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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today; tomorrow fair and warm= er: gentle variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 60, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 51, at 7 am. yes- terday. Full report on page 7. No. 1,231—No. 30,854 JLLINOIS IS HELD PIVOT STATE FOR REPUBLICAN CAUSE 6.0.P. Counts State as Won, While Democrats Claim “Fighting Chance.” EFFECTS OF SMITH’S VISIT BEING STUDIED Cook County Has Long History of Victories for Party Support- ing Hoover, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Iil, October 20.—Carry- ing Illinois is just about as vital to the | Hoover candidacy for President as | carrying New York to the Smith candi- dacy. It's possible, but highly improb- able, that Hoover might carry New York and lose Tllinois, It's possible that the Republican candidate might carry both States, But however the political sit- uation may be regarded, Illinois seems to be a pivotal State for the Republican cause, It might almost be said that if Mr. Hoover should lose Illinois, Gov. Smith will be elected President, just as it is said that if Gov. Smith fails to win in New York, his chances are gone. This State has 29 electoral votes, the third largest in the Union. The Republicans here count Illinois as safe for Hoover. The Democrats in- sist they have a fighting chance. Some of them, including Thomas A. Donovan, the Democratic national committeeman, who has succeeded the late George E. Brennan, say they have more than a fighting chance; that they are going to carry it. Huge Catholic Population. Al Smith has just completed a three- day stay here and has gone his way. But he has left a greatly encouraged Democratic_organization behind him. The Republicans, although their faith in their ability to carry the State is not shaken by the great reception given Gov. Smith in Chicago, are neverthe- less checking up to see just what ef- fect, if any, Gov. Smith’s visit and speech here may have had. It is nothing new for Democratic presidential candidates to come to Chi- cago, the second largest city in the country, John W. Davis was here four Entered as second class matte: post office, Washington, D. C. Mellon, in Presentation Talk, Declares Inventor Changed World’s Course. Return of First Phonograph by British Touches Menlo Park Wizard. By the Associated Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J.,, October 20. —Thomas A. Edison, the aging wizard of Menlo Park, was awarded a medal official recogpjtion accorded him by the United tes for what he has done to illuminate “the path of prog- ress.” Falling upon the forty-ninth anni- versary of Edison’s invention of the incandescent lamp, the ocasion was taken by the British Government to return te his possession the first model made by him of the phonograph. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, presented the medal at the inventor’s laboratories and. by means of a national hook-up on the radio, in the perfection of which Edison himself of gold by Congress tonight—the first | he WASHINGTON, D. €, SUNDAY MORNING, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION OCTOBER 21, 1928 Sunday Star, “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. —112 PAGES. EDISON AWARDED U. S. MEDAL; COOLIDGE TAKES PART BY RADIO THOMAS A. EDISON. has figured, President Coolidge was able to participate in the ceremonies without leaving the White House at Washington. ‘The speeches were not long and the . reply was characteristically His_speech of thanks on nued on Page 3, Column TWO FOUND GUILTY OF POLICE GRAFT Philadelphians Convicted on SMITH GETS REST BEFORE LAST TOUR Homeward Bound, He Feels 37 Counts Face 661 Years in Prison. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, October 20.—Mat- thew Patterson, Republican ward and State legislator, and Charles W. Schoen- leber, suspended police captain, today were convicted of conspiracy, bribery and extortion in taking money from saloonkeepers for police protection. The jury was out 1 hour and 47 minutes. They showed no emotion. John R. K. Scott, counsel for Patter- son, and Edward A. Kelly, who repre- sented Schoenleber, at once asked for a new trial. Judge James Gay Gordon, jr., set bail at $25,000 each, but in- formed Scott, who sought delay, that argument for a new trial must be made before the end of the month. Judge ars and had a great reception, :"fiom'i%z to compare with that given Gov. Smith, But in the Democratic campaign strategy in Illinois, the su- preme effort is to be made in this city. cking in this campaign. Iv ?r‘zmendeus population of foreign birth. a huge Catholic population. It is fi;’;fim ‘t’g be overwhelmingly wet in nt. . m-’r'é? years ago, the late George E. Brennan, then Democratic boss of Cook County, which is Chicago along with some outlying towns, carried the county in the senaforial race against Frank L. Smith, Republican, with a vote of 417.