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WEATHER. Partiy éloudy. tonight, tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness, with rising tem- perature. Temperatures: Highest, 48, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 30,863. post’_offic ZEPPELIN ALL 0. K. IN MODERATE GALE, LINER MAURETANIA SAYS, IN MIDOCEAN Airship Was 620 Miles East of Cape Race—More Than Half Way Across—Dodg- ing Perilous Weather. LANDING IN HOME CITY 1S EXPECTED THURSDAY But Dirigible Likely to Arrive There Tomorrow Night and Cruise About Until Daybreak. May Soar Over Berlin—Honors Are Planned for Orew. LONDON, October 30 ».—A Portishéad dispatch to the Press Association late today said that a message had been received from the German steamship Munchen, indicating that the Graf Zeppelin had completed about half of her homeward journey to Fried- richshafen. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Ger- many, October 30 (®.—Officials of the Zeppelin Works, taking account of the gales which the Graf Zeppelin has been fight- ing, today estimated that the ship would not arrive before Thursday morning. At best, they think it possible that the huge air liner may reach Germany by darkness to- morrow night, but will then cruise throughout the night, possibly going as far as Berlin, 80 as to reach her home hangar at daybreak., ) By the Associated Press. LONDON, October steamship Mauretania. reported the position of the Graf Zeppelin at 12 noon Greenwich m time (7. gam,,Eastern_st time) as 523(; north and 0.30 ‘west. 3 The message: placed the Graf Zeppelin at approximately the | monticell same longitude but far north of the position which the Maure- tania had indicated in an earlier message. . Zeppelin was aboul miles ;‘n of Cape )‘z’m. Newfoundland. Picked Up Two Messages. The Portshead Radio Station picked ‘both miessages from the Mauretania. | ty, belongs to the first congressional|“were justified in off u'l'%z second message was received at|district, which extends across Chesa-|of 6%’ offering 3:01 Greenwich meridian read: “Authentic _position of Zeppelin 12 G. M. T. (1 am. Eastern time) 52.30 north, 40.30 west. All O. K. on 5 It was filed at 3 p.m. Greenwich time. MODERATE GALE REPORTED, First Mauretaina Message Tells of Zep- pelin Radio. STEAMSHIP MAURETANIA, Octo- ber 30 4F).—Just been in communica- tion with the Graf Zeppelin. All OK. she is a bit north, but not more 50 miles away. “Our position at noon (7:00 am. Eastern standard time) was 45.54 north and 41.40 west. A moderate southeast gale is blowing.” Position 500 Miles Out. ‘The above dispatch was radioed from $he Mauretania to the Associated Press by way of Portishead. It had been filed at 12:19 pm. (7:19 am. Eastern stand- ard time). The position given by the Mauretania ‘would place the Graf Zeppelin approxi- mately 500 miles east of Cape Race. Inasmuch as the Mauretania was only in_radio communication, it was not definitely known how far north the dirigible was. An area within 50 miles north of the Mauretania would place the Graf Zeppelin somewhere due east of Cape Race, probably somewhat south. Headed Toward France. This would indicate that the Graf Zeppelin was swinging southward again to take a course along the 46th parallel as was expected by German aviation experts. A course along this parallel ‘would carry her toward Central France. Inasmuch as the Mauretania reported & moderate southeast gale, it would ap- ge rg ville is Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. Log of Graf Zeppelin By the Associated Press. (Eastern standard time.) Monday, October 29: 1:54 a.m.—Left Lakehurst, N. J. Cl.;!:ls am.—Passed over New York y. 5 a.m.—Passed over Block Island off Rhode Island coast. 6:15 a.m.—Passed Chatham, Mass., and headed out to sea. 7:15_a.m—Sighted by trawler Wid- geon 75 miles northeast of Chatham. 10:15 a.m.—Sighted 90 miles south- west of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, by steamship Laconia. 2 p.m.—Gave position to Germany as latitude 43 north, longitude 58 west (500 to 600 miles at sea from Chatham). 5 p.m.—Gave position as 42:30 north, 54:50 west, speed 120 kilometers (about 74 miles an hour). This placed the air- ship about 750 miles east of Chatham, Mass. 5:50 p.m.—Canso, Nova Scotia, radio station in contact with dirigible, but static prevented messages. Midnight—Gave position as 250 miles northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, heading southeast. All well on board. 