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STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., MONDAY, DENIES GIVING 0UT NEWS ABOUT FALL Dr. Ruffin Disavows State- ment Concerning Refusal of Examination by Him. Dr. Sterling Ruffin of Washington, in A letter to Mrs. Albert B. Fall, which was made public today, explained that he had no part in the wide publicity given the refusal of the former Secretary of the Interior to be examined by him dur- ing the early days of Mr. Pall's recent trial. = was present at the White House in 1919 | when Mr. Fall, as a member of a sei torial committee, visited President Wil | son. Former Senator Gilbert N. Hitchcock | of Nebraska, who accompanied Mr. Fail | on the occasion of the White House | visit, also has denied that Mr. Fall pulled the covers back from the Presi- dent’s bed to examine his physical con- dition. Dr. Ruffin’s letter follows: October 28, 1920. | Dear Mrs. Fall: I beg to acknowledge | the receipt on October 23 of your letter | dated October 16. | The wide publicity given Mr. Fall's refusal of examination by me to deter- ! mine his fitness or lack of fitness to| stand trial did not originate with me.| I have not given out any statement as to his reason for refusing to be exam- ined by me. Many newspapers have as- sumed a reason which was erroneous at | least fu part. As a matter, of fact, I was not at the White House when the sena- torial committee of which Senator Fall was & member visited the President. To one paper (possibly the Baltimore Sun). whose representative called me on the telephone and asked if I was present at the time of the committee’s visit, I re- plied specifically that I was not. Whether the statement was published or not I do not know, I also told you over the telephone that I was not present. Please find returned herewith the memorandum of December 5, 1919, de- scriptive of the visit 'by the senatorial committee to President Wilson. T hope you will make such use of this letter as you wish. In case it is offered to the press please let it be published in full Very truly yours, (Signed) STERLING RUFFIN. Mrs. Albert B. Fall, ‘The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, ICE BOX BURGLAR MAKES RAIDS ON FIVE HOMES $20 Worth of Food Is Taken in BSeries of Back Porch Re- frigerator Robberies. D.C. Making & house-to-house series of raids on ice boxes, a sneak thief early vesterday pilfered $20 worth of provi- sions from five householders in the 1700 block of B street. O Tl : Beginning apparently at the home of | Harry lnm!r.pl‘l!'l B street southeast, the thief raided back porch ice boxes in a systematic manner. He next visited the home of William Vogelson, 1735 B street, and from there went to 1733, 1727 and 1723 B street. ‘The latter three homes were those of Harry H, Miller, Gordon Brown and William Cator, respectively. All of the thefts were reported to police of No. 5 precinct yesterday morning and a search was begun for the marauder. BURGEAR GETS CLOTHING VALUED AT OVER $1,000 Bores Hole Into Dodek Store and Gets Away With Forty Suits, Is Charge. Laboriously prying brick from an 8- inch wall, & burglar early today drilled | yesterday by formally demanding the |Saturday morning, a hole into the Dodek store at 1520 Seventh street, crawled through it and made off with 40 suits of clothes and an overcoat. The lot was valued at from $1,000 to $1,200 by Mayer B. Dodek, rietor. Dodek discovered his loss when he opened for business today. Police were notified and learned from neighbors that the burglar had been heard work- | ! Dr. Ruffin particularly denied that he | are shown en their way to ) hospital following an accident. Henry Bradley Martin, jr., of New York York after Miss French, granddaughter of Field Marshal | French, Earl of Ypres, came from London to be at her fiance's bedside. nd Miss Valery French of London, rtin spent a ‘month in a Denver | —Assoclated Press Photo. | 5 DENED DOVLE Commissioners’ Action Same as That Taken in Case of Allen. Is (Continued From First Page. ploye of the United States Govern- ment, and respectfully request that the personnel of the said board may be selected from among the substantial business and professional men of the City of Washington.” ,The letter bore the signatures of both Fowler and Wampler. Reserve Rights to Challenge. In denying Doyle's plea for & special board, Commissioners also took cognizance of the threats of his counsel as well as H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye, counsel for Allen, to challenge the right of members of the Police De- partment to try their respective clients. The Commissioners specifically pointed out that members of the regularly con- stituted Police Trial Board may be challenged for “reasonable cause,” but that the trial board itself has the power to pass upon the sufficiency of the rea- son. Doyle's attorneys last week served notice on Inspector Louis J. Stoll, chair- man of the trial board, that they ex- pected to challenge all members of the department who may be designated to sit on their client’s board, and Allen’s counsel did substantially the same thing right to exam!ne members of the trial board on their fitness to serve in the trial of the policeman. In support of their demand the lawyers cited a court inion which held “that the defendant shall have access to the list of jurors, and that he shall have him face to face for challenge jurors ascertained to be legally qualified.” The letter which Allen's lawyers ing at the wall about 1 a.m. HURLEY EN ROUTE HERE.