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ONGWORTH §Speaker Accuses Democratic * Chairman of Misrepresent- ing Party’s Stand. John J. Raskob. Democratic nation- al committee chairman. was assailed 4n a radio address last -night from Sta- tion WRC By Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, for “misrepre- eenting” his party's stand on the tariff. Touching only lightly upon other is- sues in the campaign. Speaker Long- worth dealt mainly with the tariff is- sue and during the course of his ad- dress he criticized the Democratic tar- | iff_plank as “a thinly veiled effort to delude the voter into a belief that the Democratic party had abandoned its age-old opposition to the protective theory. He declared that the recent state- ment of Chairman Raskob on his party's tariff stand, was a “barefaced misrepresentation of fact.” Such dec- Jarations, he said. “‘are not worth the paper they are written on." In’ discussihg the Democratic tariff , the Speaker of the House de- its declaration of “effective competition” meant that the foreign producer will have an advantage over the home producer through lower labor costs, which is the largest item in pro- duction of many articles. Such a poli- cy. he said. enacted into law would cause the American producer to quit business or cut wages. This, he added, was demonstrated in the Underwood tariff, which, during| the time it was effective, caused exten- sive business depression. Lauds G. O. P. Tariff. “No Republican tariff itself,” he said. vever closed a factory, mortgaged a| farm, or caused an American man or | woman to lose their jobs. No Demo- cratic_tariff law ever failed to do all| three.” He declared that no Democratic President ever vetoed a tariff bill. Even President Cleveland, he said. denounced the Wilson bill, but let it become a Jaw without his signature. Speaker Longworth asserted that the Democratic caucus in Congress rules which bind its participants questions of principle by a two-thirds vote. Members of this caucus cannot bolt this action, he said. and pointed out that two-thirds of the Democrats | in the present House come from States | which have practically no manufactur- | ing industries. Deplores Religious Issue. Touching on_the religious issue, he said: “I pray that the day may never come when we in America may divide politically into parties based upon ge- ographical location, race or religion | I have no conviction more profound than that no American citizen is dis- qualified from holding office, whatever his religion may be. This I am sure is the position of every responsible leader of the Republican party from our candidate for President down. If the religious issue has been injected into this campaign it is no fault of ours. If it continues to be projected, we_can only deplore it.” Speaker Longworth reviewed the ac- complishments of the last seven years of Republican control with particular respect to debt and tax reduction and restriction of immigration; and paid a high tribute to the administration of President Coolidge. “With a House of Representatives con- trolled by the Republican party and an effective majority .in the United States Senate.” he concluded, “with Hoover and Curtis at the executive helm, America will continue her march to heights undreamed of by the Fathers of the Republic.” | W. C. T. U. OPENS FIGHT AGAINST ROADHOUSES Prince Georges County Commis- missioners to Be Told Number Being Opened is Increasing. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., September 238.—Deploring the increasing number of roadhouses being opened in Prince Georges County, the Prince Georges County Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, in annual session here yes terday in the parish hall of St. Luke's Church, adopted a resolution to lay the situation before the county com- ‘missioners. In another resolution the organiza- tion set forth that a majority of the mewspapers of Prince Georges County were not giving their active support to the W. C. T. U. work. Encouraging reports of educational work, especially in the schools, were given. A play presented by the Loyal ‘Temperance Legion of Bladensburg under direction of Miss Elizabeth Gor- don was a feature. Mrs, J. M. Doran, wife of the prohi- bition commissioner, was the principal speaker at the meeting. She praised the work of the W. C. T. U. and urged its members to increasing activyy. Other speakers were Mrs. L. M. Pol- lock, president of the District of Co- I W. C. T. U; Mrs. Mary R. president of the Maryland . C. T. and Raymond W. Bel- lamy of Cheverly, Md. Mrs. Herbert Roby of Riverdale was re-elected president of the county union; Mrs. Robert Bell, Oxon Hill, vice president; Mrs. Harry Longley, Brentwood, _corresponding secretary. Mrs, J. R. Allen, Camp Springs, record- ing secretary, and Mrs. F. W. Caw- thorne, Mount Rainier, treasurer. MINISTERS HIT WETS. Missouri Methodist Clergymen Pledge Use of Influence. BUTLER, Mo., September 28 (#).