Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1930, Page 2

WAR FLYERS T0 SEE | ' MEDAL PRESENTED Rickenbacker Ceremony on Thursday Occasion for Res !§ union of Squadron. " 'The presentation by President Hoover iof the Congressional Medal of Honor to t. Edward V. Rickenbacker, er- iea's leading war ace, at Bolling Field Thursday afternoon will be the oc- casion for a reunion of former officers of the 94th Aero Squadron, which was commanded by Rickenbacker in France. Tnvitations have been sent by Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, to 45 living former members of the war-time 94th, two of whem now are living in the National Cap..al. The list includes. six of Nation's aces and 14 others who are credited officially with victories over enemy airmen. The term “ace,” which is not officially recognized by the War Department, is applied to those credited with five or more official victories over enemy fyers in combat. Capt. Ricken- backer is officially credited with 25 victories. The two Washington members of the famous “Hat-in-the-Ring” Squadron, as the 94th was known, as C. E. Fauntleroy and Chester A, Snow, neither of whom is credited officially with a victory. All Not to Attend. Though 45 invitations have been sent there are a number of other members of the squadron who will not receive them, since they could not be reached in time to permit them to come here to pay their respects to the honored com- rade in arms because of their residence in other parts of the world, one of them as far away as Indo-China. Former members of the 94th who still are with the Air Corps are Maj. Maxwell Kirby, Maj. Carl Spatz and Capt. Prank O'D. Hunter. Maj. Kirby now is in command of Luke Fleld, Hawall, and Maj. Spatz and Capt. Hun- ter are at Rockwell Field, Coronado, Callf. Spatz and Hunter may fly across the country for Thursday’s ceremonies. The six aces in Rickenbacker' squadron expected to attended are Capt. Hunter, who had nine official victories; James A. Meissner, Birmingham, Ala., eight victories; Reed M. Chambers, .New York, seven victorles; H. Welr Cook, Indianapolis, Ind., seven victories; Douglas Campbell, New York, six vie- tories, and Edgar G. Tobin, S: An tonio, Tex., six victories. The war-time pilots of the 94th have been invited to attend the ceremonies. In Higher Rank Now. Though Rickenbacker wlil be referred to during the ceremonies by his war- title of “captain,” he now holds :z’lnewnnk of colonel in the Army Spe- cialist Reserve COrps. Thursday's ceremonies will begin at 2:30 p.m. with the arrival of the Presi- dent. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics, will act as master of ceremonies. The cita- tion of Capt. Rickenbacker for the Congressional Medal of Honor, highest award for gallantry in bad . the Nation can bestow, will be read by Gen. Fechet and the medal then will be presented by President Hoover. After accepting the medal, Capt. Rick- enbacker will pndrumtmm mt.'ha' ‘Preddenm it former comrades h’IA\n ive aerial demonstration - | Thirty-third streets on Roanoke road, t 2:50 pm. ~ ‘The l.t"ar pursult planess of the 94th Pursull uadron, successor ‘to the war-time Ms&l Aero Bquadron, “will demonstrate the famous *circle” method of attack and there bombardment and pur- ans will stration will be tional B Co._network, cluding station . _‘The award of the medal wull hg:w; e'ahp ace's feat of attacking single-han seven lanes and shooting down two of them, %cpmnber 25, 1918. 10 COLLEGE HEADS URGE CHARITY AID Advise Support of Philanthropic Agencies to Curb Suffering During Winter, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 3.—Ten col- lege presidents yesterday joined in urg- ing support of voluntary philanthropic sgencies to alleviate suffering during < the coming Winter. Their declarations 7 were issued in reply to a m e from Dudley D. Sicher, president of the Fed- eration for Support of Jewish Philan- thropic Socleties, but the replies were broad and included all agencies for re- lief secking funds. The presidents who replied were Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia; Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Johns Hopkins; Chan- cellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown, New York University; John Grier Hibben, Princeton; Livingston Farrand, Cornell; Frederick B. Robinson, College of the City of New York; the Very Rev. John J. Cloonan, St. John’s College; George R. Hardle, Long Islard University: Clarence A. Barbour, F.own; Josiah H. Penniman, Universit; of Pennsylvania. Three East Side real estate men and a city fireman, who have constituted themselves an independent relief or- ganization and have raised a fund of $2,000, alded the jobless yesterday by feeding more than 2,500 men on an unopcupled lot in Chinatown. 40 ON SINKING SHIP, FATE IS UNCERTAIN Nothing Heard From Steamer Go- . ing to Aid Japanese Freighter in Pacifie. — By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 3.