Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1928, Page 4

4 ® ALGER-LIKE TRIO INVOLVED N SHIFT Three Union Pacific Officials Started at Bottom of Ladder. By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 8— Three Alger-like heroes, who climbad different ladders to success, are involved in changes on the Union Pacific Rail- road system as the result of the re- tirement of E. E. Calvin, vice president of operations. Calvin, & messenger boy on the Big Four at 14, Is succceded by W. M. Jef- fers, who began on the Union Pacific | as & call boy. Jeffers' place as general manager will be taken by N. A. Wil- liams, who at 20 was a section hand on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy. Williams has been general superintend- | ent at Cheyenne. Was Pioncer Railroader. Calvin, 70 years old, is one of the Western railroad pioneers. He served the Union Pacific as a telegraph opera- tor at many frontier points, when herds | of buffalo often interrupted trafic and the danger from excited Indians was W be reckoned with. His retirement, effec- { tive November 1, terminates an inter-| esting railway career. | ‘When Harriman, the railroad organ-| izer, districted the Harriman lines in 1904, Calvin, who had been general superintendent at Salt Lake City, went to Portiand as general manager of the road. Next he was at San Francisco as a vice president of the Southern Pa- cific. Calvin directed railroad relief work after the earthquake and fire. When the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were segregated in 1914, Calvin was assigned to the Northern lines. In 1920 he became vice president of oper- ations. Worker From Bottom. Jeffers' entire railroad carcer has| been linked with the Union Pacific. Call boy, telegrapher, clerk in' the maintenance of way, timekeeper, extra gang foreman, train dispatcher, chief dispatcher at North Platte, Nebr.; train- master at Green River, Wyom., and Denver, back to Green River as assist- ant - superintendent, superintendent there in 1909, at Cheyenne and Omaha and finally general manager in 1926— these were the rungs of his ladder to the present distincuion. ‘Williams tired of swinging a pick on a section g and became a brakeman on the “Q” He jumped to the Den- ver and Rio Grande, became a con- ductor, assistant superintendent and superintendent at Salt Lake. He quit to run a mercantile business, but aban- doned it for railroading in 1916. That year he entered the Union Pacific as a trainmaster at Grand Island, Nebr, By 1922 he was a Cheyenne superin- tendent, then general superintendent at Los Angeles. Te came back to Chey- enne as general superintendent in 1925. | MELLON IS SILENT ON HOOVER CABINET Report Secretary Will Succeed Himself Is Not Discussed—Gal- latin Record Recalled. Secretary of the. Treasury Melion, who has been viewed as one member of the Coolidge cabinet who would continue into the Hoover administration, was modestly but firmly non-committal in his office today concerning reports that President-elect Hoover will offer him the post and that he will accept. He made no comment. Friends of Mr. Mellon, however, were tary of the Treasury, entering next March into histhird term in that office. Mr. Mellon first was appointed by Presi- dent Harding, and has held the post for nearly eight years. Should Mellon be selected a third time to continue as Secretary, he would not break the record. Another Pennsyl- vanian served his country in the early days of the Republic as Secretary of the Treasury, Albert Galiatin, whose picture hangs on the wall of Mr. Mellon’s private office. Mr. Gallatin| lw!“l‘lmm from May, 1801, to April, | RETIREMENT GROUP OFFICERS RE-ELECTED| Joint Conference Becks Early Ac-| tion on Lehlbach-Dale Civil Bervice Bill. The joint conference on retirement, representing 300,000 civil service em- ployes of the Government, has re-| elected its officers for another term, it | was announced today. ‘These officers are Robert H. Alcorn, chairman: Thomas P. Flaherty, secre- tary, and William M. Collins, treasurer. | ‘The conference hzs decided to make every effort to obtain early action on the Lehlbach-Dale civil service retire- ment bill, which hes already parsed the Senate and is now on the House Jeg tive calendar, it 2nnounced. 