Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1928, Page 4

1 = THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928. REPUBLIGANS HOLD LEAD IN ARLINGTON Combination of G. 0. P. and Anti-Smith Democrats In- dicates Hoover Victory. (Continued From PFirst Page.) county Republican committee, He takes an opposite view. “I expect the total vote this year in Arlington County will approximate 6,000, said Mr. Spaulding. “In_the last county election in the race for State | New 1,000 enator the' total vote was 5.881. registration should add about voters voted in this county. “L anticipate a majority for Hoover of ate is based upon the n plus the anti-Smith Demo: Next The Star correspondent went to see John T. Lyons of Ballston, chair- man of the Anti-Smith Club, which i commposed of Democrats, Wwho said: “Arlington will go for Hoover by a larger majority than it gave Coolidge— by a larg date for President has ever gained in the county. We are not leaving any stone unturned to elect Hoover.” Expect La Follette Vote. Pre-clection claims by opposing sides usually mean_ very little, as observers have found by experience, but they disclose in thisginstance the degree of idence felt by cach side in this gn and afford some basis f ison and analysis to determine 1 tion as nearly as it can = Democrats feel rather con~ ppears, that they will get the bulk of the votes that went to La Follette four vears ago. This is not admitted by the Republicans and anti- Smith Democrats. Only election day | will tell t i Atlington when it was known as Alexandria County, has been close in presidential elections for many v As Alexandria County it went Democratic in 1908, 1912 and 1916. This year there is a big “silent vote.” As elsewhere in Virginia and Maryland, where The Star correspondent has trav- eled during the last two weeks ‘many men and women heretofore atfiliated with one or the other major parties sim- ply decline to say how they intend to vote Tuesday. to the question of who carries the county. Colored Vote Doubtfal. The colored voters in the county pre- | Denve sent an enigma. It looks as if more than 50 per cent of them would vote | for Smith, which would be a distinct gain, since they have heretofore been almost solidly Republican. The oppo- sition of the Ku Klux Klan to Smith is believed to be the principal reascw |Los for this reported change in the attitude of many colored voters. The Klan, so far as this writer learned, is not mak- persons who have never before | r majority than any candi- | They furnish the answer | & THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and slightly warmer with lowest tempera- ture about 40 degrees tonight; tomor- row rain; light variable winds becom- ing gentle southeast. Maryland—Cloudy tonight, followed by rain tomorrow; slightly warmer in west portion tonight; gentle variable winds, becoming moderate southeast. | Virginia—Cloudy tonight and tomor- row and probably in extreme south- west portion late tonight; somewhat warmer in the interior tonight and in west portion tomorro moderate northeast shifting to east and south- east winds. West Virginia—Cloudy followed by rain beginning late tonight or tomor- row; rising temperature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. ‘Thermometey—4 p.m., 58; 8 pm, 48; 12 midnight, 40; 4 am., 36; 8 am, 36; noon, 56. Barometer—4 pm., 30.39; 8 pm., 30.41; 12 midnight, 30.42; 4 a.m., 30.41; 8 a.m., 30.43; noon, 30.43. Highest temperature, 59, occurred at 4:15 pm. yesterday; lowest tempera- | ture, 34, occurred at 6:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 73; lowest, 49. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Todey—Low tide, 4:49 am. and 4:57 pm.; high tide, 10:20 am. and 10:51 p.m. Tomorrow—Low 5:57 pm.; high 11:50 p.m. The Sun Sun rose 5:45 1 and and tide, tide, 5 and Moon. Today- 6:35 am. sun sets 5:08 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:36 a.m.; sun sets 5:07 pm. Moon rises 8:18 pm., sets 11 am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Great Falls—Clear. Harpers Ferry—Potomac and Shen- andoah clear this morning. Weather in Various Cities. Temperatire o 5 H 5 asamoT ‘e g 0 ur Tesuss Stations. Weather. ++ aojworeg| ** gupisas o *+ e e Abilene, Albany, 72 Clear Tex. N. Y ear . Ga Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Chicago, T..." 30, Cincinnati,Ohio. Slevelond, Ohio. Columbia, S. C. Colo Galveston, delena, Mo Huron.' S. Dak. . 