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WEA' (0. 8. Weather Fair, continued THER. Bureau Forecast.) cool tonight and to- morrow. Temperature—Highest, 60, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 44, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Sar. The as fast as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,863 No. 30,858. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, g D. GOV SMITH FLAYS HOOVER CHARGE OF -~ STATE SOCIALISMY Is Cry of Special Interests, Nominee Says in Opening Final Drive. CHEERING THOUSANDS HAIL HIM IN BOSTON Takes Issue With G. 0. P. Opponent on Water Power, Prohibition and Farm Relief, By the Associated Press. BLACKSTONE, Mass,, October 25.—Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York arrived here by train from Boston at 11:30 o'clock today and started for Providence by automobile. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 25—Alfred E. Smith has opened his final drive for the presidency by hiting back at Her- bert Hoover, who, he declares, has de- scribed the Democratic theory of pub- lic ownership and public development as “State socialism” and at the same time used words “to conceal rather than convey a meaning.” Before a shouting audience that packed every foot of the Boston Arena last night, the Dempocratic presidential nominee took issue with-the utterances of his rival on the questions of water power, farm relief and prohibition, and declared the time had come when the need of the Nation was leadership. Today, the nominee turned his face toward New York, where he will ar- rive long after nightfall, after stops at Blackstone and Providence, R. I. Waterbury, Derby, Shelton, New Haven, Bridgeport and South Norwalk,, Conn. Mysterious Metal Overcomes Gravity, Scientist Asserts By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 25.—R. H. Tate, a young scientist in West Hartlepool, has given the scientific world some- thing to discuss by declaring he has made a discovery enabling him to overcome the law of gravity. Newspaper accounts of a demon- stration of his method say that this takes the form of a mysterious new metal and that a plate of it floats in the air when placed above a plate of similar material lying on the floor. Tate declined to say how he achieved his results. He said that he hoped to demonstrate the discovery soon in the presence of leading scien- tists. CAVE-IN BURIES SIX MEN AT TATH AND Workers Imprisoned Under 1,500 Tons of Dirt on Site of New Building. Six colored men were buried under 15 tons of dirt early this afternoon when a bank collapsed on the side of a 50~ foot. excavation on the southwest corner of Fourteenth and K streets, where the Morris Cafritz Co. is digging for a foundation for a new 14-story apartment hotel. Led by members of the fire rescue squad, 50 men recruited from the exca- vation work and the force building the new office building on the northwest corner began to dig furiously to reach the imprisoned men. J. W. Jenkins, foreman in charge of the excavation operations, hit on the head by a rock when the collapse came, was taken to the hospital, suffering from injuries which are not believed to be serious. West Wall Caves in. ‘The west wall of the excavation caved in. Observers were gertain that Crowd Bests Police. The governor’s overnight st: in Boston was almost one of continuous shauux:lg—empt for the time spent in Prom the moment he arrived until after he retired to his room at a hotel, after the night's speech, he was the center of a cheering crowd, which 900 police were.unable to Mli‘mu i address at the arena cl a lu}l{mprognm and was made only after e ot B aapny Halle 10 rect *hi ics an y1n] ?é‘recl few minutes c?awdl unable to jam into the other structure, He was introduced to the gathering, which filled every one of the 10,000 or and -all e the impulses and compulsions %?Nmm's and the world's affairs. “‘We shall use words meaning, not to hide it,’” the Democrat read. He said his rival had uttered these words in August, but it was not until last Monday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City that Mr. Hoover had “let the cat out of the bag.” In that speech, the nominee added, his rival had referred to the Democratic theory as one of “State socialism.” “Well, how do the members of Con- gress feel. who voted for the develop- ment of Muscle Shoals by the Govern- ment?” he asked amid laughter and applause. “Does Mr. Hoover seriously desire the American ple to believe,” he went b e application of the Jeffer- sonian theory of State right is so- cialism? He does not mean that.” Refers to Dry Law. Referring to prohibition, the governor , “If my plan