Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1930, Page 1

No. 31,598, THAN IN 1928 CAMPAIGN; Entered as second post office. Washington, D. N class matter . C. he R i enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Sfar. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. VOTING APPEARS LIGHTER POLLSNEAR D. C. CROWDED House Control MayBe Wonby Coalition. DRY QUESTION IN SPOTLIGHT Hoover, Roosevelt Political Futures Involved. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Btaft Writer, The tangled political currents of another Nation-wide campaign met at the polls today in an elec- tion which stirred popular inter- est to unaccustomed heights in some localities and left it droop- ing almost to listlessness in others. Fair weather over nine-tenths of the country helped to swell at- tendance at the polls where the Jocal contests had been warmest for Governor, Senator, Repre- sentative in Congress or minor State office, but failed to produce an impressive turnout in the many districts hayving but nominal dis- putes to debide. Associated Press dispatches in- dicated early in the day that the national total would fall far be- low the record set in the Hoover- Smith campaign of two years ago. Response Is Spotty. i States which have n R ey o % b T o Some tel;tlom of ear] Ve Massachusetts m r vomnlllnl. places w‘: the same State lng:g ‘v;\:: & two States which have seen % former reco! TOPEKA, Kansas, November 4 (#).— Unofficial incomplete returns from 73 Kansas precincts gave for Governor: Haucke (R.), 1,424: Woodring (D.), ,306; ey (L), 778. NEW ASHFORD, Mass., November 4 (#)—New_ Ashford, with 36 voters, was the first place in Massachusetts to count its ballots today. The vote was: For Governor—Allen (Republican), 29; Ely (Democrat), 7. For United States Senator—Butler (Republican), 29; Coolidge (Demo- crat), 4. On a referendum asking the people whether or not they would repeal the State prohibition enforcement law the vote was: Yes, 11; no, 19, HOOVER WILL RELY ON RADIO RETURNS White House Party to Hear Story From Air—Cabinet Interest Tense. By the Associated Press. The home radio and telephone will bring election results to President Hoover and a majority of his cabinet, though some will be found all through election day and election night on the Republican fighting front. He cancelled the usual midweek conference with newspapermen. With & number of intimate friends the President expects to receive returns in the White House until his usual re- tiring hour—10:30 o'clock. For the full story of the ballots—whether the Seventy-second Congress will be domi- nated by Democratic opposition—he will wait until next day. Situation is Changed. ‘Two years ago, at Palo Alto, Calif., he Tetired early also, but only after as- suring himself of his own victory and determining ‘' the proportions of the landslide that placed in office with him & stanchly Republican Con, B group of blackboards set up in mnu?otthennonrbanelzol the ]m then as it came hot from the s0 beclouded, vate reckonings of iy leaders, that only the returns m- selves can tell the story. their campaign of attack on President Hoover's conduct of his ad- ministration in the business crisis, the are acknowledged, even by the Republican stalwarts, to have men- aced nl;mfluully Republican dominance in | and reduced the Republican (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) KANSAS ELECTION OFFICIAL KIDNAPED| Car Is Found Abandoned on County | Road—Two Armed Workers Are Arrested. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 4.—The! reported abduction of Rex V.. Hedrick of Buckner, Mo., chairman of the Jack- #on County Board of Election Commis- sloners, and the arrest of two armed political workers here were the first untoward incidents of the election in this county today. A heavy early vote was polled. Hedrick’s motor car, with both doors flung open, was found abandoned on & county less than an after he left his home. No trace was found of Hedrick, a Republican and cashier of the First State Bank at Buckner. Several Department of Justice agents assembled here to investigate possible election disturbances, were sent by W, L. Vandeventer, United States district attorney, to search for Hedrick. press associations. difference in hook-ups from Washington. Cabinet Interest Keen. ady ttsburgh, conducting the finale of his own campaign for the senatorship from Pennsylvania, Secretary Davis was to be joined today by Mrs. Davis, who has lost no opportunities to aid her hus- h drew also Andrew W. Mel- lon, ry of the Treasury, who in- (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) i RN COLORED MAN SLAIN IN ELECTION DISPUTE | Danville, Ky., Democratic Worker Posts Bond, Claiming Self- Defense. By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ky, November 4.