30.50 Indianapolis,Ind 30.3¢ Jackscnville.Fla. 30.16 Kansas City,Mo. 20.94 Angeles. . .. Louisvile, K. 30 ing an organized effort to carry the |G county for Hoover, but individual mem- bers of the Klan are working hard for | b5 him, and there is no doubt where the membership of that organization stands in_this campaign. Many of the anti-Smith Democrats, but not 21l of them, will vote for the re-election of Representative Moore, | & Democrat, of the eighth congressional district, of which Arlington County and Alexandria City are a part, and also | JPR5¢ for Senator Swanson, Democrat, neither of whom has an opponent in this cam- paign. . ‘The campaign issues that are sway- ing the people in the county are much the same in Alexandria City, where, however, the Democratic organization | is stronger and there has been less of an influx of Republican home-seekers from Washington. The Democratic leaders in the city are very confident. C. C. Carlin, jr., chairman of the Democratic committee of Alexandria, while claiming the city as certain for Smith, gives Arlington County to Hoo- ver as the result of information which he has obtained both as political leader and as editor of the "Alexandria Ga- zette, a strong Democratic and pro- Smith newspaper, He says Fairfax County is very close, with a leaning toward Smith. Alexandria Democratic. “Alexandria City is safely Democrat- 1c;” said Mr. Carlin to The Star. “Itf is largely a question of being able to get the voters out. At the present time it looks as if about 4,000 votes will be cast. If this is done, the Democratic majority here is expected to be at least 600, which is above our normal ma- Jority of 519.” There is no question, declared J. R. Caton, sr., president of the Smith- Robinson Club of Alexandria, “that the city will give a fair majority for the Cloudy Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. London. _England . 46 Cloudy Bari: . part clouds Bart cloudy Gibraitar. (Noon, Horta (Payal). Aso urrent Hamilton, Bermuda. San Juan, Porto Ric avana, Cuba, fvations.) . 9 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Part cloudy SMITH'S BALTIMORE ADDRESS IS TARGET By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 1—Will R. Wood, as chairman of the Republican congressional committee, issued a state- ment yesterday commenting on Gov. Smith’s speech at Baltimore. “The specter of defeat now seems to have become material,” he declared. “The plain inference of his remarks was that he is being crushed by the weight of malign influence which has a_strangle hold on the American peo- ple who otherwise would elect as their President one Alfred E. Smith. “His New York succass evidently had gone to his head when he entered Democratic ticket.” John Barton Phillips is chairman of | the Alexandria Republican committee. He said: “The outcome of the cam- paign in this city rests largely with the independent voters who have not spoken. The local race is difficult to size up and I will make no prediction of the outcome.” I am hopeful, how- ever, that the Republican nominee will carry the city.” That it is hard to predict the result of Alexandria is also the opinion of E. E. Carver, president of the Hoover- Curtis Club, who also believes that the independent voters will figure impor- tantly in the election. Sees Hoover Victor. Every day, according to C. H. Brown, president of the Hoover-Curtis Demo- cratic Club of Alexandria, that organi- zation is getting new members and re- ceiving lette: from our citizens offer- ing their services in order that we can do the job—which seems to me to in- dicate that the sentiment for Hoover is certainly here.” Mr. Brown doubts if many can an- swer accurately the question, Who will carry Alexandria? “As an individual,” he said to The Star, “I can truthfully say that I be- lieve that we have a mighty fine chance to These pre-election statements and claims serve to show something of what is going on in Alexandria—how the Democratic party is split there as else- where—and to indicate that the regu- lar Democratic organization is appar- ently much more certain of carrying the city for Smith than the opposition is of overturning the normal Demo- cratic majority in Alexandria and glv- ing a majority there to Hoover. These statements still, however, leave the situation considerably beclouded, as those interviewed in most instances-are the first to admit, Alexandria City in 1920 gave Cox 1417 votes and Harding 992. Four years ago the vote w Davis, 1,136; Coclidge, 556, and La Follette, 266. The campaign in both Arlington County and Alexandria City will prob- ably be kept up by both sides until the very day of election, and both sides will have watchers at the polling places. HEADS BRITISH FLEET. Vice Admiral Chatfield Succeeds Brand in Atlantic. LONDON, November 1 (#).