— Ministers of the St. Louis Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church stood pledged today to “do everything in our power” to defeat wet candidates at the November election. Two of the 250 ministers who voted adoption of the resolution yesterday protested the action was “putting the church in politics.” HUGHES TO AID HOOVER. Will Make Five Speeches for Party During Campaign. NEW YORK, September 28 (#).— Representative John Q. Tilson, director of the Republican Eastern Speakers’ Bureau, announced last night that Charles Evans Hughes will make five speeches for the Hoover-Curtis ticket during the last two weeks of the cam- paign. Two will be delivered at points as yet unannounced, in the West, on October 22 and 23. All will be broad- cast, Ministers Have Political Row in Street; Sheriff Halts Mob’s Theatened Brawl to tie the Manorite. CAMDEN, Tenn., September 28.—A sheriff and six deputies were required 10 disperse a crowd here yesterday that thered about two ministers, who, by accident, engaged in a -hour political debate in the debate began when Rev. Charles ‘Taylor, & Christian pastor of McMinn- wille, Tenn., challenged as false a state- ment made by Rev. John Clark, who, mounted on a box, was delivering an v [ FLAYS' RASKOB ON TARFF | forms are available at the Voters' In- THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D O, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1928. Do You Know How to VOTE BY MAIL? Washingtonians who hope to vote by mail this year, but whe are doubtful concerning the laws of their home States on the subject, may re- ceive the necessary Information by diresting inauiries to The Evening follows: Voting Informatio published each day. Question. Please give me the process | of registering and voting in Arizona.— |‘ Answer. You can both register and | vote by mail in Arizona. To register, | | write ‘the county recorder of your | county, telling him that you desire to | register by mail and giving him your present_address. He will select a no- tary public living near your temporary | address and mail him the affidavit form for registration. You will be notified to app-or_before the notary and execute | {nc adfidavit, which will be mailed by | the notary public to your county re- | corder. This can be done any time up to October 6. To vote by mail, you | con procure from the county recorder | an application for the official ballot, execute the same before a notary public and return to the county recorder any | time within 30 days preceding the day {of election. He will then forward you | the official ballot with full instructidns. Question. Is a wife obliged to take | the voting residence of her husband in all State S. E. A. Answer. For voting purposes, a mar- ried woman has independent domicile in the following States: Massachusetts, where the wife resides separately and apart from her husband; Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Question. What are the requirements for registering and voting in Towa? I am from Dubuque and my cousin is from Davenport.—C. O. L. Answer. Under recent amendment to the Iowa law, cities of over 5,000 in- habitants may by ordinance fix regis- tration other than that provided by the general law. So far as is known to the ) writer, only three cities have provided for this registration—Des Moines, Dav- enport and Fort Dodge. Therefore, it would only be necessary for C. O. L. to make application for the official bal- lot within 20 days of the election. Her cousin would have to register. Both formation Bureau, 823 Fifteenth street, or can be procured by writing the city clerks of the respective cities. Question. My sister and I left the old ! homestead in southern Virginia 12 years ago to come to Washington in Govern- ment service. We inherited the prop- erty two years ago. Can we vote in v, Virginia?- . V. A. Answer. Yes, if you have complied with the poll tax requirement, which provides that the poll tax for three years must be paid at least six months preceding clection, and if you are reg- istered. October 6 is the last day. Question. I still have property in Hy- attsville, Md., though I haye lived in the District of Columbia for seven years in Government service. What can I do_to establish my vote in Maryland? —E. M. D. Answ 1t will be necessary for you to take up residence in Maryland, and one year from the date on which you file an afidavit of intention to make Maryland your residence you will be eligible to register and vote. Question. Are there any requirements as to payment of taxes before registra- tion in Tennessee?