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4w ANTHODUBLE T PACT RAFT BEGN U. S. Delegate to League Parley Thinks Pacts Es- sential to Problem. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 25.—First steps toward the drawing of a muitilateral | treaty to avoid* double ‘taxation have been taken by Prof. T. S. Adams of Yale University, American delegate to the international double-taxation con- ference now in session here. Prof. Adams has been negotiating ‘with the delegates of the various na- tions represented at the conference with | the idea of determining how many na- | tions stand ready to join the United States in common convention to get rid of double taxation by which a per- son domiciled abroad must pay taxes both in his home country and in his; place of residence. The exact terms of the proposed treaty would be negotiated later. Treaty Held Essential. ‘The present conference is confined to the problem of agreeing on the texts of model treaties, but the American delegation believes that the interests of American commerce require an actual treaty to be signed by as many nations | as possible. ‘With commercial aerial navigation be- tween countries rapidly developing, Prof. Adams today made a strong ap- peal to the conference not only to re- frain from the double taxing of the profits of air transport, but declared that air companies should be taxed only in the countries where the controlling interests exist and that no exception be made to this rule. Under this doc- trine future Zeppelins, for instance, would be taxed only in Germany. He urged that the same principle be applied to profits on merchant marine as_calculated to insure the orderly de- velopment of international economic life. Air Proposal Adopted. Prof. Adams' amendment concerning air navigation later was adopted by the conference. With the experts moving toward adoption of a broad common fiscal sys- tem, the United States announced to- day that it will participate in another important league conference on Novem- ber 26, which will seek to promote in- ternational trade through the improve- ment of economic statistics. The hope is that this can be achieved by bring- ing about similarity in the statistics of all countries, COMMISSION.DISMISSES COMPANY’S PETITION FOR INCREASE IN CAR FARE (Continued From First Page.) not to contest the order had promised the com- panies that the record submitted in the recent on the Capital Traction Co’s. application shall avallable for use should any further application for a fare raise be filed. Criticize Commission. ‘The commission’s settlement of the fare case was not so pleasing to |- liam McK. Clayton, and William A. Roberts, , and vice chairman, mlve , of thié public utilities com- of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, who have led the fight of orgenized citizenship against an in- crease. Clayton said after a cursory examina- tion of the text of the commission's ‘whereby the commission denied crease and at the same time joined the car comj in threatening Washing- ton with higher fares after adjourn- ment of the coming session of Congress. "“Merzer. ‘however u?fig‘&l:' will, \n’lder TmS NOW sugges! companies,” he declared, “mean higher car fares.” also criticized the commis- sion for reaching its decision with the car company officials and their lawyers present at the meeting. “The commis- sion,” he said, “had no right to consult with officials of the car companies at that stage.” - “Of course something has been ac- ‘complished in that car fares are nof oing to be increased until March,” said.. “But further than that nothing has been decided. No use was made of the opportunity to correct the excessive 1925 valuation of the Capital ‘Tras Co. and the rate case is kept alive as a threat over Congress that fares will be raised if the pending mer- ger resolution is not adopted. “This is all the more disappointing in view of the fact that the commission was reported to be on the t of signing an order that would have amounted to a denial on the merits of ihe case as to the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co., and a denial for the Capital Traction Co., while based on a technicality, at least had no strings tied to it.” Several hours prior to the commis- sion’s final action, President Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. held a brief informal conference with John W. Childress, chairman of the commission, at which, it is understood, he urged a 24-hour postponement in the deciton. ‘The purpose of the delay, it was sa'A. was to arrange to have the withdrawal of the higher fare application sanction- ed by the board of directors of the