— Word was awaited here today of the fate of the Japanese freighter Seiyo Maru, reported helpless and in a sink- ing condition in the North Pacific early yesterday. Although the steamer California had the stricken ship's position and at last reports was battling rough weather in sttempting to reach the scene and rescue the 40 men aboard the disabled wessel, no word had reached here early today of the California’s progress. She had expected to reach the Seiyo at 11 pam. (Pacific standard time) last night. “Fhe Selyo Maru first sent distress signals at 5 a.m. yesterday, giving her ition as itude 50.15 north and jtude 178.25 east, or southwest of the Aleutian Islands. Her messages in- dicated she was helpless and listing. Subssquent messages relayed here said the list had increased and further damage, including smashing of the life boats, had been done by the heavy gale. “The freighter’s cargo had shifted, giving Hes a list of 16 degrees. ‘ THE EVENING CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY MR. AND MRS. W. G. LADD of 219 Fourteenth street southeast tomorrow will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. is now in charge of the clerk’s document room in the House Office -Harris-Ewing FLAMING GASOLINE SHOWERS ON TRAIN Fluid Pours Into Sewers, Hurling Manhole Covers High in Air. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 3.—A gaso- line storage tank exploded at the White Eagle Ofl Corporation plant here today, showering flames over & business build- ing, several garages and shattering win- dows of a northbound Missouri-Kansas- Texas passenger train, Firemen and workers at the plant at- tempted to prevent the flames from spreading to five other tanks containing more than 15,000 gallons of oil and gaso- line. Passengers Are Jarred. Passengers on the train, which was a combination of the Texas and Sooner 3pecials from the Southwest, were thrown from their seats, but none was injured dangerously. Joe Myers, a dock hand at the plant, was seriously burned. Witnesses said a truck backed up to the tank. It was believed a spark re- sulting from contact of the metal truck with the tank ignited the gasoline. The driver of the truck was not found immediately. Flames shot more than 100 feet in the air and smoke rolled over the downtown district. The plant is lo- cated between Thirty-second and near the Missouri-Kansas State line. Sewer Set Afire. Manhole covers in the vicinity hurled into the air in a series of explosions from ignition of gasoline pouring into storm sewers. ‘The diner and two Pullman cars ne: the end of the train received the prin- cipal force of the blast. There were bout 50 passengers aboard the cars. W. P. McConnell of Fort Worth, Tex., conductor on. the last car, said the ex- plosion jarred the entire train. SUPER-HIGHWAY HELD AID TO EMPLOYMENT Raskob Favors Du Pont Proposal for 500-Foot Right of Way Across Entire Nation. By the Agsociated Press. NEW YORK, November 3—Super- highways across the United States as a measure to restore prosperity and at the same time fulfill a national need was advocated last night by John J. Raskob in a radio address over a Na- tion-wide hook-up during Collier's hour. “We have reached a point where the number of motors are so clogging the highways that motoring of week ends and holidays is no longer the pleasure it used to be,” said Raskob. “We must therefore develop and build what I will term super-highways, thus not only providing work for millions of people over a long period of years, but making mib!e the further building up of our lustries to care for the automobile demand of seven or eight million motor cars annually, requiring the production of countless millions of dollars of ma- terials of every kind, with consequent more stable employment conditions.” Mr. Raskob urged adoption of the plan of former Senator Coleman du Pont providing for an appropriation of $5,000,000 to cover a survey for a 500~ foot right of way to carry a super- highway across the United States. He said this work could be undertaken im- mediately. . EGPYTIAN STUDENTS SHOT Riot Suppressed at School After| Attempt to Burn It. CAIRO, Egypt, November 3 ().—Five students were shot and several others arrested yesterday in a riot at the Boulac Technical School after attempts had been made to set fire to the co | building. The wounded were taken to a hos- pital. Police first said they fired over the heads of the rioters. | Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha held a | long conference with the director of | public safety regarding measures for | maintaining _order. ere were _dis- | turbances in three other schools | Saturday. | There has been acute tension in Egypt for some time dus to differences bey tween the government party and the Liberals over proposed constitutional reforms, Shadows of Death Finally Overtake Resort Racketeer By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 3.