serve as President until the in- | auguration on October 1 of F. H. Aro- semena, who was elected President in | the recent national elections. ATION Fundamental beauty can be but refined, and this Packard has done. No tribute has been paid to passing vogue for Packard cars far out-live any vogue that lasts but a year or two. Depreciation is largely a matter of appearance, and in this respect Packard has once more pro- tected the interests of those who have bought as well as those who are to buy. When may. we sce you? Any- interest you show in our new cars will be most courteously con- sidered. We do want you to know of their new features and in particular of the shock absorbing system which, together with the most luxurious upholstery ever used in Packard cars, makes each in truth—The Restful Car. The Packard Standard Eight is offered in two wheelbase lengths—126 and 133 inches. The prices range from $2435 for the luxurious five- passenger Sedan to $2835 for the Sedan-Limou- sine (prices at the factory). We will apply the value of your used car against the first and monthly payments on a new one, if you prefer to buy out of income as so many do. And like many, you may find that the value of your used car will equal or exceed the amount of the first payment, leaving your largest cash outlay the amount of any one monthly payment. PACKARD PACKARD WASHINGTON MOTOR CAR CO. 0. COOLICAN, President " Adams 6130