—Vice Ad- miral Sir Alfred Ernle Chatfield has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fieet in succession to Vice Admiral Sir Hubert Brnad. Vice Admiral Chatfield has been third sea lord and controller of the navy since 1025. He is 55 years of age and entered the service at the age of 13 years. During the war he partici- pated in the actions off Heligoland, at the Dogger Bank and in the battle of Jutland, serving under Admiral Beatty. this campaign. He seems to have totally overlooked ,what the great m jority of political observers believe— that no Democrat had a real chance of being elected President of the United States this year. “Gov. Smith may raise the religious question in a misguided plea for sym- pathy, but it will avail him nothing.” OUTDOOR TELEVISION POSSIBLE, OPTICAL SOCIETY IS INFORMED (Continued From First Page.) Arthur C. Hardy of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The color analyzer, which measures delicate shades and makes a record by which it is possible to match them at any time, is expected to prove of value in several industries where absolute con- trol of color is essential. Lubricating ofls are graded almost entirely on the basis of color. Small differences in the shade of cottonseed oil make great dif- fersnces in the selling price. “For instance,” sald Prof. Hardy, “should & new color be developed by fashion dictators in Paris a photoradio- gram of the color analysis curve can be sent to New York and there duplicated by dye experts, even though they will not see a sample for some days.” Duplication Is Possible. ‘The machine is based on the principle that color is determined by the number and kind of light rays which a surface reflects. 1f colored light is passed through a triangular prism it is broken up into bands of different wave lengths and colors, with some shades more prominent than others. In the new spectrophotometer the specimen color to be analyzed is placed in a holder and illuminated by a spe- cial ribbon filament incandescent lamp. Magnesium carbonate, the whitest sub- stance known, is used as the standard of comparison. Light is alternately re- flected from the specimen and the magnesium carbonate and acts upon a photo-electric cell, in which it sets up an alternating current. This current’ is fed to a vacuum tube amplifier which increases the power 10,000,000,000 times. The color of the specimen is analyzed at each wave length of the light spec- trum, and the record is made auto- matically by a pen moving over a re- volving drum. The actual performance of this com- plicated process requires less than a minute. The thirteenth annual meeting of the American Optical Society is being held in honor of Prof. Albert A. Michelson of the University of Chicago, who for many years has been one of the fore- most figures among American physicists. Tomorrow afternoon Prof. Michelson will present a paper on the results of repetition of the famous Michelson- Morley experiment to determine the rate of forward motion of the earth in Sir Hubert Brand has been com- mander of the Atlantic fieet, flagship H. M. 8. Revenge, since August, 1927, relation to the ether, the apparent fail- ure of which was the basis for the Ein- stein theory, 4 | SVITH COMPLETES CAMPAIGN TOUR “Trying to Fool People.” Assails Hughes. holding back public works in order to make a false showing of economy.” Furthermore, he was “distinctly in favor of a thorough study of the methods of industry, so that we may be able to absorb the surplus labor that of modern machinery.” on labor injunctions “meaningless” and “senseless,” and said the Democrats had promsied a definite remedy “by law” to end “the existing evils.” As for farm relief, he said the Re- publicans were in a “panic,” and he at- tempted to prove this by relating how Gov. McMullen of Nebraska and Sen- ator Borah had gone to Washington to “plead” with Hoover to favor an extra session of Congress to deal with this question. “The care of the exportable surplus crops,” said the governor, “is the under- lying, fundamental question behind con- structive farm relief, and Mr. Hoover is unalterably opposed to that.” Charges “Cold-Blooded Insult.” Smith branded as a “cold-blooded insult” to the working man a circular which he said he had been reliably in- formed was sent out to business houscs by the Republican national committee for insertion in the pay envelopes of mill and factory workers and which stated “the pay coming to you in this envelope is from twe to ten times as much ag you would have received for doing the same work in Europe.” “What a stupid performance!" he ex- claimed amid loud applause; “of all the men in the world to urge that against a man who came up from the ranks of labor himself.” Gov. Smith praised Grover Cleveland as “one of the greatest Presidents of the United States.” Cleveland's widow, now Mrs, Frances Preston, was on the platform. “Talking about fooling the people,” the Governor said early in his address, “let us devote just a few minutes to this question of prohibition. “If ever there was a deliberate at- tempt to becloud the issue, it has taken place in relation to the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. I know perfectly well that the President of the United States cannot amend the Constitution. Mr. Hughes does not have to tell me that. ‘I know that, and what is more, I know that he knows that I know it.” Hits Hughes Statement. In another referente to Hughes the governor said: “He himself was re- sponsible for the statement made before the Bar Association that I am a past master in the art of politics. At the same time he says you cannot take the tariff out of politics. “According to his own words and ac- cording to his own statement, I am well able to take care of the tariff in the interest of the American working man as well as the American business man.” Pressed for time because of frequent interruptions and a late start, due to difficulty in quieting the opening demon- stration, the nominee was forced to omit large portions of his prepared address near the end. Armory managers estimated that seats for 14,000 were provided. Whateéver the capacity, the seats were filled and hun- dreds more were standing. Many on the platform, jammed back to the wall and out of sight of the nominee, left before the speech was concluded. MAIL-EARLY DRIVE OPENS NOVEMBER 18 Intensive Campaign to Be Carried on in Addition to Speeding Christmas Shopping. The mail early-shop early campaign, sponsored by the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Associatjon, in co-operation with the city post office, as a move to prevent eleventh-hour ~congestion of Christmas mail, which in past years caused much extra work for postmen and heartaches for those who missed expected Christmas cards or gifts, will be officially opened November 18. William ‘M. Mooney, city postmaster, has informed the association that the post office will be closed Christmas day, a skeleton force being maintained only to take care of special delivery and air mail. The campaign this year will have the slogan “Christmas, 1928. Buy Now-— Mail Early for Better Service,” which will be carried throughout the District by radio announcements, street car ad- vertising cards, letters carried to the public through the mails, slides thrown on movie screens and other publicity measures, according to Edgar D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association. ‘The post office plans to issue schedule cards listing dates when mail for dis- tant points should be posted to insure delivery before Christmas. Robert E. Buckley is chairman of the association committee promoting the early mailing campaign. USES DUPLICATE KEY IN HOME BURGLARY Thief Takes Away Clothing in Suit Case—Auto Door Broken to Get $635 Loot. A burglary early last night at the home of Walter D. Heller, 2518 Thir- teenth street, effected by a duplicate key, resulted in the loss of wearing ap- parel valued at $108 carried away in a suit case. Burt M. Everson, 212 C street, told police his room was entered yesterday during his absence. Property stolen included wearing apparel and a gold watch chain valueq at $117. Corrinne M. McKinney, 1884 Colum= bia road, reported the theft of two rings valued at $250. The rings were taken from an office in National Press Building. Edgar B. Rouse, 1325 Hemlock street, reported the loss of a fur coat, top coat and gold handbag valued at $635, which were taken from Rouse’s automobile on the 3600 block of Canal road, the glass of one door being broken to make the theft possible, George C. Lehain, 4122 Beck street southeast, reported a saxophone was stolen from him yesterday. The in- strument, one key broken, was taken from Eastern High School. Slowest Autoist Wins Race. Paris' slowest autoist has been found. He is a lawyer who took 35 minutes to cover 1,484 yards up the slope of Mont- martre to the Place du Tertre in a slow- motion contest recently held by the Free Commune of Old Montmartre. There were 70 