Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1928, Page 11

b r t SOUTHERN VOTERS AR OUT EN MASSE Rival Leaders Claim Victory in Many States of “Solid South.” By the Associated Press. Bestirred by the issues of prohibition, religion,” white supremacy and party Fegularity, an aroused South today re- corded its. choice for President. Gone was the apathy of former years. Nor was it necessary for party leaders to urge voters to turn out. The section from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, with its 114 electoral votes, left its traditional side-line position of previous presidential years immediaely on the nomination of Gov. Al Smith at Houston, and the resulting spread of its first rcal campaign in more than half a century brought voters to the ballot box in unprecedented numbers. Generally fair, the weather menu for the day, except for probable showers st' for Mississippi, Southern ana and parts of Florida, helped to_swell the tide of voters. Predictions of victory from Demo- cratic leaders were met by equally op- timistic "claims on the part of Repub- licans ahd anti-Smith managers; Texas, the bellwether of ‘the “solld South,” was claimed by the Democrats by a 200,000 majority. Anti-Smith leaders said Smith would lose the State by 50,000, while Republicans foresaw a substantial margin for Hoover. Both Sides Claim Arkansas. Democratic State Chairman Hartsill Ragon placed the majority for Smith and Robinson in Arkansas at from 75,000 to 100,000, against a counter claim by A. J. Rissell, Republican chair- man, that Hoover would win “if a fair election is held.” He added, however, that regardless of the outcome the vote would be so close as to bring about a realignment of political parties in- the State, Mississippi and Louisiana Democratie chieftains forecast a landslide for Smith. Republicans said Hoover had a chance to take both States and in any event would pile up a big vote, Chairman ~ William B. Oliver, pre- dicted Alabama would return a Demo- cratic majority of 50,000, while Horace C. Wilkinson, anti-Smith leader, said the State would go Republican by be- tween 25000 and 30,000. Republicans said their prospects were never brighter. Georgia, said John R. Slater, Demo- cratic campaign manager, would return a majority of from 40,000 to 75,000 for Smith and Robinson. Barry - Wright, point might disarrange the entire plan of the ether. FARM BELT CASTS TREMENDOUS VOTE Fair Weather, = Moderate Temperature Bring Huge Numbers to Polls. By the Associated Press. ‘The meaning of the tremendous regis- tration in the Middle West, qualifying nearly as many woman voters as men, was undergoing interpretation today at the ballot box, which will yield the se- cret of the farm belt's 149 electoral votes and decide nine senatorial and 127 House races. ‘With fair weather and moderate tem- peratures preyailing over most of the area, efrly reports indicated that the record-breaking registration was being translated into a record-breaking vote. More than 300,000 ballots had beea cast in Chicago alone two and one-half hours after the polls opened, and elec- tion officials estimated that Chicagoans chairman of the anti-Smith organiza- tion, predicted Smith would lose the State by about 50,000, and H. G. Has- tings, Republican general, forecast a Hoover majority of upward of 20,000. George W. McCrory, secretary of the Florida Democratic committee, predict- ®d that Smith and Robinson would re- ceive 68 to 71 per cent of the total vote. On the other hand, Glenn B. Skipper, Republican national committeeman and chairman of the campaign committee, said that Hoover would win by a com- fortable majority, which he fixed at mear 50,000. Democrats Claim South Carolina. ‘The Republicans in South Carolina, in the opinion of Democratic Chairman Roach Stewart, would not poll more than 5,000 votes, while, he sald, the Democratic majority would be the larg- est in the State's history. The heaviest Hoover vote was forecast for Charleston County, Ben Adams, chairman of anti- Smith forces, saying there was a pos- sibility it would be in the Hoover col~ umn. Anti-Smith forces claimed North Carolina for Hoover by 30,000, but the Democrats said the Staté would retain its accustomed place with the rest of the South by 25,000 or more, In Virginia R. H. Angell, chairman of the Republican committee, predicted a Hoover-Curtis majority ranging from 15,000 to 25,000. J. Murray Hooker, chairman of the Democratic committee, waid Virginia was safely in the Demo- gratic column by upward of 30,000 votes. Although overshadowed by the presi- idential race, claims of victory emanated from the major parties in several vig- orously contested congressional districts in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. . WOLVES KILL DOGS N [ IN CANADIAN WOO0DS Reported to Have Attacked Ca- nines Used in Rounding Up Deer at Meet. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, November 6.—Reports of wolves attacking hunters' dogs were brought down from the Gatineau dis- trict by Achile Ricard, a high consta- ble, who has just returned from near Farreliton. ‘The dogs were the property of the St. Hubert Hunt Club, situated be- tween Farrellton and St. Plerre de ‘Wakefield, and were used to round up deer at this season’s meet. Two of the dogs were found Saturday in the bush two miles from the camp, mutil- ated about the throat and and a third was dying -from similar wounds. Investigation showed that the ani- mals had been fighting with wolves. Bits of hair and fur resembling that of the Canadian timber wolf were found lying about the battleground and clinging to twigs and bushes. NANKING SIGNS CONTRACT were continuing to the polls at the rate of 100,000 an hour. Downstate Illinois also was turning out heavily, and sim- ilar reports of unprecedented voting came from Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Da- kotas, Kansas and Ohio. Many Women Voting. The woman vote in the urban centers ‘was noticeably large in the early hours. Good roads, incident to the unusually warm November weather, brought early balloting in the country areas. In Nebraska election commissioners decreed that voters in line at the hour the polls closed would be given an op- portunity to vote, regardless of the time Becatis of the iy sesrrarion and-the use of the big registration an length of the ballot. In 1924 all but 13 Wisconsin electoral votes, which went to La Follette, were counted in the Coolidge column in the Midwest, and while Republicans claimed that their traditional front would be isconsin d which' they fought would penetrate the Republican wall. The increased to 45 per cent in some States was called an outpouring to register a con- viction on the farm problem, which was one of the dominant issues in Middle West. Republican spokesmen said the an- nouncement of Herbert Hoover that ff elected he would call a special session of Congress to consider the farm prob- lem had brought evidence of & favor- able reaction among farm belt farmers. On the other hand, George N. Peek, chairman of the Alfred E. Smith in- dependent organizations commiittee, and an active worker for the McNary- Haugen bills, declared that “Mr. Hoov- er's address holds out no new hope for the farmer.” D eratnon] eagots indicare. & ent tural S a wholesale repudiation of Hoover and his policles by normally Republican farmers,” said Mr. Peek. “Our information indicates that Wis- consin, Missouri and Nebraska are safe for 'Smith by a considerable margin; that Smith also will carry Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana in close fights; that Towa and Indiana are definitely in the doubtful column.” Mr. Peek also saw a “definite possibility that Illinois will land in the Smith column.” Western Republican headquarters at Chicago countered with a statement that “official advices received from State managers in all of the so called farm belt States leave no question but that Hoover will carry them all, includ- ing Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da- kota and Nebraska.” AUTO TITLE STOCK SALE RESULTS IN CONVICTION Promoter of Michigan Company Is Said to Have Disposed of $500,000 Worth, WITH R. C. A. FOR STATION $170,000 Gold Involved in Project Scheduled by Chinese Government With U. S. Firm. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI China, November 6— The Nanking government has negotiated a coptract with the Radio Corporation of America for the building of a high- power radio station in Shanghai for world-wide commercial communication. ‘The station is scheduled to open for operation in November, 1929, ‘The contract, which was signed at Nanking by the representative of the radio corporation stationed at Shanghai and the Nationalist Reconstruction Bu- reau, amounts to $170,000 gold. The transaction ends long drawn negotiations between the Nanking gov- ernment and the R. C. A. and German wireless interests, both of the latter seeking the confract. Although the terms have not yet been revealed, the Nationalists and the radio corporation are drawing up a traffic contract where- by the two will carry on transpacific commereial press message: GIVES $1,000 FOR AVIARY. Donator Wants Bald American Eagles Better Cared For. DETROIT, November 6 (#).