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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Occasional rain this afternoon and probably tonight, colder tonight; to- morrow partly cloudy and colder. Temperatures: Highest, 61, at 3:15 pan. yesterday; lowest, 45, at 3 am. today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening SHtar. “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, 106,598 No. 30,867. post office, Entered as second elass matter Washington, C. D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C, -SATURD'AY, NOVEMBER 3, 1928—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER ENDS CAMPAIGN IN ST. LOUIS, WITH SMITH DUE TO CLOSE TONIGHT G.0.P. Nominee Sums Up All Big Issues. RENEWS PLEDGE OF FARMER AID Brief Talk on Radio and in Pueblo Remaining. $7 the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 3.— Herbert Hoover's train reached Kansas City suburbs at 4:34 am. today. Skirting the city where Mr. Hoover received the Republi- can presidential nomination, the train proceeded into Kansas after a brief suburban operating stop. BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL TRAIN, EN ROUTE TO PALO ALTO, November 3.—Herbert Hoo- ,ver's formal campaign for the presidency of the United States is ended. He drew the final curtain across the stage of his first political ven- iture in a ringing summarization Fitness of Hoover, Beyond Doubt, Says Coolidge Message President Coolidge’s pronounce- ment for = Herbert Hoover, tele- graphed from the White House to the Republican candidate at St. Louis last night follows: “I have just heard your St. Louis speech with great satisfaction. It is the concluding address of a series which have disclosed a breadth of information, a maturity of thought and a soundness of conclusion on public questions never surpassed in & E;evlous presidential campaign. You ve had the knowledge and judg- ment which enabled you to tell the people the truth. You have been clear, candid and courteous, demon- strating your faith in the people and your consciousness that the truth has a power and conclusiveness of its own which is always supreme. All the discussion has only made more plain the wisdom of the plans you have proposed for solving our politi~ cal, economic and social problems. You have shown your fitness to be President. I wish to congratulate you on the high quality of your leadership. You are able, experi- enced, trustworthy -and safe. Your success in the campaign seems as- sured and I shall turn over the great office of President of the United States of America to your keeping, sure that it will be in competent hands in which the welfare of the people will be secure. CALVIN COOLIDGE.” COOLIDGE INDORSES HOOVER CANDIDACY President Appeals to Nation of his stand on campaign issues before a vast audience last night in the Coliseum, in St. Louis. Today his face was turned to- ward the Golden West—scene of _his early triumphs, where next . 'Tuesday he will join with 40,000,- 1000 others in ca®ting their votes -and awaiting the momentous out- ‘come. He has placed his claims for the presidency before the national | electorate. He rested his case at the Missouri metropolis last night, although he planned to answer to one encore tonight Colo., and to make a final radio bow next Monday evening from his home, at Stanford University. | Finis has been written, however, across the formal program of the campaign as he had mapped it out. Voices “Unbounded Hope.” With firmness and finality, the Re- - . i nle:htwtlg tm)‘l SLdalbelhii sudience last at he en battle in the same spirit as that in | which he began it, with a profound re- i pect for the burdens and responsibil- ities of the office to which he aspires, ' with a deep concern for the welfare of the country which gave him “his chance,” and with “unbounded hope.” Choosing as his theme “The Construc- tive Side of Government,” Hoover pledged himself, if elected, to & broad program of Government co-operation with private industry, whether it be farming, storekeeping or manufacturing, but sounded a potent warning against actual entry by State or Federal Gov- ernment into private competitive busi- ness. It was Hoover’s final fling at his opponent, Gov. Smith, who has advo- m& ‘Government ‘operation of power Pprojects. Sees Other Course Evils. To adopt “other social conceptions” than those of individual enterprise and private competition, he declared, “would undermine initiative and enterprise and destroy the very foundations of free- dom and progress upon Which the American system is based.” 