Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1928, Page 2

> L4 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. P E SATURDAY. SE PTEMBER 29. 1928. INCREASE SOUGHT IN FLORIDA FUND President Feels Appeal for More Than $5,000,000 Should Be Made. Although the Red Cross reported to- | day a total of $3.094,748 raised so far toward its $5.000.00 hurricane relief fund. President Coolidge took the view that the suffering in Florida is increas- ing and necessitates a further appeal from him to the generosity of the country. The President does no contemplate jssuing a formal appeal for contribu- tions to the fund at the present time, but feels that the American public will respond generously to the nced for relief funds as the distressing condi- tions in Florida are disclosed. He in- dicated today he will satisfy himsell with bringing these conditions to the attention of the country. Feels Wider Relief Needed. “The reports which the President has | received concerning the hurricane situ- ation in Florida have led him to feel that immediate relief of far wider scope than has yet been accomplished is im- perative. One of the President's in- formants was A. A. D. Rahn fl(’ Minneapolis, who conferred with the Chief Executive after making a trip through the hurricane section. Red Cross officials today denied that they had asked for more than the original sum of $5,000.000 or that any such step was being contemplated. It was explained that the reports of $12,000,000 being called for came from unofficial sources in Florida_and did not have the sanction of any Red Cross official. The statement that "at least | $12,000.000 was needed in Florida alone was made here several days ago by Howard W. Selby. chairman of the Palm Beach County Red Cross. D. C. Near Quota. Victor B. Deyber, chalrmam of the District of Columbia relief fund com- ‘mittee, had a total of $42.404.57 in hand today. The quota for Washington has been fixed at $50.000. Through an error vesterday the con- tribution to the relief fund from Mrs. C. G. Dulin, 1830 Sixteenth street. was | said to be $1. Mrs. Dulin’s contribu- tion, a check mailed to the cashier of The Evening Star, was for $5. 5 The Mount Pleasant Business Men's Association, at the close of its car- nival last night, announced it would contribute $100 to the fund. ‘William Green, president. and Frank Morrison, secretary, of the American Federation of Labor, are mailing to- day to the secretaries of all national and international unions, State federa- tions of labor and city central bodies the following appeal for the sufferers from the recent hurricane: “In communications received from representatives of the Porto Rican Fed- eration of Labor and from representa- tives of organized labor in Florida, ap- peals have been made for assistance for our fellow workers and their families who suffered so severely from the de- structive hurricane. Urges Co-operative Effort. «The Red Cross has asked for $5.- 000,000 and it is our judgment that, under the existing circumstances, great- er good can be accomplished and & greater service can be rendered through co-operation with the Red Cross than by issuing a separate appeal for funds 15 be collected and distributed sepa- rately through the cha;mels of our or-" labor movement. | "%fid urge , that all members of or- ganized labor and their friends respond Quickly and generously to this appeal for assistance for the thousands of peo- ple who have been left desolate “nnd helpless in the storm-stricken areas.” Henry M. Baker, in charge of relief work in Porto Rico, notified officials of the Red Cross today that the task of rehabilitation fl‘x:.tl’m;‘u). Rio‘o)n:l(gl:r lols r than that at any ger:xi;eg the Mississippi flood. ~If the | !vrvpommni itel] onately, would be in need of STORM RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS following subscriptions were re- po?a; t?)day tgmuzh the District Re_d Cross and Victor Deyber, chairman of the hurricane relleé f\lxrr::.‘ Second Na- nk, 1333 st : S:.‘éi’o‘nsaflkank of Washington. .$100.00 National Bank of Washington | (personnel) .. 58.00 Security Savings & he said, 30,000,000 f assistance. Bank National ington .. Carlie E. Mal T. A. Lee. Mr, and Mrs. B. A Washington Chamber of Com- 500 | 10.00 Collections _through Commercial Bank Mount Vernon Savings Bank... Metropolitan Bank: J. C. Weedon & Co... Arthur S. Field...... Cash ‘American Securif Fanny H. Stocking J. Dann Faber. ¥ Security Club of American Security & Trust Co. (ad- ditional) Tom Brown Roger_Shaley. Mrs. B. Sherfy. Cash ...... = . District National Bank, cash .. National Savings & Trust Co Second National Bank Riggs National Bank: L. Martin Simpson, jr. Cash collections ... Commercial National B: Cash Union Trust Co., cash Washington Loan & Tru C. B. Keferstein. . Mrs. George T. Pri Lilly Keim......... Christine Keim. . Emma TenBroeck Re Cash ¥ederal American Bank: W. T. Galliher & Bro,, Inc... Maude B. McPherson........ Cash : Collections Palais Royal . Hecht's .. s ank st Co nek. . | alienist, had affected the United States |y |LIEUT. | serving with the Gendarmerie d'Hal | Comdr. Parham was until recently on | Thompson Brothers. . Campaign Bottle Openers Fought With Thimbles/ By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, _September 20.