Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Faiy ht, bly light frost in ‘air tonight, possibly A low places in sul not much change Temperatures: Highest, 67, at noon yesterday; lowest 46, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ‘Bureau Forecast.) in temperature, No. 30,85T. post - office, OBSERVERS PLAGE OHIO AS SAFELY IN HOOVER'S COLUMN Estimates of Republican Lead Run From 250,000 to 600,000. DEMOCRATIC TICKET HELD LOST IN RURAL SECTIONS Dry Sentiment Works Against Smith—Colored Vote Is Not Viewed Dominant Factor. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of THe Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 24.—“How can you expect Gov. Smith to carry rural Ohio when it has been dem- onstrated again and again that he can- not carry rural New York?” ‘This was the question asked me yes- terday, not by a Republican, but by one of the most prominent Democrats in Ohio, He answered the question himself: “You can't expect him to do so, and Gov. Smith can't carry the farm areas of this State, and no more can Entered as second class matter ‘ashington, D. C. Th WASHINGTON, D. C, DEMOCRATS ADMIT HARD FIGHT Result as Between BY DONALD A. CRAIG, Staff Correspondent of The Star, Note—This is the third of a series of articles on_the political situatior in neardy Maryland and Virginia, FAIRFAX, October 24.—Near Wash- ington, inhabited by many persons who earn their living there and others who g0 to the city across the Potomac River to do most of their buying, Fairfax County, Va. has special interest for Washingtonians in this unusual presi- dential campaign. Poiitical conditions in the county are s0 unusual that a close study of the situation has been made by The Star to find out what is going on here and learn the trend of political sentiment at this time, Fairfax County is normally Demo- cratic in national elections, but this year the result of the voting November 6 seems to be very much in doubt as between Smith and Hoover. Intensive campaign work is being done by ad- herents of both major presidential can- didates, and, of course, there is yet time to change opinions by arguments and some other forms of persuasion which both sides are using. ‘The doubtfulness of the county is ad- he carry the farm areas of other Mid- tle West States.” Epitomizes Situation. 1In a measure the question and answer epitomize the political situation today in practically all of the great Middle ‘West and West. The Democrats in Ohio, when they are speaking frankly and “off the rec- ord,” admit that Ohio’s 24. electoral votes are safely Hoover’s. They make = show of going through with the na- tional campaign here, but the odds are @1l against them. Henry G. Brunner, Democratic State chairman, however, insists that Smith has a chahce to carry Ohio. He argues that Smith will carry the cities, includ- ing Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Day- ,t:n. lculumgus and Yt:mxxg;:ovrn':s o}xl'e relying, he says, upon ‘wets, or- ganized labor and various racial groups, including the German-Americans, the Hungariaj ‘upon tled farmers and Repub- licans who favored the late Senator Willis in the preconvention campaign against Hoover. If, he says, the Re- publican lead in the rural parts of Ohio and: small towns can be kept down to 75,000, Smith’s lead in the cities should bring him victory, Hoover Given Edge, Very different is the impartial observers of the situation in Ohio. Their estimates of the Hoover HOOVER TOLEAVE * HERE NOVEMBER | Nominee Will Close Head- LIES AHEAD IN FAIRFAX COUNTY Smith and Hoover Seems to Be Very Much in Doubt in Virginia Section. mitted, in private conversation, by some Democrats in official campaign positions —men well qualified, presumably, to know what they are talking about. Publicly these men claim the county for Smith. Other regular Democrats ad- mit openly that there is a chance of “losing” the county to Hoover. Re- publicans and anti-Smith Democrats, of whom. there is apparently a large number, boldly claim the country for Hoover. For purposes of comparison it may be stated that the county voted for President in 1924 as follows: Davis. 