Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1930, Page 4

0 S s ¥ - CONGRESS POWE 1IN HANDS OF FATE 13 Months to Bring Half Dozen Vacancies That May Favor Either Party. f BY MARK SULLIVAN. The principal aspect cf the election engaging the interest of Washingion, as weil as the country, continucs to be whether the Democrats hate won contral of either the House or the Senate, or both, by margins of one or two vates as to each chamber. Re- publicans hope they have held on by the fingertip of a single vote. Demo- crats hope they have grasped one ol both ch:mbers by the same slender- mess of hold Now ‘the outtanding quality of all this is-the futility of it. It is char- acteristic of the excited psychol°gy im- mediately following any m of ‘an important event 2 it does not matter at all whether the Republicans have held cn or the D:m- gerats iave *won one or both ck by so slender a ma; s the outcome, wh will change perhaps a uring the next 13 months. hat was e ‘Tuesday’ does not come int until December 1 of next year, 1931. During that interval by precedent and Jaw of averages one or two or three or m-re Sen?tors will have dicd or re- signed. %A . Democratic., Senator dic and his - successor ' be_apnoin from the other party by @ Republican of ma) n n these alternating whim fat: chance will favor the Democ: because a lot of Democratic Goyernors were elected la't Tussda Anyhow, whether the next Senate is Republican or Democratic by a margin of one or two will be an “off-again-on-again’ thing for 13 months. It is the same as to the House only m:re so. Half Dozen Vacancies Likely. In that body half a dozen or more members will have died or resigned by Dacember 1, 1931. At all times there is, an average of seven or elght vacancie; in the House due to death or resignation. These vacancies will distribute themselves botween the two rties according to the whim of fate, %c successors dying or retiring will in some cese; be of the opposite party The net of all this is that no one knows whether the. Opngress coming into existence December 1, 1931, will be Democratic or Republican’ No one can know until it actuaily sits on noon of that day. All we know is thatiin the Senate the margin ‘Wil be ‘cne or two yotes one way or the’other, and In the ‘House anywhere from one to five votes one way or the other: To say that all this must remain in- conclusive until December 1, 1931, is not to belittle the “imy of it. It makes much difference whether the Re- publicans or the Democrais organize one or both Houses of Congress and elect the officials and name the com- mittees. It makes all ‘the difference in the world to the respective parties and all the difference in ths W to cef- tain fairly important ' indivi . As to the public and as. to governmental licies it makes very eonsiderable dif- ference. It makes mnjuch difference S ) sixth d! ts | ator Morgan. Bankhead fathered the BANKHEAD REGAINS SENATE | _ |/ | ' SEAT ONCE HELD BY FA ,Histo'ry Repeats in Alabama With Defeat ' of Heflin—Brother William ‘ Re-qlectecl By the Assoctated Press / MONTGOMERY, November 7.— Alabama put two Bankheads back in Congress. In defeating J. Thomas Heflin in Tuesday’s e'ection, John H. Bankhead gained the Senate seat which Heflin won upon the death of Bankhead's father. History repeated _itself, for { years ago a brother, William B. Bank- | head, defeated the father's successor in the House and served there while his fother was enjoying an advancement to |the Senate. Tuesday Wlilliam was elected for an eighth term as a Repre- sentative, The name Bankhead first entered Alabama politics in 1865, when John H., 4th, was elected to the State House of Representetives. In 1887 he won a | scet as a,member of Congress from the Tt and held it for 20 years. {" He was dofeated in 1906 by Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the sinking of the Merrimac in the Spanish War. A short time later Bankhead led a ficld of seven candidates for Senate on what wos known as “the palibearer's platform.” Both Senator John T. Morgan and Edmund Pettus were in ill health and the men ran with the understanding that the high man would succeeded to the first vacancy. Fethered Highway Act. In 1907 the Legislature elected Bank- head to the Senate to succeed to_the yvacency creaied by the death of Sen- THE to House. Federal aid bill for highways and in recognition “the Bankhead Highway, " stretching from Washington, D. C., to San Diego, Callf., was named for him. His son Willlam then revenged the family honcr by defeating Capt. Hob- son for Congress. During the cam- paign Capt. Hobson said, “I've beaten the old bear, now I'm ing to beat the cub.” Only recently he laughingly told