—The w. C T. U. will oppose bottle openers with thimbles in Illinois. As a symbol of his campaign for the United States Senate. Anton J. Cermak, Democratic nominee. has distributed hundreds of bottle openers bearing on one end the legend: “For Light Wines and Beer.” And on the other: “So Is Anton J. Cermak.” Yesterday, the Women's Temper- ance Union in Cook County decided to distribute to every village and farm in Illinois thimbles carrying the slogan: “Hoover-Home-Happi- ness.” SLAYER'S SANITY REPORT DELAYED District Alienist Says Prelim- inary Tests on Smith Are Not Sufficient. Dr. D. Perey Hickling, District who yesterday made a pre- liminary examination of Franklin E. Smith, confessed slayer of his only daughter, today said that he would not have a report on the man's sanity for at least a week. “There is laboratory work to do in the case,” Dr. Hickling said, “and I do not expect to be able to submit definite conclusions as to the mental condition of Smith for a week or ten days Dr. Hickling took Smith in hand yes- terday afternoon, immediately afgr the request that his mental condition be examined was made by Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Willlam H. Collins, who is handling the prosecution. Collins today said that he expected to have enough information on the case to proceed with presentation of an indictment for murder te the grand | jury, which will meet Tuesday. A coroner’s jury yesterd: Smith held for the grand jury in the Slaying of his daughter after hearing the lengthy confession of the slayer read at the coroner’s inquest. At the end of his confession Smith said: “I loved my daughter as dearly as any father could possibly love a daughter and did it (strangled her) while greatly disturbed mentally and, in my estimation, momentarily irres- ponsible.” DAVISON ASSALLS SMITH'S RECORD Cites Governor’s Efforts at Dry Law Enforcement in New York. | | | By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, September 29.—Gov. Smith's record as a State executive wes assailed at the second day's session of the Republican State convention today by its permanent chairman, Assistant Secretary of War P. Trubee Davison.' He said the road to Washington was one “over which Tammany .hall not pass.” | Discussing what he icrmed several ' ears of Tammany control, Mr. Davison said the governor was attempting to lead the volers astray cn prohibition | "by' drawing a red herring across the | trail.” “The Democraiic party would appeal with an empty gesture for law enfcrce- ment by telling us that if he takes an oath to uphold the Constitution and the law whatever his personal be- liefs may be, he will that they are enforced,” he said. “It is well to remember that he took such an oath four times as Governor of New York, and the whole world knows how little he has been inclined to aid the Fed- eral enforcement in New York. If it is any standard by which to judge what would happen in Washington, national | enforcement would be a travesty. L e COMDR. CALVER NAMED FOR PROMOTION Lieut. Comdr. George Wehnes Calver, | a native Washingtonian, on duty at the | Naval Dispensary, was recommended to | Secretary Wilbur today by the Navy selection board for promotion to the | grade of commander in the Medical| Corps. Comdr. Calver has been on duty | at the Naval Dispensary for about a ar and a half, and is known as an | uiside” doctor, visiting indisposed ser- | vice men at their homes. | An experience that has taken him all over the world is shown in the record of | Comdr. Calver. Born here November | 24, 1887, he attended Eastern High | School and graduated in medicine from | George Washington University in 1912.| He entered the Navy Medical Corps on July 1, 1914. In 1925 he was senior | assistant in surgery at Norfolk Naval | Hospital, and in that' year he- was clected to fellowship in the College of | Surgeons. | With Comdr. Calver the selection board recommended promotion to| commander for Lieut. Comdr. George Carroll Rhoades of the Medical Corps, who is now on duty at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., and Lieut. Comdr. John Calhoun Parham, who i: | duty at the Naval Dispensary here. —_— 5.00 5.00 Mrs. John D. Cremer, sr.. John D. Cremer, sr..... Misses Mary D. and Ca Creery ryl M- Martin * Wiegand. ¢ 10.00 25.00 | 10.00 1000 | 5.00 | 10.00 | Loggia Felice Cavallotf Arthur B. Crane. Frank P. Morse Woodward & Lothrop: Bertha M. Allen..:.. . Cash collections. . : ‘Westminster Presbyterian Church: W. A. H. Church.. Mrs. Cooper. Miss Yerkes. Mr. Groves. . C. W. Church. Miss Bailey . Miss Kiewitt + A ‘Tayler. Evelyn M. Ford Brookland M. E. Adele G. Powell Washington Daily Gayely Theater . 8. T. Fisk....." War Department employes (ad- ditional) . 30815 Fox Theater.. 16.58 Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church e . 250 Pauline Hammett s E. C. Brehaut, Wilard 10.00 | 82.14 0 | 00 | 1.00 1.00 | . 100 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 00 | 00 82.06 5.00 2811 5.00 "Church, S 40 50t Chuie . 500 . 100.00 | 500 5£9; 15.00 | 10.09 | 5.00 | 10.00 0 | Archibald L. Russell Mrs. Lena M. Reed Dr. Paris E. Brengie.. Myra W. Hall. . Charlotte Berger. Wm. C. Worhtington........ 10.00 Col. Jas. S. Pettit Auxiliary, No { SSAITEBIW V. 5.00 The following new contributions were received through the cashier, The Eve- | 'nmg Star | Acknowledged . | Mrs. K. G. Proctor | Miss Marion M. Bond. | Franklin W. Hynson Margaret W. Hynson L. W. Hynson. . ..$6,661.12 10.0¢ 1.00 5.00 10.00 2.00 5.00 5.00 T. Manderschied {Geo. P. Lemm o 2812.12 | the fact that some of the most promis |of the Naval Academy | ment in each grade below flag rank | ed | pav | eight years® | Corpsy, | being commissioned ICARNIVAL QUEEN'S | “so indescreet again for the sake of the INCREASE IN NAVY PAY BASIS URGED Board Suggests Uniform Schedule to Combat Loss of Service Morale. | Upward revision of pay schedules for | Navy and Marine Corps officers to com- | bat “loss in the morale and efficiency” was recommended today to Secretary Wilbur by a pay board headed by Rear Admiral Luke McNamee. The board, which was convened to consider the ef- fect upon the naval service of the joint service pay act of June 10. 