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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) not quite so cool to- 3 increasing cloudiness and warmer, followed by showers at night. peratures—Highest, 75, at yesterday; lowest, 44, at 7 Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Partly cloudy, t; 0TTOW No. 3L570. Fost"ohee, “Wa Entered as second class matte) 3:30 p.m. b ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. The Star’s carri tion is delivered to Yesterday’s Circ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ulation, 114,136 r shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930—FORTY-TWO PAGES. % (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Pre DRIVE AGAINST RIO MAY BE DECISIVEIN BRAZILIAN REVOLT One Section of Army Heading | Toward Sao Paulo in Gen- eral Offensive. CLAIM 80,000 VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT IN ONE STATE Government Calls Out Xelerve:f and Requisitions Food to Meet Revolutionists. By the Assoclated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, October 7. ~Revolutionary armies moved today toward the two largest cities of Braazil, gathering force as they traveled for what their leaders believed would be decisive battles. Leaders of the rebel movement planned to divide the armies of the State of Rio Grande Do Sul, which is committed heart and soul to the revo- lution, sending one section against Sao Paulo, coffee-exporting center, and the other against Rio de Janeiro. The sec- ond section will await forces from the States of Minas Geraes, Ceara, Pernam- buco, Piahuy and Rio Grande do Norte before attacking the capital city. Vargas Takes Command. Getulio Vargas, President of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and de- feated candidate for the national pres- idency in the national elections, has delegated responsibilities of his state office to Dr, Oswaldo Aranha, minister of interior, and will take personal com- mand of the southern revolutionary armies. The newspaper Republicano at Santa Ana da Livramento said today that radiograms from the front had an- nounced arrival of the insurgent van- guard at the borders of the State of Sao Paulo, not far from where federal are gathering for defense of that important city. Troops from Santa Catarina and Parana are assembling with the insurgents for the invasion of Sao Paulo. Reports from Rivera, frontier town, insisted that a battalion of the 16th Infantry, at Sao Paulo, had revolted. It was also said that Fort Copabanca was assauted Sunday by a group of rebels. Santa Ana iblicano said 80,000 volunteers offered Air Line Faces Suit Because of Forced Landing of Plane By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 7.—Elmer W. Arch, an attorney, has sued Universal Air Lines for $50,000 damages, charging that a forced landing was a breach of contract. The plane, in which Arch was being flown from Louisville, Ky., to Chicago, was forced down at, Springfield, Ill., because of the poor condition of the plane rather than because of weather condi- tions. The same plane two days later crashed into a gas tank and three persons were killed. Arch maintains that the forced landing caused him to miss an important business engagement. A'S RETURN HOME IN JUBILANT MD Straight to Capture World Series Title. By the Assoclated Press. EN ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA FROM ST. LOUIS, October 7.—The Athletics of Philadelphia and Cardinals of St. Louis today were well on their way back to Philadelphia to resume their world series battle tomorrow on the American League grounds. Both teams had reason to be satisfied with their three-day stay in National League territory. The Cardinals won two games to get them back in the se- ries, while the Athletics captured the final clash in Missouri in a thrilling battle of pitchers and started home a game ahead and only one decision away from another world championship. Cards Have Hard Job. ‘The Cardinals left Philadelphia last Thursday night two games behind the Athletics and they return only one in arrears, but still their task is the harder. In a golf match the holes eventually run out, and this is all in favor of the player ahead. The Athletics have to win only one more to repeat their 1929 triumph and win the supreme praise of Connie Mack as a “great team.” The Cardinals must win two straight. er Mack today made no fore- cast of the ultimate end of the series except to say that he had faith in his “That was & great game closing our stay in St. Louis,” said the veteran r, “a game of superb pitching, themselves for military service in Rio alone. and a lieutenant, who refused the rebels, were permitted to go to Rio Branco, in Uruguay. RESERVES ARE CALLED. Government Working Feverishly to | Meet Rebel Threat. RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil, October 7 (#).