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‘WEATHER. ‘Weather Bureau Forecast.) hat overcast tonigh Som morfrow; not much ture. 3:30 p.m. yesf Y3 %mmmul Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 ‘Temperatures—Highest, terds t and to- change in tempers. al 68, Towest, 44, at 6 a.m. ‘The .t e — — No. 31,566. i post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, B G, KELLEY DECLINES T0 GIVE OIL CHARGE OF ILLEGAL GRANTS 10 JUSTICE PROBER Nye Declares Former Chief of Land Office Justified, but Absolves Secretary Wilbur of Implication. CHAIRMAN PLANS PROBE UNLESS U. S. ACTS SOON | | By the Associated Press. HAVANA, October 3.—The Cuban Congress, convoked in special session, was called upon by President Machado today to suspend constitutional guaran- tees in Havana and environs until after the national elections November 1. Principal effects of the suspension will be to give the President dictatorial pow- ers in dealing with any situation which may arise in the capital city, or, if ex- tended to the entire republic, elsewhere on the island. Preedom of speech, liberty of the press and privilege of public assembly are among the most important constitu- tional rights which will be revoked as & consequence of compliance with the presidential request. Some controversy has developed here as to whether the right of franchise would not also be revoked. ‘The adminstration expected no diffi- culty in putting its measure through. Dr. Guas Inclan, Speaker of the House, and Clemente Vasquez Bello, President of the Senate, both promisec: their sup- ort. The presidential message to Congress was dispatched to the body yesterday afternoon and received at its offices for presentation to the House of Represen- tatives at 3 p.m. today and to the Sen- ate shortly thereafter. Pending the national elections the government has prohibited carrying of firearms of any description, even though the bearer may have a license. DISCUSSES CUBAN SITUATION. Ex-Official Holds Richardson Has | Prejudged Case and Is There- | fore Disqualified to Take Action in Investigation. By the Associated Press. Ralph 8. Kelley, former head of the Land Office. at Denver, who has charged maladministration of Colorado oil shale lands, declined today to lay his case before the Department of Justice. At the same time Chairman Nye of the Senate Lands Commit- tee said he thought Kelley was *quite justified” in his charges. Kelley declined the invitation from Assistant Attorney General Seth W. Richardson to state his case fully as an aid to the De- artment of Justice investigation. glc sent a copy of his letter to newspaper offices. It cited quotations which he said had been attributed to Richardson in newspapers, and which he said “indi- cates you have prejudged the case and have already disqualified yourself.” Kelley's Letter. The letter read in part: “In my opinion the public interests fequire an investigation of these charges by an impartial body. * * * “Your statement referring to an al- Jeged ‘invitation’ of Secretary Wilbur that I come to Washington, is quite in- correct. These and numerous other critical statements of my position, at-| tributed to you which have been brought to my attention, may be viewed as an effort to influence ‘public opinion.’- “Is it not true that the opinions ing. spired n the Interior Department? “It 4§ my view that members of the President’s cabinet are much too close- Iy bound together to permit impartial “Typical Methods.” e o reias papor Tt you are 04 - paper Euoud as saying that you ‘detailed a man to watch his room’ and that this individual, long after the department had closed for the day, handed me a letter. This seems to be in line with typical Department of Justice methods. A letter ed in my box at the hotel | would have promptly reached me. “You are advised that I have made arrangements whereby the principal facts supporting the allegations con- tained in my letter of resignation will at once be presented for the considera- tion of the puhlleh ‘This procedure alone will render unnecessary for me to go further into details at the present time.” (The last paragraph of Kelley's let- | ter quoted referred to the writing of a series of articles which the New York World announced today it would pub- lish.) In s statement issued yesterday Rich- ardson was quoted as saying that he thought Kelley had acted “queerly” in making his charges against the Interior Department. Invited to Washington. ‘The Assistant Attorney General ex- plained Kelley had been invited to Washington by Secretary Wilbur to| take charge of oil shale matters in the | department, but had left suddenly with- out conferring with any official and ublished his resignation and charges | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TWO MISSIONARIES EXECUTED BY REDS British Consul at Foochow Is In- formed Woman Captives ‘Were Shot. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, October 3.