Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast ) Cloudy and colder today: tomorrow partly cloudy, moderate n orth winds. ‘Temperature—Highest, 88, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 58, at 5:45 a.m. yes- terday. Full report on Page 4. No. 1,230—No. 30,847. SMITH QUTLINES NINE-POINT PLAN T0 MEET SITUATION Accuses Jardine of “Willful | Misrepresentation™ of Part of His Acceptance Speech Dealing With Levies. DENIES HE FAVORED UNDERWOOD MEASURE Throng Packs Louisville Armory, Many Sitting Among Rafters, as| Governor Talks—Cheers Greet Statement That Coal Industry Is Stagnant, By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 13.—Gov. Smith in his one and only campaign eddress in Kentucky tonight ripped into Secretary Jardine and accused the Scc- retary of Agriculture with having made a “deliberate, cold-blooded and wiiful wisrepresentation” of what he had said on the tariff in his acceptance speech. While the applause to this utterance still was ringing through the packed Jefferson County Armory, the Demo- cratic candidate outlined rine points, which he described as his “prescrip- tion” on this issue and one which would, to his mind, meet the situation. Reads Nine Points. CATHEDRAL BFTS TOTAL 20000 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Winning Orator RENE PONTHIEU, French contestant. —Star Staff Photo. INLAST 16 MONTHS Plans Announced to Invite Donations of Stones.to Complete Edifice. Gifts exceeding $2.300,000 for the building of the Washington Cathedral have been received during the past 16 months while Gen. John J. Pershing has been chairman of the national com- With deliberation the nominee read | Mmittee, it was announced last night at each of the nine points from a pre-|a dinner to the committee at the Hotel pared manuscript and declared he would relieve the Republican party and its managers from the ‘“‘necessity of spreading false propaganda” about Carlton. At this dinner plans were announced for inviting citizens of every State to the Democratic attitude on the ques-| place stones in the fabric of the cathe- tion by saying that neither the Under- wood nor any other tariff bill would be taken as a pattern for carrying out the principies set forth in the ‘preserip- | 3. tion “With his prescription, honestly put | forth,” he almost shouted, “with a dral. The gifts have come from more than .500 persons representing every State and have ranged from gold wedding rings to $500,000 for the construction of clear-cut and_definite promise to make |an impressive chapel. It was also stated it effective. I assert with confidence | that a pledge had been received for a that neither labor. nor industry, nor | gift of $50,000 annually to be used for agriculture, nor business, has anything i yne majn tp fear from Democratic success at the polls in November.” tenance of the. College nof Preachers, which is one of the asso- ‘The audience filled every seat in the | ciated institutions of the cathedral. armory, estimated to Have & seating capaeity of 13,000 and packed the aisles and the galleries. Boys and men climbed up on the big steel rafters and every inch was filled. Audience Is Enthusiastic. National Campaign Planned. In offering the American people a means of expressing a “living faith” in Christianity by providing stones for the structure of the cathedral, the cam- It was an enthusiastic gathering. The | Paign leaders plan for active working Democratic nominee was cheered and cheered and was six minutes late in getting started on his speech, which was carried out over the Nation by a 36-station radio hook-up. After the speech hundreds of spec- tators rushed over the press tables, dis- connecting wires and causing utmost confusion in a general stampede to reach the platform and shake the | nominee’s hand. The governor was escorted through the crowd on the rostum to the street with the mob on his heels. Three official stenographers were | unable, because of the jam in the press section and the aisles, to work their usual relay to transcribe their notes of the speech. The nominee kept fairly close to his prepared text until near the end when he skipped many quotations, apparently to_get under the radio deadline. The Armory was filled to overflowing by 6 o'clock, an hour ahead of the time for the governor to go on the air. An- other crowd had gathered on the out- side to hear through amplifiers what was going on. Rooster Thrown on Rostrum. The governor reached the hall at fhree minutes to 7. By this time there was hardly room on the platform | for the nominee and his family. Several people had to abandon plat- | form seats to make room for Mrs, | Smith and her two daughters. H The governor walked to the front of the platform and waved his brown derby and the crowd yelled and yelled. While the governor was waving the | derby somebody tossed a live rooster | on the platform. The nominee grabbed | it and for a few moments held it in | his arm while the audience roared and roared. The tooster then was handed back to somebody in the crowd. With difficulty, J. C. W. Beckham, a former Governor of Kentucky and also a former United States Senator, intro- duced the governor, but it is doubtful if any