8 His words were carried to millions of voters over a far-flung chain of radio stations, and for this reason his appeal was made wide enough in scope to in- terest those beyond the farm belt, while carrying an effective punch for in- habitants of the great inland waterways region. g'loover'a address was delivered in ® hall which had seen the nomination of Willlam Jennings Bryan and Wood- row Wilson. Its capacity is 14,000, but firemen said more than 15000 were ammed into the big hall, with its two ofty flag-draped balconies. Ovation Is Hysterical. The audience literally became hys- terical in its ovation as the nominee walked onto the platform. Virtually every one had a flag and the throng waved and shouted without cessation for fully 20 minutes. Efforts of those on the platform to restore some semblance of order served only to spur on the demonstrators. Members of Hoover's party declared the din ex- ceeded anything yet during the cam- paign. There were all sorts of me- chanical noise-makers, Halloween, perhaps. Hoover finally sat down to await quiet. Even then it didn't come. He conferred with Chairman Work and Secretary of War Davie about it, but the chairman could exercise no au- lhnrl‘y the Army in Washington. Finally the leader of the band got a brilliant idea. He struck up the national anthem. The crowd stopped yelling and joined in the song. But as soon as the sond ended the bedlam began again. Henry S. Caulfield, Republican can- didate for governor, who was presid- ing, began his introduction, anyway.! Nobody heard a word he said, and no- | body apparently cared. | Hoover walked forward and the noise | increased. He lifted his arms for si- lence. Gradually the ovation began to subside, and he was enabled to pro- | ceed with his speech. He was inter- rupted frequently, as he stressed a| point or called attention to an issue. One sturdy-voiced admirer greeted each major pronouncement with “Attaboy, “Herbie.” A vast throng was waiting at the! depot when the train pulled in. Due | 1o the remarkable police arrangements, the crowd was held within bounds. ¥Hoover and the members of his party entared automobiles vere driven | Wentinued en Prgs 6, Colwmn 1) left over from | and Secretary Davis had left in Telegram Urging G. 0. P. Support. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge's announcement last night of his unqualified indorse- ment of Herbert Hoover was viewed by Republican leaders today as a pro- nouncement which will have a tremen- dous effect throughout the country, This long-awaited word from the President came in the form of a tele- which he sent to. the presidential nominee last night immedi. ately following the latter's speech in St Louis. As in the case of his “I do not choose” pronouncement, the President took only one or two of his closest as- sociates into his confidence about this message. The President previously had made but one public pronouncement in con- nection with the campaign—a message to the Massachusetts State Republican convention asserting that the country needed a continuance of Republican rule. g Last night's message was brief, but in those few well chosen words Mr. Cool- idge made it absolutely clear to the American electorate why he believes Mr. Hoover is qualified for the office of President, and why he expects him to be elected on November 6. He complimented the candidate upon the manner in which he has conducted his campaign, upon the nature and scope of his speeches and declared he felt sure Mr. Hoover can solve the political, economic and social problems of the Nation. In conclusion the President stated that Mr. Hoover has shown his fitness to be President, and after congratulating him upon the high quality of his leadership and predict- ing his election, said “I shall turn over the great office of President of the United States of America to your keep- ing, sure that it will be in competent hands in which the welfare of the peo- ple will be secure.” Message is Typical. ‘This message was typical of Mr. Coolidge because of its brevity; and had a touch of the dramatic. No hints had been thrown out of anything of the kind. It was made public at the White House _about 10 o'clock last night. In Republican circles here, where the President’s telegram was being discussed 1 today, the opinion was unanimous that i his indorsement would be of inestima- Ible help to the Republican national ticket. There were those who expressed themselves confidently that this was just what Hoover needed and that as a result of what the President said the former’s stock should go sky high. Mr. Coolidge’s outspoken indorsement cannot but help, Republicans say, to remove any doubt that may exist as to his personal feelings regarding his party’s ticket. Republican leaders had virtually abandoned hope for an ex- pression from the President. Psychological Moment. It was pointed out today that the President ~ selected a psychological moment for his contribution to the campaign. Republicans were ready to agree that he could not have selected a time when his words would have had a more direct effect upon the electorate. It also was pointed out that if the President had '(Coxitfnuefi"on' Page olumn 8. Column 8.)- Garden Speech Last Big Talk of Race. BROOKLYN GIVES GREAT OVATION Final Short Appeal to Be Put on Air Monday Night. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 3.