—Mes- sages Teaching the ‘British consul at Foochow today said that Miss Edith Nettleton and Miss Eleanor June Har- rison, British missionaries, who were captured last July by Communists at Chungan, Northern Funkien province, | had been shot. ‘Their execution followed fallure of protracted negotiations for their re- Jease, in the course of which the bandits cut off one of Miss Nettleton's fingers and sent it to British consular euthorities as a dire reminder of their death threats if ransom money of $100,000 was not paid. The two women, wWho were associated with the Church Missionary Society, were traveling from Chungan to Kien- ningfu when they were captured. It was understood here that the British _authorities here would wait Rll the detalls before taking any further action. Judge, 80, Shoots Hole in One, Then Challenges John D. STERLING, 11, October 3 (). Judge H. C. Ward, 80, has | | written a’ challenge to John D. | | Rockefeller, sr., for a game of golf. | Judge Ward's courage was heightened considerably when he made a hole in 1 at Rock River last Saturday. ASKS SUSPENIN OF CONSTTUTIN Cuban President Seeks Dic- tatorial Power During National Election. | | | | | Ambassador Guggenheim Confers With Secretary Stimson. By the Associated Press. Ambassador to Cuba, today conferred with Secretary Stimson and Francis White, Assistant Secretary, in charge of Latin American affairs, presumably on the Cuban situation. The result of the conference was not made public at the State De it. Prior to entering the conference, Am- bassador Guggenheim did not comment on the nature of his visit, but it was un , in view of yesterday's State Department developments in interpret- ing this Government's attitude toward present conditions in Cuba, that the Ambassador would discuss Cuban affairs with Mr. Stimson and Mr. White in some detail. The Ambassador and Mrs. Guggen- heim arrived here this morning by train from Port Washington, N. Y. They will leave Washington tonight for Key West, from whence they will fly to Havana. After many weeks in which the State Department has maintained an out- ‘ward complacency toward the political situation in Cuba, it became known to- day that the policy of the Hoover ad- ministration is at present the same as that enunciated by Elihu Root while Secretary of War under President Mc- Kinley. This pronouncement in 1901 embod- ied an interpretation of the Platt amendment controlling Cuban-Amer- ican relations, stating the amendment (Continued on P; 2, Column 2.) MYSTERIOUS BLAST WRECKS KING’S MAIL Four Postal Workers Hurt as Ex- plosion Occurs in Lon- don Van. 1 By the Assoclated Press. | ' LONDON, October 3—A mysterious | explosion among mail addressed to the Buckingham Palace and Whitehall dis- trict today injured four post office em- ployes, wrecked a truck and set in motion operatives of Scotland Yard and other government agencies. The explosion occurred in a mail van being loaded in London's central mail sorting station. B | Official interest was intensified by | | the fact that the district to which the | bag was consigned contained the official | residence of the sovereign. The Eve- ning Standard said it understood the bag contained mail addressed to Buck- ingham Palace. ROBERT BUCK TAKES OFF | FOR ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. | By the Associated Press. AMARILLO, Tex., October 3.—Rob- | ert Buck, 16-year-oid Elizabeth, N. J., | aviator secking to set a new junior | transcontinental record, left here at {8:10 am. (C. S. T) today for Albu- { querque, N. Mex. | Forced down at Glenrio, N. Mex., Harry F. Guggenheim, United States | ;) yesterday, he returned here and spent the night after a new cylinder was put in the motor of his plane. 610 VOTERS IN TOWN OF 107 AROUSE ELECTION CHALLENGERS Census Figures and Registration Books Conflict at North Beach, Md., as Charges of D. C. Residence Are Filed. Eoecial Dispateh to The Star. NORTH BEACH, Md. October 3.— The strange phenomenon of a town with an official census population of 107 having 610 “registered voters,” most : of them challenged as being Washing- | ton residents, is giving the election Judges of this community something to worry about between now and next nsus total, officially enumerated 'mmu as of April 1, 1930, gave the town a population only one-sixth as large as that indicated on the regictration books | | on September 2. As a result, chnlleng:a have been filed against nearly one-half the persons listed on the books. One of the chief grounds for the challen persons listed own res! (Continued on Page 2, Oolumn 5.) ‘ E WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, HOOVER ANSWERS CRITIES N TALK 0 AMERIAN BANKERS Takes Sharp Issue With Those Who Dwell on “Unhappy Features.” DISAGREES ON LOWER STANDARD OF LIVING President Returns to Capital on Special Arriving This Morning. Train, BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Hoover returned to Wash- ington this morning from Cleveland, where last night in an address before the American Bankers' Association he