is socialism, then it bootlegging and hi-jacking and racketeering t is going on is anarchy.” The governor said he had been called a soclalist before and if his views on ‘water power development were socialis- tie, then former President Roosevelt, Charles Evans Hughes, Owen D. Young and others were members of the Social- ist party. He added, if his views on farm relief were socialistic, that Vice President Dawes, Frank O. Lowden, former gov- ernor of Illinois, and others must come under the same classification and that Charles Curtis of Kansas, Mr. Hoover’s running mate, was 50 per cent social- istic, because he had first voted for the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill and then voted to sustain President Cool- idge's veto. “No,” the governor said. “Socialism, ‘Mr. Hoover, that is the cry of the special interests.” The Democratic candidate also criti- cized Mr. Hoover's claims to prosperity. Points to Decrease. “What are the facts?” he asked. “In one manufacturing city in this State the number of wage earners in indus- try dropped from 33,300 in 1921 to 24,- 800 in 1927, a loss of work for 8,500 men and women, particularly in the woolen and cotton mills.” The governor said Mr. Hoover in his ‘Boston address had referred to the wages of textile workers, and said they were getting 40 cents an hour, and “for that reason were much better off than the textile workers in any other part of the world.” The governor add- ed the Bureau of Labor Statistics in ‘Washington reported the textile worker received $17.30 a week. “On top of that statement”” the mominee continued; “let us look at that page ad inserted by the Republican national committee entitled, “A Chicken for Every Pot.” “Here is another good one for you. Listen to this: “Republican efficiency has filled the working men’s dinner pail and his gasoline tank besides, and placed the ‘whole Nation in the silk-stocking class.” The governor then urged his audi- ence to draw on its “imagination for a moment and see if you can in your mind’s eye picture a_man at $17.30 a (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) six men were working undes the wall at _the time it fell. Ten minutes after the force began to dig, they took out Henry Ford, colored. He was still alive when an ambulance rushed him to a hospital. Bernard Chambers, colored, 609 Fairmont street, was also struck by flying timber when the collapse occurred. His injuries were slight and he remained at the scene while rescuers searched for his com- panions. The construction company gave out the names of three men known to have As the rescue force dug witnesses to the accident were unable to agree on wall when it fell. More Rescuers Arrive. Emergency calls brought more fire- men and police to the scene and of | ambulances were kept waiting to bear any of the victims who might be rescued to hospitals in the hope that theymight be revived. Firemen of the rescue squad waited to give them first aid. On the opposite side of the street two men were killed several months ago when several floors of the old Franklin Square Hotel collapsed while it was be- ing razed to make way for the office building now under consi ‘PETTY PROSECUTION’ CHARGED BY ALLEN Caused First Conviction for Park- ing, Third Precinct Police Officer Alleges, - n there. Making a futile appeal to have his Tecord kept €lear of convictions on the ground that the placing of an overtime parking ticket in his automobile Monday constituted another example .of “petty prosecution” to which he had been sub- Jected since he charged the Police De- partment needed cleaning out from the “inside,” Policeman R. J. Allen of the third precinct was today found guilty and his personal bond taken. After Policeman Liverman of the Traffic Bureau told of marking the car while it was parked in front of the Dis- trict Building at 10:20, and found it still there at 12:10, Allen delivered a speech of denunciation against his “per-~ secutors.” “If any other officer than myself were involved in this petty affair there would have been no case,” he told the court. “I am in an unusual position at present because of my contentions. There have been numerous other in- stances in which I have been the victim of these petty affairs, so that I am tak- ing unusual precautions not to violate the letter of the law.” Allen claimed he had been summoned to the District Building by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, and said he had twice moved his car. Judge Robert E. Mattingly ruled, however, that it would have to make its decision solely on the basis of the evi- dence, and gave a verdict of guilty. It was the first time a conviction has been obtained against him, although there have been several efforts to “get” him por parking without lights, Allen said. Two spectators attempted to shake hands with the officer as he left the court. NAMING OF EXPERTS ON REPARATIONS DUE Agent General’s Report to Berlin Believed Prelude to Formal Negotiations. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 25.—S. Parker Gil- bert, agent general for reparations, held a conference with Chancellor Mueller today, informing him of the results of his recent visits to Paris, London and Brussels, Dr. Hilferding, minister of finance, and Dr. Curtius, minister of economics, attended the conference. It was semi-officially announced that today’s meeting marked the beginning of formal negotiations for the installa- tion of an experts’ committee agreed upon in Geneva last month for the final regulation of the problem. WASHINGTON, D. @,. THURSDAY, O DEMOCRATICSTRING OF GOVERNORS MAY BE BROKEN IN OHIO Cooper’s Election Over Davey Likely as Race Stands at Present. G. 0. P. SENATE SEEKER’S SUCCESS IS FORECAST Hoover Expected to Outrun State Ticket—Republican Break” Prophecy Wrong. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star, COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 25.—Ohio has had a Democratic governor for the last six years. Ohio Democrats are ‘making their big bid in the campaign this year for the election of Repre- sentative Martin L. Davey, their guber- natorial nominee. The Republicans have placed in nomination against him Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati, the man whom Gov. Donahey defeated two years ago. Ohio, a strongly Republican State, like New York has shown its favor to the Democratic party when it came to electing its chief executives. The Re- publicans, as a matter of fact, have succeeded in electing governors only twice since along about 1900. Judson Harmon, Democrat, had his terms of office in the State house, and “Jimmy” Cox, who ran for President in 1920 against Harding, was elected three times governor, and “Honest Vic” Donahey, the present governor, is winding up his third term as chief executive. Cooper Likely to Win. This seems to be a‘ Republican year in Ohio, and Cooper is likely to win, though he may run far behind Hoover when the votes are counted. Some of the impartial observers place Cooper’s probable lead over Davey at 150,000, and some of them at even less. The Democrats insist that they will defeat Cooper. . The voters of Ohio have a compara- tively easy time when it comes to “splitting” their ticket in the years of national elections. As in the case in New York State, the nominees for State office and for Congress are on one ballot and the presidential electors are on another. Each voter is given the two ballots. How easy to mark one Republican and the other Democratic. u;: is dlfl:‘ult to find l‘:mlfisuemln :’he gubernatorial cam] A ry here de- velopes. The want to get in and the want to stay in. That’s about the size of it. ' a strange thing, both sides have prac- tically indorsed the Donahey adminis- tration. The Republicans are making no attack on the present governor. Don- ahey has given the State a good gov- ernment, they admit. Donahey for Smith. Donahey, who was frequently men- tioned during the pre-convention cam- paign as a possible Democratic nominee for President, or for vice president, says very frankly that he is for Smith and will vote the straight Democratic ticket. He is not out campaigning, but is in Columbus attending to the job of gov- erning the State. It may.be said, how- ever, in this connectioni that in his own campaigns for re-election as governor, Donahey has kept off the stump, mak- ing only a speech or two and those brief, in his last campaign. _Martin L. Davey has been a member of Congress from the fourteenth dis- trict since his election in 1918. He is the “tree man.” His father, John Davey, was the “father of tree surgery.” Mr. Davey is making an active cam- paign and is handling his opponent without gloves. He has charged that “Schneller’s Gang” in Cincinnati had received $50,000 for swinging its sup- port to Cooper in the primary elec- tion, when the Republican gubernatorial nominee defeated Representative Begg. “What has my opponent paid Mauric Maschke, the Republican boss of Cuy- ahoga_County?” demands Mr. Davey. Then he dubs Maschke “the sly old fox of Cleveland” and charges Maschke with “holding Cleveland in the bond- age of commercialized gang politics.” Maschke Hits Back. Maschke is not slow in coming back at Davey in this genial debate. Ohio is somewhat celebrated for its mud- slinging campaigns, and this guberna- torial row is no