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No. WET DEMOCRAT NOMINEE APPEARS PROBABLE FOR 1332 Southern Drys Insist South to Be Solid Again Despite Rum Issue. REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE MORE CONTROVERSIAL Temperance Foroes Threaten Third Party Candidate if Republicans Falter on Stand. 1,340—No. 31,617, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite promised drives of dry or- ganizations, nomination of a presiden- tial candidate in 1932 favoring repeal or modification of national prohibition seems to be the lot of the Democrats two years hence. Furthermore, the Democrats are like- Iy to write into their party platform & plank calling for modification, if not actual repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. Canvas of opinion among some of the pened chusetts, Illinols and Ohio, are to feel that if the WW;{:’ il eih i : g i Sports Highlights Harvard's 13-to-0 defeat of a strong Yale team provided the most notable upset of a series on gridirons of the Nation yes- Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, DOAK FAVORED BY PRESIDENT FOR NEW SECRETARY OF LABOR Selection of Railroad Train- rpen’s Agent Not Finally Decided. Opposition to Him Will Be Voiced by A. F.of L., It Is Stated. By the Assoclated Press. William N. Doak of Virginia, editor of Railroad Trainman, is favored by Pres- ident Hoover as Secretary of Labor to succeed Senator-elect Davis of Pennsyl- vania, but & final decision is awaiting consideration of several problems. Davis goes to the Senate in another week. While Mr. Hoover has 30 days in which to fill the vacancy he and his advisers want the place filled quickly in view of the unemployment situation. Doak was slated for the original Hoo- ver cabinet two years ago, but the re- appointment of Secretary Davis was an- nounced at the last minute. Bhould the President defer selection, Robe Carl White, First Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, likely would hold the of- fice. White, who is an Indianan, also has been mentioned for Secretary. Mr. Hoover still has several other WILLIAM N. DOAK. names before nim. These include James L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and Meyer Bloom- feld of New York, a labor expert and author. Willlam 'Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, also has been mentioned. Doak is the legislative representative here for the Brotherhood of Railroad ‘Trainmen and has long been associated with the Trainmen. The organization, however, is not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Doak is a Republican and supported (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) RAIL UNIONS AGREE ON SIXHOUR DAY Conference With Executives Planned for Unemploy- ment Relief. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 22.—Represen- tatives of five major railway brother- hoods agreed today, after nearly two weeks of conference, to support a pro- posal for a six-hour day as & means of relieving unemployment in the ranks of rail workers. A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, made the announcement on behalf of his colleagues. At the same time a for- mal statement was issued, . general conference of interests involved, to discuss the shortened day and other emergency measures. A meeting is to be held at Cleveland December 4 to work out plans for the conference. A long contest before definite decision on the proposed change in working hours can be made was anticipated by the brotherhood executives. They adjourned after an- nouncing their action. Conference Is Planned. al statement said: m’w‘fihfivu of the Brotherhood of Locomotive , Brotherhood ‘hood do mm:‘d”nflnm and Switch- a general ence of interests involved for the pur- pose of discussing and, if le, sgreeing upon measures of { for the employes and upon & comprehen- looking to the protection as a whole. “The chief executives have been au- thoflzd'vn "':ke I.mm:dut‘e n"‘zuplmt: rrange for ropsed confere: l'Ill meet at clglzhnd on December 4 for this purpose.” Subcommittee Make-Up. Seven men from each brotherhood were named w& up the subcom- > l £ = Mz’ffl:fl nt‘)’lt s or & P! -day month, m been suggested as an al: ternative. The seven brother] claim a membership of 350,000 out of 1,500,000 in the 21 unions numbering railway men. After the clevehnd‘ conference, Whitney said, ‘proposals for a changed working day would be submitted to rallwa; executives, If these executives to act, the matter 'mudfiu to the Federal Mediation Board. no action came from that body, the Presi- dent would be called upon to appoint an emergency arbitration board. Lack- 1 :ddllnchlnn there, Congress would be ‘These would be taken in ac- cordance with the revised rallway laws. COUNTER-SUIT FILED National Bank Says ‘‘State of Russia” Owes Money. NEW YORK; November 22 (#).