—J. S. Answer. Tennessee laws require pay- ment of any poll tax assessed before registration. Payment must be matie at least 60 days before election, except that in some counties Government em- ployes are given until 30 days before election in which to pay poll tax. There are, however, certain exemptions. Question. I voted in Kansas in the last presidential election. Have I lost my status as a voter? My parents have always resided in West Virginia. I was reared there. Do I claim that State as my legal residence and register and vote there?—J. M. S. Answer. You have not lost your right to vote in Kansas. If registration is required at your residence, your name undoubtedly is stricken from the regis- ter and you would undoubtedly have to return to register, as reregistration is required for each biennial election un- less the voter votes regularly. You have no claim for residence in West Virginia. Question. T am a resident of Phila- delphia, Pa., and have voted there in the past. I am at present visiting for a time in Virginia. Would it be possible gfl'vmeA to register and vote by mail?— Answer. There is no provision in the law for either registering or voting by mail in Philadelph! Question. What are the requirements for registering and voting by mail in | Pennsylvania?—A, I. J. Answer. There is no provision for voting by mail in Pennsylvania's law. | In cities of the third class any one may register by petition, and in Pittsburgh and Scranton Government employes and members of their immediate families may register by mail; elsewhere, where registration is required, it is personal. 76,000 DEMOCRATS FLOCK TO HOOVER Anti-Smith Faction in Oklahoma Signifies Intention to Vote Re- publican Ticket. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 28.— Dr. J. B. Rone, chairman of an anti- Al Smith Democratic State organiza- tion, sald in a signed statement here today that 76,000 Oklahoma Democrats have signified their intention of voting for Herbert Hoover and Senator Charles Curtis, “The anti-Smith organization has not had to depend upon paid mercenaries, but upon men and women whose hearts are in the work,” the statement said. “The backbone of the anti-Smith army 1s made up of members of the W. C. T. U. and Anti-Saloon League and Oklahoma's 3,000 Protestant min- isters, who have refused to be silenced moral issue by charges of poli- PRESBYTERY FOR HOOVER. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 28 (/). —Despite opposition by several min- isters and laynien, the Los Angeles Presbytery In annual convention yes- terday passed a resolution opposing the presidential candidacy of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and favoring Herbert Hoover for President. ‘The resolution was based on the gov- ernor’s statements with regard to modi- fication of the Volstead act. attack against Gov. Smith. After challenging the Rev. Mr. Clark's statement, the Rev. Mr. Taylor also mounted & box and began speaking. A large crowd gathered and was be- lieved on the verge of a general fight when Sheriff Allle N. Pafford and his men Eushed their way to the center of the throng and prevailed on them to disperse. HOOVER RETANS * STRAN VOTELEAD Literary Digest Poll Gives Him 67 Per Cent of Ballots. Hoover again leads Smith in the second week's returns from 12 States The Literary Digest’s presidential “straw* poll. Smith is given 92.855 votes, or 31 per cent, and Hoover has 198.292, or 67 per cent of the total 294.247 votes received. The 2 per cent remainder is distributed among the three minor candidates. A significant feature of the poll is that over one-half of Smith’s votes to date have come from former Republican voters while Hoover has gained only about 12 per cent of his strength from erstwhile Democrats, according to an analysis of “how the same voters voted in 1924." Solid South Missing. No returns are scheduled as having been received yet from any of the States in the “Solid South.” Maryland shows 11,566 votes for Hoover as against 7,396 for Smith. The Democratic strength in this 1928 poll is twice that of the 1924 poll at the same relative time and with compara- tive returns, The Literary Digest points out. Coolidge was then leading Davis by a margin of over 4 to 1, it is said, while Hoover now leads Smith by 2 to 1. If the Democratic aspirant now gains similar strength as the present poll progresses it is presaged that the contest will be closely fought. While Hoover is leading Smith by 30,814 to 12,822 votes in the latter's native State of New York, it is indicat- ed that these votes are only a fraction of the total to be received and include as yet none from New York City. “Several details combine to temper the strongly Republican suggestion of this early vote,” The Literary Diges states. “Perhaps the most significant i< that Gov. Smith seems to be drawing more than one-half of his total vote from sources which were Republican in 1924, for in his total of 92,855, it will be noted, 33.817 Republicans as of 1924 are represented as against only 35.854 Democrats. Nor is this surprising drift of Republican counterbalanced by the Democratic drift to the