'nu.l bill provides for an increase in the an- | nual maximum retirement annuity| from $1,000 to $1,200 and for lower re- tirement age qualifications. 25 SEATS IN HOUSE AND SIX IN SENATE GAINED BY G. 0. P. __(Continued From First Page,) Solicitor Geners ppears to have been defeated by William L. Rooney, Demo- crat, but a recount is being taken in this district. Rhode Island—Third district, where former Representative Jeremiah E. O'Connell, Democrat, has won the seat now occupied by Louis Morast. One of the biggest surprises in the congressional returns is the way in ‘which the Republican landslide for the presidency has carried with it House districts in what have heretofore been Democratic strongholds—winning six Democratic seats in Kentucky, two in Oklahoma, three in Virginia and two in North Carolina, with the indications that the sweep may carry other districts where & nip-and-tuck fight is being waget. North Carolina Upsets. In_North Carolina two conspicuous members of the present House suffered defeat, Maj. Charles M. Steadman, the sole remaining Confecderate veteran in the House, who has had 18 years of continuous service, and Maj. A.'L. Bul- winkle, a World War veteran, who has taken a prominent place in urging leg- islation beneficial to the service men. Another tens: contest in Texas seems to have resulted in th> re-election of the only Republican House member from the Lone Ster State, Representa- tive Harry M. Wurzbach. by the scant majority of 89 vots. This race was the closest in th political history of the State. The entire Ceylon rubber erop was “pbtained from para seedlings in 1870 and developed . at Kew. Gardens, Lon- oD States No. of Alabama. .. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 8. CONGRESS ELECTION AT GLANCE Seats SENATE Old Congress Dem. Arizona Arkansas. ...... California....... Colorado. .. Connecticut. Florida Georgia lliinois | | Indiana Kentucky... Louisiana Maine. .. Maryland Massachusetts. ... Michigan. . . Minnesota Mississippi. Missouri Montana. . Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey............... New Mexico New York North Carolina........ s North Dakota......... A5 Pennsylvania. ........... o Rhode Island.............. South Carolina. . South Dakota. Tennessee Utah. Vermont. ‘Washington West Virginia....... AN ‘Wisconsin Totals Republicans and Democrats.... Farmer-Labor (Minnesota)........ Socialist (Wisconsin)....... TOTALS.............. Returns from some States are 435 not yet complete. whole people. Any criticism of those ARLINGTON HOOVER | Hoover 88, Smith 43; VOTE 4272701439 Ballots of Eleven Precincts of County Certified by Commission. jpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, November 8.—!| Complete and official returns in the presidential race in Arlington County announced today by the county elec- toral n which met at the courthouse to canvass the vote, give Hoover 4,272, and Smith 1,439. The vote in the 11 precincts were certified as follows: Virginia Highlands, Hoover 314, Smith 86; Del Ray pre- cinct, Hoover 720, Smith 222; Clar- endon precinct, Hoover 851, Smith 265; Ballston, Hoover 440, Smith 180; Ar- lington, };%ver 4!%517;1:: 168: Rosslyn, ver , Smi j 3 o Cherrydale, Hoo- ver 240, Smith 103; East Falls Church, Hoover 123, Smith 73; Carne, Hoover 240, Smith 66. Moral Duty Seen Fulfilled. “Confronted with the choice of pre- serving her political traditions or dis- charging a great moral duty to t.l.le Na- tion Virginia chose the . sald Frank J. Campbell, former president of the Arlington County Civic Federation. “The common people rose in their might and disposed forever of the charge that Virginians would always vote the Demo- cratic ticket whether nominees are worthy. The result should teach poli- ticians that Virginians will follow as long as they are morally right and no longer. Much depends on atti- tude of the two big parties toward those who bolted the party as to how the voters will act in the future.” William L. Bragg, chairman of the| County Democratic committee, declared that while the result of the election was 2 blow to the party in the county and State, he did not believe that the “wound was unhealable.” “What has occurred in this State,” Prank Lyon. leader of the anti-Smith forces in the eighth Virginia district, sald today, “is the inevitable result