Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1928, Page 1

WEA (U. 8. Weather Showers tonight row morning; not perature; light to gentle easterly winds, Temperature—Highest, 65, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, Full report on page 7. THER. Bureau Forecast) _ and probably tomor- much change in tem- 52, at 7 am. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @ ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening Star, “From Press t The Star's carrie every city block and as fast as the papers o Home Within the Hour™ r system covers 1 the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. Yesterday's Cinulnlion_,. 105,653 —— 30,832. No. post office. Entered as seco Washinzton, ond_class matter DC \\X\SHINGT();\'. D. €., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928—T HIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. VO CENTS. - PRESIDENT URGES NATION T0 SELECT HOOVER AND GURTIS U. S. Needs Continuation of G. 0. P. Policies, His Letter Says. AY STATE CONVENTION RECEIVES MESSAGE €alls Party Standard Bearers Tried and Experienced Leaders. Bay State Workers Thanked by Hoover For Campaign Help Br the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 29.—The following telegram from Herbert Hoover was read at the Republi- can State convention here just before its adjournment today: “I am happy to have this op- portunity to thank the Republi- cans of Massachussetts and the home State of Calvin Coolidge for the militant effort and splen- did support which they are ac- cording me. Victory this vear must result from a united and aggressive campaign. That you realige this is evidenced by your :lcflons. I am deeply apprecia- ve.” the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 29.—President | Coolidge in a message read at the Re- | publican State conventich here today, said that the country needed a con- _tinuation of the administration of pub- Yic affairs in accordance with the prin- ,eiples which have guided the achieve- fments of the Republican party. “This need,” the President wrote, '*should be fulfilled by beginning the Thext political vear under the-tried and #xperienced leadership of Frank G. Al- %en and Benjamin Loring Young in our Commonwealth and of Herbert Hoover #@nd Charles Curtis in our Nation.” Allen, now lieutenant governor, was thamed at the primary September 18 @s the Republican candidate for gov- ernor and Young for United States Benator. Coolidge’s Message. ‘The President’s message, addressed to ¥Francis Prescott, chairman of the Re- publican State committee, follows: *“Although it seems a long time since ¥ have sattended a Republican=Stite ronvention in Massachusetts, my inter- st in the purposes for which they as- ble has not diminished, but rather E:'C:sed and was never greater than the present campaign. . “Its membership represents an or- szlfion with a long history of im- t achievements in the field of und government, which have carried ncalculable benefits into every home. ©Our country needs the continuation of tshe administration of public affairs in mccordance with the principles ‘which Yhave secured this result. This need fhould be fulfilled by beginning the next litical year under the tried and ex- g:flenced leadership of Frank G. Allen sand Benjamin Loring Young in our mmonwealth and of Herbert Hoover “and Charles Curtis in our Nation. “To our convention assembled for the fccomplishment of these interests, I send my cordial greetings.” There are four big issues in the presi- @ential campaign, Ogden L. Mills, As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury, said |#oday in a speech before the convention. I‘lel'?ey are: Tariff, farm relief, economy nd government ownership of power fa- ‘ilities. And in the present Republican cam- paign, he said, “our past record is the ‘gurest guide to our future conduct. We can ask no fairer test than that of per- gcrmlnce. We are prepared to abide y i " Characterizing the Democratic party lns iseueless ih March.” he said, sought to remain so in June “by adopt- ing a colorless platform that renounced | imuch that they have stood for in past | feampaigns.” Hits Democrats on Tariff. On the subject of protective tariff r. Mills declared that “the Democratic arty has been a low tariff party. At jthe present time they have abandoned the doctrine of tariff for revenue. They seek to convey the impression that they | {have reformed and that the American | people have nothing to fear from a! FDemocratic revision of our tariff laws.