— Having taken the time in the home stretch of the presidential campaign to plead with all the force: at his command for election of the Democratic State ticket, headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov. Smith winds up in Madison Square Garden tonight the most intensive fight of his 25 years in politics. The Democratic standard<bearer is confident he will be the next President of the United States, and tonight he will tell the home folks the reason why he thinks 0. It will be the last audience he will address in person, and his managers hope to make it the largest of his three swings around the country. Monday night, after Herbert Hoover has made his final 15- minute appeal to the American people from Palo Alto, Calif., to retain the Republicans in power at Washington, the Democratic nominee will address the voters, but it will be from a radio broad- casting studio. Asks State Ticket Aid. In his first speech in his home State since he addressed the Democratic State convention at Rochester October 1, Gov. Smith told an audience. in. the; Brooklyn Academy of Music last night that it was up to the people of New York to keep the Democrats in power at Albany if they wanted to see “a constructive, forward-looking, wise and economical administration” of their af- fairs continued. Discussing State issues and their re- lation to similar questions in the na- tional compaign, the nominee assailed Albert Ottinger, State attorney general and Republican candidate for governor, on his waterpower, agriculture, educa- tion and State finance stands before he struck the question of prohibition. He described Ottinger as a “wet dry” and said he had made the “in- teresting suggestion that he will wait until the commission appointed by Mr. Hoover reports on it.” “Well,” the governor remarked, “that is a little bit too long to wait. There isn't going to be any report, because there isn't going to be any commission I'll attend to that. As I have promised throughout the country, I shall take that question to the American people and lay it before them fairly, clearly, straightforwardly and intelligently, and I shall let them settle it.” Remark Wins Applause. Loud applause greeted this statement and then the governor swung into his own eight years of administration of State affairs and challenged his opposi- tion to find fault if they could. “At no time in the history of this State,” he said, “was the government of this State in as good condition as it is today. “I am going through a national cam- paign. I am fighting some pretty bright men. They have plenty of brains and they have a great deal of money. We are within two days of election. Have you heard from the lips of any ‘mortal man a single criticism about the government of this State under me? He can't do it.” The Democratic office holders at Al- bany, he continued, were giving to New York a “constructive, a forward-look- ing, a wise, a capable and an econom- ical administration of their affairs.” “They have paid attention,” he said, “to the human side as well as to the business side-—and that human side is (Continued on Page 7, Column 8.) STRE_SEMXNN RETURNS. German Foreign Minister Back in Berlin With Health Improved. BERLIN, November 3 (#).—After an absence from Berlin since June owing to the breakdown of his health, Gustav Stresemann, foreign minister, returned to Berlin today. He was welcomed by hg wife and officials from the foreign office. Herr Stresemann appeared to be ex- tremely well. The only concern of friends at present is that he might again plunge too unsparingly into the duties of his office. Election Day, Tuesday. Voiceless and voteless, by while 43,000,000 other A destinies. and un-American political p Washington’s Day of Humiliation The District of Columbia goes into mourning next Throughout the Capital on November 6th there will be demonstrations calling attention to the District's unjust November 6th. Washington stands helplessly mericans decide the Nation’s lights MONTGONERY VTE RESULT IS N DOLB Republicans Have Chance to Swing Normally. Democratic Lead in County. Note—This is the thirteents of a series of articles discussing the po- litical situation in nearby Maryland and Virginia. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, November 3.—In this unusual presidential campaign’ Mont- gomery County, Md., which is normally Democratic, is doubtful and there is a chance that it may give a majority ‘Tuesday to Herbert Hoover for President over the vote for Gov. Smith. This is indicated by a survey of the political situation in the county, made from & detached viewpoint, by a- Star corre- spondent. i BT Sat o n, 5 fl:“l‘;: ufim S'.l:]es pselon:emr be‘?w::; ¢l a‘:&wa ‘sru:g.p‘ Dr::m{r“. and Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Republican, with chances apparently favorable to Golds- rough. ll.’Eves-n though his opponents concede that David J. Lewis, Democratic candi- date for the House of Representatives, will run strong in the upper end of the sounty, Representative Zihlman’s lriel”ds and unbiased observers think that Zial- man will be sufficiently strong in the jower end of the county, nearer the District line, to give him the county by a more or less narrow margin. The race for President is attracting the most attention in this county, as it is all over the State of Maryland and the Nation. The same unusual—even unprecedented—issues which are domi- nant in nearly