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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather clnumnn; followed ing temperature. est, 55, at at 7 am. y. Bureau Forecast.) by u.n':. yesterday; lowest, 3¢, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 28 and 29 he Z Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Siar. as fast as the papers No. 30,860. Entered as sec post office, W d class matter hington, D. C. - SHINGTO! g5 SILVER SPRING BANK BANDIT CAPTURED AFTERST 600 THEFT Arrest Made at Robber’s Takoma Park Home Hours Following Hold Up. HAIL OF BULLETS FAILS TO HALT FLEEING MAN Miss Helen Hobbs, Sitting in Car Outside, Suffers Wound in Ear by Stray Shot. A lone unmasked bandit walked into the Stlver Spring National Bank today, held up the assistant cashier and escaped through a volley of bullets with $1,600 oi the bank’s funds. A stray shot penetrated the ear of Miss Helen Hobbs, 23, of Linden, Md., who was sitting in an sutomobile outside the bank. Another shot tore through an over- coat worn by H. D. Bodine, who was passing at the time. He was uninjured. Jumping from a taxicab, the bandit escaped and disappeared in the woods in the vicinity of the Washing- ton Sanitarium at Takoma Park, Md. Posses of Montgomery County police were quickly organized and began to scour the woods, while police of the thirteenth precinct of Washington were searching for the man in Takoma Park, D. C. At 1:15 this afternoon the Mont- gomery County police announced that they had arrested Hugh L. McDaniel, 32 years old, at his home, 30 Columbia avenue, Takoma Park, Md., and that the money has been recovered. Ap- prehension of McDaniel is said to have resulted fro a mysterious telephone call to a taxicab office in Washington. The caller asked for a certain taxicab driv- er who recalled having talked to a man several days ago about a trip to Balti- moré. The driver immediately notified L. Jones and Officer Earl Burdine of the Montgomery County force. He was taken to police headquarters at Silver Spring. The robber entered the bank at 8:05 a.m., shortly’ after it had opened for business, There were patrons in the L. Lutes, Give me all yowve got,” snapped R ont ahoot, T1l give it to Lutes “Don’ you,” Luf plied, and handed through the win- VArioUE | jority as possible. ‘Whitacre, hearing seized his gun and started to the back of Lutes’ cage. The robber hastily the money and ran to through his own office opened three shots before the rob- h the door. Lutes seized his pistol and fired two more shots. It was Lutes’ d shot that struck Miss Hobbs. in the right ear. She had been sitting alone in a car in front of the bank. Her escert, Bradford Fox, was beside the car and ducked at the sound of the shots. When he saw that she was hurt, he drove her to the office of Dr. Howlett nearby. The physician treated her for a flesh wound in the ear and on the head. Her injuries were not serious. Started Toward Washington. In the meantime, according to Fox, the robber dropping two bundles of currency in his haste, climbed into ai taxicab, flourished his gun and the driver started toward Washington. Georg F. Hamilton of Silver 8pring, with offices at 1409 New York avenue, Washi also saw the escape, and foll the burglar for several miles. He reported that the man left the cab and ran into the woods near the Wash- Sanitarium in Takoma Park. The police immediately sped to the woods and started a hunt. After the shots fired inside the bank, Whitacre fired two more at the fleeing taxicab, neither of which appeared to have taken effect. One of the first bul- lets to be fired went through the plate- glass front door of the bank and the second lodged in the plaster above the dobr. There was a report which could HOLDUP SCENE AND BANK OFFICIALS Above: The Silver Spring Bank shortly after the holdup early this morning. Below: Bank officials who shot at the bandit as he fled. Left to right: Fred Lautes, assistant cashier, who was forced to turn over $2,200; J. C. Cissel, president, and Ira C. Whitacre, cashier, who fired at the retreating bandit. 'SILENT VOTE' STIRS VALLEY OF VIRGINIA Winchester Section, Demo- cratic for 50 Years, Finds a Fight on Hand. Note—This is the sixth of a series of arjicles on the political situation in nearby Marsland and Virginia. BY DONALD A. CRAIG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., October 27.