| {3t is evident, however, that they have done so grudgingly and with a view to| I committing themselves as little as pos- | wible. | “The next Congress will almost cer- | tainly revise our tariff laws. The ques-| ;tion for the American people to decide {15 whether they want the tariff revised by the friends or by the enemies of the American protective system.” Defends Farm Stand. He summarized the farm relief issue s follows: t" “The Democratic candidate would “cek to promote agricultural prosperity by having the United States Govern- | ment, through the actions of a Govern- ment board and with the help of Gov- |‘'ernment credit, undertake to remove a surplus of agricultural products from | the domestic market and scll it abroad at a loss. This means not only Gov- ernment price-fixing, but Government interference with and control and man- agement of our greatest basic industry 1 It will bring disaster to agriculture and |10 the country, for it is basically un- |’sound in the light of established eno- nomic laws and American traditions. “The Republican party proposes to | promote agricultural prosperity by giv- ing American market to American pro- ducers through adequate tariff protec- tion: by the rapid development and | jmprovement of transportation. and by isaving part of the enormous spread be- tween producer and consumer.” Defines Power Issue. . Speaking on the subject of power, | Myv. Mills said that Gov. Smith was in “favor “not only of having the Govern- ment build the power plants and gen- erate the power, but he was in favor of “*he Government constructing and op- erating the system of distribution. Radio Prag -~ n.. 90 it! Man Picks Prison Instead of Jail At Judge’s Behest By the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kens., September 29.— Given his choice of six months in the county jail or a year and a day in Leavenworth Federal Prison, Al Hendricks, a musician, remarked, “That's no problem.” Federal Judge George T. McDer- mott spoke frankly of county jails, however, indicating they were not s0 good as a rule. “I would rather serve three years in a penitentiary than six months in any jail in this State,” he said. The prisoner, convicted f using the mails to defraud, chusz Leaven- worth. CARNES WILL NOT FIGHT EXTRADITION 1 |Fugitive Baptist Treasurer Arrested in Canada as Embezzler. By the Associated Press ‘WINNIPEG. September 29.—Clinton S. Carnes, wanted in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of theft and embezzle- ment, was remanded today to October 6, when he will be turned over to an escort from Atlanta which is now on its way to Winnipeg. By the Associated Press. ‘WINNIPEG, September 29.—Clinton S. Carnes, aocused of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds while treasurer of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, was waiting today for formal court proceedings attending his removal to Atlanta, Ga. ‘The brief charge—“wanted in At- lanta for theft"—was lodged against the prisoner as he was being held to await arrival ‘of authorities who will take him back to Atlanta, where he dis- appeared August 15, after telling friends he was going to Raleigh, N. C., on a business trip. Caught After Search. Arrested here last night after Amer- ican officials had searched throughout the United States for him, Carnes, about 50 years of age, was smartly dressed and presented the appearance of a prosperous business man. He is tall and dark and at the time of his arrest had a dark mustache. Advices were that Carnes had no mustache when he left Atlanta. He had been living here under the name of F. L. Lewis. Carnes is under two indictments in Atlanta, involving $150,000, although some authorities estimated his pecu- lations werc as high as $1.000,000. An investigation after his disappearance disclosed he had a prison record, and more recently had sent Miss Lois Griffin of Hopeville, Ga., and Miss Sonia Nord- lie, a Norwegian beauty, to Hollywood to seek careers in motion pictures. The girls were to repay him out of their screen earnings if they obtained em- ployment. Divorced in 1914, Carnes was divorced in 1914 on grounds of cruelty, but the couple re- married two years later. They have two sons. Carnes was taken into custody on a downtown street by two detectives. He submitted to arrest quietly and on his arrival at central police headquarters said he was ready to return to Atlanta. Then be became silent, declining to dis- cuss the charges. Newspaper men were not permitted to see him. EXTRADITION SPEEDED. Church Officials Express Joy at Carnes’ Arrest. ATLANTA, September 29 (#).—Ex- | tradition of Clinton S. Carnes, former treasurer of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, .whose accounts are timated to be short approximately $i,- 1000,000, will be expedited by, the State |of Georgia, it was announced here io- |day by former Gov. Clifford Walker | special deputy solicitor general. Mr. Walker caid every effort would be made to bring Carnes to Georgia to face early trial on the two indictments which already have been returned by a Fulton County grand jury. The indictments involve $150,000. Bond for Carnes in the two cases has |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 'FLIES UPSIDE DOWN " ALMOST 19 MINUTES Swiss Aviator Sets Record, but Is Taken Out of Plane Nearly Dead. By the Associated Press. KASSEL, Germany, September 29.— Pilot Clardon, young Swiss fiyer, | achieved what was described as a world record for flying upside down today, but ion landing was taken out of his ma- | chine more dead than alive., |and 56 seconds, beating the record set | by the German |4 minutes. Clardon is stated to have turned his | machine over at an altitude of about !150 yards and then rose to an altitude |of about 700 yards when the blood | pressure in his head became so severe jand his legs so cramped that only by |a last desperate effort was he able to | right the machine and to glide to earth. “It was the worst quarter of an hour of my life,” he said later. | Commission is compelled to grant the He flew upside down for 18 minutes | fiyer, Fieseler, by nearly | AR n v i ! i v L SENATE FIGHT SEEN /ON CRUISER BILL-AS 1. 