company. The commission, it was re- ported, declined to defer action, and Hapna came back later to attend the conference, at which the new plan of disposing of the case was dictated and approved. The commission had jockeyed with the car fare case for the last several weeks, meeting almost daily in an effort to dispose of it, while at the same time dividing attention with the valuation proceedings of the Washington Gas Light Co. now underway. At one stage, the commission gave indications that it would be forced to approve the petition because the public utilities act prescribes a fair rate of return on the valuation of a public utility corporation, whereas the Capital ‘Traction Co. is earning but 3.8 per cent on the $26,000,000 appraisal of the Court of Appeals in 1925. It was then that Corporation Counsel Bride stepped in with his solution which turned the tide against a higher fare and ulti- mately resulted in the action which has postponed an increase for at least four months. WANDERING COWBOY HAT HAS WIDE TRAVEL RECORD ABERDEEN, Scotland (#.—A wan- dering cowboy hat from Texas has reached Aberdeen, somewhat the worse for wear, but still going strong. ‘The perambulating hat started on its wanderings from Dallas, Tex., more than a year ago, and has journeyed through the United States and Canada and across the Atlantic. Battered and punctured, it is adorned with tags bear- ing greetings from one town to another, lines of doggerel, and directions to keep the headpiece moving. Wherever the hat goes it must be carried as a personal belanging of the traveler to whom it is intrusted, and | VIRGINIA DISTRICT FACES REVOLUTION Strife Over the Main Issues in Nearby Section Seen Hoover Aid. Note—This is the fourth of a series of articles on the political situation in nearby Maryland and Virginia. BY DONALD A. CRAIG, Staft Correspondent of The St FAIRFAX, Va., October 25.—Some- thing like a political “revolution” seems to be in progress in the eighth con- gressional district of Virginia, adjacent to Washington. How far it will go no- body can tell. Some persons believe it already has been nipped in the bud. Others are still wondering what the outcome will be on election day. Normally this district gives a majority of about 4,500 to & Democratic nominee for President. But this year the result of the campaign is so doubtful that few persons acquainted with the actual situ- ation are willing to hazard a definite prediction as to the voting for Smith and Hoover November 6. Most fre- quently one hears the opinion that to- day it is a “toss-up.” There is no question about the re- election of Representative R. Walton Moore of this town to the House. He has no opponent, just as Senator Swanson.of Virginia has no opponent. The Republican district convention, which met in August at Stafford Court House, decided not to name a candidate against Mr. Moore, partly as a matter of policy, but largely because it felt certain he could not be beaten anyhow on account of his popularity throughout ot puttin Republican can nol g up a e dl:-’te ml:nn Mr. Moore the Republic- an leaders believe they have improved Hoover's chances either of carrying the eighth district or geiting a very large vote there for the reason that they have not, to that extent at least, antagonized the anti-Smith Democrats who will vote for Mr. Moore. Moore for Smith. Representative Moore himself, whose work in behalf of that portion of Vir- ginia lying directly across the Potomac River from the National Capital is well known in Washington and throughout the congressional district, is one of those regular Democrats who will not admit that there is a chance of the dis- irict voting against the Democratic presidential nominee. Some other reg- ular Democrats are less hopeful. John B. QGrayson of Warrenton, chairman of the Republican committee for the eighth district, believes there is a chance that Hoover may get a majority of the votes, or at least that the Smith majority will be very small. Frank Lyon of McLean, chairman of a committee of anti-Smith Democrats, stresses the “revolutionary” character of the fight against Smith and declares that the result is shrouded in mystery. ‘The éighth congressional district is be | comprised of the countles of Arlington, Culpeper, _Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Louisa, Orange, Prince William and Stafford and the independent city of Alexandria. The n, g to the census of 1920, was 169,716, and it has increased rapidly since that time, especially in those portions close to the District of Columbia. In 1920 the district votedsfor Presi- dent as follows: Cox, 10,809; Harding, 6,375. Four years ago the Presidential count was: Davis, 10,996; Coolidge, 5,186; La Follette, 1,300. H “The eighth district is the one Vir- ginia district which has always gone Democratic,” sald Representative Moore, who takes the most optimistic view of the situation, in a recent in- terview. “I entertain no doubt that it will remain Democratic on the presi- 3ffy"'.l,.