exception. Mashcke tries to tie the Ku Klux Klan label on Davey'’s coattails. He insists that Da- vey is trying to prove himself dry in rural communities and wet in the cities. Then Mashcke goes further and seeks to link up Davey with D. C. Stephen- son, former grand dragon of the Klan in Indiana, the same Stephenson who is now serving a life sentence for murder, and who' has done much to bring the Republicans into discredit in the Hoo- sier State. Maschke charges that Stephenson helped Davey in his cam- paign for re-elecction to Congress in 1920, when he, Davey, was opposed by Charles L. Knight. Cooper is a real estate operator in Cincinnati, a man of considerable means, it is reported. Cooper is a dry and has church support. But the Anti-Saloon League, while it is mak- ing an active fight for the election of Mr. Hoover to the presidency, is ine clined, it is said, to let the voters take their choice between Cooper and Davey, for Davey is recognized as a dry, The W. C. T. U, which has been hold- ing its annual convention here, is charged by some of the Democrats with favoring Cooper, at least to the extent of permitting his supporters to distribute :heii‘ literature to the delegates more reely. Backed by Taft Paper. Cooper was beaten in his own county, Hamilton, two years ago when he ran against Donahey. But this year the old crowd in Cincinnati has swung found to Cooper, as indicated by the support it gave him in his contest with Begg in the primary, and the county may go for Cooper in the general elec- tion. The Taft paper, the Times-Star, in Cincinnati, is supporting Cooper against Davey, although it favored Begg in the primary campaign. In their efforts to bring about the election of their candidate for governor, Ohio Democrats are proceeding much as are the Democrats in In , who are trying above all else to put_their candidate in the statehouse. These two Midwest States are practically sure to give their electoral votes to Hoover in the presidential race. The Demo- (Continued oa Page 4, Column 6.) U. 5. WORKERS MAY GET TIME T0 VOTE President May Give Employes Partial Holiday on November 6. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. So great is President Coolidge's de- sire to see the largest possible vote cast throughout the Nation on November 6 that he is now considering issuing an executive order excusing Federal em- ployes from duty on election day for a sufficient length of time to enable them to cast their ballot. Besides this, Mr. Coolidge is con- templating a journey to Northampton, Mass., his home town, for the purpose of personally placing his ballot in the box on election day. It is not neces- sary for him to go home to vote. He could take advantage of Massachusetts® :;etmo voting law and mail his. vote, | he feels that by going personally to polls he would be setting a good ple and that this action on his part ‘would no doubt influence many persons who are now indifferent to the importance of exercising their rights of franchise. May Issue Order. 1t is thought likely that Mr. Coolidge very shortly reach a decision re- garding the matter of an executive order granting sufficient time off from work, to the Federal employes on elec- tion day. The proposal was made to- day by Luther C. Steward and Ger- trude M. McNally, president and sec- retary-treasurer, respectively, of the National Federation' of Federal Em- ployes, during a call at the White House. Mr. Steward explained that consid- erable confusion has existed in the minds of Federal employees during pre- vious years due to the absence of any general regulations governing absence of employes on election day for the pur- pose of exercising their right of fran- chise. He stated also that if the Presi- dent did issue such an order it would make it possible for many thousands of men and women, not only in Washing- ton, but elsewhere throughout the country, to go to the polls who might otherwise be prevented because of lack of time. Mr. Steward said that heads of the various governmental departments could excuse employes of their indi- vidual departments for voting purposes on election day, but he thought it would be more convenient and impres- sive as well as more expeditious if the Presidenthimself issued one order cov- ering all the departments. Mr, Steward left the White House under the im- pression that the President would lose no time deciding this matter one way or the other. Seeks to Encourage Voting. Regardless of their politics or their preference of candidates in the coming election, President Coolidge believes that employes of the Government should be as ready to exercise their rights of franchise as those not in the