- 390 to 335,184, a lead of approximately 72,000, Brennan ran on a wet ticket, and Smith had the indorsement of the Anti-Saloon League. An Independent Republican was in the field in protest. against the use of public utility mag- nates money by Smith in his campaign. Brennan was a Catholic, but the re~ ligious issue was not raised. . But in presidential elections, Cook County has usually gone Republican. ried the county wi ,973 VO 226,141 for Davis and 196,149 for La Follette, In 1920 Cook County gave Harding 635,197 votes to 197,499 for Cox. Has Long G. O. P. Record. Tllinois has not gone Democratic in presidential elections for more than half a century, except in 1912, when the Republican vote divided between Taft and Roosevelt and Wilson won with a minority vote. President Coolidge had a tremendous lead over Davis four years ago, some 827,000 votes. Harding had a similar lead over Cox in 1920. It would require, it appears, a polit- ical revolution to shake IHinois from its Republican moorings, despite the cross-currents at work in this election, despite the personal popularity of Gov. Smith with many of the voters in this State, despite the defections of some of the German-American voters and other foreign groups which have usually voted Republican, and despite the fact that a considerahle number of the colored voters, who may run as high or higher than 200,000 may go to Smith, there seems good reason to put Tllinois safely in the Hoover column at this time. On the sur- face there are as yet no signs of a real political revolution here. There will be dry Democrats and Protestant Democrats who will help to offset the defections from the Republican ranks this year. Frankly, though privately, the Democrats are saying that if it were not for the religious issue, so called, Smith would sweep this State. Of course, the Republicans deny this. But the Democrats say that the State is wet in sentiment, that Smith appeals to labor, that he is receiving support of the farmers on the farm issue, and that Mr. Hoover has the oppositon qf many of the German-Americans 2eq cause of his war record. Illinois had its political revolution in the primaries last April, and that politi- «al revolution was of a character that is inclined to help Hoover rather than Smith in this present fight. The peo- ple of Chicago and the people of “down State,” which is all of Tllinois outside of Chicago, Tose up on their hind legs and turned out the Crowe-Thompson ma- chine in the city and the small fac- tion in the State. They were sick and tired of crime and violence in the city and of corruption in the State govern- ment, The people turned out and reg- istered in unprecedented numbers and voted. Uprising was not calculated to give hope to any candidates who stand for the wet cause. That seems clear. The people at that time named candi- dates for governor and senator, for State and county offices. It is not likely that having cleaned house so thoroughly in April these same voters are going to turn right round and vote ainst those candidates, and those candidates will be runging on the same ticket as Mr, Hoover, Defeated Thompson Group. The Republicans nominated Louis L. Emmerson for governor, beating Gov. Small, and_State Senator Glenn over Prank L. Smith. They defeated the Big Bill Thompson and Crowe nominees for State's attorney and for sheriff in Cook County. Gordon commended the jurors for their verdict. They were convicted on 37 bills of in- dictment, charging they collected $12,- 195 in protection money. ‘When asked what maximum sentence could be imposed on the convicted men, Lemuel B. Schofield, assistant district attorney who ted their trial, said that roughly speaking, if sentenced on all counts, each of them could be sentenced to 661 years. “But, they are also subject to fines,” he said, “fines which run into such staggering figures that jt would be ab- surd to calculate or think of im- posing such monetary penalties.” CHURCH BOARD SUED OVER CARNES CASE Members of Baptist Mission Body Accused of Negligence in Shortage of $953,000. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, October 20.