Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 4

Presidential Nominees Might Be Forced to Front. By the Associated Press. There are signs of increasing activity in the dry ranks and of casting about by the prohibition advocates for leaders. Such prohibition champions as Sena- tor Fess of Ohio, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Sheppard of Texas, a Democrat, admit no alarm over the persistence of the wet and ‘dry issue in this year's cam- paign, but. they are frankly preparing to accept the battle if the election shows any marked inroads in their constitu- tional fortress. Aroused hy the appeals of such lead- ers a5 Dwight W. Marrow, New Jersey Republican senatorial nominee, and Gov. Roosevelt of New York, potential Democratic presidential candidate, for Tepeal of the eighteenth amendment, the drys concede privately it is time to look for leadership at least. Talk Turns to Fess. Already there is talk among some friends of Senator Fess of calling upon him to resign his chairmanship of the National Committee after the forthcom- ing election so he may go to the prohls bition battlefront. As chairman of thcf committee his voice is silenced on pros %, hibition, for he must 1ok after the ine yerests bf Both Republican wets and nublican drys in this campaign. He s\ decirwed prohibition not an issue in tue campaign with both parties divided! nationally on the controversy. The \irys also are anxiously awaiting the attilude of Sénator Borah of Idaho, if the prohibftion controversy flares up. He has Meen regarded as a stanch sup- porter of the prohibition amendment. \ 4 \omisaes Might Lead. . rse, 47 the predictions of some o!ot;uflgm \cisins, thag prohibition is to be the issue in the 1332 presidential race, comes iiue, the uominees of the two parties “Would assume the leader- ship in the co yitest. Meanwhile, A 'resident Hoover, who has declared againsi ; repeal of the eighteenth amendment, is regarded unlikely to be- come an active, campaigner on prohibi- tion. - Also, he' is awaiting the report forcement Commission, m‘l.u'mam ‘this subject. Senator Brookl o O perd ot skt thai spard tha e ' scussion these days is the result oF «ma:hly financed :propa- nd-is not representative’ of the the’ peq'ple. Senator Shep- to his own renomination e 1w an overwhelming wfisfi in which his oppo- repeal .of prohibition the ) Will Battle im Congress. However, théy add, ' they are willing BORAH SEES PEACE GAINS _ilvtl Competition Stopped by Conference, He Asserts. Idaho, October 15 (). Senator W. E. Borah of Idaho, in a speech last night, said he the several naval conferences in which the United States has partici- pated “have stopped competitive naval shipbuilding.” He predicted great international con- troversies in-the future will be settled by arbitratipn rather than by armed conflict. .so effective have become the efforts toward outlawry of war. POLL OF EDITORS ON RUM PLANNED Prohibition Bureau to Learn if Newspapers Are Wet, Dry or Neutral. By the Associated Press. ‘Whether the newspapers of the coun- try as a whole are predominantly wet, dry or neutral on the subject of na- tional prohibition is to be learned by the Prohibition Bureau. ‘Three thousand newspapers have been sent questionnaires prepared by the division of research and public in- formation of the bureau. Along with the forms went a letter informing the editors that the Prohibition Bureau wished to get the attitude of the press of the Nation upon the subject of the eighteenth amendment and the admin- istration of the dry laws. The findings will be made public later in the form of a moncgraph ana- lyzing the replies received. This pub- lication is planned as one of a series, for the issuance of which the bureau will draw upon a $50,000 appropriation which Congress made for conducting an educational campaign in favor of the dry laws. Some other educational campaign plans, proposed before the tvansfer of the prohibition unit from the Treasury to the Department of Justice, met with various opposition and did not get far. One of these involved posters for use in schools. The questionnaire to the Dewspapers specifically asks the editors to express themselves on whether they favor the eighteenth amendment and the nation- al prohibition law, whether they are op- posed to the law, or whether their editorial position is neutral 241 FLY TO NEW YORK FROM CAPITAL IN DAY ‘What is claimed to be a new world record for the number of passengers flown in a single day by an interstate air transport line was established be- tween the National Oapital and New York on Saturday, when 241 passengers were carried by the New York, Phila- to accept the battle in \Congress, should o e o eibitionists Wit went through “prohil long t for the eig hteenth amend+ :: lp:‘kh tlyud their Joss i the death of Wayne B. Wiieeler, who was o Anti-S:\loon P .