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W_R.E REPORTS | DROP N INCDNE Shows Decline Compared With Year Ago, While Pepco Receipts Increase. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. today submitted its monthly finan- { clal report to the Public Utilities Com- | mission, showing that the concern's net income had declined from $26,402.60 in September, 1927, to $23,740.87 in sbtember, 1928. AV the same time the Potomac Elee- tric Power Co., & Subsa of the rail- way concern, reported that in the same ; period its net income had increased | from $214,460.12 to $298.691.09. | The details of the railway company’s report for last month show that operat- ing revenues were $451,003.56: non- operating income, $20.201.60: operating | expenses and taxcs, $382,277.68; deduc- | tions from gross earnings and net income, $23.740.87. In September, 1927, the company T ported operating nue as $458,007.9 Ton-operating income, operating cxpenses and tax 272.11: deductions from gross earnin $64,522.42, and net income, $26,402.60. | The power company reported for last | month _gross carnings of $7; 8; | miscellaneous income, $17,968.39; operat- | ing expenses, $328; deductions from income of $148,772.18, and net income of $298,691.09. The corresponding figures reported for September, 1927, were: Gross earn- ings, $659,693.64; miscellaneous income, $23,364.47: operating expenses, $312, 503.73; deductions from income, $156, 094.26, and net income, $214,460.12. LODGE'S DAUGHTER T0 SUPPORT SMITH Tells Walsh Loring Young Not “Logical Successor” to Her Father. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 29.—United States Senator David I. Walsh, Democratic nominee for re-election, last night made public a letter sent to him by Mrs. Constance Williams of Hamilton, daughter of the late Republican Sen- ator, Henry Cabot Lodge, in which she announced her support of his candi- guc{ and that of Gov. Smith for Presi- ent. Mrs. Williams said in her letter that she had signed the nomination papers of B. Loring Young, Senator Walsh's Republican opponent, ‘“under a total ‘misapprehension of his public record.” “When Mr. Young speaks of himself @s the logical successor to Henrv Cabot Lodge, he is stating something which ds not true,” the letter read. “My father was not a coward, and I believe him always to have put ideals above expediency.” Referring to the candidacy of Gov. Smith she said: “As the campaign pro- gresses it has become increasingly ap- parent that the Republican party at this time is the party of hypocrisy and the Democratic party the party of prog- Tess. I consider that Mr. Hoover is honest, but Gov. Smith is both honest and brave.” EVANS ASSAILS SMITH ON CRIMINAL PARDONS Klan Wizard Says Governor Has Aided Alien Felons‘to .Be- come Citizens: By the Assoclated Press. Dr. Hiram W. Evans, Imperial Wiz- ard of the Ku Klux Klan, in a state- ik having koed s pardenng power wer |s State executive of New Yo‘rkw"tor {years to assist to become citizens of the naturalizal cratic presidential candidate pardoned large numbers of criminals to pre- ‘vent “their deportation” under the 1924 Yestrictive immigration law. He add- 2 that Gov. Smith during six years his gubernatorial career “pardoned g Gov. Smith “presumed on his private &mmn" Dr. Evans said, “o nul- Congress which had that just this kind of ecrimi- ‘should be deported or barred from misturalization.” Rl SMITH TO BROADCAST + OVER REVISED HOOK-UP Pmocrntic Candidate’s Baltimore Speech to Go on Air at 9 0’Clock Tonight. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 29.—A revised Nation-wide hook-up for the broadcast- g of Gov. Smith’s Baltimore speech g 9 o'clock tonight was announced 2 esterday by the radio bureau of the ocratic national committee. Stations in the revised list include ‘WJZ, New York; WBAL, Baltimore; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WJR, Detroit; XYW, Chicago; WBT, Charlotte; WBS, Atlanta; WMC, Memphis; WSM, Nash- ville; WHAS, Louisville, WTMJ, Mil- waukee; KOA, Denver; WOAI San Antonio; KPRC, Houston; WFAA, Dallas; KVOO, Tulsa; KSL, Salt Lake: WRC, Washington; KWK, St. Louis; WTAM, Cleveland; WHO, Des Moines; ‘WOW, Omaha; WCCO, Minneapolis-St. Paul; WBAP, Fort Worth; KPO, San Francisco; KGO, Oakland; KFI, Los Angeles; KGW, Portland; KGA, Spo- kane; KOMO, Seattle. MOSES DOUBTS NORRIS CAN SWITCH NEBRASKA By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 29.—Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Eastern advisory committee of the Hoover-Curtis cam- fll-lh. on returning to New York today rom & speaking tour in the East, scouted Democratic claims that Sen- ator Norris’ declaration for Gov. Smith would bring Nebraska into the Demo- | cratic camp. “I do not regard Srnator Norris as carrying Nebraska in his vest pocket,” sald Senator Mosss. “It is one thing 1o be able to carry a State for one's self. It is quite ancther to deliver a State to another candidate.” PLEADS FOR TOLERANCE. Former Senator Williams Declares Smith Stands for Freedom. NEW YORK, October 29 (#)— John Sharp Willlams, former United States Senator from Mississippi, said in a statement at Democratic head- quarters last night that Gov. Smith's democracy “represents the best political traditions of the South.” “I am heart and soul for Smith and Robinson,” he sald. “Their cause is that of religious tolerance and freedom of religion in America. This is the first campaign of religious Intolerance since that against Thomas Jefferson, and I hope it will have the same result at the polls—a great rebuke by the Amer- 4can people,” & & ! Maryland, Virginia and Dis- w. tion m&mflw Co.; John B. Cochran, the Franklin ¢. MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1928. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Smith Heads Today’s List of Political Speakers on Radio By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 29— Political speakers on the radio today and tomorrow include: Today. DEMOCRATIC. Gov. Smith, from Baltimore, over WJZ and national hook-up of 32 stations at 9 p.m. United _States Senator Wagner of New York over WOR and Co- lumbia chain at 10 p.m. Edward Milton Royle, author, over WJZ and network at 10:30 am. Rabbl_Stephen S. Wise over WEAF, WHAM of Rochester and WGR of Buffalo at 6 p.m. REPUBLICAN. Dr. Hubert Work and Andrew Mellon over WEAF and network at 8 pm. Attorney General Albert Ot- tinger of New York, candidate for governor, over WJZ network at 6 pm. ‘Tomorrow. REPUBLICAN. Secretary of State Kellogg, from Washington, over WMAL and coast-to-coast hook-up at 8:30 pm. Alanson B. Houghton, candi- date for United States Senator from New York, over WRNY and network at 9 p.m. Willlam J. Flynn -of Buffalo and G. O. P. choristers over ‘WEAF at 6 pm. DEMOCRATIC. An unnounced speaker from Democratic national committee over WJZ and National Broad- casting Co. network at 7 p.m. ‘W. Bernard Vause over WSGH, Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. THOUSANDS FLOCK 0 HEAR ADDRESS trict Send Delegations to Baltimore. ‘The National Capital and neighbor- ing Maryland and Virginia are sending large delegations to Baltimore today to greet Gov. Smith, who arrives there at 3 o'clock this afternoon, to make an address tonight at the Fifth Regiment Armory. John F. Costello, the Democratic na- tional committeeman for the District of Columbia, estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 would make the trip. John B. Colpoys, chairman of the District central com- mittee and of the federated Democratic and Smith-Robinson clubs, estimated “at least 10,000.” ‘The dozen or more Democratic and Smith-Robinson clubs in the District are all sending large delegations. These clubs include five Veterans' Smith- Robinson clubs, the Central Smith- Robinson Club, the Women's Smith- Robinson Club, the Al Smith-for- President Club, the Jefferson Club, the Lawyers’ Smith-Robinson Club, the Prancis Scott Key Smith-Robinson Club, the Georgetown Democratic Club %‘?:n the Marketmen's Smith-Robinson National Committeeman Costello will to devote the time to forego the tri] M&M—w& work -at the Demo- cratic head here, Jackson , 16 tic leaders from Harper, president of the District Na- tional Bank and assistant treasurer of the Democratic national committee; Pratt, president of the Na- president of National Bank, and Charles A. Douglas, presi- ! dent of the Smith-Robinson Lawyers’ Club. ‘The Washington Democratic head- quarters have warned all inquirers against attempting to make the trip by automobile on account of the road con- gestion and because of the limited space for automobile parking anywhere near the armory. Officers of all the Democratic clubs here point out today that while they have been literally swamped for more than & week with requests for reserva- tions at the rally, it is impossible to get any definite estimate of the num- ber that will attend because no seats have been set aside for guests from ‘Washington and_environs. The spe- cial trains over the Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis Railway started at 10 o'clock today to accommodate a large delegation of women, including more than a hundred from West Virginia, who were hurrying to Baltimore to at- tend the luncheon in honor of Mrs. Smith at 12:30 o’clock. BIGOTRY IN POLITICS ASSAILED BY THOMAS Socialist Candidate Speaks Springfield on “Rum, Race and Religion.” By the Associated Press. SPRING] , Mass., October 29.— Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, spoke plainly before an overflow crowd at the State Theater here yesterday on “The Three Pernicious Rs of This Campaign—Rum, Race and Religion,” stressing particularly his de- sire to be clearly understood on the re- ligious issue. ‘He condemned bigotry in politics. Re- ferring to the defeat of the child labor amendment in Massachusetts in 1924, he named Cardinal O'Connell as the chief factor in that defeat. “The Protestant bigotry which I heartily condemn will not be remedied by turning to a bigotry of another kind,” the speaker declared. “The only way to deal with the religious issue is to ignore it, for there has been too much bigotry on both sides. In this campaign vital issues are not discussed, and for this reason men are forced to| divide on such things as religion.” in SHENANDOAH VOTE CONTINUES PUZZLE Democrats Expect to Carry| Valley for Smith, but Keep Up Hard Work. (Continnad From First Page) | clections—are this year wondering what | the result will be on election day, Nov- | ember 6. Thousands of Democrats are | a ¢ working against the regulatly | nominated candidate of thefr own pa for President of the United States. | Either actively or tacitly, organized or | | unorganized, they are working with the Republican organizations of the Valley | for the clection of Herbert Hoover as | President. | Gov. Byrd of Virginia has his home | | in the Valley, his veting residence being | Winchester. He and other regular Democrats are working, as they have | never had to work before, to give Cov. Smith of New York a majority of th Valley fol votes for President. To detached observer, who talks with pol ticians on all sides and with members of the rank and file, it hardly seems possible that this Valley will go Repub: ican cven this year, but the m ent Smith workers tell you frankiy when speaking “off the record,” that they wish they were more certain it| would not. Regarded Smith Stronghold. Augusta County, in which Staunton is located, is regarded as the Smith stronghold of the Valley. It is part of the tenth congressional district, now represented in the House by Henry St. George Tucker, Democrat, of Lexington, | whose Republican opponent is M. J Putnam of Clifton Forge. This congressional district extends a | considerable distance to the south and | west, including Cralg County in its far | western corner. Augusta County is at | its northern edge. It extends also across the Blue Ridge, including on that side Appomattox County, Buckingham, Cumberland and Fluvanna Counties. The other counties in the district are Botetourt, Allegheny, Bath, Rockbridgr, Amherst, Nelson and Highland. It em- braces the cities of Staunton, Clifton Forge and Buena Vista. By the 1920 census the district’s population, since probably increased to a large degree, was 202,150, Augusta County has shown by its votes in the past that it is politically dry. Representative Tucker has been campaigning for Smith, notwithstand- ing the liberal liquor views of the Dem- ocratic presidential nominee. It is not believed by the regular Democrats of | Staunton that Tucker’s vote will be | “materially” affected by the anticipated bolt of many Democrats from Smith. Some Doubt of Result. Even with the name of being the Smith stronghold in the Valley, Augusta County is admitted by many regular Democrats to be, at the present writing, somewhat doubtful as between Smith and Hoover. The Democrats, however, believe the whole tenth congressional district is “fairly safe” for Smith, al- though they do not deny that the nor- mal Democratic majority will be cut away down, and perhaps in some com- munities wiped out entirely. In recent weeks the situation from the viewpoint of the Smith adherents has improved, as it has in several other places in the Valley of the Shenandoah River, say the regular Democratic lead- ers. But here, also as in other Valley communities, the regular Democrats are finding it easier to win back the men who have strayed from the camp of the Democratic presidential nominee than the women. Ex-Gov. Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming spoke for Smith in Staun- ton several weeks ago, and the regular Democrats belleve she helped to back some women, at least, into the Smith fold. Augusta County, which today is re- garded as somewhat doubtful with Democratic leanings, voted as follows in 1924: Davis, 1,920; Coolidge, 1,265; La Follette, 78. The vote on that oc- casion was light, because of lack of interest. This year the registration has been heavy and the total vote will un- doubtedly be much u.r%er Not in recent years but in the not far distant past Augusta County has been known to “go Republican.” So has the tenth congressional district. Jacob Yost, Republican, of Staunton, was elected to the House in 1886 and again in 1896. Republicans