every other section of the United States are apparently sway- ing voters here. Vote Republican Ticket. Montgomery County is partly rural and pmg'tly suburban, adjoining Wash- ingbon, like its neighboring county of Prince Georges. Conditions in the two counties, in some respects, are very similar in this political campaign. Many persons who go to ‘Washington every y to earn their livelihood, reside across the District line in Montgomery County and vote there. An analysis of the element of the electorate indicates that many of these “half-Washing- tonians” are straight Republicans and will vote for their party ticket all down the line and that many others are reg- istered as Democrats and support Demo- cratic county officers, but in national elections usually vote for the Republican presidential nominee. 1In this campaign party lines in Mont- gomery, as elsewhere in the country, are being disregarded by _a big element in both major parties. Religion and liquor are the main issues in the county, as in other places, with farm relief and all of the other questions raised by the rival presidential candidates, relegated into the background. erable feeling among i erents of Smith and th anized ae H:mf:rg and a great deal of active cam- aignin the regular Democratic gmi“n Re:uhbl!l,can organizations, but the residents of the county are for the most part men and women of & thoughtful, reasoning kind, judging from those with whom The Star correspondent talked on both sides, and they seem to be de- ciding what they should do in this election according to their honest opin- fon of what is right. No evidence of personal bitterness was found. If such feeling exists, it,la apparently being kept under control. ghe northern corner of the District of Columbia thrusts itself into Mont- gomery County and the National Capi- tal is partly surrounded by the county, which extends from the Potomac River on the west to the borders of Prince Georges and Howard Counties on the east. Northward Montgomery extends to_the border of Frederick County. Montgomery County is a region of fine homes, beautiful scenery and some of the richest farmland in the coun- try. It is intersected in many direc- tions by fine roads, and it is rather closely settled, especially in that por- tion ‘near Washington, where many small towns and communities are grouped near the, District. . The sub- urban part is included in what has often been called Greater ‘Washington. County Is Democratic. ‘The county government is Democratic and has been chiefly so since before the Civil War. In campaigns for Con- gress and President the voters have in the past shown much independence. In the 1920 presidential campaign Cox, the Democratic nominee, received a majority in Montgomery County of 455 votes, The vote for President in 1924 was as follow: Davis, 6,534; Cool- idge, 5,601; La Follette, 576. The com- bined vote of Coolidge and La Follette was still several hundred under the vote (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) Radio Programs—Page 36 345 MILES AN HOUR MADE British Flyer's Speed Estimated, but Plans Official Test. CLASHOT, England, November 3 (#). —Lieut. D'Arcy Grieg, in a final try- out today before making an official at- tempt to beat the world’s speed flying record of 3185 miles an hour, reached a speed estimated at 345 miles an hour during dives before straightening on the course. The present record was set by Maj. Mario de Barnardi of Italy at Venice OEMIrch 30. Lieut. Grieg is using a supermarine Napler N-220 plane. If the time proves ‘| satisfactory, he will apply to the air ministry for permission to make an at- tempt to break the record at a favor- able opportunity. WADOO TO KEEP PARTY ALLEGIANCE Says He Opposes Candi- 's Dry-Law- Stand,- but Will Remain Regular. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga, November Thomas J. Hamilten, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, telegraphed William G. McAdoo as to how he will stand in the election next Tuesday and today made public the following reply: “Thomas J. Hamilton, “Augusta Chronicle, “Augusta, Georgia: : “Replying to your telegram, I am absolutely opposed to Gov. Smith's po- sition on prohibition and the eighteenth amendment, but I shall preserve my party allegiance. Am making same reply to similar inquiry from Stovall. “W. G. McADOO.” Mr. Hamilton was the pre-convention manager for Mr. McAdoo in Georgia in 1924, when he carried the State in the Democratic presidential preference primary over former Senator Oscar W. Underwood by 50,000 majority. Georgia voted 100 times for McAdoo in the Madison Square Garden convention. Mr. McAdoo’s telegram referred to a similar inquiry from Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah Press and former Minister to Switzerland. Both the editor of the Chronicle and the editor of the Press have been warm supporters of Mr. McAdoo in the past. Both were delegates at large to the 1924 national convention. Night Clubs Raided. NEW YORK, November 3 (#).