urged the country’s bankers to join the Government in promoting better busi- ness conditions. Mr. Hoover's special train arrived in Union Station at 9:30 o'clock after a 12-hour run. He and Mrs. Hoover motored directly to the White House, and a few moments later he was seated at his desk in the executive office read- ing the many messages of congratula- tion, L The response thus far has caused friends of the President to feel that the Cleveland speech ranks as one of the most important he has made since be- coming Chief Executive. The tore and words of these commendatory messages has indicated that the general feeling is that his courageous analysis of the situation and his hopeful predictions will contribute greatly to stabilizing the economic situation of the country. Pleased With Reception. ‘The President also was pleased with the reception accorded him and Mrs. Hoover during their brief stay in Cleve- land. Many thousands of persons were on the streets to see them as they were driven from the train to their hotel and later when they went for an automo- bile ride around the city. Mr. Hoover's speech in Cleveland was the first of four he has prepared to de- liver within the next week, the others being before the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor in Boston next Monday and at Kings Mountain, 8. C., next Tuesday. The White House has made it very clear that the President has had no thought of politics and that his purpose e acbire o place seversi prompted by & desire to pl several of the more pressing problems of the administration finlllnl, before the peo- a!e and to come in closer personal con- ct with the people after these many months of e and industry within the confines of the White House. Disappointed Politicians. ‘While the President’s is bring- ing, him iy sections, , he has received some remind- ers of disappointment on the part of some Republican leaders in Ohio, be- cause he did nothing specific during his visit, either in action or in words, that could be construed by them as a help in their present campaign. Senator C. McCulloch, who is a candidate to succeed himself, is understood to have pleaded.with the President yesterday to do something specific to help the cause along, but without l. Gov. Myers Cooper of ©Ohio, also a candidate to succeed him- self, during a visit with the President at his hotel, added his voice to these pleadings, but went away unsuccessful. The President was not even photo- graphed with these leaders or any others. The President and Mrs. Hoover ex- pect to go to the Rapidan fishing camp some time tomorrow for a brief visit to their son Herbert, who under treat- ment there for a tubercular infection. They will return to Washington Sun- ('i;y in time to leave that night for Bos- n. President Answers Critics. CLEVELAND, October 3 (#).—Presi- dent Hoover was on Trecord today as taking sharp issue with both eritics | of his administration who, he says, dwell only on the “unhappy features” of the current business depression and (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Purchasing Power At least 90% of the peo- ple in Washington are much better off now than at this time last year, Their money goes much farther for most of the things they buy. They can either buy at lower prices or get better things for the same amount of money. Better business is here for the merchants offering attractive merchandise at lower price levels. Opportune offerings in Today's Star include: Fur-trimmed Winter Coats, Boys Suits and Overcoats, Men’s Shirts, Silk Frocks; Grocery Items And many others. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star 65,324 2d Newspaper ... 3d Newspaper. ... . 8,087 4th Newspaper. ... .. 6,550 Sth Newspaper..... 4,355 An increase in The Star’s circulation of about 5,000 copies during each of the past two years provides an even greater audience re- sponsive to advertising in he Star. WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITION pening Star, Associated service. The only evening in Washington wi per the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,720 OCTOBER 3, 1930 —FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. FHY (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. CONGRESSIONAL John C. Koons Informed Title Event May Be Had for the Asking. Governors’ Meeting Will Be Called to Draft Letter Pressing Local Claim. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. The men's national amateur golf championship probably will be played at the Congressional Country Club in September, 1932. Already in the field for the women's championship, either in 1931 or 1922, the Congressional Country Club was in- formed today, through John C. Koons, its president, that the club can have the national amateur title event for the asking in the Washington bi-cen- tennial year. This will make the Na- country in the year which marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, as the Capital will be the center of the Nation in so many other ways touching on observance of the birth of the first President. Mr. Koons will call a meeting of the NATIONAL AMATEUR IN tional Capital the golf center of the | CLUB MAY GET 1932 | | ! JOHN C. KOONS. arris-Ewing Photo. board of governors of the club within 10 days to draft a formal letter to the United States Golf Assoclation, pre- senting the claims of the Congressional | Country Club and the National Capital for the amateur championship in 1932, and will follow the letter with vigorous action by way of appeals fromn men prominent in national life. President Hoover himself, who was the first presi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) CARDS CONFIDENT EN ROUTE TO WEST Change in Environment Be- lieved Advantage to Na- tional Leaguers. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EN ROUTE FROM PHILADELPHIA dent that a change in environment | will help them, the St. Louis Cardinals speeded westward today to resume their World series quarrel with the Phila- delphia Athletics at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, tomorrow. The Athletics, transformed by the schedule from the home club to the visitors, also went West today, but the American League can do no better in the National League City than it did at home. If it does as well the series will be over Sunday. The world champlons made it two in a row at Shibe Park by giving big George Earnshaw an early lead, six runs in four innings, in clutters of twos, then suspending their hitting and scoring activities. As the big Swarth- more_hurler was in excellent form, any one of the two-run innings would have been enough to win. The only Cardinal run was a long>home run over the right-field wall by George Watkins, who plays right field for the Cards when the opposition sends in a right- hander to pitch. Cardinals Won't Give Up. Although they never were “in the ball game” in_the second contest of the series, the National Leaguers show- ed no disposition to give up the base ball ghost, and their supporters did not hesitate to say that once at their own homes and firesides they would give a good account of themselves. In the first two games Manager Connie Mack led his two aces and each took tricks. Bob Grove's vic- tory In the opener was followed by an even more impressive pitching perform- ance by his colleague in the second. Running true to his schedule mapped i ce r_Gabby_Street (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) RE(-IEIVED' BY POPE Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair of New York Granted Private Audience. VATICAN CITY, October 3 (#).— The Pope today received in private audi- ence Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Sinclair of New York. They were presented by Commendatore Andreoli, secretary of the local Knights of Columbus. Sin- clair was received by Premier Mussolini yesterday. SEMEIOE TR e Mississippi Savings Bank Closes. MAGNOLIA, Miss.,, October 3 (#).— The Citizens' Saving Bank of Magnolia failed to open for business today and was placed in the hands of the State Banking Department. J. §. Love, super- intendent of State banks, poor conditions and the low price of eol caused the failure. L TO ST. LOUIS, October 3.— Confi-| HIDNAPED DOCTOR - FREED BY POLICE 'Physician Attracts Attention by Throwing Papers Out of Window. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 3.—Dr. Frank L. McPhail, a Highland Park physician, | was kidnaped last night and held clp-} tive until this morning in a vacant | house from which he was released by ‘pulice after he attracted attention by | throwing prescription papers out of a | | window. A man said by police to have been left | to guard the physician was arrested by | police. He gave his name as Prank | Sabino. Police reported that when Dr. | McPhail's father, Dr. Malcolm McPhail, | went to arrange for payment of ran- | som at 6 am. today, he was abducted, but was released later after beihg driven to the neighborhood in which the son had been held. | First in Nearly Year. | The kidnaping recalled the numer- ous abductions for ranson in Detroit and its suburbs during recent years. It was tne first crime of this nature re- ported for nearly a year, however. Dr. McPhail was abducted while a | special grand jury was hearing the tes- | timony of some of the leaders in the old kidnaping rings, who turned State's evi- | dence after being convicted. The younger McPhail sald he was forced into an automobile by three men | after answering a decoy professional call and wes taken to the house, which is in the edge of the city, where he was forced to wrife a note asking for $4,000 ransom. Two of the men went out with the note, leaving the other as a guard. Guard Was Unarmed. Dr. ¢McPhail did not know until he was rescued that his guard was un- armed, having given his pistol to one of his companions. After a sleepless night, Dr. McPhail | said he attracted attention of children | outside while his guard’s back was | turned. Parents of thé children noti- | fied police. The elder McPhail, according to po- lice, was forced into & car when he met | the two kidnapers by appointment, was driven to the neighborhood of the house where his son was held and was re- leased when the rescue was discovered. REDS NOMINATE FOSTER New York Gubernatorial Candidate Is Now in Jail. ALBANY, N. Y, October 3 (#).