7 a.m. Eastern standard time—Steam- ship Mauretania about 500 miles east of Cape Race in communication with Zep- pe!lnnfi.whlch appeared somewhat to the no: ' NORTHERN VIRGINIA POLITICS MUDDLED First, Seventh and Eighth District Democrats Split. Smith Holds Edge. Note—This 1s the ninth of a series of articles discussing the political situation ‘in nearby Maryland and Virginia. BY DONALD A. CRAIG, Staff Corresporident of The Star. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. October 30.—In that portion of Virginia between this city and Washington, and which is bounded on the east partly by the Potomac River, political conditions in this presidential campaign are as com- plicated and unprecedented as they have been found to be in cther portions of the Old Dominion visited by The Star correspondent. Everywhere the Democratic party is split in twain. In this immediate section the supporters of Smith, Democratic nominee for the presidency, seem to have a slight ad- vantage, but the opposite is true in other parts of this region. Everywhere the Democratic party is divided into Smith and anti-Smith fac- tions. Sections whose vote is usually the election are today so torn by con- flict political sentiments and claims that except in a few instances it is vir- to foretell with any n day. In this region, south of Alexandria, tvxd cities are Fredericks- near the University of Overlooking it, about 2 miles away, is lo, home of Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic party. His beautiful mountain residence is a shrine of Democracy that is visited each year by thousands of persons from all over the United States and abroad. WASHINGTON. RAIL PAY INCREASE RECOMMENDED BY EMERGENCY BOARD Six and Half to Seven and Half Per Cent Alter- natives Urged. COOLIDGE GROUP ACTS ON RULES ELIMINATION Double-Header Engines and Ton- nage-Haul System Called TUndesirable. By the Associated Press. The emergency board appointed by President Coolidge to investigate the wage dispute on Western railroads has recommended a 62 per cent increase in wages without change of rules, or, al- ternatively, a 7!, per cent increase if certain rules are eliminated. Further, the arbitration board pro- posed that whichever alternative the railroads and train service unions ac- cepted should be put into effect retro- actively, and the terms made to apply as of May 1, 1928, the date on which the_controversy developed. The solution of the controversy sug- gested dealt with the discussion of com- plicated rules governing the applica- tion of wage scales hitherto agreed upon between the brotherhoods and the railroads. These have long blocked a settlement of the controversy. A num- ber of these rules, upheld by the broth- hoods, have been viewed by railroad ex- ecutives as unnecessarily hampering the efficiency of railroad service. In consequence, the arbitration board suggested that the conductors and train- men take either the 612 per cent in- crease in wages, keeping the present form of contract and rules, or that they obtain a 715 per cent increase, conced- ing certain alteration in the standard rules. Specifically, the board mentioned the elimination of the present rule af- fecting the operation of trains with double-header engines. and the elimina- tion of the present rule limiting the to nt of freight on a single train. ditional recommendations were made as to modification of other rules, af- fecting the operation of trains where additional locomotives are attached to “boost” trains over short stretches, and 80.—The [easy to forecast weeks in advance of| where the number of cars are limited. 30 Days’ Consideration. ‘Under the Railroad Labor Board pro- | in re, the tration impossible cedure, arbi rt made to degree of accuracy what will happen on | President Coolidge musm considered | the '| Hege of produce a situation re- of operations dur- L In clgeu they accept differences side a period el e Hndings com- pletely ; After a lengthy discussion of the ori- gin of the dispute and efforts for a solution, the report said that “consider- ing the increases granted to other train service employes in the Eastern, South- city | western and Western districts, and de- Part of the region between this and the National Capital belongs to the acent - ington—is in the eighth congressional district. The , _including’ Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Coun- Shore of Virginia. The eighth district lies wholly east of the Blue Ri Mountains, and for the most between those mountains and the Potomac River. Its smallest county is Arlington. The seventh dis- trict reaches across the Blue Ridge and gx:};du most of the Shenandoah y. Situation in Albemarle. Albemarle County, of which €har- lottesville is the principal community, seems to be the main Smith stronghold of the whole seventh district. It is tra- ditionally Democratic. Ever since Thomas Jefferson