one heard him, as the yelling still was going on. Among those who accompanied him to the platform was Senator Alben W. Barkley, one of the dry members of Congress, who is stumping Kentucky in behalf of the Democratic ticket. Declaring the Republicans had sought to saddle all business ills on Democratic shoulders, the governor said panics had occurred as frequently in Republican as in Democratic administrations. “The long history of the Republican party discloses.” he said, “that its tariff argument is used to cover a multitude of sins.” A declaration by the nominee that the coal industry was “stagnant” was ap- plauded. as was a statement that he was | (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) | SMITH IS INDORSED BY STEUBEN SOCIETY| Executive Committee Announces | Members Will Be Asked to Vote for Governor, Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—The exec- utive committee of the National Coun- cil of the Steuben Sociey of America, a German-American organization, through its acting chairman, Theodore H. Hoff- mann. announced today it has indorsed Gov. Smith for President and will rec- ommend that members of the society vote for him. The committee was instructed at a national convention of the Steuben 80~ organizations in every State. The size of the State organizations will be de- termined on a basis of population so that the effort may be truly national in scope. Participation in the undertaking, it was explained, involves the provision of one or more. of the 146,000 individual stones to be used in the construction of | the edifice. Each stone is expected to be | a symbol of a citizen's belief “in the deep-rooted ideals of the Christian re- ligion in America” and of his desire “to stimulate those ideals for the greater good of a whole people by con- tributing toward the erection’ of a house of prayer in the Nation’s Capital.” Although Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington, in whom responsibility for the building of the cathedral is centered, and other promi- nent clergymen will take an active | part, the effort is under the leadership of laymen. Associated with Gen. Pershing in directing the formation of the State organizations will be the hosts at last night's dinner. Some Leaders In Work. This group includes former United States Senator George Wharton Pepper, chairman of the cathedral’s executive committee and the following committee members: Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington: Assistant Secre- tary of State Castle, Assistant Secre- tary of War Davidson. Edwin N. Lewis, Arthur B. Lisle of Providence, Ralph Lowell of Boston, George B. McClellan, William G. Mather of Cleveland, Under Secretary of the Treasury Mills, New- bold Noyes, William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati, Bishop Philip M. Rhine- lander, Henry B.| Rust of Pittsburgh, Herbert L. Satterlee of New York, Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, Corcoran Thom, Arthur W. Thompson of Phila- delphia and Charles Beecher Warren of Detroit. Speaking of the new plan, Pershing spoke as follows: “The real strength of our Nation rests on the religious sentiment of ‘its people. In this twentieth century there can be no more important or far-reach- ing movement than that which is in- augurated here this evening for the stimulation of a united manifestation of that faith through popular participa- tion in the completion of the great cathedral overlooking Washington. It is here in the Capital that we have a strategic point at which to make an enduring demonstration of our com- mon Christianity.” The men and women in attendance at the dinner subscribed to the fol- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Gen, | championship of he Swnday Star. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1928 — 128 PAGES. FRENCH BOY WING WORLD CHAMPION ORATORICAL PRIZE Rene Ponthieu, Paris Stu- dent, Given International Contest Trophy. ARGENTINA IS SECOND AND CANADA THIRD America Is Placed Fourth—Deci- sion of Judges Reached on Second Ballot. The high school speech-making the world went to France last night when Rene Ponthien, 18-year-old Parisian student. won the decision on the second ballot in the finals of the third International Ora- torical Contest, held in the Washington Auditorium. Speaking on “French Thought and the Idea of Liberty.” Ponthieu presented his victorious oratorical bid to defeat the entries from seven other nations. Jose de Tomaso of Argentina was judged second best, and William Fox, jr., of Canada, won third place. James R. Moore, the Somerset, Kyv. vouth, the American champion. was given fourth place by the judges’ de- cision. ‘The remaining four contestants who went down to defeat before the little Frenchman were Julio Cesar Fernardez of Cuba, Heinz Barth of Germany, Dud- ley Raymond Barker of England and Efrain Brito Rosado of Mexico. ; By virtue of his triumph Ponthieu was presented with a striking silver trophy, donated by the Canadian spon- sors of the movement. Main Johnson. editor of the Toronto Star, made the presentation. The decision was an- nounced from the stage by Dr. Alejan- dro Herosa, Buenos Aires educator. who accompanied the Argentine