entries Charges Republicans With| methods of industry, the newly adopted | is released because of the introduction | Smith termed the Republican plank | | DIETITIANS CONFER ON 1,500,000,000 ANNUAL HOOVER DEPARTS FOR CALIFORNIA TODAY TO VOTE __ (Continued Prom First Page.) ican Revolution, achieved the independ- ence of the Amecrican people. The pur- poses and objects are to foster true p: triotism, to maintain and extend Amer- ican institutions and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution and the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the people. “Membership in the society cannot be purchased; it is acquired only by the requirements of*lineal descent as before mentioned, in addition to a high per- sonal character. * * * May I have the honor to be the first to grect you as_Compatriot Hoover.” Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, their son Allan, a staff of assistants and advisers and about 30 newspaper men will leave Union Station by special train this afternoon at 5 o'clock. During the long swing across the continent the nominee will make his final appearances of the campaign in the role of stump speaker. To Speak in Cumberland. The first of these appearances will be tonight at 8:25 o’'clock, in Cumberland, Md., where he will deliver a short speech from the rear platform of his train. Another will be in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Ky., tomorrow morning, at 10:10 o'clock. Ways and farm relief will be discussed. There will be another informal speech at Pueblo, Colo., the following evening. Other impromptu talks to station crowds undoubtedly will be made during the journey. The voice of Hoover in the role of nominee will be heard for the last time next Monday evening, shortly after his arrival at Palo Alto. He will make a radio address from his university home, calling on the voters to go to the polls on the morrow in support of his party. Hoover has come to regard the “get out the vote” movement as one of the paramount activities of the campaign. He qualifies all predictions for his own success with the warning that his sup- porters must not fail in their greatest guty—custlng their ballots next Tues- ay. In a final conference with newspaper correspondents at his headquarters yes- terday afternoon the nominee reiterated his absolute confidence about the out- come, provided this duty is fulfilled. “We shall win this election without any question of a doubt if the people who believe in us go to the polls,” Hoo- ver told the press. When one writer asked how important the “if” was, he said he would stand on the statement he had made. He expressed his thanks to the news- paper ment for the “dignity and fair- ness' with which they had handled news emanating from his headquarters. Mellon Again Hits Whispering. Secretary Mellon last night delivered another blow at the whispering cam- paign about Hoover's Americanism, making public_a re&ly to an inquiry from James Francis Burke, general counsel of the Republican national committee, as to taxes paid by the nominee since enactment of the income tax law in 1913. Secretary Mellon stated that the rec- ords of his department show that Hoo- ver has filed income tax returns every year and has paid his tgxes as an American citizen, in accordance with those returns. Burke's letter explained that “for partisan political purposes certain per- sons are again circulating reports im- peaching the Hon. Herbert Hoover's American citizenship.” Among those who will accompany Hoover to California are Chairman Work, Vice Chairman Ralph E. Williams of the Republican national committee, Ray_ Benjaman and Charles Robinson of San Francisco, George Barr Baker of New York City, George Akerson, assistant to the nominee, and other advisers. TWO STOPS IN CINCINNATL Hoover Train Then Will Go On to Louisville. CINCINNATT, November 1 (#).—Her- bert Hoover's train will make two stops incinnatl tomorrow em oute to DETTANSSTDY HOSPTAL WK Walter Reed and Johns Hop- kins Are Visited Be- fore Adjournment. The American Dietetic Association to- day ended its annual convention here with trips to Walter Reed Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. At. Walter Reed the dietetic work was explained by Miss Grace Hunter, chief dietician. The party which went to Baltimore was in charge of Miss Phyllis Dawson Rowe. The program included talks on the dietetic treatment of intestinal in- validism in children by Dr. Paul G. Shipley; the ketogenic diet by Dr. Ben- jamin Hamilton, and an analysis of the diet of 400 Baltimore families