led his bride to their unfinished mountain-top home this region has been prized for its beautiful scenery, fine climate, fertile farms and homes that exemplify all that is best in the Old Domi Charlottesville is not merely a uni- versity town; it is a fast-growing busi- ness community, with an up-and-com- ing Chamber of Commerce, Retail Mer- chants’ Association, other trade organi- 2ations and numerous groups of men and women who are banded together for the improvement of the city and the surrounding county. But here also, at the very shrine of Democracy, large numbers of Demo- crats this year are announcing inten- tions of deserting the head of the Dem- ocratic ticket, although most of these insist that they are still good Demo- crats, and say they will vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress, Representative Thomas Walter Harri- son, Religion and the liquor question are the main issues in the campaign in all this region, just as they are elsewhere in the State. Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville customarily have given in the past about 1,500 majority to Democratic presidential nominees. After a survey of the situa- tion here it appears to a detached ob- pear that the Graf Zeppelin had lost the aid of the favoring tail winds which thus far have enabled her to make good speed. The average spee from the time she was last_reported, 250 miles northeast of Cape Race, was approximately 40 miles an hour, ZEPPELIN DODGING GALES. Winds Cause Changes Frequently in Course to Europe. BERLIN, October 30 (#)—Dodging gform areas, but aided by strong tail winds, the homeward bound German pir liner Graf Zeppelin today was swinging over the midatlantic some- where along the northern steamship routes. Although the huge ship apparently Eastern course toward Central Europe in favor of a more northerly cne which would carry her on the normal steam- ship lane from Cape Race, Newfound- land, to Fastnet, in Southern Ireland, there was every indication that the wag being madc much faster the trip to the United States, whigh took 111 hours and 38 minutes, ‘Winds Helpful at First. In fact, favoring tail winds seemed €0 be driving the great shi s fest clip, so that part of along at the time | $iart #he was averaging 70 miles an hour * %flm& German _experts esti- , \Golumn ). server that Smith will carry the county (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) MEXICAN. NAVY OFFICER 'ACCUSED IN RUM CASE Faces Military Court on Charge of Attempt to Smuggle Liquor Into U. 8. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 30.—A Vera Cruz dispatch to El Universal to- day said that an attempt to smuggle liquor into the United States by a The dispatch stated that military Comdr. Gen. Francisco Pena had cited Lieut. Cuauhtemioc Perez of the war- ship Agua Prieta to a military court on charges that the lieutenant had planned to introduce liquor into the United States during the vessel’s visit to American ports. Apparently Gen. part; basis of o | settlement, has somewhat befogged the spite the award of June, 1927, the car- riers would nat have been justified in refusing an increase similar to that inted the engineers and firemen of Western district.” [ ‘The report added that the carriers an increase r cent to the standard rates, time and|peake Bay and embraces the Eastern| containi ing, in addition to the rates so increased, the existing differentials for mountain and other special service.” “Considering the purpose and intent of the railway labor act and the evi- dence presented,” the report continued, “the question of the wage increase de- manded and the differences arising thereon during the negotiations are proper questions for arbitration, if.the spirit of the law is to guide the action of carriers and employes. Pourparlers Cited. “However, it is difficult to see why the controversy should have arrived at a state where it could not be settled by mutual negotiations. At one stage or another of this long protracted dis- pute the carriers have offered 6'2 per cent increase with no change of rules, and at one stage or another the employ- es have expressed a willingness to ac- cept 7', per cent increase, with no change of rules. The difference between D C, these offers, expressed in cents per basic day, amounts to from 5 to 7 cents per day. The board regards this differ- ence as too small to justify an inter- ruption or transportation in the terri- tory affected. “Apparently the obstacle to a success- ful settlement has been the introduc- tion, first by one side and then by the other, of certain controversies in re- gard to rules; and the effort of each y to change rules, as a of wage