— Prohibition agents, augmented by men from Washington, raided two of the city's less pretentious night clubs early today, seizing a quantity of liquid and arresting 13 employes. Entertainments were halted by the agents, who ordered patrons to leave. One club was located n the rear of a cigar store in West Forty-seventh street and the other in West Twenty-first street. o Mount Etna in Eruption. CATANIA, Sicily, November 3 () — Mount Etna was in eruption this morn- ing, the famous volcano throwing out a great stream of lava. The eruption | was preceded by a sharp earthquake and by subterranean rumblings. o PANZRAM OUTLINES SLAYING THIRD BOY Prisoner Gives Description of 1923 Killing in Con- necticut. A detailed description of the slaying of an unidentified youth near New Haven, Conn,, in 1923 was made yes- terday to Chief of Police Harry Tuttl:' of West Haven, Conn., by Carl Panzram, held on a housebreaking and larceny charge in the District Jail. He is al- ready under indictment for the murder of a boy in Philadelphia and has con- fessed to the slaying of another youti near Salem, Mass. The only variance in the story told by Panzram to Tuttle and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the local Detective Bureau homicide squad, of the slaying was as to the time it took place. Panz- ram fnsists that the murder took place in 1922, whereas the unidentified youth was found slain August 9. 1923. p4 Panzram told how he had knotted a belt about the boy’s neck, making a double flat knot. The youth's shoes and coat had been removed, he said, but he cannot remember whether he left the shoes on a little grass plot near the scene of the crime or threw | them over beside the body, he claimed. ‘Claims Story Verified. Tuttle referred to his records and found that they verified his story in every detail. The belt had been tied in a double flat knot, the coat and shoes had been removed. The shoes were found lying near the boy’s head. Panzram had already told police that he met the youth and purchased him some food. Later the murder took place. He is said to have admitted that his joy in the killing was height- ened because the youth had told him that he had a relative, either father or uncle, who was a policeman in Brook- Iyn, N. Y. Tuttle says that the boy killed there has never been identified. Efforts will now be made to determine whether the son or nephew of a policeman had been reported missing from New York City at_that time. In October of 1923 Panzram was serving a term in Dannemora Prison in New York, to which place he was sent after his conviction in White Plains, N. Y., on a housebreaking charge. Police are now making efforts to de- termine when he was arrested and placed in jail. If it was prior to Au- gust 2 the date on which the murder is thought to have taken place, his story cannot be credited, it is said. ‘Tuttle left a first-degree murder war- rant here for Panzram, announcing that he will not seek an indictment until after he has had an opportunity to attempt identification of the slain youth and to obtain the record of Panzram’s arrest in New York. Panzram confessed to the three mur- ders after he had been held in jail here. He will be tried here before he | is released to ‘any of the jurisdictions in which he is wanted for murder. He announced his intention of acting as his own counsel when arraigned be- fore Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 of the District Supreme Court this morning, = sullenly voicing his decision in response to the chief justice’s question as to whether he had engaged counsel. He pleaded not guilty. Panzram will probably be brought to trial next week. the eve of election. Star’s political pages. information as to America’s trends. How Is the Election Going? G. Gould Lincoln of The Star, the campaign’s out- standing political writer, tomorrow, will give a survey of conditions over the United States as he finds them on .In addition, The Star’s many special political corre- spondents, conversant with conditions in their own States, will give their final estimates of the situation in The The Associated Press political correspondents in the four corners of the United States likewise will contribute in the general effort to present enlightening and concise big question of the hour. You are sure to get a better viewpoint on general BE SURE AND ARRANGE FOR YOUR COPY OF THE SUNDAY STAR, FOR THERE WILL TREMENDOUS DEMAND . BE A Di 1) Eas HEGE WITHDRAWS AS CANDIDATE FOR | FEDERATION HEAD Backers of Swanton and Havenner Both Claim Victory Tonight. RETIRING PRESIDENT DENOUNCES CLAYTON Says He Failed to Keep Agreement to Nominate Suter—Bowles Leads " for Vice Presidency. Representatives of organized citizen- ship of the District, who constitute the Federation of Citizens' Associations, will go to the polls tonight to elect a leader for the coming year. The election, to be held in the board room of the District Building, will bring to a close the most stirring campaign since the formation of the federation, which in the final days developed into a battle of letters and statements be- tween opposing political factions. ‘The last hours of the campaign wit- nessed the withdrawal of one of the candidates, Edwin S. Hege of