when there is forced upon a candidate who proclaims his contempt for the ideals for which the State has stood from Colonial days. Men and women of the eighth congressional dis- trict will not follow blindly the lead of an office-holding class, but in local will express independence. The result will be a much improved State and county government. Party Future in Virginia, wsme Senator Frank L. Ball had this say: ‘The future of the Democratic party in Virginia lies ly with the attitude of its leaders. people are Democratic at heart and are anxious to continue the policles as to roads, schools, health, taxation and other vital State functions, which in the last few years have placed Virginia in the forefront of the progressive States of the Union. To do this all those of Democratic faith must be united to carry on these State policies until such a time as our party can develop a great national leader, with personality, states- manship and rugged character sufficient to marshall the national Democracy under the old Jeffersonian banner of the administratlon of government by popular will, in:the interests of the country. who voted against the national Demo- cratic ticket would be disasterous. As what he honestly thought best for the PR SPANISH PAPER LAMENTS DECISIVE SMITH DEFEAT Sees Continuation of Imperialism in Philippines and Latin Amer- ica Under Hoover. By the Associated Press. MADRID, November 8 —Commenting on the American presidential election, El Debate said today: “As far as Spain is concerned two points in Smith’s program merited our e, e e, es a e - tervention in_ smail ‘Sp - American countries. We know that Smith's vic- ore! of United States, but po:cymk two points, it was sufficient to_know that the huge influence of the President of the Republic would lean in that direc- tion and we admired him for his cour- age in saying so. these reasons we lament Smith’s defeat. “The luge maglcrrlty given Hoover makes us think that the imperialistic policy followed for years in the Philip- pines and Spanish-America will con- tinue and this we, of course, regret.” ASTO as well as State and national affairs, | Radio Set Stolen From Democratic Headquarters Here The theft from Democratic headquarters, at 16 Jackson place, of a borrowed radio sel was re- ported to police today by John F. Costello, national committeeman, ‘When it was at first discovered that the radio was gone, it was thought the owner might have decided the set was no needed and taken it home. Con- sequently the report was not made until. this theory had been dis- proved. The set is valued at $200. HATFIELD LEADS NEELY. 2,215 of 2,310 West Virginia Pre- cincts Give 8,222 Margin. CHARLESTON, W. Va., November 8 (P)~Dr. Henry D. Hatfleld, Republi- can, had a lead of 8222 votes over Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, in their race for the United States sen- atorship, as additional returns were received today from Tuesday's elec- tion. The figures in 2,215 out of 2,310 pre- g‘l'x;cu gave Hatfield 311,148; Neely, GERMANY VIEWS HOOVER | ELECTION WITH FAVOR VIRGINA BALDY MAY BE 00 Hoover Continues Gain as Of- ficial Old Dominion Count Progresses. | By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Vi November 8. — |v1.r||nh. home of Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic for half a n;mttrl:.r{ onret Mflt J, L supporters of party e * Bouth States, spent its first day as a Republican State by watching Repub- lean congressional candidates add to the victory registered by Herbert Hoo- ver. ‘The Hoover vote mounted slowly as returns came from the mountain pre- | cincts in the southwestern section of the State, and his lead over Gov. Smith stood more than 20,000 with returns from 1,648 out of 1,665 pre cincts. The vote was Hoover, 154,0 Smith, 132,097. There was every in- | dication that the unprecedently large | total vote of 300,000 would be recorded in the Old Domlrlm State, lndulhli Smith_might receive as many votes as . in 1024, 139,797, James A. Garber, Republican, became the second pf his party to win a seat| in the Staté’s delegation in the House today when Representative Thomas H. Dmm'h: of th‘;n n&nm district, conceded the election. m- lete returns for the district gave Gar- ger a lead of 506 votes in 20,526 cast. Menaclus Lankford, Republican, de- feated J. T. Deal, Demfu'ltlc incum- bent, by a large majorily on complete returns of the second district. Two other Repuel:’llcgl l:.ongnuiom; candidates appear Ve a gOoOo chance, while a fourth conceded in the fifth district to Representative Joseph Whitehead, who held a commanding lead of 2,000 votes with the district re-| ported almost complete. Joseph C.