Representative Bankhead that was an error he made. John H., jr, served a term in the State Legislature and as:isted in the family campaigns. Wins on Second Attempt. Finally, sfter years of successful law practice and operaticn of extensive coal mines, he apnounced for the Senate in 1926 and was defeated by Senator Hugo Black. He announced again this year and, after obtaining the Demo- cratic nomination, defeated the inde- pendent candidacy of Heflin by ap- proximately 50,000 majority. Political success is not limited to the father and two sons—the youngest brother, Col. Henry M. Bankhead, after a distinguished Army _career, Was elected a member of the Miami Beach, Fla., City Commission and now is a | candidate for mayor of that city. Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen, director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a non-parti-an office, said of her brother's success: «John and the other boys heard poli- ties from their cradles. Politics in our home was table talk amd fireside talk.” {Priest Elected After Campaign For Own Defeat Hookset, N. H., Citizens Vote Father Gilbert to| Legislature Over Protest. Special Dispatch to The Star. HOOKSET. N. H, November 6 (N.AAN.A).—Although he vigorously campaigned against himself, told people not to vote for him, publicly declared | that he did not want the job and wrote letters urging his own defeat, a Catho- Hc priest has been elected a representa~ tive to “the General Court of New Hampshire.” Regardless of all his protests, the peo- le of this district wanted him, wrote name on their ballots, and now that he is elected they demand that he rep- reserit them. The priest is Rev. Father Napoleon Gilbert, pastor of the Church of the Holy Rosary. He is a Democrat, chosen in a typical New Hampshire vil- lage with all the rock-ribbed Republican traditions behind it. e Nifhsias Longworth from ublican icholas rom ©Ohio or Democratic John Garner of Texas. It makes a ‘difference Wwhether the chairman the Senate’s ‘tariff-making committee is Republican Reed Smoot of Utah or De tic Pal :rw-mson o‘! Mmslflrlcyplfi syt :‘ ference in our foreign 'polie - nds on whether the Mu ot the -3 nate i&]’immmfer on Republican (of & Borah of Idaho or Del Swanson of Virginia. - Live Yssue 13 ufilb. Very much, indeed, hatigs’ especially 7 citement about last %he fact is, howaver, Wefinitely until the new. ally steps into power. Mnonths, much public intére ‘excitement will attend the, & the narrow majority that Yated by deaths, resignations and the : successions thereto. What is said here applies to organ- $ung the ‘chamb: nlonslaf the officials naming the committees. Atver organization is complete, regard- Jess of which party does the organizing, @ new condition arises. That new con- dition will- be anti-Republican. surely. In matters of legisiation both brapches of Congress will be anti-Republican. They may be anti-Republican be- cause the ts have an actual majority of their own. If the Demo- crats do not have an actual majority of their own, they will nevertheless domi- pate by means of a coalition between themselves and a little ‘group of ‘in- surgent Republicans. In the Senate there will be at least 12 insurgent Re- publicans working with the Democrats, and in the House at least 20. Woman Members Of House Equally Balanced on Issues Each Party Elects Three and Half Are Wet and Half Are Dry. By the Associated Press. In a House of delicate balance, the members of the just-elected venty-second Congress neatly counter- poise—tnree Republicans, three Dem: crats. Divided along another line mentioned 'in this election, the same equilibrium—three owedly wet,and three dry. Three were unopposed and fought for their laurel: The feminine faces which came, smiling and triumphant, from a realm of higher mathematics into which this particular election was catapulted, L were: * " Republicans—Florence P. Kahn, Cal= ifornia; Edith Nourse Rogers, Massa- and Ruth Baker Pratf, New much result are three chuetts, York. Democrats — Ruth Bryan Owen, Plorida; Mary T. Norton, New Jersey, and Effie Gene Wingo, Arkansas. On the prohibition question, Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Norton are ~anti-Volstead. ‘The House will have three less wom- an members a year from now than it bas at_present, with Katherine Lang ley ky defeptedy Ruth Hanna of Kentucl k of Illinols eliminated by . {serd the priest and another Democrat | there filed 4 “not” be printed on the official ballot No Religious Issue. ‘Whether he will represent the dis- trict in the New Hampshire General Court, Pather Gilbert has not yet de- cided. The election provides one of the most surprising demonstrations of con- fidence, There was no religious issue. In fagt, there was almost nothing at stake ‘extept the desire oi. the part of a group of Democrats in the town to to the Legisiature. There was no ap- t reason other than that they New e held s primaries ew on Septepiber 9. When that day arrived there were two candidates for the Legis- lature from the Republican party, Miss Mary Head and Charles Bickford, but was only one candidate who had nomination papers on the Demo- cratic side. He was Will Woodson, & well known Hookset citizen. The Democratic party was left with- the legislative mocratic leaders got together and nominated the priest. They didn’t bother to tell him. 