1,586; Coolidge, 765; La Follette, 155. This year, on acount of new voters and the unprecedented interest in the cam- paign, it is expected that there will be a much larger total vote than in 1924, Outstanding Issues. quarters and Go to Cali- fornia 1o Vote. 4 Herbert Hoover, will forsake his cam~ paign headquarters here on November 1 and head for sunny California, where, scarcely two weeks hence, he will learn whether he is to be the next President of the United States. Hoover is going to his Pacific Coast home for the primary-purpose of cast- ing his own vote at the polls in Palo Alto. Will Speak in St. Louis. As an ‘“incidential phase” of the Jjourney, he will make his last appear- icture drawn |ance on the stump as a campaign | Smith-for-President campaign orator before a throng of voters in the | in jead over Smith run all the way from | Coliseum, at St. Louis, on the evening 250,000 as maximum. doubt, they 2 minimum to 600,000 as & |of November 2. ts for the to o nominee of Louisville, he will make cause of the short time intervening until election day. and Herbert, jr. Herbert already is ‘The regular, or pro-Smith Democrats, the anti-Smith, or_Hoover Democrats, and the old-line Republicans are all well organized in the country and hard at work. The Ku Klux Klan is very active in Hoover’s behalf. The religious issue is paramount, but many voters are also being.influenced by the liquor issue and other minor questions. Thomas R. Keith of Fairfax, chair- man of the Democratic campaign com- mittee of Fairfax County, said to The Star: “It is unusual for us to have to make a fight in Fairfax County, which is normally Democratic. The anti- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) INORRIS ANNOUNCES HELL BACK SMITH Nebraska Senator Says He Will Take Stump for Gov- ernor in Few Days. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg, October 24— Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, progressive, announced here today that he will support Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for the presidency, and that he will start on a speaking tour in Smith's behalf “within a few days.” The first positive announcement of Senator Norrls’ intention to support the Democratic nominee was made on his arrival here today for a brief stop en route to Othaha from Seattle. Senator Norris will make his first ':Peech Omaha Saturday night, he said. “I couldn’t reach any other conclu- sion but Gov. Smith for . said. “For a ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ing = SMITH OPENS DRIVE 10 SWING EASTERN STATES INTO LINE Governor Leaves Albany for First Scheduled Speech in Boston Tonight. SPECIAL TRAIN STOPS FIRST AT SPRINGFIELD Nominee Arranges Early Arrival in Order to Have Time for Parade Before Address. By the Assoclated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass, October 24—En route for Boston, where he speaks tonight, Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate for President, arrived in this city at 12:58. The governor was given a noisy welcome by the crowd assembled at the sta- tion. He did not speak, but merely waved his brown derby, & gesture that brought a terrific cheer from the crowd. BY the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, October 24.—Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, left. Albany on his special train for Boston at 10:17 am. today. Stops will be made at Springfield and Wor- cester. The nominee is due to reach the Massachusetts capital at 3:50 p.m. The goverrior and his party arrived at the station a quarter of an hour before the train was scheduled to leave. He went aboard immediately, but stood on the observation platform for sever- al minutes acknowledging the greet- ings. of a small crowd which had gath- ered to see him off. Gov. Smith, his eldest daughter, Mrs. John A. Warner, and Mrs. Smith. drove to the station in an open car, the governor standing up and waving to the crowd as the car came to a stop. He wore a heavy gray ulster, a woolen scarf drawn closely about his throat and the inevitable brown derby. Others in Party. In the party, in addition to Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Warner, were Willlam F. Kenny, New York City contractor, and John Curtin, New York attorney, personal friends of the candidate: Maj. John A. Warner, the governor's son- in-law, and superintendent of State police; Andrew J. Warner, a brother of Maj. Warner; John J. Glynn, jr., the governor's nephew; Joseph L, Cohn, personal publicity representative of the "murin and 'Mr% June Nir.:‘tm charge of women’s pul Y. Satisfled with his two drives west President,” the Senator BT el STUDENT FLYER FALLS FROM DIVING PLANE Instructor of Canadian Aero Club Also Plunges, but Catches On to Wing. in poll| California, while Alan will accompany | BY the Associated Press. of Smith and working it out on a per- |, centage basis, it is expected that Hoover will have a 500,000 lead over Smith on election day. The Cincinnatti Enquirer also is making a poll and it, too, shows that the trend is all toward Hoover, and while it does not forecast so large a majority for the Republican candi-| waterways, reaching from the Atlantic | the club instructor, date, it figures Hoover’s lead well up in the hundreds of thousands. Viewed Lost State. The plain truth