~u'°" next mon‘tll:. ‘There is a . ve campaign progress, and at this time it would be idle to make figures on the result. But from my observations, it is my opinion that the one thing certain is that the eighth m::'t‘ will show a Democratic ma- There are two other sides of the pic- ture in this district, as elnwherepln Virginia and in the country. When x:'mc‘:hm u‘::; l‘:‘l:ed how it looked st as Repub] e situstion & -5 = uation is almost unbeliev- able. There is a revolt on. It is not confined to any one section, but has spread over the whole district. My county of Fauquier is normally 800 Democratic. That majority will cer- tainly be cut in half. Loudoun, which is normally Democratic by about 1,200, Will probably have its majority cut to 300]0;]400. " ve strong hope of carrying :mh ?{“’l}lfi for gieooveln It Smtll:kel ies it, sm’ilnl majority will be very “In fact, in the vote for Presi I look for almost an even break. %gx:: is a most conservative statement. I be- lieve Louisa County will give more than 100 majority for Hoover, and Stafford County from 300 to 500 majority for Hoover, and I have reports from Arling- ton County that indicate that the Hoo- ver majority there may be as high as 1,200 or 1,500. King George County is expected to give Hoover between 100 and 200 majority, and Fairfax County is very cl close that it may either way by a very small majority.” Smith Is Hard Pressed. There is ample evidence that t Smith Democrats are hard prm?s throughout the district, even in Alexan- dria cui. They are thoroughly or- ganized, however, and fighting for every inch of the ground. The normally Re- publican counties are Arlington, Staf- ford and King George. This year three others—Culpeper, Orange and Louisa— seem to be close, according to reports reaching representatives of the various e rict, just as in other par of Virginia and most other Sumpnth': main lssucs are religion and liquor, with religion paramount. Protestants and prohibitionists, regardless of party, are openly opposing Smith in large numbers. Whether enough Democrats lvzrtms‘cllvleuflutlun wmivote for Hoo- m a major: - Lrllct is the big enlln.lg‘., e 5 ‘As chairman of the anti-Smith emocrats in the eighth district,” said Mr. Lyon to The Star, “I am free to admit that the outcome of the fight against Gov. Smith is shrouded in that [mystery which always covers a revoly- tion in the making. No sane man wor have predicted the overwhelming C:l’lle sequences arising from the French rev- olution, the revolution for the inde- pendence of the English colonies, or of the more recent Russian revolution, and yet those revolutions became overwhelm- lxl:;1 5 :r"fer lth&y once started. Many s voluf o = ;{l}?" Dirth ons have been strangled “This political revolution i will not result in bloodshed, ;‘u!vgiulinll): auletly disposed of at the ballot boxes November 6. Revolution in Making. “Having given several weeks of un- divided attention to the political situa- tion in th> eighth district and in the State of Virginia generally, I feel that this revolution will be as complete in its effects as either of the revolutions heretofore mentioned. must not bz posted. It traveled to Great Britain in the motorship King James and went north with a woman “The anti-Smith forces have no money, little organization. and I have o means of ‘:uxu a complete can- 80 | survey of the district for that Demo- '8 THE EVEM G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 ~ THOUSANDS GREET GOV. SMITH IN MASSACHUSETTS 1 Gov. Alfred E. Smith, from a stand on the left, acknowl=dging the greetings of a throng of well wishers, who crowded into the public square at Worcester, Mass., to welcome him t> that city. —Associated Press Photo. [ vass of the district. T base my predic- | | tion solely upon the attitude of those with whom I come in contact, and nine-tenths of those are bitterly op- sed to Gov. Smith for President, be- lieving that in no single respect is he fit to sit in the seat filled by Virginians such as Washington, Jefférson, Mad- ison, Monroe, Tyler and Wilson. “While the office-holding class of Virginians have been lashed by their leaders into apparent acquiesence in support of Gov. Smith, it must not be forgotten that under the secret ballot, which prevails in Virginia, the office- holder does not vote in the booth, where he