5. REJECTS PACT Administration May Swing Full Force Behind Navy Expansion Plan. OPPOSITION EXPECTED FROM PEACE GROUPS Anti-War Treaty Furnishes Am-| ‘v /’ — 4,300 PHILADELPHIA POLIGEMEN SHIFTED Every Officer and Patrolman in City Transferred in Graft Expose. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 29.—An- nouncing that he was determined to rid the police force of grafters and “place the blame where it belongs,” Mayor Harry A. Mackey has ordered the great- est shakeup in the history of the Phil- adelphia Police Bureau. The order calls for the transfer to new districts of every officer and pa- trolman in the city. It affects more than 4,500 men and is regarded as one of the most far-reaching shakeups in the police annals of any American mu- nicipality. Spurred By Jury Probe. Mayor Mackey’s action was prompted by the special grand jury’s investigation of bootleggers and their “rackets,” which has resulted in the arrest of nearly 40 policemen, including three captains, on charges of extortion, bribery and con- spiracy. Mr. Mackey said that his drastic order was only a preliminary move to “clean up” the city and that when he was through every dishonest policeman will have been driven from the force and bootleggers and gangsters will hav> become scarce. Under the mayor's order, all of the 43 district commanders, before trans- fer, must render to the director of pub- lic safety a detailed account of condi- tions in his district, compiled from data furnished by sergeants, detectives and patrolmen. The reports to show con- g:uons as of Sunday night, Septem- T 30. Report Ordered. When the gigantic transfer has been completed every new district command- er must give a full report on conditions in his district as of Sunday night, Oc- tober 7. These reports must be filed with the mayor the next day. The two sets of reports will be then compared with the idea of ferreting out inaccuracies and adverse conditions, and every commander will stand or fall by the record, the mayor said. None of the patrolmen or officers will know in advance to which district he will be as- signed, the mayor having laid down an injunction of strict secrecy on this point. To Press Indictments. District Attorney Monoghan, who is conducting the grand jury inquiry, an- nounced today that indictments against police officials and others arrested as an outgrowth of the investigation would be returned on Monday, and the de- fendants placed on trial as speedily as the courts could take care of their cases. Further arrests, which the prosecu- tor predicted Thursday, have been de- ferred, he stated, “as a matter of good generalship.” The delay, he said, was only temporary. He said the end of the inquiry was not in sight. BRIDE ASKS DUNLOP T0 CITE AUTHORITY G. Thomas Dunlop, general counsel of the Capital Traction Co., was in- vited today by Corporation Counsel William W. Bride to submit a brief citing legal authorities in support of his contention at the recent hearings on the company’s application for a higher fare that the Public Utilities increase. 8 Mr. Bride had previously given Peo- ple’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty an op- portunity to quote precedents in support of his plea for a dismissal of the fare | raise application on the ground that the company is not poverty-stricken and he said he felt compelled to extend the same privilege to the company's attorney. Mr. Bride's opinion, on which the | fate of the car fare increase now ap- | parently rests, probably will not be | i completed for at least a week. | | Rebuked fo | By the Associated Press | cHICAGO, September 20.—The Gor- don Dress Shop was being held up. One man handled the revolvers while his companion did the robbing. Mrs. Edrls McTlhaney, ‘a saleswoman, who hasn't {been in Chicago very long, remained i ilent as the costly frocks, were tossed i a pile, but finall; e voice 0 indinmatinm thing o= éaleswoman. Indignant at Holdup. r Giving Chicago Bad Name | | this, she told the robbers, was an out- | rage and just what one might have ex- | pected in Chicago. | The man with the revolver whirled menacingly. “Enough of that, lady,” he said sharply. “If you were a man, I'd shoot you for that remark. It's talk like ihat, that gives Chicago & bad nam~.” Then the robbers drove away with gYankees Clinch Pennant; Cards | Practically “In”| By the Associated Press. Staggering through a long season that saw their lead, once as great as 14 games, cut to 2% at the fin- ish, the New York Yankees finally clinched the American League pen- nant yesterday. Their victory came through an 11-to-6 defeat of the Detroit Tigers that saw the Yanks hitting with all their old time aban- don. The standing of the winner and runner-up: games won lost pet. behind New York 100 52 .658 o= Phildadelphia 97 54 642 2': In the struggle for the National League flag, the Giants still remain in the running mathematically, al- though their hope is a slight one. The Giants now are a pair of zames behind the leaders and the same number to play, including the season’s wind-up with the Cards Sunday. The New Yorkers now must take the final game from the Cubs tomorrow while the Cards lose to the Braves, then win the deciding battle with St. Louis to finish in a tie for first place. One victory for St. Louis would put them out of the running. Their standing: games won lost pet. behind 58 .618 24 K 92 60 .605 2 St. Douis New York GLENNA COLLETT TOUP N T HOLES Geis Big Lead Over Miss Van Wie in Morning Round of Golf Final. By the Associated Press. CASCADES GOLF CLUB, HOT SPRINGS, Va., September 29.