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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair and continued cold, with lowest temperature about light frost; tomorrow partly cloudy. Tem| tures: peral Hig| yesterday; lowest, 39, at 7:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Closin Bureau Forecast.) 34 degrees; probably hest, 60, at 2 p.m. h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,741 post office, Entered as second class matte; ‘Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, ‘DenCs; . FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 9, 1928—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. No. 30,873. 2! HOOVER'S CABINET MAY BE ALL NEW EXCEPT MELLON Borah and Houghton Are Mentioned for Secretary of State Position. WOMEN BELIEVED DUE FOR OTHER RECOGNITION Southern Sector and West Consid- ered Deserving of Posts of Highest Rank. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Herbert Hoover, President-elect, will pick his own cabinet and submit it to the Senate soon after he is inaugurated next March. In the meantime many cabinets will be selected for him. Al- ready discussion of this or that man for this or that cabinet post has begun. Mr. Hoover has served himself for many years in the cabinet and with many members of the Coolidge cabinet. How many of them will he invite to re- tain their present jobs? If he invites several of them to, remain, will the others feel keenly the discrimination against them? Does Mr. Hoover prefer a cabinet which will work with him or a cabinet which will work for him? In the end Mr. Hoover alone will decktle.lh e versations abou e rtl):nb‘lg l;‘t;évecrm::ahinen the suggestion rs heard that one member of the pres- ent cabinet, at least, will be asked to Tetain his office. That is Secretary Mel- lon of the Treasury. Mr. Mellon has a Nation-wide reputation as a remarkably successful head of the Treasury Depart- ment. He has been eminently success- ful. Secretary Likes Job. ‘There is a general impression Mr. Mellon likes his work and (o the official life in’ Was! e . suggested that Mr. Hoover might D! b: Mr. Mellon as an outstanding mem! ; of the cabinet, a great spechnst.‘ lt?l if he invited no other members o h: present cabinet to remain, there mig] ‘e little or no feel‘hl:‘x‘ofc‘ rs‘fi:‘m;g:e:sn part e othel . o b !grhesidem will have to de- he will give recog- of his cabinet South, four of their electoral votes electoral college per- . Outstanding Re- the Southland, doubtless considered for a cabinet po- publican party is to retain that that likes Virginian Is Mentioned. Anderson of Richmond, Va. one of the States to go Republican tx; ihe national election, an attorney, n:‘ & forward in the past as a candidat or the vice vnshigemhl Wd’;:““@'fi‘u l: mentioned in i beuwnwsve ey e ) f Virginia, former member of the House and former secreudry w‘ the President, might be considere » “The women of the country play d‘ great part in the campaign just passed. They would like recognition in the &ei- lection of the cabinet. But 1t is di & cult to see just where a woman wouls fit into the cabinet at this time. If in the future a new department of educa- tion and welfare were established, there would be more chance for such an ap- nt. mfigeMml ‘Walker Willebrandt, As- sistant Attorney General, has been mentioned, it is true, as a possible suc- to Attorne; mm J. Donuvym of Buffalo, N. Y., at present assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral, is believed to have the call on that office. He has been a most capable of- ficial. He is thoroughly familiar with the working of the department, and he . was an early supporter of the nomina- tion of Mr. Hoover for President. Mrs. Willebrandt is more likely, it is_be- lieved, to receive appointment as Fed- eral judge, if she desires to go on the bench. Secretary of State. ‘When attention is turned to the State Department, two men are much in the ublic eye for the job. The first is - gemwr ‘William E. Borah of Idaho and the second is Alanson B. Houghton of New York, recently defeated for Sen- ator. Mr. Houghton was formerly Am- bassador to Germany and is now Am- bassador to Great Britain. Senator Borah probably could have the job if he wanted it. Doubt is expressed that he desires to leave the Senate, where he is a commanding figure and chair- man of the