| Secretary Sails| { War From Christobal. Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Assistant Becretary of War, who has just com- pleted an inspection of military and eivic conditions in the Panama Canal Zone, sailed from Cristobal, Panama, vesterday on the S. 5. Toloa and will arrive in this city next Monday. Mrs. Hurley is with him. Assistant Lions to Hear Former Chemical Warfare Service Chief. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A, retired, former chief of Chemical War- fare Service, will deliver an address at a luncheon of the Lions Club in the Hotel Mayflower, Wednesday, at 12:30 p.m. A spcial program of entertain- ment will be given at the luncheon by the Costello Post, American Legion minstrels. STOCKS DEPRESSED AS HEAVY SELLING ATTACK DEVELOPS! (Continued From First Page.) 900 Wednesday and nearly 3,500,000 in the first half hour last Tuesday. Spokesmen for the New York bank- ing group, which was organized Thurs- day, October 24, to assure an orderly market and has closely followed de- velopments since that date, said tbat no meeting of the group had been called for today, and probably that none would be held. For the first time in the history of the Stock Exchange, specialists were called to duty on the floor of the ex- change on Sunday. They were requircd to be at their posts from 10 a.m. unti 1 pm. to make adjustments in open trades left uncompleted at the close of the market last Thursdsy. The stock and bond tickers ran ail day to publish notices. Wall Street and adjacent thorough- fares presented the activity of a week- day. Brokers' officers were open and throngs of clerks and accountants came and went, crowding lunchrooms at noon that are ordinarily closed on Sunday. Pavorable financial news preceded the reopening of trading. The redis- count rate of the Federal Reserve Bank was down from 6 to 5 per ccut, and reductions have been made i *he rates of the Bank of England, the Reichs- bank in Berlin and by banks of Belgium and Holland. Brokers' loans last week . were reduced $1,096,000,000. Several large corporations declared extra divi- dends, and statements of leading Anan- cial experts and Government officials d that the fundamental -usiness e to Inspector Stoll, follows: s provided by section 21, chapter 17, of the Manual of the Metropolitan Police Department, we hereby give 48 hours’ notice that, as attorneys for and in behalf of Robert J. Allen, we demand that each member of the Police Trial Board shall submit to an examination on his voir dire. It is to be understood that this notice to you shall not be con- strued as a waiver of the right to object to the decision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as to the mem- bership of the trial board. Jurors as Well as Judges. “It will be our pleasure to meet your convenience and that of the board with reference to the request herein made at any time you desire, either before the board convenes or the day of trial. Our purpose in giving this ample notice is to eliminate any possibility whatever of a technical objection being made upon the ground that the provisions of the said manual_have not been complied with fully. In support of this request, we police manual of section 21, chapter 17, providing for challenge to members of the trial board, it was obviously admit. ted by the Commissioners that mem- bers of the trial board were jurors as well as judges, and, that being the case, therefore, subject to rules, regulations and decisions affecting jurors. “In the case of Tierney vs. the Unit- ed States, 280 Federal 322 (C. C. A, 4th, 1922), it was stated that the es- sentials of the free exercise of right of challenge are: First, that the defend- ant shall have eccess to the list of jurors, and, second, that he shall have resented to him face to face for chal- qualified.” “It therefore follows that members of the trial board are subject to ex- amination upon their voir dire, for otherwise it would be manifestly im- possible for the person charged to know Whether or not they were properly qualified to act s jurors in the partic- ular case, and whether our client is to be tried before a board of police offi- clals or civilians, we desire that our ample time. BLISS COMMISSIONED AS RESERVE COLONEL Retired Major General Will Serv in Specialist Section; Won Medals in War. Officials of the War Department to- day acnounced that E. Goring Bliss, son of Maj. Gen. Tasker Bliss, U.S.A., retired, has been commissioned a colonei in the specialist section, Reserve COrps. Col. Bliss is general commercial supei- visor of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Col. Bliss, a native of Rosemor.t, Pu., | was educated in Washington schools and at the Military Academy at West CIVILIAN BOARD resenied to | submit that by the very inclusion in the | beyond peradventure or doubt they are, | enge jurors ascertained to be legally | position be known and of record in |, MOTHER I HELD INTHINS DEATH 'Two Other Children May Die! of Poisoning—Jobless Hus- | band Is Not Detained. the Associated Press. 8T. LOUIS, November 4.