Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1928, Page 2

.2 w2 CORONER STARTS AUTO DEATH PROBE Difficult Task Faced in Fixing Responsibility for Hitting Miss King. ‘While an inquest was under way to- day st the District morgue into the death of Miss Cecilia D. King, 23 years old, 3028 Otis street northeast, who suc- cumbed in Emergency Hospital yester- day .%o injuries received Tuesday when she was struck by the speeding auto- mobile of Battalion Fire Chief Andrew H. Woiter. Her companion, Mrs. Mar- garet- A. Connick, 24 years old, 1357 Good Hope road southeast, was still lying in a critical condition .in Emer- gency Hospital. She has been uncon- scious ever since the accident and little hope is held for her recovery. The coroner's jury was to attempt to fix responsibilify for the crash. Following the death of Miss King, Pvt. Willlam Jaeger, driver of the fire chief’s car, went to the first precinct station house and surrendered. He was later released in custody of Battalion Chisf P. W. Nicholson, acting chief, who guaranteed his appearance at the inquest today. Policeman First Witnesss. The first eyewitness to testify at the inquest was Policeman Charles E. Mc- ‘Williams, who said that he stood in the middle of Fourteenth street at F street and saw the bodies of both Miss King and Mrs. Connick hurled into the air. He witnessed the accident from a dis- tance of three blocks. McWilliams said that he watched the course of the chief's car and saw it when it swung to the left of the street car, the way to the right bein~ ob- structed by vehicular traffic. * Both the young women were still lying there when he, arrived at the scene. . . Another witness, Berardo Di Graco- mo, a laborer.for the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. stated that he got off of the street car ahead of the two across: the. st; he had enough time to clear the speed- 'he next that he knew was when he heard the sound of the collision and turned around to see the victims hurled 150 feet down Fourteenth street. He testified that he heard the engines run- ning while he was still on the car and THE- EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY,. OCTOBER UBERALBLOGDUE T0 RETAN POVER Expected to Hold Balance in Senafe, Regardless of Election Outcome. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Western Progessives, mostly ‘Repub- lican, will in all probability continue to ! hold the balance of power in the next | of the one-man campaign undertaken | Senate. That was the avowed object ! OFF ON TRANSCONTINE AL SPEED FLIGHT F. O n. District’s Appeal For Vote Heard Over Radio Tonight before it came to a stop to discharge the rs but thought that all led the car down Fourteenth Assistant Trafic Director M. O. Eldridge stated that there was no regu- tion in the traffic act that governed speed or action of the fire apparatus while responding to a fire alarm or any emergency and that the driver of the chief’s car, Prvi. car, the District because of in the per- Sotion, N tho Tact that et no law flum i Dougherty by Nicholson, was held on g“‘omuutmwamcmmmo( services for Miss King will at 9 c'ciock Saturday morning at the St. Francis' de Sales ’Catho- lic Burial will be in Mount : ‘survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James H. B :nlshr.lln.l:lryfllltlflnym William J. King, & policeman, and E. A, VALUATION OF PEPCO IS BEGUN BY EXPERT Dr. Malthie Will Report to Senate Comumittee Along With Car - ~Lines’ Estimates. Dr. Milo V. Maltbie, who was en- ged by the lem‘;e District commit- the w.mmzfm% was loset ly when E. Goldwaite, his as- called at the Public Utilities HE R 8 i LEH] attaches of the Util- that it probably would ¢ » month to complete the study ©f the power company's operations. the meantime other members of Dr. Maltbie’s staff are expected to finish the valuation of the properties of the car and motor bus companies. RETIRED U. S. WORKER, " 73, ISKILLED IN PANAMA B the Associated Press. PANAMA, October 25.