—Inaugu- rating what ‘he described as a national campaign to better housing conditions bald Amrerican eagles, Warren E. althy local business man, ten- $1,000 to the director of the De- troit Zoological Park yesterday for en- largement of the aviary there. e, particularly the bald American eagle, is our symbol of free- “Zoos persist, however, in caging them. I want to a tbullding bigger cages, where t san have more £ ® | By the Associated Press. - DETROIT, November 6—Cecil L. Snyder, 36, who was accused of having sold $500,000 worth of stock in his automobile abstract and title com- pany - was convicted of violating the Michigan blue sky law by a Recorder’s Court jury yesterday afternoon. ‘The State charged that Snyder promised stockholders they would benefit from suits he proposed to file against several States for alleged in- fringements on what he said was his patented system for automobile ab- stracts and titles. It was charged that Snyder, circularizing the country, rep- resented he would realize millions of dollars from the suits. Following conviction he was sent to jail for examination by the psycho- pathic clinc. He is to appear for sentencing November 12, “Grows” Violins With Gourds Into Casts Made of Glass JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (#).—J. E. Erskine, Jacksonville patent fesearch engineer, has just “grown” a violin in his labratory. Into a glass cast the shape of a violin, Mr. Erskine grew a gourd. When it had completed its growth the cast was broken, the gourd removed and polished to trans- parency. The gourd was lac- quered and strung and Mr. Er- skine said the instrument had a beautiful tone. He said he got his idea several years ago when working in a laboratory where calabash pipes were made. Erskine reported re- cently he had sold the violin at a fancy figure and contemplated growing more violins, as well as other string instruments. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 1928. GRATITUDE SHOWN IN LETTERS PROVES AID TO CHILDREN'S HOME Mrs. Huston Thompson's Tact Brings Gifts Totaling $225.000—New York Mil- Capt. Guy Hill, technical adviser of the Federal Radio Commission, with the “war map” showing the newly assigned allocations for all American broadcast stations which are soon to become effective. So important is this chart that Capt. Hill is the only person permitted to touch it, as the slightest error at any for the division of the broadcast bands : —Underwood Photo. NEW JERSEY POLLS CLOSELY GUARDED “Preventive Measures” Are ' Taken Because of Bitter Campaign Fights. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, November 6—The New Jersey polls opened at 6 o'clock this morning, guarded perhaps as New Jer- sey polls were never guarded before. In addition to the numerous watchers nflmhwd by party leaders and election officials, United States deputy marshals were on hand in Hudson and Essex Countles as a “preventive measure.” A. H. Rachlin and John Ferguson, super- intendents of elections of Essex ;and Hudson Counties, respectively, also have deputized about 1500 men. A recent amendment to the election laws em- powers the superintendents and their deputies to arrest “on sight” persons suspected of fraud. Bitter Campaign. ‘Today's election brings to an end one of the’ bitterest political struggles in New Jersey’s recent history—a. struggle which centered in Essex ‘and Hudson g&u;ma, the industrial section of the Republican leaders went into action when the heavy registration became apparent. The Democrats did likewise when the superintendents of election of the two counties, both Re{mbltc-n. in- dicated they would strike thousands of names from the registry lists as fraudu- lently signed. The Republicans ap- pealed to Federal authoritles for agents and their opponents appealed vainly to the highest State courts to have the amendment to the election law declared uncanstitutional. The United States Attorney General's office declined to use the Department of Justice men as K:)ll guards, but sent agents here to investigate reports of widespread fraud. Thousands Challenged. Rachlin today submitted to district boards in his county a list of 22,000 challenges and !'emon a list of more than 30,000. In Atlantic County almost 4,000 names have been stricken from registry lists. Six county judges were sitting in the | Hudson to hear applications from any of the approximately 22,000 voters