—Tt is the “silent vote” that is worrying the Democratic leaders in this city and this section of the famous Shenan- doah Valley, which has been safely Democratic for so long that polificians of today have either forgotten or have never had to learn how to conduct such ‘Winchester is the home of Gov. Byrd of Virginia, who is loyally supporting Gov. Smith of New York, the Demo- cratic nominee for President. Virginia's governor and the regular Democratic leaders of this city and of Frederick County, of which it is the chief com- munity and the county seat, are very desirous of giving Smith as big a ma- ‘They frankly admit, however, that the normal Democratic majorities will be greatly reduced, and some even express fear in private con- versation of losing this Democratic stronghold to Hoover. ‘The whole Valley of Virginia is in a political ferment, and it is nowhere more apparent than here. The Demo- crats are split wide open over the presi- dency. Pro-Smith and Anti-Smith members of the party freely admit that it is “the hardest election to forecast in 50 years.” The significance of this situation is that for 50 years in presi- dential fights the result has always n a foregone conclusion—the major- ity of this section always has gone to the Democratic nominee. Democrats Claim Victory. Openly the regular Democrats predict victory for Smith by small majorities in ‘Winchester and the county. The Anti- Smith Democrats, who are well organ- ized, hope that Hoover will win, and are working hard toward that end. The old-line Republicans of this section pre- (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) SURRENDE_RED TO COURT. Woman Who Held Up Proceedings Sent to St. Elizabeth’s. ‘Miss Mary Ruthven appeared in Dis- trict Supreme Court yesterday and was surrendered to the court by her surety. Miss Ruthven held up court pro- ceedings yesterday when she refused to appear in a habeas corpus case and a lunacy case pending against her. She was returned to St. Elizabeth’s not be confirmed that one of them had passed through the shoulder of the bank bandit’s overcoat without hurting the man. $600 Dropped by Bandit. Lawrence Lutes, the young son of the assistant cashier, who was standing outside at the time of the shooting, reported that the cab's number was 1-145, and that the company number was 301. Citizens picked up the dropped currency, which amounted to $600, and returned it to bank officials. ‘The bank’s net loss was then $1,600. This is said to be covered by burglary Insurance amounting to $30,000. ‘The bank was organized in 1910, and moved to its present home in 1925. It has never been the victim of a hold- up_before. ‘C. E. McFarland, the taxi driver, re- ported the hold-up to the Washington lice as soon as passenger jumped out of the cab. His employers sent him 1o police headquarters, where he re- Jated his version of the robbery to Capt. Wi Emerson, acting day chief of de- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) —_— OPERATE ON MRS. BUTLER LINCOLN, Nebr., October 27 (P).— ‘The condition of Mrs. D. M. Butler, sis- ter of Gen. John J. Pershing, was re- ported early today by the two physi- cians attending her to be generally fa- vorable, Mrs. Butler was operated upon yesterday. Gen. Pershing was to reach Lincoln { today trom Washington. Hospital vigorously protesting against the court’s order when Justice Stafford continued the case for one week and allowed attorneys and bondsmen in the case to withdraw, ITALIANS BURN LOAN. ROME, October 27 (#).—Despite a heavy rain, the ceremony of burning 140,000,000 lire ($7,000,000) worth of the Littorio loan, which had been offered voluntarily by all classes of citizens, took place today. The first part of the ceremony was held before the Unknown Soldier's Tomb with members of the cabinet pres- ent. The other part took place in a gas factory. —Star Staff Photos. PRESENTSTUATON SATFES SHITH Governor Invades Pennsylva- nia Today for Speech; May Go to Centreville, Md. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 27.—Satisfied in his own mind that his fight for the presidency has made forward strides as a result of his New England incursion, Gov. Smith today carries his campaign into Pennsylvania, an enemy stronghold which has not felt the sting of Demo- cratic defeat in more than seventy years, For an hour late today the Demo- cratic presidential nominee will head an automobile procession through the principal streets of Philadelphia, and tonight, in the Quaker City Arena, he will deliver the thirteenth formal ad- dress of a campaign which has taken him more than ten thousand miles by rail and automobile. Prior to his entry into Philadelphia, the governor's schedule called for a half hour’s parade in the city of Cam- den, N. J., where his special train is due to arrive