marks his ballot, as he pro- claims to his masters that he will vote. ‘The secret ballot is made part of the Constitution of Virginia for the pur- pose of protecting officeholders in the difficult situation of having their mas- ters demand that, as a price of their attending to their public duties, they must swear allegiance to & man who violates every principle they have been taught from their infancy. Fortunately, the secret ballot allows them to vote as_their conscience dictates.” | Mr. Lyon has been telling this sort | of thing over and over again to the Democratic voters of the eighth dis- trict at meetings which he has ad- iressed. The Republican leaders of the district at a recent meeting told their party workers that if they could put into the ballot boxes November 6 as many votes | for Hoover as were put there for Hard- | ing in 1920, the district could be car-| ried for the Republican presidential | candidate this year: for the Hoover- Democrats will, in their opinion, supply the remainder of the necessary Hoover votes. That is the way the Republicans are figuring and that is the sole basis of their hope that they will carry the | district for President. Scratching Advised. The Republican strategy goes so far as advice to the voters of that party to scratch Smith and Robinson at the head of the ticket andelet theig*votes go for Senator Swanson and Repre- sentative Moore, Democrats, so as to swell the «total vote for these two men as much as possible, while at the same time keeping down to a minimum the Smith vote. The Republicans, like the Democrats, are organized in every one of the 10 counties of the district and in Alex- andria City. The Republican district organization is more active than it has been at any other time in the last 25 ears. ¥ It is admitted by the Republicans and the anti-Smith leaders that by va- rious methods the regular Democratic organization is bringing decisive pres- sure to bear upon many Democrats who are reluctant to vote for Smith, and winning many of them over to him. Joseph L. Crupper of Arlington County, member of the Republican State exec- utive committee and former Repub- lican State chairman, told The Star that in his opinion the “lash,” which is being applied by pro-Smith leaders to the rank and file of the party would result in more Democtats staying away from the polls entirely than votes for Smith. Everywhere one goes in the eighth district evidence of the unusual—the unprecedented—condition of political affairs there is found. It seems, even to many of the most ardent Republicans, hardly possible that this normally Dem- ocratic section of the Old Dominion will give a majority to the Republican presidential nominee. They just cf_nnot bring themselves to believe in “mir- acles” But they and the anti-Smith Democrats are working as they never worked before, and working toward a common end, wondering what will happen. l?t%est rsons, regardless of party, ad- mit thl?efl the district is to be carried for Smith there will have to be the hardest kind of work in every voting precinct with no let-up, even on the very day of the election. Such was the opinton of a staff correspondent of the Richmond News-Leader, who made a cratic newspaper. It is the opinion of many regulmP Democrats, even those who feel certain that in the end they will be able to carry the district for Smith, {SMITH LAMBASTES HOOVER CHARGE OF “STATE SOCIALISM” (Continued From First Page.) week going to a chicken dinner in 1\15 own automobile, with silk socks on. Staid Boston turned out in Main street fashion yesterday to welcome Smith and his famous brown derby. The moment the nominee stepped from his special train at South Station he was surrounded by the vanguard of a yelling crowd which stretched for sev- eral miles. Here, as through the West, the South | and border States, he was greeted with the salutation: “Hello Al.” Hardly had the governor stepped through the door of the station to the street before shouting enthusiasts had bowled over all semblance of police protection. The crowd clogged the street in a jiffy and it was minutes before a parade—such as it was—could get under way. The police—only by brute strength —got the people away from the nomi- nee's car so it could move. It did move a few feet only to stop and the rea- son was apparent. The nominee was standing up in the back seat waving the brown derby. Man Cured at Grotto. ‘That Mark Stevenson, a young mar- ried minor of Renfrew, has been cured of a fractured spine at Carfin Grotto, Scotland, has been reported. Stevenson met with a cycling accident, and for many months was considered incur- able, Unable to walk, he was carried in MINNESDTA EARS ROBNSON TODAY Nominee Swings Back to North Dakota Tonight for Speech at Fargo. By the Associated Press. EN ROUTE WITH SENATOR ROB- INSON TO FARGO, N. Dak, October 25.