Are Hopeful. ‘This year the regular Democrats are hopeful of carrying for Smith most of the counties in the district, with the exception of Bath, which went Repub- lican something like votes in 1924, and the possible exception of Augusta County. The Republicans and anti-Smith Democrats uci;eflw regular Democrats are taking entirely too opti- mistic a view of the matter. The Shenandoah Valley was originally settled mainly by the Scotch-Irish, Germans and Quakers, many of whom came before the Revolution and many soon thereafter. It is overwhelmingly Protestant, and its chief industry is farming. For that reason the farm relief issue in certain sections of the valley is having weight with some farmers, who otherwise are inclined to vote for Hoover. They have been pur- suaded, in some instances, that Smith is more the farmer's friend than Hoover. To combat this impression the Re- publicans have recently had Secretary of Agriculture Jardine speak at several places in the valley, and they are hope- ful that he has explained the Republ- can side of the farm argument in a manner to satisfy a goodly number of farmers. Only election day will tell, however, for many of the men are keeping silent regarding the way they intend to vote for President. Crops Are Diversified. Although a great deal of wheat is grown in the valley, the farmers of this section have diversified their crops, so that they are generally in a much better condition financially than the disgruntled wheat farmers of the Mid- dle West. A Democrat, and & sup- porter of Gov. Smith for President, told this writer that Secretary Jardine in his speech at Harrisonburg about the middle of this month made a favorable It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. URGES DRY LAW CHANGE | GIVING STATES CONTROL Former Texas Lieutenant Govern- or Advocates Administration Sim- ilar to Inheritance Tax Statute. By the Assoclated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., October 29.—The possibility of amending the prohibition | laws that they might be operated under State control, as are State inheritance tax laws, was suggested by former Lieut. Gov. Lynch Davidson, Houston capital- ist, in a statement here yesterday. “The Federal inheritance tax law,” and says to the States: ‘Enact an in- heritance tex law of no less terms than ours; it will supersede the Federal law, and the State law, instead of the Fed- eral, will be subject to administration by the State’ If the same principles were applied to the prohibition act Mr. Davidson said, “is a controlling act | ] Easy to Pay Monlh}y Fo:ol-l‘ Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS | PLAN BANK Under Supervision U, S. Treasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. Loan $120 $180 $240 * = = 4§t would be superlatively better than the present situation * * +. Davidson, in the statement, aiso an- nounced support of Gov. Smith, r | hood. bring | end in the election of a governor next VARE QUALIFIES TO VOTE | SENATOR-ELECT WILLIAM S. VARE, Showing the visible effects of his recent iliness, qualified to cast his vote in the coming election when he office in Philadelphia, Pa. urday. ned the book at the registration commissioners’ —Associated Press Photo. | impression upon a big audience, largely made up of farmers, or those who de- i pend upon agriculture for their liveli- The northwest portion of the valley | a part of the seventh congressional | district, where, as already pointed out | in a dispatch from Winchester, Repre- | sentative Thomas Walter Harrison is having a sharp fight for re-election with his Republican opponent, J. A. Garber. Rockingham County, of which Harrisonburg is the county seat, be- longs to the seventh congressional dis- trict. John Paul of Harrisonburg, recognized as the Republican leader of | the district, is working quietly for | Hoover, but is leaving the real leades- ship of the fight against Smith to the anti-Smith Democrats, with whom the | Republicans have a working agree- | ment. It is an interesting fact that at the meetings held in Harrisonburg and nearby towns the greatest amount of | applause comes when a speaker raps Tammany, which seems to be regarded here as representing all that is wrong in politics and is looked upon also by the Protestants as the embodiment of | Roman Catholicism and a center of anti-prohibition activity. Future Control at Stake. ‘The deepest concern of the regular Democrats of this section, including Gov. Byrd, seems to be that control of the Democratic party in the Old Dominion may get into the hands of Bishop Cannon and the other anti- Smith Democrats. No matter how the campaign ends, the bitterness that is being engendered in the valley and throughout Virginia by the campaign is causing real