of the matter is that the Democrats themselves have regard- ed Ohio as a lost State as far as Smith is concerned from the first of the cam- paign. They are centering their efforts more particularly on the gubernatorial race. Gov. Smith, in his campaign tours of the West has not sought to invade Ohio. Ohio is a dry State. It has voted dry again and -again. The Anti-Saloon league of America for years had its ‘headquarters in the State. It has been 2 dominant force often in the politics of Ohio, and it is working hard this year to defeat Smith. Ranged with it in this effort is the W. C. T. U, now holding its annual convention in Co- jumbus. At its opening meeting Mon- day Mrs. Florence D. Richard, presi- dent of the State organization, flayed Smith and praised Hoover amid wild applause. “We are opposed to putting a bar- keeper’s apror. on Uncle Sam,” was her opening shot at the Democratic ticket, and eulogizing Mr. Hoover, she said “He does not drink; he knows the constructive side of prohibition; he is a man of culture and refinement; he has never spoken a word or performed an act favorable to the sale of liquor; he has given service to humanity, not to a political machine; he is the man ‘Woodrow Wilson picked to undertake the largest job of the war, etc. etc. etc.” ‘While there are a great many Cath- olic voters in Ohio, the Protestants his mother and father from Wash- n. ‘Waterways to Be Subject. In his address in St. Louis, Hoover is expected to draw a picture of one of his long cherished dreams— a comprehen- sive interconnected system of inland Ocean to the Great Lakes and thence down the heart of the continent by way of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Arriving at Palo Alto on November 5, Hoover probably will go before the microphone in the study of his univer- sity home and broadcast an election eve appeal to the voters to support the Re- publican ticket. A score of leading civic, social wel- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) GRILL IN CHICAGO IS BOMBED AGAIN Blast Is Second in Two Months. Hotel Guests Awakened by Detonation. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 24—For the second time in two months a bomb was thrown early today into the Wacker Grill, half a block outside the Loop on North Clark street, wrecking the exte- rior and shattering windows on both sides of the street for a block. Seventy guests of the Martin Hotel, across the street, were aroused and rushed to the lobby. The noise, like a clap of thunder, also awakened guests far outnumber them and the religious issue is having its effect here as well as elsewhere. But the opinion of some of the shrewdest politicians here is that if the religious issue were not involved, the State would still go for Hoover, Jargely on the dry issue, the prepon- derance of Republicans over the Dem- ocrats, and the preference of the busi- mess interests for a Republican national administration, Registration Is Large. In Ohio, as in other places, there has been a larger registration than in the ast. The Democrats insist that they efit by this increase in the number of voters, saying that many of the wives of the working men have never voted before and that they are now coming out for Smith, and that the same applies to the wives of many of the foreign groups and of the Cath- olic voters. The Republican women's organizations have been very active, however, in their efforts to get the women to the polls this year, and it 3s generally believed that Mr, Hoover will benefit greatly thereby. Indeed it is estimated that three out of every four women will vote for Hoover on election day in Ohio. It was in Ohio that Mrs. Mabel Wal- ker Willebrandt stirred the political cauldron by addressing the Ohio Meth- odist Conference at Springfield and at the Hotel Sherman, one block south. Only recently were repairs made at the grill of damage done by the pre- vious bomb. Officers said at that time and reiterated today that they believed & bootlegging war was to blame. Police fixed damage today at $1,000, TOWN PRINCESS VISITED AGAIN SWEPT BY FIRE Blaze in Portumna, County Gal- way, Starts in Technical Schools and Spreads Rapidly. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, October 24. —Another fire occurred last night at Portumna, County ~Galway, where Princess Mary and her husband, Vis- count Lascelles, visited recently. The blaze started in the technical schools and grew so rapidly that urgent calls were sent to Athlone and Lime efter which telephone communication ceased. The Athlone Barracks fire was called from a motion picture thea- ter and drove 30 miles to the fire, which civilians and the civic guard had joined in fighting. The roof fell in as the brigade arrived. Northeast Ohio Methodist Conference (Continued an Fage 5 Column 4. Princess Mary receptly inspected the 1 ‘WINDSOR, Ontario, October 24.