Federal service, The President has several times since becoming President ex- pressed himself very frankly on this subject and has otherwise acted in a way to encourage voting on the part of the employes of the Government. Those with whom the President has discussed the probability of his going to Northampton to vote are confident that his sole purpose is to encourage others to vote when the time comes. It has been suggested, however, that such a journey might also serve as a rather definite gesture on his part in behalf of the candidacy of Hoover and Curtis and that it would be especially effective in Massachusetts, which has developed into one of the real battle- grounds of the campaign. If the President does go ta Massachu- too. | setts, he will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge. Election day this year will be a memorable one for John Coolidge, the President’s son, because he will cast his first vote. It is understood that John, who is living in Hartford, Conn., will vote by mail. If the President and Mrs, Coolidge go to Northampton to vote they will not tarry there long. They will go di- rectly to the voting place and, probably take a peep at the little frame e on Massoit street and drop in for a brief visit with Mrs, Lemira Goodhue, Mrs. Coolidge’s mother, who has been ill in a hospital there since last December. ‘There is very little likelihood that the President will make a speech while in Massachusetts. Former Senator Owen of Oklahoma, Democrat, who called at the White House today to pay his respects to President Coolidge, expressed great sur- prise that Senator Norris should sup- port Gov. Smith. “A man of my temper certainly would not accept any promises from a man who has sworn uphold the Consti- tution and who then permits 20,000 speakeasies to run right under his nose, and pay tribute to his political associates,” Senator Oyen said, ? CTOBER 25, 1928 —FIFTY-SIX PAGES. ¥ (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Postman Suspended In Investigation of Anti-Smith Circular By the Assoclated Press. Omar P. Hillborn, a letter car- rier of Bristol, Pa., was sus- pended by Postmaster General New today pending investigation of charges that he distributed an anti-Smith circular while deliv- ering mail. An inspector has been sent to Bristol to ascertain the facts, and further action in the case will de- pend upon his findings. The Postmaster General, Octo- ber 19, ordered suspension of Rob- ert H. Stickler, postmaster, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie Burns Stickler, assistant post- master at Lansford, Pa., when they were charged with conspir- ing to secure the anonymous mailing of circulars attacking the candidacy of Herbert Hoover. TYPING TEST MADE INROBERTSON CASE ere-by” Written by Word “H Expert Trying to Identify Murder Note. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICK, Md,, October 25.—The steady “tap, tap” of a typewriter punc- tuated the tomblike silence of Fred- erick County’s Circuit room this morning as a noted Government ex- pert methodically punched seven keys to form one short word—on the strength of which, because of its peculiarities, the State hopes to convict Samuel T. Robertson of murder. The word on which the State is basing a lurge part of its case against Robertson, charged with the murder of Edward L. Mills, is “here-by” used in- correctly in the note which the slayer pinned to Mills' body after he had shot him to death at daybreak on July 7, 1927, on the latter's farm near Hunting Hill, Md. The typewritten note which the slayer pinned to his victim’s body established a motive for the crime by stating that Mills had been killed because of be- coming involved in the murderer’s do- mestic affairs. Note as Only Clue. With this note as the only clue, Montgomery Count; authorities went to the most famous experts in the country, hoping they would be able to pick out individual characteristics in the note and thus be able to locate the machine used in writing it. With the typewriter once found, police felt it would be an easy matter to identify the man who wrote the letter. ‘The State placed Dr. Wilmar Souder of the Bureau of Standards on the stand this morning as its first witness. Picking up the murder note, Dr. Souder turned to the 12 fmen in the jury box: “You can see,” he said, pointing with his forefinger, “that the word ‘here-by’ has been hyphenated by the writer and that the hyphen is a little above center and almost merges with the letter ‘e’ You can also see that certain other letters, such as the capitals, A, D, S, P and Y lean one way or the other, or are shaded in a peculiar manner. These characters