'y merely repaired to the town house, where the Democratic and Republican primaries were being held, and wrote his name on the ballot as a Democratic candidate. Writes Serious Protest. The village contains about 1,800 people and when the ballots were counted Father Gilbert was a candidate. He deliberated and procrastinated. He was busy and occupled with the duties of his parish. Mount St. Mary's Sem- inary for Girls, one of the largest of such institutions in New Ham , 18 part of his parish, and he did not get around to doi anything about gl‘ nomination until about the middle of October. ‘Then he sat down and wrote a let- ter to Enoch Fuller, secretary of State, and told him that he had never sought the nomination, that he was not in- terested in it, that he was not a willing candidate, and asked that his name November 4. Unfortunately the time for withdrawals had passed, the bal- lots were already printed, and nothing could be done to remove his name. There were two Republican candi- dates, Mary Head, a Wellesley College graduate, who came back to Hookset to live a short time ago, and Charles Bick- ford. Miss Head wrote Father Gilbert and asked him if he would serve the section if he were elected. Father Gil- bert replied that he did not want the job Miss head had the letter repro- duced. The original letter of Father Gilbert was placed in the Town House. He told his friends he did not want the place and he told the Democratic Teaders to pass the word on. He did not vote for himself. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) CONVIC?ED K|LLERV—ENDS HUNGER STRIKE IN JAIL Alex English, 18, Resumes Eating After 100 Hours—Faces Gal- lows for Denver Murder. By the Associated Press. DENVER, November 7.—After more | than 100 hours without food, Alex Eng- | | lish, convicted slayer of his sister-in- {law, Thersa Spanarella, 18, decided to end his hunger strike yesterday. He was tound guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in the West Side Court last Saturday. The death sentence ‘was recommended. Although English has not been formally sentenced, he had her unsuccessful senatorial race, and Pearl Peden Oldfield of Arkansas re- fusing fo jun. . And the Senate will still be an all- fi affair, with J. Ham Lewis in the St e iy o . wi itle man “have“been “first woman ever elected Senator.” | DEMOGRAT 1S LEADING clared he would not die on the COLUMBIA IN PARIS LE BOURGET, France, November SCHALL CREDITS WINTO FARMERS “Plain People Will Never De- sert Me,” Says Minnesota Blind Senator-Elect. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, November 7.— Thomas D. Schall, blind since 1907, has guided himself through another political storm to re-clection as United States Senator from Minnesota. The election will be contested “on every possible ground,” Schall's op- ponent announced today. Loyalty of rural regions, which had saved him in close* contests before, packed in 8,227 votes over Einar Hoi- dale, Democrat, on the basis of returns from 3,660 of the States 3,705 precincts. “I knew it, the plain people who live on the farms will never desert me,” Schall said joyfully, tired after a long campaign in which he was opposed not only by three candidates, but by a large numb:r of Republican leaders and & majority of the State’s newspapers. Lead Gained in Senate. Hoidale’s eariy lead was built up in the cities, principally Minneapolis and St. Paul. When 3,640 precincts of 3,705 in the State reported, Schall had a lead of 8,265. The vote, with 45 precincts stood: Schall, 287,081, and Hojdale, 278,854. This was the second time Schall had won election to the Senate. Before that he served five terms as a House member. Identified with the insurgent group of Republicans in the Senate, Schall pledged in both primary and general elections to make legislation for agricul- ture his main objective. Minnesota Returns Final. In the House of Representatives, Min- nesota’s entire list of nine Republicans and one Farmer-Laborite was returned. the | The last contest in doubt. in