—Charging “negligence as members of the board” and seeking to have them held respon- sible with Clinton §. Carnes, former treasurer, for losses incurred by the board through Carnes’ alleged embezzle- ments, Walter R. Brown, local attorney, today named seven members of the Baptist Home Mission Board in a petition filed in Superior Court. Those named were Dr. L. R. Christie, Frank S. Etheridge, B. D. Gray, Rev. W. J. Major, Dr. A. J. Barton, W. W, Gaines and Hugh M. Willet. Brown, a Baptist layman, filed the petition as an amendment to a former suit he instituted against the Home Mission Board and others in connection with Carnes’ alleged shortage. “Said members on several occasions prior to any diversion of the assets were advised as to the character of said Carnes,” the petition charged, and further averred that the board “made no attempt to investigate Carnes” financial transactions.” It declared also that the hoard elected Carnes as its treasurer although he was an ex-con- vict and its members had notice of the character of said Carnes for a number of years and by reasonable diligence could have ascertained his integrity and that he had served a prison term. Board members have accused Carnes of a shortage of $953,000. He is held here under indictments charging him with embezzlement of approximately half a million dollars. $1,500,000 CONTRACT LET Southern Railway Building Will Be Started at Once. A contract for the erection of the new Southern Railway Building at Fif- teenth and K streets, to cost $1,500,000 has been awarded to the Consolidated Engineering Co. of Baltimore, it was announced yesterday. Work on the new structure will commence at once. Results of Midwest Trip Are Satisfactory. By the Associated Press. GOV. SMITH'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO ALBANY, N. Y., October 20.—Brown derby has been waved for the last time in this campaign to a Midwestern crowd and Alfred E. Smith was home- ward bound tonight for a few days’ rest in Albany before embarking upon his final drive for the presidency. The Democratic nominee in Indian- apolis today said farewell to his friends west of the Alleghanies. Here, as in Chicago, St. Louis and other places, he was paraded through the city to be welcomed by the cry of “Hello, Al! Full Program Arranged. While the nominee’s visit to the Indiana city was of little more than an hour’s duration, he found time to do many things. A full program had been arranged for him. It included among other things a visit to Tom , veteran Democratic chief in the 'State, who is now undergoing treatment in a hospital, as well as a parade and a speech. ‘The governor, who "apparently has gone through the strenuous Western trip with but little fatigue, found time for all this, as well as an opportunity to shake hands with seeres of persons. On his way here he was greeted at stations en route and at those places where the train made what were de- scribed as “railroad operating” stops. ‘This morning, shortly after leaving Chi- cago, the governor held a conference with press correspondents in the club car of his private train, Praises Chicago Reception. “Governor, what did you think of your (Chicago) reception?” he was asked. “I think it was great. I think the scene at the Loop when all that paper was coming down out of the windows was wonderful, It looked like a snow- storm.” The nominee was asked if he had seen Secretary of War Davis’ comment on his Sedalia speech, in which he rapped Army housing conditions. "My witness is Gen. Summerall,” he returned. “What happened to (Rear Admiral) Magruder? He spoke about this and they clamped the lid on him. The joker in this statement is in the words ‘appropriate or authorized.’ ‘Au- thorized’ does not mean anything. “You do not add promises into your total of appropriations,” he continued. “It is just trick bookkeeping.” Cites Flood Control. He was told by the press that Con- gress had authorized $325,000,000 for Mississippi flood control and actually appropriated $15,000,000 to start the work. “That is exactly it,” he replied. “You just show a nice big pie to the flood sufferers and you cut a little piece off the corner and say ‘eat th: nd later on_something will happen. ‘The governor said he would not “per- mit Mellon or Mills or Lord or anybody else to say that this Government is operating cheaper.” “What is Lord’s excuse for his own statement made a few weeks ago,” he continued, “that there is a deficit of $96,000,0007 Where does that come from? The minute Congress meets in December it has got to meet that deficit.” The candidate said he would not sign any bill as governor of New York putting “any duty on a department without an appropriation to carry it out, because it is bunking the people.” There are to- tal commitment of $1,000,000,000 against the Federal Government, he added, in recalling that Congress had passed the $325,000,000 flood relief bill, a merchant marine measure and other legislation authorizing expenditures. Bandits Shoot Man. ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 20 (#).—William T. Jackson, 60, presi- dent of a chain of meat markets here, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded here tonight by two hold-up men. Jack- son was sitting in a parked car when the bandits approached and demanded money. Jackson started to remonstrate and tell them he had no money when one of the men fired at close range; the bullet striking Jackson in the abdo- men. The bandits fled. How Will Maryland and Virginia? A series of articles discussing the political situation They Vote HOOVER WILL BAR ' PARADES ON TRIP TONEW YORK cITY Plans to Spend Time Before Speech Conferring With G. 0. P. State Leaders. NOMINEE WILL LEAVE { CAPITAL THIS AFTERNOON Mrs. Hoover and Son Allen to Ac- company Candidate to Last Eastern Address. By the Associated Press. Herbert Hoover was ready today for his final stroke in the Fast as he faced New York for an invasion of the home “|town of his Democratic opponent, Gov. Alfred E. Smith. This trip of the Republican presiden- tial candidate will differ in several re- spects from the three previous ones ne has made since his return from Cali- fornia. The street parades and various processions that have added a colorful sight to the whirlwind campaign swings in Newark, Elizabethton and Boston will be absent from his visit to Manhattan. Instead, Hoover will give his time while there to conferences with various New York Republican leaders, in which he will go over with them reports of the progress of the campaign in that State and plans for the final drive for the Empire State’s electoral vote. His speech at Madison Square Garden, the namesake of the arena where four years ago the Democrats fought their bitter convention battle, tomorrow night will end his activities in New York. Leaves This Afternoon. ‘The nominee, accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, their son, Allan, several mem- bers of his personal staff and a group of newspaper correspondents, will leave ‘Washington this afternoon at 4:30 oclock and arrive in New York five hours later. He will go direct to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where he will spend the night and have breakfast tomorrow morning with a group of Republican leaders headed by H. Edmund MacHold, New York State chairman, and Charles D. Hilles, the national committeeman for that State. ‘This will initiate the series of con- ferences that will keep him close to his quarters throughout the day. At this first gathering, he will be given the latest information on the situation in that State. During the remainder of the morning, the candidate will be en- gaged in receiving various groups of foreign-born voters with a press con=- ference set for 10 o’clock. As at Boston, the groups of foreign- born voters will come separately, the leaders of the different delegations hav- ing expressed a desire that they might have a chance to assure him of the support of their followers and to thank him for his aid to their countrymen during the World War and the period immediately afterward. Receptions to End at 5, At a luncheon at 1 o'clock the coun- ty chairmen and vice chairman and many workers in the State campaign will meet him to bring their assurance that the New York State Democrats may expect a hard battle during the remainder of the campaign. Various independent organizations working for the election of the Repub- lican ticket will send their representa- tives to call upon the nominee during the afternoon. Among them will be the Hoover-Curtis Theatrical League and a delegation from the New York in the counties adjacent to and near Washington begins in tomorrow’s Star, You Will Find Them Worth Reading ‘The Democrats are relying to_some ““ouiinued on Page 3, Column 39 4 Republican Service League. These receptions will end at 5 o'clock in order that he may rest and dine be- fore going to Madison Square Garden to deliver his speech. There the can- didate will be preceded by Vice Presi- dent Dawes, who will make his only address of the campaign. Elihu Root, a former Senator and cabinet officer, will preside over the meeting. Although the address Mr. Hoover will deliver virtually has been completed, the subject has not yet been made pub- lic. The candidate spent much of his time yesterday at his home putting final fouches upon the speech, and al- though he visited his headquarters on Massachusetts avenue, he received no visitors there. REBELS IN MEXICO ATTACKING TRAINS Insurgent Activities Noted in Sev- era] Parts of Country—Three Prisoners Executed. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 20.—Reports of insurgent activities continued to reach the capital today. The news- paper El Sol received advices from Juarez that trains to and from that city on the Mexico City-City of Juarez line were attacked yesterday near the city of Leon, in the state of Guanajuato. In both cases the locqmotive engineers increased_their speed and military es- corts exchanged shots with the insur- gents as the trains speeded past the ambugh. It was stated that two rebels were killed, but that no casualties oc- curred on the trains. The same newspaper announced that three insurgents were captured in a skirmish at the village of El Atecuiz, state of Jalisco. The captives were exe- cuted promptly by a firing squad. The government announced the un- conditional surrender of 20 insurgents, headed by Emilio Palacios. This ban has m.i’ operating in Puebla and Morelos. —— BOY KILLED ON PICNIC. Shot Fired Into Group From Sun- day Schools FARGO, N. Dak., October 20 (#).—A bullet fired into a group of boys and Sunday school teachers returning from a picnic_caused the death today of Leonard Eaton, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Eaton of Fargo. It was believed the shot wus fired from the Moorhead, Minn., side of the Fod niver: whije (o Moy was on the | ! ANK GOODNES AMP CREARING AN ENDLZZ YOUTHFUL ECKENER WINS ACGLAIM HERE Even More Popular Than Parent on Visit Before Party Goes West. . After two days of honors seldom ac- corded a foreigner by the National Cap- ital, Dr. Hugo Eckener, builder and commander of the German ‘dirigible Graf Zeppelin, and a group of his offi- cers left here by railroad yesterday aft- ernoon for Akron, Ohio, to visit the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation’s works. Dr. Eckener’s son, Knute Eckener, the last of the party to arrive in this city, made his first public appearance here at the National Press Club luncheon yesterday afternoon and proved even more of a popular hero than his illus- trious father, He was accorded an ovas tion of several minutes. Young Ecks ener’'s feat of leading a repair party out onto the damaged port stabilizing fin of the dirigible during the height of a midatlantic storm is considered one of the outstanding feats of daring in modern aviation history. Flight Awaits Repairs. Before his departure for Akron, Dr. Eckener directed the Zeppelin officers who are superintending the repairs to the Graf Zeppelin at the Lakehurst, N. J., Naval Air Station, to keep him in close touch with the progress of work on the damaged stabilizer. The time of departure of the big dirigible on its proposed flight to St. Louis, Chicago and other Midwest cities now depends upon the completion of this repair work. Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann, first officer of the airship, just before leaving Wash- ington, talked over long-distance tele- phone with Capt. Hans Fleming, in charge of the crew at Lakehurst. He indicated following this conversation that repairs are not going ahead as rapidly as had been hoped. The chief delays are being caused by the slow drying of the “dope” used on the new fabric stitched over the stabilizer to replace that torn off in the storm. The inland fiight has been scheduled tenta- tively for next Wednesday and T! - TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—38 PAGES. General News—Local, Natonal Foreign. Schoclsg:nd Colleges—Pages 20 and 21. Political Survey of the United States— Pages 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 32. Veterans of %l;:lt ;Var—o:snge 32. d the y—Page 33. E 'g::&?ct of Columbia Naval Reserve— 33. WP::KGT U. Activities—Page 34. Spanish War Veterans—Page 35. Radio News—Pages 36 and 37, Army and Navy News—Page 37. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Pdi torial Features. Notes of Art and ArMs'.s—-PflgE 4. Review of Autumn Bgoks—Page 4. Civilian Army News—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 5. Serial Story, “The Tule Marsh Mur- S and 6. Y.de\‘l‘V. c(ug:. Activities—Page 6. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society. News }(])f the Clubs—Pages 9 and 10. Parent-Teacher Activities—Pages and 12. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. At Community Centers—Pages 11 and 10 12, D. A. R. Activities—Page 12, PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 7| and 8. d | Aviation Activities—Pages 10 and 11. Col. Lindbergh’s Story—Page 11. Fraternal News—] s 12 and 13, Army and Navy Union—Page 13, Marine Corps News—FPage 13, PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. | World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Rea'hr Fellers; Mr, and Mrs.; High Lights of History Star Gridiron Acts Find Georgia Tech And Army Winners i Army and Georgia Tech won the two foot ball games yester- day in which major interest was centered, the West Pointers downed Harvard, 15 to 0, and the Atlantans conquering Notre Dame, 13 to 0. Virginia Military Institute scored the big upset by beating Virginia, 9 to 0. Tennessee also crossed the experts by beating Alabama, 15 to 13. Purdue furnished another surprise tying Wisconsin at 14-all. In other big games Nebraska beat Syracuse, 7 to 6: Penn downed Penn State, 14 to 0; Tlli- nois trimmed Indiana, 13 to 7: Ohio State downed Michigan, 19 to 7; Yale defeated Brown, 32 to 14; Princeton routed Lehigh, 47 to 0, and California and Southern California figured in a scoreless tie. Navy finally won_after three defeats, overcoming Duke, 6 to 0. Locally, Georgetown won from West Virginia Wesleyan, 34 to 7; Maryland turned back Western Maryland, 13 to 6:; Gallaudet beat American U, 38 to 7, ard Catholic University bested Wil- liam and Mary, 13 %o 12. SEE LIGHT ON PATH Ship Travelers Say Object Fell in Ocean Off Coast of Ireland. By the Assoctated Press, LIVERPOOL, England, October 20.— The passengers and crew of the British liner Montclare, which arrived today, reported seeing a strange light in the sky, which dropped into the sea Thurs- day evening at 6:15 o'clock, when the ship was 150 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland. This light was seen in the sky in a southwesterly direction. Several pas- sengers and members of the crew saw it drop from the sky with a streaming tail. They observed this from the stern of the steamer, having been watching because they heard that Lieut. Comdr. H. C. MacDonald, British aviator, was attempting an Atlantic flight. The position of the light was approx- imately along MacDonald’s intended course and j a few hours behind the missing airman’s estimated schedule. Comdr. MacDonald took off from Harbor Grace. Newfoundland, at 11:51 eastern standard time, Wednesday morning. A plane presumed to be his was sighted by the steamer Hardenburg at 0030 Greenwich meridian time Thursday (7:30 p.m. Wednesday east- ern standard time, abuot 700 miles east of St. John’s. There were no further tidings of the transatlantic fiyer, FLYER'S WIFE HOPEFUR Reveals Note Left 4o Be Opened Two Daye~After Take-Off, LONDON, October 20 (#)—“Never give up hope,” was the parting mes- sage which Comdr. H. C. MacDonald gave to his wife before he embarked on his venture of flying the Atlantic. Although experts and the public have relinquished virtually all hope for the aviator Mrs. MacDonald clings to the advice left by her husband. The existence of the message was re- j vealed in an article by Mrs. MacDonald written for the London Sunday Ex- press. She ‘said it was contained in a letter which the commander left with her before he sailed for Canada. and " (Continued on Page 2. Column 8.) LAKEWOOD, N. J., October 20 (4).—— Frank G. Drew qf New Haven, Conn., former president of the Winchester Re- peating Arms Co., was killed yesterday when his automobile crashed into a pole at Pine Beach near here. | He was returning from Atlantic City i:md apparently lost control of his car. (#) Means Associated Pre IACDOMALD TO0K FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS |TEN CENXN ELSEWHERE TS CHURGHNEN PLA TUDY O PEAE Services at Mount St. Alban Today May Bring Vote for Anti-War Pact. The cause of world peace will oc- cupy the attention of the Episcopal Church today—the last Sabbath of its forty-ninth General Convention since it was cut off from the Church of England by the American Revolution. The principal event will be a mass meeting in the open-air amphitheater under the shadow of the rising ca- thedral on Mount St. Alban where the thousands of churchmen now gathered in Washington expect to adopt reso- lutions urging upon Congress the rati- fication of the Kellogg-Briand peace treaties. Secretary of State Prank B. logg at first expected to attend the meeting, but at the last moment found it impossible to be present and has pre- pared a message which will be read to his fellow churchmen. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash- ington, will preside and the chief ad- dress will be made by Right Rev. G. Ashton Oldham, Bishop of Albany, who long has been a prominent worker for peace. Deputies Urge Peace, ‘The encouragement of movements promising to reduce the dangers of war always has been a prime objective of the Episcopal Church and one of the fore- most purposes of its far-flung chain of foreign missions has been to promote better international and interracial un- derstandings. A prelude to the peace meeting came in the House of Deputies yesterday when a resolution was adopted urging the ratification of the treaties “in the blessed hope that the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth will be hastened and ultimately the Prince of Peace shall reign supreme.” The program of the church contem- plates not onl{ the ratification of peace treaties but the indorsement of move- ments tending to bring the peoples of the earth into a closer understanding and to teach that patriotism and nar- row racial and national antagonism are not synonimous. Seats for 15,000, Thirty years ago Episcopalians at- tending a General Convention in Ihe| National _Capital gathered on the | grounds of Washington Cathedral for a service at which peace was the theme. The Peace Cross was erected on Mount | St. Alban at that time to commemorate the coming of a righteous peace be- tween Spain and the United States. | As at the three services which have already been held in conjunction witis the present convention, the great mass of the seats in the amphitheater will | be open to the public «¥ithout ticket. | Seats are available for more than 15,000 | personis. A-choir of massed voices will | sing, aecompanied by a band, under thedirection of Edgar Priest. commission _yesterday _afternoon (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) LONDON TO PUBLISH ANGLO-FRENCH PACT British White Paper Containing Documents of Naval Proposal to Appear Tuesday. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 20.—A British white paper containing the documents relating to the Anglo-French naval pro- posals will be issued for publication next Tuesday morning. This announce- ment was made this afternoon. In connection with it the Evening Standard’s political correspondent says there is an eleventh hour surprise in the decision. He asserts that the Brit- ish government will publish its own version and that the French publica- | tion, which will be made simultaneous- | ly, will be separate, and, possibly in | some features, distinct. Prisoner, Too Long for Beds, Wins Freedom When His Bail Is Reduced By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 20 —William Cleare of Boston is 6 feet 11 inches tall. The beds in Tombs Prison are some inches shorter, therefore Cleare, who has been in Tombs since October 11, when he was held for extradition to Tampa, Fla., on a charge of stealing :lee p;.mble garage, has got very little 1 DIVIDEND OF TG PCT. (LIES IN FARE RAISE, CLAVON DEELARS |Citizens’ Federation Official Sees Huge Earning Gain for Capital Traction Co. DELIVERS BROADSIDE ON EVE OF DECISION Utilities Commission, Anxious to Decide Case, May Make Ruling Tomorrow. With the Public Utilities Commission planning to make another attempt to- morrow to dispose of the long pend- ing application of the Capital Traction Co. for a 10-cent fare, William McK. Clayton, chairman of the public util- ities committee of the Federation of Citizens® Associations, last night un- loosed a final broadside against a fare increase. Clayton, who, with Willilam A. Rob- erts, his associate on the federation's utilities committee, has led the fight against a 10-cent fare, declared that the proposed increase would enable the Capital Traction Co. to pay a 10 per {cent dividend on its stock, while the Washington Railway & Electric Co. | could double its present 7 per cent dividend payments. Anxious to End Case. ‘The commission will resume hearings on the gas valuation case tomorrow morning, but under a prearranged schedule it will adjourn about 3 o'clock in the afternoon to again take up the higher fare petition and dispose of it if possible. Despite reports to the con- trary, it is known that the commission is anxious to rid its calendar of the car- fare case so that it can give undivided attention to the equally important gas valuation proceedings. Several days ago the commission was reported to be ready to grant the in- crease on the ground that it could not escape