Republican candidate. New York Vote Incomplete. “An important factor in the first scattering vote from New York State. showing as 30.914 for Hoover to 12.822 for Smith, is the fact that the ballots thus far tabulated come entirely from districts outside of New York City. “This more than two-to one vote in favor of the Republican candidate may be compared with analogous figures from the second week of The Literary Digest poll in 1924, when 17,820 New York votes were shown for Coolidge as against 2,764 for Davis, a preponderance of more than five to one as against two and a half to one in the present poll. “The actual election vote in New York State in 1924 gave Davis 950,796 to 1,820,058 for Coolidge, while, in the same election, Smith ran sahead of Roosevelt by 1,627,111 to 1,518,552. The vote of New York City, generally ad- mitted to be strongly for Smith, will begin to appear in these columns in the near future, together with the vote of the ‘Solid South,’ as yet unreported. “These factors, judging on the basis of the 1924 poll, may be expected con- siderably to cut down the Republican lead, if not to bring the two candi- dates to a-practical parity. “In all considerations of The Literary Digest poll at the second week's stage, it must be remembered that it shows approximately twice the Democratic strength shown by the 1924 poll at the same stage.” et BRIG. GEN. C. W. MINER DIES IN COLUMBUS, OHIO Civil War Veteran, Cited for Gal-| lantry at Santiago, Served 40 Years in Army. Brig. Gen. Charles W. Miner, U. 8. A., retired, who was cited for personal gallantry in.action at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898, died at hiz home in Co- lumbus. Ohio, yesterday, according to ‘War Department advices. Born in ©Ohio, November 21, 1840, he enlisted as a private in the 2d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served throughout the Civil War, and was honorably discharged as a captain In that regiment in 1865. In the following year he was com- missioned a second lieutenant in the | 19th Regular Infantry, and reached the grade of brigadier general in July, 1903, retiring immediately afterward at his own request, after 40 years' service. His next of kin is a nephew, Thomas H. Kearney of 1800 K street, this city. DEMOCRATS HIT BOLTERS. Antis Condemned for Coupling| Hoover Name With Organizations. | COLUMBIA, 8. C., September 28 (#) —The use of the Democratic party name by “Hoover Democrats,” “Anti- Smith Democrats,” or “in any other manner,” by persons who intend to support or aid in any way the Repub- lican nominee, was “unqualifiedly con- demned and censured” in a resolution adopted today by the Richland County Democratic executive committee. The resolution was introduced by R. Beverly Sloan, Columbia attorney, and was promptly carried. PIACENZA, Italy, September 28 (#). —Thirteen civilian laborers were killed and four seriously injured when a boiler in the arsenal workship here exploded vesterday. An American company has been engaged to dredge Cartagena Bay, Colombia. == It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to $4! $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 8. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N~ W. R How thi Rep California 4273 llinois Indiana Maryland Michigan Nebraska New Jersey . New York Ohio . Orsgon . ‘Weshington Wisconsin, ... State unknown 1316 e Same Vo Dem. 759 88 1,065 3233 31 3.458 ,290 2,464 6311 329 437 1,330 126 SECOND RETURNS OF THE LITERARY DIGEST PRESIDENTIAL POLL SMITH ters Voted in 1924. Total c. 934 112 1,057 1,986 33 2909 6,673 4419 6.296 381 613 3.796 376 3,135 550 3,536 82 14 20 92 1 38 1 1 1 F.Lab. Proh. No vote. 1928 vote, Rep. 1 3,235 7.459 5.111 7.282 8.710 How the Same Voters Voted in 1924. Dem. Soc. F.Lab. Proh. No 710 301 1359 ,840 107 | 554 929 220 198,292 142,990 CURTISCONTIUING DRNE N OKLAHON Disregards “Raw Throat” and Makes Addresses in Six Cities. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 28— In the land of his neighbors, Senator Charles Curtis, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is going ahead determinedly with the heavy program mapped out for him in Oklahoma, de- spite a “raw throat,” which was ag- gravated yesterday by & 100-mile auto- mobile trip over dusty roads. Two_speeches are on his schedule for today—the first here this morning, at the State Fair, and tonight at Law- ton. Doctor's orders have gone by the board with the Senator in response to requests of his friends in this State, and yesterday he spoke out-of-doors and inside. He made a half dozen talks in as many cities, as he came into the State from Missouri. Greeted by Indians. A son of the Kaws, “Charlie” Curtis, as he is known down here, is receiving a hearty welcome. Pretty Indian girls, wrapped in their brightly colored blankets, greet him with songs at al- most everv turn. Virginia Harrison, daughter of the chief of the