Senate foreign relations committee, to enter the cabinet, even as Secretary of State. The other cabinet job to which he might be chosen, if he desired, is that of Attorney General. Senator Borah has played a major part in the cam- paign just closed. He has been one of the most effective speakers on the stump, if not the most, for the Hoover- Curtis ticket. Mr. Houghton is regarded as a thoroughly capable officer, with a wide knowledge of foreign affairs. He did much for the candidacy of Mr. Hoover in the campaign just close particularly with his speeches in St. Louis and other parts of the West. Spoke for National Ticket. He left his own campaign in New York for the Senate to give his best services to the national ticket. There are, to be sure, many persons who would like to see Charles Evans Hughes of New York go back into the office of Secretary of State. Mr. Hughes did yoeman service in the cam- paign, too. But Mr. Hughes volul tarily took himself out of the State De- partment some time ago, after distin- guished service there. He absolutely declined to have his name considered for the Republican presidential nomi- nation, and the opinion is that he will Secretary Kellogg has already announced his in- tention of retiring from public office at the close of the present administration. Unless Mr. Hoover intends to invite practically all the members of the cabi- net to retain their offices, it is not con- sidered likely that the present Secre- taries of the Navy and of War will be Secretary Wilbur of the Navy, formerly chief justice of the Su- preme Court of California, may be given appointment as Federal judge. Secretary Dwight Davis, who succeeded the late John W. Weeks as Secretary | atter having received { not again enter public life. continued. ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.). General Sargent. But | RALPH GIVEN M POLICE COURT Prosecutor’s Name Known to Head List Before the President. Strongly Recommended Be- cause of Long Record as Lawyer. Ralph Given, for nearly a quarter of a century assistant United States attorney at the Police Court of the District of Columbia, is known to be | under serious consideration by Presi- dent Coolidge for appointment to fill the vacancy on the Police Court bench caused by the death several months | ago of Judge George H. Macdonald. After carefully studying the long list of names of applicants and others who were suggested for this bench appoint- ment, President Coolidge is understood to have settled upon Mr. Given as the best qualified for the place. This has not been definitely announced at the White House, but the indications at noon today were that the appointment would be forthcoming very shortly, probably within the next 24 hours. Mr. Given was not a candidate for the post. His appointment was recom- mended by the executive committee of the Republican State committee in the District. Resolutions recommending Mr. Given and containing reference to his peculiar qualifications and his long meritorious service at the Police Court, which were adopted at a meeting of the AY BE NAMED JUDGE SHORTLY [ RALPH GIVEN. —Harris-Ewing Photo. committee yesterday afternoon, were brought to the White House today by C. C. Glover, jr., vice chairman of the committee, and T. Lincoln Townsend, secretary. In urging the uppointment of Mr. Given this local Republican organiza- tion emphasized the fact that they were not doing so because of any political reasons, but because of Mr. Given's knowledge of the duties that devolve upon a Police Court judge and his exceptionally splendid record as a Government _ prosecutor during the many years he has been assigned to that court as an assistant United States attorney. Attention was also called to the fact that Mr. Given by reason of his 27 (Continued on' Page 2, Column 6) FARMLAD SESSIN NEGESTYDOLBTED McNary Thinks Congress Can Pass Acceptable Bill Within Week. By the Associated Press. Chairman McNary of the Senate committee on agriculture today said that he did not think an extra session would be necessary to obtain farm relief legislation. In the opinion of Senator McNary it will be possible to pass a farm relief measure acceptable to President Cbolidge the consideration of such a bill would BIl upon the “meeting of the Senate eliminated. “It is not necessary for us to have more hearings,” he