alarm to the regular Democrats. The Democratic leaders who are now in control of the Democratic party and | J. government of Virginia fear lest one result of this campaign be a situation that will weaken their hold on the State. They profess to believe, and are telling many Democrats who are lean- ing toward Hoover, that a Hoover vic- tory in the State, or even in any con- siderable section of it, might result in “turning the State over to Bishop Can- non and the itical preachers” and year who would not be in sympathy with Gov. Byrd’s program of State de- velopment—perhaps an anti-Smith gov~ ernor, or even a Republican, they say. This, of course, is a campaign argument and 1t is sald to be having some effect in_the valley upon straying Democrats. From many other Democrats, how- ever, The Star reporter learned that they have no intention of leaving the Democratic party, or of vof against anybody on the Democratic ticket ex- cept Gov. Smith of New York. They might even vote for Senator Robinson for the vice )l);;as{dency, they sald, if that were possible. Certainly many of these bolting Democrats intend to vote for as many other Democrats on the ticket as they can, and to vote hereafter as loyal Democrn;s in Srt‘llte :l!ectlo‘l;ls, both p‘re)- mary and general, unless they are pre- vented from doing so in the primary election next year by an adverse in- terpretation of the State primary law. Gin Causes $75 Fine. Special Dispatch to The Star. POTOMAC, Va., October 20.—Richard Cook, 24 years old, of Washington, was fined $75 in Police Court by Mayor Walter B. Fulton on a charge of illegal possession of a quart of gin. Allen Roy, 27, colored, of Alexandria was sentenced to serve six months in jail for driving while under the influence of liquor. He had just finished a five-month term at the local jail on the same charge. Millions of gallons of gasoline under Bureau of Mines standard are sold in Cleveland. @he Fooning Kt REDOUBLES EFFORT FOR G. 0. P. FUND Hoover-Curtis Legion Intensifies Operations to Enroll “Dollar Contributors.” The Hoover-Curtis Legion will re- double its efforts this weck to enroll “dollar contributors” to the Republican presidential campaign fund. Operations will center at the headquarters of the | leglon, 710 Fourteenth -street. L. S. Baker Is in charge of the local recruiting station. His slogan, printed in large letters over the door of head- quarters, reads: “Let Washington vote for President! We may not have the vote, but we can vote according to our incomes. Cast one of these ballots for Hoover and Curtis.” These “ballots” are one dollar bills, which will help to | swell the District quota. The chairman of the local ways and means committee, Willlam T. Galliher, and the vice chairman, Mrs. James F. Curtis, have formed commitices among the various business and professional groups in the District for simultaneous solicitation of small gifts. Assisting Mrs. Curtis on her women's committee are Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Miss Janet Fish, superintendent of nursecs at Emerg- ency Hospital; Miss Helen Ernst, Mrs. William J. Donovan, Mrs. Joshua Evans, Mrs. IYVllmott Lewls and Mrs. Charles . Bell. Miss Alice Davis, daughter of the Secretary of War, heads the Hoover- Curtis Junior Legion. Under her leader- ship,: and co-operating with the older women, the soclety girls are carrying on a whirlwind campaign for member- ship. Stores, clubs, hotels, cafeterias, theaters, hospitals and citizens' groups "' Yadib appeal s being brondcast radio aj from 49 local radio stations in 17 East- ern States. BOULDER DAM RECORD OF HOOVER IS CITED Akerson Assures Nevada Paper of Nominee’s Support of United States Project. By the Assoclated Press. LAS VEGAS, Nev, QOctober 29.— Pointing to Herbert Hoover's official part in the Boulder Canyon Dam de- velopment program during the last five years, his secretary, George Akerson, sald in a special message to the Las Vegas Age that “there has been sufficient evidence that he (Hoover) is in favor of its construction by the Government.” ‘The message was a reply to an in- quiry from the local newspaper asking that Hoover make clear his stand on the Colorado River development proj- ect. “Considering that Mr. Hoover started advocating the construction of the Boulder Dam five years ago, and has consistently supported it ever since,” Akerson’s reply from Hoover's Wash- ington office read, “Having made 10 public addresses, appeared before con- gressional committees on six different occasions in support of it, recommend- ed it in every report of the Depart- ment of Commerce for four years, it would seem that there has been suffi- cient evidence that he has been in hvm; of its construction by the Govern- ment.” ADVERTISENENTS B ol RE“WE“ HERE Taft’s Pharmacy Wisconsin Ave. & Macomb St. Is a Star Branch Office Leave your copy for Classi- fied Star your meighborhood. find ABOVE SIGN s DISPLLAYED BY AUTHORIZED STAR BRANCH OFFICES “Around the a Star Advertisements for The at the Branch Office in You'll it handy. There’s a Branch Office lo- cated in nearly every neigh- borhood in and around Wash- ington. Prompt insertion is assured and no fees are charged; only regular rates. The Star prints such an over- whelmingly greater volume of Classified = Advertising ev day than any other Washing- ton paper that there.can be no question as to which will give you the best results, every Corner” is Branch Office DELAWARE RATED INHOOVER COLUMN | Women’s Work for G. 0. P.| Is Outstanding Feature. Senate Race Close. (Continued From First Page) | publican member of the upper house in | Washington. | " Then there is Alfred I. du Pont, now | & legal resident of Florida, but who spends much of his time in Delaware. | He has just given $25,000 to the Re- | publican national campaign fund. | Senator du Pont is down for a $10,000 contribution, Mrs. W. K. du Pont has | given $5,000, and Mrs. Henry F. du| Pont $1,000. Probably there are other Du Pont contributions, announced earlier, or to be announced later. The point is that the Du Ponts are pretty well lined up for the Republican ticket. Even Mrs. i Pierre S. du Pont is reported to think well of the Republican ticket, although | her hushand went over to the Smith | i cause. If she casts a ballot for Hoover, | she will only be in line with many other | wives who differ with their husbands in this presidential election. Family in Minor Races. ‘The ramifications of the duPont connection are found in the candidates for some of the offices in the State, too. Senator Thomas F. Bayard, Democrat, who is up for re-election, married a daughter of Alexis I. du Pont, and C. Douglas Buck, a son-in-law of Senator T. Coleman du Pont, is Republican candidate for governor. Conservative estimates are that the State will go for Hoover by nbout{‘ 15,000 votes. It is freely admited, however, that the Hoover lead may run to 20,000 or even 25000. The Demo- crats, when they talk for publieation, claim the State for Smith. Now Delaware in 1924 went for President Coolidge by 19,000 over John W. Davis and by 14,000 over the com- bined Davis and La Follette vote. A | little less than 91,000 votes were cast| in Delaware in that election. The late President Harding won in| Delaware over Cox, his Democratic | opponent, by about 13,000 votes, and in that election nearly 93,000 votes were cast. In a State the size of Delaware it is quite clear that a few thousand | votes, iead is likely to be an insur-| mountable difficulty for a candidate of | an opposing party. Registration in the | State this year has been heavier than| ever before, proving that the interest| in the campaign is as intense in Dela- | ware as it has been in other States. | The registration in Wilmington has run about 57,000 and for the whole State to about 120,000. Not all of these registrants will vote, but a very large per cent will do s0. | The Republicans are well organized | and are working hard. The Democrats | are more active than usual in this State which has a long list of Repub- lican victories in presidential elections. Hughes carried the State against Wilson in 1916, for example. Mrs. Charles 1 Warner, Republican nattonal committee- | woman, has put into effect a campaign | among 'the woman vobers that is de- clared to be a humdinger. She and the other women in the woman's Repub- lican organization pledged themselves to sign up 20,000 women for Hoover. Each woman volunteer was given a| card with space for the names of five other women who signed up for the! Hoover ticket. It has been a kind of | endless chain, working smoothly, and | some 17,000 women have been pledged already ‘and it is predicted that other 3,000 will be obtained before e tion day. The Democratic women b organized, too, to aid Gov. Smith, but they have not been organized so com- pletely as Republican women. Inci- dentalty the Republican women have signed up many former Democrats to vote for Hoover. Delaware has three counties and fout political - divisions. There are Kent County, Sussex County, New Castle County outside of Wilmington, and Wil- mington, which is a part, a very big | part, of New Castle County. Kent Coun- ty, a kind of continuation of the East ern Shore of Maryland, is Democratic Essex County is somewhat of o stand- off, but usually Republican, and New Castle County, including Wilmington, is Republican. Wilmington is a Repub: lican city, well organized politically. Dry Vote Is Strong. Before national prohibition all the State outside of Wilmington had gone dry. The