Choctaws, presented him with a bouquet during a speech yesterday at Muskogee. Last night, at Okmulgee, Ed M. Frye of Sallisaw, former State senator and former chief of the Cherokees, intro- duced the Senator as “the father of Oklahoma,” and referred to his efforts in Congress on behalf of the Indians. A number of Indians sat on the plat- form of the Hippogrome Theater, where the Senator spoke. Mr. Curtis read a message there from Robert L. Owen, former Democratic Senator from Oklahoma, which said, in our justice and service to the In- dians have been everlastingly faithful. You have greatly honored the Indian blood. The Indians will rejoice to honor you.” Optimistic About Outlook. Republicans leaders of the State who have accompanied the Senator in his tour of Oklahoma give him most op- timistic reports on the outlook for Re- publicans here shis year. They recall Oklahoma went Republican in 1920 and elected a Republican Senator in 1924. Since coming into Oklahoma Sena- tor Curtis has emphasized his stand for the restrictive immigration policy as now in effect, and has stated that Gov. Smith “would let down the bars against the flood of foreign labor” because of his announced opposition to basing the q;mll:oool restriction upon the census o R 5 for a higher protective tariff as a means of aiding agriculture, and has asked each audience to give Herbert Hoover “the same support you gave me at Kansas City,” where this State cast its vote for Curtis for President. ez i For biting M8 boy's toes, John Mec- Gowan was fined in an Aberdeen, Scot- land, Police Court recentl; $ Lo Gecn Paini ¢ Pure Lead, Zinc and Linseed Ol S®"&FlaAve NE. 5021 Ga AveNW. SOL HERZOG WORSTEDS, BROWNS, for these—AND | “The sherift sald that number of | those In the crowd had shed thelr coats | 'and apparently were preparing to fight 23,921 He also has renewed here his fight | Sl eromoSnal ax! 29,585 92,855 1,571 Smith Gives $100 For Minneapolis Disabled Veterans By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, September 28— An unsolicited donation of $100 by Gov. Alfred E. Smith set Minneap- olis Chapter, Disabled American Vet~ erans, off on a flying start in its an- nual “forget-me-not” sale yesterday. After Owen Galvin, chapter com- mander, had pinned a special “for- get-me-not” on his lapel. the gov- ernor slipped a bit of paper into Galvin's hand, saying: “Hope this will start you off, boys. I hope the drive is A complete success.” When Galvin finally got clear of the crowd and unfolded the note he found it was a $100 banknote. He tried to get back to Gov. Smith to thank him, but the crowd wouldn't let him through. MACHINISTS FAVOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Commend Norris, Johnson Walsh for Utilities Fights Before Adjourning. and By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga. September 28— Declared by officials to be the “most constructive in the history of the association,” the convention of the International Association of Machinists was adjourned here yesterday. It was attended by approximately 400 dele- gates from various parts of the country. Members of the executive council and the law committee will remain in con- ference for several days more. Before its adjournment the associa- tion in a resolution declared that ma- chinists “favor public ownership of all public utilities and will in the future combat any private corporation seeking control of a public utility.” The con- vention also charged that the Federal Radio Commission had “curtailed the voice of labor” when it cut down the power of the broadcasting station of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Senator George W. Norris was com- mended for “saving Muscle Shoals for the Natfon,” Senator Hiram Johnson for his efforts to “have Boulder Dam built by the United States Government.” and Senator Walsh of Montana for his “efforts to bring into the:limelight the true facts relating to the power trust.” “It has been definitely ascertained that over $1,500.000,000 has been spent for propaganda purposes to further the interests of the power trusts,” the reso- lution said in conclusion. LEARN TO FLY Great Opportunities in Aviation, Experienced Pilots, Equipment and New Ships at disposal of Students, We equip you for Pi lot's License. Potomac Flying Service Hoover Field NEW FALL SUITS—AT A BIG SAVING when Fall is just beginning. 