1922, laid be- fore the Naval Secretary a number of recommendations and submitted a pro- posed pay schedule. It reported that in | the time available it was unable ac-| curately to determine the costs involved | in the adoption of all of its recom- | mendations. but had estimated the cost | of the proposed enactment introduced | by Representative Hale of New Hamp- | shire at $748.250 annually, The board suggested that officers without dependents, on sea duty or over- | seas expeditionary duty, should receive | the same pay and allowance as are paid to officers of the same rank and service with dependents immediately. Hold Plan Tried Fairly. Declaring that it was forcibly im- pressed by “the patience with which the service has borne the unjust discrimina- tions of this law for six years in order that it might have a fair trial." the board said it was likewise impressed “by | ing of officer material, young graduat of recent years upon whom the Government has spent considerable in their equipment for serv- ice to the Navy, scem unwilling to de- vote their future to the Navy.” “The surprisingly large number of resignations of graduates in the past six years represents a distinct loss to the ‘Government of many milljons of dollars it invested in their preliminary education.” the board asserted. The board delved into an exhaustive history of pay legislation and _living costs and laid before Secretary Wilbur these “general basic principles”: Com- pensation should be based fundamental- ly on responsibility borne and service rendered: a base pay should be estab- lished for each rank, with an incre- | | | after approximately one-half the esti- mated time an officer will serve in the rank, with some exceptions: com- pensation should offer an_incentive to seek promotion, with maximum com- pensation ordinarily not exceeding the minimum pay of the next higher rank; compensation and pay should not con- tinue to be disguised by the introduc- tion of allowances in any form, parti- cularly allowances for dependents: when Government quarters, heated and light- are occupied, their rental value should be returned by suitable deduc- tion of a flat percentage of the officer’s total pay. the details to be set out in regulations promulgated by the Secre- tary of the Navy, and officers on sea or overseas expeditionary duty should re- ceive higher pay than those of corre- sponding rank on shore duty. Pay Schedule Suggested. Recommending that “the depart- ment’s immediate consideration be given to an entirely new schedule of for officers” the board suggested this schedule: Admiral (Navy), $15,000: vice admirals (Navy), $13.500: rear admirals, upper half. chief of bureaus (Navy). $12,000: major general (Marine Corps), $12,000; rear admirals, lower half (Navy), $10,- 000; brigadier generals (Marine Corps), $10.000; captains, staff corps (Navy), eligible for promotion, $9,600; colonels (Marine Corps), equally eligible, with service, $9.600; captains (Navy) and colonels (Marine Corps), after four years, $9.000: on being com- missioned, $8,400; commanders( Navy) and lieutenant colonels (Marine | after four years, $7.800; on | $7,200; lieutenant | commanders (Navy) and majors (Marine | Corps), after four years, $6,600; on be- | ing commissioned. $6,000: lieutenants (Navy) and captains (Marine Corps), after four years. $5,100; on being com- missioned, $4,500; lieutenants, junior grade (Navy) and first lieutenants (Marine Corps), $3,600; ensigns (Navy) and second lieutenants (Marine Corps), $2.400. The board recommends the following pay schedule for warrant and commis- sioned warrant officers of the Navy and Marine Corps: ‘Warrant officers, $3,000; after 5 years, $3.250. Chief warrant officers, from date of commission, $3,500; after 4 years, $3,900: after 8 years, $4,300; after 12 years, $4.700; after 16 years, $5,100. Serving with Admiral McNamee on the board were: Brig. Gen. George Richards. the paymaster, U. S. Marine Corps; Capt. John R. Hornberger, U. S. N.: Capt. Edward R. Wilson, U. 8. N.; Capt. Joseph V. Ogan, U.S.N., | and Lieut. Comdr. Simon P. Fullin- wider, jr, U. S. N. MOTHER IS FINED Mrs. Jessie Sebastian Pays $75 for Tllegal Possession of Liquor. Mrs. Jessie Sebastian, mother of Miss Cathryn Sebastlan, who was chosen “Miss Columbia Heights” in the com- munity carnival in the uptown section Thursday night, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of liquor and was fined $75 by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today. In passing sentence, Judge Mattingly cautioned Mrs. Sebastian never to be reputation of your beautiful daughter.” and the woman promised to follow his advice, Mrs. Sebastian was arrested by Sergt. Letterman’s squad. She was charged also with illegal sale, but this count was nolle prossed by Assistant United States Attorney R. F. Camalier. She gave her address as 1344 Columbia road. DAYLIGHT TIME ENDS. Clocks Set Back Onme Hour at 2 A.M. Tomorrow. : NEW YORK. September 20 (#).- Daylight-saving time, which has been in effect in this and many other Easteri cities during Spring and Summer, will officially end at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning. Clocks at that hour will be set back one hour to conform to stand- ard time. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band at bandstand, 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. March, “Lakesonian” . Overture, *William Tell Morceau, “Humoresque’ “The Glow Worm" Selection from the opera. “La Traviata” ...... Fox trot, “I Still Love You Waltz, “Vienna Beauties” .Ziehrer Finale, “I'd Rather Cry Over You Than Smile at Somebody Else” Doughtery “The Star Spangled Banner.” This will conclude the out-door con- certs for the season. Beginning Octo- ber 15, the Winter season concerts will begin—at the hospital every Monday. Wednesday and Friday morning at 9 o'clock, and the evening coneeits vill be given at Stanley H~' on cach T “ y and Saturday evening at " SHOE CLERK BOUND BY ROBBER 'WHO TAKES $6.90 FROM DRAWER Affable Thief Gets Tired Waiting for Manager to Return. | Gives Lots of Advice, Then Strolls Away With Small Loot. An affable young man strolled into the Dixie Shoe Store, at 943 Pennsyl- vania avenue. this morning, stuck a revofver into the ribs of the 18-year- | old clerk, emptied the cash register, tied up his victim with wire and a shoe- | string, all the while advising him never to fall into the ways of the wicked and above all never to turn held-up man; | waited almost 15 minutes for the man- ager of the store to return and open the safe for him, and then, apparently disgusted at the manager's tardiness, strolled out and disappeared. Behind him he left Milton Jones, 1410 M street, perched on a high stol securely tied. The cash drawer had conlained only $6.90 and he left it emptly. A few minutes_after his exit, the manager, Nelson Oertel, returned from breakfast and discovered vourg Jones still tied and becoming extremely wor- ried. He immediately telephoned to po- | lice headquarters and Detective John Le Foe of the first precinct. to whom | the call was transmitted, found Jones | still trussed up. Oertel explained that he had been | manager of the store but a week and | | sometimes ratber particular about such | things he thought he had better let them see the boy with the bonds still | about his ankles and wrists. ! In recounting the event to Le Foe and Headquarters Detectives Harry Cole and Clarence Talley, Jones said he and Oertel opencd the store about 7:40 | o'clock this morning and a few minutes later Oertel went out for breakfast. About, five minutes before 3 o'clock | of yesterday's receipts. MILTON JONI _ —Star Staff Photo. well dressed young man came in and as Jones approached him to inquire what he wanted ,the bov ¢aid he pulled a re- | volver from his coat pocket and jabbed | it into his ribs and ordered “Stick ‘em up!” Forced to Open Register. Jones “stuck ‘em up” without argu- ment and the robber backed him into the front of the store where the safe and cash register are kept. He made the young man sit on a high stool and give him a shoestring with which to tie his feet. He wound several strands of wire around his ankles in addition. | Jones was then forced to open the cash vegister and the robber rifled it. ; Disappointed at the amount of his {added that as headquarters men were | haul, he attempted to open the safe, | but gave it up as a bad job after giv- ing the dial several spins. Oertel said afterward that the safe contained all The holdep man demanded that Jones tell him the combination, but upon being told that the boy did not know it, accepted the fact with good grace and announced his intention of waiting for Oertel and forcing him to open the safe. CHILDREN'S NIGHT HELD AT CARNIAL 500 Columbia Heights! Youngsters Parade in Gala Costumes. Last night wa'. Children's night in Co- | lumbia Heights, and the 500 or more youngsters who appeared on the scene in a great variety of costumes cap- tured and held the spotlight of the Business Men's Carnival throughout the evening. The little girls, for the most part, fa- vored brightly colored gowns with trains, while the boys leaned toward the comic side and turned up for the parade in cannibalistic and clown make-ups. Although many of the children in the parade last night were accompanied by their mothers or fathers, it was strictly a juvenile affair and the grown- ups were soon shunted into the back- ground. The parade, strongly reminiscent of circus days, formed at Fourteenth street and Park road, shortly after 8 o'clock. Headed by a police escort and flag bearer the parade moved south on Fourteenth street. Second in line came the Boys' Inde- pendent Band and a troop of Boy Scouts, followed by Miss Columbia Heights and her court, riding on a beau- tifully decorated float. Next came the children in their costumes, the floats, decorated automobiles and, bringing up the rear, the Firemen's Clown Band from No. 6 Truck Company. ‘When the parade was over, the queen, Miss Cathryn Sebastian, and her ladies in waiting, the prize winners and officers of the association took their places on the reviewing stand. Miss Dorothy Brandt, queen of the 1926 car- nival, and Miss Louise Sobotka, who led the first carnival in 1925 also were on the platform. After a few announcements, one of which expressed the regret of the asso- ciation that the float from the Arcade Market had been left out of the list of participants in Thursday night's parade through an oversight, Harry S. Ball of | No. 9 Truck Company gave out the list of prize winners. ‘The prize winners, as announced, follow: Most original comic costume- First, Mrs. F, A. Wright; second, Jack Biscarre; third, Jack Croft. Best dec- orated float——First, Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association; second, Mount Pleasant Nut Shop; third, No. 11 En- gine Company. Best decorated auto- mobile—First, Ambassador Laundry; second, Lillian Beauty Shop; third, Peck Rent-a-Car Co. Best