—Her 3- year-old twin sons dead of polsoning | and her two other children expected to die, Mrs. Marle Reppy, 24, was being held for the coroner here today. Her husband, Samuel, whom health authori- ties sald was out of work, was not de- tained by police although they ques- | tioned him for several hours. | Developments came fast in the case vesterday with Dr. 8. Winn, surgeon for the St. Louls coroner, climaxing it early today in a report to police that Delmar, one of the twins, died of = violent poison. He began an autopsy on the body of the other twin, Elmer, to determine the cause of his death. Dr. Winn said there would be an analysis of the viscera of both children to determine the exact poison. Became 1l on Wednesday. According to the mother's answers to police questioning, her children first began to show signs of illness last Wed- nesday while they were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Dillow, at Cuba, Mo., but she thought slightly of the complaints until Saturday. She de- clared Delmar became sick at 7 o'clock refusing breakfast and at 11 o'clock Elmer was affected, followed by Rosie, 4, at 3 pm. and Clarence at 5 o'clock. Early Sunday morning, Mrs. Reppy sald, Elmer was worse and Dr. W. G. | Henderson of Cuba was called, but before he arrived the tot had died. His twin and the other children were |rushed to City Hospital here, where | Delmar died” within a short time. | Two Playmates Unharmed. | Dr. Henderson, who accompanied the children here, was not satisficd with | what he had ‘been told, that the chil- dren had eaten green walnuts or some berries near the Dillow home, and tele- phoned Dr. G. G. Herzog, Crawford | County, Mo., health commissioner, who ‘nxeed to have an autopsy performed. Dr. Herzog said he was puzzled that | the four Reppy children should become violently ill, while the Dillow children, with whom'they had played, were un- harmed. Early today Dr. Henderson obtained the consent of Sheriff O. L. Greyson of Crawford County to go with him to gather both berries and walnuts to have a chemical analysis made. The sheriff also declded to look into the mother's report her children may have swallowed some rat or roach poisoning in the Dillow home. He also indicated samples of pancakes eaten by both the | Reppy and Dillow children yesterday morning might be analyzed. i | IS SHOT TO DEATH! Slayers Pose as Dry Agents, Forc- ing Victim and Wife to Get Out of Car. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., November 4 —Glen Jones, 44, a concession owner with the Wortham Carnival S8hows, was slain here Saturday night by two men who represented themselves as prohibition officers and forced Jones and his wife to get out of their car on a pretense they were going to search it for liquor. Mrs. Jones told officers that as her husband stepped from the car the two men drew guns and opened fire, rid- dling Jones' body with bullets, then fled. Police were working on two motives, venge and robbery, although the sev- eral thousand doliars’ worth of dia- monds that Jones wore were not taken. Jones a his wife were driving to the carnival lot when the two assail- ants drove up In another car and told Jones to drive to the curb, saying they were officers. Election Pamphlet Quotation Is Denied By Associated Press By the Associated Pre: A pamphlet circulated in_the Virginia_election campaign, which dealt with the atendance of the wife of Representative De Priest, colored ~Representative from Tilinols, at a White House reception last Summer, errone- Point, from which he in 1916, He was director general tra in France during the World War. conditions of the country were sound. The trend of de % sion was upward after the recor ing slump of last week. rices during the last) two days of trading before the suspen-" States Distiny during the war. the medal of an officer of the Academy with silver palms. was graduated tion of the Americar. forces rose from captain to leutenant colonel He holds the Urited ished Service Medal and Fren ously credited to the Associated an item which went into detail in describing her garb and general appearance, as well as the manner of her reception. ‘The Associated Press accounts of the reception contained no such deseriptions. of | He b ALLOTS $5:000 FOR NEW PRISONS Plans for Improved Penal In- stitutions Outlined by Attor- ney General Over Radio. Following recent serious prison out- breaks, Attorney General Willlam D. Mitchell last night disclosed that the administration s proposing a five-year building program for prison institutions, to cost $6,500,000 Such & program, the Attorney Gen- eral announced in Collier's radio hour last night over a Nation-wide network, has already been approved by the Bu- reau of the Budget and will be present- ed to Congress. Five institutions are needed, he ex- “We need, first, a new Federal plained. penitentiary_with capacity of 1.200, to| be located in the North Atlantic States, said the Attorney General; “second, new industrial reformatory similar to Chillicothe, Ohio, to serve the territory west of the Mississippi River, with & ca- pacity of 1200; third, three Pederal Jails or_houses of detention—one in the North Central States, one on the Pacific Coast and one in the Central West. Assigns Reasons for Disorder. “The immediate and direct cause of the recent disorder among the prisoners at Leavenworth” said Mr. Mitchell, “was dis underlying causes were overcrowding and lack of work to keep the prisoners occupied. Overcrowding means overtax- ing of the housing and feeding factlities, with poorly prepared and served food, and