dry sentiment in Kent Coun- ty and Sussex County is very strong, | and so is the Methodist Church. The | Republicans expect to gain many Dem- ocratic votes in those counties. While there is a sizeable Catholic population in the State, running perhaps as high as 331-3 per cent of the total, the Protestants have the great bulk of the vote, and the religious issue is cutting a figure in the counties and in the city, too. It is cutting both ways, to be sure, with Republicag Italians and Poles going over to Smith. The colored voters are torn both ways in this election. Strenuous efforts are being made by Al Smith adherents to line up the negroes for the Democratic candidate, and with some success. Here | again the argument is used that this is the year for the negro to show his in dependence; that Al Smith and the negro alike are opposed by the Ku Klux Klan, and that prohibition has robbed the poor man of his beer and gin. How fiercely the contest is conducted is indicated by the shattering of wis dows with brickbats in the Italian Re- publican Club during a meeting attend- ed by a couple of hundrad negro voters. No one was injured, it is s2%, although | reports are flylng around that one or two men were shot. The Republican negroes are well organized. But the men are taking their hats ofl! to the women workers in this Delaware | campaign. Republican leaders do not hesitate to say that women will carry the state for Hoover. In the campaign to sign up women voters already re- ferred to, 50 pledges Lave been turned | in by Mrs. Rachel E. Downing, who is 93 years old. Mrs. Downing has con- ducted a kind of front porch campaign, interviewing the women who passed by | her home. ! While there seems a good deal of | unanimity of opinion that the State will | go for Hoover and for the Republican candidate for governor, C. Douglas Buck, the senatorial race is more puz- 2ling. Senator Bayard has shown him- self a good senator, with the interests of his constituents at heart, and he has a considerable personal following. He is being attacked, however, as a w Pierce-Arrow for more gquarter centuryl CURTIS BELIEVES. - N AWPLE SLEE Early to Bed and Early to Rise Plan Enables Sanator to Continue Campaign. By the Assoclated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., October 28— Early to bed and early to rise is & prac- tice with Senator Charles Curtis, the Republican vice presidential nominee, and to that old-fashioned habit he at- ibutes his ability to go ahead on the strenuous speaking campaign that has been his lot in this election. In nine weeks the 68-year-old cam- paigner has “stumped” in 30 States, traveling almost continuously and speaking several times a day. It is one of the most arduous cam- paign tours undertaken by a national candidate in years, but the Senator was ready to enter the final drive, calling visits in six States in as many days this week, Tonight the nominee is to speak here. He came here early yesterday and spent Sunday resting at the residence of A. , president of the Studebaker fon. Tomorrow night he is due aire, Wis. His schedule for the remainder of the week follows: Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Wednesday; Des Moines, Iov Thursday; Moberly, Mo., Friday, and Wichita, Kans., Saturday. He plans to go home to Topeka, Kans., Sunday and rest there until he votes Tuest A rally is planned for him there on Monday night. Senator Curtis has spent almost every night for more than six weeks on the train. But he is always the first one of the party on his private car to re- tire, usually getting to bed before 10 o’'clock. . Also_he is the first up in the morn- ing. The habit of his Kansas days awakens him by 6:30, and no matter how busy the day before, he is at the breakfast_table before 8 o'clock. Former Gov. John G. Townsend of Shelbyville, is the Republican nominee against Bayard. _Bayard is the most recent of a long line of United States Senators of that name, one of whom was not only Sen- ator, but served as Secretary of State in the Cleveland administration. Re- publican leaders insist that they are going to put through their whole ticket, and there are indications that the pow- ers that be in Delaware will go down the line for Townsend. A few weeks ago it looked like a pretty sure thing for Bayard, but it is not so sure today. Mr. Buck has had a large hand in giving Delaware a system of improved highways, which is the boast of the State. He is widely popular and should win, it is said. He has running against im Dr. Charles M. Wharton, known in his college days at the University of Pennsylvania as “Buck” Wharton. He played guard back about 1896 and was selected for the All-America team in his year. 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