the tenth district, was cleared up late yesterday when Godfrey C. Goodwin, Republican incumbent, was shown to have defeated Erling Swenson, Farmer-Labor. Mr. Hoidale said that if the State Canvassing Board confirms Senator Schall's re-election when iL meets No- vember 18 to hear official reports on the election, he would file a contest. SLAYER OF THREE DIES Texan Killed Storekeeper and 2 Sons Over Sour Milk. HUNTSVILLE, Tex., November 2 (#)—Luz G. Arcos died in the electric chalr early today for the slaying of Joe Barrientes, Hondo grocer, and his two sons, Christmas day, 1928. Witnesses at Arcos’ trial testified he killed the frocer and his sons in a quarrel follow- ng the purchase of a bottle of milk which he asserted was sour. ISSUE SPECIAL STAMP River Shannon Electrical Project Commemorated in Ireland. DUBLIN, Ireland (#).—A special postage stamp commemorating comple- tion of the River Shannon electricity project is to be issued by the Irish Free State. The scheme I8 now in operation over most of the Pree State, and even small villages have proved good customers for electricity in_a country till now behind the rest of Europe in the use of cur- rent. The new stamp is expected to illustrate some of the works on the Shannon. The last special Irish stamp was is- sued in celebration of the centemary of Catholic emancipation. INDUSTRIAL BANKING It is not necessary to heve had an Account et this Bank to Borrow EASY TO PAY ) THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supgrvision U. . Tressury 1408 H Street N.W. - DEMOCRATS GAIN GKENTUCKY SEATS ’!Election Reverses That of 1928—Mrs. Langley De- feated in Upset. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 7.—For the first time in a quarter of a century. Kentucky Democrats have elected 9 of the 11 Representatives from this State. Returns from Tuesday's elec- tion show the Democrats elected a United States Senator from Kentucky for both the long and short term, and in addition, gained six seats in the House. Judge M. M. Logan, Democrat, led John M. Robsion, Republican incum- bent, in every district except the Afth, tenth and eleventh for the long Senate term. In 3,602 of 4,155 precincts, Logan bad a lead of approximately 31,000, and Ben Willlamson, Democratic candidate for the short term, had about the same majority. Mrs. Langley Is Defeated. The Democrats gained seats in the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth districts. In the first three districts, Democratic candidates were elected -without opposition. The two Republican Representatives were elected in the fifth and eleventh districts, which are strongholds of that party. Defeat of Mrs. Katherine Langley, Republican Representative from the tenth district. by A. J. May was the upset of the election. May's triumph marks the first time the tenth district has elected a Democrat. Mrs. Langley succeeded her husband in Congress three years ago, when he resigned. She wis re-elected in 1928 over May. Republican candidates for re-election also were defeated in the fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth districts. In the eighth district the present Representa- tive, L. L. Walker, Republican, was not a candidate for re-election, but the Re- blican candidate was defeated by former Congressman Ralph Gilbert. Reversal of 1928 Election. Prior to 1916, the normal complexion of Kentucky's congressional delegation was nine Democrats and two Repub- licans. The latter two were elected in the tenth and eleventh districts. In 1916 the fifth district went into the Republican column, where it has re- mained. This year's election of nine Demo- crats and two Republicans was a re- versal of the 1928 election, when nine Republicans and two Democrats were chosen. The Democrats gained their third Representative, however, in a spe- cial election in the third district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. W. Roark, Republican, who died shortly after he was elected. Former Democratic Congressmen who regained the seats they lost two years ago are Virgil Chapman, seventh; Ralph Gilbert, eighth, and Fred Vinson, ninth. FESS SEES LIQUOR AS ISSUE IN 1932 Quoted in Cleveland as Believing Democrats Will Come Out for Prohibition Repeal. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 7.