—An election quarrel at Turkey Pen precinct here today resulted in the fatal shoot- ing of Ed Doneghy, colored, by Joe Hay- den, 60, a white Democratic election challenger. - Doneghy was killed when he visited the precinct to “straighten out” a trivial disagreement as to colored voting at the booth. Hayden was arrested by Sheriff James Bean, made bond a few minutes later and returned to the election booth to continue his work. He claimed he shot in self-defense. Witnesses said Doneghy came to the voting booth and sai bflg had heard . He and became in ]cd.l‘;‘he'm‘m it n VOlVe an a with election workers. ) Doneghy, witnesses said, directed his attack at Hayden, the row became heat- ;gc'kl;d Doneghy reached for his hip witnesses said his hand clasped a pistol. ‘The sherifl’s office sald Doneghy had & reputation for being “bad” and had caused considerable trouble before. NEW YORK BOILER TENDER'S VOTE | COSTSCITY §1,127.65, OFFICIALS SAY Declares His an “Unemployment” Ballot, Keeping Six \ By the Associated Press. - . NEW YORK, meu!.—u Election Workers Engaged. ment” ballot, his franchise, would f | mary Hayden fired four bullets into | the colored man’s body and as he fell, | 35,000 to Brave Rain in Nearby Counties. RULE IS ISSUE IN ARLINGTON Races in Montgom- ery and Prince Georges Close. Undaunted by the drizzling rain and dismal skies, thousands of voters flocked to. the polls in Montgomery and Prince -Georges Counties today to decide whether their local governments, along with the rest of the State, shall continue under Democratic man- agement. More than 35,000 per- sons, or about 75 per cent of the total registration in both counties, are expected to cast their ballots before the polls close at 7 o'clock tonight. In the city of Alexandria, and in Arlington and Fairfax Coun- ties, Va., other thousands are de- ciding who shall represent them in Congress and the Senate. Al- though local issues, including a proposed change in the form of government in Arlington County, and a referendum on a bond issue to install a water system in the town of Fairfax, will enliven the Virginia election, a comparatively light vote is expected. ‘The only local issue in nearby Mary- land concerns a ‘million-dollar bond issue for the construction of public schools in Anne Arundel County, & project that has the of the Parent-Teacher Associations and is ex- pected to pass by a fairly close vote. Georges factor in the election. the former county will Kmb-b be major one, while in the latter they are still a new, and as yet nig:(ble. factor. In both counties, too, Democrats are far stronger than the Republicans on the registration books, but by no means assures their victary. MAGDONALD FAGES PARLIAMENT TEST Employment Policy Again Forces Vote—\Labor Has Edge on Result. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 4.—Parliamen- tary elements dissatisfied with the gov- ernment’s efforts to allay critical un- employment conditions threatened to- day to turn out the ministry of J. Ram- say MacDonald and force a general election. Late’ this evening the House of Com- mons will vote on & Conservative amendment to the reply to the speech from the throne which expresses se- vere censure of government measures to relieve the jobless and provide occu- pations to lessen their steadily mount- | ing numbera. Although a government defeat ob- viously was easily possible, “the best guess of lobby circles seemed to be that the ministty would win by a small margin. Liberals May Be Neutral. Sir Herbert Samuel of the Liberal party general staff announced that the parliamentary Liberal party, which holds the Commons balance of power, would not oppose the government in the division, but he assailed the ministerial unemployment policy as weak and in- - | sufficient. tht. pclmclxgu expect that wllun the vote : counted. many progressive Democra will have added their ballots to the G. O. P. total. Prince Georges Lines Drawn. The other group which makes the Montgomery outcome uncertain con- sists of Republicans who in past years cast their ballots for Democratic candi- dates. Maj. E. Brooke Lee, ad- ministration leader, predicts that 40 per eent of the suburban Republicans will vote the Democratic ticket.today. Having healed many of the scars of their primary fights, both political par- ties in Prince Georges presented a vir- tual united front at the polls. The well oiled party machinery was func- tioning smoothly and getting out the vote 50 well in the suburban area that several hundred votes were cast in many of the suburban precincts during the first hour this merning. Candidates Make Final Bids. Many travel-weary candidates ap- peared near exhaustion as they made their final bid for victory by getting their friends to the polls. Many of the electorate, too, breathed a sigh of relief as they emerged from the voting booths, relieved by the thought that the flood of campaign oratory had at last been checked and the suspense will soon be over. ‘With but one real