can be made only by the typewriter with which this note was written.” Examined Typing. Dr. Souder then explained that he {had made an examination of typing done by the defendant in a Baltimore police station from dictation given by a detective who read excerpts from the murder note and of certain specifica- tions taken from Robertson’s home after his arrest. ‘The same distinguishing character- istics appearing in the murder note also appear in the dictation specimen and the specifications, he said. “These facts,” Dr. Souder declared, “indicate that the several documents were all written on the same ma- chine.” He also stated that he had reached his conclusions while working independently of other experts and that he was to receive no compensation from the State for his work. Under cross-examination by Stedman Prescott of defense counsel, however, Dr. Snyder testified that there were certain characteristics appearing in the murder note which do not appear in the other documents. ‘The discrepancies brought out were that the hook of the small letter “a” is more pronounced in the murder note than in the others, and that one of the diagonals on the letter “w” was slightly different. Dr. Souder said, however, that this might have been caused by differences in the paper or stroking of the letters, Experiment Asked. ‘The court demonstration came about when Attorney Prescott asked Dr. Sou- der to make an experiment in front of the jury. Leaving the witness box, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TENCENT CARFAE 3D 5 DHISSED Application Is Disposed of Pending Congress’ Action on Transil Merger. Dismissal of the long pending appli- cation of the Capital Traction Co. for a 10-cent fare was finally ordered lat® yesterday by the Public Utilitles Com- mission, which at the same time defi- nitely disposed of the question of higher car fares pending action of the coming session of Congress on the transit mer- ger agreement. The commission turned down the pe- tition without prejudice to the company to renew its plea for financial relief after next March 5, following the ad- journment of Congress, and without passing upon any of the issues involved with :.lvhlch it has struggled for the last sever: 'weeks. luded the ques- tion of it of the pany ¢ ington agreed to accept the order and to make no effort to upset it in the courts or seek any increase until Congress passes on the merger pact. Procedure Surprising. The procedure followed by the com- mission in disposing of the case came as a distinct surprise in view of a plan mnfiklll% nglreed uponu;s;ueéoirl‘:” the week. plan, sugges y ra- tion Counsel Willlam W. Bride, the commission’s general counsel, proposed first to deny the increase to the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Co., which did not ask for it, but was made a party to the case in the interest of a uniform rate of fare. The commission then would notify the Capital Traction Co. that since its president, John H. Hanna, had publicly stated that it would not accept a higher fare unless it was applied to the competing com- pany, it would be idle to grant its ap- plication. The procedure adopted was radically different, however. It was framed at a hurriedly arranged conference between members of the commission and offi- cials and legal representatives of the two car companies. These included President Hanna of the Capital Trac- tion Co., George E. Hamilton, chair- man of that company’s board of di- rectors, and George T. Dunlop, the com- pany’s general counsel; illiam F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Co.,, and S. R. Bowen, vice president and general counsel. The conference also was at- tended by Corporation Counsel Bride and James L. Martin, who represented People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty. Believes Merger Vital. The commission pointed out in a statement issued at the close of the meeting that its action was predicated solely in the interest of a merger of the car companies. The statement read: “This commission has approved and recommended to Congress a unification agreement to which both the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. are parties, which is now pending, and which will prob- ably be acted on at the session of Con- gress now but five weeks away. The commission belicves ‘that a merger is vital to the interests of both companies and to the people of the District of Columbia, and that to enter an order raising the rates at this time might seriously interfere with favorable action by Congress. “Upon a full consideration the com- mission, without passing upon or de- termining any of the issues involved, have reached the conclusion to dis- miss the application of the Capital Traction Co. for an increase In fare, without prejudice to the company’s right to renew its application a time subsequent to March 5, 1929.” In a subsequent statement t(he com- mission explained that the companies (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Railway to HOOVER WILL CALL | FARM AID SESSION, MMULLEN ASSERTS Nebraska Governor Says He Talked Over Program With Candidate. SAYS NOMINEE SEES BUT ONE IMMEDIATE METHOD Regular Course of Events Would Cause More Than Year's Wait, He Declares. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr,, October 25—Gov Adam McMullen today said Herbert Hoover will call a special session of Congress for the sole purpose of taking | up the agricultural question if he is elected President of the United States. “On own initiative, of my own ac- cord, at own expense, for my own satis- faction I had a conference a few weeks EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONVENTION ENDS INPLEA FOR UNITY Pastoral Letter of House of Bishops Is Read at Closing Session. APPEAL MADE FOR END OF FACTIONAL BREACHES Laxity Admitted During Time Re- vision of Prayer Book Has Been Under Way. With a solemn plea for “one family of God, one world, one church” in the pastoral letter of the House of Bishops read in the Church of the Epiphany this afternoon, the forty-ninth General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church came to an end. The pastoral letter appealed partic- ularly for unity within the Episcopal Church itself, especially between the ago with Mr. Hoover,” the governor said. “I wanted to know whether he meant business about doing something for agriculture. For an hour we talked over the table alone. “He said he contemplates, if elected, calling a special session of Congress for the sole purpose of taking up tl - cultural question. He said that if a special session of Congress were not called it would be a year before the question could be taken up and another year before any kind of legislation could be put into operation.” Sees Smith Powerless. “There is quite a difference,” Gov. McMullen continued, “between taking the agricultural question before a special session of Congrese and a conference as Gov. Smith proposed. Gov. Smith would still be a private citizen when he called his proposed conference, which would be powerless. If Gov. Smith knows what he proposes to give the farmers he would not need a conference. “I am convinced that Mr. Hoover means to propose some kind of legisla- tion for the marketing of crop sur- pluses_without a subsidy. As to his plan, I do not know its nature. Mr. Hoover says if he is elected, he will do his utmost for agriculture, and I believe him.” Itinerary Not Decided. Concerning his speaking tour in the Middle West in behalf of Mr. Hoover, the governor said his itinerary had not been decided upon. He explained that State matters kept him from ac- Anglo-Catholic and extreme low church elements, which have sponsored widely different doctrinal positions during the past few years. Considerable laxity, it is claimed, has crept into the church in recent years while the revision of the Book of Com- mon Prayer has been under way and individual clergymen have gone to ex- tremes in one direction or the other. The prayer book revision was finally completed and ratified at this conven- tion, thus lessening considerably the leeway for the diffe tiouent. ferent schools of Leiter Calls for Halt. The pastoral letter calls in the activities both of u‘:g:e‘shu.hlf merging established usage in alien rites” and those who would depart from the language of the prayer book to express what “is merely the individual's wish or opinion.” “No communion in Christendom,” the cepting the tentative itineraries. He said his tau%epmbl\fly ‘would be short and might confined only to a radio hook-up. KAHN BACKS HOOVER. Announces Support After Having OK’'d Smith’s Dry Views. Otw H. Kahn, banker and philan- may be prays hopefully fc union Church of Romye e;'h?o'.her tinually closer relations with thropist and confessed advocate of Gov. | antism. Smith's “basic views” on prohibition, announced, following a visit with Her- bert Hoover today, that he discounts prohibition as an issue in this cam- paign and that he believes the election of Hoover is “important to the country.” Kahn breakfasted with the Republic- an presidential nominee at the latter’s S street home. Later he issued a state- ment citing a number of reasons why | histor he was supporting Hoover for President. Kahn said that while he differed with Hoover on prohibition, he felt that “in- asmuch as Gov. Smith is