explained, adding, “we already have all the information we need as to what should be done and as to what would be ‘acceptable to Pres- ident Coolidge.” We should therefore act promptly and can well afford to put into operation the machinery of a board to the exportable surplus, pro- vide funds for financing co-operative associations and other provisions which have also received the approval of President-elect Hoover and let this machinery get into full operation in time to handle the next harvest. Noth- ing could be gained by postponing ac- tion until a special session in the Spring. ‘We can get the measure through this Winter and I can see no reason for delaying action.” REDS PROTEST GERMAN BAR ON SALE OF ART Injunction in Berlin Obtained by Russians Is Contested by Soviet Embassy. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 9—The Soviet embassy in informal discussions with the German foreign office has protested against the recent injunction of the Berlin courts against the sale of art ob- Jjects confiscated by the Soviet govern- ment. Interim injunctions against the sale of certain pieces had begn granted to 14 Russian emigres, who claimed that the objects were their personal property. The Russian embassy holds that the Soviet state rightfully nationalized the property and now hoids the title to it. ‘The Lepke auction house, which has been conducting the sale in behalf of the Soviets, has entered a plea for an- nulment of the injunctions. PLANTAGO WINS CUP. Promptitude Second, Saturn Third in Liverpool Race. LIVERPOOL, November 9 (#). | Plantago, by Phalaris, out of Scarlet | Martagon, and owned by W. M. G. Singer, won the Autumn Cup today. J. D. Robertson’s Promptitude was sec- ond and L. Neumann'’s Saturn was third. slgleen ran. antago won by a short head, while two lengths separated second and third. ‘The betting was 100 to 8, 20 to 1 and 100 to 7. The stake was £2,000 and medzhunce 2 mile, 2 furlongs and 170 yards. STREAM OF LAVA WIPES OUT TOWN 10,000 Homeless, 3 Dead. Cats and Birds Lured to Death by Fire. By the Associated Press. CATANIA, Sicily, November 9.— Mascali, once the home of 10,000 per- sons, today was a mass of lava and shooting flames. Three persons, whose escape was cut off, perished in the molten stream rolling down the slopes of Mount Etna. The onrush of the three principal within & week. He does not believe that | lava streams which had threatened the region between Mascali and the sea,|WOR endanger other legislation 'pending be- | however, seemed to have diminished in fore the short session. He will offer a|intensity. “The disaster 80 stunned the simple recognition | broadly along the lines of the McNary- | Tolk of the countryside that gendarmes and firemen sent to the scene from Catania sometimes found it necessary to use force to drive them to places of safety. The three casualties were a father, son and grandson named Pistorio. They had returned to their home to save household goods and as they slept the lava surrounded the dwemng.y Fe‘l)- low townsmen were forced to watch death overtake the three from beyond :g: nfi'h of lava, being helpless to réscue Spectacle Facinates Many. The spectacle of relentlessly flowing lava seemed to exercise a terrible fasci- nation on men and beasts. A number of cats were lured into Mascali by the fiery sight and destroyed by the molten mass. Birds which hovered over thc river of lava were caught by the fumes and fluttered down into the fire like dead leaves. Two poor peasant women tearfully begged the authorities for permission to disinter the body of one of their rela- tives s0 as to bury it in a safer place. The advance of the lava made it neces- | sary that the request be refused. A monument to the war dead, which ‘| was to have been unveiled on Sunday, was hastily dedicated just before the lava reached it. Fascists performed the rite by calling the names on the roll of the dead while the crowd answered “present” as each name was called. Several companies of engineer troops were trying today to lay mines in order (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WOMAN FOUND SLAIN IN BASEMENT OF HOME Robbery Theory Discounted When Valuable Diamonds Are Found Intact. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 9.