—Miss Glenna Collett of Providence made a great start toward her third national golf championship today, playing around in 76 to lead Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago 10 up at the end of 18 holes of their 36-hole final match. Miss Collett played the first nine holes in 36 for the third time in three days and was 7 up on the young Chi- cago girl as they started home. By winning the tenth the former champion went 8 up, but a half at the eleventh and win for Miss Van Wie at the twelfth reduced the lead to 7. Miss Collett tried to cut a corner at the twelfth and hit a tree with her tee shot, the ball bounding into a water hazard. After the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth were halved Miss Van Wie took three putts at the sixteenth, the last from 2 feet, and gave Miss Col- lett a chance fo increase the lead again to 8. There was nothing the youngster could do about the 459-yard seven- teenth, for here Glenna coupled a great brassie shot with her longest drive of the round to reach the green in 2 and get a birdie 4. A sensational recovery from the rough after a pulled drive at the eighteenth left her a five-foot putt for the birdie 3 that was good enough to win the last hole of the morning round and permit her to go to lunch with the almost unbeatable lead of 10 holes. The cards: Par out.. Collett out. Van Wie oul SHITH TO AR DRY PROGRA TONIGHT Milwaukee Speech Is Apt to Clarify Views on Liquor Sales Control. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, September 29.— In this former brewing center, Gov. Smith tonight will lay before a wait- ing clectorate his detailed program for prohibition eeform. The speech, the sixth and last of his two week’s Western invasion, will be the first devoted by the Democratic presi- dential candidate to the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act since he advocated their modification in his ac- ceptance speech at Albany, August 22. With only this one subject as his text, it is expected that the nominee will claborate 1o some extent on the stand he took in that address for State control of liquor sales, and in the side discus- sion of prohibition at Omaha September 18, when, at the close of his farm relief speech, he answered one of several ques- tions propounded to him in a newspaper advertisement with the declaration that he did not consider liquor “the great issue” of the campaign. Works Late on Speech. As is his custom, Gov. Smith worked late on a draft of his speech last night at the Hotel Schroder, where his party is quartered. A press conference was the first engagement facing him after breakfast today. It was then planned to take him on a tour of the city, probably for a visit at Marquette University. whose students, in brown derbies and college flivvers, turned out in large numbers last night and paraded several iiles alongside the automobile procession. A visit to the Soldiers’ Home also had been arranged for the nominee, who is spendinz 42 hours in this Wis- consin metropolis before making a bee- line for Rochester, N. Y., for the State Democratic convention Monday. At this meeting, which he plans to address, an entire State ticket, includ- ing a nominee for governor, will be named and a platform adopted, and unusual interest is being manifested in it because of the effect it 1s to have on the presidential situation. Arrange- ments had been made by Gov. Smith today to receive reports on the Repub- lican State convention at Syracuse, which also was to name a gubernatorial candidate. Has No Information. Asked yesterday at a press confer- ence on board his train as it cut across eastern Minnesota for Milwaukee whether he had heard anything about the New York State Democratic situa- tion, the governor replied in the.nega- tive. “Well, have you told them anything yet?” a reporter queried. “No. I haven't had any correspond- ence on it, back or forth, one way or the other.” “Have you got anything written on the back of an envelope?” some one asked. “Yes,” the governor admitted, smil- ingly. The New York executive will return to Albany Tuesday and probably rest all of the remainder of the week before starting out_on his second swing of stumping. The itinerary for this tour still is in an indefinite stage. Three Die in Train Crash. MADRID, September 29 (#).