—Not only does the National City Bank deny it owes the “State of Russia” $115,- 333.08, but it asked judgment today for '$4,435,000 in an amended answer to & suit filed by representatives of the RACKETEER WAR GROWS IN GOTHAM Police, Federal Authorities and Detectives to Aid U, S. Drive. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Police and Federal authorities joined today with two nationally known private de- tective agencles in pledging support to District Attorney Crain's effort to transform into open enmity New York's attitude toward racketeers. Police Commissioner Mulrooney of- fered Crain the services of as many policemen and detectives as are neces- sary to drive out gangsters who prey on business, and began to map out the | = work of police in the war. Grand Jury Investigation. Acting United States Attorney Man- | ghattered ley announced his support, and United States Attorney Ameli of Brookiyn @is- closed that a Federal d jury had been investigating racketeering there since the middle of September. Ameli said the inquiry had uncov- ered evidence against “a number of so- ul.I::‘ prominent racketeers and public enemles.” District Attorney Crain said his call to 50 citizens to form a committee of public safety to end racketeering had Tesulted in 50 complaints to him that racketeers have invaded 15 branches of iness. Herbert S. Mosher, general manager of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and W. Sherman Burns of the William J. Burns International Detective Agency, offered Crain the services of their or- ganizations, and he accepted. As soon as the complaints which have come in can be put in shape they are to be presented to & county grand jury Joseph P. Ryan. president of the International Longshoreman's Associa- tion, and a member of the Committee of Safety, took issue today with a com- laint to Crain that shippers are in the ds of racketeers. Ryan urged an investigation “so that the integrity of the steamship interests, the railroad companies and the loaders on the plers will not be found guilty without a trial.” TWO MURDERED IN TRAP. St. Louis Gang Victims Said to Have Been on Extortion Mission. ST. LOUIS, November 22 (#).—Two notorious gunmen and extortionists, said by police to have been on their way to collect $1,000 extortion money, were trapped and murdered by a gangster squad of machine gunners here today. ‘The two men, Lester Barth and Dewey Goebel, known to have plied their extortion practices in the under- world for some time, were shot to death (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) THOUSANDS SEEK JOBS AS PROHIBITION AGENTS ‘A‘m""&’n whswrecked on Saioky 0S40 658 g Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 4 DIE IN TRAFFIC DRIVER IS ARRESTED IN'WOMAN'S DEATH Two Boys Meet Death in Motor Cycle Collision With Automobile. MOTORIST TELLS POLICE HE DID NOT FLEE SCENE Miss Mary Kiernan Is Victim and Male Companion May Die. Two Others Injured. Four persons were killed and two in- jured seriously in a series of traffic ac- cidents last night and early this morn- ing in the District and nearby Virginia. 0 of those killed were 15-year-old boys—Howard Kidwell of Fairfax, Va., and Wilbur McDonald of Oakton, Va. A third victim was an unidentified col- ored woman, who was struck by an automobile in Arlington County, Va. A hit-and-run driver was responsible for the other accident, which resulted in the death of Miss Mary Kiernan, 43 years old, of 1421 Seventh street, and the serious injury of her companion, Harry Helgberger, 45 years old, of 20 ‘W street. Were Crossing Street. Heigberger and Miss Kiernan were crossing Rhode Island avenue north- east at V street about 1:30 o'clock this morning, when they were struck by a machin€ which falled to stop. Both were tossed about 10 feet. Miss Kier- nan died instantly of a fractured skull and Heigberger was taken to Emergency Hospital in a dying conditton. At 3 o'clock this morning George Warren Graham, 29, of 69 Rhode Island avenue, called police and reported he believed he had been in