Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1928, Page 4

4 TANGLED 1SSUES PUZZLE COUNTRY, Nation Checks Over List of Party Differences and Split Lines. _(Continued From First Page) Smith's modification plan. upon which he has centered increasing emphasis in recent weeks, has been persistently at- tacked by prominent Republicans and by many ministers of the Gospel and | was described by Mr. Hoover himself as tending toward State socialism. | Unon the comparative extent of the resulting shifts there is no agreement. It is universally conceded, however, that to a degree the turnovers in both directions have been country-wide, with the defection of Republican wets to Smith greatest in such Eastern States as New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island, in the larger cities everywhere, and in scat- | tered Western States like Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada; while the de- fection of Democratic drys to Hoover has reached its maximum in the South and has been app: °nt also in many States of both Eas. and West. Tariff and Prosperity. | From the beginning Republican or- ators have made the tariff and *“Cool- idge prosperity” a keynote of their campaign. They have told the b ness man, big and little, that a Dem cratic victory would upset industrial stability. The tariff has been invoked as a bulwark for the Western farmer and rancher and a guarantee of steady employment for the Eastern factory | worker. \ On the other side the bid of Gov. Smith and Chairman Raskob for the universal confidence of the business world has been one of the striking features of the campaign. Business, ag- riculture and labor have been told that under the Democratic tariff plank of | 1928 and the policies of the nominee, | nothing need be feared from a Demo- cratic administration. The appeal on this issue has been country-wide, and both sides declare they have won votes on it in every State. It has seen its greatest promi- nence, perhaps, in the industrial East, where it is the reliance of the Repub- licans to stem any tide of defection among the racial groups in the mill | cities. Farm Relief Important. | Although submerged in most sections by other considerations, the farm prob- | lem has received constant attention in most of the Northern States between the | Alleghenies and the Rockies. | Senator Norris and the group of farm leaders, who have spent around a half | million dollars in a farm relief radio crusade, have concentrated largely on Tllinois. Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska an ‘ the Dakotas. | It is agreed that in all of these States Gov. Smith's espousal of a surplus reg- ulation paid for b{ the crop benefited | has collided directly' with the prohibi- tion and religious issues. Most of the McNary-Haugen farmers of these States | are not only normally Republicans, but | are drys as well, and many of them are | anti-Catholic. There is a wide differ- | ence of opinion as to the relative po- tency of these several issues. Mr. Hoover’s St. Louis speech and Gov. Smith’s decicion to make a last- day radio addrec: to the farmer are | evidence that : “er side proposes to | let possible electoral votes in the farm | States escape them. The D2mocratic hopes are conceded to be sirongest in Nebraska, Minnesota and North Dakota. ‘Water Power Causes Confusion. ‘The debate over water power has run to the length of many thousands of words and has produced some confusing rami- fications. Gov. Smith has accused the Republicans of favoring the sort of pri- vate exploitation desired by the “power trust,” and Mr. Hoover has applied tke accusation of State socialism to the Demcaratic power theories. The geographical focus of the issue is varfed, It has been urged in New York and other States having locar power problems; in California and the mountain States interested in Boulder Dam; in Tennessee, Alabama and other States directly concerned about Muscle Shoals. Senator Norris placed his defection to Smith on the basis of the power issue, but the politicians generally do not agree whether that 1ssue will change many votes. A several-pronged attack on Gov. Smith’s immigration utterances has provoked Nation-wide controversy. Among the German and Scandina- vian colonies, particularly in the West and Northwest, the Republicans have argued that Smith’s views on the “na- tional” clause of the immigration law would work to the special advantage of the nationalities of Southern Turope. In the South, with its small infiltra- tion of immigrant blood, the anti- Smith Democrats declare the nominee has bolted the party platform on this issue, and favors a material relaxation of immigration barriers, All over the country, and especially in the industrial East, American labor has been