—John S. Mor- ris, 73, a member of a prominent Lynch- burg, , family and a rehuvelol for- 3 His widow lives with his Mrs. Allen Sumner, in Wash- h ug} m. mfi? Morris was reputed to be the old- est living alumnus of William and Mary sg}len. He was a retired Federal em- ye. Mrs. Morris and her daughter, Mrs. canal. ter, Sumner, are livi in Washington at 1316 New Ham) avenue, P) for the funeral have not been completed. Hair Dresser Sued. Alleging that she has been seriously disfigured as the result of treatments, Helen Nance, 1517 Allison street, has filed suit to recover $10,000 damages from Lillias Cropper, trading as the Lillias Hair Shoppe. Through Attor- neys Newmyer & King, the plaintiff says, she submitted to a scalp and hair treatment August 23 last and her scalp, x | Washingto: The plea of the disfranchised ‘Washingtonian for his right as an American citizen to vote as millions of other Americans will vote on the 6th of November will be heard on the air tonight from Stations WRC and WMAL, as the opening of a campaign under leadership of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation for the District directed toward centering the eyes of the Nation on Washing- ton’s “day of humiliation.” At 7 o'clock Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee, will speak from ‘WRC on “Our Day of Humilia- tion,” and at 8:30 o'clock Paul Lesh will deliver an address from Station WMAL, his subject being “National Representation and Election Day.” On other dates between now and election day, other speakers will deliver messages on national representation for the District. The dates and the time will be announced later. ASSAILS HOOVER'S INDUSTRIAL RECORD Labor Head Cites Statement That Nominee Used Slaves in India. By'the Assoclated Press. 3 NEW YORK, October 25.—John Sul- livan, president of the New York State Federation of Labor, has issued a state- ment charging Herbert Hoover with having “an industrial record abhorrent and in contravention of all the standards and idealisms of our country.” He based his statement on allegations made by James J. O'Brien, a structural engineer in Flushing, N. Y., who charged that Hoover used slaves in India, con- victs in Russia and coolies under in- human conditions in China on projects under his direction. Sullivan sald that in absence of any legislative record by Mr. Hoover, he must be judged on his personal and business attitude toward labor. . In- formation furnished him by Mr. O’Brien was that Hoover and his brother had been forced in 1913 by the British government to dispose of stock they held because of employment of slaves and that they organized a new corpora- tion to continue the business in evasion of the law. CITIZENS’ GROUP ELECTS *W.S. QUINTER LEADER Connecticut Avenue Association Names Real Estate Dealer. Other Officers Chosen. ‘William S. Quinter, real éstate dealer, was elected president of the Connecti- cut Avende Citizens' Association at its meeting in the All Souls’ Memorial Church last night. He will succeed Robert E. Lynch. Other officers elected were: Arthur E. Dowell, vice president; Miss Elizabeth Grove, treasurer, and Harry C. Grove and Mr. Lynch, delegates to the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations. Mrs. J. M. Whitman has resigned as secretary, but no successor has as yet been se- lected. The effort by the Kiwanis Club to have a school for crippled children es- tablished in Washington was given the indorsement of the association. Woman Sues for $20,000. ‘The District of Columbia and the n Raillway and Electric Co. were sued jointly for $20,000 damages by Alpha V. Tl‘[])Fe". 803 Raleigh place southeast, for alleged personal injuries. ‘The plaintiff tells the court that she . was a passenger in a car of the trac- | tion company on Nichols avenue south- east when a truck of a District con- tractor carrying trees collided with the vehicle and injured her. She is repre- * - Mary Pickford, motion picture star, photographed with her attorney, Dennis "Bries ~Star Staff Photo. PRESENT oSt TONARY AND DOLE Famous Screen Stars, Here on Tax Case, Have Lunch- eon at White House. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- $anks, noted motion picture stars, were luncheon guests today of President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House, fol- lowing an official visit of Miss Pick- ford to the Internal Revenue Bureau where she was in conference with offi- cials concerning the settlement of her mother’s estate. Arriving in Washington yesterday the well known couple of the pictures oc- cupied the presidential suite at the Congressional Country Club where Fair- banks played golf both yesterday after- noon and this morning. Visits Government Office. Miss Pickford visited the Government offices in the National Press Building at 10 o'clock, leaving