—Three persons were killed and ten injured to- day when the Andalusian express col- lided with another train near Madri- These: articles will give every cident and lively episode. Politics HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin, Author of “The American Government.” Will Begin in The Evening Star on Monday “review of the elections since George Washington was first named President. The series forms a complete, absorbing narrative of the political history of the world's greatest republic. * Every voter needs to know this story, to know about the found- ing of our electoral system, and how it has operated in the past. It is told by Mr. Haskin in colorful style, replete with' dramatic in- and living, as they appeared to the voters in the various campaigns. reader an accurate, non-partisan in the past are made real, vital €10 008 wnrth of merchandiss, T O I A S T A ) T T A A I AR SR T munition for Pacifists—Hale to Lead Floor Battle. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. America’s two-fisted reply to France and Great Britain on their naval- limitation understanding foreshadows a determined effort by the Coolidge ad- ministration to secure final adoption in the Senate. When first heard of, and until the American reply exposed its true inward- ness, the Franco-British agreement was thought to pave the way to further naval limitation. As the United States now points out, with a firmness and frank- nes unusual in diplgmatic communica- |mms. the London and Paris govern- ments have made limitation more re- | mote, instead of bringing it nearer. The | language in the American note goes even beyond that. +It categorically hints that Great Britain and France have worked out a scheme which “would in- evitably lead to a recrudescence of naval ! competition disastrous to national econ- oy Expansion Looms. With no restriction of warship build- ing thus in sight, the duty of the United States is regarded by the ad- ministration as plain and inescapable. Uncle Sam must go on expanding his Navy along those lines which he con- siders essential to our security at sea. A year ago the Navy Department told the country that a 7l-ship program of new cruisers, submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers was Indispensable and President Coolidge recommended its enactment by Congress at a cost of more than $700,000,000. It was the United States’ answer to John Bull's balking of American efforts to secure cruiser and submarine limitation at Geneva six or seven months previous. Due to an unprecedentedly effective popular opposition engendered by the churches, women’s organizations and pacifist bodies, the House of Representa- tives whittled .the 71-ship scheme down to a“l15-cruiser pro; . The project was sent to the Senate in that form, but was caught in the end-of-the-ses- sion filibuster in the Senate, before which it now lies as unfinished busi- ness. . May Ask Program. This writer learns in authoritative quarters that in view of the€ Franco- British plans just scathingly reviewed and rebuked by the administration, the latter may recommend the original 71- ship program for the reconsideration of Congress. The British, as the American diplomatic note points out, are for lim- iting the type of cruisers (10,000 tons) which America, with her far-flung over- seas defensive necessities, requires, while at the same time the British would themselves remain at liberty to build unlimitedly the smaller types of cruis- ers (6,000 to 7,500 tons) which John Bull's navy, with coaling stations all around the globe, can get along with. Senator Hale, Republican of Maine, who has just been triumphantly re- elected, will, as chairman of the Senate naval affairs committee, have the re- sponsible task of piloting the 15-cruiser bill through the upper House. He wus by no means sure he could have dore so at the last session, even if the meas- ure hadn't been filibustered out of the way. The pacifist lobby openly stated that, havihg smashed the 71-ship pro- gram almost out of recognition, “peace lovers' * next duty was to prevent naval expansion to any extent. Senator Hale expects to have to face this drive next ‘Winter. Stress Peace Pact. The anti-naval expansionists have now in hand a talking point they lacked while opposing the administration’s plans at the preceding session. Since then the world at large has joined in the Kellogg treaty to outlaw war. There are already indications that the treaty will be exploited to the limit, as an argument against further American ex- penditure on naval defense. Friends of adequate preparedness at sea recognize that they must make ready to justify the cruiser program against the plca that as the nations have “renounced war as an instrument of policy,” men-of- war have become correspondingly un- necessary. Before the 1928 presidential cam- paign is over the naval issue may be prominently injected into it. Herbert Hoover in his speech of acceptance stoutly espoused a strong American fleet, insisting that while the United States craves peace it “must also be re- spected.” Gov. Smith's speech”of ac- ceptance and subsequent utterances have been wholly silent on the naval question. (Copyright. 