—Don Strevett, youthful student pilot of the Border Cities Aero Club, fell from one of the club's Moth planes this morning. According to early reports, Strevett was at the controls of the plane, with R. H. Soundy, flying with him. Suddenly, the plane went into a vertical dive and Strevett fel out. Soundy also fell from the fuselage, but succeeded in catching the wing. He pulled himself back into the plane, which was then flying upside down, righted it and made a successful land- ing at Walker airport. A searching party went out to look for Strevett's body. | denstey REBURIAL OF DEAD ROYALTY RUMORED London Stirred by Reports 16 Kings and Queens Will Be Taken From Windsor Castle. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 24—Rumors that the remains of certain historical per- sons buried in famous 8t. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; are being re- moved to ground spécially consecrated for them at Frogmore in Windsor Park, the burial place of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort, are setting ‘Windsor agog today, says a special dis- gz:ch from that place to the Evening T, The greatest secrecy is being main- tained, but stories are in circulation, says the correspondent, of unaccustom- ed activity within the castle walls last night, and mysterious lights in the chapel where some 16 Kings and Queens of England—Lancastrian, Yorkist, Tu- dor and Stuart—are buried. The Star adds that it appears to be established that ground at Frogmore has been prepared for the reception of bodies and specially consecrated recent- ly. The stone giving access to the huge vault under the chapel shows signs that it had recently been removed. MAN KILLS H'IS BROTHER FOR ABUSING OWN BRIDE By the Associated Pre A ST. LOUIS, October 24.—Charles Bur- dock, 27, shot and killed his brother, Alex, 22, last night, after Alex, who was drinking, had mistreated his bride of one day and his crippled mother, and had threatened the elder brother * Chavice t6id police today e upbraid \r] pol y u = ed his brother for abusing his 17-year- old- bride and told him to leave the house. Instead of leaving Charles the younger with a buf . Obtaining his revolver from a gas ggx:l out?&t x}lxereml;:‘ h&hflden it, les s ex t and then swrendered to the police, e said, brother threatened him | bee: r knife. the Allegheny Mountains, the Demo- 5 ‘has elected to_close his -for- the cy mn!ned Nortg; Atlantic sea- arrive in n early in order to have time for a parade be- fore appearing in the Boston arena tonight. Upsetting precedents of recent polit~ ical history, the standard bearer of Democracy ‘has decided to carry his campaign into a group of States which, under normal conditions, register their electoral votes in Republican col- umn. Besides his native State of New York, this group includes Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania. He also will lrpeul to the border State of Maryland, although he will not visit it. The State of Delaware comes within the scope of this final drive of the campaign. Of the seven States to be visited by the Democratic nominee, all were found in the Republican line-up four years ago. Massachusetts, with its 18 elec- toral votes; New York’s 45; Pennsyl- | 8ee. t | vania, with its 38; New Jersey's 14, Maryland’s 8, Connecticut's 6 and Rhode Island, with its 4, all fell under the avalanche of ballots which swept | °Pposed it. Calvin Coolidge into office. Democratic nominee, however, has received optimistic reports from party leaders in these States, and is confident that he has bright prospects in this area—vital in the quadrennial political battle. Conserves His Strength. The governor, experienced by many heated conflicts in New York State, has conserved his strength for this final drive. So far in the campaign he has, with but few exceptions, refrained from out-of-doors addresses in order to have at his command the full strength of a voice which as yet has not failed in the campaign. Upon the completion of his last swin; into the West, he said he was satisfie with the results of his efforts. “We have pretty well settled the States we have been in, from what I can hear,” were his words. He said in the “solid South” he never had felt the doubt shared by some over North Caro~ lina, nor had he believed that Tennes- see was off the Democratic reservation. “I did not know much about Ken- tucky when we started, but I am satis- fled with it,” he declared. The nominee added at that time that his optinusin included other Southern States as well as t! visited in the West and Midwest. COURSE IN “thPOLOGY" PLANNED FOR COLLEGE By the Associated Pre CINCINNATI, October 24.