that, coupled with idleness, frays the nerves of the prisoners and results in the flare-up of nervous excitement and consequent disorders. “The Federal Government has never provided jails of its own for jail pris- | oners, but has rented accommodations in State and county jails, and it is not proposed at present to go beyond the construction of the three jails men- tioned. This construction program will cost about $6,500,000, spread over a five-year period. Approved by the bud- get, this program awaits only the action of_Congress.” ‘The Attorney General said the second essential improvement was to provide employment for the prisoners. He declared that the oppositicn of in- dustry, both capital and labor, to prison work was “selfish opposition,” for_which there was “no_justification.” “It costs the taxpayers large sums to house, clothe and feed Federal pris- oners,” he said. “Why should thousands of abie-bodied men and women in Fed eral prison institutions not be required by thelr Iabor to help support them- selves? Improved Morale Sought. “Above all is the great public inter- est in improving mental, moral and physical conditions of the prisoners, teaching them a useful occupation, so that when released and returned to society they may have a chance to avold criminal occupations.” He recommended that the prison industries should be diversified, and explained that the products were all used by the Fed- eral Government. The new prison program, he said, in- cludes a complete reorganization of the parole system with adequate personnel Another real need, the Attorney Gen- eral explained, was for “segregation and | classification of prisoners.” On June 30 of this year he reported that out of 10,000 Federal penitentiary prisoners the greatest number convicted under any one act of Congress were those con- fined for violations of the statutes re- lating to narcotic drugs. “With construction of new institu- tions, development of prison industries, proper employment and educational methods, reorganization of the parole and probation system,” said the Attor- ney General, “we hope in the near fu- ture to bring the Federal prison system somewhere near modern, enlightened standards. “The prison of the future should be at once a disciplinary school for those who can be reformed, a place of nre- gation for the incorrigible and lab- for the study of the causes of PRESIDENT AT DESK AFTER CAMP REST Rain Prevents Walks Over Picturesque Mountain Trails in Virginia. President Hoover was back at his desk this morning, apparently will rest- ed after his brief outing at his camp in the Virginia Mountains. The steady downpour of rain yesterday somewhat detracted from President, and his guests, making it im- possible for them to enjoy walks over the picturesque mountain trails and along the banks of the streams, but Mr, Hoover was afforded a splendid and much needed rest. ‘The President made no business en- gagements today. He occupied himself with an accumulation of business and the drafting of the speech he is to de- liver here Armistice day. Despite the drizzle early this morning, the President and the members of his so-called medi- cine ball cabinet indulged in their customary 30-minute work-out in the rear grounds of the White House. It was the President’s intention when he left Washington Saturday afternoon for his mountain retreat not to return to the White House until some time during the forenoon today. The stormy weather, however, prompted him to re- turn last night. The caravan of auto- mobiles left the camp at 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. The rains made traveling down the mountain trail lead- ing to the main highway a trifle pre- carious. At least it was necessary to move slowly and exercise great caution. Because of a detour it was necessary for the party to return by the way of Fred- ericksburg, arriving at the White House shortly after 8 o'clock. HONOR MEDALS AWARDED PLAYGROUND MANAGERS Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes and Five Others Complimented for 10- Year Continuous Service. Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro today preserted to Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes and to five Washington play- ground supervisors bronze medals awarded by the Playground and Rec- reation Association of America, repre- senting 10 years of continuous service as playground directors. Mrs. Rhodes attended the association’s annual con- vention at Louisville, Ky., as supervisor of Washingtox's playground system, and brought the medals back with her. The other medal winners were Miss Maude N. Parker, Miss Daisy Pierce, Miss Mary McAuliffe. Miss Elizabetn Mahon d Richard Tennyson. Dean's ;Ee Breaks Ankle. Mrs. Thomas Hardy Taliaferro. wife of the dean.of the University of Mary- land, fell Saturday night on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and broke her 2nkle, She is resting bly at Hospital. Mrs. Taliaferro re- sides at Concord Apartments, atisfaction with the food. The | the pleasure of the, MARQUETTE MAKES PORT AFTER LAKE DISASTER® | | e o were known to have been lost. NOVEMBER 4, 1929. Crippled after crashing in a fog with the steamer Senator, which sank, the freighter Marquette is shown being towed into harbor at Milwaukee. The crumpled bow of the Marque ite is shown in the picture. | Seven of the Senator’s crew ~—Assoclated Press Photo. TARIFF SUPPORT