—Enquraged by a warm reception in South Dakota, Senator Joe T. Robin- son today moved toward two other States where farm relief has played an important part in politics. The Democratic vice presidential nominee, aboard his special car. headed toward Willmar, Minn,, for an after- noon address, and then toward North Dakota for a speech tonight in Fargo. Told by Bouth Dakbta Democrats during his visit in Sioux Falls yesterday that Herbert Hoover's New York speach had reacted against the Republican ticket, Senator Robinson devoted the | major portion of an address last night to a denunciation of that document, which, he sald, “proved Mr. Hoover's ut- ter lack of sympathy for the desire of farmers to enjoy prosperity.” Marshals New Records. *He marshaled new records to drive home his argument that Hoover was “the enemy” of the agricultural inter- ests, including the name of Senator Norbeck, a Republican of South Da- kota, among those who had denounced the Republican presidential nominee’s stand on farm relief. He quoted Norbeck as having said in the Benate last Spring that *“Hoover is the one man who has never raised his voice in behalf of agriculture; he should never be President; as food administra- tor his policy was to hold down the price of wheat” The nominee drew a hearty cheer from his audience when he announced that Senator Norris of Nebraska had decided to support the Democratic na- tional ticket and declared it foreshad- owed a great volume of Republican votes that would be cast to elect Gov. Smiths Hits Church Issue. A considerablé portion of the vice presidential nominee's speech was de- votea to the religlous issue. He had been informed by Democratic leaders in Sioux Falls that certain religious units in South Dakota were being swayed by the fact that Gov. Smith is a Catholic and they urged him to speak at length on religious tolerance. Gov. W. J. Bulow of South Dakota, who preceded Senator Robinson on the speaking program, also made a plea for voters to cast aside consideration of re- ligion when they voted November 6. Georgia Flag in Cuba. HAVANA (#).—A new foreign na- tional banner occuples a prominent place in the Cuban presidential palace. It is a silk flag of Georgia presented President Machadé by the women of Worth Bagley Camp, United Spanish ‘War Veterans’ Auxiliary, Georgia, dur- ing the veterans’ convention here, « THE FRENCH JHOP - Turns its face Eastward —for the mystery of the Ori- ent has caught all Paris in its spell . .. and our little French Shop illustrates the new trend with jacketed dinner gowns as charming as the exotic blos- soms of the alluring East! A then long, mode? $160. Other one-of-a-kind jacketed evening gowns . . . $85 and . Second Floor. $105. . September to the grotto. Father Taylor of the grotto church says that now Stevenson can jazz with his wife an Gycles dallw - 4 slim molded waistline of sumptuous metal tissue . . . graceful sweeping down to the fairy fullness of chiffon . . . then, there’s a little Oriental, too ...and over it all the glorious colors of a strange and far-off land have been cast. Can you imagine a more fascinating HOOVER IS “DANGEROUS,” DARROW TELLS LEAGUE By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer, last night characterized Herbert Hoover as a “dangerous man to the free principles of American citizens” in an address be- fore the Progressive League for Alfred E. Smith. Hoover's attitude toward what the candidate called “Gov. Smith's New York State socialism,” Darrow said, “is what any man could term truly bigoted.” Turning to prohibition, Darrow de- clared he did not believe in the Vol- stead act, that porhibition was neither efficient nor sufficient, adding that he like a drink and when he wanted one he got it. SEEKS TO RECOVER FEDERAL OIL LAND Government Brings Elk Hills Case to Attention of Supreme Court, An Elk Hills California oil land case arising under the administration of Albert B. Fall as Secretary of the Interior was brought to the attention of the Supreme Court yesterday by the Government in an - effort to recover valuable oil land in Kern County which Fall awarded to the Standard Oil Co. California had taken the land as school land and sold it to the Standard Oil Co. In February, 1924, Congress directed suit to recover the land, but Secretary Work was enjoined by the Federal courts here from proceeding. The courts took the position that Fall's action was final and could not be reopened by the Interior Department. The Government