contestant to Washington. Presented individually at the open- ing of the contest by Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest, the eight boys rose in acknowledgment of the pronunciation of their names and bowed to the audience. When they were summoned to speak in their ac- tual contest participation, however, each went into oratorical battle with his country’s national anthem ringing in his ears, following its rendition by the United States Marine Band Orchestra 2nd a special chorus of 300 voices. The contest meeting was opened a moment or two after 8 o'clock when the heavy curtains were drawn to reveal a setting of quiet with a background of black velvet against which the seals of the eight nations stood in color reLef. The contestants were ranged in seats in two groups of four at the sides of the platform while in the center sat Ambassador Manuel C. Tellez of Mexico, ' Mr. Johnson and Leigh. The base of -the backgrous was framed in a bank of ferns ouf of which seemed to be run the halyards for the eight flags of the represented nations. 3 Ponthieu Sixth Speaker. Ponthieu, the sixth speaker on the program, heard the orchestra and chorus strike up La Marseillaise. He faced his country’s flag as it was hauled to the peak of its halyard by an honor- guard of United States Marines. He sang his countrys’ anthem, turned and | strode to the microphones to face his| audience. The versatile French language was used by Ponthieu with a feeling that reflected itself in facial expression and body gesture which only sincerity— not schooled oratory alone—could produce. Ponthieu talked of his French poets, his French writers of prose, who, in the fervor of their artistic accomplish- ments, wrote much of liberty and free- dom. He talked with facility and the impression his audience received was that of a boy begging his listeners in the only language he knows fluently, to love and respect his France and his French literati as he loved them. When he finished his speech the audience gave its approval of the performance he had given, although few of them under- stood a word of it. Before -any of the contestants were called upon Ambassador Tellez of Mex- ico delivered the opening address. He reviewed the march of civilization from creation, when speech was God's first gift to man, through art, romance and beauty to a sphere of international un- derstanding, which he said is the most sought goal of all civilization. Mexican Speaks First. ‘The first contestant to deliver his | speech was Brito Rosado, the Mexican | youth who sought to retain for his country the championship won last year by Arturo Garcia Fermenti. Rosado is small of stature and at times he sought to give emphasis to his ex- pression by rising on his toes while he carried on his almost continuous gestures. Young de Tamaso was the second orator to take the stage. He was an intense speaker as he talked in “The Confraternity of the Americas.” His Spanish was spoken more slowly and it seemed to the audience that his tones were less deep and rich than those of little Rosado. Barker, the third contestant, walked | confidently to the battery of micro- phones to pose—one hand in pocket— as he launched quietly into his speech | on “The English Governmental System.” According to Barker, party government in England is doomed by virtue of the existence of three parties, necessitating (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) | By the Associated Press, ERIE, Pa., October 13 —The com- mittee on church music of the United Lutheran Church in America ridicules the plan of trying to teach children to worship God by singing hymns and tunes “in jig. rag time and jazz” in Sunday schools. In its report, submit- ted to the sixth hiennial convention here today, such practice was described as “sentimental slush™ and “doggerel.” The report was signed by Dr. J. F. Ohl of Philadelphia as chairman, and he said that a recent survey of “our largest synod discloses the fact that in elety at Chicago early in September to m‘er information on the various can- tes. a considerable number of Sunday schools books of ‘cheap’ hymn and tune variety are still in usr'vufl what is Lutileran Music Group Ridicules Teaching Children Rag time Hymns | frue in this synod the committee knows to be true in other synods.” “It is beginning to be felt that many people in the churches have for some reason lost the sense of worship,” Dr. Ohl said. “Indeed, there are those to ‘whom the music seems to be the chief thing and among such the remark has even been made that the words are of no account.” How to combat this tendency was suggested in the committee’s indorse- ment of the method employed in Trinity Church at Lancaster, Pa. where Harry A. Sykes, the organist, has taught the children to sing the church service and some of ,the better hymns and tunes in the Lutheran common service book by having the Sunday school assemble with the adult congregation for ainging. ‘Mr, | the Democratic bag. In round numbers 1 “DONKS' IN CLOVER.” | | | | HOOVER IS FAVORED - INVOTE FORECAST G. 0. P. Majority Indicated Three Weeks Before Elec- { tion—Norris on Fence. BY GOULD LINCO Staff Correspondent of The Star. OMAHA, Nebr. October 13.