PROVES PUZZLING Leaders Agree on Passage,| but Question of Votes Re- | mains Dark Secret. BY MARK SULLIVAN. Progressive Republicans under the leadership of Senator Borah and Sena- | tor Norris are saying with a confidence | that there will ultimately be a tariff | bill that will be agreeable to both houses and that both houses will pass . The progressive Republicans’ allies, the Dem- | ocrats, through some, though not all of their leaders, are saying the same thing. Democratic Senatdr McKellar of | Tennessee, for example, says the bill will ultimately pass both houses, and the Democratic national committee gives his statement to the public. This Democratic Senator forecasts the character of the ultimate bill that he says will pass. He describes it as carry- ing “largely increased rates on farm | products” and “rates on manufactures | considerably reduced below those re- ported by the Senate finance com- mittee.” He also says the bill will carry the | kind of flexible provision adopted by | | the Democratic progressive coalition !"uklnl the power over the flexible | | provision from the President and giving | it to Congress.” He says finally that the | ultimate bill will contain the “farmers’ | debenture” plan for an export bonus | on farm crops. May Vote Against Bill. The kind of bill thus described is in substance the bill as being written by | | the Democratic progressive coalition. | {1t is a bill perfectly and particularly | satisfactory to the progressive Repub- | | licans. At this point, however, the | Democratic Senator adds the most significant sentence of all. He says “I shall in all probability vote against it.” That raises precisely the situation that will be very much to the front within a few weeks. It is the situation which will constitute the heart of the S8riff chaos in its final phiise. The ques- | @on is, if Senator McKellar does not | Wote for the bill, and if even a small number of his fellow Democrats do nbt | | | | | f Connie Mack Upset By Honor Banquets; Is Sent to His Bed By the Associated Pre: PHILADELPHIA, November 4. —Too many banquets have caused Connie Mack, 67-year-old manager of the world champion Athletics, to take to his bed with the advice of his physician that he go slow on social functions for the present. His condition is not serfous, it was said, and he ex- pects to be up and about again in a few da; Since winning the world series Mack has attended many func- tions in his honor. He was to have been the guest at the Philo- patrians’ dinner Tuesday night, but in view of his illness it has been postponed. TARIFF COALITION GETS FREE HAND Regulars Hope Move Will Bring Final Vote Within Special Session. By the Associated Press. ‘The Senate's Democratic-Independ- ent Republican coalition today was |given a free hand with the tariff bill by administration leaders as a last hope of reaching a final vote on the meas- ure without encroaching materially convene four weeks hence. Facing a task of admitted difficulty, coalition leaders weie, nevertheless, confident that this ébjective would be attained and th: arrangement would be, in the words of Harrison of Mississippi, a Democrat, better bill” than that passed by the House and “a far better bill” than that recommended by the Senate finance committee.” Pin Hopes on Conference. The, leaders of the .administration vote for it, who is going to pass it? Considering the two houses as a whole, & bill, if it passes at all, must be | passed either by regular Republican | Votes or by Democratic votes. The num- | ber of progressive Republicans in_the Benate is only 15 out of a total of 95 Their number in the House is, so far. only about 20 or 30 out of 435. The bili | prophesied by Senator McKellar would | be satisfactory to them, but they can| only pass it or any other bill by the | votes of one or the other of the two | regular parties. ‘ The leader of the Senate Republicans | is Senator David Reed of Pennsylvania. | Mator Reed has made no comment on | the supposititious ultimate bill described | by Senator McKellar. Senator Reed, | however, has on several occasions made | statements justifying the inference that | he would vote against this kind of bill. Senator Reed has said further that the whole of the Republican delegation from | bill. If Senator Reed and his regular Republicans would vote against it, and if Benator McKellar and even a small number of his fellow Democrats would | vote against it, who, then, is going to pass it? Therein lies one of the several kinds of possible deadlock inherent in | the situation. Senator McKeller's venture in proph- | ecy raises precisely the problem that 1s going to vex the Democrats seriously before they come to the end of their union with the Progressive Republicans, The bill in its final form is going to be a protective tariff bill. It is going to be very highly protective as to farm prod- ucts and reasonably protective as to industry. If the bill were written solely by Senator Borah it would be that. If the bill were written wholly by the regular Republicans it would be at least that. Even the bill forecast by Senator McKellar is that. If the bill is pretty highly protective, will ths Democrats vote for it? Senator Mc- Kellar, for one, says he will not. Coalition's Margin Is Narrow. Inasmuch as the majority com- manded by the Democratic-Progressive coalition is very narrow, they can bare- {1y afford to lose