— Catillo Cappola of Coney Island had been gol home every tht lately by & ferent route, dodg- ing into shadows and the street to avoid strangers. The neighbors noticed it, and sur- :rm he was marked for slaugh- This morning he was waylaid and killed in front of his home. Police said he was a policy game- ster and inf in other Mr. and Mrs. Ladd came here 30 years ago from Iowa. Mr. Ladd Building. Photo. DR. OLIVER P. HAY DIES AT AGE OF 84 Retired Associate of Car- negie Institution Had Noted Scientific Career. Dr. Oliver P. Hay, retired associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton, died at his residence, 1211 Harvard street yesterday morning, fol- lowing an iliness of 10 days. He was 84 _years old. Born May 22, 1846, near Hanover, Ind, Dr. Hay had lived in the Capital for 20 years. He was active in his work until his final illness forced him to halt, and scientific papers which he prepared recently are now being pre- pared for publication. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a mem- ber of the American Geological Society, the Paleontological Society of America, the Indiana Academy of nce, the Washington Academy of Sciences and several kindred organizations. Dr. Hay is survived by his widow, two sons, W. P. and R. H. Hay; two daughters, Mrs. J. D, Minnick and Miss Frances S. Hay, and five grand- children. He will be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery tomorrow afternoon following service at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Ha! ited from Eureka College, ka, Ill, in 1870 and the night he received his diploma he mar- ried Miss Mary Emily Howson. In the same year fessor of natural history at Eureka ;:oum a position which he held for our y He then taught two years at Oskaloosa College, Towa. In 1876 and 1878 he pursued graduate studies at Yale Uni- versity and during the next two years he occupied the chair of natural history at Abingdon College, IIl. He subse- quently taught at Butler College in Indianapolis. Meanwhile he pre) numerous papers on fishes, amphibians and reptiles which were published in various scientific periodicals. In 1895 he joined the staff of the then newly organized Field Museum in Chicago and 10 years later he be- cama associate curator of vertebrate paleontology in the American Museum of Natural History. From then to 1911 he engaged in paleontological research when he was appointed research as- sociate and subsequently associate of the Carnegie Institution. Besides nearly 200 shorter papers, Dr. Hay was the author of a number of books, including a two-volume work on | the fossil vertebrates of North America which the Carnegie Institution pub- lished last January. 70,000 PAY HONOR TO BORIS AND BRIDE Reception Throng at Sofia Includes Villagers, Cabinet Members and Government Deputies. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, November 3.—King Boris of Bulgaria and his Queen-bride yester- day received the e of from 60,000 to 70,000 of their subjects, who march- ed past the palace while the monarchs stood on a balcony. Villagers, cabinet members and mem- bers of the Chamber of Deputies par- ticipated in the reception. The pageant continued until the fatigue of Queen Toanna became evident, whereupon the police halted the parade. King Boris then invited the ministers and mem- bers of the presidium of the Chamber of Deputies to lunch. Premier Liaptocheff, he the members of the government, made a speech welcoming the monarch home after his honeymoon. He said the mar- riage constituted a very im nt event for Bulgaria, and told of the intense joy his subjects felt in his happiness. Earlier in the day a street crowd had surrounded the King and cheered as he left the palace to visit the premier. An announcement said the King and Queen probably would leave tonight for Vrana, 15 miles from Sofia, and thence go tomorrow to Euxinograd for a vaca- tion. The King ts to return to Sofia November 15 for a series of re- ceptions in honor of the diplomatic Tps. The gifts to the royal couple ranged | from giant caulifiowers and other choice vegetables to hogsheads of wine and costly jewels. 10-CENT GASOLINE SEEN IN DETROIT PRICE “WAR” Independent Sells Nine Gallons for Dollar When Major Companies Cut to Eight. By the Assoctated Press. DETROIT, November 3.—Threats of 10-cent gasoline and predictions that at least 100 independent stations would lock up their pumps in the next three days were heard today as three major ofl companies and a group of inde- pendent stations resumed s gasoline price war. ‘The three major companies are White Star Reflning Co., Cities Service Oil Co. and the Indian Refining Co. The inde- pendent group is the Sunny Service Oil Co., comprising 25 stations. The major com dropped their prices to 12.5 cents a gallon, or eight for a dollar, while the Sunny Service Co. dropped to 9 llons for a dollar. Charles E. Ausf president of the Sunny Service Co., said that 100 deal- ers would be forced to close if m‘;: STAR, WASHINGTON, TARDIEY STRENGTH HELD INCREASED Success of German Extrem- ists and Austrian Fascist Threat Aid Him. BY CAMILLE LEMERCIER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, November 3.