—A petition bearing 28,272 signatures plac- ing Willlam Z. Foster of New York City in nomination as the Communist party candidate for Governor was filed in the office of the secretary of State here to- day. Foster is serving a term at Hart's Island in consequence of a riot at Union Square, New York City, March 6. He is expected to be released Octo- ber 21. The Communists nominated s - full Btate ticket. | | the large flat rate companies. | tions—whether the owners are financial- | the 100-mile maximum. WITNESS DECLARES 'WOMAN LOSES LIFE - BRYANPITISTOLD AS FIRE ROUTS 200 JyUENT TAXICABS SHOW FAT PROFITS Companies Inform People’s Counsel Owners Get 7 Per Cent Returns. Although pictured as being unre- munerative and on the verge of bank- ruptcy, Washington's 35-cent taxicab industry in reality is a thriving, profit- able business venture, judging from re- ports received today by Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel before the Pub- lice Utllitles Commission, from two of ‘These reports, which provide the first insight into the financial condition of the 35-cent companies, reveal that the drivers are earning money, and that the HIN TO GET AWAY Case, Found in South, Tells Court of Receiving $200. TESTIMONY TO BE USED AN CRIMINAL TRIAL Joseph Howard Regarded as One of Most Important Links in Federal Fraud Charges. Joseph Howard, erstwhile “missing” witness in the F. H. Smith Co., case, was brought back to Washington today atfer being apprehended in_ hiding in the Florida Everglades and placed under $1,000 bond by Justice Joseph W. Cox when he declared in the District Su- preme Court that he had been given $200 by G. Bryan Pitts and told to “get away from here.” Howard was brought back here on a kench warrant. Howard, colored janitor of the Smith Bullding on Fifteenth street when the company had its offices in Washington, and later a personal servant of Pitts, is regarded by the Government as one of its most important witnesses in the forthcoming trial on an indictment which charges four officials of the com- pany with embezzlement and a con- spiracy to destroy allegedly incrimi- nating records. ¥ Missing After Indictments. The man testified in court today that he entered the employ of the Smith Co. in 1922 and that last April he appeared before the local grand jury as a witness in connection with the alleged burning of certain records in the basement of the Smith Build- ing. Shortly after the indictment against Pitts, Samuel J. Henry, C. El- bert Anadale and John Edwards, jr., was returned, he disap ed. Department of Justice agents, work- ing under direction of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Criminal In- vestigation, trailed Howard to Pitts’ home in Florida. On the night of September 7 agents of the Department of Justice went to Pitts’ home and served subpoenas on two witnesses. They returned the next morning seek- ing Howard, but were told he no longer was there. Found in Everglades. Howard testified that on September 7 owners of the cabs are reaping a 7 per cent return on their investment, and in addition are setting aside reserves for depreciation and Mability and property damage, and still have an excess to im- prove working conditions for the em- ployes. Keech sought the information from the companies in connection with a survey he is making into the taxicab situation. Primarily he was interested in two phases of the 35-cent cab opera- ly successful and whether the drivers are making a living wage. Data Revelation. The data contained in the reporis were a revelation to Keech, particularly in view of the belief of attaches of the Public Utilities Commission and others that the 35-cent cab service was un- profitable. On the basis of this infor- mation, Keech thinks the 35-cent cabs will not pass out of existence, as has been predicted, but will remain an im- portant factor in public transportation in the District. The two large 35-cent companies which submitted the reports employ 200 drivers, who have earned, since the introduction of the cheap flat rate serv- ice in February, an average of $5.35 a day. In February and March, two brisk months in taxicab operations, the earn- ings of the drivers ranged from $45 to $50 a week. The drivers, according to the reports, work 12 hours a day and six days a week. The cabs are rented to them on the basis of $4.80 a day if the distance traveled does not exceed 100 miles. The rental increases proportionately above | $19,500 Net Income. The companies which own the cabs, their reports showed, have done a profitable business. The net income was given for only three months—May, June and July—but