challenged by Supt. Ferguson and four m at Jersey City, county seat of Hud- SHIP RUNS ATHWART ROCKS IN DEBT-SUIT Bucoaneers’ Club Barkentine Fails to Take Hudson and Carib- bean Cruises. NEW YORK, November 6 (#)—A barkentine, in which some of the city’s leading business and club men had planned Winter cruises in the Ca- bean, has gone on the rocks without ever making a cruise. A motion for dissolution of the Bue- caneers’ Club Inc, as the group was known, was filed in Supreme Court, al- Lflgfl%flbflifiel of $30,000 and assets The club was organized in 1926 by Ferriss P. Merritt, a soldier of fortune, and had enlisted the support of 400 members with its promise of a secluded retreat on the Hudson River in the Summer and Winter cruises in the Ca- ribbean. Among the members were Wil- liam H. Vanderbilt; John McEntee Bowman, hotel executive; George Pal- mer Putman, the publisher; Benjamin Winter, realtor, and Alfred E. Smith, Jr. Vincent Richards, tennis star, was its first president. LR FLYERS BURNED TO DEATH Watch Fobs Identify Texas Pilot and Jeweler-Passenger. ELECTRA, Tex, November 6 (#)— C. L. Spill, jeweler, and J. S. Phillips, commercial pilot, operating between here and Amarillo, were burned to death when the gasoline tank of their airplane burst and caught fire as they were landing it at the municipal air- Enrt here late yesterday. Both were urned beyond reccgnition, being iden- tified only through watch fobs they ‘wore. Both men lived here. DIVIDENDS. Regular. Pe- Pay- HIds Rateriod. able. record, = 14 oo g8 55 55332388 Sra “Fugediss! s D0D00HLDODODDE! > £ 53 575! ding = McBen Harb-Walk Ref p! Hecla Mining.. McCrory Stor Do Manbatfan Shirt ¥R 5 NEE nk C: obacco Products. Wrigley (Wm. Jr.) Do Do. i kB 2 At Ghenibba BESSES5S: 84 Oil of Tnd Wrigley (Wm. Harb-Walk Ref new..50c @ Dec. Secord (L.) Cndy 8hp.80c Q Dec. Increaseds Beech-Nut Pkg 75¢ Q*Jan. +1029.. Am Power & Lt. Union Tank Car Am Pow & Lt SO o A family of 11 were found occupying a house with only two small bedrooms at Claycross, England, recently, ROBINSON RESTS AND CASTS BALLOT Smith’s Running Mate Voices Confidence in Victory for Party Ticket. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 6.— Senator Joe T. Robinson rested at his home here today, planning but one for- mal activity—the casting of his ballot at a neighborhood drug store. The vice presidential nominee said he was confident of victory for the Democratic party. He planned, with Mrs. Robinson, to receive the returns by radio in his home tonight. Last night he closed his campaign with an address delivered at a home- coming celebration, signalizing the end of a tour of 30 States, one of the long- est a candidate for Vice President has undertaken. Heads Capital Parade. Riding with Mrs. Robinson at the head of a torchlight parade, he re- | ceived the cheers of Little Rock’s thou- sands. Behind him in the parade rode six former Governors of Arkansas and hundreds of political leaders and well- wishers from over the State. In his address at the State Capitol he declared he expected a political revolution today, saying he placed his dependence for Democratic victory espe- clally on the farmers of the Nation. “For the first time in history the de- cision rests with the farmers them- selves. “They have the balance of power. Sends Wire to Smith. After his address he telegraphed his party chief, Gov. Alfred E. Smith, ex~ pressing his hopes of victory and assur- ing the nominee for President that “you will carry into that high office the same notable ability and devotion to public welfare which has marked your administration as governor. * * *" Telegrams congratulating him upon his campaign and last night's address began coming in before midnight and the Senator said he intended to break today's quiet only to vote and acknowl- edge as many of them as possible. FEEAAIE N Since the establishment of the air service in Alaska, there have been 300,- 000 miles of flying, 1,000 passengers and 30,000 pounds of freight carried by air without loss or injury. Recognizing with one of Have electrically controlled oil heat over all other methods of heating, we decided months ago to offer com- plete, automatic, all-electric oil heating service to the home owners of Washington and its environs. Accordingly, our engineers set out to find an All-Electrie, Entire- ly Automatic oil burner that would meet our requirements. searching investigation they chose Electrol, the oil burner with The Master Control. The selection of Electrol links the facilities and resources of the