—The body of Mrs. Jennie Lantz, 51, widow of a re- puted wealthy Detroit real estate dealer, was found this morning near the fur- nace in the basement of her home. Her head had been crushed. The body was found by Mrs. Priscilla Selmis, a neighbor, who said she entered the Lantz home to investigate because she had not seen Mrs. Lantz since yes- terday afternoon. Near the body, which lay in a pool of blood, was one of Mrs. Lantz’ slippers, Police said, following a preliminary investigation, that they believed Mrs. Lantz was slain yesterday afternoon. One theory advanced was that she might have been slain by a robber, al- though a number of her valuable dia- monds were found in the house. Mrs. Lantz had resided alone in her home since the death of her husband, James Lantz, 18 months ago. | Lorton Prisoners Fre More than a score of prisoners were released from the District workhouse at Lorton, Va., this morning to fight a fire which destroyed the home of Clar- ence Jett, in charge of the cement works at the institution. They suc- ceeded in removing the furniture, but were too late to save anything else. The fire was discovered at 6 o'clock this morning by Mrs. Frank Hornbaker, wife of the prison physician, and she notified Capt. M. M. Barnard, superin- tendent of the District’s penal institu- tion, who lives on the reservation. ‘Together with Capt. Julian Schoen, workhouse superintendent, they re- leased between 25 and 30 prisoners, reaching the fire withing 10 minutes larm. entire ro0f When they arrived ed to Fight Fire At Home of Cement Plant Manager of the house was on fire and their ef- forts were turned toward saving what they could of the contents. The chem- ical apparatus, which was brought from the reformatory on the same res- ervation, was ineffective in extinguish- ing the flames. Jett and his wife, together with their | feated Representative J. Earl Major, 166. 0. MAJGRITY IN SENATE AND 100 INHOUSE PROBABLE Belated Election Returns Con- tinue to Increase Repub- lican. Gains. HATFIELD LIKELY VICTOR IN WEST VIRGINIA FIGHT Democrats Lose Heavily in Seats From Kentucky and Missouri Districts. Republican majorities in both Senate and Mouse were increased today by be- lated returns on Tuesday's vote. It now seems certain that Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia, has been defeated by Henry D. Hatfield, Re- publican, running to seven the number of seats in the upper branch now held by Democrats that have been captured by Republicans. The latest returns indicate that the Republicans will have a majority of about 100 in the House, whereas in the they had a mljofltyl e Democrats. Gain 32 Seats. ‘With only three districts out of the 435 still in doubt, the Republicans have gained 32 seats, 30 of which are now Democratic and one each held by a Socialist and a Farm-Laborite. As against_this the Democrats have cng- tured three Republican seats. Of tI three seats still in doubt, two are now held by Republicans and one by 2 mocrat. De'l‘he West Virginia contest between Senator Neely and Hatfield is the only senatorial race not finally settled, and if complete returns show Senator Neely is defeated, the Republicans would have in the Senate in the new Congress 55 seats, against 39 by the Democrats, 1| Farmer-Labor and 1 seat vacant. Prior to Tuesday’s election the Senate line-up stood 47 Republicans, 46 Democrats, 1 Farmer-Labor and 2 vacancies. In ad- dition to the seats gained from the Democrats, the Republicans filled one of the two vacant places by electing Otis F. Glen of Iilinois. Democrats Lose Heavily. In the House the Republicans rivaled their successful raid, by which they cap- tured six of the eight Democratic seats in Kentucky, by taking a like number in Missouri, which seems l'kely to be increased to seven, as the third district, now represented by Representative Jacob L. Milligan, seems to have been by H. F. Lawrence, Republican. In Kentucky the Republicans ousted the Democratic incumbents in ‘the third, Ui, SR ke U Repubieana tured the fifth, sixth, seventh, thir- nh‘v’nur.edfour'tenlh and sixteenth dis- tricts, which are now held by Demo- its. crats. In Ohio the Republicans gained three seats in the eighth, fourteenth and six- teenth districts. In Virginia they gained three seats in the second, sev- enth and ninth districts, which have always been strongly Democratic. In New York the Republicans captured | Democratic seats in the seventeenth and thirty-eighth