Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 6

' 6 HOUGHTON LATDS HOOVER VAR WORK Former Envoy to Germany) Cites Relief of Quakers Un- | der G. 0. P. Nominee. | By the Associated Pre:s. ST. LOUIS, October 27.—A descrip- tion of American relief work fn Ger- many, following upon the World War, | was drawn last night by Alanson B.| Houghton, former Ambas-ador to Ber- | lin, now Republican candidate for | United States Senator from New York, | in an address to the Engineers’ Club. Prefacing his rewarks with th> state- | ment that he wanted to disprove | charges that Herbert Hoover “was | careless or indifferent to the welfare of German children,” Mr. Houghton recounted his own experience with th> | aid and supervision given the reliel work by Mr. Hoover. He told of women waiting in line | for hours to get a single potato to fesd their children; of young boys and girls dying of lack of nourishment and of the fight to heip them waged by Mr. | Hoover; of the distribution of bundi of food by the Quaker relief organiza- tion on_ Christmas eve, 1922; of Mr. | Hoover helping in this work while he at the same time was carrying on the | gigantic task of distributing food to | the needy families of Belgium, France and other parts of Europe. “I wish you could have gone with me when I went to inspect the child feeding conducted by the Quakers,” Mr. Houghton said. “These children were not ill. They were badly under- nourished. And owing to the scarcity | of suppies, only those children could be given that one meal who producedi first a doctor's certificate. | Work of Quakers. » “The Quakers came and they brought with them love. They knew nothinig | and cared nothing about religious or; political divisions. They came to bind up the wounds and to break down the ‘hatred. “I wish I had words to tell you some- thing of their work. The Quakers came | without ostentation or the blare of trumpets. They came humbly to do their Master’s work, and as I used to see them, men and womsn, carrying on day after day, always calm, sympathatic and understanding and the Quaker Herbert Hoover, stood behind and directed this work. Ambassador Houghton then described the Christmas season of 1922 in Germany. “There was little food and little coal,” he began. “Berlin was bare of the green Christmas trees which always had lined the streets. “I wish you could have seen the Christmas eve performance that year in the opers house. It was given over entirely to children. There were no gifts for them. But the best of the German opera singers volunteered and sang for them. The opera hous: was unheated. It was only half lighted. But it was filled to the roof with children. Feat of Hoover, “People were not giving much in those days to Germany. They did not know, or it would have been difftreat. But whenever I think of that evening, I see the figure of the one man. who | more than any one others, despite the passions of those after-war years, represented American helpfulness and America’s desire to aid—Herbert Hoover. “What would have happened without him and his courage and his resource, I do not care to think. This is not poli- tics., We have a right to differ political- 1y. We have not only the right, but the duty to vote for the candidate and the party. which we believe will best serve the country. But there are some things we. must not do. And I think that the memories of those days, if recalled, will make further misunderstanding impos- o.” Mr. Houghton also dealt at consider- able length with the prosperity of the United States, which he ascribed to the higher efficiency of American workmen, higher wages, the use of machinery and Her 01d Self Again—Almost. ‘The famous ship of Lord Nelson, the | Victory, has been restored as nearly as | possible to the condition and appear- | ance she presented in Lord Nelson's day with the exception that she does not float. She has been reported to the admiralty and is manned by 20 sailors and 20 Marines, but she reposes in 3 dry berth at the Portsmouth dockyard. ‘The renovation is said to have cost about $500,000. | WoODWARD WU No Don’ts About Undeérwear \J | P).—Three young white men escaped F.AxD G STreers Alleged Rum Seized; Owner Captured; $300 Fine Assessed As Sergt. O. J. Letterman and his vice squad, composed of Po- licemen William F. Burke, Rich- ard J. Cox and George McCarron, were about to knock on the door of John Jackson, colored, 800 block Third street southwest, to serve a warrant, they were sur- prised to see the door open and be greeted by John himself—with three half-gallon jars of alleged liguor under his arm. Apparently recognizing the po- lice, Jobn is said to have run back through his house, dropping the bottles en rouic. Policoman Burke captured him in the rear yard. ‘The squad claimed it found 504 quarts of alleged liquor on the kitchen table of John's home. Police Court Judge John P. Mc- Mahon sentenced him to $300 or 120 days for possession. LYON PLANE READY b FUR BERMUB A HUPrby groups and in some instances by |description had been handed to him. ¥ First Flight From New York to Island Due to Start Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. ! ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., October 27.