—The French Parliament reconvenes tomor- row after a vacation of four months. The position of the Tardleu cabinet seems to be strong enough to resist easily the combined attacks of the Left and the extreme Right groups in the Chamber of Deputies. The situation is different now from that in the Spring, when Premiere Andre Tardieu had to adjourn the @s- sion hastily in order to avold overthrow. This strengthening of M. Tardieu's position appears to be due mainly to recent events in Europe, particularly the success of the Extremists in the German elections, the threats of a Fascist putsch in A&slrln and, not least, the total fail- ure of the Franco-Italian naval hego- tiations followed by the fery speech of Premier Mussolini last week. Opinions Co-ordinated. French opinion and Parliament are now nearly unanimous concerning e: ternal problems. Not only are the al leged _dissensions between M. Tardieu and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand —the latter being said to be a true pacifist and the former depicted as & veiled imperialist—contradicted by the evidence, but all responsible groups in the Chamber and the Senate except the Communists agree that France now has no alternative. They admit that despite the apparent failure of the Locarno policy and Granco-German rapprochement, France must continue its efforts for peaceful settlement of all European problems. But at the same time they agree that France must be “firm.” In the course of a recent meeting of the financial committee of the Cham- ber regarding army, navy and aip ap- R;o riations, Chairman Louis ~Jean alvy, one of the most influential lead- ers of the Left, sald to M. Tardieu, “It you need additional credits, you have only to say so. Parliament will never bargain when the country's security is in question.” “Must Disarm Together.” Today the Socialist leader, Deputy Alexandre Varenne, former governor of French Indo-China, writes: “We want disarmament. But all must disarm together. So long as my neighbor keeps his gun and cartridges I must keep mine.” All this explains why the gov- ernment will encourage a big debate on foreign affairs. The assault against the so-called “Briand’s treason policy” will be led by the chamber's Nationalist stormy petrel, Henri Franklin-Bouillon, who, while a member of the center group, will be helped by extreme right Loyalists and extreme left Communists. But M. Briand's policies will seemingly be sup- ported not only by the majority group but even by such leaders of the opposi- tion as former Premier Edouard Her- riot, and, according to the best observ- ers, the cabinet should score a decisive victory. M. Tardieu and M. Briand will prob- ably take the opportunity to give the French version of the Franco-Italian naval megotiations. After this inter- national prelude the chamber will de- vote itself to the government's five-year plan for national equipment, which appears to be more and more urgent as France begins to suffer from the re- actions of the world crisis. During the debates on domestic af- fairs the opposition will attack the government with the utmost aggressive- ness, and it is always possible that the latter will fall unexpectedly on a minor issue by & combination of the extreme Right and the Communists’ votes with those of the Radical Socialist and So- cialist groups, respectively led by M. Herriot and Leon Blum. But even in this case the constitution of the ma- Jority would be more inclined toward the Left and seems difficult, and the probability is that after a short period of uncertainty, M. Tardleu would again succeed M. Tardieu. (Copyrisht, 1930.) WO00DS REPORTS CUT IN BUILDING COSTS AS EMPLOYMENT AID (Centinued Prom First Page.) Ohlo, for the eight Northern Central States, and Bane for the Southeastern section. Woods said at least one more regional director would be named to- day or tomorrow. Dam Work Expedited. To the expanded construction plans of the Army, Navy and the Treasury, Interior’ Department today had contributed its bit of unemployment re- lef in the form of expediting work on the great Colorado River power and irrigation dam. With the object of letting econtracts for some $60,000,000 or $70.000,000 of work at the dam site by March 1 of next year, the department announced it was hastening preliminaries to be ready to call for bids by December 1. A warning against any sudden mi- gration of labor to the project, how- ever, was issued by Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, just before this annovnce- ment. He pointed out any employ- ment cn a large scale must necessarily await those phases of the project which will not begin this Winter, Prepara- tory work can only be done now and the Interior Department earlier had warned this could not support many workers. Private Industry Alds. Now most of the plans for expanded Federal construction have becn turned in, Chairman Woods of the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment, is giving particular attention to the projects of private industry. Latest among these is the announce- ment of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. of Wilmington, Del, that a $25,- 000,000 building program under way will be supplemented with extensive plant repairs, renewals and replace- ments, all to be crowded into the next six months instead of the normal much longer period. ‘Woods attached lcular importance to this because of the distribution of the 70 du Pont industrial plants about the country. Du Pont officlals pointed out this program was not only a ma- terial aid to unemployment