—The presidential campaign is going into the stretch under whip and spur, with Hoover somewhat in the lead. Three weeks from today the camnoaign will be ended to all intents 'and purposes, and the election will take place two days later. Democratic supporters of Gov. Smith say that the governor relies more on the final two weeks of a campaign than all the previous weeks. They are predicting a whirlwind finish. But today there are more electoral votes that may be counted surely in the Republican bag than may be counted in they may be put down at 190, repre- senting 15 States. There are 88 more electoral votes, representing 11 States, which are leaning toward the Repub- lican candidate. On the Smith side, it does not seem possible at this stage to check up more than 102 electoral votes, representing nine States as surely Dem- ocratic, but there are eight more States which are leaning to Smith, with a totai of 96 votes. Five States are decidedly doubtful, with a total of 55 electoral votes. Hoover Majority Indicated. It is quite clear that if Mr. Hoover takes all the States which look now to be sure for the Republicans and also all those which are rated as leaning to the Republicans, he will win. The combined total electoral votes of these groups is 278, and 266 carry the election with them. The States put down as surely Republican are: California, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyo- ming. The States rated as leaning Re- publican are: Colorado, Connecticut Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey. North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and West Vir- inia. If Gov. Smith carries all the States which now seem sure for him and those which are leaning toward the Demo- crats, he would have 198 electoral votes. The States which seem surely Demo- cratic are: Alabama, Arkansas. Florida Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Those which are leaning the Smith way are: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island ‘Tennessee and Wisconsin. Five Doubtful States. ‘There remain the five doubtful States, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri and Montana. The Democrats are claiming all of them and some of those States which have been set down in the Republican column. It was here in Nebraska that Gov. Smith made his big play for the farmer vote, here and in Minnesota, " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) NOTRE DAME BEATS {NAVY FOOT BALL TEAM Duquesne and West Virginia Up- set Experts’ Dope by Victories. Notre Dame beat Navy, 7 to 0. in vesterday's big foot ball spectacle in Chicago, but it remained for Duquesne and West Virginia to kick over the “dope” bucket. Duquesne sprang the biggest surprise by downing Washington and Jefferson, 12 to 6, while West Vir- ginia did the unexpected by licking Pitt, 9 10 6. Virginia also threw a jolt into the expert ranks by holding Princeton to a scoreless tie, while Yale was beating Georgia, 21 to 6, and Harvard was routing North Carolina, 20 to 0. Michigan “took it on the chin™ for the second successive week when In- diana won, 6 to 0, but ihis was nc up- set, Georgetown was the cnly cne of the six local teams to win, the Hilltoppers beating Lebanon Valley, 42 to 0. and becoming the leading scoring eleven of the East with 171 points. Navy’s defeat at the hands of Notre Deme was the third in a row, the Mid- shipmen having failed to score a point this season. On the other hand they have yielded only 15 points in thefr trio of reverses, \ PLANS AIR TOUR OF U. S. Lady Heath, British Aviatrix, to Make Good Trip. NEW YORK. October 13 (#).—Lady Heath, British aviatrix who set a wom- en’s altitude record last week, plans to begin a good-will air tour of the United States next month, M. M. Warren, presi- dent of .the Moth Aircraft Corporation, announced today. Her itinerary calls for a transcontinental flight from here to Seattle, down the Pacific coast to San Diego. thence eastward to New York via St. Louis and Washington. BITLOW KIDNAPED, REPORT DECLARES Workers’ Party Candidate for Vice President Believed Taken to Mexico. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—Headquar- ters of the Workers' (Communist) party in New York announced today that a telegram received from William O’Brien, candidate of the party for gov- ernor of Arizona, indicated that Ben- jamin Gitlow, the party's vice ,presi- dential candidate, missing on a cam- paign tour through the West, had been kidnaped. The telegram said: “Phoenix Gazette states Gitlow got off the train at Phoenix and was ad- vised to get back on by local labor and city officials. Phoenix Republican to- day published a dispatch to the effect that it has heard of reports that Git- low was kidnaped and-taken to Nogales on the Mexican border. We must have the best attorney in Phoenix.” A telegram to O'Brien instructed him to hire the best legal talent available and begin an investigation, The national campaign committee last heard from Gitlow when he left San Diego, Calif., to speak in Phoenix last Tuesday night. CONTINUE PLANS FOR RALLY. Houston Adherents Go Ahead With Preparations for Meeting. HOUSTON, Tex., October 13 (#).