— The Cleveland News today quoted Sen- ator Simeon D. Fess, Republican na- tional chairman, as predicting that pro- hibition will be a party issue in 1932, with the Democrats espousing the wet cause. “I believe the Democratic party will come out for repeal of the eighteenth amendment,” Fess was recorded as saying. He declared flatly that Republicans would not favor repeal, but, when asked if they might adopt a modification platform, said: “That I cen't answer. The Crime Commission (the Wickersham Commis- sion on Law Enforcement) is now studying the situation and its report may affect the situation.” The Senator, who last August de- clared that probdbition would not be an issue in Tuesday's election, conceded that it had played a prominent role in the voting. Robert J. Bulkley, a repeal advocate, was elected Fess' colleague in the Senate over Roscoe C. McCulloch, dry Republican. Fess, however, attributed the national success of the Democrats to business depression. He came here to address the Cleve- land Bar Association. AR Colored Man Electrocuted. RALEIGH, N. C., November 7 (#).— Wil Sloan, colored, convicted murderer of a colored woman and confeesed slay- er of Mrs. Elsa Marshall, 24, of Green- burgh, N. Y., was electrocuted at State prison here today. ®ed Washington’s Finest Indoor Golf Course Conn: Washington's most gorgeous indoor minia- ture golf course. A real outdoor atmosphere with beautiful mountain scenes, mnatural water falls, lakes and rivers. D, GO YATES MAY SWING | CONTROL OF HOUSE Illinois Republican Forging Ahead in Race Watched by Entire Nation. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 7.—Th: politi- cal ecsa of the Nation looked toward Illinols today for an answer to the uestion as who won the race for resentative-at-large between Rich- ard Yates, Republican, and Walter Nes- bit, Democrat. The fact that the con- tro’ of the House was in doubt gave the added importance to the contest. After {:E:In; Off to a substantial lead at the s of the counting of ballots from Tuesday's election, Nesbit gradu- ally fell behind as belated returns came in, until the count early today, with 283 of the State’s 7,109 precincts still missing, stood: Yates, 928,524, Nesbit, 923,507 ‘The lead of 4,927 e strong indica- tion that Yates would eventually emerge the winner. If he does, the Illinois delegation to Congress will be made up ~f 15 Republicans and 12 Democrats. This would still give the Democrats a net gain of five. Their victories included that of Willlam H. Dietrich for the other Representative- at-large seat. Frank L. Smith, Repub- lican candidate for Representative-at- large, was defeated, running about 90, 000 votes behind Yates. Of the 283 missing precincts in the Yates-Nesbit race, 20 are in Cook County (Chicago). . WOODRING HAS LEAD OF 26 KANSAS VOTES Race for Governor Will Be Decided by Count of Absentee Ballots Next Week. By the Assoclated Press. , TOPEKA, Kans, November 7.—Ab- sentee votes, which will not be counted until next week, will be the deciding factor in the Kansas gubernatorial race between Frank (Chief) Haucke, Repub- lican, and Harry Woodring, Democrat, on the face of complete unofficial re- turns last night. The latest revised unofficial returns gave the D2mocratic nominee an advan- tage of 26 votes, after the lead had swung back and forth by a close mar- gin as minor corrections were reported. Officials believed the approximately 3,500 absentee ballots constituted a block of votes that could turn the re- sult_either way. The unofficial returns gave Wood- ring. 214,678; Haucke, 214,652; Dr. John R. Brinkley, independent, 180,970. MANGUM IS ELECTED T0J.0. U. A. M. OFFICE Convention Decides to Hold Dem- onstration in Washington Dur- ing 1932 Celebration. Frank C. Mangum of Local No. 55 last night was elected councilor of the State Council, District of Columbia Junior Order of United American Me- chanics, at a convention meeting of that organization in the Raleigh Hotel. The convention will close with a ban- quet tonight, to be attended hy James M. Wilmeth, national secretary, and by officials from New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina. Another highlight of last night's meeting was an address by National Vice Councilor Charles E. Brewster, president of Meredith College. Other state officers elected were Thomas F. Jones, vice councilor; John Prender, secretary; R. W. Hawkins, treasurer; Charles M. Hild, conductor; E. M. Garrett, warden; Edwin B. Pitts an:sr‘eflezhfim F. hln‘:mm. sentinels; . Myers, chaplain, and Hai A. Beck, national representative. ik It was decided to hold a demonstra- tion in Washington di the Bicen- tennial Celebration of 1932, with mem- bers of the organization from all parts of the country participating. CHARGED WITH MURDER LOS ANGELES, November 7 (#).