issue. “In view of the fact that the con- ductors and trainmen have at least once, if not twice, during the negotia- tions agreed to accept a flat percentage increase of wages, irrespective of any vital change in rules, and that the en- gineers and firemen in this same Western district received an increase of but 6)2 per cent (instead of Ti: per cent as in the East and 6 and 7 per cent, respectively, as in the South- east), we have not given serious atten- tion to the specific demands of the conductors and trainmen for increases amounting to from 15 to 27 per cent. “If conductors and trainmen are to receive wages which are to place them on a nearer level to engineers and fire- men, such a change should be divorced from the present controversy and con- sidered on its own merits, entirely apart from the present dispute.” This report was delivered to the President in person yesterday by Chair- man Garfield. The board was ap- pointed by the President September 29 last, pursuant to the provisions of the railway labor act, to investigate and report its findings upon the dispute in question. The other members of the board are George T. Baker, Davis R. Dewey, Chester H. Rowell and W. P. President Coolidge to be remunerated at the rate of $100 a day apiece and expenses. The report was made public at the White House today without com- ment from President Coolidge. Ratifies Customs Convention. Pena _discovered the alleged plot before| GENEVA, October 30 (#).—Brazil in- the departure of the vessel and seized |formed the League of Nations economic the liquor. The investigation by when the Lieut, Perez will be time. Gen Pena announced that he would see that all culprits were severely unished. 5 4 Y i the court will warshi) t nd |simplification _of uk"m“'fz' '.Ihn oongllldod in November, 1923, at Geneva. committee today that the Brazilian Senate has ratified a convention for the customs formalit; Radio Programs—Page 30 les | sicians to the Health Department. SWANTON PROGRAM CAUSE OF FLURRY Sum Involved in D. C. Bet- terment Plan Leads to Controversy. An apparent misunderstanding as to whether a 10-year civic program spon- sored by W. I. Swanton, candidate for president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, calls for the expenditure of $10,000,000 or $100,000,000, caused a flurry of letters among federation leaders today, four days before the elec- tion, which takes place in the District Building board room Saturday night. 1t all started with a letter from Ed- win 8. Hege on the Chevy Chase Citi- ’ Assoc the Swan- zr:;nmplmx oi:“m g!?e%g‘;mtfitt it would crease the District tax rate. Then Mr. Swanton was quoted as stating that program called for only uo,ooo,m, as stated Them of etter to Mr. B the of an open letter r. Hege today, however, Mr. Swanton says noth- about this difference of figures, but L Hege's criticlsm unjust on other grounds. Yaden Supports Hege. James G. Yaden, president of the federation, but not a candidate for elec- tion, also came to the fore with a letter to Mr. Hege today stating that he had read the statement in question and that, on the basis of a letter received by him from Mr. Swanton, the Swanton program undoubtedly calls for $100,- 000,000 to be expended at the rate of $10,000,000 a year for 10 years. The third candidate for the presi- dency, Dr. George C. Havenner of the Anacostia Citizens’ Association, is tak- ing no part in the present exchange. ‘Workers for Havenner and Swanton both claim the election. The Havenner adherents claim 55 pledged votes. There are 110 accredited delegates to the fed- eration and it takes a majority to elect. If their claims are well founded, there- fore, a change of mind on the ;lmrt of a single opposition delegate would give Havenner the election. Workers for Swanton, however, also claim a majority of pledged votes. To make the situation more complicated, workers for Hege claim that neither Swanton nor Havenner has a majority and that their supporters, each unable to elect their choice, will throw the elec- tion to Hege as a compromise. Text of Yaden Letter. Mr. Yaden's letter to Mr. Hege fol- lows: “Dear Mr. Hege: I have read with considerable interest the two questions which you propounded to Mr. Swanton concerning a proj d construction pro- gram of the District of Columbia, and also your inquiry as to how this pro- gram was to be financed if adopted. “I invite attention to Mr. Swanton's reply, which reads in part as follows, referring to your two interrogations: “*“This statement is characteristic of the misleading rumors that have been circulated by my opponents throughout this campaign. The comprehensive and carefully prepared program of