today in the oral argument of the case begun by W. C. Morrow as its counsel contended that Fall's action had been lllegal and therefore was not binding, insisting that he had unlawfully award- ed the oil land to the oil company. ‘The land, upon survey by the Govern- ment in 1903, was found to be included within section 36 of the public land, which by law, along with scction 16, would go to California for school par- poses provided the survey had not dis- closed the lands to be mineral in character. The Government insisted that the survey showing the land in section 36 to be mineral made it necessary for California to select other lands not min- eral in place of the sections. The land was withdrawn formally in September, 1912, by Presiaent Taft, but the Stand- ard Oil Co. contended it had purchased the land in 1910 from California. ‘The Government counsel argued that the official records showed the land to be known mineral since 1903 and that after that date all parties were on no- tice that it could not be claimed by California as school lands. In June, 1921, Fall, while Secretary ;f the Interior, at the request of the oil mpany, took the matter up and decid- ed that the company's title to the land was good. The Government insisted today that he only heard at the time counsel for the oil company had refused to take any evidence and had made no attempt to determine the question on its | merits. lines s 6.0.P. STATE SLATE MAY N N 04O Cooper Expected to Defeat Davey, Breaking Rule of Democrats. (Continued From First Page.) crats, when they talk frankly. admit this, and they are seeking 10 elect their State tickets, hoping to pull something out of the fire. Of course, if they can swing their States into line for Gov. Smith they will be delighted. But they are not going to let shp their chances of holding State control if they can prevent it merely through using up their energies for the presidential | ticket. The charge is made here and there that Davey is soft-pedaling on the presidental race and not supporting Gov. Smith very vigorously. However, Davey is out for Smith. Has Colored Opposition. Oooper has opposition among the colored voters of Ohlo, just as Mr. Hoover has, though the opposition to Cooper is not finked up with the Hoover candidacy. It is said that he has offended some of the colored people in Cincinnati by placing in his building and sale contracts of real estate pro- vision that the property shall not be sold to colored purchasers. One of the colored newspapers has come out strongly against Cooper because of this charge. Gov. Donahey first came into the politi- cal limelight when he was elected to a State office in 1912, at the time of the Bull Moose split in the Republican party. At the same time Gov. Jimmy Cox leaped into fame in Ohio and former Senator Pomerene. Cox has been eliminated from consideration for public office, Senator Pomerence sought to come back two years ago and failed, and now Gov. Donahey is voluntarily retiring, for he did not seek renomina- tion this year. But Donahey, some of his friends say, may seek to come back two years from now. They are predic- ting the election of Cooper and they take the view that Cooper’s administra- tion is not likely to prove popular, However, the governor himself is keep- lng entirely quiet as to his future plans, political or otherwise. Two Senators to Elect. ‘The Buckeye State has two United States Senators to elect this year. Senators Fess, Republican, is a candi- date to succeed himself and Represe: ative Theodore Burton is the sepub E | can nominee to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Frank B. Willis. Against Fess the Democrats have nomi- nated Charles V. Truax, director of agriculture for the State. Their can- didate against Mr. Burton is Graham Hunt, a wet. Cyrus Locher, a Democrat, was ap- pointed by Gov. Donahey to fill tempo- rarily the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Willls last Spring, but Senator Locher was defeated in the Democratic primary for the momina- tion and he is out of the picture. Here in Ohio ¢he prediction is made confidently that both the Republican nominees for Senator will be successful at the polls. Senator Fess supported Senator Willis in his effort to win Ohio’s presidential preference against Mr. Hoover. He was, indeed, one of the nominees for delegate at large on the Willis ticket, but in the Hoover sweep of the State, he was defeated. However, Senator Fess delivered the keynote speech at the Kansas City con- vention. It was well understood that Mr. Fess was not opposed to the nomin- ation of Mr. Hoover and that he gave his support to the late Senator .Willis