just in time to join her husband at the White, House luncheon. AeB ¢ ) Miss Pickford attracted attention wherever she went and the sidewalks and hallways leading to a room on the fifth floor of the National Press Build- ing, where the conference was held, was lined with crowds of her admirers. Husband Plays Golf. Her famous husband, Douglas Fair- banks, meanwhile played a second game of golf at the Congressional Country Club, where yesterday afternoon he was one of a foursome. He played this morning with Cooper Lightbown, and the club professionals, Sandy and Tom- my Armour. Arriving at the National Press Build- ing at 10 o'clock Miss Pickford was accompanied by several attorneys. She chose from the group Dennis F. O'Brien, her personal attorney of New York City for a photograph posed in front of the Press Building. She was attired stylishly in a gray ensemble, gray felt hat with a feather, & broadtail fur coat with fox collar and gray hose and gray shoes, PUBLIC INVITED TO SEE RESERVE TRAINING SHIP U. 8. 8. Abel P. Upshur to Be Open Saturday for Inspection Near the Mayflower. Comdr. Mark L. Hersey, jr, com- manding the U. S. S. Abel P. Upshur, Washington's own Naval Reserve train- ing ship, today issued an invitation through the Navy Department to the public to visit the vessel on Saturday, Navy day. Open house will be held aboard the craft and gun drills will be staged. The crew of 26 naval reservists who act as Ahlgkeepers will show the public around the vessel. ‘The Abel P. Upshur is a first-line tor- pedo boat destroyer and officers pointed out today that it represents the last word in naval construction in that class. The craft will be abreast the seawall to l,flhe west of the presidential yacht May- ower. WHITE TAKES STUMP. Kansas Editor to Speak in South Against Smith, EMPORIA, Kans.,, October 25 (#).— William Allen White, Emporia author and newspaper editor, departed yester- day on a speaking tour which will carry him into several States in the South and East in the Interests of the Hoover- Curtis ticket. In the first speech of the trip, at Augusta, Ga., October 26, he will dis- cuss again Smith's record as a New York Assemblyman and the New York governor’s Tammany Hall connections. Mr. White will speak in Savannah, Ga., October 27 and 28, and High Point, N. C, October 29; Greenville, Tenn., October 30; Chattanooga, Tenn., Octo- ber 31, and at Philadelphia, before the Philadelphia Women's Republican Club, sented by Attorneys Newmyer & King. November 2. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Optario, October 25.— Dispatches from Rouyn, Quebec, to the Mail and Empite ' today described a series of explosions in the coal ‘pulver- izing plant of the Noranda smelter yes- terday, during which a laborer was hurled through a second-story window, his clothes ablaze, but alighted on his feet and suffered little injury. face, eyes and shoulders were badly burned and disfigured, she charges by alleged negligence of the operator, The explosions, which recurred at in- tervals for several hours, were believed to have been caused by the inadvertent Coal Plant Explosion Hurls L:;borer Through Window With Little Injury opening of a vent in a coal bin in which a fire had been smouldering for several days. Officials estimated damage could be repaired in three days. ‘The laborer, A. Landborg, suffered only . superficial burns, One of later explosions also endangered several mgn who were inspecting the building, believing the fite to be under control. They were thrown several feet in the air by a blast which shook the pulver- izer house, moving the walls a foot from the foundation, but fell ‘hack on the roof and suffered only minor bruises. - | of Nebraska, two months ago by Senator George W. Norris, Republican Progressive, There is now every in- dication_that he has achieved his pur- pose. Party government on Capitol Hill, in other words, will remain con- spicuous by its absence. - The “bloc” system, which has played ducks and drakes with administration programs during the past seven years, seems likely to be perpetuated. Whether Hoover or Smith becomes President, there is no prospect either of a straight- out Republican or Democratic majority in the Senate to support him. The ‘White House, in accordance with co- temporaneous custom, will have to get backing for its policies wherever it can | be found. Six of Seven Lead. Senator