—There will be a course in “mopology” offered at the University of Cincinnati if the recommendations of Dr. Harry 8. Ganders, professor of education, are followed. He proposes school janitors if begun, would tion of the country. Dr. Ganders maintains that no one except the principal has more influence over the physical well-being of the school children than the ianitor, which he gives as a reason for the desirability of establishing such a training course. . Lay Three Deaths to Poison Rum. LOS ANGELES, October 24 (#).—The death of three persons here yesterday was ascribed to cmlu:uu‘}i“ag:' m the toll for thal a training class for and engineers, which, heard vict Theodore s Tor soing Tavor 1 here e Radio Programs—Page 31 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER be the first in this sec- | 1 HUGHES DECLARES HOOVER BEST MAN Former Secretary of State Gives Speech Twice in St. Joseph, Mo. By the Assoclated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., October 24 —Leav- ing with the farm belt a plea for the election of Herbert Hoover as the can- didate “best fitted” to deal with agri- cultural relief and other national prob- lems, Charles Evans Hughes was en route to Chicago today for his sécond address of the campaign. The former Secretary of State, who was the Republican presidential nom- inee in 1916, made & double-barreled speech, speaking first to a crowd which packed the auditorium and later re- peating the address from a radio studio over a network of stations of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. chain, Repe- of | tition of the speech was necessitated by the fact that_ arrangements.could not be made for the hook-up at the hour he spoke at the auditorium. Will Speak Tonight. Mr. Hughes was due to reach Chi- cago at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon for his speech there tonight. ““We have a choice between two men,” Mr. Hughes said in his St. Joseph speech. “It is not merely a ques- tion as between two parties. It is not merely a question as to what quali- fications one or the other of these two men has, considered alone or as com- pared to some one else. The primary question is, Which one, for this highest office, is the better of these two men? ‘The question is between Smith and Hoover, and I decidedly prefer Hoover.” Prosperity Up to Voter. The voters, he declared, were cal "0‘1;1‘ :owge'firmlne yhltthv:en the cllc‘fe‘l’ uld make for T the security of the cnrunt-rl;'.m”r e “We need economy in administration. We have had it in an extraordinary de- . No derislon or clustering “mis- statements can alter that fact. We can- not afford to commit the policy of pro- tection to a party that has always “The way to buttress our prosperit; to give every one, ernr:loyel'pm-ul;e en{-’ Eiuyed, producer and consumer, a feel- g of greater security as he looks for- ward to the next four years with all their uncertainties, to secure the most earnest effort under competent leader- ship to deal with all the economic dif- flculties that confront us, is to continue :?:tig:ucle; of ut‘he Republican adminis- ! un Hog‘l{l"-" ler the presidency of Herbert e question of choosing betwi :lv‘l:“mug c;mliéd-cea, Mr.g Hugh::ns:l}:ie. eal ith - g WA with “in the Amer: Condemns Bigotry, “I have no patience with bigotry,” he affirmed. “T “confess that I am in- :?,lernmfl,ott ’t:)mlermce. eno rery effor br! any question of religion into this gn‘fnpalgn.q We have enough troubles in this country with- out introducing into our political dis- cussions differences of religious faith. In_this Republic every one has the right to worship God according to his own conscience and we subject no can- didate for office to any religious test. ’cx;lll:; L?ymetliqw‘n sph;llil is the hope of our , the essential safeguard of re- ligion itself as well as of the state. “Let us also have the sportsmanlike spirit and be fair to both candidates. I do not regard it as any disparagement of the personal qualities of Smith to prefer Hoover. Both men have much to their credit. Both represent the American tradition of rising from poor and humble circumstances to great place. * * * Each should have the | Se) credit of his achievements. “But, in my mind, considering the office of President of the United States, there is a wide difference and a clear room for preference. I say this. with respect to the qualifications of knowl- edge, training, leadership, executive ability, talent for cooperation, resource- uln;u“, h;unu;e dlncl liberal spirit and capacity for leadership, every one of which is important.” Contrasts Knowledge, Mr. Hughes, who in the past has spoken favorably of Governor Smith as New York's chief executive, as- serted that the Democratic candidate had a knowledge of the government of “Bul a poor argument,” he con- tinued, “which says that we should elect a governor because of his intimate know] of state affairs, but should not choose a of his President because rare and intimate knowledge of na- |than tional affairs. “While Smith has been working at Albany, Hoover has been worl in ‘Washington. It is said that Smit a quick learner. 