because he felt that his obligation was to the Ohio candidate. In the polls nd straw votes Fess is apparently running strong. And so is Mr. Burton. Burton Aiding Hoover, ‘Theodore Burton is Ohio’s “grand old man," though he does not appear at all old, but far younger than men 10 or 20 years his junior. He served for many vears in the House and then was elected to the Senate. He did not seek re-elec- (tion to the Senate, however, retiring voluntarily. But he was prevailed up a few years ago to seek election again to the House, and he was successful. He was a tower of strength to the Hoover cause in the preconvention campaign in Ohio, and was elected as one of the Hoover delegates at large from his State to the Republican na- tional c'gnven!lon, . The talk of Republican strife, likely to grow fout of the contest in the presi- dential primary between the Willis and Hoover factions in Ohio, has not_been translated into fact. The old Willis supporters for the most part are lined up with the Hoover Republicans, for example, Mrs. Wilmer S. LeVan, Re- publican national committeewoman, a supporter of Willis in the primary cam- palgn, is now working hard in the Hoover organization. There were dire reports that the split among the Re- publicans was likely to lead to the de- feat of Fess and of Burton, if he were nominated for the Senate. But the ability of the Republicans to get to- (g)e,:lher has been demonstrated again in lo. VOTE BY MAIL? ingtonians mail this year, tful concerning th their home States on the subject. may re- ceive the mecessary information by directing inquiries to The Evening Star, as follows: Voting Information, care News Department, Evening Star. d answers will be Do You Know How to ’ vote are Q. Kindly advise me as to whether I can vote in the State of Ohio, hav- ing been born and raised there, after having resided in the District of Co- lumbia for tour years prior to entering the Government service. Was told .at that time under the civil service rules I would be obliged to claim the Dis- trict of Columbia as my residence, as I did not go into the service imme- diately after coming here. Have been employed in the Government for past 10 years—A. C. L. A. The Ohio law provides that any- one leaving the State to enter Gov- ernment service shall not be subject to loss of residence in the State while so engaged. The question in your case is whether or not during the four years prior to entering the Govern- ment service you forfeited your resi- dence in Ohfo. This resolves itself largely into a question of intent. If you considered Ohio as your residence and your absence depended only upon circumstances, you' would, undoubtedly, be eligible to vote; however, if your Ohio residence is a place of more than 11,800 inhabitants, you would be re- quired to register and the last regis- tration day 1s past. If you live in a place of less than 11,800 inhabitants, you would only be required to send an application for official ballot by mail. Q. Will you please Inform me how I should proceed to vote at the coming election in Illinois? I voted in the presidential election in 1820, but have been in Washington since that time and have not voted.—I. A. D. Question of City Residence. A. If you are in Government service you have not lost your residence and, unless you live in one of the 10 large cities operating under the election com- missioner’s act, you should write to your county clerk for the application form for afidavit and application for absent voter’s ballot. If, however, you are from one of the aforesald cities, you are too late to register for the com- ing election. Q. I am registered in Mecklenbufg County, N. C., and have written to the county board of elections there for the proper blank to use in voting by mail. This I did a month ago and can get no response. Please advise if I have written to the proper authorities for my blank ballot. It seems to me they should have answered before now.—MTrs. A F. L A. You can procure the blank appli- | cation which you require either at the | Republican Information Bureau, 823 Fifteenth street northwest, or at the | Democratic headquarters, 16 Jackson place northwest. Q. I left South Dakota, where I have heretofore been a resident and voter, | September 1, 1927, to work for the Gov- ernment, I have traveled about con- siderably. having been in the District only since August 15, 1928. Can I vote in South Dakota?—P. J. T. Held Eligible to Vote. A. You are, undoubtedly, eligible to vote in South Dakota. Q. I registered in Birmingham, Ala.. in 1920. I am employed here in the Government and want to vote In the coming election. Can I vote without going _to Alabama again?