by Dr. George Walker. Both parties will return to Washing- ton late this afternoon for a tea to be served at the Bureau of Home Eco- nomics of the Department of Agricul- ture. Twelve million persons go to the hos- pitals every year in the United States and Canada, Dr. Malcolm T. Maca Eachern, associate director of the American College of Surgeons, told the dieticians yesterday afternoon. Alto- gether, he said, they spend 180,000,000 days each year in hospitals and eat 540,000,000 meals. These, together with the meals of hospital attendants, con- stitute a total of 1,500,000,000 meals served annually in hospitals. ‘This situation, he said, provides an excellent background for dietary educa- tion. Although the cost of hospital fa- cilities has increesed, he said, approxi- mately 60 per cent, the number of days per patient has decreased so radically thn:. there is an actual reduction in costs. The relations between mental disease and nutrition was described last night by Dr. Horace K. Richardson of the Enoch Pratt Hospital at Towson, Md. CELEBRANT FATALLY CUT. CHICAGO, November 1 (#)—Hal- loween observance in Chicago is neither as safe nor as sane as a Fourth of July celebration, the police announced today after checking up the damage. Two shootlngs, two stabbings, one of them fatal; a near-riot when the police clashed with merrymakers, and several hundred arrests, besides thou- sands of dollars worth of damage to property, all were attributed ‘to last night's celebration. NEW AIR ROUTE OPENS. CHICAGO, November 1 (). —Airway passenger service between Chicago and Detroit was to be inaugurated today, with the Stout Air Service, Inc., be- ginning a schedule calling for one plane each way daily leaving both Chicago and Detroit at 2 p.m. The trimotored '14-passenger moho- planes are scheduled to make the 250~ mile hop in two hours and a half, with- out a stop. St. Louis. One will be at Storrs, a small railroad junction, where engines will be changed and the other at the Winton Place Station, near the down- town district, from where the Hamilton County Republican organization has announced that the Republican presi- dential candidate will make a brief impromptu talk. Above: bers of the association. Katherine Mitchell Thomas, Anna E. Boller, president; Smith, retiring ~ presideat; Quindara Sccretary; Lenna F. Cooper, ch: an section administration; Mary Pascoe Huddicson, editor American | Dietetic Association Journal, and Thel- ma_Tubbs, second vice president. Below: Lucy Murray and Dorothy Bingham try some of the fruit combina- tions being tested at the meeting. —Star Staff Photos. Some of the prominent mem- Left to right 1 BETTING NOW EVEN IN NEW YORK STATE PRESIDENTIAL RACE (Continued From Page.) Cleveland election In 1892, 36 years ago, except when its electoral vote was cast for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. The Bull Moose split in the Republican party gave the State to Wilson then by a minority vote. Wilson's vote in that year was 180,000 behind the combined Taft and Roosevelt vote. In 1916 the State went for Hughes by 110,000, and thé country had an exhibition of the fact that the country can elect a Pres- ident even though he fails to receive New York’s big block of electoral votes. The Republicans say that if Smith carries the State next Tuesday a sec- ond demonstration along the same line will be given Smith must have New York to win, but the Republicans may elect Hoover without the Empire State’s help. Other Elections Cited. President Coolidge carried New York in 1924 with 1,820,058 votes to 950,796 for Davis and 467,293 for La Follette. His lead over both his opponents was about 402,000. Gov. Smith in that year, running ahead of his ticket by a tremendous vote, defeated Theodore Roosevelt, jr., by 114,559. Four years earlier, Harding carried the State by almost 1,100,000 over Cox. Smith, run- ning for governor against Nathan Mil- ler, was defeated by 74,000 votes. And now Gov. Smith, the idol of mil- lions of New Yorkers, is running as the presidential candidate himself. If he can hold the great number of Repub- lican voters that he has had with him in the past he is practically certain of carrying the State. ‘The Tammany figures give Smith a lead of 640,000 in Greater New York. Some of the enthusiasts run this up to 700,000. Taking the 1926 figures, when Gov. Smith defeated Ogden Mills in the race for governor, Smith had a lead in the city over his opponent of 484,000 votes. The Republicans do not concede to Smith more than a 500,000 plurality over Hoover in Greater