—A small Amphibian plane was ).:e-l ing grocmed here today for a take-off | tomorrow morning for Bermuda. It will be the first attempt to fly from New York to that island. In the navigator's seat will be Capt. Harry Lyon, who"safely charted the flight of the monoplane Southern Cross from California to Australia via Hawaii and Suva of the Fiji Island group. Capt. W. A. Lancaster, veteran British fiyer, will be at the controls, and the rumor at the field was that Mrs. Keith Miller, an Englishwoman, would be a passenger, Flew From England. Capt. Lancaster and Mrs. Miller flew | from England to Australia early in| January, coming to the United States with Capt. Lyon on his return from the Southern Cross flight. Mystery surrounded the preparations for the flight, which have been underi way for two months, and the secret was revealed only when Department of | Commerce officials started a check of the machine. Lyon and Lancaster plan to carry 250 gallons of fuel, enough for a round trip. | It was explained that they were taking | the extra fuel so that if they miss the island on their flight they would have enough gas left to make the mainland. 800 Miles Away. ‘The distance to Bermuda is 800 miles. | The plane, made by ths Ireland Air- craft Corporation, is powered with a Wright Whirlwind motor and hes a speed of 100 miles an hour. It is all metal with open cockpits. Capt. Lyon, an . expetienced ship's navigator, felt no doubt as to his abil- ity to navigate ths plane safely to its | destination, although Bermuda, with an | area of only 12,000 acres, is much smaller than either of ‘the Pacific is- langs he found on ‘the Southern Cross t. The difficulties of navigation caused cancellation. of an air race from this field to Bermuda last year. PAY ROLL IS STOLEN. Messenger Robbed of $5,000 as He Stops to Fix Truck. BURLINGTON, N. C, October 27 with the Standard Hosiery Mills' pay roll of approximately $5,000 at 12:30 o'clock yesterday, when they held up H. A. Ray, the mill messenger, two miles south of Burlington. According to the report that Ray gave out immediately after being robbed, he was out of his truck making a minor adjustment on the motor when | an automobile drove up and he looked up to find himself covered with a gun. An attempt was made several moriths ago to get the pay roll of the mills, but failed when the same driver re- fused to be crowded from the road. & LoTHROP 3 b ditions.” THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, -D.- C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1928.. 200 5K INQURY OFTEAASBALLDTS President Receives Bale of Telegrams From Hidalgo County Residents. | President Coolidge today received |more than 2,000 telegrams signed by |Special Dispatch to The Star. groups and individuals residents of | Hidalgo County, Tex., charging fraudu- | lent balloting conditions and appealing | for a Federal investigation. | With the exception of probably 20 or | 30 the telegrams conteined the same | message, which read, “President Cool- | idge, please aid us in gotting Federal | investigation of Hidalgo County con- These messages were signed | by individuals and were delivered at The other messages were mostly signed | city and town officers. Among these were messages which referred to “elec- tion conditions more shameful than Teapot Dome™; “Balloting conditions surrounding clections are corrupt,” and there were others charging foul play and deception. 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ROCKVILLE, Md., October 27.—In- vestigation this morning of reports that Democratic leaders in Montgomery | County are exercisad over “the flooding | of the mails of copies of a bogus Knights | of Columbus oath,” elicited a statement from Robert G. Hilton, Democratic | county chairman, that he knew of no one who had received copies of such mailed matter and from post office offi- | cials here that none had passed through the mails so far as they could learn. . Hilton said he was informed son ago by Maj. E. Brook Lee, Demo- cratic speaker of the Maryland House of Representatives, that a pamphlet of the B said, however, he had received none, and knew of no others receiving them. | A Rockville man was found who said he | had been handed a pamphlet by a Democrat, who favors the election of | Hoover, but that he paid little atten- tion to it ! CURTIS ABANDONS CLEVELAND SPEECH Nominee, Tired, Worn and With Voice Weakened, Leaves for Detroit. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, October 27.—Tired and worn from his busy week of campaign- ing, Senator Curtis, the Republican vice presidential nominee, stopped over here for a few hours today, but aban- | doned .an engagement for: speaking. He will speak at Detroit tonight, how- ever. The Senator encountered a chilly rain here and it aggravated an already wegpkened voice, so he informed lead- ers upon his arrival that he would have to give up the plan for him to address the City Club at noon. He did attend the luncheon, however, and spoke a few words in response to his introduc- tion. The nominee was in a good mocd | over the campaign. In a talk with newspaper men he predicted “the greai- est Republican victory in history.” He said he did not base this on any polls, but on reports he had received and in- dications he had observed in his tour of the Nation. 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