electrically decorated float—Swann's Dry Goods Store. The prize winners selected last night were: Best comic costume—First, Philip Fishbien: second, Morton Ross- man; third, Harold James Cahall. Most original costume—First, Virginia May Furman; second, Peggy Pons: third, Margaret Fough. Most artistic costume First, Devereaux Palmer; second, Bai bara Wellburn; third, Shirley Thoma. ] Slayer of Four Sentenced to Hang. EDMONTON, Alberta, September 29 (#)—Vernon Booher was found guilty yesterday of the murder of his mother, his brother and two hired men on his father’s farm, near Mannville, on July 9. He was sentenced by Chief Justice Simmons to hang on December 15 at! Fort, Saskatchewan Jjail. PRESIDENT NANES EMERGENCY BOARD Will Investigate Wage Dis-I pute on Western Railroads. President Coolidge today appointed an emergency board to investigate the dispute between certain Western rail- roads and the Order of Railroad Con- ductors and the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen. The appointment was announced simultaneously with a proclamation issued by the President in which he called attention to the fact that the roads in question and the employees have been unable to adjust their dif- ferences regarding a wage increase. The President stated also that he was prompted to this action because of the fear that interstate commerce within the section of the country affected was threatened Those appointed to the board were James R. Garfield of Ohio, former Sec- retary of the Interior; Walter P. Stacy, chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; Prof. Davis R. Dewey of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Chester H. Rowell, prominent lawyer of Berkeley, Calif.. and George T. Baker of Davenport, lowa. The members of the emergency board will draw $100 a day and ex- penses while operating. Their ap- pointment is the final resort under the raflroad labor act, coming after the failure of arbitration and mediation. 500 CARS SOUGHT FOR DELEGATES’ USE Episcopal Secretary Issues Call for Autos to Carry Conven- tion Visitors. An urgent appeal for 500 automobiles to be used to transport the delegates to the general convention of the Episcopal Church, which will be held October 10 to 27 in Washington, today was laid before the clergy of the diocese of Washington by H. T. Nelson, general secretary, who is arranging for the gathering. The people of Washington a.e asked to respond to this appeal, Mr Nelson said, as the appeal thus far has not met with the proper co-operation and “unless the people of Washington respond to this request it will put us in a very embarrassing positio The clergy have been asked in this appeal to lay this matter before their congre- gations, tomorrow Any person willing to give the use of his car is asked to get into com- munication immediately with M. O. Chance, 1319 G street, whose telephone is Franklin 4840, so that Mr. Chance, who is chairman of the transportation- motor corps committee, may make proper arrangements, “It is imperative that we have at least 350 or 400 cars—in fact de should have 500" Mr. Nelson wrote to the clergy. The general secretdry pointed out that Mr. Chance would like to have “some one active man in your church to assist him in his work at the Union Station.” TO ITS HU One hundred times the humble little silk worm has saved the lives of Ameri- can airmen, the War Department an- nounced today, as the doors of the Caterpillar Club, the world’s most ex- clusive organization, swung open to re- ceive into membership Lieut. Roger V. Willlams of Spokane, Wash. ‘The Caterpillar Club is composed of aviators who have saved their lives by forced jumps from hopelessly disabled airplanes in flight. There is no clam- oring for membership as a man, to gain admission, s required practically to lose his life and then re- gain it by resorting to the product of the silk rm--his silken parachute. 'CATERPILLAR CLUB OPENS DOORS NDREDTH MEMBER When Lieut. William leaped to safety Tuesday at San Diego, Calif., after his plane had collided with one piloted by Lieut. W. L. Cornelius, it was the 100th time a pilot successfully stormed the doors of the club. Lieut. Cornelius was killed in the crash when his parachute tangled in the wreckage of his plane. He was the second of the Army's “Three Musketeers™ killed this month, the first of the group of daring combat pilots, Lieut. J. J. Williams. crashing to his death before thousands of specfators at the aviation carnival at Mines Field, Los Angeles, earlier in the month. Are You Interested in How to Cast Your Vote? If you vote by mail and are perplexed, write to The Star and your questions will be answered in a column to be devoted to these data up until election day. Today’s Column Appears on Page 4 e e MRS. MPHERSON'S EXCLUSION URGED | | | British Home Office Asked to Bar Evangelist as Unde- ! sirable Alien. i LONDON. Septernber 29.—Representa- tions that Mrs. Aimee Semple Me- Pherson, Los Angeles evangelist, should | be barred from entering Great Britain | ! have been made to the home office, it | | was stated there today. | In authoritative quarters, however, it understood that the home office | would not deny Mrs. McPherson admis- sion. It was stated that an immigra- | | tion officer at any port has the pnw»ri to prevent an alien landing. Should he | have any doubt regarding any par- consult the home office. The Daily Mail this morning editorial- ly expressed the hope that the home secretary would look very carefully into the question of Mrs. McPherson's pro- posed visit. saying This California_‘woman evangelist.’ as she calls herself, is coming here to conduct a mission. Those who are in- terested in_serious evangelical work on this side of the Atlantic are convinced her presence can do nothing but harm. Representations have already been made to the home office urging her exclusion as an undesirable- alien. The home minister will do well to investigate Mrs. McPherson's conduct in the past.” COOLIBGE EXTENDS Sends White House Physician to Two Hurt in Accident With Son. President Coolidge has sent a mesage of sympathy to Wilfred Veno of New injuries they sustained yesterday in an automobile collision in that city with a car driven by his son John. Pt | 10 see if he could aid in the care of the injured persons. At the Whitc House it 'was understood the President desired to have Dr. Coupal inform himself thoroughly of their condition and assist the local physicians. POLICE ARE NON-COMMITTAL. Officials Veil Coolidge Auto Accident With Mysterious Air. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 29 (#)—With police and county officials non-committal, the status of John Coolidge, who Thursday drove Gdv. John H. Trumbull's sedan into a sec- ond machine, sending two persons to a_hospital, remained uncertain last night. As a result of the crash Wilfred Veno, professional hockey player, and Mrs. Mary Veno, his mother. were injured. Mrs. Veno suffered bruises and was badly shaken up, while Veno received scalp_injuries and is in a serious but not dangerous condition. Today, Deputy Coroner James J. Cor- rigan refused to state whether he would or already has taken action in the case, but it is known that Policeman Henry Miller, who investigated the crash, was called to the coroner’s office yesterday afternoon and that Joseph —Candee, photographer for the State attorney’s office, was ordered to take pictures of the machines involved in the collision. Corrigan also said that he did not know whether Young Coolidge was driv- ing the governor's car at the time of the accident. The accident report, filed in the fifth police precinct by Policeman Miller, describes John as the driver of “vehicle number two” and the explana- tion of the accident is that “vehicle number two struck vehicle number one” at a street intersection. At the general offices of the New Haven road it was said that young Coolidge was out of town all day yes- terday on railroad business after he had reported for work directly after | the crash, but he is known to have | visited the hospital RASKOB SAYS SMITH MAY VISIT BALTIMORE Chairman Says Nominee Also Prob- | ably Will Speak in Tennessee and Kentucky. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September —Dis- cussing plans for Gov. Smith's second speaking tour, John J. Raskob, Demo- cratic natioral chairman, said last night that he believed the presidential candidate will speak in Tennessee and Kentucky, and also that he would visit Baltimore. The chairman said there were no plans for the governor to go into the “solid South” and added he aid not believe such a trip was necessary. Raskob said he felt confident the Democrats will carry Wisconsin, Minne- sota, North and South Dakota and Montana, and that “our chances in Colorado are very excellent.” Asked about Nebraska, the Democratic chair- | man said: “That looks better than it did at the time I put it in the group that I thought we would carry.” As to the outlook in New York State and Republican claims that they would carry it. the chairman said: “They are | only pretending that.” UCHIDA AT WHITE HOUSE. Japanese Guest President at Luncheon. Viscount Uchida, member of the Council of Elders of Japan. and one of the signers of the Keilogg anti-war treaty, was the guest of honor at a luncheon at the White House today. President_Coolidge informally received the prominent Japanese statesman in his office vesterday and at that time invited him to lunch with him today. Only a small company has been asked to_join them, among those invited be- ing Secretary of State Kellogg. Statesman of Milking, Angered When Switched in Face. WEST CHESTER. Pa, September 29 (#).—Because he cut off several pieces of a cow’s tail, Charles Merrill, a farm- hand, was in the Chester County Jail today awaiting a hearing on a charg: of cruelty to animals. While milking the cow yesterday Mev- rill became angered when it struck him in the face with its tail. In retaliation it is alloged, he cut the tail with hi penknife, Man, ticular person's desirability he would | " CRASH SYMPATHY Haven, Conn., and his mother for the ' | Col. James F. Coupal. White House cian, left yesterday for New Haven | NOISY VOTERS PICK MRS. CHARLES ALGER. 16 WOMAN LEADERS AID G. 0. P. IN DRIVE, Miss Mary Stewart of Headquar- ters Announces List of State Workers. | By the Associated Press. Sixteen State leaders have been ap- |pointed to carry on the Republican | drive for the votes of business and pro- | fessional women under Miss Mary | Stewart of the Republican national committee headquarters staff. The 16 women, whose appointment was announced yesterday. are: Miss Mar- garet Stewart, Phoenix, Ariz.; Miss Caroline_Guener, Des Moines, Towa: Mrs. E. F. Schofield. assistant attorney general, Boston: Miss Helen Summy, St. Joseph, Mo.: Miss Hazel Davis, Great_Falls. Mont.: Dr. Jane E. Ringer, | Lincoln, Nebr.; Miss Minnie Flanigan. Reno, Nev.; Miss Amanda Strayer, | Steubenville, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Rheil, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Helen M. Schluraff, Erie," Pa Mary C. Smith, Providence, R. I; Miss Marjorie Will, San_Antonio; Mrs. E. W. Roanoke, Va.: Mrs. Bessie Lewis, treasurer, Wenatchee, Wash.; Mrs. A. Courtney, Fairmont. W. Va., and Mrs, Charles Alger, District of Columbia. 