relief, but would prove of economic advantage to the company, making use of the pres. ent low material costs and abundant labor supply. Foreign Trade Prospects. Meantime from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce came an indi- cation that this Government branch and American industry already are looking ahead to international recovery from the economic slump with plans to jump into foreign trade aggressively as soon as signs of clearing appear on the ‘horizon. “With our vastly improved efficiency in foregin trade we intend to take ad- vantage of every favorable opportunity,” was the way Willlam L. Cooper, director of the bureau, expressed it last night in a radio address. He saw signs al- ready “that the world’s trade is ready to continue its slow but steady growth.” ‘The contracts the Interior Depart- ment expects to let next March on the Boulder Canyon project include con- struction of four tunnels a mile lo; h the solid rock sidewalls, coffer dams above and below the site D. C, MONDAY, ANOTHER GUSHER MENACES NOVEMBER 3, 1930. OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City, menaced by the encroachment of oil wells, was showered when the No. 1 C. L. Stout was brought in. The gusher shown “Wild Mary” Sudik well OIL FLAMES BURST ANEW IN OKLAHOMA Billows of Smoke Roll Sky- ward From North Canadian River, 12 Miles From City. By the Assoclated rress. OKLAHOMA CITY, November 3.— Another oll fire on the North Canadian River broke out today at & point a mile and a half west of Spencer and 12 miles from Oklahoma City. Great billows of smoke curled skyward. The outlaw gusher, its volcanic fury curbed by a giant iron die nipple, the device which conquered the famous “Wild Mary” Sudik, surged in vain against restraining connections today while Oklahoma City breathed its re- lef. Described as the greatest peril in the history of this ofl-beleaguered munici- pality, the No. 1 C. E. Stout gusher of the Morgan Petroleum Co. shot 300 feet into the air its amazing volume of gas and ofl, estimated at 100,000,000 cubic feet and 75,000 barrels daily, for nearly four days. None dared to conjecture the potentialities of danger to the city spewed forth by the uncontrolled mon- ster. As a spectacular climax, waste oil on the North Canadian River, on the south bank of which the Stout well is wi located, became ited about seven miles downstream from the well a few minutes before the army of workmen succeeded in harnessing the gusher yesterday afternoon. TALKS TO FEATURE W. . T. U. GATHERING Two-Day Meeting to Open at Cal- vary Baptist Church Tomorrow. Numerous addresses will feature the Pifty-Sixth Annual Convention of the Woman'’s Christian Temperance Union, which begins a two-day session tomor- row morning at the Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth and H streets. ‘The convention will be called to order at 10 o'clock. by Mrs. N. M. Pollock, president. Rev. Homer J. Councllor will deliver the address of welcome. In the afternoon, Dr. Lauretta E. Kress will give a demonstration on “Health and Medical Temperance and Narcotics.” Numerous addresses will make up the remainder of the afternoon program. Mrs. Margaret Wright Schuts, secretary of the young people's branch. will preside at the night session. Rev. Mark Depp, pastor Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, will deliver the prin- cipal address. A playette by the young people’s branch will conclude the eve- ning’s activities. ‘The convention will reconvene at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Election of officers will be the principal business undertaken. WARRANTLESS RAID UPHELD IN OPINION BY JUSTICE MARTIN (Continued From Pirst Page.) shown at both places by the United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt who prosecuted the case. In the course of his opinion Justice Van Orsdel sald: “In the present case it is unnecessary for us to review the evidence, which conclusively shows an illegal use of the premises for a long period prior to the bringing of this action. There is some evidence to show that in one garage the appellant, Hill, had not participated in the illegal use of the premises, but that when he had notice of such illegal use by his tenant he instituted an inquiry through his real estate agent to ascertain the facts and finally took steps to prevent fur- ther illegal use.” Insufficient to Control. ‘The court points out that this action is not sufficient to control the action of the court below in issuing the pad- lock order. Such order, he said, being merel; ’B;euventlve and not punitive, may ed in the discretion of the trial justice “as a safeguard against the future unlawful use of the property.” Being unable to find that the court acted arbitrarily, and because the evi- dence is adequate to sustain his ac- tion, the decree is affirmed, the court holds. ‘The padlock decree, the court points out, under a decision of the United States Supreme Court does nct re- quire to be preceded by & criminal con- viction of the temant as long as the existence of a nuisance, as defined in m; “l:utloml prohibition’ law, is estab- on which the permanent structure