— Despite press reports that Benjamin Gitlow, vice presidential nominee of the Workers' Communist party. had disap- peared, Houston adherents to his cause today were making plans for a rally here tomorrow night at which Gitlow is scheduled to speak. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 20, 22 and 23, Political Survey of the United States— and Pages 24, 25, 26 and 27. Civillan Army News—Page 33. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 33. Serial Story, “Blue Murder’—Page 34. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 36. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 37. Radio News—Pages 41, 42 and 43. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorial Seciion—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Autumn Books—Page 4. District Naval Reserve—Page 7. PART THREE—18 PAGES, Society. News of the Clubs—Pages 8. 11 and 18. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. At Community Centers—] 13. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 1. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 15. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. News of the Motor World—Pages 6,| 7 and 8. Lindbergh's Story—Page 10. Aviation Activities—Pages 10, 11 and 12. Fraternal News—Page 13. Spanish War Veterans—Page 14. District National Guard—Page 14. Veterans of Great War—Page 15. Army and Navy News—Page 15. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. __PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. Around the City—Page 12, —10 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pietures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; tl | at lughr Fellers; Mr. and | Akron, Mrs.; High Lights of History, negotiat REVALUATION SEEN N TRAGTIONGASE Short-Cut Appraisement Pos- sible as Result of Fight Against Fare Increase. A possibility that the Public Utili- ties Commission may make a partial, short-cut valuation of the Capital Trac- tion Co. before reaching a decision on its application for a higher fare devel- oped yesterday as a result of the ef- forts of William A. Roberts, vice chair- man of the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, to forestall a fare increase. The commission plans to resume con- sideration of the fare case tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and there had been indications that an early decision would be reached. The question of val- uation, it was thought, had been in- formally dismissed as undesirable and unnecessary, but it now appears in the light of developments as the most im- portant element in the case—one, that will have to he disposed of definitely before further attention is given the pe- tition for a revision in rates. ‘The subject, of revaluation was again injected into the case when Corpora- tion Counsel William W .Bride, gen- eral counsel of the commission. in sheer anticipation of a request for a ruling on Roberts’ contention that the com- mission is legally bound to make a new valuation before fixing a different rate of fare, asked the federation's repre- sentative for legal opinions to sup- port the point he raised. Roberts forth- with produced a decision of an Ohio District Court which Bride said is a strong case on the subject. Partial Valuation Adequate. Bride subsequently expressed an in- formal opinion of the “curbstone’ 'va- riety, which in the main supports the contention of Roberts. The corpora- tion counsel, however, believes that a complete revaluation is not necessary. A new valuation arrived at by using as a basis the value fixed by the Court of Appeals in 1925, and adding the bet- terments and deducting depreciation and retirements, he thinks, would be sufficient in the case. A complete valuation of *the physical property of the car company would\ cost between $100,000 and $150,000 and con- (#) Means Associated Pre: "IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS FIVE CENTS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE ZFPPELIN DUE TODAY AT LAKEHURST AFTER OVERCOMING MISHAP U. S. Ready to Wélcome Airship On Arrival in Afternoon at Jersey Station. Normal § By the Associated Press Lakehurst, N. J., this afternoon. Rosendahl Indicate: | about, three-quarters of its normal | Lakehurst this afternoon. tination this morning, had slowed to defeat the elaborate reception p! U. S, ENFORCEMENT DECLARED AT LT Doran Says Federal Govern- ment Should Not Go Further to Obtain Prohibition. | “The Federal Government new is| going about as far as the authority of & centralized government at Washing- ton should go to enforce the prohibition law,” Dr. James E. Doran, prohibition commissioner, declared yesterday in re~ viewing 18 months as head of the Gov- ernment machinery to enforce the dry aws. “It is now up to the States, cities and villages to co-operate and take care of the minor violations,” Dr. Doran con- tinued. “There will be prohibition in the United States 25 years from now, but it will not be achieved by turning Uncle Sam into a village policeman. | Prohibition is here to stay.” | Already, Dr. Doran said, he saw signs of a sense of local responsibility being | awakened among the big municipalities, | In Chicago and Philadelphia, for in- stance, he pointed specifically