—The governmnet, faced with a growing revolutionary movement in both South and the North, announced today it would call out today the first and second classes of army reserves. All foodstuffs have been requisitioned by the federal government in the capi- tal city. Authorities alleged that retail merchants were charging _excessive prices for their wares owing to commu- nications with the State of Minas Geras being interrupted. Although official news is scanty it was known today that the government is working feverishly to obtain the upper hand in the situation. Pederal forces are marching slowly toward Minas Geras; but their progress is delayed be- | cause of the many bridges and track | which has been destroyed along the Century Rallway. ‘The war ministry announced that Gen. Lavane Wanderly, commander of the seventh military region, had died of wounds received while fighting the revolutionists in the State of Pernam- | buco. AIRMAN IS BARRICADED. Porto Rico Gets Confirmation of Brazil- ian Revolt. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, October 7 (P).—Confirmation of reports that the Brazillan revolution had spread to the great State of Para was received today in a message sent the Pan-American Alrways, by its field manager in the City of Para, John C. Nash. Nash told the company that he had been barricaded in his hotel mrb:\?. hours_because of the revolution, but " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) rhspmbsn ol i SILVER IS RECOVERED Three Arrested After Hold-Up of Truck Driver in Connecticut. WARWICK, R. ‘Warwick police early today recovered a considerable quantity of the bulk silver stolen from a truck in South Killingly, | Conn., yesterday, and arrested three men belleved to have held up the truck driver. The loot was found in a Summer cot- tage at Shawomet Beach. I, October T (#).— | manage: and certainly it must have been a very interesting one to watch, even though of course, did not please our St. Louis friends.” Street Still Optimistic. ‘The “gabby” general of the Cardinals, the weather-beaten Charles Street, as always, was :[‘:;Jmhflc today. “We can two straight from the Athletics,” he said, “and this we will do. ‘We have done it already in the series and we can do it again. Of that I am positive.” DRY LAW ACTION SIX MONTHS OFF| Voluminous Work Faced by En- forcement Group Before Report. ‘With a voluminous mass of prohibi- tion reports awaiting disposal by the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission, scheduled to meet in conference tomor- row, no action by the commission can be immediately expected, according to Charles Wickersham, commission chair- man. Already a movement has been started within the commission to have it go to the heart of the prohibition problem and there seemed little doubt tonight that a thorough examination of pro- hibition would be made. An attempt to have the commission go on record on this controversy also was expected. The prohibition reports have been de- scribed as “interesting and illuminat- nite proposition coming before the com- mission regarding this issue. Until all the reports are digested and the commission has studied them, Wickersham said there was little likeli- hood of any concrete action. “You never can tell” he smiled, “what kind of a blossom will bloom until the plant develops.” However, with prohibition persistently creeping into various political cam- paigns this year, more interest is being shown by political leaders in the work of the commission. Wickersham said today that with such a voluminous job ahead there was little prospect of the commission completing its task within the next six months. All of the commission members are expected for the opening meeting Wed- nesday. Several are here already and it is conceded by this group of early | arrivals that prohibition is occupying :much of the advance discussion, {AVIATRIX CONTINUES HOP Laura Ingalls, Seeking Transna- | tion Record, Reaches Wichita. WICHITA, Kans., October 7 (#).— Laura Ingalls, St. Louis aviatrix, seek- | ing to establish a woman's transconti- | nental flight record, landed here at 10:41:58 (Central standard time) today after leaving Kansas City at 8:43, SHOOTS PISTOL IN PHONE BOOTH; PROTESTS WHEN PLACED IN ARREST Evanston Boy’s Weapon Was Only Watchfob and He| AIR BISASTER DEAD LEAVE FRENCH SOIL AS PROBE GOES ON Investigators Rout Theory of Stowaway on R-101 and Place Victims at 47. BODIES MAY BE BURIED IN SINGLE RESTING PLACE 30,000 Line Streets at Beauvais to Pay Homage to British Dirigible's Crew. Cardinals Must Win TWO!es tne acocisiea mres. BEAUVAIS, France, October 7.