told by the Republicans that Democratic vic- tory would mean a flood of cheap im- | migrant labor. | These assertions have been denied | repeatedly by Gov. Smith and other Democratic spokesmen. | Rhiode Tsland THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, RADIO VOTE TABLE. For the convenience of those listening to radio election returns tomo: i lectoral Vote Hoover | Alabama i Arizona Arkansas California Colorado — ~| | w| o w o N eI Y Maine Maryland 8 Massachusetts 18 | Michigan 15 Minnesota 12 | Mississippi 10 | Missouri 18 | Mentana 4] Nebraska | Nevada 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 14 | New Mexico 3 | New York 45 | North Carolina 12 | North Dakota 5 Ohio Oklahoma gon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Totals 53 Majority 266 rrow evening, the following table is printed. will be printed again tomorrow. Popular Vote in 1924 | It & | b | 2 | 45,005 | 112,966 | 30,516 | 26,235 40,564 84,795 713,250 | 105,514 195171 | 75,258 240,322 | 110,184 52,441 | 33,445 30,633 | 62,083 30,300 | 123,200 69,879 | 24,256 | 1,453,321 | 576,975 [ 703,042 | 492,245 | | 537.635 | 162,800 | 407,671 | 156,319 398,966 | 374,855 24,670 | 93,218 138,440 | 41,964 162,414 | 108,012 703,476 | 280,831 | 874,631 152,359 | 420,759 | 55913 8,546 | 100,475 | 643,486 | 572,153 | 74,138 33,805 218,585 | 11,243 98,575 676,217 54,145 1,820,058 191,753 | 94,931 | 1,176,130 | 220,242 | 142,579 1,401,481 125,286 1,123 | 101,299 130,882 | 130,123 71,321 80,498 | 73,359 | 220,224 288,635 311,614 | 41,358 15,725,003 Note—(In 1924 the late Senator La Follette received s popular vote ©of 4.822.856, carrying enly the State of Wisconsin.) 284,270 13,858 477,888 255,798 | 67,589 409,192 76,606 49,008 27,214 PRESIDENT TO CAST VOTE IN HOME CITY OF NORTHAMPTON | (Continued From First Page.) the party posted during the return trip. Special radio equipment has been placed in the drawing room of the President’s private car and at various train stops along the way fmessages from the several news services and other services will be taken aboard for the President’s information. Secretary of Commerce Whiting, per- sonal friend of the President of many vears' standing, who has gone to his home in Holyoke, just a few miles from Northampton, after casting his ballot tomorrow will join the President and Mrs. Coolidge and return to Wash- ington with them. President Coolidge today showed not the slightest indication that he is at all worked up over the election. From all outward appearances and from com- ment he has made to intimate friends he has no doubt about the outcome. Some of those with whom he has dis- | cussed the situation in Massachusetts | Jately have gone away with the im- pression that he is not among the many others who are conceding that normally Republican State to Gov. Smith. The Other Issues Involved. Many other issues, some of them nation wide in their application, have had their places in the campaign budget, and remain among the un-| known quantities in the election-day balance, Smith’s affiliation with Tam- many Hall has been debated every. where, and most heatedly in the South; charges that Hoover once sought to become a British subject have been made and denied, the Republican claim of economy in Government has been attacked and defended, flood control, | waterways reorganization of the Fed- eral Government and a host of other topics have claimed sporadic atten- | tion. Perhaps the most completely local- ized controversy in the whole country has centered in the West Virginia coal district. Declaring the mines in that section were discriminated against, wita Republican connivance, in the Lake Cargo coal rate case at Washington, the Democrats are seeking on that issue to take West Virginia and the adjoining | before the Republican_countics of Eastern Ken- tucky and Tennessee for Smith. The outcome of this attempt is one of the greai multitude of secrets that can be told only by the ballot box. President is known to have been pleased | with the many_complimentary messages | he has received since the telegram h sent to Herbert Hoover indorsing the | latter so whole-heartedly. Mr. Coolidge was at his office shortly | after 8 o'clock this morning and after hurriedly reading the morning papers he went to the mailroom of the ex- | ecutive office and as the hour for the | arrival of the mail clerks had not yet | arrived he entered upon the task of | opening the big batch of papers and | letters. Everett Sanders, the i¢ private secretary, left Washington Saturday for his home in Terra Haute, Ind., where he and Mrs. Sanders will | cast their ballots tomorrow. Dr. C. E. Hill Speaks. Dr. Charles Edward Hill, acting dean | of Columbian College and professor of | political science at George Washington spoke