'WORK AND HOOVER JOIN IN REPUDIATING ‘ROMANISM’ LETTER | | ___(Continued from First Page) man for your precinct. I feel sure you are anxious to do evervthing in your power to elect the splendid ticket. | ‘Hoover and Curtis.” which our perty {50 fortunate as.to have in the fiel | “Mr. Hoover himself and the na-! tional committee are depending on the | women to save our country in this hour of very vital moral religious crisis. We | must save the United States frcm being Romanized and run ridden, and the | call is to the women to do so. | “Will you not please try to get a list | of every Republicaa woman and (\'ery! Hoover Democratic woman who votes | at_your precinct? The men will help | you, and if necessary I think you would | be willing to make a house to honuse | canvass, distributing literature, and finding out how the women feel in this election—would you not? | at the assembly |CARNES WILL NOT . | been set at $50.000, but it was indicat MAYOR OF LONDON Sir Harold Moore, Hushand of D. C. Woman, Retires From Field. By the Associated Press LONDON, September 29.-—An Amer- ican-born woman, the former Mary Mitchell Culberson of Washington, wife of Sir Harold de Courcey Moore, for the second time missed presiding over the Mansion House when Sir Kymaston Studd was elected lord mayor of Lon- don today The election was marked by what were described a® extraordinary scenes of liverymen of the ancient guilds of the city of London, at the Guildhall. Sir Harold was the leading candidate last year, but withdrew shortly before the election, giving as his reason busi- ness exigencies. He was the senior can- didate this year. When Common Sergt. Sir Henry Dickens, son of the famous novelist, called Sir Harold's name, it was greeted with cries of: “Never! Never!" The name of Sir Kynaston was greet- ed with cries of “All' All'” while the name of Sir Stephen Killick, the third candidate, was greeted with cries of “Next year, next year!" The election of the lord mayor is usually a formal proceeding and today's unconventional action in passing up Sir Harold is the first election of its kind in 40 years. It is said that this was due to Sir Harold's unusual step a fortnight ago of saying that he would stand aside “as a good sportsman” in favor of Sir Kynaston. who is his senior in age by 20 years, but his junior as a London of- ficial. The dignified city aldermen later is- sued & statement saying that Sir Har- old had made his announcement with- out their approval and that, if he wish- | ed to withdraw his nomination he must resign his position as alderman. FIGHT EXTRADITION FROM WINNIPEG (Continued from First Page.) that the State will increase this amoun to $100,000. News of the arrest.of Carnes by Win- nipeg police was received with enthu- siasm in church gircles here, particular- y by officials of the Home Mission Board. Dr. Luther Rice Christie, presi- dent of the mission board, and W. W. Gaines, attorney for the board, expressed warm_appreciation of the work of the Canadian officers. Probability that Carnes will be in- dicted on several additional counts was expressed by Mr. Walker, who pointed to the fact that under the Georgia law embezzlement is punishable by relative- ly short sentences. Mr. Walker sai was the hope of the prosecution of suring a long stay in the penitentiary” for the former treasurer. Following the disappearance of Carnes and the subsequent discovery of the de- pleted financial condition of the mis- sion board. investigation here revealed that Carnes had served two prison terms, one in Clinton, Mo., and another in the Federal penitentiary here. both on charges of using the mails to de- fraud. Carnes was divorced by his wife in 1914 at Cartersville, Ga., on grounds of yiolence. The Carnes were remarried, however. in Atlanta in 1918, and it was about this time he entered the service “We are sending you some cards, and will send more literature, if you wish it. | “Will appreciate a reply, giving us| an idea as to how your precinct stands | —also a list of Hoover women at your precinct to whom we might send lit- | erature. “Cordial ly yours. “WILLIE W. CALDWELL.” “Run” Believed Misspelled. Mrs. Lyons assumed that “run ridden" was a misspelling of “rum ridden.” Mrs. Lyons, wife of a Government employe, told The Star today that she was not affiliated with any political party and w2s “neither Catholic nor Protestant, but a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem,” a Swedenbor- gian congregation. She said she “did not vote for Coolidge” in the last elec- tion, and voted for La Follette in the election before that. She said she was an “independent voter.” “How in the world any one got the idea that I was a Republican is a | mystery to me,” she said. “I have taken | part in none of their meetings, nor in any other political movements out here. I suppose somebody just happened to | mention my name as a good person to | work among the women of my neigh- | borhood, without first consutling me | about it. Position on Voting. “How am I going to vote in Novem- | ber? Well. if the Republicans cannot give me any better reason for voting | for Mr. Hoover than religion, I will vote for Gov. Smith.” Mrs. Lyons, a middle-aged woman of cultivated manner and language, said that the first she knew of her election as vice chairman of her precinct was | en she read it in a newspaper, fol- | lowing a meeting of Republicans on | Columbia Pike. “When my husband called my atten- tion to the use of my name in the paper, I immediately called up Mr. J. E. Spaulding, chairman