in this period the total for the two companies amounted to $19,500. This was distributed as fol- lows: May, $11,000; June, $6,000, and July, $2,500. These figures represent the profits after the deduction of all overhead for gas, oil, garage, repairs and other incidentals, as well as the 7 per_cent return on the investment. With the excess profits, the compa- nies, Keech was told, are planning to establish a barber shop and lunch room for the employes. Hair cutting, shav- ing and bootblack service will be free, while food will be sold in the restau- rant at cost. Negotiations also are under way, it was said, to purchase uniforms for the drivers, which, with the free barber service, will keep them in neat and trim appearance. Compete With Street Cars. The 35-cent companies already have made serious inroads into the revenue passengers of the street car companies and if they continue to operate on a profitable basis, as is shown in the Te- ports received by Keech, he believes the operations may expand_and_confront (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) . TRIAL IN “RIDE” DEATH RESULTS IN ACQUITTAL Accused Man Freed of Charge of Murdering Restaurant Proprietor. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October trial on record here involving a gan; T “taken-for-a-ride” death ended -in Criminal Court early today with the acquittal of John Marciano, accused of the murder June 3 of Sal- vatore Vassallo, restaurant proprietor. Marciano was arrested shortly after Vassallo’s body was found in a parked automobile. He asserted the restaurant proprietor was shot by one of two strangers. In the rear seat. Several tins of alcohol were being delivered in Vi o was the third owner of the restaurant, which he bought last March. to be shot and killed. Radio iromn; on Page D-6 3.—~The first . he heard the telephone in Pitts’ home ring and that a few minutes later Pitts came down stairs and said, “They are after you and ycu had befter get away from here.” "Pitts, he testified, gave him $200 the next day. The colored man said he climbed over a wall surrounding the Pitts estate and went to an island off Key West, where he lived under an assumed name. The Defianment of Justic agents and Florida police picked up his trail, however, and he moved to a lonely shack in the Ever- glades swamp, approximately 15 miles from Olympia, Fla. Howard was apprehended by Sheriff R. H. Baker of West Palm Beach, Fla., during a raid on a speakeasy near Olympia. Baker said he found the col- ored man hiding in a bed room and recognized him from a description which had been broadcast. Questioned Here. Howard was brought immediately to Washington by Department of Justice Agents May and Anderson after he had been served with a bench warrant for his arrest, issued by Justice Cox last Monday. He was questioned at the Department of Justice this morning by Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General; Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United 'States attorney, and Special Agents Louis Loebel and Aaron W. Jacobson, who were assigned by Mr. Hoover to investigate the case. After making a statement at the de- partment, Howard was brought to the District Supreme Court in the custody of Deputy United States Marshal Thomas East and taken before Justice Cox. Burkinshaw, who had asked that Howard, if apprehended, be placed under $15,000 bond in applying for the bench warrant Monday, urged the court today to fix a lower bond. Seek Trial October 8. “I am satisfied that Howard is the unfortunate victim of a conspiracy,” he told Justice Cox, “and I do not be- lieve that a punitive bond is necessary. He has promised to hold himself in readiness to testify for the Government and has agreed to report dally to the Department of Justice.” Acting on this recommendation from Mr. Burkinshaw, Justice Cox fixed bond at $1,000, which Howard posted for his release. . ‘The Government is endeavoring to go to trial October 8 on the conspiracy in- dictment, but it is possible that pleas of abatement that were filed by defense cuun!sel may necessitate a postpone- ment. CRAMTON LOSES BY 25 House Dry Leader Concedes Defeat by J. P. Wolcott. PORT HURON, Mich., October 3 (). —Representative Louis C. Cramton, House dry leader, today conceded his defeat by Jesse P. Wolcott, Port Huron attorney, in the primary race for the Republican nomination for Representa- tive from the seventh congressional dis- trict. The final margin between the two candidates, on the basis of a recent re- count conducted at Lansing, the State capital, was 25 votes. On the original returns Wolcott's lead was 102 votes. FROM APARTMENTS {Physical Condition Believed to Have Barred Escape of Semi-Invalid. BABY SAVED BY TOSS TO ADJOINING BUILDING | Mrs. Fisher, 90 Years 0ld, Rescued. Chapin St. Structure Wrecked, i Another Damaged by Flames. One woman was burned to death and 200 persons, many in their night cloth- ing, forced to flee to safety when fire early today wrecked the