at 3:50 p.m. after leaving the Pennsylvania station here at 1:30. Big Receptions Planned. Advance information received at the nominee’s headquarters indicated an- other big Eastern reception for him in the two cities. The parade in Phila- delphia will terminate at the Bellevue- Stratford Hotel, where the governor and his party will make their head- quarters overnight. The speech, the subject of which remained a secret to- day. will start at 8 pm. Eastern time, and will be broadcast over the usual Nation-wide hook-up. Gov. Smith worked all day yesterday on the address, but did not complete a rough draft until late last night. Whether the nominee will return to New York after attending church in Philadelphia tomorrow morning or visit the home of John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, near Centerville, Md., remained unde- cided today. If he goes to Mr. Raskob's home he will remain there until Mon- day morning and then start directly for Baltimore, where he will open the final week of the campaign before election with another formal address. Roosevelt Won State. In going to Pennsylyania for a speech, Gov. Smith is following the ad- vice of his campaign managers. They figure he stands a fighting chance to carry the Keystone State, which, since the ~election of James Buchanan in 1856, has returned comfortable Repub~ lican majorities in every quadrennial election except in the party schism of 1912, when Roosevelt won out. Asked at a press conference whether he had any recent reports from Pennsylvania which would warrant a belief that he might achieve victory there, the Democratic nominee said he did not know “anything about it,” that | bef Pennsylvania was a “pretty big State,” and he failed to see “how any one can form an opinion about these things.” The governor did have some ideas about Southern New England, how- ever, and he was frank in stating them. Questioned as to his reaction to the Boston demonstration and the manner in which the audience received his speech there, he said: “I certainly think after Monday night there has been a decided change. I think the Republican candidate hurt his cause with his Madison Square Garden speech.” Reader-Confidence The reader-confidence in the news and editorial columns of The Star is reflected in the advertising columns to the profit of both the reader and the ad- vertiser, All fraudulent and misleading advertisements are barred from The Star. from overstating values. Honest advertisers refrain Any complaint will be lr{nmediauly investigated, ing program board to which would FARM AID SESSION PLEDGED BY HOOVER IF NEED CONTINUES Failure of Congress to Act This Fall Will Mean Special Call. HOLDS RELIEF NEEDED WITHIN SHORT PERIOD Increased Tariff, Marketing Pro- gram and Board Creation In- volved in Relief Plan. Herbert Hoover announced today that if the Republican party is returned to power he would call an extra session of Congress to deal with farm relief if adequate legislation should not be en- acted at the coming session. “The question of a special session of Congress after March 4 in the event of the return of the Republican party has beenzunder discussion for some time,” said a formal statement issued by the Republican presidential candidate. “There are a number of questions, particularly agricultural relief, which urgently require solution and should not be delayed for a whole vear. It is our most wurgent economic problem, Would Permit No Delay. “I should hope it can be dealt with at the regular session this Fall and thus a special session avoided. If, how- ever, that cannot be accomplished I would, if elected, not allow the matter to drift and would of necessity call an extra session so as to secure early con- structive action.” Under the Hoover plan the new Con- gress to be elected on November 6 would be summoned to Washington, perhaps in April, with the hope that an agricultural measure embodying his program for farm relief could be en- acted in time for its operation in the handling of the 1929 crop. ‘This is the program which Senator Borah of Idaho proposed in a formal statement late yesterday. While both Hoover and Borah are hopeful of action by the present Congress, the session to start early in December will continus only three-months under law and usual- ly little general legislation has been enacted at these short sessions because of the pressure of enacting the annual supply bills. Long Delays Otherwise. If a special session of the new Con- gress were not called, after a failure of the present Congress to act, it would be two years before a farm