of the meet- ing. and asked him if the report were true. He said it was. I then asked him why they would do such a thing without my permission. explaining that 1 was not a Republican and would not serve and didn't like the use of my name in the papers in connection with the campaign. Mr. Spaulding said he did not know how my name came to be presented for vice chairman of my precinct, but presumed it had been submitted by Mr. J. H. Bittenbender of my community. My husband went to see Mr. Bittenbender, but he said he knew nothing about the matter. Mr. Spaulding promised to take my name off the list of precinct officials. “The next day, however, I received a notice of a Republican meeting to be held in the county. but I ignored it. be- cause I’ supposed the notice had been sent before my name had been removed from the roster. Angry at Letter. “I thought ho more about it until received the letter from Mrs. Caldwell Wednesday. I was so angry that, with- out stopping to read it carefully, and not noticing at the time the reference to ‘Romanism.’ 1 sat right down and wrote Mrs, Caldwell that I thought it very undemocratic for the Republican party to insist on keeping me on their mailing list after I had told them I would not serve, and was not a Repub- lican. The letter I wrote her was not insulting, as she says, but it was em- phatic. “Later in the day I picked up the letter again and was amazed to find the clause about religion that I had overlooked. I didn't know just what step to take at first, but finally decided it was my duty to let the world know what sort of a campaizn was being waged here. I wrote letters to two Virginia papers. quoting the part from Mrs. Caldwell’s letter about’ Roman- ism and ‘vital moral religious crisis’. That is how the matter got into the papers. 1 am glad it has been made public, but I had no idea it would get so much first-page prominence. 1 just wanted my protest to be known. “I felt that if Mrs. Caldwell was re- sponsible for injecting this religious jesue into thag campaien in Virginia, (‘c i | | | | | | | dent of the Southern Mission Board as a clerk. Carnes was elevated from clerk to treasurer of the board soon afterwards and was given a salary of $4,500. He became a member of the Baptist Church here, took an active part in the reli- gious and social life of the city and built a $50,000 home in the exclusive Druid Hills section. Carnes left Atlanta last month, a) parently on a business trip to Raleigh. N. C., and Boston. When he failed to return church leaders became appre- hensive that he had been a victim of foul play. Later, however, the investi- gation centered on Carnes’ accounts. and aiter the mission board’s books had been audited, it was revealed that a shortage of about $1,00,000 existed. it ought to be known, and if the heads of the party didn't approve of it, they would be glad to know what is going on in our State. You know we have a strong religious fight around here anyway. and this sort of thing only serves to stir it up.” Statement by Mrs. Lyons. In a letter to the Alexandria Gazette Mrs. Lyons told of her appointment as vice chairman of the precinct. of her refusal to accept the office and of the promise made to cancel the appoint- ment. “Evidently this implied promise has not been kept.” she wrote. “for today I received a letter on the stationery of the Republican committee, signed Willie W. Caldwell of the Virginia Republican State committee at Roanoke, Va., stat. ing that I had been named vice chair- man for my precinct and asking me to do everything in my power to elect the splendid_ticket. ‘Hoover-Curtis." This letter further states that Mr. Hoover himself and the national com- mittee are depending on the women to save our country in this hour of very vital moral. religious crisis. We must save the United States from being Romanized and rum-ridden. and the call is to the women to do so. Considered Outrage. “I consider it an outrage for the Republican party to use my name first without my knowledge or consent. then even against my protest to further the Republican ticket in this State simply because they feel my name may help ! them pile up votes. inasmuch as mv name may be “familiar to quite a few { women in my country and_espectally in my voting precinct. Such methods are so dispisable that were I a Repub- lican, this rotten procedure would make me vote against the Republican ticket. I want it distinctly understood that I must be given far better reasons for voting against Gov. Smith fdr Presi- than that we “Must save the United States from being Romanized.” r because we women must save our ountry in this hour of very vital reli- gious crisis.” Unless I am given better reasons, I certainly will vote for Al Smith in the November election. Not because of any religious issue but be- cause of his record for com: ‘ructive demacracy. Against Religious Issue. If the letter sent me by the Republi- can committee and evidently sponsored by the Republican national committee (for it was written on their official stationery) does not make a religious issue of this election, I wonder ju: what it is doing. I am not a Roman Catholic, but I shall never vote for or against any candidate because of his religious affiliations. “I would not have written this letter had the Arlington County Republican committee removed my name from their lists when I informed them of their error, which at that time I thought an innocent one. “CLARA R. LYONS. ““209 Warren avenue, Aurora Hills, “Alexandria, Va." “P. S.—'Run Ridden’ is as it is writ- ten in the letter.” Mrs. Lyons' letter was dated Septem- bor 24,