advocating one thing and a large majority of the congressional nominees of his are advocating the opposite thing, I can- aot see the logic of a Republican depart- ing from his usual political affiliations because of that question.” Sees Hoover as Liberal. Among the reasons Kahn gave for his advocacy of the Hoover cause were, briefly, that Hoover is a “wisely con- structive liberal and humanitarian,” he advocates a type of prosperity tha. will benefit all sections of the country, he is “cautious of speech, reticent of promise and adverse to resounding pro- fessions,” he repudiates bigotry and prejudice and there are indications that New York voters will support him overwhelmingly for President. Col. Oscar N. Solbert of Rochester, N. Y., president of the John Ericsson Republi- can League of America and former aid to President Coolidge, told Hoover today that Americans of Swedish descent are supporting him for President. Myron Herrick, Ambassador to France, was another caller at Hoover’s office today. Maryland will be favored with a brief visit and talk from the Repub- lican candidate one week from today, as he passes through that State on his way to California to vote. Hoover's special train will be routed through Cumberland, where next Thursday evening the nominee will halt for an informal speech from the rear plat- form of his train. ‘Will Talk at Louisville. On the following morning Hoover will make another platform talk at Louisville, Ky. From there the train will go direct to St. Louis, arriving on the evening of November 2, shortly be- fore the hour set for Hoover's formal address on inland waterways and farm relief at the Coliseum. ‘This will be the last personal appear- ance of the nominee on the stump during the campaign. It is probable, however, that he will make a radio AnY | appeal to the voters from his Stanford University home on the evening before election dnfl ‘The !ouowh:g‘dny he will enter a polling booth on ‘university campus and cast his vote. First in America and Leader in Censorship The Star’s volume of local display advertising is the greatest of any newspaper in America. This is largely due to the confidence of The Star’s readers in everything that appears in the columns. For years all advertising has been strictly censored and all fraudulent and deceptive advertising eliminated. ‘The public has been invited to call attention to any untrue or misleading statement. Any complaint will be i;pmegiluly investigated. % “In all this we would Lng of forces which are :leleve, the evi- ’s attempt to meet e continually new conditions world that moves forward with m"’r{xyt ing rapidity. Great Truth Witnessed. “We see witnessed great that Christianity is 'i:l a :l:";t: one-sided section of life, but a_divine creative force sweeping into human Ty, selzing upon human souls with grip upm? :]:er;o:p:ct f ll!m mnkh.m e of partisans as well as staf ] as_well as priests. did not hxvamu= m:vexc:nu the work- or God, would, we venture to belie 2 dead church. If estant 6 fing Catholic and gether and to worship together the one Lord wi faith vain O oth adore, then is our T'?-f, leéfi-“louows: e tlan Church is to which has been intrusted th‘e ;:gsl:;): Topagation of the and through which normally mfio;};e; salvation in union with God. But it is more than that. The church is the body of Christ and Christ is the repre- sentative of all humanity. The church, His body, is indeed and ought to be in fact the prophecy of human It foreshadows the right relations men to God and one another. When we speak of it as the family of God We can rightly do so only in this phetic sense. "It is the inner group of the great family of all mankind, the group which is conscious of the sonship that belongs to all. Its function is not to draw men out from the human fam- ily, but to make that family conscious of its real relation to God. The dom for which the church works and prays comes when men live like brothers g &::ev;inc obedience to their Heavenly ve, be Prot- a way to live to- y. of Unity Called Goal. “Civilization depends u control of those divisive forces 'lgl?:!llz prevent a family life. Progress as the Chrisian sees it is the overcoming of these same divisive forces by the power of God. Unity is the goal. Love, brotherhood, fellowship are only v-ry]nfl and m ‘The the spiritual means men reach this . of is the soclety in which the divisive forces are overcome and the goal is 3 “If the unity of of men’s striving, by seiting men t one continually thnuh.:“m society o!mm cannot be conquered by a church w] has not conquered them itself. A. di- vided church implies a yet world. Yes, admits it, accepts it. “ 'phm part, then, as