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Henry Ford is erecting in his early American village as a per- manent memorial to the inventor. ‘The narcotic law is being enforced about 50 per cent, Edison averred, and the law against operations of hold-up men not more than 15 per cent. Doubts Kellogg Pact Is Practical. Concerning the Kellogg pact against war, Edison sai ‘A nice thing, but I doubt if it is practical. We will prob- ably always have wars, for we go along with no change in our habits. It would ge necessary to change human nature rst.” “You .hear talk about restriction of personal liberty in speaking about pro- hibition. What is civilization but re- improvement of mankind”? Edison asked. As a feature of the dedicatory ex- ercises Edison opened the valve of the steam engine furnishing power for the dynamo of his first laboratory which had been shipped here in sec- tions and rebuilt at Dearborn, where the village is to be located. The laboratory, which was built in 1888 at Fort Myers, Fla., has been re- built as faithfully as possible. The same steam engine and dynamo, the same tools and the same shelves of chemical materials, arranged just as when Edison was working out his great inventions, are housed i the building. Edison Central Figure. Edison also was the central figure in the first building operations on_the main building of the village which is to be known as Edison Museum. It is to be a model of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, but necessarily larger. | The inventor, who apparently does not walk up and down stairs, skipped | up the steps of a platform which had been built around a column of con- crete, the top of which was not yet dry, and walked through it, leaving his footprints. Into the center he drove the spade of Luther Burbank, a part of Ford's collection of America. where it is to remain. Edison then signed his name in the wet concrete, while Ford remarked to newspaper men: “He knows how. I'd like to see some young fellow do it as well.” CHARGES VG.O.P. BOODLING Fletcher Implores Floridians to Stick to Democratic Tenets. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., September 28 ().—Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, addressing a Democratic rally here last night, charged the Republican party with “boodling” in high office and urged his audience to remain true to princi- ples of Democracy they have followed since 1876. Senator Fletcher said Gov. Smith possessed the three major attributes of statesmanship — honesty, competency end faithfulness. Prohibitionists, he said, need not fear the prohibition amendment will be altered. Injection of the religious issue into the campaign by foes of the Democratic nominee was deplored. A = Dr. Devine to Discuss “Tolerance.” Dr. Edward T. Devine, dean of Amer- ican University and nationally known sociologist, a Republican and a Meth- odist, will be the speaker at a cam- paign luncheon on October 1 on the subject of “Tolerance,” when the Wom- an's National Democratic Club begins its regular forum programs at 1526 New striction of personal liberty for the T | ——————————; Hampshire avenue. URe BRUCE IS ACCUSED INCOUNTER ATTACK Once Lauded Prohibition, Maryland G. 0. P. Chair- man Says. Senator Bruce of Maryland, who charged Herbert Hoover and Senator Curtis with hypocrisy on the rrnhlbmon question, himself*is accused of straddling the liquor issue in a statement given out here ‘~day by Galen L. Tait, Re- publican o.ate chairman of Maryland. “The purpose of this broadcasting of whispering material about drinking, consisting of race track gabble and hearsay gossip. by Senator Bruce, a leading jurist of Maryland,” the state- ment said, “was to attempt to prove Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis to be inconsistent or hypocritical in their personal opinions on prohibition. “Senator Bruce has proclaimed his devotion to wringing wet principles, and. like Gov. Smith, denounced the present liquor laws as an invasion on the rights and against the sentiment of the Amer- ican people. * * *” Tait declared that Senator Bruce as author of a biography of John Randolph, the Virginian statesman, lauded pro- hibition brought about by local option {n that State in advance of the Federal aw. “Both Republicans and Democrats of Maryland,” he continued, “have honest adherents in the opposite schools of thought on the liquor question. But this comparison of the views of Wil- liam Cabell Bruce, the author, with the views of Senator William Cabell Bruce, the candidate for re-election, serves to throw light on whether Sen- ator Bruce is gullty of the inconsistence or hypocrisy he charges against Mr. Hoover and Semator Curtis.” Veterans Censure G. 0. P. Three veterans censured the Repub- lican record as it affects World War veterans at a rally in the Democratic headquarters, 16 Jackson place, last night. They were Madison Hill, Cedric Johnson and F. J. Bushong. Several hundred partisans enthusias- tically cheéred Gov. Smith's speech at St. Paul as it came in over the radio. —_— Nearly $10,000.000 will be spent in lEmprgvlng the harbor at Alexandria, gYpt. R e Now Is the Time to Get The Best Rug Patterns Assortments Large and Complete HIS is the time to get the. very choicest patterns in rugs. The new Fall patterns are now on dis- play in a colorful assortment of gorgeous designs. 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