8o is Hoover. In his knowledge of the problems of the Continued on Page 4, Column 2.), 24, 1928 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,672 (#) Means Associated Press. You 'RE FUNNIER THAN % WILL ROGER President Issues Proclamation for Thanksgiving Day President Coolidge issued nual Thanksgiving proclamation to- day by calling upon the people to offer thanks on Thursday, Novem- ber 29, for prosperity in agriculture, industry and commerce, and for the peace which has existed in the last year, (Text page two. DUTSIDE INTERESTS )nl the * proclamation on I denounce| is automobiles; SEEKING GAS STOCK Control of Local Company Is Object, Preston Says. To Fight Move. BY EWAID C. STONE. That interests are making vigorous atfempts to buy Washington Gas Light Co. stocks in sufcient amounts to gain complete control of the DETECTIVE ADMITS LYING T0 PRISONER Baltimore Officer Tells ot Threats Made Against Robertson, trial, entering its fhird day in Circuit Court succeeded today in partially dis- crediting the testimony of a firearms expert and obtained an admission from a Baltimore captain of detectives that he had lied to the defendant, Samuel T. Robertson and had “threatened to stand him on his head and spin him like a top,” while the latter was prisoner in a Baltimore police staf The detective captain, Charles Burns, was called to the stand by Sta Attorney Robert Peter, jr, He described briefly the manner in which was brought to his office after he been. arzested for the murder on July 1927, of Edward L. Mills, Montgomery Count cspt‘sum-:l’he from the note local utility, was asserted today by Ord | th Preston, president of the gas concern, in answer to questions regarding these reports, current for some time in finan- cial circles. ©One or more representatives of a New York brokerage house have been mak- writer which had been taken from his home in Bethesda by pol his arrest. He said he did not Defense Attorney Stedman Prescott interrupted sud asked Burns if he had used any profans language on this oc- ing higher offers for the stock, private- | c: ly, than any bids on the Washington Stock Exchange. The New York brokers are under- stood to be seeking the stock for Chi- cago and other Middle Western inter- ests who have bought utility companies eleswhere and used them for “stock jobbing” rather than making any efe forts to improve the service. “It is true that outside interests are after the Wi sald Mr. Preston. *“ days pressure to secure been increased noticeably. Approached in Spring. “1 was approached by New York in- terests as far back as last Spring and asked if I would sell my stock and do what I could to obtain other stock for them. I replied I was not interested in selling stock that I held per- sonally and should oppose any one else selling his stock to interests outside of ‘Washington. “It has now come to my attention that persons trying to obtain the stock have even approached employes of the company here in the office, who hold 10 or 30 shares, and asked them if they wanted to sell their stock at a higher price than is being offered on the local exchange. “The stock is now selling on the Washington Stock Exchange around 100 and 101, but I am told that the outside purchasers are bidding 110 pri~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BISHOP G. H. KINSOLVING IS DEAD IN TEXAS AT 79 Presided Over Diocese There for More Than 30 Years—Served Church in Baltimore. By the Assoclated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., October 24.-—Death last night ‘claimed Right Rev. George Herbert Kinsolving, 79, for more than 30 years Bishop of the Texas Diocese of the Episocy hurch. Ordained in 1874, following his grad- uation from the Protestant Episcopal 'minary in Virginia, he served Churches in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Philadel- hia before his election in 1892 as ishop over the Texas Diocese. mi{:‘ :IS born in Bedford County, Va., once or but I did not swear answered, when ond morning I said ‘Good morning, Sam.' He answered that he not want to talk to me because I had nearly scalped him the day before. I felt that this was discourteous to me and then I threatened him.” The detective then described the manner in which he dictated to