\ Wheéler's political sagacily and infls ence is conceded by both \vets and drys 2nd his loss is bemoaned 1y the latter. e e B s Rewarded Dime for $1,100 Find. « % x f.!‘hefi o, 1239 [ [ — ‘ \\.' ‘\\&‘ delphia & Washington Airline. ‘With 22 planes, each carrying 10 passengers, flying over the line each ‘day, & maximum of 220 seats are available, The extra passengers carried required it two sections be flown at certain load hours during the day. yoedly ere] mmg?%xfn;u:tmm.w' v # delphia and being replaced by new passengers. New planes have been ordered and are being put into service as rapidly as possible, it was announced by Paul F. Collins, vice ident in - charge of is the result :{nl e - - L] ' Washingion’s YHE EVENING STAR, G.0.P. PLANSNEW - WASHING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1930. NYE GROUPO. K. | (e sy ] |DEMOCRATIC KNIFE | PARNELL ATTACK' TARHEEL PRIMARY Arkansans Seek Grand Jury Probe of Campaign Funds. By the Assoclated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. October 15.— Falling in their efforts to prevent Gov. Parnell's name from being certified as the Democratic nominee for re-election, Republican party leaders last night said they would demand a special session of the grand jury to probe the Governor's alleged excessive use of funds in the primary last August. Their petition to restrain the secre- tary of State from certifying Gov. Par- nell's name on the ticket at the gen- eral election November 4 was dismissed last night by Chancellor Frank H. Dodge for want of equity. Osro Cobb, secretary of the Republican State Com- mittee, filed the petition, alleging that Gov. Parnell spent more than $5,000 in the primary campaign, an amount he contended was the legal limit. He an- nounced an appeal would be taken to the Supreme Court. Special Grand Jury Asked. Mr. Cobb said after the hearing that he proj “to present the matter to the prosecuting attorney and judge of the First Division Criminal Court with the request that a speclal session of the | grand jury be called to investigate the whole question of Gov. Parnell's cam- paign _expenditures in order to deter- mine his status under the corrupt prac- tices act.” Gov. Parnell filed a statement of ex- penditures last September 9 of $5,950.35. On September 22 he amended the statement by letter in which he said a clerical error had been made in an item of printing. The corrected statement would have placed his total expendi- tures under the $5.000 mark, which Cobb contended was the legal limit. Matter for Criminal Courts. Chancellor Dodge held that he could not grant rellef without prima facie evidence of guilt on Gov. Parpell's part of alleged excessive expenditures, a matter, he sair, a strictly for a crim- inal court to decide. The statute, he sald, does not provide for disqualifica- tion unless a conviction is obtained. EX-CONVICT ADMITS SLAYING YOUNG GIRL Says He Murdered Her After Promising to Employ Her as Nurse Maid. By the Associated Press. Kauffman, 31-year-old ex-convict, con- | fessed to today that he killed Avis Woolery, 17, in Swope Park here jast August 17, after luring the girl from her home at Webb City, Mo., with a false to employ her as a nurse-maid. Kauffman admitted he strangled her to death and buried the body in a pit from which & tree had been removed, where human ‘bones with a pair of ‘women's hose d around 'the neck were found in a shallow grave last Sunday. &7 Kauffman, who was held in jail under a two-ypear sentence for seduction of an- other girl 15 years old, sald he met Miss ‘Woolery at the Union Station when she arrived August 17 in response to news- paper advertisements and correspond- ence with him. He said he was intoxicated and told her he had wrecked his motor car the revious night and that they would wve to part of the way to home of his mother. AN S A AL Finds No Evidence of Exces- sive Funds in North Car- olina Inquiry. By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N, C,, October 15.