relief meas- a;e could be brought into actual opera- n. Hoover's program for relief, as out- lined in his 'fiem of acceptance and reiterated in his West Branch, Iowa, and Elizabethton, Tenn., addresses, calls first for increased tariff protection for farm: icts, a more ade: market- and the creation of a farm be given Federal financial aid in handling the crop sur- Ppluses. In his forthcoming speech at St. Louis on November 2 the Republican presi- dential candidate is expected to go more into the actual details of his farm aid proposal, outlining each more in detail, both as to structure and the methods of operation. President Coolidge is expected to deal with agricultural relief in his final an- nual message to Congress in Decembe; and it is known that agricultural lea ers in the two houses will urge enact- ment of some of the pending measures which are designed to bring relief to the Nation’s basic industry. Borah Meets Hoover. Senator Borah discussed the farm problem during a luncheon-conference with Hoover yesterday afternoon. There were indications that Hoover sent for Borah with a view to obtaining his views upon the special session pro- posal. How much the announcement of Senator George W. Norris that he would support the Democratic presidential candidate came into the discussion be- tween Borah and Hoover was not re-{ vealed. However, it is known that measures are under consideration for offsetting ihe effect that the Norris declaration may have had in the agri- cultural West. Borah himself has declined to dis- cus the move of Senator Norris, ex- plaining that he preferred first to read the text of the speech the Nebraskan will make at Omaha tonight—his first on behalf of the candidacy of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, It may be that after that speech Borah and some others of the Republican independents of the Senate who have been closely associated with Norris in the fight for what has been denominated as progressive legislation will have statements to make. Hoover Talks With Women. A further exposition of his views re- garding women in industry was given by Hoover yesterday in talks with Miss Elizabeth Christmas of Chicago and Mrs. Raymond Robins, chairman of the industrial women'’s division of the publican national committee. “I am absolutely with you in your ef- forts to get adequate labor legislation for women,” the nominee told Mrs. Christman, who is secretary of the Na- tional Women's Trades Union League. “Such legislation establishes stand- ards for industry which, although they already exist in voluntary agreements tween many employers and the organized workers, must be written in- :) I‘flw to bring up the laggards of in- lustry. “On this subject I have not altered my opinion expressed in 1920. If women in Industrial occupations are to be protected equally with men, they must have safeguards additional to those provided for men. I favor the laws limiting hours of labor, with pro- gressively higher standards in accord- ance with the purposes of organized working women. I should greatly de- plore any weakening of the existing regulations or any interference with their extension.” The candidate also was told by Fred- erick H. Fljozdal of Detroit, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, and Arthur J. Lovell of Washington, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, that he would have the overwhelming support of members of all the railroad brotherhoods. BERGER GUNMAN ESCAPES EDWARDSVILLE, IIl, October 27 (#).—Freddie Wooten, Berger gangster and defendant in the murders of High- way Patrolman Lory Price and Price, escaped from the Madison County Jail here today with Mike Kurant, who was recently granted a new trial in a murder case. P g‘m pair sawed their way out of the il i h 4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, FOOT BALL DRAWS THOUSANDS TODAY Important Games Scheduled on Fields in All Parts of the Country. Many old foot ball rivalries are being renewed and games bearing importantly on conference championships played on college gridirons in all sections of the country today. The Eastern program is filled with contests attracting throngs of foot ball fans. Thousands are in the bhowl at New Haven to see the battle between Yale and the Army, Princeton and Cornell are battling in Palmer Stadium at Princeton, Harvard is meeting a formidable foe in Dartmouth at Sol- dier Field and Navy is endeavoring to redeem itself in a scrap with Pennsyl- vania at Philadelphia. In the South the more important en- gagements find Georgia Tech opposing. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia and Vanderbilt struggling at Nashville, Tennessee and Washington and Lee battling at Knoxville and Maryland and virginia Military Institute scrapping at Richmond. There is nothing of national interest scheduled for the day on the Pacific Coast, but the Middle West has its share of big games. All members of the Big Ten are engaged in conference struggles. The game of the section is that at Towa City between vhe unde- feated and untied Iowa and Minnesota elevens. At Chicago, Purdue and Chicago, whose serfes is the oldest in the grid- iron, history of the Middle West, are oppohents. - Northwestern is at Cham- paign hoping to upset Tlinois in the latter’s homecoming attraction. Missouri Valley suprematy may be settled in the battle between Missouri and Nebraska, both sturdy foot ball machines. Three Washington gridirons have games. Georgetown is facing its strong- est opponent thus far this season in Duke at Griffith Stadium, George Wash- ington is playing City College of New York at Central Stadium and American University is host to Shenandoah. Catholic University and Gallaudet are playing on foreign fields, the Brook- landers against Mount St. Mary's at Emmitsburg and the Kendall Greeners against Juanita at Huntingdon, Pa. DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE WITH GUN J. 0. Reed Lives Two Hours After Bullet Passes Through Brain. Although no report of a gun was heard by his family, Dr. Joseph O. Reed, 75 years old, of 1762 N street, was found slumped in a chair in his bedroom about 6 o'clock this morning by his wife with a bullet hole through both temples and two notes beside him, indicating his intention to end his life. ‘The_ bullet passed completely through his brain, but he lived for two and a half hours after he was found uncon- scious, He died at 8:30 o'clock at Emer- gency Hospital. His wife, Mrs. Ida M. Reed, told olice that Dr. Reed had been in ill ealth for four years and had recently undergone an operation. She said it has been her husband’s custom to sleep with the door of his bedroom open. ‘When she arose this morning the door was closed and her curlosity was im- mediately aroused. Pushing open the door, she declared, she saw Dr. Reed sitting in a chair with his back toward her. Beside him on the chair lay a .38-caliber revolver with one of the shells discharged. He was clothed in a lounging robe. 'he Emergency Hospital ambulance was summoned, but upon his arrival at the hospital it was apparent that he could not live. Physicians there ex- pressed wonder at the time that elaps- ed before his death. Dr. Reed had evidently intended to kill himself yesterday. The two notes bear the date of October 26. One is addressed to the coroner and the sec- ond “To the Public.” The latter mes- sage is written on his professional sta- tionery and is as follows: “I can stand this terrible pain and feeling of strangulation no longer. I have suffered enugh, and more than it is possible for any one to stand and keep going. This condition would kill me in a short time anyway, so why suf- fer this distress and pain when I have Mrs, | the means of ending it at once. “JOSEPH O. REED. The note was written with a pencil and in a faltering hand. Radio Programs—Page 30 1928 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * *ONE oF MY FAVORITE _Q\POLICHES (e, \=y Court Sets Aside Vife’s Wish Barring Mate at Funeral By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 27.—The wish of a dying woman to keep her estranged husband from attending her funeral brought Fred Bringanzi into a Justice of the Peace Court seeking a writ of replevin to be al- lowed to bury her. The writ was granted, but a legal oversight kept officers from carrying the body from the home of the deac woman’s parents, as the writ failed to include the coffin, provided by her father, and officers wouldn't remove the body. Back in court, Bringanzi obtained an order to sit near his wife’s casket during the funeral, but no words must pass between him and his wife's relatives. HORNSBY REPORTED SOLD 70 THE CUBS $200,000 and Three Players Given as Price—Club Of- ficials Deny Deal. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 27.