the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association, leaving the field clear to Walter I. Swanton of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association, and Dr. George C. Havenner of the Anacostia Citizens’ Association, the only other avowed entries in the race for the presidency. There is little likelihood now that a “dark horse” will come forth to oppose them. Victory Claimed for Both. The campaign promoters of both of the remaining candidates are confident- ly predicting victory, but the outcome is entirely problematical. A canvass of the entire 110 accredited delegates to the federation by the Swanton cam- paign committee, completed this morn- ing, resulted in the announcement that this candidate has 50 pledged votes. A majority is necessary for election. Dr. Havenner’s adherents are a lit- tle more optimistic, claiming 55 of the 110 votes. This candidate, therefore, would need only one additional ballot to elevate him to the presidency, if the claims of his promoters are correct. The withdrawal of Hege, while nar- rowing tbe fight down to a choice be- tween two candidates, has on the other hand, complicated the situation some- what. Who will get the votes that ‘would have gone to Hege is the question that was broadcast throughout Federa- tion eircles? Although Hege himself made no claim to votes, his supporters credited him with 31, added to the 55 and 50 claimed by the 3!:}0;1-;; 1'":: Swanton forces, - vely, total more than can be polled without stuffing the ballot box. e Hege Issues Statement. Hege’s reason for dropping out at the eleventh hour, he announced, was mere- Iy “a good move.” A statement he is- sued follows: “Though it is stated that about 31 delegates intend to support me, and that a goodly number of delegates would swing“to me were a deadlock to occur, it seems to me that it would be a good move to decline to allow my name tc be put in nomination tonight for the presidency of the federation. I make that my decision, thus giving a clear field to my friends, Dr. Havenner and Mr. Swanton, in a contest in which I shall be inactive henceforth except to cast my vote, leaving my supporters perfectly free to go to whomsoever they prefer. To those who have favored or intended to favor me for the office men- tioned, I am grateful.” The exchange of statements between the leaders in the federation contin- ued to the final hours of the campaign. The latest salvo came from James G. Yaden, retiring president, who hit back at Willlam McK. Clayton, who issued a statement yesterday announcing his support of Swanton, and in a veiled fashion criticizing Yaden's conduct as presiding officer. Yaden Scores Clayton. Yaden's letter, in part, follows: “Permit me to refer to the resolution of the Swanton campaign committee issued October 31, 1928. This resolu- tion states in part: “‘Our chief reason for supporting W. I. Swanton for the presidency is our desire to purge the federation of the plague of yem' politics which has hin- dered it in the performaance of the functions for which it was intended,’ and further states his election will in- sure ‘a constructive year free of time- wasting politics.” “The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions is composed of two delegates from each of 55 member bodies and is governed by a cnostitution and by-laws and by Roberts’ rules of order. As pre- siding officer of the federation I have to the best of my ability tried to be fair and just i all of my rulings, giving considerable latitude to every delegate to express his or her views at all times. Moreover, in the federation the will of the majority must prevail and any delegate has the undoubted right to agpeal !x?m any decision of the chair. It is nofeworthy that the rulings of the chair have been sustained on prac- tically every appeal therefrom. “An opportunity has existed for sev- eral months in the home association of a majority of the Swanton campaign committee (which is also Mr. Swan- ton's citizens’ assocfation) to demon- strate constructive leadership and the ability to purge an organization ‘of the plague of petty politics which has hin- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) “LONE SEA RbVER’S” SHIP IS WRECKED OFF HOLLAND Capt. Drake Comes to Grief in Storm After Years of Wan- dering in Small Craft. By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Holland, November 3. —Capt. Thomas Drake of Seattle, Wash.,, known as the. “Lone Sea Rover,” who has been on a leisurely voyage round the world in his 35-foot ketch Pilgrim, has lost his little vessel, in which he had sailed the seas for several years. ' The Pilgrim was wrecked in a storm off the island of Goeree and is a total loss. The captain was rescued by fish- ermen and taken to Stellendam, after having saved only a few clothes and instruments. The American consulate at Rotter- dam has offered all assistance to Capt. rake, who had intended sailing back Far t{w United States by way of REVISED GAS RATES EXPECTED IF HIGH VALUATION1S0.K.D Small Consumers Would Pay More and Large Users Less Under Proposal. THREE-PART SCHEDULE WOULD GRADUATE COST Rédistribution