New York, and they say that this is not enough to overcome the lead with which Hoover will come down State to the New York City limits. ‘Women Set New Record. ‘The increase in registration in New ‘York has been amazing in another par- ticular. A vast number of women have registered who have not voted in past elections. The registration of women in New: York City is 49 per cent greater than it ever was before, while the reg- \sm:tlon of men increased only 23 per cent. More men are registered than women, it is true, but the women this year have come out in greater numbers, com- paratively speaking, than the men. Here again both sides see an advantage in this big registration of women. It bas been claimed throughout the campaign that the women were for Hoover, par- ticularly because he has the dry end of the fight and because of the appeal he makes to them as food administrator during the war. On the other hand, the Deniocrats say that they have registered thousands of women for Smith, both among the for- eign groups, the Catholics and the la- boring class. Both the Republicans and the Democrats are making careful last- minute canvasses of the vote in New York City. The most experienced Re- publican ~ leaders in the city have reached the conclusion that Smith’s lead in New York, the greater city, will not exceed 450,000. They figure they have given him all he can expect in setting this limit. In their opinion, it will not be enough to carry the State, for they expect Hoover to come to New York with a 600,000 lead from up-State. If he does, he will win New York by 150,000 votes. All this is figured on the per- centage basis, for it would be obviously impossible for any one to make a real check-up of all the registered voters. Tammany's Best Grip. To get back for a minute to the reg- istration figures. In the 13 districts in Manhattan which Tammany controls absolutely the increased registration was. less than 2,000. In the 10 other districts in Manhattan, where Tammany is not so strong and where the Repub- licans have more of a chance, the in- creased registration was upward of 49,000 From this comparison the Re- publicans are also taking hope. Gov. Smith is planning his last appeal of the campaign in New York City, when he will address.a great meeting here Saturday night. He must have New York State, whatever else he may lose, and the Democrats are going to give it to him or break a leg. PARK EXCAVATION BEGUN. South End of Meridian Hill Being Improved. Excavation incident to the improve- ment to the south end of Meridian Hill Park was started on October 0 under the terms of a contract an- nounced today by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, director of the office of public buildings and public parks of the Na- tional Capital. The contract was awarded to William dio Station WLW has offered fl.slMeyor of Baltimore, Md,, for the ex- broadcasting facilities to the Republican \ cavation of 14,000 yards of carth and party to radiocast his remarks here. Many leading Republicans from Ken- tucky will meet Mr. Hoover here and accompany him to Louiswlle, where he is scheduled to make an address, r its transportation and dumping ‘n sec- | that | cha “Rock Pile” Hands F=' as Evidence { Honest Toil RASKOB PUBLICITY DENEDBYW.C.T . { Pair Held In Robbery and | Rumble Seat Case Es- |Letter Says Alleged Member caped Penitentiary i Working for Smith Does i | Not Exist. | The work-hardened hands of William Jac rt 19 years old, and James 2 years old, which they _ showed to police as proof that they had | By the A ted Press. been homest toilers prior to their ar-| CHICAGO, November 1.—A letter to rest for robbery, grand larceny and the | John J. Raskob, chairman of the Demo= possession of narcotics, on September | cratic national committee, protest 18, were said today by secret service |against “the untrue statement agents to have been received on the | by you in publicity from your W: “rock pile” in the penitentiary at Baton | ton” office under date of O Rouge, La., where they are reported to | has been sent by the N 2. have escaped while serving a sentence | . denying that 2 woman quoted in the {of from 8 to 10 years for highway rob- | Democratic publicity was a member of bcr); st " e {the temperan ganization. The report made to the police states | ., a g : publicity, according to the W. C. both men are fugitives from 3 3 - At Miami, Fla.. and were under indict- | T 'g quoted 2 Mrs. Amanda Gilchrist ment in New Orleans for violation of | e o v the Mann act at the time of their ar- o Alfred B, & rest at