to move- | ments launched to clean up the towns. Police Graft Not Popular. “Police graft has not become popu- lar just because of prohibition,” de- clared Dr. Doran, disclaiming some of the charges of modern which frequently have been laid to the doorstep of the Voistead act. “There it in the big cities, and I am glad to see that public sentiment in America is awakening to the fact that the Fed- eral Government ought not to be ex- pected to correct all the evils. Let the big municipalities do some of their own housecleaning, as it is largely on ac- count of the concentration of popula- tion that certain civic evils develope. ‘These ills positively cannot be laid en- tirely to prohibition, as some persons sume more than a year's time, but a | these days like to charge. new value determined by the Bride formula could be completed, it is es- timated, within a few weeks at an in- consequential expense. ‘The commission most likely will ask Bride for an official opinion on the sub- Jject when it convenes tomorrow morn- ing. If it does, and governs itself ac- cordingly, there is reason to believe that the present rate of car fares will con- tinue for several weeks to come. Prepared to Fight. Regardless of the potential delay that may now oceur in the disposition of the car company's petition, the utilities committee of the federation is prepared to go into the courts to fight an in- crease in fares if such a step becomes necessary. The committee already has been promised the support of People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, and it has been authorized to raise funds, if they are needed, to carry on legal pro- ceedings. ‘While Pleharty’s assistance may ob- viate the need of funds, the people'’s counsel sald yesterday that he thought any money that might be raised could be used advantageously by retaining counsel to collaborate with him in a court fight. The committee, however, has not yet indicated whether it pro- poses to start a fund-raising campaign, deferring its plans for the future on the outcome of the fare case. A derial of the car company's plea for a higher fare would, of course, obviate the pro- posed legal proceedings and the need of money to carry on the fight. “Unless there should be a drastic change in the feeling of Congress. to throw the Federal Government into the business of virtually policing the coun- try—and I firmly believe that change never will come—the scope of the authority of the Federal Government likely will remain somewhat as it is today, regarding the enforcement. of the prohibition law. I do not believe pro- hibition will be repealed. I believe the tion, not backward with it. Predicts Co-operation. “But the development of the future 1 expect to come about through a more hearty and business-like co-operation with the Federal Government on the part. of States, cities and villages. “Uncle Sam should never be made the village policeman. Uncle Sam should never be made the goat because of the failure of a city police captain or a village constable. It is my solemn belief that the American people will not stand for a further increase of the authority of the Federal Government at Washington in the enforcement of such laws as the Volstead act, byt I likewise have a firm belief that ey will take hold and demand that their own local agencies of government as- sume their righteous burden to work out a type of prohibition enforcement which ~will carry on indefinitely throughout the future.” Amplifying his statement that the Federal Government had gone relatively about far enough, t (Continued on Page Spanish Company Buys Graf Zeppelin From German Owners for $1.200.000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—Fox Broth- ers' International Corporation an- nounced today that the Colon Tran- sairea Co. of Spain has purchased the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin for about $1,200,000. The Fox corporation, with offices here and in Paris, has contracts with Spanish company to build airports Seville, Spain, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hugh Allen, a representative of thel Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation of | 3 . said tonight he knew | logs had taken place between the manufacturers and the Spanish concern looking to the sale of the Zeppelin, but he had no information that the deal had been completed. In previous dispatches from Germany opinions varied as to whether the big ship would be sold, since its construc tion was financed partly by public sub- scription. The Graf Zeppelin was built at a cost of approximately $960,000. Col. Emilio Herrera of the royal Spanish air navigation department, who is aboard the Zeppelin on its voyage to America. said when the ship sailed that he was a puaen?er at the speciab re- quest of King Alfonso of Spain, - criminality always has been a certain amount of | country will go forward with prohibi- | ARMY AND NAVY AIR CHIEFS GOING TO DIRECT RECEPTION Passed Bermuda Last Night at Nearly peed—Cruisers Held Ready to Aid. The dirigible Graf Zeppelin expects to reach its journey’s end at Radio messages from the Graf Zeppelin received by naval stations at Washington and New York placed the ship somewhat east of Ber- muda, but differed in the longitude given. New York reported the longitude as 52 degrees west and Washingtonat 56.10 west. Apparently the figures had been slightly garbled in transmission. s Probable Arrival. Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, U. S. N., a guest on this first commercial transatlantic flight, radioed at 7 o'clock, Eastern stand- ard time, last night that the Zeppelin was proceeding comfortably at air speed, which would bring it to | One interpretation of this message was that Dr. Hugo Eckener commander of the dirigible, finding it possible to arrive at his des- the speed of the craft in order not lans which had been made on the assumption that he could not reach Lakehurst before afternoon. Makes Steady Progress. After its mishap of the morning wher torn fabric on the port horizontal fir had reduced the dirigible’s speed for several hours, it made steady progress through the day and evening. Ameri- can radio stations were enabled to maintain frequent communication with the big airship while the European sta- tions had lost _contact. Hamilton, Bermuda, had reported earlier in the evening that the dirigible had passed over the island, indicating a considerable burst of speed since it was last reported. Even after direct dispatches had cast doubt on this re- port, those who had reported seeing red and green signal flares dropped as the airship passed maintained they had not been mistaken. ECKENER SENDS MESSAGE. Expects to Reach Lakehurst in After- noon Today. LAKEHURST, N. J., October 13 (#). —The Naval Air Station tonight re- Wireless information, relayed by the Third Naval District at New York, from the Graf Zappelin that the airship expected to arrive here tomorrow aft- ernoon. Position at 2400 G. M. T. (7 p.m., east- ern standard time).” The essage read “Latitude 34.40, longitude 52. At present rate of speed expeet to reach Lakehourst afternoon of che four- teenth.” Air officials here figured that the distance to Bermuda from the 7 o'clock position was 680 miles, making the total to Lakehurst between 1,300 and 1400 miles. It was estimated that this should bring the ship in here about 5 o'clock tomocrrow afternoon. This message ffrom the Graf Zep- pelin was the first direct communica- tion from the airship to the air sta- | tion here. Operators had been trying | all day to raise the ship but without { avail, until after 10 o'clock tonight. As the message was being received, | two United States Customs men ar- | rived from Philadelphia ready to sub- | ject airship and passengers to regular transatlantic customs inspection, on arrival. They were the same men whs | inspected the Los Angeles on her res é turn from Havana last Spring. BERMUDA SIGHTING DOUBTED. Some Residents Maintain They Saw Signal Flares Dropped. HAMILTON, Bermuda, October 13 (#)—The island was in doubt late to- | night whether it had witnessed the passing of the great dirigible Graf Zeppelin. Those who had reported see- ing it dimly soon after nightfall and to have seen 1t drop red and green signal flares as it passed to the northeast were | positive in their statements. |~ However, if the huge bulk had passed | across the sky within the range of vision {no one was able to discern it clearly | enough to satisfy the authorities that it was the airship. Residents of the | west end and others on boats off St George’s clung to the impression they had received and were certain thas the long looked for arrival had occurred. MISHAP STIRS WORLD. | ikepalrin‘ of Break and Continued Flight Bring Joy. NEW YORK, October 13 (#)—The Graf Zeppelin, hindered at first by ad- verse winds and then by damage to her port stabilizer, tonight was steadily winning her way to the United States with the likelihood that she would reach her goal some time late tomor- row. For a little time today the world was given a thrill as word came from the airliner with its 20 passengers indicat- ing that she might require assistance, but reassuring news came quickly. At 2:30 o'clock this morning, Eastern standard time, the Graf Zeppelin was approximately 1,800 miles due east of the Bermudas. She had swept, 250 | miles south of the Azores in a wide loop | from Madeira, taking advantage of more | favorable winds over that cdurse. She was making good progress and set on a course that would carry her over Ber- muda. Sends Word of Trouble. Hour .after hour she sped- o 1 west until at 6:25 o'l:locpkedthl'; ;’w-:i 3 dard time, she sent word that trouble had cropped up. Her port horizontal. used as a stabilizer, was damaged and repairs were being made to the cover as conditions permitted. She was compelled to reduce her speed by half and was making but 35 knots. With this news came a request thaf, a surface vessel proceed along her course and stand Fv. The ship was then about 1800 miles due east of Charleston, S. C. The message 3 signed by Lieut. Comdr. Charles F. Rosendahl. commander of the Ameri- can_dirigible Los Angeles and a guest of Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin. Later. however, the Naval Department received word from the ship that re- pairs had been made and that the ship was 50 knots on (Continued on Page 3, Column 69