Planned if Utilities Commission Approves Increase in Companies’ Values. —_— An entirely new gas rate schedule, in which the small consumer will pay more jand the large consumer less, probably | will result if the Public Utilities Com- mission approves the application of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. for a higher valuation, it was learned today. Hearings on the valuation application have been in progress for several weeks. A spokesman for the company de- clared that an effort wodld be made to introduce what is known as the “three- part rate,” which is a modern rate con- struction used in several Western cities. One of the main objects of this rate is to make the small consumer pay for the cost of his service. The Washington Gas Light Co. now charges at the rate of $1 per 1,000 cubic feet for the 200,000 cubic feet per month. Under this schedule, the company claims, thousands of customers get their gas at less than the cost of maintaining and reading a meter and drawing up and_collecting monthly bills. Although no estimate as to the minimum charge to be asked could be obtained, one of the examples offered in support of the new plan was the rate at New Rochelle, N. Y., where 73 cents is charged for the first 100 cubic feet of gas. After the first 100 feet is used the rate drops materially so that a large consumer of gas pays considerably less than he pays in Washington. There are several steps in the three-part rate up to 1,000 cubic feet, and on every 1,000 feet thereafter the price declines. Seeks to Sell Appliances. The company spokesman explained that the new rate gought would be held out as an inducement to consumers to buy various gas appliances, such as gas furnaces, in use in Washnigton now, but they pay the regular retail price for their gas. Under the present rate no consumer who has a bill less $200 a month gets any reduction for wholesale use. Under the new rate this will probably be brought some- where nearer to “We favor a should be allowed to do so at the company which has to be made in the bill of the man who burns more.” The present valuation case, accord- ing to the company. is being brought in accordance with the law creating the Public Utilities Commission. The com- pany maintains that the valuation made in 1916 using 1914 prices is not a val- uation in fact, although the company agreed to abide by it owing to war conditions until more settled times ars riveg. Started in 1925. ‘The company made its first overtures for a new valuation in 1925. At that time the Public Utilities Commission had no funds with which to check the company’s appraisals. They obtained such funds by an act of Congress passed in 1926, allowing the commission to tax the companies to be valued for the cost of the valuation procedeings, the money to be later amortized out of operating expenses. The present proceedings, which are expected to occupy another two months, are not a rate case, but the rate case is axpehcud to follow immediately on their eels. The valuation of the two companies now on the books of the commission is in round figures $17,000,000. The valua- tion contended for by the companies is about $30,000,000. Should the com- mission grant a substantial increase in the valuation the company would be legally entitled either to an increase in rates or to a redistribution in rates such as the adoption of the three-part plan designed to give them more money. According to the company spokesman, it will seek the minimum charge and the redistribution of rates rather than seek an increase in the flat rates. FIRE ENGINE HOUSE SUIT IS DISMISSED Court Denies Injunction Sought to Prevent Locating Building on 16th Street Site. Justice Peyton Gordon late yesterday afternoon decided to sustain the motion of the District Commissioners to dis- miss the suit for injunction brought against them by Henry I. Quinn, a law- yer, residing at 1507 Gallatin street, to prevent the locating of a fire engine house at Sixteenth street and Colorado avenue. Quinn and the four other property owners who joined with him in the protest are expected to note an ap- peal to the District Court of Appeals. Assistant Corporation Counsel Alex- ander Bell, jr, read to the court the act of Congress which specifically directs the placing of the engine house on the plot of ground and argued that when Congress in its plenary power over the District directs that a thing be done the courts are without power to interfere. The property owners claimed that the zoning law was being violated and that the site chosen is a part of Rock Creek Park, which was purchased and dedi- cated as a playground for all the citi- zens of the United States. Attorney George E. Sullivan appeared for one of the other property owners, while Mr. Quirn represented 1f and the other objectors. . Japanese Steamer Alilore. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Novem- ber 3 (#).—Reports from Thursday Is- land off Queensland state that the Jap- lese, steamer Tango Maru, bound for wrn. struck a rock in Ellis Channel ay and was hard and fast ashore. Sty et B, Pl in floaf T, All were u{m hnded.‘