— Benjamin Franklin Brown, who police sald confessed he killed Mrs. Merle Cora Ells last Sunday for $2.20, and the dead woman’s former husband, Emory Ells, 24, were indicted yesterday on murder charges. The indictment charged Ells was the instigator of the crime, offering Brown $2,000 for the deed. Ave. at R St. Entire course covered with a wonderful putting surface which enables the player to shoot from where the ball lies, which gives Washington its first combined country club and hasard course, This does away with the unsightly wooden runways and confining fairways. Playing at The Pinehurst is like FRIDAY, NOVE) ‘Ballots Curiositi_:&_s Here Many Washingtonians, A Iways Denied Vote, Show Interest in Exhibit Illustrating Political Plight of District ‘There are many disfranchised citizens of the National Capital well past mid- dle age who have never even seen a political ballot such as was cast by millions of Americans In last Tues- day's elections. Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Joint Citizens' Committee for National Representation in the District of Co- lumbia, made this sad but interesting discovery to his own amazement while on duty this week at the national rep- resentation booth of the Industrial Exposition. “This condition completely explodes the idea of many that most of the peo- le in the District of Columbia have e voting privilege in other States and know all about elections and elec- tion machinery,” Mr. Suter said. Many Have Never Seen Ballot. “The reason why so many people living in Washington have never scen a ballot, much less cast one,” Mr. Suter explained, “is due to the fact that since the territorial form of government was abolished in 1874—56 years ago, the use of the election machinery has not been available to them. It is not surprisirg then, that many Washingtonians, even those of advanced years, have never seen a political ballot, for the simple reason opportunity has been denied them.” One woman, who Mr. Suter cited es an example, was 83 years old and had lived in Washington for 60 years. Malinly out of curiosity, she approached the National Representaticn booth at the exposition and asked to be shown a ballot. “I was surprised at first, because I believed that almost everybody at least had seen ballots, even if they had never Residents. voted,” sald Mr. Suter, “but after re- ceiving a Jarge number of such inquiries from other persons I realized they had lived here in this voteless community nearly all their lives without being able to indulge in the privilege of voting. It was not ignorance on their part, but simply lack of opportunity.” Specimen Ballots Collected. ‘This surprising condition has prompted the Citizens' Joint Committee to make a start toward the collection of speci- men ballots from the different States in order that an instructive exhibit may be assembled in the near future. In this work the Joint Committee seeks the assistance of any who may be able to procure such ballots. Such sprcimen ballots may be sent to the committee headquarters, room 339, The Evening Star Building, or left with those in charge of the national repre- | sentation booth at the exposition. The joint committee, Mr. Sutcr said, will highly appreciate receiving the co- operation of any who may be able in this way to contribute to the disfusion of political knowledge which should be Ppossessed by every Am:rican. The national representation booth has been a source of never-failing in- terest to thousands who visit the ex- position in the Washington Auditorium because it emphasizes the voteless con- dition of citizens here generally. Under | Mr. Suter's direction thousands of | pages of literature have oeen distributed and hundreds of inquiries answered about the movement to enfranchize | the people of Washington. With the l‘i(ump!u of millions voting in Tuesday’s election, the object lesson of the na- tional representation movement was forcibly presented. GARNER SEES WETS DELAYED 2 YEARS Real Action by Newly-Elected Members May Be Even Further Off, He Says. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., November 7. —John W. Garner, House Democratic leader, who voted against the eigh- teenth amendment, said yesterday he did not expect newly wet Representa- tives and Senators to do much about prohibition legislation for two or per- haps four years. Wet leaders, Representative Garner said, will have to offer something “bet- ter” than the eighteenth amendment before it will be modified or repealed. In two, or perhaps four years, the min- ority leader explained, modification will be accepted as a party program. “For the present,” he said, “Leaders of both party organizations will be thinking too much about the elections of 1932, and especially those of 1934, to start anything radical. They will wait until sentiment is more definitely shown than it was in the election just ended.” The minority leader, regarded as a Democratic choice for Speaker, said he had no illusions as to the political