—The Senate Campaign Funds Investigating Committee yesterday slapped the stamp of acquittal on the major charge against the North Carolina primary—that of the use of large sums of money from outside sources. Winding up two days of inquiry with a brief hearing here, Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, chairman of the committee, said there was no evidence to substantiate such a charge. May Probe Illegal Voting. He indicated there might be further inquiry into the primary, but that it would be limited to investigation of charges of illegal voting and of the amounts spent by county committees in behalf of senatorial candidates. The latter amounts are not reported to the Secretary of State, and under North Carolina precedent have never been in- cluded in the $10,000 maximum limita- tion placed upon a senatorial candi- date's expenditures. At the end of the hearing here Sen- ator Nye and Senator Robert F. Wag- ner, Democrat, New York, left for Nash- ville, Tenn. where they will begin an investigation of the Tennessee primary. Senator Roscoe C. Patterson, Republican, Missouri, third member of the committee to come to North Caro- lina, left for Washington. jush Fund” Check Reported. A report of a “big check” being sent to Asheville from out of the State in furtherance of Josiah W. Bailey’s cam- for the Democratic senatorial gommltlnn brought the committee ere. The committee members did not re- veal the amount of the reputed “slush fund” check, but G. Lyle Jones, mana- ger of Bailey’s champaign in Buncombe County, testified there had been rumors here that one for $25,000 had been re- ceived by & bank here and distributed | among Bailey's supporters, He denied thig, 20 TENNESSEEANS CALLED. Senate Committee to Open Nashville Hearing Today. NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 15 (#).— C. C. Barnard, special investigator for the Senate Campaign Funds Investigat- ing Committee, ‘said yesterday that about 20 witnesses had been summoned to appear before the committee at a hearing here today. Andrew L. Todd of Murfreesboro, who ‘made an unsuccessful campaign against Representative Cordell Hull in the Au- gust Democratic primary for the United States senatorial nomination, today made public a letter he had written to Chairman Gerald P. Nye of the com- mittee in which Mr. Todd said his own campaign expenditures exceeded the $10,000 limit set by State law. He said that his report of expendi- tures filed a few days before the primary “was consistent with the facts at that time,” but that his campaign manager had not filed the report re- quired 30 days after the balloting. Mr. Todd seid he “did not desire to be the only candidate reporting an excess of $10,000 when it is common talk that certain other candidates in this primary spent sums largely in ex- cess of said amount; nor.did I care to the | file a report mot consistent with the (' facts.” 'Arthur Jordan Piano Co. RARA m\ \// Orders will be accepted and deliveries made only in the order in which they are sold ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY at 13th A recent picture of Giovanni Battista Giuriatti, new secretary general of the Fascist party in Italy. —A. P. Photo. TUMULTY AND LUSK TO ADDRESS WETS Washington Crusaders Prepared to Launch Membership Drive Tomorrow. P e 1 Joseph P. Tumulty, the late Presi- dent Wilson’s secretary, and Rufus S. Lusk, secretary-treasurer of the Oper- ative Builders’ Association, will address the meeting tonight that will launch a membership drive of the Washington Crusaders on the ground floor of the People's Life Insurance Bullding, at Fourteenth and H streets. ‘Tomorrow more than 400 members of the anti-prohibition forces will en- deavor to secure new members and funds in an effort to elect modifica- tionist members to Congress in the elec- tions next month. Members of the organization ex- plained today that here it numbers more than 4,500, the group favoring “a return to States’ rights in the control of liquor, but unalterably opposed to the return of the saloon.” John P, Dryden, executive command- er of the organization, will direct these division commanders, who will lead the membership campaign: John L. New- bold, William W. Rapley, Whitney Leary, Bryan Morse, Milton King, Oliver Walker, George O'Connor, Thoma: Mangan, Herbert Adair, Dopald Mc- Knew, Carl Kurtz, A. C. Flather, Rufus réus!k‘hwmhm N. Jardine and Emmons mith. = LEAD BICYCLE RACE Montreal and Boston Men Leading Six-Day Contest. MONTREAL, October 15 (#).