Denver Apart- ments, a five-story structure, at 1419 Chapin street. Smoke filled the Hill- side Apartments, next door, and its oc- cupants fled to the street. The dead woman is Miss Jessie Cam- | mack, 70 years old, a semi-invalid, par- tially blind, who occupled an apart- ment on the fourth floor. Her body was found burned after a check had showed her unaccounted for. Her win- dow was not more than a few feet from a fire escape and it is believed that but for her physical condition she could easily have escaped. Mrs. R. B. Cole, who lived across the hall from Miss Cammack, said neighbors were pre- vented from getting to Miss Cammack’s door because flames and smoke filled the hall. Miss Cammack was & niece of Mrs. Joseph R. Quinter or 1360 Perry place and a first cousin of William 8. Quinter, 2823 Twenty-seventh street, president of the District Building and Loan As- sociation. Baby Tossed Across Afeaway. * A 13-month-old baby, Alfred Castle, jr. and his mother were saved from the flames and smoke, when Mrs. Castle tossed the child from the third-story window of the building across an-open space, to Tudor W. Mask, standing on the roof of his home, at 1421 in street. Mr. Mask caught the who was unharmed, and Mrs. then leaped to safety across the 10-foot f,!,"” to the roof of the adjoining build- 8. : Woman, 90, Carried to Safety. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Pisher, 90 years old, who occupied an apartment on the second floor of the structure, was ried to the fire escape by Earl the owner of the bullding, and down the fire escape by R. gwnr. an_occu- pant of the Mrs. Fisher's Fisher and . Mrs, E. T. daughters, Miss Miss Mary E. Brandebury, who has been nursing Mrs. Fisher since she broke her hip six weeks ago, also escaped. Mrs. Fisher was taken to the home of friends, at 143¢ Chapin street. 2 Acting Fire Marshal C. G. ter this afternoon said the damage | done to the building proper, the Den- | ver Apartments, amounted 'to aprox- | imately $50,000, exclusive of furniture | and personal property. |, The acting fire marshal declared he | believed the fire started in some crates, | which had been used to pack electric relr!!gtrl'ol’l, moved into the apart- ments. As the flames mounted and four fire alarms in close succession brought a mass of apparatus to the scene, the screams of awakening apartment dwell- ers, who found their way to safety cut off by the smoke and flames, added to the confusion. Meanwhile hundreds of residents of other apartment houses in the vicinity, awakened by the shouts and reflection of the flames on their windows, poured into the streets and around the fire engines. The police reserves from the eighth and tenth pre- | cincts cleared the streets. Mr. Carson sald he _thought the fire started in the basement (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) SHIP IN HIGH SEA CANCELS HELP CALL U. S. S. Montcalm Radios Safety as Two Vessels Are on Way to Aid. By the Associated Press. | The U. 8. 8. Montcalm today had conquered the difficulties which led 1% to call to the Navy Department yester= day to rush help to it 500 miles south= east of Charleston, §, C. With two ships heading that way, the | cratt_canceled the request by radio_to | Washington this forenoon. It 1s the | station ship of Guantanamo, Cuba. The light cruiser Concord and the 8. 8. Orbita, a mail ship bound for Europe, were en route to the trouble-stricken Montcalm when the heavy seas moder- ated and enabled the picking up of speed. In command of Chief Boatswain Wil- liam J. Smith, West Roxbury, Mass., the craft carrled 3 officers and 42 enlisted men. ‘The Montcalm left Guantanamo Sep- tember 30 for Charleston for a regular overhauling. At 6 am. today it was approximately 250 miles east of Miami and about 450 miles southeast of Charleston. Navy officials were greatly relieved by the message of assurance, the Montcalm not having been designed to ride heavy seas. Word was broadcast to all ships immediately that the trouble had passed. The Concord was called from its mis- sion of aid. | | BRAVE POLICEMAN AVERS WOMEN CAUSE MOST TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Declares They Don’t Know Regulations and Plans to Open School to Remedy Sad State of Affairs. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, 111, October 3.—A brave, | brave man is Director Frank Kreml of | the Police Accident Prevention Bureau. | He dares to say aloud what most men only think about woman drivers. | ‘Women, he said, are largely to blame for_traffic accidents. ‘They never can make up their minds which way to turn, and even when do they turn the other way. they | other members They don't know the regulations and traffic cops can't tell them an: because the women do all the tal Mr. Kreml's conclusions have led to take steps to remedy the sad state of affairs. Next week he will open a school for woman drivers. He (o:;n the women will welcome & chance to learn . There are of e Eoitoe ment who believe exactly the { \