districts. In North Caro- lina they defeated two prominent mem- bers of the House, Maj. Bulwinkle in the ninth district and Zebulon Weaver m the tenth district. Returns yesterday showed that Maj. Charles M. Stedman, the veteran Confederate member from the fifth district of North Carolina, bad been defeated, but later reports show that he has been re-elected. In Okla- homa the Republicans took the Demo- cratic seats in the. first and fifth dis- tricts. In Maryland they captured the second district, now represented by Repre- sentative Willlam P. Cole, jr, of Towson, who was a member of the House District committee. In _Colo- rado they defeated S. Harrison White, Democrat, in the first district. In Ili- nois Frank M. Ramey, Republican, de- present Coni of 42 over Democrat, in the twenty-first district. In Pennsylvania the thirtieth district was won by Capt. William R. Coyle, Republican, a native of the National Capital and a former Congressman. In Indlana the Republicans captured the third district, and in Nebraska the fifth district from Democratic occupancy. Wisconsin Solidly Republican. Wisconsin sent a solid Republican delegation to the House through the de- feat of Victor Berger, Socialist, by Wil- liam H. Stafford, a former member, with a scant mafjority of 810 votes. Through the electicn of Mr. Stafford and Merlin Hull, a newspaper man, Wisconsin is sending two conservative Republicans to the House, which breaks into the solid anti-administration group from Wisconsin during the last few years. These two new members, with Representative_Schafer in the fourth district and Representative Frear in the tenth district, were the only ones (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FACTORY BLAST TOLL IS INCREASED T0 18 Three Others in Serious Condition After Explosion in Lynn Plant, By the Assoclated Press. LYNN, Mass, November 9.—The ex- plosion which wrecked the Preble Box Toe Factory yesterday claimed its eighteenth victim today, when Lewis Rogers, an employe of the factory, died in the Lynn Hospital. He was the sixth person to have died in the hospital, 12 others being killed outright. While a thorough investigation of the explosion was being made by inspectors from the State fire marshal's office, preparations were being made for the funerals of those who lost their lives when the blast ripped away part of the roof and the entire rear wall of the factory and damaged six dwelling houses nearby. Possibly the most sorrowful prepars- young son, had reached safety when ald arrived. They lost all of their wearing apparel, bedding and other household effects, with the exception of the furniture. Jett is a brother of Headquarters Detective Henry M. Jett. Many of the houses on the reserva- tion are built by the District for em- ployes. The one burned today, however, was the personal property of the occu- pant. He estimated the loss at §12,000. The origin of the fre 4 UWADQWRs 5" tlons were those for the joint funeral of Mrs. Lillian Blaney and five of her children, who perished when their house caught fire from the blast. e other members of the Bl family, the father and two chflm were injured, and the father was still :gd: critical condition in the hospital in the hospital, 34 Little Bope ere it was said there w0 of themy . y. Four employefif the plant were still SHP N DISTRES S BELIEVED SUMK Rescuers Unable to Locate Vessel—Another Boat Is Washed Out to Sea. By thie Associated Press. HOQUIAM, Wash, November 9.— An unidentified ship, presumably a fish« ing craft, was believed by Coast Guardsmen to have been swallowed up today by a raging sca in Grays Harbor Bar, near here. The ship, obviously in distress, was sighted shortly after midnight, battling 250 to 60 mile gale and enormous seas, just outside the harbor. A Coast Guard boat put out to her air, but returned two hours later and reported that no trace of the vessel could be found. After learning that the distressed ves- sel had sent up a flare the Coast Guard boat but those aboard e:rtmed the f that a large ship w“ld,hfl',“ “gthnood heavy pounding of the surf. The :lhmnel enmh e:e hlPl'lyl }-L?r- bor is decp enol swallow a fair- sized !M:P craft in this dis. trict generally are of the size which carry 3 to 12 men. Another vessel, the trolling boat Bes- sle K., was reported to have been swept out o open sea off Astoria, Oreg.. With her captain, Eino Jarvin, and another man aboard. TWO YOUTHS HELD IN STUDENT’S DEATH One Admits Firing Pistol at Sign Near Where Body of Boy Was Found. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., November 9.—Two Atlanta youths, Paul Seymour and Rob- ert B. Pettit, both 19, were held in jail today as suspects in connection with the death of Paul Hulme, 19, a high school student, whose body was found Saturday near Forest road, a short distance from a point where Pettit admitted having fired a pistol. Both have disclaimed knowledge of Hulme's death, declaring that if the two bullets Pettit said he had fired at a signboard used as a target had struck Hulme, the death was entirely acci- dental. Seymour and Pettit told Atlanta offi- cers last night they had been on a nt in the woods where Hulme's body was found about the time Hulme is be- leved to have been slain. Both denied seeing Hulme. The youth will remain in confinement at least until officers have made a thor- ough examination of the case, police de- clared today. o HOUGHTON TO RETURN AS ENVOY TOSENGLAND Defeated Candidate for Senator of New York Will Sail on ‘Wednesday. By the Assoclated Prest Alanson B. Houghton, defeated for the United States senatorship from New York in Tuesday's election, caid today that he will return to London as Ambassador, sailing next Wednesday on the Leviathan. He made the an- nouncement after a conference with President Coolidge. Houghton's resignation, which was presented to the Chief Executive short- ly after his nomination for the New York senatorship, was offered to be- come effective at the President’s pleas- ure. In his reply to Mr. Houghton Mr. Coolidge acknowledged its receipt and regretted the loss of Mr. Houghton': services which its acceptance would I \ imply. Ipnyvlew of Mr. Houghton'’s defeat, Mr. Coolidge, it was learned, prevailed upon the former to return to London and complete his term. s PRISON TERMS UPHELD. Two Men Were Indicted in Mail Fraud Cases in South. ATLANTA, Ga., November 9 (#).— The United States district attorney’ office today announced receipt of ad- vices from New Orleans saying that the United States Circuit Court of Appeals there had affirmed penitentiary sen- tences for Lorne R. Adams and John D. Russell, indicted with W. D. Manley and others on mall fraud charges wing out of failure of more than 50w Florida #ad Gsorsias Boy Makes Record Run With Foot Ball, Crossing Both Goals By the Assoclated Press. FREMONT, Nebr., November 9.— A 10-year-old boy playing in the grade school foot ball league here is believed to have made a record long distance run for a touchdown in a foot ball game. During a contest yesterday between two of the schools, Carl Tribsees intercepted a pass and ran 40 yards only to discover he had crossed the wrong goal line. He reversed his field and raced 100 yards over his opponents’ goal without being iackled. The run enabled his school to win, 12 to 6. POINGARE STATES TERM FOR RETURN French President Congiae;}ng Qualified Agreement to Head New Cabinet. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 9.—M. Poincare, after consulting with his friends today, agreed in principle to attempt to form & new cabinet. Poincare sent a long letter to Presi- dent Doumergue, in which he set forth certain conditions of his acceptance. 1t is understood that M. Doumergue must consult the leaders of the various groups to ascertain whether M. Poin- care’s conditions are acceptable to them. In the meantime Poincare went into conference again with his own stanch followers. Before accepting in principle the task of constituting a new ministry, Poincare had a long consultation with M. Doumergue over the difficulties con- fronting him, Reference was made to the retirement of the four Radical mem- bers of the cabinet, because of which Poincare and the cabinet resigned as a body. His desire is to have a min- istry representing all sections. ‘The essential condition laid down by M. Poincare was that the cabinet must be one of harmony among all the Re- publican parties. 21 BILLS CHARGE POLICE IN BRIBERY Presentations for Philadelphia Jury Contain 567 Allegations of Ex- tortion and Conspiracy. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 9.