—Plerre Gachon, Montreal, and Al Crosléy, Bos- ton, regained the lead at the of the third day of Montreal's third international six-day bicycle race early this morning, gaining two laps in an hour's jamming after midnight to lead the field of 11 teams by a single lap. Horder and Elder, who led until mid- night, were in second place, tied with Saetta and Benezzatto in covering one lap less than the leaders, but well ahead in sprint points, leading the fleld with 134, READY IN INDIANA Republicans Sense Situation and Call for Assistance From National Group. (Continued Trom Pirst Page) year Ludlow has a stronger opponent, Archibald M. Hall, highly regarded in this district. Nevertheless, because of the record he made in Washington during the last two years and because of a large personal following and the fact that this appears to be a Demo- cratic year, Ludlow is expected to win. An independent Republican wet, Warren Sampsell, has filed in the seventh district. But he 1s not likely to get many votes, although there is much wet sentiment here, indeed, a growing sentiment. In the Republican primary this year, Ira Holmes, running on a wet platform, gave Hall, the nominee, a close race. - ; Candidates Favor Repeal. For the first time since national pro- hibition came in a decade ago, canci- dates for impartant offices are this year publicly announcing themselves in In- diana as favoring repeal of the eignt- eenth amendment. It is significant of « real drift, it is said, away from the bone dryness which has held Indiana in its grip for years. It is becoming “respectable” to take a stand_openly against national prohibition. Indiana has one of the most stringent dry laws of all the States, if not the most stringent, the Wright law. It males possession of liquor a violation of the law and denies the right of physicians to make use of whisky for medicinal purposes. Up in the tenth district, now repre- sented at Washington by Will R. Wood, hairman of the Republican Congres- » Democratic nominee, a wet. Wood shouil win. He is strong- ly intrenched there. But Murphy making & fight for it and will get a lot. of votes in wet Lake County, an in- dustrial center. Recently there have been Republican scandals in that Coun- ty, too, and although Mr. Wood is not connected in any way with these scan- gflll(s,tlhey do not help the Republican icket. g Representative David Hogg, a dry Re- publicans, is opposed, too, in the twelfth %afllcz by & wel: Democrat, Thomas P. s expected to win, al- though Rigas 1 likely to pick up a number of Republican votes on th liquor question. This is the Fort Wayne district. The thirteenth district also a battleground for the wets and drys, with Representative Andrew J. Hickey, Republican, opposed by the wet Samuel B. Pettengill, a at. _Pettengill is popular and is git his Republican opponent a real race, although the odds appear to favor Hickey. * So it appears that out of a total of 13 congressipnal districts in Indiana, the candidates of the Democratic party in three of these districts are running as wets and for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, ourth Despite its alleged dryness, Indiana does not differ from other States. Liquor can be had and is obtained readily enough and in large quantities. There is one feature of the State dry law which has been under fire. It provides that a prosecutor who wins a case in- volving violation of the prohibition laws shall receive a fee of $25. A so-called crime commission, appointed by the Governor, although it refused to study Capltal $3,400,000 Surplus $3,400,000 - Branches: Central— . .'th and Mass Ave. Northeast— 8th and H Sts. N. Southwest— 7th and E Sts. S.W. Northwest— 1140 15th St. N.W. Campaign Committee, Charles J. | party which is in power. Yoters, the polls taken leaders show, are not as Republicans or down on the lists as “ 5 existing circumstances this does not augur well for the Republican party. The Democrats are just get! leader puts it: “You don’t have to get a national speaker to tell a man he is out of a job. He knows it.” The Republicans already heard Vice President Curtis, Senator Fess of Ohlo, chairman of the Republican Natien: Committee; former Gov. Harding of Iowa and other headliners in the cam- paign here, Many others are to come. Senator Watson, the Republican leader of the Senate, and the high mogul in Republican politics; in this State, was to have borne the brunt of the cam- | paign, but his physicians have urged him to go easy. Nevertheless Senator ‘Watson is going about the State speak- ing, and, it is reported, is making a.real impression lolr the Republicans. He ar, & great m personal follow old enmities among the many of which were aimed ‘Watson, have subsided. He is praised on. al sides among the Republicans for his loyal support, as leader of the Senate, of President Hoover and his policles. Apparently “Jim" Watson is at the peak of his political strength