— Thirty thousand people, from Beauvais and the countryside hereabout, lined the streets of this little city today as a procession of caissons bearing the 47 bodies of victims of the R-101 disaster were taken from Beauvais City Hall to the raflroad station. They were put reverentially on a special train which takes them today to Boulogne Sur Mer, where they will be placed aboard the destroyers Tem- pest and Tribune for the trip across the Channel to England and an eternal resting place, probably in a single grave. Thirty French airplanes and a squad- ron of British airplanes hovered low over the procession as it wended its way to the railway station, sometimes swooping so low as to scatter the frightened crowds. Troops stood at each side of the cortege's route. Each casket was covered with a Brit- ish and French flag and bouquets of flowers, most of them wild flowers picked and placed their by the peasants of the area. Service Is Abandoned. After consultation with the British government it was decided to abandon the plan of a memorial service in the historic Cathedral Saint Pierre, since it was not' known to what denomina- tion the victims belonged. As the coffins were taken from the city hall and placed on the caissons Premier Tardieu of France and Wedg- wood Benn, secretary of state for India in the British cabinet, stood with un- covered heads. Earlier in the morning a storm broke over the town. Halilstones as large as eggs beat at the mourning-bedecked city and forced thousands who had gathered to participate in the memorial ceremony to seek shelter indoors. ‘The artillery caissons, which rumbled along to the strains of “God Save the King,” ranged from those. of the famous French “75s5” to the big siege guns of the type seen during the reign of King Louis XIV. By the time the cortege reached the railway station, where there was an imposing honorary guard, all the caskets were buried with flowers which peasants and others had laid upon them. Tardieu in March. Thirty caissons were used, some carry- ing two caskets, others carrying just one. After a detachment of cavalry, which rode at the head of the cortege, Premier Tardieu walked, bareheaded. Behind him came Wedgwood Benn and then a battalion of French infantry; then the caissons, a company of aeronauts, representing lighter-than- air aviation; a company representing heavier-than-air aviation, two bat- talions of artillery and a company of the Republican Guard. Finally there was a great company of French school children, both boys and girls. Both French and British air squad- rons accompanied the special train to the Boulogne landing, the British in- tending to proceed with the two ships to W WY HATL NI AR i i W A B B ICLAUDE'S SEA POWER SUCCESS HELD GREATEST SINCE DYNAMO Government Scientists Agree Achievement Reveals Latent Possibilities in Ocean. Drs. Munroe and Burgess Predict Harnessing of Gulf Stream Has “Possibilities.” BY REX COLLIER. Although without official advices re- garding the detailed processes employed | by Prof. Georges Claude in deriving steam for power from the ocean off Havana yesterday, Dr. Charles E. Mun- roe, noted Government scientist, re- gards the achievement as “one of the outstanding scientific steps since Fara- | day produced electrical energy by cut- | ting the lines of magnetic force.” Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the Bureau of Standards, joined with Dr. Munroe today in predicting that the Prench sclentist’s reported success in harnessing the Gulf Stream has “vast possibilities.” Government scientists here are agreed PIOF."(;:EORGEG CLAUDE. —Wide World Photo. vana of Prof. Claude's ocean-operated turbines to produce electric power lends itself to serious consideration of the in- calculable power possibilities latent in the sea. Dr. Munroe, inventor of smokeless powder and internationally recognized as a physicist and chemist, is well as. quain! with Prof. Claude’s work in that yesterday's demonstration at Ha- ENGINEER'S DEATH ORDERED PROBED Coroner Nevitt Has Body of Richard Renner Removed for Autopsy. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) THEATER WALL BOMBED Manager Ascribes Attack to “Dif- ferences” With Union Workers. PORTLAND, Oreg., October 7 (#).— Half an hour after the Granada Theater was closed here last night a charge of dynamite exploded against the rear wall of the building. The building was undamaged and no one was hurt. Stephen Parker, manager of the thea- ter, sald his place had been picketed for a year because of differences with the Machine Operators’ Union. Yarn Stability Planned. MANCHESTER, England, October 7 () —Spinners of American cotton at a meeting today decided to prepare a plan which will embody compulsory clauses for stabilizing yarn prices. Opportune Buying Many of the great Ameri- can fortunes were founded by men who bought heav- ily when economic condi- tions provided a high pur- chasing power for the dollar. This principle can well be applied at the present time. Merchandise can be bought at prices so reduced as to make purchases at this time unusually advantageous. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star. . 35,789 Chose Spot to Hear Report Better. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, I, October 7.—In this town law takes itself seriously—Harold Andrews, 18, believes too seriously. All Harold was was shoo! ofltpuwlmaudl::?»