—Mrs. M. D. C. A. Yoy are eligible to vote in Alabama provided you have paid any poll taxes that may have been assessed against BORAH S ASSALED BY JAMES M. COX Ohioan Charges G. 0. P. Kept ; North in.Line 60 Years by Bitter Sectionalism. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 25.— After waving the “bloody shirt” at the South for 50 years, the Republican party now comes Dixieward as the “white-winged messenger of prohibition and bearing the banner of brotherly love,” James M. Cox, Democratic presi- dential nominee in 1920, declared in a speech here last night. The Republican party kept the North politically solid for 60 years “by creat- ing and maintaining a bitter sectional feeling,” Mr. Cox said, “but now snows are covering the high lands, and, like a pack of wolves smelling the scent for fresh preserves, the propagandists are moving into the Southland.” “The conventional Mark Hanna, Re- publican of the brewery and bloody shirt, would not do for this work,” the Ohio publisher and former governor shouted, “so a window-dressing stalk- ing horse, bearer Southward of a Judas kiss apparently was found. in the person of Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho.” Refers to 1919, The Idaho Senator, Mr. Cox said, is the same person who in a speech in the Senate in 1919 charged Mr. Hoover with “hot-footing it to Europe in the interest of the American meat packers.” “Mr. Borah now says that Mr. Hoover went abroad six days after the armistice, at his own expcnse, to effect an outs let for the products of the American farmer,” the speaker said. “If Senator Borah has not sold his political soul, he is at least a strange person to lead a moral crusade in the country,” Mr. Cox added. r “A long list of laws and reforms will always be assoclated with the name of Gov. Smith. I ask you to point out a single statutory achievement of Senator Borah in his 22 years of senatorial life,” the speaker said. Decries Religious Issue. As for prohibition, Gov. Smith, “is merely applying to it the theory of States’ rights as Borah applied- the theory of woman’s suffrage,” Mr. Cox declared. Mr. Cox bftterly denounced the in- - jection of the religious issue into the campaign and said he was sure Gov. | Smith had rather retain the religion !of his mother as a- treasured heritage |than win the presidency “if religious | freedom 1s not a birthright.” Reviewing briefly the lifz of Gov. Smith since he was a boy “runing about the streets, in and out of the fish mar- kets—alert, respectful, industrious and - law-abiding.” Mr. Cox said “the boy was never in trouble, although crime wes just around the corner. His re- | Yigion kept him out of trouble.” The present campaign was compared . |bv Mr. Cox to Jackson's campaign in 1828, when Mrs. Jackson “was killed by the poison of slander.” “The same passions are present now,” he said, “the sneer, the poison tongue, the violation of the sacred places of the home, and I call upon the Nation for a moral condemnation as will in | the days to come spave this country |'from another tragedy of the Hermitaga and the pitiless shame of this cam- paign.” Likes Nerve Cure. NEWPORT, Isle of Wight (#).—Living you. You should ‘write to the probate judge, stating to him that you desire to vote by mali and request him to for- ward you the official ballot. This should be done at once, but may be done any | time not more than 30 days nor. less | than 5 days before election. Q. Called from home by illness in my. family. I must be in Kansas on elec- tion day. My residence is in Selins- .grove, Pa. Will you please advise me at once how I may vote by mail?—Mrs. H. A. 8. A. There is no provision for voting by mail in the Pennsylvania law. Q Obliged to be absent from my voting place. Kindly advise me just. how I may vote by mail, from Nazareth, Pa., at my home in Selinsgrove, Pa.— Miss P. S. A. It is_impossible to vote by mail anywhere in Pennsylvahia. WOMAN ATTACKS SMITH. Describes Him as “Worst Opponent of Equal Rights.” NEW YORK, October 25 (#).—Gail Laughlin, only woman member of the Maine Legislature, in an address here last night characterized Gov. Alfred E Smith as “the worst opponent of wom- en's equal rights in the country today.” Miss Maud Younger of San, Francisco, congressional chairman of the National Women's Party, asserted that “if Hoover and Curtis are elected the proposed equal rights amendment. will be adoptec for seven years in a small boat at a | secluded spot on a river to rest his war-shattered nerves, Ernest Sower- | butts of Marithester enjoyed it somuch’ he has ‘decided to continue his resi- | dence there. 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