—Bills of indictment charging 21 policemen with bribery were ready today for presentation to the regular grand jury. The bills contain 567 counts charg- ing bribery, extortion and conspiracy. All of the officers were involved in tes- timony by Morris Clearfield, who de- clared he had paid them weekly for prf\mmnin grand jury investigating spec bootlegging and police corruption has uncovered evidence on which two police captains, several detectives and a Re- publican’ ward leadef have been con- victsd of extorting money from sa- loonkeepers. Other policemen are awaliting trial. Fourteen police officials, declared by the investigators to be “unfit to hold public office,” have been dismissed. Two other captains are awaiting decisions of the Civil Service Co lon. ‘Three inspectors and ten captains were discharged Wednesday, most of them because they were unw. plain the source of their wealth. HOOVER MAKING MOST OF VAGATION AT SAN JUAN HIL President-Elect and Wife Re- visit Scenes of Courtship While Resting. MAY COME BACK HERE ON BOAT VIA PANAMA GAS FRE SPREAL T0 B I FELD Flames Shoot 100 Feet in Air After Explosion 15 Miles From Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 9.—A raging fire, which started when a gas well at the Santa Fe Springs, Calif., ofl field blew in this morning, was reported to have jumped to four nearby oil storage tanks and a dozen drilling rigs, making an inferno of the western part of the petroleum distfict. ‘The well is on the property of the Bell View Oil Co., in an area of many oil wells located close together. All avail- able men and fire-fighting apparatus in the area were gathered to fight the The oil fleld is BYRD EXPEDITION Members Have Seen Last of Warm Weather for Two Years—Due in New Zealand Soon. M. | By Wireless to The Star and New York Times. | o ON BOARD THE S. S. ELEANOR BOLLING, November 7.—The members of the Byrd Antarctic expedition have seen their last tropical weather. The supply ship Eleanor Bolling, followed close by the flagship City of New York, left the calm tropical sea through which she has been steaming for the last month early this morning and was ushered into the thirties by a sudden drop in temperature and a strong breeze approaching gale proportions. It will be nearly two years before the expedition members again feel the tropical sun. Two ships bearing mem- bers of the expedition have already ar- rived at New Zealand. The Eleanor Bolling is due at Wellington early next week and the City of New York early a week later. They will start for the Antarctic as soon as ice conditions per- mit, probably about early in December. (Copyright, 1928. by the New York Times Co. and the St. uis Post-] iteh. All )“[ ts for ”%hutlfin reserved. throis world.’ HOOVER NOR:fH CAROLINA MAJORITY NEAR 50,000 President-Elect Has Lead of 486,358, ‘With 148 of 1,753 Precincts Missing. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., November 9.— Herbert Hoover's majority in North Carolina is now expected to be in the neighborhood of 50,000 when official returns of the election are tabulated lb‘y the State election board two weeks ence. Returns unofficially tabulated here, many of them official , today gave the President-elect a lead of 46,358, with 148 of the State's 1,753 precincts missing. The missing pre- cincts were scattered in all sections of The vote was: Hoover, ing to ex- | th e State. 310,186; Smith, 263,825. Prof. Dickenson Dopes Landslide Basis: Declares 500,000 Held Key to Victory | By the Associated Press. URBANA, Il., November 9 (#).— Just what is & “landslide” in a presi- dential election? Prof, Prank G. Dickenson of the Uni- versity of Illinois, originator of the Dickinson foot ball ninth man, who votes manner in which the deciden the landslide, “That is what happened in the elec- tion. Had the tenth man followed the examples of the other even-numbered men he would have voted for Smith. But he did not, so Hoover is our next President. “If 500,000, or 1% per cent of the voters in the closely contested States, had voted Democratic instead of Re- publican, Smith would be the next President i L ) Radio Programs—Pages 46 & 47 i Los | when they fare forth for |the secret QUITS TROPICAL ZONE i, Already Loses Freedom as Secret Service Men Take Up Guard Duty. BY REX COLLIER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. PALO ALTO, Calif., November 9.