on “The Presidency” meeting of the Columbian Women in Corcoran Hall at the school | this afternoon. | University, Dr. Hill compared the powers of the ! dent of the United States with | | Presi | those of European rulers. President’s | LIENS RULING UPSET BY APPELLATE COURT Chief Justice Martin Holds They May Be Filed When Builder Abandons Job. ‘When a builder abandons an uncom- pleted job the time in which material men and mechanics may file liens be- gins to run from that time and not from the time when the job is actually finished, according to an opinion of the District Court of Appeals rendered to- day by Chief Justice Martin. The court reversed so much of the opinion of the District Supreme Court as had allowed liens against George T. Harper, which were filed more than 90 days after & builder, named Shelton, had abandoned a house which he was build- ing for Harper. Those losing out by the decision of the appellate court are Galliher & Huguely, with a claim of $535.36, and E. C. Huddleston & Co., claiming $1,100. Liens totaling $2,444.80 held by three other material men were allowed to stand by the appellate court. @he Foening Htar D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1928. THREE AR DEAD FROM AGEDENTS | German Embassy Clerk, Pho- | | tographer and Virginia Resi- | dent Succumb to Injuries. | Traffic accidents added three more | names to the death toll for the District | | yesterday and today. One man was | killed late Saturday night, one died yes- | terday from injuries sustained a week | ago, and a third succumbed in a hos- | pital early today. The dead are Walter H. Meyer, 31| years old, a clerk at the German em- bassy, 1439 Massachusetts avenue; Emil Svendsen, 40 years old, a photographer, | 1500 Seventh street, and John Hilleary, { Cherrydale, Va. Meyer was found near his wrecked machine cn the Marlboro Pike, near the District line, at 2:15 o'clock yes- terday morning by John P. Folan, 713 Kentucky avenue southeast. Folan took him to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for a fractured skull, broken back, a broken leg and lacerations of the abdomen. He died at 3 o’clock. | Folan told Ninth precinct police that he first saw an automobile over an em- bankment, from which it was being pulled by two colored men. He then noticed & man lying beside it, so stop- ped and took him to the hospital, where he was identified as Meyer. Accident Thought Due to Skidding. Although there were no witnesses to the accident, it is thought that Meyer was driving toward the city when his machine skidded on some wet leaves and struck a telephone pole, hurling him to the opposite side of the road and catapulting the machine over the embankment. Meyer is survived by his father, John | Meyer, also an employe of the German embassy, his widow, Mrs. Alma Pau- line Meyer, and a brother, William J. Meyer of New York City. Funeral ar- rangements have not been completed. Svendsen was injured the night of October 28 when he was struck at New | Jersey avenue and O street by an auto- | mobile operated by Benjamin Brown of 2000 block Twelfth street. Following theraccident, Svendsen was treated at Homeopathic Hospital and then removed to Gallinger Hospital. He died early this morning. Brown was arrested and held for the inquest. Svendsen had a studio at 1606 Seventh street. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Lily Svendsen. Virginian Third Victim. The third fatality was John Hilleary, 55 years old, of Cherrydale, Va. He died yesterday in Emergency Hospital from fractures of the skull and right leg re- ceived Friday at Pennsylvania avenue | and Twenty-sixth street when he was struck* by an_automobile operated by Charles R. Howe of the 1300 block Florida avenue. An inquest into the death of Hilleary will be held today, while the one into Svendsen’s death will take place to- mOrrow. Excessive Speed Charged. An unusual accident occurred here yesterday morning when an automobile operated by Thomas H. Rhodes, 40 years old, 318 Webster street, which, accord- ing to the police report, was traveling at an_ excessive rate of speed, crashed entirely through a brick wall at 1503 Rhode Island avenue northeast, crossed :x‘:fl:lley nl;xd rl’!tn to 15,1;)5 Rhode Island ue, where it came to a sto) a retaining wall, il When the excitement had subsided, Rhodes revealed that he was uninjured, while a companion, Valentine A. W. Klein, 30 years old, 1110 Jefferson street, suffered only a minor laceration to the forehead, for which he refused treatment. Rhodes was arrested by twelfth precinct police and charged with reckless driving. He was later re- leased on $50 collateral. According to the police, Rhodes was traveling east on Rhode Island avenue and attempted to pass another automo- bile. His machine skidded, crossed a lawn, tore through a brick wall sur- rounding a filling station and then went .