the public utilities act which says that a public utility corporation is entitled to earn a fair return on its valuation, but developments since seem to indicate that a possible legal way has been found to avoid such action. | William W. Bride, corporation coun- sel and the commission’s general coun- sel, pointed the way with a suggestion that the Washington Railway & Electric Co. first be denied an increase, and the Capital Traction Co. then told that it would be idle to grant it a higher fare in view of the announcement of Presi- dent John H. Hanna that his company would not accept a 10-cent fare unless the Washington Railway & Electric Co. is similarly treated. Bride to Be Called. Serious thought has been given Bride’s suggestion by members of the commission, and indications are that it will be the principal subject of discus- sion when consideration of the fare case is resumed. Bride also be called before the commission to give further advice on his proposal. The commission is represented as believing that if Bride’s plan is legally sound and will stand up in the courts, it will drop the Capital Traction Co.’s plea for financial relief pending action on the merger. What the commission is particularly anxious to avoid is hav- ing any move it may make, overthrown by the courts. There is no doubt in the minds of the members that the company will appeal to the courts should their decision be unfavorable. Although Bride's proposal is to be the dominant topic of consideration, the commission is expected to devote some time at least to a renewed dis- cussion of the necessity of a revaluation of the Capital Traction Co. Col. Har- rison Brand, jr. vice chairman of the commission, particularly is interested in this question and he spent considerable time at the Capitol yesterday making a research to determine the“motive and the spirit which actuated Congress to create a Public Utilities Commission. _§ees $400,000 Increase, Fton's closing attack against a higher fare is contained in a prepared statement which he distributed to Dis- trict building reporters. It follows: “‘Because the Capital Traction Co. lacked some $132,000 from current profits to pay a 7 per cent divident of $840,000 on its $12,000,000 of stock in 1927, having paid that rate of dividend for the past 6 years, the Public Utilities Commission is asked not to increase the fares on the Capital Traction Co. to make up that amount, but is asked to award the Capital Traction Co. a fare that is expected to yield an in- crease over $400,000 a year in net reve- nue and to pass on a similar amount to the Washington Railway & Electric Co. “Should the commission see it the way the companies insist they must. and order this fare increase, the Capi- tal Traction Co. would be able to pay a 10 per cent dividend on its $12,000,- 000 of stock and the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. would be able from the increase to run the 7 per cent divi- dend now paid on its $6,500,000 com- mon stock up to 14 per cent. “The Capital Traction Co. has over a million and one quarter dollars ac- cumulated ‘Eroms available for payment of dividends in its surplus fund; also over a million in its insurance and other funds, and nearly three million in its depreciation reserve, all made off ;lil! car riders of the District of Colum- 8. Cites W. R. & E. Figures. “The Washington Railway & Electric Co. has approaching $6,000,000 on its cash reserve; . its depreciation is fixed on its books at $4,000,000. “The Capital Traction Co. pays to the car riders 3 per cent interest when it borrows from the depreciation reserve collected by the company from the peo- ple in their fares. “The Washington Railway & Electric Co. no interest whatever to the car rider for the use of the deprecia- tion funds. ‘“Contrast these dividend rates of 10 ‘The law took pity on him today and | and 14 per cent on the companies’ stock reduced his bail from $5,000, which he | with the 3 or 4 per cent the car rider didn’t have, to $250, which a specta- | receives from banks and trust com- tor in Magistrate Buhel's court fur-|panies on money he loaned them. nished. “Not only has the car rider the hot Cleare denied the theft. “What would | end of the poker thrust into his hand. I want with a garage?” he remarked. | but his hands are clam) tight down He said the charge was a frame-up | on it, for those who are left to ride the resulting from a mortg: foreclosure | cars can do nothing else. They cannot in the Florida city. He be arraigned | walk and a flivver is as yet above their on Monday. fgure.” o