even one vote on any | roll call whatever, To picture this tariff situation thus is not to clarify it. The truth is the situation is extremely chaotic. The political and economic motives entering into it are complex and many of them run counter to each other. The political motives especially become more press- ing and more embarrassing and mu- tually destructive as the situation ap- proaches its climax. Not all the pos- nblel oulcome{s tl?l’num be stated in a whole page of paper. Ther'e”& one possible outcome which merely happens to be appropriate to mention in connection with the point Senator McKellar's statement raises. It is at least a faint possibility that the Progressive Republicans, after taking advantage of the Democrats’ help in the early stages of the bill, may in the later stages, run home to mother and effect reconciliation with the regular Republicans. The Progressive Repub- licans, with their Democratic allies, are writing in the Senate a bill which to an extreme degree runs in the Progres. sive Republicans’ favor. With such a bill accomplished in the Senate, the Progressive Republicans could make enough concessions to the regular Re- publicans in the House to result in a compromise which both Republican factions could support. To envisage this as a probable outcome would be much too much. It is merely one of several possibilities in a situation so complex a5 to be really fantastic, Vacuum Insulates House. PRINCETON, N. J, November 4 rs made of double layers of a substance like synthetic leather, with the air exhausted from between the layers so that the vacuum will insulate against sound ard cold. The plan of R. Buckminster Fuller of New York 1s praised by Prof. Shirley Warner Mo~ #an of Princeton University as a step toward the necessary revolution u: housebullding which he foresees. Pennsylvania would vote against such a | (#)—A new type of house has walls | group, which has been defeated re- peatedly by the coalition, reached a decision to let the alliance have its way with the bill after many efforts to expedite action had failed and Presi- dent Hoover had called for enactment of the measure before the close of the special session. They are hopeful not only of obtaining an early result, but also that provisions which they might consider objectionable may be elimi- nated in the necessary conferences with Representatives of the House. In commenting upon the new ar- rangement, Harrison said that “with those who framed the bill having run up the white flag, it ought to be easier for those of us who are opposed to many features of the bill to present and press to early completion our sug- gestions for revision.” The Democrats, he said, are attempt- ing to work out in conferences among themselves plans which will avoid un- necessary debate and hasten a final Borah Expects Action. Borah of Idaho, a spokesman for the independent Republicans, again ex- pressed his confidence that the bill can be disposed of before the close of the extraordinary session. He said that there was evident in the Senate manifest disposition” to get it out of the way. Although consideration of the Norris resolution rebuking Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, for his re- lations with the Connecticut Manufac- turers’ Association while the tariff bill | was before the finance committee in- tervened to prevent a prompt resump- tion of the tariff debate, Chairman Smoot of the finance committee served notice that before taking up new rate schedules he would call for votes on every paragraph of the first three schedules that was passed by when it came up for consideration originally. HARTIG FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD Burial of Lifelong Resident of Capital Will Be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Louis Hartig, 74, / lifelong resident and prominent business | | man of the Capital, who died Saturday | | morning at his residence, 3660 New | | Hampshire avenue, after a prolonged illness, were held at 2 o'clock this afte noon at the Concordia Lutheran | Church, with burial to be in Rock Creek Cemetery. When a young man he inherited the upon the time of the regular session, to | t the result of the new | | Cumberland, Md., about seven years BUSINESS SOUND, LAMONT DECLARES Secretary Cites Statistics of | Department to Bear Out Belief. | By the Associated Press. Secretary Lamont reiterated toda: that business conditions are fundamen! ally sound and cited Commerce De- partment figures showing “absolutely” no increase in inventories; that forward |orders and greater, and there had been no rise in commodity prices. He indorsed statements of President Hoover and Assistant Secretary Klein, both of whom have emphasized their be- lief in the stability of business. M Lamont asserted the business curve ovi a long period was exactly the reverse of that which had preceded past busi- ness depressions. ‘The Secretary said that the stock market reactions would be largely psy- chological, with purckasers in the luxury class feeling the falling off mostly. Many who still hold their stocks will | feel themselves poorer because of the loss in stock market quotations, and this | (ee‘l’lng might curb buying somewhat, he | sai Dr. Klein Speaks. For the second time since the un- precedented slump in the stock market, Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of | Commerce, through an_extensive