‘_for 150 feet before it crashed into the ‘:?’(‘:)%nd wall. Damage was estimated at :$700. Colored Man Critically Injured, George W. Hazel, colored, 24 years iold, 1339 I street, was critically l.n]yurcd yesterday afternoon at West Virginia 'avenue and Holbrook Terrace northeast, when he is thought to have been struck by a “hit-and-run” driver. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for injuries over the entire body. He is sfl'l’l ;:ncanscluus. ohn Bell, colored, 24 years old, of the 2100 block Doves court, was taken to Gallinger Hospital and charged with intoxication last night after he ‘was struck by a street car at Connecticut avenue and R street. His condition has not been fully determined. Police say that Ball stepped from the loading platform directly in the path of a northbound car operated by Motorman Charles Cappage, 319 Thirteenth street southeast. Ball was first treated at Emergency Hospital for bruises to the head and body and then removed to Gallinger Hospital. One truck that was being towed by another last night became fouled with the tow chain and ran up on the side- walk at New Hampshire avenue and Twenty-sixth street, knocking down James Queen, colored, 22 years old, of Barnes road, Anacostia, D. C., who was ADVERTISENENTS B el Donahue’s Pharma: ( RECEIVED HERE cy—1355 Wis. Ave. Is a Star Branch Office You'll find these Star Branch Offices ' very handy when you have Classified Advertisements Killed in Crashes Above: Walter H. Myer, clerk at the | German embassy, who lost his life when his automobile hit a telephone pole on the Marlboro pike. Below: Emil Svendsen, a pho- tographer, who died a week after he was found lying in the street, the vic- tim of a hit-and-run driver. standing on the sidewalk. Queen was taken to Emergency Hospital, where it was found he had a broken arm. Police say that the truck that struck Queen was being steered by Jeremiah J. Spaulding, 34 years old. Two Policemen Hurt. Policeman William R. Greenfield of the eleventh precinct and Policeman Robert 8. Montgomery of the seventh precinct were each slightly injured when thrown from their motor cycles Greenfield’s machine ran into an auto: mobile operated by Douglas Parrin, 21 years old, of Lusby’s Post Office, Calvert County, Md., after the policeman lost control while chasing a speeder. Mont- gomery was thrown from his machine when it skidded on some wet leaves on | Thirty-fifth street between Q street and Dent place. Both went to the clinic today for treatment. Others injured in traffic, none seri- ously, were: Mrs. Mollie Hemp, 40 years old, 1619 Evarts street northeast: Michael J. Hennessey, 60 years old, 38 U street, and George Miller, colored, 10 years old, 43¢ Six-and-a-half street southwest. —— Belgian state railways have just plaecd orders for 30,000,000 tors of coal in England. ALED FEAR " OROERIS DENED | Capt. Stott Says His Instruc- | tions to Policemen Mis- ‘ interpreted. Capt. William G. Stott, commander of the third precinct, denied today that he had instructed members of his com- mand to make more arrests and seek to have the citizens on their beats fear |rather than trust them. The quota- | tions were taken from a speech alleged | to have been made by Stott to his com- | mand at morning roll call, as a pre- lude to several transfers in assignments made effective yesterday morning. | Stott said he had addressed the men on the subject of lax policing, but said his remarks demanding arrests were made to specific policemen who were neglecting their duties. Numerous Complaints. | “We have had numerous complaints | from citizens and from Assistant Traf- fic Director M. O. Eldridge about park- ing conditions in our precinct,” Stott |said. ~ “For instance we have had a number of complaints that cars are | parked all day, and in some cases all | | night whithout parking lights, on Jack- |son place. I complained specifically (about this situation, and said that the only way to cure it was by making arrests. “Nobody knows better than I do that the officer who makes the most arrests is not necessarily the best officer. But we have one officer, of whom I recently | had to complain to the major &nd superintendent, who did not make a single arrest in nine months, and yet complaints were received of parking conditions on his beat almost daily. This man was laying down on the job. “I have been a policeman under sev- eral police superintendents, and always my instructions have been’ that police- men, as public servants, must become friendly with the citizens on their beats, especially with the children. This is what I have instructed my men, and to say that I told them it was up to them to make the citizens