con- struction which the engineer associa- tions heve sponsored provides for $1,000,000 a year, not $10,000,000, as stated by Mr. Hege.' 5 amy in rece%;t of a letter signed by W. I Swanton, chairman special committee of American Association of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) o DIPHTHERIA SOUGHT IN 4 MORE SCHOOL Health Department of District Grants Requests of 400 Parents. Four hundred parents of children in the kindergarten and first to the third grades of the Kingsman, Webb, Blair and Hayes Schools, all in the northeast section of the city, have requested the Health Department to make the Schick diphtheria test on thir children and had been forced to abandon & direct)y | Mexican naval oficer had been revealed, |Stacy.” This board was appointed by {00V it up with immunization treat- ment if necessary. Physicians from the Health Depart- ment began making the tests at the schools today. Meantime 19 new diph- ihd quasaniined Bt the home quarantined af these seven were found in the Kings- man School and six in the Webb School as a result of throat cultures taken by Health Department physicians yester- day. The remaining six resulted from throat cultures sent in by private pob:; hundred and eighty more cultures are being made at ‘Webb School today. No further clinical cases of the dis- .zeported ease were Chicago’s Ballot Short, All Right, But 4 Feet Wide By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 30.—Advocates of the “short ballot” will eke small satisfaction from the freak ballot that will confront Chicago voters at the polls next week. The slip of paper on which the voters will mark down their choice for municipal Jjudges will be only six inches long, but four feet one inch wide. The reason for the unusual shape ‘was the large number of independ- ent candidates for the bench, each of whom must be allotted a separate column headed by the (“party”) name or slogan he chooses. BAR REQUISITION SENT FOR PANZRAM Rover and. Pratt. Decide te Hold Prisoner Here Pend- ing Indictment. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Inspector Henry G. Pratt, after a conference today, decided not to surren- der Carl Panzram, who is held in jail on a charge of housebreaking, to the Philadelphia authorities at this time. Counlty Detective J. H. Hepburn arrived this morning from Philadelphia with a requisition from Gov. John S. Fisher for the return of Panzram, against whom an indictment for murder was returned by the grand jury yesterday in connec- tion with the death of Alec Uszache, 14 years old, whom Panzram is said to have admitted killing July 26. Following the alleged confession the boy's body was exhumed last week and the matter at once presented to the Philadelphia grand jury. Rover was of opinion that the case against Panzram pending here, in whiciy an indictment is expected tomorrow, should be tried before the requisition should be presented to Chief Justice McCoy. In event of the indictment be- ing returned Rover said he would put the case down for trial next Monday. Should Panzram be convicted and sen- tenced under the housebreaking charge the requisition from the Philadelphia governor could then be acted on by the | tp, chief justice and the prisoner sent there to answer the murder charge, ELECTIONS’ BOARD DISMISSED AS BODY Ohio Secretary of State Orders Re- moval of Entire Group in Cuyahoga County, By the Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,677, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1928—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ) Means Associated P TWO CENTS. CONSTITUTION HALL CORNER STONE LAID Distinguished Audience At- tends Impressive Rites at D. A. R. Building. In the presence of national officers of the D. A. R. and a distinguished assem- blage of officials and diplomats, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge this afternoon laid the corner stone for Constitution Hall, the $2,000,000 auditorium which the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution are adding to their present home, Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. Coolidge placed official docu- ments and engraved cards of herself and the President in the corner stone, which Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president general of the D. A. R., said in her address, “marks one more com- ylefln. that far-flung plan of L'Enfant for making Washington the most beau- 1 city in the world.” Exercises Are Colorful. ‘The outdoor exercises, colorful and impressive, tht together the high- est dignitaries of the Government and diplomatic . corps, besides ma of Washington’s residential set. T State regents of the D. A. R. repre- sented