1928.) PACT FLATLY REJECTED. By the Assoclated Press. The Franco-British naval accord is construed by Secretary Kellogg as pro- posing that sharp restrictions be placed upon vessels of particular value to the United States with Great Britain left unlimited in the construction of fight- ing craft of a type essentially suited w her needs. Further, he feels that it would defeat the purpose of naval arms limitation and lead to a ‘“recrudescence (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) of the 15-cruiser program approved by | the House last Winter and now pending | | Center of Political Row | | MRS. W. W. CALDWELL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. PRINCESS ELAINE DESCRBES ATACK !Nose and Ribs Broken, Spine | Injured, by Unknown Per- | son, She Says. Princess Elaine von der Lippe-Lipski, | found suffering from injuries in her; home, 1619 Twenty-first street, last | | Saturday night, today broke the silence she has maintained to “clear the name of Col. Ashby Williams, my friend, in this matter.” When police investigated the case last Saturday night, Princess Elaine told them, according to their formal report, | that Col. Williams, prominent local law- yer, attacked her. Today she said that she did not know who it was, but blamed | the “vengeful spirit” of people engaged in_litigation against her. Princess Elaine was painfully injured Saturday night. Her injuries here- tofore unknown, included a broken nose, both eyes blackened, several ribs fractured and her spine so hurt that during the past week she has been op- erated upon. She was barely able to be propped up in her bed at Emergency Hospital. Struck From Behind. Telling of the events leading up to the attack, she said today: “I had just returned from New York. My bags had not been unpacked. Col. ‘Williams, who is my attorney and who has been a stanch friend through the troublous days I have had in the past few years, had been to see me earlier in the evening. I had left the front and rear doors of my home opened to air it. The house had been closed all WORK AND HOOVER JOININ REPUDIATING ‘ROMANISMY LETTER Chairman States Circular Was Not Authorized by Vir- ginia Committeewoman. HOOVER HITS INJECTION OF ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN Republican Nominee Reiterates Declaration Against Religious Controversy. Following up Herbert Hoover's vehement repudiation of a campaign letter purportedly calling on Virgi women to “save the United States from Romanism,” Chairman Work of the Republican national committee this afternoon declared the letter was “un- authorized” and added his personal condemnation of it. Work said he had been informed that Mrs. M. M. Caldwell, national Republi- can committee woman for Virginia, of Roanoke, that the letter, sent over her stamped signature to Mrs. Clara R. Lyons of Virginia Highlands, “did not authorize the introduction of a re- ligious question” in the circular. The chairman said the Republican party “does not countenance any ap- peal of this character.” J Statement by Work. Dr. Work's statement in full follows: “I now have had opportunity to in- vestigate the origin of a circular letter containing reference to the religious question which has.been issued from a local committee office in Virginia. I am informed that the national committee- woman did not authorize the intro- duction of the religious question, that she has always opposed it as a cam- | paign question. The Republican party | does not countenance any appeal of this character. “I stand for what Mr. Hoover has | said. It is unnecessary for me to re- peat those views. As early as last June I advised the members of the national committee as follows: “‘The campaign policy we propose to follow will be informative and con- structive only. The promptings of conscience and personal liberty within the law are not proper subjects for political debate.” “Those of us who have the responsi- bility in the campaign are using every Summer. “I had just come downstairs when I was struck by some one from behind. | T do not know who it was. I fell and was kicked. Then I followed the form out of the house and found the man hiding behind a tree out in front, where After her recital of the details of the attack, Princess Elaine spoke feelingly of her friendship for Col. Willlams. She said that she met him in 1925 and that he has worked faith- fully for her to help her in her troubles. “Name Was on Mind.” the name of Col. Williams in this matter was, I suppose, that he had been to see me earlier in the evening and his name was on my mind.” Col. Williams is a well known attorney ‘here and a member of the Cosmos Club, where he sometimes makes his residence. He served with distinction in the World War, entering as a cap- tain and leaving as a lieutenant colonel. He served in the 320th Infantry. Col. Williams has declined to discuss the case with newspaper men. PANAMA-BRITISH PACT ON TRADE PUBLISHED Stipulates Commercial Treaty | Cannot Be Applied to Canal Zone. By the Associated Press. PANAMA, September 29.