fear rather than trust them is a deliberate lie. “The statement is made that the shake-up affects virtually every mem- ber of my command. There are 98 men at the third precinct. Of these 12 were affected by the new assignments—6 transferred because they would not po- lice their beats properly and 6 put in to take their places. “These transfers were not made by me except after consultation with the | lieutenant and all the sergeants in the precinct, and the transfers made were unanimously agreed upon as the best possible for the service. | To Enforce Traffic Rules. | “The statement is further made that)| in telling my men to see that parking lights are kept burning at night was a slap at Maj. Hesse. Iam Maj. Hesse's subordinate and never have I made a slap at him directly or indirectly. We have daily complaints about cars left at night on’ streets in the third precinct without parking lights burning. The traffic regulations call for the cars to ;display parking lights at night and I have instructed my men to enforce them. I would be derelict in my duty if T did otherwise “T came to the third precinct shortly after the Staples’ trial when conditions were very much upset. It has been my object to improve conditions and increase efficiency here. I believe that I am doing this.” | |Former Policeman Held on s the curb at Seventeenth and U streets, ‘The most popular age for marriage in England has been found to be 23 for brides and 24 for grooms. Now Try Geo. S. Parker’s “Touch-and-Go” Method | ..ot Pressureless Writing SCHENCK ARRESTED IN AUTO HOLD-UP Charge of Robbing Liquor- Laden Car. Former _Policeman Frederick A. Schenck, chief witness in the trial that | resulted in the dismissal of Policeman | Orville Staples, was under arrest today | by the Detective Bureau on a charge of robbery in connection with a hold- up of an automobile containing five cases of liquor. He gave himself up when he heard that he was wanted, but denles any knowledge of the case. According to the story told to Head- quarters Detectives William Messer and Willam J. DuBusky by Willlam Henry Allen, John Logan and Clinton Wat- son, colored, they were driving a rented car when three men forced them into and then, at the point of a pistol, de- manded their money, obtaining $50 from Allen. After taking the money and the whisky, which Allen claims they had in their car, they were ordered to “beat it.” The gait at which they were leaving the scene was greatly in- creased, they say, when a fusilade of shots, declared to have been five in number, were fired at them. Allen told the police he recognized Schenck. Automobile Is Found. ‘The colored men reported the case to the detective bureau and Messer and Du Busky were detailed to the investi- gation. At Seventeenth and Willard streets, a short distance from the scene of the alleged hold-up, they found an automebile bearing the tag numbers that 1ad been given them by the victim. The numbers revealed that it had been rent- ed fron. the Hertz System, Pennsylvania avenue and Thirteenth street. Inquiries there revealed that the ma- chine was rented last Friday to Schenck. 1In the machine were found a set of tags which, police say, were issued to Schenck for another automobile. The machine taken from the colored man, also & rented car, was _found abandoned on 8 strezi between Seventeenth and Eight- eenth streets. The detectives failed to locate Schenck at his home in the 1900 block of Sev- enteenth street. ‘While the police were making a re- port of the affair Schenck walked into the Detective Bureau and said he had been told that he was wanted. He was immediately taken into custody and held for investigation. Schenck denled that he had any part in the hold-up. While the detectives continued their investigation, Schenck was locked in a cell at the first precinct station house. $500 Raised for Porto Rico. Approximately $500 was realized from a performance October 25 in Wardman Park Theater for the benefit of the University of Porto Rico and has been forwarded to the department of Span- ish studies of that institution, officials of the Washington chapter of the American Association of Spanish Teach- ers, sponsors of the performance, an- NOTED MUSICIAN DEAD. Cr. Eaglefield Hull Succumbs to Heart Ailment. LONDON, November 5 (#).—D- Eaglefield Hull,’ noted musician and editor, dled yesterday from heart trou- ble. Largely through his efforts, Hud- dersfield, his home city, has achieved a reputation as one of the most musical towns in England. Dr. Hull was editor-in-chief of the International Dictionary of lern Music and Musicians, and had had a wide reputation as an organist. He was principal of the Huddersfield College of Music, and was 52 years of age. 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