Norris declared that the re- election of seven Progressive Senators was of “greater importance than the presidential election.” The seven to whom he gave his blessing are: Messrs. La Follette of Wisconsin, Frazier of North Dakota, Howell of Nebraska, Johnson of California, Republicans; Wheeler of Montana and Dill of Wash- ington, Democrats, and Shipstead of Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. Senator Dill is the only one of the group whose fate seems in doubt. Senator Norris spoke on Dill's behalf in Seattle on October 23. Wheeler, in Montana, and Ship- stead, in Minnesota, have fights on their hands, but Senator Norris feels assured they will both pull through. With the exception of California, where Senator Johnson is in no dan- ger, Norris has campaigned in the re- spective States of all of the Progres- sives_whose re-election he advocates. The Nebraskan added Senator David I. ‘Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, to the list of Progressive Senators deserv- ing re-election. 19 Rank as Progressives. ‘The expiring Senate of the Seventieth Congress, which will sit in farewell ses- sion in December, contains 49 Repub- licans, 46 Democrats and 1 Farmer- Laborite. Neither party expects to emerge from the congressional elections on November 6 with a regular Senate ma- jority that would be independent of the Progressives. At least 15 present Re- publican Senators and 3 Democratic members rank as militant Progressives. The Republicans are: Johnson (Cali- fornia), Borah (Idaho), Brookhart (Iowa), Capper (Kansas), Couzens (Michigan), Schall (Minnesota), Nor- ris and Howell (Nebraska), Frazier and Nye (North Dakota), McNary (Oregon), Norbeck and McMaster (South Dakota) and La Follette and Blaine (Wisconsin). The Democrats are: Wheeler (Mon- tana), Dill (Washington) and Walsh (Massachusetts). In addition, there is Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota. Here are 19 prospective members of the new Senate whose records disclose they are not addicted to thick-and-thin party regularity. Most of the Republican Progressives are supporting Hoover for President, such as Senators Borah, Brookhart, Johnson, Capper and Howell. But the Republican nominee knows from Presi- dent Coolidge’s experience that the Norris group would not on all occasions be a dependable phalanx. Many of any White House bandwagon on farm relief, from which McNary-Haugen music was not being played. Nor would any administration water-power pro- gram be likely to enlist Senate Progres- sive support, unless it leaned more in the direction of Government ownership than Herbert Hoover favors. The Sen- ate voted 48 to 25 in favor of the Norris bill for Government ownership and op- eration of Muscle Shoals. Fits Hoover Definition. “State socialism,” which the Republi- can nominee has nailed to his mast as an _eleventh-hour paramount issue, is, according to Hoover’s definition, essen- tially the progressive program, With the exception of Gov. Smith’s plan for State-controlled liquor, the Norris Sen- ate group espouses for both agriculture and water power the very policies which Hoover assails as opposed te ‘“the American system.” A ith administration would, of course, have its own troubles with the Progressive bloc, too. Senate Demo- crats in the past have revealed just about as much fondness for leaving the party reservation as their Republican colleagues. Gov. Smith throughout the campaign has boasted of “licking” hostile Republican Legislatures at Al- bany. But he would face a different proposition in a bloc-dominated United States Senate. (Copyright, 1928.) D. C. SEEKS 3 WHO KIONAPED TROOPER Disarmed Officer and Kept Him Prisoner, He Says—Believed Headed This Way. Police are searching the city and suburbs for two men and a woman, be- lieved in hiding here, who disarmed a Pennsylvania State trooper last night, after being placed under arrest nea Lancaster, and took him for a ‘“ride.” Advices from Baltimore police indi- cated the trio were headed this way, and State police in adjoining -counties also are on the lookout for them. Robert Troup, the State policeman, was “covered” by a pistol held by the woman while he was taking them to the Lancaster police station, according to an Associated Press dispatch. He was forced to aid the trio in taking an automobile from another motorist. To- day he told of his ride last night from a point near