‘mebooth% wasn't hurting any ome. You can't shoot any one over a telephone. Be- sides, the tol he used was a dinky affair, small en 1o be worn as a watch fob, which, indeed, it was. But it was tol nevertheless. It was fixed to blank Xausg the pee-wee pistol in the wide open spaces, but the noise was so slight as to be of no consequence. Therefore he repaired to the quietude of a phone booth, where the report would be in- and where he might enjoy listening to it. ‘Two policemen came forward and ar- rested . They were quite sure An- drews “nlr vmlltmgdtg‘:c grd%nc:h on carrying firearms an arging them within the city limits. Andrews believes it is a silly law. Porter was to let him know o8 $he subject 2d Newspaper. . ... 8,401 3d Newspaper. . ... .. 7,479 4th Newspaper..... 4,468 5th Newspaper . . Total ¥ Ten thousand more homes into which The Star is reg- ularly received are the re- sult of The Star’s steady in- crease of circulation during the past two years. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt this morn- ing ordered an autopsy performed on the body of Richard R. Renner, 49, of 1908 Sixteenth street, an assistant struc- tural engineer with the Interstate Com- | merce Commission, who died at Chevy | Chase Sanitarium, Thirty-second and , Tennyson streets, shortly after 1 o'clock | this morning. | Meanwhile police were holding Mrs. Esther A. Renner, 48 years old, wife of | the engineer, at Gallinger Hospital as a witness in the case. The hospital | reported she was being treated for alco- | holism. Removed from Home. According to the report of Policeman H. H. Miller of the eighth precinct, who investigated the case, Renner, ill, was taken from his home shortly before midnight last night by an ambulance to the Chevy Chase Sanitarjum, where he was attended by Dr. Bernard Notes of 2925 Ordway street. Following Renner's death at the san- itarfum, Dr. Notes notified Coroner Nevitt, and police of the eighth pre- cinct were ordered to investigate. At the Renner home, according to Policeman Miller's report, Mrs. Renner could not give a coherent account of the events leading up to her husband’s removal from his home and his sub- sequent death. Accordingly she was placed under arrest and taken to Gal- linger Hospital, where she is being held and treated. Autopsy Is Ordered. Following a conversation with Dr. Notes this morning, Coroner Nevitt or- dered the body removed to the District Morgue for an autopsy, refusing to al- low a certificate to be issued in the case until he has satisfled himself of the direct cause of the man's death. If re- sults of the autopsy warrant it, Coroner Nevitt said, he will order an inquest into the man’s death. At the Interstate Commerce Com- mission this morning it was stated Ren- ner has been in the Government serv- ice for several years, working on land and construction work for the com- mission. Police of the eighth precinct said there were unmistakable evidences that there had been drinking at the Renner home last night. Escaped Forger Caught. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 7 (#).— A prisoner registered as Dr. Malcolm Laure, held in Covington, Ky., jail on a charge of raising a postal money order was identified today by Cincinnati police as Leon B. Lancaster, alleged notorious forger and swindler. Records showed he escaped last April from Leavenworth Federal penitentiary while serving a forgery sentence imposed at Danville, Ill. Radio Programs on Page B-9 (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) CLUES ARE FOUND INATTACK ON BUSH Financier in Serious Condi tion From Wounds Sustained in Surprise Shooting. Spurred on by several clues which may prove valuable, police today were combing the city for the gunman who last night waylaid and shot Louis Bush in a desperate hand-to-hand struggle with the 60-year-old financier and bank director in the rear of his home at 3534 Fulton street. dition. Headquarters detectives this morning, led by Lieut. Edward J. Kelly of the homicide squad, located a bullet em- bedded in the walls of a house adjoin- ing the alley where Bush fought it out with the robber. They pried out the missle and will photograph it for pos- sible identification later. Four cartridges ejected from the .32 caliber automatic with which Bush was shot, once through the abdomen and again through the left arm, were found in the alley beside a bunch of keys be- lleved to have been dropped by the gunman. Bush himself had never seen the man before and could furnish only a general description of him, because the light was dim in the alley. May Die of Wounds. The injured man was taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where doctors said this morning he had passed a “poor” night and may die of his wounds. Bush, who in addition to being presi- dent and owner of the Grey Line Motor Tours is a director of the Bank of Commerce and Savings, returned home last night a few minutes after 10 o'clock and parked his automobile in the ga- rage, some 20 yards in the rear of his home. The gunman, a white man who ap- peared unusually well dressed, pre- sumably had been waiting inside