—A com mercial treaty signed by Panama and Great Britain was made public by the foreign office today. The life of the pact is 10 years .It now includes only Great Britain and northern Ireland, but may be extended to include the various British dominions, colonies, possessions and protectorates. It was stipulated that the treaty could not be applied to the Canal Zone and that “neither shall his Brittanic majesty invoke stipulations regarding the most favored nation in the treaty with reference to stipulations under- taken or which later may be undertaken between the United States for construc- tion, maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of the Panama Canal.” | MOORS RELEASE FLYER. Two Other French Mail Pilots Still Held for Ransom. RABAT, French Morocco, September 29 (#).—Pilot Vidal of the French postal service, who was captured by Moors with a native passenger when forced down by fog on September 22, while carrying mail for South America, has been released. ‘Two other mail pilots, Reine and Serre, captured on June 30, are still being held for ransom, which the French and Spanish governments are negotiating. In all probability the Government em- ployes are today enjoying their last Sat- urday half holiday of the Summer schedule. Inasmuch as President Coolidge has made it quite plain that he is not in- clined to issue an order extending the half holidays until the time when Con- gress shall have disposed of legislation ¢ | making them permanent, it is assumed | that today's half holiday will be the end ! antil next year. The Prn*m. while disenssing ihe L4 ‘Government En;ployes Today Enjoy Last | Satprday Half Holiday of Season| matter within the past week has indi- cated that he thought the matter of ad- ditional Saturday half holidays was one for Congréss to determine and not the Executive. Moreover, he gave the im- pression that he is of the opinion that the Government emg}oyes already are generously treated the matter of vacations and holidays, thereby causing those about him to feel that the Presi- dent will not concede to the requests again I was knocked down.” | “The reason I at first mentioned | {endeavor to eliminate the religious I question.” Mrs. Caldwell was in conference in i Roanoke today with R. H. Angell, | chairman of the Virginia State Re- publican executive committce. She an- nounced she was preparing a statement embracing “a comprehensive explana- tion” of the receipt by Mrs. Lyons of a | letter over her signature containing the 1 repudiated statements. Reiterates Denunciation. Thoroughly aroused over the incl- dent, Hoover today reiterated emphat- ically his denunciation of the letter, whether authentic or not, and an- nounced that neither he nor the party he heads wants the religious issue in- jected into the campaign. The state- ment, mn amplification of one made by him last night, said: “I cannot fully express my indigna- tion at any such circulars. Nor can I reiterate too strongly that religious questions have no part in this cam- paign. I have repeatedly stated that neither I nor the Republican party wants support on that basis. “There are important and vital reasons ‘for the return of the Repub- lican administration, but this is not one of them." Slemp in Conference. C. Bascom Slemp, Virginia national committeeman, went into conference wam campaign leaders at national head- quarters this morning, the presumption being that the Caldwell letter was un- der discussion. - ‘I; his statement last night, Hoover said: “Whether this letter is authentic or a forgery, it does violence to every in- stinct that I possess. I resent and re- pudiate it. “Such an attitude is entirely opposed to every principle of the Republican party. I made my position clear in my acceptance speech when I said, ‘In this land, dedicated to tolerance, we still find outbreaks of intolerance. I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and in spirit. The glory of our American ideals is the right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own consclence.” “I meant that then and I mean it now.” The disputed letter was made public last night by Mrs. Lyons in a letter of protest to the press. She said the let- ter apparently was sent to her under the impression that she had accepted appointment as vice chairman. for her precinct in ‘the Republican campaign. She explained that she had read in the paper that she had been elected to such a post, but that she had refused to accept’ it because she was not a Republican. She had been told her name would ‘be taken off the official roster, she declared. Mrs. Caldwell told the Roanoke Times this morning that the letter had been prepared by her secretary, whose name she refused to divulge. She said she re- membered having given to the secretary an “outline” of what should be incor- norated in the letter, but indicated she could not recall having used the word “Romanism ” The letter, she said, had been shaped up by the secretary after she had been told the gist of what to write. Text of Letter. ‘The letter, dated September 24, on 2 letterhead of the Republican national committee, and bearing the stamped signature, “Willie W. Caldwell,” follows in full: “Dear Madam—1I am plcasad to know mada by the Federation of Federal Em- ployes and other organizations that he | evtend the half holiday on Saturdays. that_yen have been named vice chair~ : Lol gt Page 2, Column 74