in In- diana today so far as the Republicans are concerned. Some of them are whispering that Watson would be a ”1‘;‘;2 candidate for Vice President in Evidence of Return to Fold. The Republicans insist that their case in Indiana today does not appear near- ly as hopeless as it did a month ago. They say there is evidence of a return to the party fold on the part of the voters; that their campaign is having its effect. The Democrats retort by say- ing that the Republicans are deceiving themselves and that the Democrats have not yet really begun to fight. A year ago elections were held in 90 cities and towns and the Democrats won victories in 62 of them. This means that the police force and other munici- pal officials of a large number of the citiss, which formerly were controlled by the Republicans, are now controlled by the Democrats, an important item in & political campaign. The Democrats say that during the next three weeks they intend to open fire on the admin- istration of Gov. Leslie, Republican, and to bring to light & number of mat- ters that may prove embarrassing to the Republicans. ‘While there has been a tendency to blame President Hoover for all the ills that beset them, the voters in many instances are changing their attitude toward the President and speaking more kindly of him. The Republican cam- paigners are going down the line for the Hoover administration and are hammering home the argument that this is » world depression and that Mr. Hoover is in no sense responsible for it. They argue also that he has aided materially in lessening the effect of the depression in this country. n the first district, which t*.e Demo- crats are expected to win, factional difficulties have arisen among the Re- publicans to make it still more difficult for Representative Rowbottom, the Re- publican nominee, to succeed himself. The Democrats are strongly organized there. The third district, which seems sure to go Democratic, is ordinarily, In Step MORULS OF SKES | FLOCK TO ATLANTA Passengers, Mail and Freight . Borne in First Southern ° Route Schedule. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., October 15.—From East to West and from West to East, big truuflpnn planes were flying today, in the first regular scheduled crossing of the continent with passengers, mail and freight over the Southern air route ?:“17!““ Atlanta, Ga,, and Los Angeles, alif, Roaring away from Atlanta, Bastern terminus of the Southern air fast ex- press route, three tri-motored ships, carrying aviation notables and high officials of the United States service, set their courses for h Tex., with intermediate stops at Jack=- son, Miss.; Shreveport, La., and Fort ‘Worth, Tex. From Burbank, Calif, Western end of the route, another plane took off for Dallas with four passengers and freight and mail that included eight boxes of fresh-cut flowers for presidents of chambers of commerce in cities as far East ‘as Atlanta. Scheduled stops on the Burbank-Dallas hop were &t Phoenix, Tuscon and Douglas, Ariz.; Bl Paso and Fort Worth, Tex. From Dallas, midway between Atlanta and Los Angeles, other ships took off for West and East. They also carried full cargoes of mail and passengers and were to pass the Dallas-bound planes from Atlanta and Los Angeles. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown réecognized the significance of the new route by flying as a passenger in one of the ships which left Atlanta for the Westward flight. BROADWAY. COMPOSER IN ARTS CLUB SHOW Ida Hoyt Chamberiain Will Sing at Vaudeville Performance Beginning Tomorrow. Willlam F. Baker, director of the Arve Club “Folljes,,” announce today that he had secu the services of 1da Hoy* Chamberlain, singer and composer, aT. thor of the Broadway success, “The Es chanted Aisle,” for the vaudeville show which will be given during the French Potboilers Fair at the Arts Club, 2017 I street, tomorrow, Priday and Saturday. Miss Chamberlain will sing a list of French numbers and some of her own compasitions. N S e A Soothes Folks Awaiting Trains. NEW YORK, October 15 (#)—Music 18" to soothe the impatience of folks waiting for trains. Loud speakers for radio programs have been installed in the Pennsylvania Station. Woman Invents Plane Muffler. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., October 15 (#)—The noiseless airplane ap- proaches perhaps. Miss Eldorado Jones has invented & muffler which has been tested in flights here. stmng Democratic district, Dunbar, the Republican candidate is op) by E. B. 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