com- plexion of the next House. “If Longworth is re-elected Speaker he knows that any time I want to I can make trouble for him and if I should be elected he knows he can do the same for me. The ‘division of the House 1s too close to give either side a real advantage.” * CONTRACTS FOR EIGHT D. C. SEWERS AWARDED Commissioners Order Construction in Vlriuul.Sectlunl of City. Work Soon to Begin. Eight contracts for the construction of sewers involving the expenditure of $122,681.72 were awarded by the Com- missioners today as follows: To the Warren F. Breneiser Co., Thirteenth street and Riggs street, re- placement sewers, $8,796.36. M street replacement sewer, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, | 82,775.77. | To Corsen & Gruman Co. Linwood | place and Fifty-sixth street northéast, seryice sewer, $3,109.63. To_the Peter D'Adamo Construction | Co., Blagden avenue, storm water sewer in thes vicinity of Blagden avenue and Bixteenth street, $91,795.54. To W. A. Pate, jr, Rhode Island avenue replacement sewer between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, $5, 23.23; Grant street service sewer in Grant street northeast, between PForty- |:e‘ceo;)7d and Forty-fourth streets, $2,- To the M. Cain Co, Inc, alley square 467, replacement sewer in the vicinity of Seventh and G streets southwest, $4,343.87. To the J. B. McCrary Co., Thirtieth street combined system sewer, between O and Q sireets, $6,291.15. Portuguese ;l;m_iuc; Egypt. CAIRO, Egypt, November 17 (#).— Cardosa and toward Gaza. Don’t Overlook the New Haddington Sui ts (two pairs of trousers) $2950 Here is new value and real quality —at a price you can pay—cheviots and worsteds—in very smart style— come in and see ther $5 Gloves fine pigskin $345 11 NOW. ROOSEVELT/BOOM Club to Make Him Presiden- © tial Candidate Formed Near Health Resort. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, Ga, November 7. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has some- thing more than cheers and hand- clasp in store for him on his forthcom- ing visit to the country in which he WA the major portion of his suce o fight to regain health. The addec¢ tribute will be a robust Roosevelt-for- President Club. W. E. Irwin, State legislator-elect said today that Roosevelt admirers ex. pect to include every voter in Mex ‘wether County in the formal organist- tion of a Roosevelt-for-President Glut at the court house here within a week or so. Regarded as Adopted Som. Warm Springs, which the New York executive has developed as a resort for other sufferers of infantile paralysis, ¥ 10 miles from Greenville and regards Roosevelt as an adopted son. Irwin said one membership list dis- tributed for the club already contained 500 names and that another list at the office of the county ordinary had beex -lglned by virtually every voter in Green- ville. The entire county has followed witk keen interest the impressive Roosevell triumph in his campaign for re-elec. tion. Wednesday, at Warm Springs, & joyous crowd of patients, many of whom have improved so much thal they, like Mr. Roosevelt, can drive thely own cars, held an automobile parade Sleeping restrictions prevented a celes bration Tuesday night, but swimming in the warm waters of the community’s pools, an important part of the treat. / i ment, was cut short the following day for a demonstration. Charter Praises Him. In laying the groundwork for the club at Warm Springs, Roosevelt en- thusiasts adopted a charter, which sai¢ in part: “We have abundant proof of his abils ity and fitness for this high office and * * * his profound interest in hu- e Gov is expected at W e ernor is_e: at Warm Springs next month. PRINCE OF WALES PLANS TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA Proposed Program Includes Open: ing British Trade Exposition at Buenos Aires. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 7.—The Prines of Wales is understood to be planning to sail for South America in January on a trip which has been arranged for him to open the British Trade Expo- sition at Buenos Aires. He will pay visits to other parts of South America and the West Indies. It is probable that the prince will sail on the British steamship Oropesa January 15. @Gen. W. H. Hay Visits D. C. Willam H. Hay, executive Smith, Peekskill, N. ¥. today visited Office of Public Bulld- ings and Public Parks to confer witk constrac- general desire¢ $3-50 Scarfs silk patterned $25o Use Our Budget Plan playing in the open country during June. The entire course being bathed in sunshine and having excellent ventilation due to its general construc- tion and location on three streets. Hours, 9 AM. to 1 AM., Daily g B @ = er’s Sho P | o -’