Lancaster until his captors le&o him by the roadside at Halethorpe, Ma. ‘The car used by the trio had a Penn- sylvania license, but was found to have been stolen near Conowingo, Md., yesterday. It contained severs ons, including a machine gun. FIRE DAMAGES HOME. Short-Circuit Blamed for Blaze at Ragland Residence. Short-circuiting of electric wires was blamed for a fire in the home of John R. Ragland, 1011 Lawrence street northeast, about 5:30 o’clock this morn- ing, The several members of the fam- ily found it necessary to leave the house without taking time to get their the | belongings together. Members of No. 4 truck and No. 17 engine companies responded to a call e | for assistance, and soon had the fire under control. Damage to the house, a two-story structure, and the furni- ture, was estimated at $700. Sl More than 400 airplanes took part in | the recent French maneuvers in the southwest regions- of ' Paris ' betwgen Versailles and Chartres, | them would not, for example, be aboard | Mechanics at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., pushing _the Lockheed Vega plane Yankee Doodle on the field for the start of the flight to Los Angeles, Calif. Harry Tucker and C. B. D. Collyer, the pilots shown below, left to right, hope to better the record of Art Goebel and Harry Tucker, when they made the flight in 19 hours, with the Yankee Doodle, West to East. —Associated Press Photo. YANKEE DOODLE SEENOVERKANSHS Transcontinental Plane Sighted at Wichita, Fly- ing Southwest. Is ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Octo- ber 25 (#).—An airplane believed to be the Yankee Doodle passed over Albuquerque at 9:10 a.m. today. It was flying about 500 feet above the oity: - By the Associated Press. ‘WICHITA, Kans, October 25.—The Yankee Doodle, transcontinental air- plane flying from New York to Los Angeles, passed over the Wichita Air- port at 4:25 a.m. today, it was reported by George Comstock, local manager for National Air Transport. . ‘The plane was flying southwest, Com- stock said, at a low altitude, when seen here. SEEK NON-STOP RECORD. . Collyer and Mears Hope to Eclipse Army Plane’s Time. NEW YORK, October 25 (#).—The Lockheed - Vega monoplane Yankee Doodle, holder of the West-to-East transcontinental non-stop record, was speeding westbound today in an attempt to set a new non-stop record from New York to Las Angeles. Capt. C. B. D. Collyer, who, with John Henry Mears, holds the round- the-world record, was at the controls, and back in the passenger's seat was Harry Tucker, owner of the plane and a passenger on the plane’s three other transcontinental flights. The little cigar-shaped, white-winged plane roared down the transatjantic runway at Roosevelt Field yesterday afternoon and took the. air after:a run of 1,700 feet at 4:16:35 p.m. She was loaded: with 5301gallons of gaso- line, enough for a 24-hour flight, a bag of apples and two canteens of water. Heading back over the same course Col. Art Goebel took when he piloted the plane to a transcontinental record of 18 hours and 58 minutes from Los Angeles to Curtiss Field, Colly’r ard Tucker expected to reach Mines Field, Los Angeles, about noon today. They did not expect to beat the transconti- nental record, but hoped to better that of Lieuts. Oakley G. Kelly and John A. Macready, for the east to west passage. The Army fllers’ record is 26 hours, 50 minutes and 38 seconds, made in 1926. The Yankee Doodle’s announced course lay over McKeesport, Pa.; Co- lumbus. Ohio; Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Wichita, Albuquerque and through the San Bernardino Pass into Calilornia. Collyer announced he would fly low as long as he could see the ground, but ofter the moon had set would ascend to an altitude of 14,000 feet and fol- low a compass course. A head wind of 20 miles an hour was forecast for the early stages of their flight, with favorable winds after they cross the Alleghenies. This is the fourth time Tucker has | itted his gallant little plane against ?he strain o'l the 2,800-mile flight from coast to coast. The first West to East attempt was unsuccessful, but on the second try Goebel piloted her through to the record. The plane finished first in the non-stop derby from New York to Los Angeles, but, like all the other planes . that finished, was forced to descend en route to take on fuel. ‘Tucker announced that if the present flight was