the garage, either waiting for Bush or at- tempting to steal another machine parked there. His assailant ordered Bush to put his hands up on emerging into the band of light coming through the door. Bush, a man of heavy build and unusual vigor for his years, replied by grabbing for the gun. Took Assailant’s Gun. The robber wrested free and hit Bush over the head with the butt of his auto- matic so hard it cut through the brim of the elder man’s hat. Bush, however, ain grappled with his assailant, and succeeded, he said, in getting possession of the automatic. As the two men struggled they moved from the garage into the alley. There Bush, weakened by the blow on the head, lost his grip on the gun and the robber, swinging his right arm free, shot four times at Bush as they scuffled. Hit twice, Bush regained his feet and routed his assailant, who fled down the alley and disappeared. The wounded man, bleeding profusely, walked into his home by way of the front door, and his family, who had heard the shots (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.), Bush is in a serious con- | CAMPBELL IS AGAIN JALED AFTER PLEA Prosecution Given Until This Afternoon to Voice Bail Objections. After entering a plea of not guilty on a charge of slaying Mary Baker in District Supreme Court today, Herbert M. Campbell, Virginia real estate man, was returned to his cell, pending court action on whether he shall be permit- ted to remaini at liberty under bond. No date was set for his trial. The removal of Campbell to a cell room in the Supreme Court Building by a deputy United States marshal came at the conclusion of a brief hear- ing before Associate Justice Jesse Ad- i s. The jurist instructed Willilam H. Collins, an assistant United States at- torney, to appear at 3 o'clock this aft- jernoon and make a definite recom- mendation as to whether the defendant should be released under bond. The arraignment was marked by the appearance in the case for the first time of Willlam E. Leahy, well-known local attorney, retained as an associate of Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria, chief of counsel for Campbell. Asks for $30,000 Bond. After introducing Mr. Smith to the |court, Mr. Leahy declared his client | was prepared to enter a plea of not guilty and desired to have his bond of $30,000, on which he was granted his freedom recently, continued in force, on a new bond for a similar sum au- thorized. The defense lawyer added he understood Mr. Collins had no ob- jection to his proposal. Mr. Collins immediately interrupted | with the statement that the law in the District in murder cases as he interpret- ed it left to the discretion of the court | whether bail should be permitted. | “Mr. Leahy,” he said, “is incorrect when he says I do not object to the granting of bond. Under the revised statutes, that matter rests entirely with the discretion of the court and I do not care to make any recommendation whatsoever.” At this point a court clerk read the indictment under which Campbell has been held, and the defendant, speaking in a firm voice, entered a plea of not guilty. Must Return at 3 P.M. Justice Adkins then instructed Mr. Collins to return at 3 o'clock this after- | noon and be prepared at that time to make a definite recommendation con- | cerning the bond. Defense counsel made known that Fulton R. Gordon, a Washington real | estate dealer, was prepared to sign the proposed bond if the signature of the | defendant’s_brother, Frank G. Camp- | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CURTIS AND FESS START ON MIDDLE WEST TOUR Open G. 0. P. Campaign in Clarks- burg Tonight and Will Go to Columbus Tomorrow. By the Assoclated Press. Two Republican campaigners—Vice President Curtis and Senator Fess, of Ohio, the chairman of the Republican National Committee—set out today on a speaking trip through the Middle West. Both men speak tonight at Clarks- burg, W. Va., whence they proceed to Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow. On Thurs- day they are to participate in a cele- bration at Springfield, Ohio, commem- orating the pioneer work in that terri- tory, of John Rogers Clark. Mr. Curtis continues on to Indianap- NORRIS EXPLOITING “TRICK" IN HIS RACE FOR SENATE SEAT Nebraskan Making Gains in Attack on Those Who Backed Grocer Rival. HITCHCOCK HELD READY TO DEFEND OWN RECORD Former Member to Hit Back -if Incumbent Becomes Personal in Campaign, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. LINCOLN, Nebr., October 7.