—The New York Sun in a copyrighted story today says Rogers Hornsby, manager of the Boston Braves, has been bought by the Chicago Cubs for $200,000, plus the players Webb, Heathcote and Maguire. The story says Hornsby received a bonus of $25,000 for signing a contract to play second base for the Cubs for the next three seasons at a salary of $40,- 000 a year. The story by the Sun’s sports editor, Joe Vila, adds that the contract was signed and sealed after a confab with a representative of William Wrigley, jr., Cub owner, at a New York hotel a week ago yesterday. The deal by which Wrigley obtained the right to sign Hornsby is hailed as_the biggest in the history of base ball. The payment of $200,000 in real 'money for Hornsby breaks all records, the story points out. The releases of ‘Webb, Heathcote and Maguire are val- ued collectively at about $30,000. BRAVES DENY SALE. Cunningham Says No Deal Will Be Made Before Election. BOSTON, October 27 (#).—Denial that Rogers Hornsby had hbeen sold to the Chicago Cubs was made by offi- cials of the Boston Braves today, when informed of a report that the Boston manager had been sent to the Cubs for $200,000 and three players. “We have made no deal concerning Hornsby yet,” said Ed Cunningham, secretary of the Braves, “and we will . | not take any action until after Election day. When the deal is made it will be announced in Bostol Judge Emil Fuchs, president of the club, also denied that the deal had been made. DEAL ALSO DENIED IN CHICAGO. No Further Along Than It Was Six Weeks Ago, Says Veeck. CHICAGO, October 27 (#).—William Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, said today that no deal had been closed as yet by the Cubs for obtaining Rogers Hornsby of the Boston Braves. Commenting on a copyrighted story by the New York Sun to the effect that Hornsby had been acquired by the Cubs for $200,000 and three players, ed Press. ROBERTSON TAKES STAND IN DEFENSE Denies Killing Mills, Owning Black Shirt and Firing Pis- tol Taken by Police. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICK, Md, October 27.— Samuel P. Robertson, on trial here for | 15 first-degree murder, took the stand in his own behalf today and, speaking in clear decisive tones, denied that he had killed Edward L. Mills. Robertson’s wife, who had testified for her husband a few minutes before, sat directly in front of him and cried dur- ing the entire time he was telling of his movements from the day of the murder up to the time he was brought to trial. Robertson wore a gray-striped suit with a white collar and tie. He ap- peared nervous when he first took the stand but soon gained assurance and at times gave evidence of temper, par- ticularly when denying a report that his wife had told him she had been abused by Mills. Robertson denied that he had ever fired the pistol which was taken from him by police, that, he had ever owned a black shirt, that he had ever en- tertained any ill feeling toward Mills and that he had taken a pistol with him when he went to see Wilson Trout | & in April, shortly before his arrest. Tells of Examination. Robertson, who is 38 _years old, said that he was born near Hunting Hill on a farm adjoining the Mills home. On several occasions before his sixteenth birthday, he said, he worked on the Mills farm, and frequently ate his meals at their table. He then resumed his story, picking up the narrative at the time of his arrest. He described the manner in which he was taken to Balti- more and subjected to a rigid exami- nation by police of that city in the presence of Alvie Moxley of the Mont- gomery County police force. 2 “Time after time they asked me if 1 killed Ed Mills. I always answered that I did not. They locked me up in a cage unfit for a monkey and kept me man acled like a dog. Finally I became so sick and nervous that when a detective asked me again if I had killed Mills T replied that I wouldn’t say that I did and I wouldn't say that I didn’t until I could talk to a lawyer. “I asked them as many as 25 times for permission to see my wife, but I was never permitted to do this. During that time she had no way of knowing where I was. The police were abusive and often threatened me, but may manner toward them was always that of a gentleman. “On the way back to Baltimore my hands were locked in front of me with handcuffs, even though there were three policemen in the automobile. Chief Moxley asked me several times if I were comfortable, and I answered that I was, meaning that I did not want any help from him.” Admits Buying Typewriter. Robertson admitted that he had pur- chased the typewriter, but declared that he had never learned to operate it. Robertson declared that he went to bed early in the night before the shoot- ing and that he did not get up until about 7:30 o'clock the next morning. Mills was killed shortly after daybreak on the morning of July 7, 1927. Robert- son said that he went to a church festival that night, taking his wife and