successful he and Collyer would take off within 10 days in an at- tempt to break the plane’'s record for the West to East passage. JOHN EASTBURN, JR. Eight-year-old John Eastburn, jr., of 615 A street northeast was seriously injured this morning when struck by an automobile at Sixth and B streets northeast while he was on his way to school. D. W. Nagle, Federal prohibition agent, was the driver of the car. A passing motorist took the boy to Casualty Hospital, where physicians say he is suffering from a fractured skull, a broken leg and probable internal injuries. ‘The boy s a pupll in the first grade at the Hilton S€hool, Sixth street be- iween B and C .ltreets northeast. | but has been unable to learn the identity WIDOW OF SLAIN MAN AND WIFE OF ACCUSED ENACT LIVING DRAMA Mrs. Mills Sits in Courthouse Corridor, Worn by Strain of Crime. Mrs. Robertson Waits Daily for Brief Word With Mate as He Passes Door. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICK, Md., October 25.— While one man, charged with murdering another, fights for his life in Circuit Court here, a drama containing a strong element of pathos is being enacted in the dimly lighted corridors on the first and second floors of the Frederick County Courthouse. The principal players dre two wom- en, both of them well intq middle age. The first, a soft-spoken woman with frightened eyes, stands eagerly beside the closed door leading to the court- room or paces nervously’up and down the corridor used by witnesses going to and from the trial. She is Mrs. Samuel T. Roberston, wife of the defendant. Sits Alone on Bench. ‘The other spends most of her tims on the second floor, where she sits alone through long hours-on a hard wooden bench, clasping and unclasping her hands. She wears black garments and turns her eyes from the curious crowds who pass back and forth in front of her. She is Mrs. Bertha May Mills, widow of the man who was murdered. Because she is to be called as wit- ness, Mrs. Roberison is barred from the courtroom where her husband is being tried. Mrs. Robertson travels back and forth every day from her home in Bethesda accompanied by her eldest son, Elliot, 13 years o}d. Every morning before court opens she takes up a posi- tion near the rear entrance and waits for a hasty word with the accused as he is escorted to the courtroom for the day’s session. Late in the evening, when court has adjourned, she again goes to the back door and waits for her hus- band to be brought out. Sometimes she brings him food that he likes and again she contents herself with a few hurried | words of encouragement. During the day she stands by the courtroom door waiting for it to be MRS. SAMUEL T. ROBERTSON. —Star Staff Photo. opened by some one entering or leaving the room so that she can catch a glimpse of her husband before the door swings shut. At other times she waits for friends who have been inside to come out so she can question them for the newest developments in the trial. Despite her evident concern, Mrs. Roberison says she is confident her hus- band will be acquitted of the charge against him. This sentiment is echoed by the boy, Eiliot, who stays close by his mother’s side throughout the day. The youngster is tall and slender and has the reddish hair and gray eyes of his father. The demeanor of Mrs. Mills is in de- cided contrast to that of Mrs. Robert- son. Since she was excused from the wit- ness stand last Tuesday, the widow has evinced not the slightest interest in the progress of the State’s case against the man accused of slaying her husband. She appears to be brooding over some- thing—some problem the nature of which is known only to herself. Her friends say that her endurance has been stretched to the breaking point by the nerve-wracking strain of the crime, the preliminary and grand jury hearings and the present trial. Mrs. Mills also is faced with the task of caring for her children and o] ralt_nlxif the large dairy farm near Hunting b responsibilities which came to rest on her shoulders with the death of her husband.s TYPING TEST MADE "IN ROBERTSON CASE | BY FEDERAL EXPERT (Continued From First Page.) he walked over to the attorney's table and sat down in front of the machine found in Robertson's home. The de- fendant leaned forward in his chair and gazed intently at the expert as the latter began to write. Slowly, looking for the proper keys with one