| Shaffer, Republican, had 20,730 votes | to 19,609 for Willlam H. Rouse, Demo- crat, in the three-fourths complete ninth district, and M. J. Putnam, Re- publican, was leading Henry St. George ‘Tucker, Democratic incumbent. in the ;w‘?,;thlrds complete tenth, 9,722 to At ITALIAN ART EXHIBIT MAY BE SHOWN HERE" Art Leader Here Count Umberto Gnoli Hopes to Have Paintings Transferred From New York. Hope that the conwmplated exhibit by the Itallan government of modern | contemporary paintings to be held in |New York next Fall would be brought |to Washington was expressed by Count | Umberto Gnoli, superintendent of fine arts of the Italian government, upon | his arrival in Washington yesterday to |consult with the Italian Ambassador. | Nobile Giacomo de Martino, upon plans for the exhibit. No definite plans have been made as vet, he said, although he had reason to | believe that the exhibit may be brought ‘o the Capital. | This exeflbttlon is to be composed of | peintings which are not for sale, but which have been purchased for the Italian national galleries. Count Gnoli arrived in this country from Rome 12 days ago and is giving a COUNT UMBERTO GNOLI, series of lectures on the history of art Superintendent of fine arts for the | before students of leading American lian Go t. universities. Cisen st | Although Count Gnoli has visited this country several times before this is his first trip to Washington. DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT |5t Whahogion ™ ° MANDATE SEEN IN VOTE| WILL DECLINE OFFICE. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 8.—The Wom- | en's National Cg:x;mic{ge “fio u’w En- forcement comprising 10 national wom- an's ornnlnupns gave out the follow-| TAMPA, Fla, November 8 (P.— ing statement today through its Presi-| William J. Gober, United States ais- dent, Mrs. Henry W. Peabody of Massa- | trict attorney for Florida, announced chusetts: | todain t‘hnche hwoulgh not accept lrn' “The election of Herbert Hoover is|PPEIitment wien term expired the ‘gg‘,fl; g)(g‘heg hc,y for ;nl;detrendum &’Jmn{sw. but refused to make i A e e His name had been mentioned f voters have declared they want more, o S not less, prohibition—more, not less, en- | JUeNtlY in connection with the appoint- forcement of the eighteenth amend- | Ment of '&c’e’!’g‘fi{‘gfif e G men | statement described Hoover's | di2d 3 vear ago. “;‘;gr’ it ot women's out.| Provision for the appointment of pouring to the polls to prevent a breake 4 & third-Federal judge for Florida pass- down in law enforcement, and said his | & ¢ Senate durlag the last session election should banish 'forever from|f CoNgress but failed to pass the American politics “the liquor-controlled | House before adjournment. politician.” i W E T 5 ‘The Women's National Committee in German Automobile Club, Dresden, cludes the General Federation of Wol offers prizes from 1,000 to 10,000 for en’s Clubs, Parent-Teachers’ Orpnizl-lbeu mufflers submitted before Decem- tions and ‘similar_associations. ber 1. District Attorney in Florida Will Not Seek Reappointment. All the Gig Games—The Rumble Seat Coat (Registration Applied for) American oVte Eclipses Pessimism Caused by Crisis in French Cabinet. By the Assoclated Press. H BERLIN, November 8.—The election of Herbert Hoover produced a favorable effect on the Berlin Bourse i completely ecli) the pessimistic con- éaeturu cat by the French cabinet German economic circles see in the results of the United States election ground for hope that the Washington Government may_co-operate in a plan for 'revising the Dawes system of rep- arations payment. As a result, the atti- tude of German opinion toward the projected conference on'revision has be- come more hopeful. The Bourse continued its lifeless trend despite the reco of & number | of issues. Bankers are disposed to wait for some definite reaction on the New . 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