issue at stake, the proposed change in county government, the citizens of Arlington County during the early part of the day seemed averse to facing the drizzle and high wind, and the vote was very light. The total vote of the county is expected to be little, if any, above a Half of the 6,000 qualified votes in the county. Little interest is being evidenced in either' the senatorial or congressional elections since the success of both Democratic candidates is assured. ‘These candidates are. Senator Carter Glass and Judge Howard W. Smith. Glass is being opposed by J. Cloyd Byars, independent Democrat, and Judge Smith by Dr. F. M. Brooks. There are two new types of govern- ment available under an act passed by the la“t General Assembly, one & com- miss form and the .other a county mans * form. The latter form has been & proved by the Civic Federation, Chamber of Commerce and Bar Asso- ciation and has been the subject of an active campaign. In event of the success of the new type, the officials of the governing body would not be elected until next year, to take office on January 1, 1932. WEATHER FAVORS DO-X Giant Seaplane May Start Trans- atlantic Trip Tomorrow. ALTENRHEIM, Switzerland, Novem- ‘eather reports recei 'l'hmiuyhelo'ulyhma-uk but it was expected that this would fiing ‘wenther all the. way to. Amiter weal o In other quarters it was said that the Liberals generally were abstaining from voting altogether and would not vote with the government, while a few of their membership probably even would vote with the Conservatives. Such ac- tion would make the voting nearly even and pwézz dependent upon the left- | di wing Laborites, who were expected to vote with the government or abstain rather than force the issue with Mr. MacDonald and his less radical min- istry at this point. Election Test Avoided. It was not belicved generally that either the Liberals or Conservatives wished a new general election just now. The attitude of the Liberal party toward the government is arousing some speculation. The Daily Herald, Labor organ, today said that the Liberals were moving toward alignment with the Conservatives. David Lloyd George, Liberal leader, has come forward with another scheme for relief of unemployment. broad project—to furnish jobs through intensive public construction—failed to win many parllamentary seats for his party in the last general election. The new scheme provides principally for: Wants 1,000,000 Jabs. Pirst, reduction of production cost to equalize British goods with those of foreign countries, the reduction to be about 10 per cent; second, government stimulation of new enterprise and in- dustry to absorb those thrown out of work by rationalization of older indus- tries; third, encouragement of agri- culture; fourth, an accelerated pro- gram of construction, He claims that the Liberal plan would reduce unemployed by 1,000,000 during the next 12 months. Winston Churchill, one of the Con- servative leaders, in a speech at Wal- tham Abbey, expressed the opinion that a new general election would bring no great change in parties, but “would leave us a much longer spell of dead- lock and uncertainty. Another Par- liament as futlle and as hopeless as this one would be with us.” ELECTION Coins Bearing Effigy Of Augustus Caesar Dug Up by Laborer By the mflm 4.—A farm labgrer here has come to the end of the rainbow. While clearing a piece of waste hround, his pick-ax struck an old crock which broke and released a shower of gold. Experts have identified the ‘“crock” as an urn dating from the Roman occupation. Some of the coins bear the effigy of Augustus Caesar. GANGSTER TRAILED TOHOSPITAL, SLAIN | Two Gunmen Walk Into Pri- i vate Room and Fire Three Shots Into “Ape’s” Body. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, November 4—A racketeer who sought sanctuary in a private room of the Newark General Hospital was tracked down by two gun- men last night and killed in his bed. Walking by the information desk without a word, the slayers went direct- ly to the room occupied by John Pas- selli, known in the underworld as “The Ape,” and fired three shots, killing him instantly. They then walked out in the confusion and escaped in an ‘automo- bile. Passelll, who had been listed at the hospital as Joseph Caruso, walked into the institution .Sunday with a slight scalp wound and bruises. Hospital at- taches said he told them he had fallen from an automobile. His injuries were ressed, but he insisted on staying the institution, and asked for a private room. Police said they believed his injuries were received in jumping from & mov- ing automobile when he realized he was Luken for a ride and that his kill- lked in their first attempt, trailed to the hospital. The police ate tributed the killing to New York gang- sters, saying Passelli had been attempt- ing to cut in on the New York gra) racket, by which gangsters levy a trib- ute