net- | work of Columbia Broadcasting System stations, assured the Nation last nignt | that “commercially and financially the | United States is sound.” The talk was broadcast locally by WMAL. Dr. Klein gave his first talk on the | the country Tuesday night over 2 Co- | lumbia network. Since then, he last night, additional reassurance had come that shows “more clearly that | the stock market is not the principal barometer of business and that our He pointed to weekly statistics re- |leased by the department showing that stocks of manufactured goods are the same levels as last year as giving “unmistakable proof” of the stability of business and added that “no indica- tion whatever of any undue accumula- tion” was seen. “And our economist friends tell us that congested inventaries are the surest sign of trouble,” he continued. “There's nothing of that sort in sight at all. Since production is running 10 per cent ahead of last year, this certainly to indicate steadily increasing outlets for consumption—surely an encourag- | ing sign.” Dr. Klein was making his weekly radio address on business. He described “a healthy, progressive retail trade” as one of the bulwarks of prosperity and urged the compliation of and more dependence upon facts. “We are utterly convinced,” he said, “of the sovereign efficacy of facts as a remedy for business lls. Business men have got to know what is actually hap- pening. They must have precise knowl- edge as to operations, trends, costs, methods and everything else. Guess- work is gambling—and we have seen recently the overwhelming disaster ti can descend upon the gambler-specul | tor in business. The ‘hunch’ is a financial and commercial condition of ! CANDIDATES CLAIM ELECTION VICTORY La Guardia Predicts Walker’s Defeat in New York Ballot- ing by 200,000 Votes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 4—The me- tropolis will elect a mayor and numer- ous lesser municipal officials tomorrow. John F. Curry, Tammany leader, in charge of James J. Walker's campaign for re-election, claimed today that his candidate would win by a plurajity of more than 500,000. Fiorello H. La Guardia, running on a fusion Republican ticket for mayor, predicted his election by 200,000. No figures were given out for Richard E. Enright, formerly police commissioner in a Tammeny administration and mayoralty candidate of the Square Deal party, or for Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate. A large vote for Thomas was predicted by political observers. Rothstein Slaying Is Issue| Enright and La Guardia both made the unsolved slaying of Arnold Roth- stein, Broadway gambler, the basis for campaign attacks on Tammany and the city administration. They charged that politicians who were in debt to Roth- stein had prevented active prosecution of the case. Rothstein was fatally shot in the Park Central Hotel a year ago. Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith took the stump for Mayor Walker during the last two weeks. The mayor asked re-elec- tion on the record made during his four-year term, which ends December 31. He defended his administration against charges of waste of city funds and also replied to remarks of oppo- nents about his clothes, which ve iven him the reputation of being the st dressed mayor in the country. CHICAGO ELECTION QUIET. Absence of Armed Guards Will Fea'ture Balloting. CHICAGO, November 4 (#)—An elec- tion will be held in Chicago tomorrow without any of the usual precautions of | armed ards and civilian watchers that have marked most of the balloting in recent years. Twenty-two judges are to be chosen and 11 bond issues and other propositions are to be voted upon. For the first time in nine years voters at a judicial election will be given the chance of expressing a choice. Since 1920 the Democrats and Republicans have joined to nominate only as many candidates as there were places to be filled. This year there is a complete Democratic ticket, 5 Republican can- a::l'&bl. ll.ol:d ;l dtrnher! mnr]lln‘ under ea “People’s ticket against coalition.” v | _Three of the bond issues are of major | interest as trafic measures. One calls for an extensive system of highway grade separations in Cook County, & second would authorize extension of the outer drive in Lincoln Park and the third is for the proposed $20,000,000 superhighway, an elevated thoroughfare connecting the West Side with down- | town Chicago. | BOSTON VOTES FOR MAYOR. Three Candidates, All Democrats, Make Finals Appeals. m.!osT(EN, N:vll;:n'::r Jl (#) —Three yorality ecani ames M. Cur- ley, Prederick W. Mansfleld and Dan- iel H. Coakley, made final a s to- day to the of m?ve,;mm_ l’::dol:;.of ::!;t'l“n] be chosen to suc- o P cumben! g t, Malcolm The three candidates are all Demo- crats, although the election is non- | partisan. Mayor Nichols, Republican, icannot succeed himself because a law | prevents successive terms. The term is |MAYORALTY BATTLE OCCUPIES DETROIT Outcome Is Watched as Having Possible Effect on Strength of Governor. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 4.— A mayor- alty campaign, iagor marked by shar - ch.nfen between the twg clnd‘l’dl’l:s and liberal use of full-page newspaper advertisements, is being wound up to-- delusion. Faith in mere ‘native shrewd- ness’ often leads swiftly to befuddled fumbling.” 