the thirteen original States in the order of their admission to the Union. They were Mrs. Edward W. Cooch of Delaware, Mrs. N. Howland Brown of Pennsylvania, Mrs. William A. Becker of New Jersey, Mrs. John D. Pope of Georgia, Miss Katharine A. Nettleton of Connecticut, Mrs. James Oharles Peabody of Massachusetts, Mrs. Robert A. Welch of Maryland, Mrs. Oscar K. Mauldin of South Carolina, Mrs. Charles Herbert Carroll of New Hampshire, Mrs. James Reese Schick of Virginia, Mrs. Samuel J. Kramer of New York, Mrs. Charles R. Whitaker of North Carolina and Mrs. William L. Manchester of Rhode Island. After Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, spoke in glowing terms of the achievement of the D. A. R. in carrying forward suc- cessfully their plans fof Constitution Hall, which would add to the civic art of the National Capital, Mrs. Brosseau made her address on behalf of the organization. Capitol Is Starting Point. Pointing out that this plan has the Capitol for its starting point, Mrs. Bros- seau visualized the development of the Mall under the present Government building program and the magnificent Memorial Bridge now being erected over e Potomac to connect Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Potomac Park. “Along the Mall and near the Monu- ment are clustered the White House, State, War and Navy Building, Corcoran Art Gallery, the Red Cross Memorial Building, National Research Council, George Washington University buildings Jjust beginning to rise and the handsome Pnfl;—lunerlcun Union Building,” she said. “In such noble company Memorial Continental Hall has stood for 18 years. The addition of Constitution Hall will, we believe, add luster to the group.” Mrs. Coolidge in officiating, used the same historic trowel employed by George Washington in laying the cor- nerstone of the United States Capitol. CLEVELAND, October 30.—Clarence J. Brown, secretary of State, announced today that he would dismiss the entire Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and its employes immediately. ‘ Brown’s action went beyond a recent Irecommendauon of a special grand jury, in that it included Mrs. Bernice 3. Pyke, Democratic national committee- woman from Ohio and & member of the board. The grand jury, which last Priday charged the board with mal- feasance and irregularities in the con- duct of the August 14 primary, had ex- cepted Mrs. Pyke from its recommenda- tion that the remaining three mem- bers of the board and its employes be removed. The announcement was made after the secretary had conferred with At- torney General Edward C. Turner, who directed the grand jury investigation. ” | into Italy was inaugura (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) . OPEN ITALO-FRENCH LINE BREIL, France, October 30 (#).—A new railway line stretching from France today in the presence of M. Tardieu, French min- ister of public works; Count Manzoni, Italian Ambassador to France, and M. De_Beaumarchais, French Ambassador to Italy. The line stretches from Nice to Coni and cuts off approximately 65 miles SMITH BACK HOME AFTER BALTIMORE BLAST AT BIGOTRY Klan and Anti-Saloon League Centered Upon in Gover- nor’s Onslaught. 10,000 FROM D. C. JOIN IN MARYLAND OVATION Tumult Reigns for Seven Hours of Candidate’s Stay in Nearby Metropolis. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 30.—With three more speeches to deliver within a radius of 20 miles of his native city, Gov. Smith was back at his base of opera- tions today laying plans for his final drive for the presidency. Arriving here before 6 o'clock this| morning, the Democratic presidential nominee remained in his private car until 10:30 before starting out for the Hotel Biltmore. The remainder of to- day the governor had set aside for rest and for the preparation of his speech to be delivered tomorrow night in New- ark, N. J. On Friday night the nominee will speak on State issues in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, and Saturday night in Madison Square Garden he will wind up his campaign. PARADE ROUTE JAMMED. 800 Police Unable to Hold Back Wel- coming Throng. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. In the heart of Maryland, Gov. Smith last night assailed the Ku Klux Klan, League and other agencies of what he termed un-American intolerance prop- aganda as allies of the Republican party, exercising “political blackmail.” In return he was cheered, as perhaps no other man in the history of the Commonwealth has been cheered, by a large and enthusiastic gathering that filled to overflowing the same arena where 16 years ago W n was nominated. The demonstration in the Fifth Regi- ment Armory, Baltimore, where 15,- 000 seats had been placed, and where other thousands were standing, climax- ed seven hours of wild acclaims m which delegations from every town the State participated, including pos- Notables on Platform. One of the attractive pictures of the| ovation in the armory was when Gov. ith stood before the calcium lights Mrs. John M. Warner, o none side and Mrs. Woodrow Wi . wife of the war- time President, on the other. Secre- tary Mellon’s daughter, Mrs. David K. Este Bruce, whose father-in-law, Senator Bruce of Maryland, e be- fore the entrance of Gov. h, also occupied a seat on the platform. Gov. Ritchie, who presided, was HP- turously lgphnfled when he made a bit- ter attack upon religious intolerance, declared that the Volstead act should be wiped off the statute books and the eighteenth amendment removed from the Constitution, and declared that in 1932 it would be his pleasure to urge the re-election of Smith as President. Long before the appointed time yester- day afternoon, 12,000 persons, many of them with lunchboxes and thermos bot- tles, found vantage points on the terraces of the amphitheater about the Mount Royal Station, awaiting the ar- rival of the Smith special train, while others by tens of thousands, in spite of the sharp wind and biting cold, held other strategic locations along the route of the parade. Mrs. Smith, who, with her daughter, had been feted at luncheon by the United Democratic Women's Club of Maryland; Gov. Ritchie, Sena- tors Bruce and Tydings, Representative Gambrill, former Mayor Howard W. Jackson and other prominent party leaders were awaiting Gov. Smith at the trackside. Guns Roar Salute. Hailed by a 17-gun salute on his ar- rival in Baltimore, Gov. Smith, with his gray coat buttoned against the stiff Autumn breeze and wearing one of the famous “brown derbies,” paraded for an hour and a half. The procession was led by the band on a flag-decorated bus over a four-mile route through the busi- ness section, past the War Memorial and the Municipal plaza. Every foot of prog- ress along the route was accompanied by the plaudits and joyful demonstrations of the assembled throng which closely packed the streets. The parade was forced to halt, because of the crowds, several times. Throughout the parade Gov. Smith's car was showered with flowers, confctti and gayly colored streamers. In spite of the fact that the entire police force was out on.32-hour service, with 800 men detailed to the route of the pa- rade, the eager throngs frequently broke through the police lines and massed around the governor's automobile. Armory Is Filled Early. Following the parade Gov. Smith and his party had a brief respite in the Belvedere Hotel, where an entire floor 'was cut off from intrusion. Meanwhile, the crowds flowed dol:lm upon the ar- from the Riviera to Turin. It is con- sidered an important link in interna- tional travel. The project was first considered 37 years ago, but was aban- doned on military grounds. The pres- g':t work was begun after the World ar. An Intelligent Audience The Star has the greatest and most intelligent audience of any newspaper in any city of the United States comparable in size to Washington. For the protection of readers and advertisers, The Star uses the greatest care in the.acceptance of all ad- vertisements. For years all ‘untrue and misleading Any complaint will be statements have been barred. I Immediately invufix&ud- Some were in the ly as 1 o'clock, but the big drive started at 3 o'clock and continued until the doors were closed at 6:30 o'clock to all but those holding tickets for platform and press seats. It was an orderly dut eager and im- patient crowd, singing “The Sidewalks of New York” and other campaign sonj and cheers for political favorites, ly to burst out into tremendous ovations for Gov. Ritchie and Gov. Smith. At 8 o'clock Howard Bruce opened the rally and turned it over to Gov. Ritchie, whose reception was only less frenzied than ;21.10 of the presidential candidate him- the Fellowship Forum, the Anti-Saloon | Quaker sibly 1 from the National Capital nn? n:%flht Virginia. H Sm with Mrs. Smith and his daughter, | 8" DEMOCRATS' CLAIM OF PENNSYLVANIA REGARDED FUTILE Smith Shows an Amazing Strength in Philadelphia, But Hoover Has State. GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN MINORITY. NEW VIGOR Keystone Expected to Give Repub- lican Candidate 400,000 or 500,000 Majority. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. October 30.