on the shipments of grapes. Doctors and nurses at the hospital were taken to ‘nnce headquarters to view es’ gallery picture in an at- tempt to identify the slayers. RACKETEER 1S KILLED. bein ers, him Gunmen Speed by and Mow Him Down as He Repairs Car. HOBOKEN, N. J.,, November 4 (#)- in | unit.” “McVeary had told FLYHE INORMER MOTE 5 SOUGHT Crosby Questions Sergeant Who Issued Warrant for Liquor Raid. day on the home of William P. Fiythe, White House newspaper man, would be the discovery of the interest of the in- former in the case, The raid was made on a warrant is- sued on an affidavit sworn to by J. M. Burke, who swore that he saw a man buy a half gallon of white whisky from Flythe for $2.50 last Thursday. Gen. gm\vy Mb‘u‘n‘:fl.\::" tofluz‘olis eadquarters resterda; an eflmwmwm:fi;fldt’m‘m. Further reports are -goeudor few days, as lol'li. !uu-y“ i:.t,m,mm- perintendent of police, a duck hunting trip, E ly liquor unit available, but told Crosby that he had made an investiga- tion of the case. ed | which would operation in the house. Police found no still on their raid and no liquor in the house. Sergt. Little said that he had been informed that Burke volunteered the information about the alleged sale to T. R. McVeary, a member of the liquor Sergt. N. O. Holmes about it and introduced Burke Commissioner N 3 - age and swore to the warrant. This writ was made out in the name of John Doe, and the accompan) de- seription said that John Doe was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 160 nds and was 31 years old. None of these fits Mr. Flythe. He is 2 inches shorter, 30 pounds lighter and 10 years older. Fiythe Complains of Gun. Flythe complained to Crosby that the first member of the raiding party to enter his home displayed a gun. Little said that no member of the squad had displayed a Y further that the man with the gun had threat- ened to shoot his small wire-haired ter- rier, “Governor,” if Flythe didn’t “get him out of there.” Flythe complained ‘While repairing his automobile in front of his home Samuel Kleinberg, 22, de- scribed by the police as an alcohol racketeer, was shot and killed last night by several gunmen as they sped past in another machine. Police expressed the belief the gun- men had cut the wires of the car while Kleinberg was in his apartment. He 'h.i'h. shot through the heart, arm and cl CANNON UNCHANGED Physicians Report His Condition Continues Serious. Physicians attending Bishop James Cannon, jr., today said that his condi- tion was unchanged and was still serious. Cannon is suffering much pain from arthritis, his attendants said. RETURNS In order that the people of Washington may have com- plete returns from the national election tonight. 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BRIAND GETS OVATION DESPITE CONFUSION Session Postponed Two Days While Opposition Seeks to Agree on Procedure. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 4.—The French parliament reconvened today and soon after the sitting was suspended amid confusion as debate on opposition criticism of foreign policy got into its stride. The opposition had been caught off balance by the insistence of Premier Tardieu that the debate be started im- mediately, and Francois Albert, an.op- position deputy, began an attack on the government. As he began talking about internal politics, the government supporters with much clamor demanded he be brought to order. Amid the confusion, President Bouis- son suspended the sitting, during which the opposition sought to agree on & pro- cedure to be followed. Previously Foreign Minister Briand, whose policles are under fire, had re ceived an ovation from the chamber. ‘The debate ended when the chamber finally adjourned until Thursday. GIBSON OFFERS NEW PLAN. Antagonistic Claims of France and Italy Reporied Brushed Aside. and Chicago Dally By Radlo S e copyrishts 1630, ROME, Italy, November 4—One the eve of his departure from Rome for Geneva, Amassador Hugh 8. Gibson put forward a Iresh proj for com- plete Franco-Italian naval agreement, to reliable sources here. It is evident now that no possible accord can be reached between the two countries if their naval differences are the lines hitherto attempt. to concili- as fast as the paper: (UP) Means Associated Press, Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers block and the regular edi- ‘Washington homes re printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 113,552 TWO CENTS. FLECTION REVNES CANPAGN T0 W VOTEFORDISTRT Energetic Work Is Planned in Senate and House Qur- ing Short Session. ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN AT INDUSTRIAL SHOW Joint Committee Is Encouraged by Results of Far-Reaching Educational Drive. While election day lacks true Ameris can significance to the voteless Washe ingtonian, it has been selected as the appropriate day for vigorous renewal of the movement to bring about polit= ical equity for the District of Columbia, Today the Citizens’ Joint Committee om National Representation, after a Sume mer of slackened activity, energeti~ cally resumes its campaign to obtain for District residents voting represen= tation in the House and Senate and the right to vote for President, as well a8 to put the District citizen on an equal feoting with the citizen of a State bes fore the dourts of the United States. Despite the short session of Congress, the matter will be earnestly pressed in both branches with the idea of getting at least favorable committee action. As was the case last year, the first activity of the revived campaign will be the participation in the annual In- trial Exposition of the Wi Chamber of Commerce at the Wi ton Auditorium this week, Here the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Nation~ al Representation is ‘booth where striking ‘The effort to for the District in the I cils of the Nation is gressional joint resolution ndment o val superi- | ¢ ority over Italy with the latter's claim of naval parity with the former. ‘The new proposal brushes aside these antagonistic claims, it is learned, on the following lines: Prance, without any reference to the London treaty or Italy in particular, would state naval needs its building program to France. Thus both the Mediterran- ean powers would tacitly agree not to raise the problem of naval superiority of | or parity before 1936 without renounc- their respective, long-fought claims. mfuunm express belie{ that Italy will declare its intention to build the same tonnage as France, while the latter might insist on a safegu: afford her 240, mun Ogs'on left Rome this afternoon. He had lis last conversation with For- eign Minister Dino Grandi yesterday. WO00DS COMMITTEE GETS JOB- AID OFFERS New York city—“YTrrqilred to Enlist 30,000 Members in Find- ing Opportunities. tons By the Assoclated Press. The President'’s Emergency Employ- ment Committee, headed by Col. Arthur ‘Woods, was informed today by the New York City Y. M. C. A. that it was pre- pared to enlist its 400 business and pr fessional men and its 30,000 members in “stimulating opportunities for em- ployment.” At the same time word was received from the Chamber of Commerce of tis Oranges and Maplewood, N. J, that its placement bureau had been enlarged, and plans were now underway to register all unemployed and obtain as mu-:r jobs as possible. Other com- ity organizations were reported as ‘co-operating. ‘The New York City Y. M. C. A. in- formed Col. Wood's office that its board of directors and 16 branch boards of managers, working through the .10 organized centers of the organization in Manhattan and the Bronx, proposed to offer an extensive employment service without cost to those served. Col. Woods was not in his office in Washington today, having gone to New York to vote. A At o Funeral Crash Fatal. BUTLER, Mo, Naovember 4 (P)— Ehflm Virden of Carthage, Mo., was clause | o " g Similar resolutions have duced in each Congress for a n years, Formerly it was the the Senate to refer it to the Commif the District of Columbia, exhaustive he H 11 ittee reported it favorably to Senate with the recommendation it be passed and the ment to the Constitution be submitted to the States for ratification. In 1928 reaffirmed by the Senate never hed consideration by Senate. Recently in the Senate (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) $380,000 THEFT SUSPECT IS JAILED Trustee Accused of Taking Money From Estates and Charitable Organizations. £g 1 By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 4.—Henry O, Wiley, 62, who was arrested yesterday charged with taking $380,000 from estates and charitable institutions of which he was trustee, was remanded to jail in default of $100,000 bail on his arraignment today. At the same time police said Wiley admitted the theft of an_additional $115,000. ‘Wiley’s arrest yesterda resulted from questioning by Pdnliyd M. Hill, a son of William Hill®of whose estate Wiley was trustee and in whose stock brokerage business he had gained & start as an office boy. Hill was assisted by Jay R. Benton, former attorney general and attorney for the Hill estate and others. Benton said further charges would be preferred inst Wiley as soon as audits of books illed in a motor car accident near here last night while enroute to the funeral of a nephew, the victim of a motor car accident Sunday. agal of various estates could be completed. Shortly after Wiley's arraignment § voluntary petition in bankruptey was filed in his behalf in Federal Court. DEAN TERMS STUDENTS’ CONDUCT BENEATH GANGSTERS 42 Are Suspended, 4 of Them for Year, for Particnpatm. e in Foot Ball Riot. By the Associated Press. PRINCETON, N. J., November 4— b those Dean CI Gauss. for a year, 2 until ‘hristmas vacation, 3 for two weeks, and 14 for an in- th of a foot enthusi- cago game d in a