'FINANCE COMPANY WINS COURT FIGHT Is Entitled to Return of Car| Seized With Driver on Rum Charge. ‘The General Motors Acceptance Corporation is entitled to the surrender to it of an automobile on which it had a conditional sale contract and which was seized following the arrest of John M. Byroad on a liquor charge. The District Court of Appeals so held to- day in an opinion by Chief Justice Martin reversing the action of Police Court where it was held that the corporation had been negligent in its | investigation of the proposed purchaser. ‘The court reviews the course pursued by the local agent making the sale in having the applicant fill out a state- | ment " describing himself and giving ireferences. This statement was turned over to a mercantile agency for in- vestigation and report, and nothing on that report showed that Byroad had any intention of using the car for il- legal purposes. Prohibition agents found a conviction of liquor violation in ago, and a conviction of one of the references four years later, but the con- viction of Byroad had escaped the mercantile agency in its inquiry and no 1 hardware business of his father, Gustay Hartig, which had been established in 1862, After a half century of associa- | tion with the hardware business, Mr. | | Hartig retired from active work several years ago. i The membership of Mr. Hartig in | local civic and social organizations was | one of the most extensive among Wash- ington inhabitants. Prominent among the many organizations with which he was identified are the American Bulld- ing Assoclation, Brightwood Royal Arch Chapter, the Shrine, the Grotto, De Molsy Commandery,’ the Washington Lodge of Elks and the Association of the | Oldest Inhabitants of the District of | Columbia. Dog Causes Train Collision. NEW YORK, November 4 (#.—The | adage about letting sleeping dogs lie | has new significance for Motorman | Mansor: Hume. He stopped an elevatea | train when he saw a dog asleep on | the track and thought it Was a mau. Another train came along behind aru smashed into the first one. Eight pei- lack of diligence is chargeable to the automobile company holding the lien, the court concludes. H. 0. HALL FUNERAL [VIRGINIA day. The candidates, running on non- partisan tickets, are !brm:r Mayor John W. Smith and Charles W. Bowles, Wwho resigned a post on the Recorder’s Court bench to become a candidate. Smith, termed a “wet” candidate by his opponents, has been quoted as say- ing the prohibition laws cannot be thoroughly enforced. Bowles was a candidate for mayor four years ago and at that time was accused by his opponents of having the support of a secret organization that wielded some power in Michigan political affairs. ‘The outcome of the election is being watched with considerable interest in State circles as affecting the interests of Gov. Fred W. Green and his follow- ers. Control of the Detroit and Wayne County Republican organizations, car- l"’%lll‘lg‘m?re ;:'l}:nl a t:!.rd of the total stren, n the State ven- tions, is involved. . Rl Poem Is All-Inclusive. LONDON, November 4 () — litle is overlooked In “The Testamens of Beauty,” a 4,000-line poem published by Robert Bridges, British poet laureate, in celebration of his eighty-fifth birth- day anniversary. The subjects covered include bees, the excavatiozs at Ur, w politician's garden party on & hot August _afternoon, broadcasting, an- planes and electric lights. He is a spelling reformist ard spells “read” and “spread,” “redd” and “spred: Gypsies Run Conservatory. BUDAPEST (#).—A musical con- servatory run by gypsles exclusively for the training of gypsy musicians has opened in a suburb of this city. ‘The students range from children of 6 years of age to adults of 0 or more. \ REMAINS POLITICAL “FRONT” ON EVE OF VOTING RITES THIS AFTERNOON Army Medical Librarian Half Century to Be Buried in Con- gressional Cemetery. Puneral services for Henry Orville Hall, 82 years old, chief librarian of the Medical Library reading room, sur- geon general's office, United States Army, for nearly a half century, who died at the Home of Incurables Friday, will be held at the Metropolitan Meth- odist Church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Interment will in Congressional Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the grave. Mr. Hall entered the service of the Government Printing Office about 1887, later abandoning this position to assume sons were slightly hurt, Hume most severely. AN A Argentina's cotton crop this year will be nearly double that of four years ago. the editorship of a newspaper in Stuart, Iowa. ' Returning to this eity in 1875, Mr. Hall was appointed chief librarian ! of the Medical Librar: room. He retirpd grom this in 1922, e (Continued Prom Pirst Page) fight with Byrd and Glass ather T ST obscu = o T g v cl Ing o nndur‘hndmnunlnfrmta?llfl; candidate—a . position chosen by ene- :nlm‘ who continue to throw everything Democratic _political advertisemer published in Richmond yesterday. e cused the Hoover Dem . ocratic Club, of starting the “race prej publishing a false charge- that Anderson is director, of udice issue” by Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York 're- cently entertained publicly at llzn:h:n’n & large number of colored persons.” Gov. Roosevelt answered this statement with & telegram from Albany sa; "4 !l{ehi the nutv'-.‘ ment was false, and 13 08t of the circumstances by Richmond made the e ace: . Anderson’s M‘w club” of llllehbo‘.