— Here is an amazing thing. Al Smith may poll 250,000 to 300,000 votes in Philadelphia, where Davis four years ago had only 54,000 and Cox in 1920 received 90,000. It sounds like a politi- cal miracle, but there are reasons for it. Despite this big gain in votes for a Democratic presidential candidate, Gov. | Smith will fall short of carrying the city. The most conservative estimates give Philadelphia to Hoover by 75,000 and the estimates of sanguine Repub- lican leaders here place Hoover’s prob- able lead at 225,000. While there are Democrats in Philadelphia who have been swept off their feet, apparently, by the great greeting which Smith had here Saturday, and are suggesting that Smith may even carry the city or that the Hoover lead will be cut down to 25,000, there seems little real sub- stance to such claims. Hoover to Carry State. Whether there is anything in poetic justice or not, Herbert Hoo‘::e‘r. thgol:nt ever nominated for President, is going to carry the State of Pennsyl- vania. Those who seriously consider the figures and the situation in the Keystone State must arrive at this con- clusion, or overboard all the data and information that come from the various parts % Fisher has asserted that Mr. Hoover’s lead will run as high or higher than 1,000,000 votes. He continues to stick to these figures, although to many ob- servers they seem far and away too great. The more conservative - believe that Hoover’s plurality over Smith will be 400, or 500,000. To all intents and purposes of the election it matters little whether Pennsylvania goes Re- publican by 100,000 or by 1,000,000 get back to the probable Smith has just been made. The stree's are full of rever| of the demonstraticn accorded him. ol it J added ginger into an aroused and working Democratic host. At the same time it has caused the Repub- licans to redouble their activities. For these - popular .demonstrations ~work both ways in politics. Personality Counts. It is an amazing thing that one man—Al Smith—should be able to turn a spiritless minority, a mere shadow of a party, into a fighting group that has multiplied itself many times. Gov. Smith's own forceful personality has played its part in this transformation. 1t is freely conceded here that no other man the Democrats might have put u could have turned the trick. Then, Gov. Smith makes a sf -l?pen! to some of the racial groups 'hiladel- phia. Further, there is a very large Catholic population and a great per- centage of these Catholic voters will support a candidate of their faith, who is opposed in many TS use of his church connection. There is the wet issue to aid his cAn- didacy, too—an issue which has brought him much support in this city as it has in other great industrial . Other contributing factors to the up- rising here for Smith are found in the present investigation into the alliance of the police with organized lawlessness, in a desire to build in Philadelphia a real minority or protest and in the fact that the. political machine in Philadelphia has to some extent been a bi-partisan affair, due to'the hunger of certain Democrats for jobs. These Democrats found out years ago that the only way to get jobs Was to play ball with the Republicans. They have played it. But now many of the rank and flle who have been content to fol- low these Democratic leaders are in revolt, and so, too, are some of the minor leaders themselves. They are drifting back to the old party allegiance. It may have been a coincidence that “BIll” Vare, Senator-elect, but, never yet sworn in, the Republican boss of Phila- delphia, motored back to the city from Atlantic City to register and arrived here just about the time that Gov. Smith was putting an appearance in the City of therly Love. Return Stiffens Party. Mr. Vare, who suffered a stroke months ago following the Republican national convention in Kansas City, is much improved, his friends say. He re- mained in Philadelphia just long enough to register and to greet some of his old friends and then was driven back to Atlantic City. He is coming here to vote on election day. The ap- pearance of the old boss of the ma- chine has done something toward stiffening that organization, it is said. It is in the wards where Vare has been particularly strong, however, that th;fren wave of Smith sentiment has particularly manifested itself. In some of these downtown wards the situation has gotten out of hand, lesser leaders ve re become of “deliver.” A dense crowd was massed outside of In the acclaim lasted for nearly utes. The Lyric Theater had been reserve (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) able to resume such active | control of the politics of his city as he ‘The text of Gov. Smith’s speech will be found on page 6. has lieved here that the big trol in the city is coming a « had in the past. It is generally be- ht for con- ke the gen~