— Having spent scarcely more than one year at his home on the heights of San Juan Hill since its completion some nine years ago, President-elect Herbert Hoover is making the most of his short stay there before forsaking it for an- other four years. Almost greedily he and the First- Lady-to-Be are drinking the rare beau- ties of the blossom-splashed hills amid which snuggles their Pueblo-style Cali- fornia home. Afoot they wander on early mornings through the inviting pathways to the West and by automo- bile they revisit memory-stirring scenes of their campus and courtship days. All too soon they will have to put these pleasant reminders of a romantic past behind them. Before long they must transfer their residence from the quiet semi-tropical confines of their Stanford University home to that whirling center of public life, state functions and sight- seeing—the White fouse. Guards Already on Duty. This is as it should be, but neverthe- less, the prospective master and mis- tress of the Executive Mansion will give themselves over to “their public” with feelings of mixed emotions, Shading the elation which they feel over the families must thetr coum‘g, endure in the service c: they have had a taste of is yet to come. Sowonuthuu'nl::q‘( have been forced to foregd those inm< mm strolls in the foothills, away KZH eyes, that were their right unul‘nm. Now cise and solf ‘mhequmo!em- Hoover and 1 for a long automobile _drg'::n:::r '&f’e rolling of lz:wers and palms his alma mater. More '.hmuzl‘?om:scr:: of ‘that campus is developed and be- g}nd are nearly 8,000 acres more which belong. ffi; p'“g:e %;u;:nity and which it~ | in the original deed,“m g Cabinet Question Prominent. Among the questions which must soon rtoecafic g{oover's studied attention, but are the make-up of the s cabinet, plans for the simpl: tfns‘l?mr mf men ln‘;lx: B.lnl;ch and, more immediately, mann 1 ‘hggl"fimulol c“m‘fr of his return to culation as to the Hoover cabinet !}slflfeinlunamofflwcounlry. loover knows, but he insists that nof a soul will know the truth in this con- nection until he makes the announce- ment, himself. His advisers declare in all seriousness that he has not taken ;p the cabinet problem at all, as yet. e has read with interest, however, the comment in press regarding pos- sible appointees, for he smilingly points out that if any such appointments are ::)_’be made he “would like to know about As for the the inaugural cere he does not think & great e of preparation will be necessary. In fagt |the less preparation made for that event, the better it will suit his retir- ing, Quaker nature. He realizes he must submit to such fanfaronade as is pro- vided by troops of escort, and to the demonstration accorded by those who gfirv:l;: ::;emorjl‘!,es. ’blét he certainly major elabora pr%'n%t tion of the e date and route of his triumphal Jjourney back to Washington are tg be decided very shortly, it was indicated today at his home. Representatives of leading railroads are bringing every bit of pressure to bear on his assistants to influence “the Chief” to choose their {gtg;ect:!v: lines n}r Eihe return trip, but ve received no whatever, thus far. R May Return by Boat. There is a possibility that he ma; abandon railroads altogether on thz trip and sail back to Washington or New York aboard a naval or com- mercial vessel, by way of the Panama Canal. A battleship or cruiser might be placed at his disposal, if his choice lies in that direction. In this way he could avoid the long, tiresome ride across country he has seen so man; times and secure two weeks of refresh- ing relaxation at sea. Consideration also well might be given to the great influx of invitations he has received to visit the formerly solid South on his way to the White House. Hoover still chuckles with pleasurable satisfacton over his achievement in undermining the sol- idarity of Southern Democracy. He inks. it will result in a decisive renais- sance in Dixie and redound to the benefit of national prosperity as a whole. Moreover, he is keenly tickled over the unprecedented majority of electoral votes given him 1 :‘Y:I'.’”bh‘nt t him in the ry pul House. The majority that he believes none can say that anything other than major issues was involved. He is known to have feared that the race might be close, and that the nar- row margin might create bitterness, however unreasonably. ‘Togmost of the outstanding message} % on Page 3, Column M, b4