will rise. These are necessary to divert the {El siuee QuRig: the Kig pesiod e dam will be under construction. Preparing for this work, the depart- ment will have rushed the building of a village to house the construction crews, & water and power uu;:;l'y and the railroad which is to link dam with the outer world, here spouting ofl and gas roared defiance at experts trying to control it. Only & few months ago the used a similar fire menace. Two-Thirdsof U. S, To Have Fair Skies During Election Day By the Assoclated Press. The electorate in two-thirds of the country will have unusually good weather when they cast thei: ballots in tomorrow’s elec- tion. In\ *he other one-third, the Sc») Atlantic States, occasional rains probably will fall. ‘The Weather Bureau here said today from the Middle West to the Pacific the skies mostly will be clear and the temperature not unduly low. In the South Atlantic States, however, possibly as far North as Southern New Jersey, cloudy skies and intermittent rains may be expecter). |SLEMP SEES LOSSES \BY G.0.P. IN CONGRESS | Predicts 5 Political Changes To- morrow in Senate and 24 in the House. | _ C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to former | President Coolidge and Republican | National Committeeman from Virginia, said during a call at the White House today that he expected the Republicans to lote five seats in the Senate and 24 in the House by the elections of tomorrow. ‘This Republican leader, in this state- ment, made it clear, however, that even th these he would not give the credit to a real Democratic victory. He said the campaign has to a large extent become individualistic and not neces- sarily one of political division. He added that an odd situation has been pre- sented in some States by Republicans supporting the Democratic nominees and Democrats supporting Republicans. Other than to say he thought Repre- sentative Larkford, Republican, of the | sixth district of Virginia, and Repre- sentative Jones, Republican, in the ninth district of North Carolina, would be returned, Mr. Slemp declined to mention any names in his predictions. President and Mrs. Hoover will spend election night at the White House. They have asked a few intimate friends to Jjoin them during the evening to listen to the returns. Besides the reports to be furnished by telegraph wires, the White House will receive the returns from the several press associations as well as the returns as broadcast by radio. RECORB VO;E FORECAST IN MONTANA CONTEST Republicans Predict Sweep Will Put Walsh Out of Senate; Democrats Confident. By the Associated Press. | HELENA, Mont., Noveber 3.—With time end of a hard fought campaign at hand, confidence in the success of their candidates was expressed by both Re- publican and Democratic camps in Montana today.s ‘Weather and road conditions coupled with a large registration led also to pre- dictions of a record vote. Confidence that United States Sen- ator Thomas J. Walsh “will be re- elected by a substantial majority” was expressed by the Democratic party chairman, W. W. McDowell. He also expressed the opinion that Representa- tive John M. Evans will be re-elected in the first district and that Tom’ Stout, former Representative, will give Representative Scott Leavitt, Republic- an “a close run” in the second dis- trict. “Sentiment has been swinging rapidly toward Albert J. Galen for United States Senator and we believe that every man on the State ticket will be elected,” was Republican Chairman Joseph D. Scanlan's prediction. He anticipated “a majority of many thousand votes” for Leavitt and said “it appears that Mark D. Fitzgarrild will win the congressional seat from the first district.” Both party leaders were equally strong in their claims for victory in the two races for State office. BAY STATE CANDIDATES MAKE FINAL APPEALS Nominees of Both Major Parties, in Last-Hour Speeches, Con- fident of Victory. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 3.—With both sides confident of victory, Republican and Democratic nominees to the high- est offices the State can bestow today made final appeal for the support of the Commonwealth's citizenry in to- morrow's election. ‘The Republican State Committee pre- dicts victories by 50,000 votes for its chief contenders, Gov. Frank G. Allen, seeking re-election, and Willlam M. Butler, candidate for the senatorial seat left vacant by the retirement of Fred- cratic opposition is furnished by Joseph B. Ely and Marcus A. Coolidge, re- spectively. With the exception of their guberna- torial candidate, Ely, who predicts his own election and the election of Cool- idge, the Democrats have been hesi- tant in making any pre-election claims. Trainer at Yale Dies. NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 3 (#). Walter Mace, for 18 years a trainer of Yale athletes, died today after a three- year erick H. Gillett, Republican. The Demo- | bu! STORM TAKES TOLL OF LIVES IN EUROPE Rips Off Roofs, Endangers Shipping, Uproots Trees and Overturns Autos. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 3.