Potomac Electric Appliance Co. Electrol is listed as standard by the Underwriters’ Laboratories, and bears their label. Made in St. Louis by ELECTROL, IN. CORPORATED, Member of the 0il Heating Institute. NTn APPLIANCE COMPANY | J U \Y I I EVERYTHING lionaire Touched BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Mrs. Huston Thompson, leading ‘Washington Democratic hostess, thinks it pays to write nice letters of thanks. At any rate, her tactful and apprecia- tive pen has enriched the venerable Washington City Orphan Asylum to the extent of $225,000 in cash and put it in the way of becoming the model home for parentless children in the United States. The asylum, founded in 1812 for the benefit of children who lost their fa- thers in the Anglo-American war of that year, for decades occupied premises at Fourteenth and S streets. Thanks mainly to the beneficence of the New York multi-millionaire who liked Mrs. Thompson's grateful letters, the asylum is now a semi-suburban institution .on Nebraska avenue, with modern buildings and beautiful grounds of its own. Ifs anonymous patron, one of the kings 0% ‘Wall street, scion of an old financial family and endower of a children’s foundation, made it a condition that his name should remain a secret. Other- wise it would probably be associated in a memorial spirit with the establish- ment now known as “Hillcrest—a Chil- dren’s Village.” First Check for $50,000. The story of Hillcrest's $225,000 wind- fall 1s a philanthropic romance. A year and a half ago, or thereabouts, the asy- lum made a formal request for some of the rich New York man’s bounty. To the pleasureable astonishment of its board of lady managers, he rolled along his check for $50,000 as a Christmas present. That's where Mrs, Huston Thompson, who originally hailed from Colorado, was educated at Ogontz and then married the former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, came into the golden picture. It was her duty as corresponding secretary to write a letter of thanks, which included | a summary of the asylum's plans for rhe future. Hardly a week passed before Mrs. Thompson heard from the New Yorker in these terms: “I am so favorably impressed by what you propose to do that I want to ask if you will _accept an additional con- tribution. It seems to me you should by Appreciation. As soon as Mrs. Thompson had re- covered her composure she dispatched another letter of grateful acknowledg- ment, narrating in exuberant terms what the asylum now could proceed to do for its unfortunate inmates. A month elapsed. Then the postman ar- rived at Mrs. Thompson's address with another registered letter bearing a fa- miliar return-emblem in the upper left-hand corner. “I've been thinking about your project,” it said, “and I feel that you will need still more money for its complete realization. I am there- fore sending you another check.” The inclosure represented an even $100,000. In consequence of all this munifi- cence, “Hillcrest” is becoming a de- lightful complex of low, rambling stone buildings, which, when the archi- tectural scheme is worked out, will resemble an English village. It sur- mounts a hill on Nebraska avenue, half way between Massachusetts and Wisconsin avenues. In all directions there spreads out a landscape of rare panoramic beauty. No charitable institution in the Dis- trict of Columbia claims finer tradi- tions than Hillerest. Its founder in 1812 was Marcia Van Ness, distin- guished Washingtonian of that his- toric era. The Van Ness homestead occupied land on which now stands the Pan-American Union palace. Dolly Madison was one of the first direc- tresses of the Washington City Orphan Asylum. The present board of lady managers includes Mrs. W. V. Cox, president; Mrs. Douglas Putnam Birnie, second directress; Mrs, L. M. Saunders, recording secretary; ~Mrs. Huston ‘Thompson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. B. W. Parker, treasurer; Mrs, A. B. Browne, assistant secretary; Mrs. Fernando Cuniberti, Mrs. Frederick A. Fenning, Mrs. George M. Eckles, Miss Fieberger, Mrs. Andrew Bradley, Mrs. William D. Colt and Mrs. Ridgely Brown. Wiry kangaroos from Australla are now contributing their tendons to Amer- ican surgery. Eight or ten cases of these fine strips of muscle sinew come here each year on ships from the Orient for distribution to American manufac- have more money in order to accom- plish your purposes. Enclosed is my check for $75,000.” 14th & C Sts. N.W. turers of surgical supplies. 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