—Senator | George W. Norris, Republican nominee | to succeed himself, is making the most | he can in this senatorial campaign out | of the now celebrated grocer George W. Norris, of Broken Bow, case. He is appealing for votes on the ground that certain interests undertook to play a trick on him and on the voters in the Republican senatorial pri- mary by putting Grocer Norris up to run against him and thereby making it impossible for the voters to distin- guish in their balloting between the grocer and the Senator himself, His plea for sympathy is having some effect, it is said, more particularly out in the State than here in Lincoln. In this city there are plenty -of Repub- licans and Democrats who say that the Nye Committee came into Nebraska after Grocer Norris had been denied a place on the ballot merely to aid Sen- ator Norris in his campaign for re- election. Grocer Out of Picture. ‘The grocer, they say, was already out of the picture. There was no possible way in which he could have become a candidate for the Senate or been elected to the Senate. They admit that the effort to file Grocer Norris in the Re- publican senatorial primary was “stupid” politics as things have turned out. They do not condone the attempt to play tricky politics, but they do say it ought to have no real bearing in a contest between Norris and former Sen- ator Hitchcock, the Democratic nominee who had nothing to do whatever with the attempted filing of the 31-year-old 9 Tooks looks now as though the Nye com- mittee, which is seeking to l{cemln who financed Victor Seymour, the “angel” back of the grocer in his essay into senatorial politics, will have to subpoena the banks and their officials to learn who purchased the bank drafts which were sent to Seymour while he was in Lincoln attempting to make it impossible for Senator Norris to be nom- g;lted again by the Regublicans for the e Senate investigating committee has learned that Seymour received at least $1,000 a month through Chicago and New York banks while he was maintaining an office here from Janu- ary to July, It is still seeking to learn Jjust where that money came from, who purchased the drafts and who furnished the cash for their purchase. According to information here, the banks will have to be subpoenaed before they will give up that information. Suspect Power Interests. Supporters of Senator Norris have de- clared their suspicions that the money used in the effort to sidetrack Norris came from “power interests,” either in this State or outside. Norris had a record for fighting the power companies. The charge is made that they have sought to “get him.” 1If it could be de- veloped that such interests had sup- plied the money to Seymour, it would be grist to the Norris mill. So far, however, definite information connect- ing up power interests and the Seymour funds has not been developed. The Senate committee investigators are at work now, trying to find the source of this money. ‘The United States attorney in Omaha, to whom Senator Nye, chairman of the Slush Fund Committee, has appealed (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 17 PERISH IN BLAZE DURING MOVIE SHOW. Overturned Kerosene Lamp Starts Fire in Soviet Work- ers’ Club. By the Assoclated Press. ASTRAKHAN, U. 8. 8. R., October 7. —Seventeen persons, including several children, were burned to death when an upset kerosene lamp caused a fire in a workers’ club near here during a motion picture performance. Fourteen others were severely scorched and many slightly injured. HEADS COLD RESEARCH BALTIMORE, October 7 (#).—The five-year special research at Johns Hop- kins Hospital into the common cold, financed by a gift of $195,000 from the Chemical Foundation, will be directed by Dr. Vivian Arthur Van Valken- olis on Friday and goes to New Albany, Ind, to speak on Saturday night. He also has agreed to speak later in Mis- souri and at Pueblo, Colo., in addition to participating in the campaign in his home State of Kansas. The Vice President and Senator Fess will motor westward. ESCAPED GUNMAN FOUND | DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE By the Associated Press. NEW_ YORK, October 7.—Herbert Irving Roberts, notorious an and racketeer, who escaped in 1928 from the Virginia State Penitentiary, was found dead early today in the back seat of an abandoned automobile in a residential section of the Bronx. Police said he had been taken for a “ride.” A policeman discovered the body in front of 49 Hamilton Terrace, a quiet street running off St. Nicholas Park. ‘There was one bullet wound in the temple. Roberts, according to the police ree- ords, is known as & gunman and con- fidence man to the police of every large city in the country. Since his bel g ce pe from the Virginia prison he is lieved fo have been active as a boot~ W buergh, it was announced today. He suc- ceeds Dr. James A. Doull, who resigned to_take a post at Cleveland, Ohio. What the research workers have been able to accomplish in their more than two years of labor has been kept a secret. Last Summer four college girls were used as voluntary subjects of mild experimentation. HOOVER APPEALS FOR FAITHINU. S, HISTORIC IDEALS Depicts Destroying Influence of Socialism, Bolshevism, Despotism and Class Rule. | THRONGS HEAR INSPIRING KINGS MOUNTAIN SPEECH President Declares America Faces Problems of Growth Rather Then Those of Decadence. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. KINGS MOUNTAIN, S. C, October 7~Amid the inspiring and historig memories of this Revolutionary battlee fleld, President Hoover today delivered an oration vibrant in its extolling of American patriotism and ideals and at the same time depicting the destroying influences of Socialism, Bolshevism, an= archy, despotism and class rule. Any one of these systems of governe ment, according to the declaration of Mr. Hoover, would not only completely remove the driving force of opportunity, which has been such a contributing factor in the increasing greatness of America, but would mean the destruce tion of the Constitution of this Republic and cause the abandonment of its spiritual heritage. Thousands Hear Speech. This speech of the President’s, which, according to his own expression, was dedicated to “the Spirit of America™ and readily acclaimed as the most ine spiring of its kind uttered by him since becoming President, was delivered as the principal feature of the ceremonies annlaenr. to lhe‘ce'l;bnnon of the 150th anniversary of e battle of Mountain. » e ‘Thousands of persons, many of having traveled great dlshn:gn tommnm part in this patriotic celebration and to see and hear the ' Chies sage to millions of e others throughout After eulogizing the little friots who turned back & dampcrocy vulon:utflu e througl the ages. He spoke of the security of the le, and the eurnr“lnfi] open to all; of the material advancement and the social development. Race Not Yet Perfect. He added to these reminders of our inherited sense of freedom, of liberty, confidence in future progress, love of peace and faith in our ideals of gove ernment. All of these, he said, “are the true glories of America.” While lauding the American ideals and the American institutions of Gov- ernment, President Hoover said it would be foolish for him to say that our political and social system works per= fectly. He added that the human race is not perfect yet and accordingly, we are confronted regularly with disheart= ening occurrences. Also, that there are malevolent or selfish influences at work, which, according to him, if un- checked would destroy the very basis of American life. In this connection the President frankly claimed that the people of America must look to their own conduct that they do not by their own failure to uphold and safeguard the true spirit of America, weaken their institutions and destroy the very forces which upbuild our National greatness. “It i5 in our own house that our real dangers lie” Mr. Hoover warned, “and it is there that we have need ta summon our highest wisdom and our highest sense of public service.” He supplemented this with the statee ment that Government in business, except in an emergency, is a destruce tion of equal opportunity and is cone trary to the principles of our ideals, Moreover, no practice of business which would dominate the country by its selfish interest should be tolerated. Also, he said, corrupt influence must be kept from the Nation and its ideals. He branded crime and disobedience of law as the very incarnation of destruction to a system whose basis is law. Urges Use of Ballot. Both pacificism and militarism, in hig opinion, court danger from abroad, the one by promoting weakness, the other by promoting arrogance. 'Again the President reminded the citizens of their duty to express their opinions at the ballot box. To not do 50, he charged, is at once an abandonment of the whole basis of self-government. Manipulation of the ballot, he said is a denial of government by the people, and cor= ruption, or even failure of moral per- ceptions in public office, defiles the whole spirit of America, while mere destructive criticism destroys leader- ship and substitutes weaklings. Mr. Hoover added to these warnings that he knows that such existing evils cannot shatter the American ideals or subvert American institutions if the American people hold the faith. “The knowledge of danger,” he added, “is & large part of its conquest.” Attention was then called by him to the duty of those who believe in the American system, which is to maintain a knowledge of and pride in it, not par- ticularly because of fear of foreign (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) RACE BETTOR MAY DEDUCT LOSS FROM INCOME TAX, SAYS DEPUTY But Must Prove Legal Right to Make Wager and That Horse By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 7.—There is a way, explained Robert E. Neely, chief deputy collector of internal revenue, to- day, to deduct from income taxes one's losses on horse races. “Persons who lose money by betting on the wrong horsc may, u certain conditions, deduct those their net income in figuring the tax :v‘lfic.h becomes payable next March,” he from | and the Lost. ‘The taxpayer must prove tha made the bet, prove he had a legal to make t he right . it, and prove that the horse lost. Lost bets on other gambles—dice and c:fd;. among others—are not deduct= able. Bets that are won are subject to tax; Government in such cases does mfim uire proof of profit. | il W g