Rob- ertson, explaining that he did not tell the prisoner of thre abbreviation, punc- tuation marks, and the capitalization in the letter from which he was read- ing. The prosecution will attempt to show that Robertson’s typing was identical with that of the note, despite the fact that he had not been given this information. “I then asked him if he had killed Mills,” the detective said. He answered, acco! to Burns: “I guess I've talked a little too much. I won't say I did and I won't say I did not until-I see my at- ey. The first witness called by the State was Lieut. Col. Calvin W. Goddard, New >xamined and handled the fatal and bullets and shells from the two revolvers which police say were used in the mur- der. Testimony of Expert, e said that he had had these shells and bul- lets in his own possession ever since they were turned over to him. On cross-ex- amination, however, Attorney Prescott secured an admission from Goddard that he had left the shells and bullets with days. ‘While Leroy Rogers of the Montgom. ery County Police was describing how he secured the typewriter from Rob- ertson’s home a defense counsel ob- Jected that he could not hear the wit- | won' ness. Attorney Joseph Cissel for the State appealed to the judge to instruct lawyers of the defense to pay stricter attention to Besides the typewriter, the State has (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Industrial Pioneers, Worth 10 Billions, To Be Honor Guests at Banquet Tonight By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.—Nnine pio~ neers of American industry whose bined wealth is estimated at $10,000, 000,000 will be guests of honor at a banquet tonight. The banquet, to be held at the Hotel nference of maj It will be attended by more business, professional and i o3"yelrs: old, Tepresemtath years ol ive Orville Wright, 57, Glenn Curtiss, 50, aviation; Edison, 81, invention; 66, iron of and A. Schy and steel Rosenwald, 66, han 3 Eastman, 16, photography’ Cyius . K. Curtis, 78, Firestone, 60, rubber. Acdresses will olas Butler, t of bla’ "niversity, - who Wi ° the of honor; 4, . 8. be made by Dr. Nich- Colum- introduce , and Harvey industry, and Willis' A. president of the Merchants' Association of New York. tion; Charles M. |after day TWO CENTS. FARE RAISEPLEA MAY BE DROPPED BY CAR COMPANY Action Indicated After Con- ference Between Hanna and Childress. IMPORTANT STATEMENT PROMISED LATER TODAY Utilities Body Reported Ready to Deny Application, but Mem- bers Continue Silent, The Capital Traction Co, may with~ draw its application for a 10-cent fare rather than have it formally turned down by the Public Utilitles Commis- sion, it developed this afternoon follow- ing @ brief informal conference between Johg W. Childress, chairman of the commission, and John H. Hanna, presi- dent, of the company. Immediately after the conference, the commission convened in executive ses- sion to renew its consideration of the long-pending higher fare petition which, it is understood, it had de- cided to dismiss. At 2 o'clock, an hour later, the commission recessed for lunch and Chairman Childress indicated that an important announcement concern- ing the car fare case likely would be made later this afternoon, following an- other executive meeting of the commis- sion. While Mr. Hanna and members of the commission declined to discuss with Considers Bride Order. The commission also considered at the meeting the formal order prepared Gmnmmuhn‘:' Bride, counsel, which signed to dismiss the 10-cent fare aj plication. This order was submitted to the commission yesterday the commission had previously decided in. formally to deny the street car com- panies a higher fare. ‘The order 8tz g : i 2 » ; H 5#595%5 & # L The reports could not confirme however, but mu:d-rsmod!g:' h-vebeenoneotd:ernmwhythe commission has prolonged its formal action in denying inerease. ummtmm&mm.mW iper men who interviewed him after his brief conference EAST-WEST FLIGHT MAY START TODAY Tucker Set to Hang Up New Non- Stop Record to Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. GARDEN CITY, N. Y. October 24. —Harry Tucker, owner of the mono- plane Yankee Doodle, which made a non-stop record from California to New York, announced shortly before noon that he would take off at 3 o'clock this afternoon, weather permitting, in an attempt to break the non-stop rec- flight. John A. MacReady and in 26 hours and 42 mlnn&km Collyer was confident that the Mac- Ready time for the westward fligh could be bettered by the Yankee Doodle. “We’ll either beat that time for 24 hours.” Dr. the evidence when given | Weather Bureau, have clear weather all the SPANISH ADMIRAL DIES. De La Puente Was Only Captain General of Nation’s Navy.