three children with him. Several of his friends had testified that he did not seem to be in any way ill at ease. On the following day he said he went to.the home of his a farm adjoining t of Mills. “We talked a little bit about Ed Mills being killed, and I was interested because had known him as a boy. I decided to go over and see Andrew Baughman, who lived across the road from Mills Veeck said that “the deal is no further { along than it was six weeks ago when the other stories were printed.” Buughmzx‘x] told me about the killing and we talked for several minutes be- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) i ils Coming Back! grandmothers Follow jumps the designs on the Magazine The Star Beginning Today. rents who live on | him “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washi on homes are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,124 TWO CEN MARYLAND DIVIDED, CITY V3. COUNTRY, INELECTION FIGHT Rural Districts Strong for Hoover, While Baltimore Seems to Favor Smith. RACE APPEARS CLOSE; “*BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT Wet-Dry Sentiment and Religion Likely to Play Part in Deciding Issue. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspcndent of The Star. BALTIMORE, October 27.—Neither Smith nor Hoover can sing with cer- tainty yet “Maryland, My Maryland.” A real fight is on in the presidential election in this State. As in several other States, it is the city against the rural districts, with Gov, Smith popular in the city and Mr, Hoover stronger in the country. In political parlance, this State is divided into the “city,” which means Baltimore, and “the counties,” which are the rest of the State outside of Baltimore., Gov. Smith, it appears, is going to carry the city of Baltimore and Mr., Hoover the counties. If Smith carries the city by a bigger majority over Hoover than the latter carries the counties over Smith, Gov. Smith wins Maryland's eight electoral votes, Various Estimates Made. Various _estimates of th strength of each candidate l.l.; he is expected to carry have been given me, some by impartial observers, and some came from more partial scources. Smitb's probable lead, when these esti- mates are boiled down, in Baltimore City W,fll run from 20,000 to 25,000. Hoo“vkeer 1; l:old n’fn thxe cour;gu over Smith rom 20,000 up, - haps as high as 30,000. e 1t is easy to see, if these estimates are are now coming back. comi fident. s - i:'!he:hnl con- ity of Smith's rolling up a 60, in Baltimore. It is noticeable, 1 g 6 Sy S o cl Smitn. carrying the countles * for i S e s Democratic Not a few people read into the may- oralty race of last year a foreru:;':’-r ith the' engtond ot v Pl lous X cflg‘oa relink e involved in both a stant. How deepl; l:;l:l; ctg.mlndsz'l it ?:pd{mtcxfit t0 esti- , reports ¢ T mwcmect- . le ore has a population, it has a larger Prmgi group. Democratic leaders insist they have been able to meet successfully the religious issue raised in some quarters against Gov. Smith. They have made a strong play on the fact that when theulunencan soldiers went “over the top” in France no one stopped to ask Whether they were Protestants or Catholics. Democrats on Their Toes. The Democrats are on their toes, waiting for Gov. Smith to mflp w0 Baltimore Monday. The Democratic nominee is to deliver a speech here at the armory and predictions are made that it will be the greatest political gathering the city has ever seen. The Armory seats 12,000, but the expectation is that there will be room for about 6,000 more, standing room. Plans have been made for an over- flow meeting in a theater which seats about 3,500 and loud speakers will carry Gov. Smith's address to still other thousands who cannot gain admission to the armory or the theater. There are to be n? ’rese;;lv:d seats in the armory except for reception com- mittee and the immediate Bgm.h party. Doubt was expressed that the polic would be able to hold back the crowds if the seats were all reserved. So it is a case of first come, first seated. The Smith supporters are setting great store by the Democratic nominee’s invasion of the State. They look for to win over the wavering and to stimulate the party workers. It must be said, however, that a great majority of the voters have made up their minds about this election, and demonstrations are not That Old-Fashioned Quilt For many years _cluud with the Dodo and other extinet creatures and articles, the patchwork quilt of our grandmothers and great- back into popularity. Pages carry the State for Mr. It is a fact, however, that tic women have been