forefinger, Dr. Souder wrote the word “here-by” eight times. Fifty- six times the keys struck against the paper with a sharp tap. When the test was finished, Dr. Souder returned to the stand and said he could see no material difference except the hyphen was not quite so close to the letter “e” as was the case in the other specimens. Mystery Is Deeper. The mystery which has surrounded the actual killing of Mills was deeper this afternoon when Col. Calvin W. Goddard, firearms expert, told the jury that the fatal bullet taken from Mills' body is of an unknown make. He said he has written to cartridge ‘manufac- turers in Spain, France, Germany"and other countries describing the bullet, of the manufacturer. Col. Goddard said that no such bullet is made in this country. This, ‘he intimated, indicgfes that the man who killed Mills took extraordi~ nary precaution against detection. Col. Goddard will continue his testimony this afternoon in an attempt to show that the markings on the bullet which killed Mills are identical with those on test bullets fired from the revolvers taken from Robertson after his arrest. ‘The first revolver was fl“n to lice by the defendant after his arrest and days later. first weapon away from a man nam Wilson Trout. Trout says he never had the revolver in his possession. ‘The State made its first real showing yesterday afternoon when it placed Louis L. Marr, New York handwriting and typewriting expert, on the witness stand. His testimany against Robert- son was.based pflmlrfly on the theory that two men may spell and punctuate correctly in the same way, but that no two men made identical errors through- out. MISSIONARY BISHOP DIES. Right Rev. J. D. La Mothe Suc- cumbs in Baltimore Hospital. BALTIMORE, October 2§ (#).— Right Rev. John Dominique La Mothe, Protestant Episcopal missionary bishop of the district of Honolulu, died in today. Bishop La Mothe came from the Hawaiian Islands to attend the con- ference of his church now in session in Washington. He left the conference to enter the hospital. FATHER AND SON KILLED. Dual Slaying Believed Due \\ Liquor Case Evidence. to , 48, and his son Earl, 17were shotdown and killed by a man who ®ame to their home late last night and called them to the door. ‘Phe shoof is thought to have been in retaliation for evidence young Ham- ilton is presumed to have given in a liquor investigation. “I told them I got it from you,” Mrs. Hamilton said she heard her son say the other was found in his home some Jjust as the caller started firing. Studeats Jailed After Pitched Battle With Tomatoes and Other Vegetables By the Associated Press. SEBRING, Ohio, October 25—Six Alllance High School youths were in Jail here today as the outcome of a pitched battle with vegetables for am- munition between supporters of the foot ball teams of the Alliance and Sebring High Schools. Alllance and Sebring were scheduled for a gridiron clash today, and last night between 50 and 75 Alliance root- ers came here and started to tear down the purple and gold emblems of the Sebring team which hung from flag- poles about the town. | The Sebring youths massed and a ! general free-for-all, with cabbages and tomatoes flying freely, followed. Police to disperse the crowd with the managed exception of six Alliance boys. The six turned their attention to a |+ patrolman, who exhibited a blackened eye today. The officer, with the help of a bystander, finally herded them into the jail Che Jall. . Officers declined to allow any one to see the boys in jail today, but said they would be given a hearing before Mayor E. F. Harmon tonight on a charge of disorderly conduct. The ar- rested youths gave their last names as Valentine, Peters, Miller, Cooey, Ander- * son and Zimmer, Robertsop_says he took the | ed | Japanese the Church Home and Infirmary here |3, ITEPPELIN DELAYS TOUR OF IDWEST Unfavorable Weather Causes Eckener to Po<tpone Trip. Hopes to Start Today. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, October 25— Balked by adverse winds and unfavor- able weather reports from starting the Graf Zeppelin on her Midwest tour last night, Dr. Hugo Eckener today hoped the start could be made this evening. The postponement was made when the Weather Bureau reported a low pressure area over the Middlewest, which Dr. Eckener felt was sure to mean low clouds and low visibility, mak- ing it difficult for those on the ground to get a good view of the Zeppelin as she sailed overhead. Poor visibility, he said, would defeat the purpose of the flight, which is to show the Zeppelin to the people of the Middlewest. Passengers Disappointed. A 20-mile an hour wind at the han- gar, which would have made hazardous any attempt to remove the big dirigible from her quarters also influenced the Zeppelin’s commander in his decision. The passengers, including Rear Ad- miral Moffett, Lieut. Comdr. Hugh V. Wiley of the dirigible Los Angeles and many other representatives of the Gov- ernment as well as private individuals, were disappointed at the delay. They had waited at the hangar from before 6 p.m., expecting momentarily to be ordered aboard the Zeppelin for the start of their journey. The f{tinerary for the flight still re- mained tentative, but it was believed Dr. Eckener would attempt to wvisit all the cities he¢ had previously an- nounced as on the Zeppelin's route. It was seen as a Strong possibility, how- ever, that no stop would be made on the trip. He had previously planned to spend one night at Scott Field, IIl., continuing the trip the next day. Warns Plane Pilots. Dr. Eckener has issued a warning against airplane pilots flying too close to the ship during her trip, during which pilots in various cities are plan- nu;%l act, as an air escort. 1t e! the hlnwm“klz thet !fclnAn.flu out of n for a training flight immediately after the Graf Zeppelin starts - for the " Midwest has been abandoned. Walking the Zeppelin out of the hangar will be enough work for the 450 men of the ground crew, it was said, without having to turn im- mediately to another job almost of the same magnitude. . 'SIMMONS RENEWS ATTACKS ON SMITH | North Carolina Democratic Sena- tor to Speak in Raleigh Tonight. By 4he Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., October 25.—Sena- wrflr. M. :im;m:nhs will make.his sec- ond speech of the campalgn ' against Gov. Smith, the Democratic presiden- tial nominee, in the city auditorium here tonight. 7 Senator Simmons made his first speech against Gov. Smith in his homne ‘town of New Bern several days.ago. He charged the Democratic party was run- ning & -two-faced campaign, appealing to the wet sentiment of the North and East while trying to reconcile the dry sentiment of the South, and alse de- scribed the New York governor as the “repudiation candidate,” saying had repudiated the platform on ition and immigration. 4 On that occasion the Senator, who for more than 30 years, was the leader of the party in this State, as- serted that victory for the Democrats in the“preux:e é\hntlnnfl campaign would spell ruin to the party. A press dispatch published here to- day announced that Senator Simmons had agreed to'deliver a speech in Flor- ida under the auspices of the Hoover Democratic organization of that State. In his New Bern speech, and in his previous pronouncements against Smith the Senator did not indicate he would vote for the Republican nominee. He has been qucied as saying he personally would not vote the Republican ticket. OBTAIN $20,000,000 LOAN. Complete Negotiations Through New York Bank. ‘TOKIO, October 25 (#).—It was learned today in circles believed to be reliable that negotiations to float a loan of $20,000,000 in behalf of the Oriental Development Co. through the National City Co. of New York have virtually been completed. The Oriental Devel- opment Co. Is a semi-official organiza- tion financing Japanese enterprises in Korea and Manchuria.. Papers for the loan ‘are expected to-be signed on No- vernber 10. It is understood that the issue will be at 90 with interest at 5!5 per cent and redeemable in 30 years. FOR TOMORROW. FIRST, RACE—Purse. $1.300; maiden 2-year-olds: 6 furlongs. Star Maiden *Sauce clatming: b Who Dat’ a Wild Broom Granby ... table-W. L. Hernstad S W HAn carth-Sarauel Ross entry. $1,300; claiming. iles. §8358 35353 Chbabadenn Sarpun RACE—Pul *Sea Crest Anl‘ly Mood *First Edition Pop Bell » knl?gfllfil:sm Tex., October 25 (#).— Dena Poln ARetiator it} ~ THIRD RACE—Purse, $2,000; steeplechase: 3-year-olds and up; about 3 miles. 31 S ’“n'-‘" 340 iver Dawn 3d.. g . claimed for rider. S RACE—P » $1,300; 18- yeur-olds Ang up: 1a miles: cleiming:’3 H RACE—Purse, $1,300; cl 3 and up: 1 miles. i . 1o 107 1 i v.. 108 Sucky 107 Harry Garroll .. 114 Potent *Aversion e “Hol Pollel " lowance claimed. *Apprentice a Weather clear; track fas