Baton Rouge for robbery. e o Lh‘ On the right of September 17, Carter always ha and Moore, who are identified by _se- cret service agents as Ernest R. Ross and Jesse H Smith, went into the hab hery stcre of James A. Cham- bers, 1110 Connecticut avenue, chloro- formed the proprictor and stole some clothing and money. They-then went to a nearby gerage, stole an auto- mobile, forced a colored car washer | in the closed rumble scat and started | South. oy At Richmond they let the car washer out ond he notified police. As a result, | 5t both were captured in Danville h:md} returned here. They have since been indicted for robbery and grand larceny. | de Yo wrote. A kidnaping charge was droped and a “The members of the W. C. T. U. ge of violating the Harrison nat- |are solidly opposed to Gov. Smith, d cotic law has not yet been considered st of o by the grand jury. ship of the Democrat v to f ‘Both told detectives that they were | the Democratic women of t hard working youths who had come here | zation into line. Political vork for a visit, been initiated into the use | : this campaign of drugs by a stranger and that they sever: asions distorted the commiitted the crime while under truth concerning half a dozen W: C. iafluence of the narcotics. They ex-|T. U. individuals. We are advised of hibited their calloused hands as proof | at least one woman campaigning for and were so frank and straightforward | Smith who is Talsely advertising hersel fhat detectives wer inclined to believe | as a member of the W. C. T. U. Bug them until today. this is the first time that we have run across a completeiy fictitious_character being promulgated by the Democratic national committee, and we are quite sure that the use of this false state= ment will not infiuence the women of America in this election campaign.” worker ing support to Gov. ter of protest the W. its_corresponding tary, Mrs. Anna Marden de Yo, s “This would be important if if v not for the fact that there is such person as Mrs. Amanda Gilchr W.C. T. no s C. The Missouri for the stateme and the postn made an af ch parse . 15 re- re is no BALLOU WILL AID PROPAGANDASTUDY Named on Educators’ Com- mittee to Probe Influence | in Schools. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of Washington public schools, has been selected as one of a committee of 10 to investigate the circulation of propa- ganda in schools throughout the coun- try, President Uel W. Lamkin of the National Education Association an- nounced today. Other members of the committee include: Edward C. Broome, superintendent of Philadelphia schools, chairman; Cornclia Adair of Richmond, Va., former presi- dent of the education association; Eva Pinkston, president of the department of elementary school principals of Dallas, Tex.; J. Stevens Kadesch, presi- dent of the department of secondary school principals, Bedford, Mass.; C. E. Partch, dean of the School of Education, Rutgers College; L. A. Pittenger, presi- dent of the Ball Teachers’ College, Muncie, Ind.; A. T. Allen, State super- inténdent fo public instruction. Raleigli, N. C.; David A. Ward, superintendent of city schools, Wilmi , Del, and Paul Stetson, superintendent of city schools, Dayton, Ohio. ‘Will Map Plans. Dr. Broome is expected to call a pre- liminary meeting of the committee some time this month to map out plans for carrying on the investigation. Most of | the work will be done by correspondence | and the results will be tabulated at the | Education Association’s research bureau | in this city. The investigation was brought on by disclosures resulting .from the Federal Trade Commission’s probe of the propa- ganda activities of public utilities in the schools, but the study will.not be con- fined entirely to this phase, Dr. Lamkin announced. ‘The specific purpose of the commit- tee, as stated today, will be to “con- structively study the question of how schools may bring themselves into closer touch with everyday life through prop- er use of the vast amount of material which various organizations and agen- cies have made available for school use.” The committee also will state the principles which should guide school officials and teachers in using such material so that children may be pro- tected from one-sided viewpoints and | from exploitation for commercial ad- vertising purposes. “The committee will study the ques- tion as it concerns all schools and all business and educational organiza- tions rather than confine itself to pa ticular institutions and organizations. 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