—A wide trail of damage with several lives lost, many injured and a considerable property loss ‘was left today over Western Europe and England by a storm which lashed and | twisted up from the Atlantic. ‘The velocity of the wind varied from 30 to 70 miles an hour. But sometimes it was tornado-like in its actions and ripped off roofs, twisted trees from the ground, broke down telephone wires and turned over motor cars. Houses Are Flooded. ‘Thunder, lightning and a deluge of rain accompanied the storm, and many houses were flooded. There were enor- mous seas. The steamer Isle of Thanef, | from Folkstone to Boulogne, was severe- ly battered in its passage, its bridge | partly demolished and two seamen in- ured. On the Mald of Orleans, plyipg cross | Channel, four passengers were hurt when a great wave smashed in two port steamer Menelaos sent a message from two miles south of St. Catherines Point, Isle of Wight, that she was seriously damaged. A life boat put out from shore and took passengers off. A miniature tornado struck the Essex shore near the mouth of the Thames. Motor cars were blown over in the streets, pedestrians were thrown down, several roofs were stripped and large trees were uprooted. The tornado vio- lence lasted only two or three minutes, but thunder, lightning, sleet and rain continued over the area all day. From Channel ports in both France and England there were reports of dam- age and delay to many small craft which had to put in to escape violence of the tempest. In Portland Harbor a seaplane anchored there overturned in the squall and sank.’ Liners Battle Storm. Incoming liners today brought reports of the storm's fury. TFhe steamship Kenilworth Castle from South Africa was buffeted by heavy seas the entire day. The waves at times swept over the liner, and one wave washed B. Bell- ings, a fireman, overboard. He was lost in the swirling waters. The Dutch liner Volendam from New York, on her arrival at Plymouth, re- ported she had stood by an unidentified steamer for two hours, off the Scilly Is- lands, until other help arrived. —_—— FRANCE WILL YIELD ON NAVAL PARITY IF ITALY TAKES OFFER (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) scheduled to meet again at Geneva No- vember 6 is likely to be the last one. Count von Bernstorfl and the Ger- man delegation, who are leaving tomor- Tow, have been ‘instructed to bend every effort to have the Preparatory Commis- sion give way to a full conference of the powers some time in 1931 to tackle dis- armament. So insistent is Germany that the pre- liminaries be ended that the cabinet does not deem it essential for full agree- ments to be reached now on a draft convention. Germany rather proposes that whatever draft convention may find maximum support shall be submit. ted to the powers, together with }nlnom:,rl report and with memoranda rom all powers participating in the preliminaries setting xong. their respec- tive attitudes. Futility of Preliminaries. German official circles expressed the feeling that further preliminary discus- sion of the difference between the French and German attitudes on the question of war materials and trained reserves is futile, and might as well be transferred for thrashing out to a meet- ing of the powers. The French position is that trained reserves and accumulated war materials shall not be considered part of the strength of armies and navies, whereas Germany and Great Britain hold a con- trlryw vl:lw “We aim at getting a date fixed some time in 1931 for a world disarmament conference irres; lve of what reports may be drawn up at the coming Geneva session,” saild a foreign office spokes- man. Gibson Parieys Watched. Meanwhile the German government as well as the disarmament delegation has been watching the myn of Hugh S. Gibson, American Ami dor to Bel- glum, at Paris and Rome with great interest. It was said that if Ambassa- dor Gibson should succeed in getting holes on the port side of the ship and | flooded part of the deck. The Greek | - CHINA SENDS ARMY AGAINST RED HORDE 100,000 Troops, Supported by Gunboats, Move to Sur- round Bandits. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, November 3.—The Na- tionalist government today apparently was translating into action its prom- ise to exterminate Communism and banditry from China. More than 100,000 infantrymen were en route to Hunan and Kiangsi prov- inces, seat of Red banditry, with in- structions to rid the infested regions of these brigands. A suadron of bombing planes, well equipped with bombs, was dispatched to Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi, to help dislodge the Communists. Gunboats Back Troops. Several gunboats were en route .to Tungting and Poyang Lakes, in Hunan and Kiangsi, respectively, Bandits have been active for many weeks on the shores of these important inland waters. President Chiang Kai-Shek a fort- night ago announced the government would take steps to suppress Communi- ism. That his announcement was not an idle boast was indicated by the wholesale movement of troops, planes and warships toward Kiangsi and Hunan. Authorities claimed 35,000 soldiers al- ready had entered Hunan province through Hankow, while 80,000 had en- tered Kiangsi through Kiukiang and other cities farther up the Yangtze River. The troops were preparing to proceed southward in three columns, hoping to sweep the provinces clear of outlaws, officials said. Brigands Continue Slaying. Brigands continued pillaging and kill- 1n£. however, apparently unworried by this government threat. Advices from outlying Hunan and Kiangsi communi- ties indicated the bandits remained in control, while along the Yangtze Com- munists batteries waged relentless war against domestic and foreign shipping. A French and a Japanese gunboat experienced sharp attacks from a bat- tery of Communist cannonaders a few miles above Kiukiang Saturday, but es- caped without casualties. Dispatches from Hankow said Com- munists were reported to have evac- uated Nanchowting, Northern Hunan, permitting two unidentified American missionaries, & man and a woman, to escape to Yochow, where 14 other American missionaries and several Eu- ropeans are refugees. STUDENTS DENOUNCE YALE ARCHITECTURE Gothic Buildings Are Declared “Monuments of Decadence” in Magazine. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn. November 3.— The Gothic architecture of all of Yale's newly erected million-dollar bu\ldlnll\ was ssverely denounced today in the second issue of the Harkness Hoot, | literary magazine, sponsored by two Yale undergraduates. In an essay of eight pages and a pic- ture section of eight more pages, Wil liam Harlan Hale, one of the editors, berates the university for not building in the architecture of today and thus trying to express the ideas of a living world and not of the past. He finds the greatest inspiration in factories, power houses, bridges and skyscrapers, all of which he sees as American and alive, as opposed to what is medieval. In particular, the new Ster] Library, considered the architect: pride of the university, is challenged. The essays says: “Few works can equal it as a monument of lifelessness and decandence; none can surpass it in ex- travagance and falsity.” e HARDING TOMB HONGCRED President Hoover's Wreath Among Three Sent to Ohio. MARION, Ohio, November 3 (#).— Three wreaths, one from President Hoo- ver, were placed on the tomb’ of War- ren G. Harding yesterday in observance of the late President’s sixty-fifth birthe day anniversary. President Hoover's tribute was sent to the Harding Memorial Association, which conducted the ceremonies. The other wreaths were brought by repre- sentatives of the Cincinnati Boy Scouts and"a delegation representing the Ohio Sons of Veterans, R-101 SHOCK FATAL Maj. Thomson, Brother of Dead Air Minister, Succumbs. SOUTH SEA, England, November 3 (#)—Maj. David Thomson, 68, brother of Lord Thomson, the air min- ister, who lost his life in the R-101 disaster, died at his home here yes- terday. Physicians attributed his death to shock as & result of the tragedy. This was the second death following the catastrophe at Beauvais. Shortly after the crash the mother of C. A, Bur- ton, & member of the dirigible’s crew, who also perished, died of grief. ONE DIES, ANOTHER ILL AFTER DRINKING DENATURED ALCOHOL (Continued From First Page.) room and the firemen at first thought they detected a flicker of life in the body. A doctor was called. He took one look and the firemen put their resuscitation apparatus away. Pickett, who appeared to be as near death from fright as from the stuff he had been drinking, sat in a straight chair nmb{. disconsolate and on the point of col- lapse. He was removed to Georgetown Hospital and later to Gallinger and the coroner, J. Ramsey Nevitt, notified. Harris said he rented the room to the two men Saturday and other roomers in the place, which Harris rents and sublets. He said both men had been drinking since Saturday night. Pickett was fairly quiet, but Warnock walked along the dark hallways, howling like & mademan. He fell heavily against a ‘door in his room early this morning and didn’'t move again. France and Italy to join the American, British and Japanese in & complete na- val agreement, Germany would wel- come it heartily as a step in the direc- tion of ridding the world of armament rdens. “Provided, of course,” the foreign of- fice spokesman added, “that no secret understandings or gentlemen's agree- ments are made whereby land disarma- ment is jeopardized.” Packing Plant Damaged $100,000. Fire swept through the Gt brick plaat of the Chester Pagking & cotimated by offcials at $100,008, 1616 the jecupean lant 8t the Jocation was w’;;-'&um. , ’ Didn’t Know Men. Harris, who is a printer by trade, told the police he didn’t know the men. He had assumed they were “Washington boys” and didn't ask them any ques- tions when they rented the room. War- nock had volunteered the information that he was a World War veteran and Pickett said he was in the Spanish- American War, ‘The bottle of alcohol bore a stamp of a drug store and Harris, who drop in on them last night, supposed they had bought it Saturday. “I was a little worried about ‘em,” Harris commented. “I told Arthur (Shoemaker) to go up and steal the rest of the stuff and hide it. I told him not to be afraid, that he was it for me. He got it all right. must bave drunk & quart of it