an accident on Rhode Island avenue. He was arrested and taken to No. 12 precinct station, ‘where police sald he admitted hitti the man and woman, but that he not flee from the scene. He said he stopped and helped bystanders place them into a cab. No charge had been preferred him. Another hit-and-run driver was re- sponsible for the second serious injury, the victim being Louis Honesdy, colored, 29 years old, of Vienna, Va. He was struck while crossing Key Bridge, and taken to Georgetown University Hospital with compound fractures of the legs and other injuries. ‘The two boys, Kidwell and McDon- ald, were killed instantly about 8 o'clock last night, when a motor cycle on which they were riding collided on the Chain ridge road near Oakton with an auto- mobile driven by George W. Johnson of Glen Echo, Md. ‘The impact of the collision tore off one side of Johnson's car and glass severely cut his wife and Raymond Cook who were in machine with him. Three y chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, who also were in the car, escaped injury. Mrs. Johnson and Cook were to Georgetown University Hospital for treatment. Their injuries are not con- sidered serious. Collide at Turn in Road. The accident occurred at a_ sharp turn in the road. Johnson told Fairfax County police that when he saw the motor cycle approaching on the curve he did not have time to swerve his car to avold the collision. Kidwell and McDonald were Hdln’ a motor cycle owned by John Bell of Oakton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bell. The boys had borrowed it for a trip to Vienna and collided with John- son's car about five minutes after leav- Bell's home. rlier in the evening Bell had driven the motor cycle to Fairfax to visit Kid- well, who lived there with his widowed mother and his sister and brother-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. George King Davis. Kidwell later returned to Oakton with Bell and loaned the two boys his motor cycle when he went to visit a girl, taking the Bell family car. The bodies of Kidwell and McDonald were removed to Money's unds ing establishment in Vienna, where an in- quest was conducted by Coroner C. A Ransom. McDonald’s father is employed in the press room of the Fairfax Herald. CREW SAFE AS BLIMP CRASHES IN ALABAMA Rubber Company’s Craft Vigilante ‘Wrecks on Mountain Side; Cause Not Yet Known.' By the Associated Press. PIEDMONT, Ala, November 22.— The baby blimp, Vigilante, owned by the G ear Tire & Rubber Co. of untain, three miles east of here to- day. Her crew of three escaped with- Uncle Sam is having no trouble in | out injury. recelving thousands of applications A!urmtc‘ Pilot R. N, Crosier reported from citizens who are eager to help | the accident to Goodyear officials, but enforce the Volstead law. receipt of applications was closed the Civil Service Commission, 5,860 sons had applied to take the emm- tions for agents’ jobs in 39 States, Ter- | of ritories and the District of Columbia. ‘When the | declined to discuss it. - |ing an investigation. He said he was instructed to answer no questions pend- Crosier was ac- fed by Pilot Paul Long, in charge e blimp, and Mechanic James 8. A short time before the col Poyles. The District of Columbia applicants | blimp crashed into a tree af Smoky number 181, it was announced. Regis ters of eligibles already, exist for the other States. For deputy prohibition administra- Mountain the ship had been sailing over this town. Farmers living in the vicinity of the accident saw the ship smash. tor 681 applied throughout the country, Leonard Gordon, representative of and 318 others wanted to be employed as senior prohibition investigators. the Goodyear plant in Atlanta, ssid there was no exx?lulnn nor fire from the There were 560 applications for the | accident. Job of storekeeper-gauger for the Bu- . |reau of Industrial Alcohol. P. W. Litchfield, president of the Goodyear Co., was in Atlanta waiting 1t Congress allows the Attorney Gen- | for the return of the craft on which he eral the 500 additional nts request- ed, the Civil' Service Commission. an- nounced, the places can be filled from be a passenger on its return flight to Akron. Goodyear officials in Atlanta said the the examinations now being held. The | ship cost $60,000 to construct. examination for agents will be held December 6 and the one for storekeep- er-gauger ber 3. “OLD GLORY,” USED AS SIGNAL, -LEADS TO ARREST ON RUM CHARGE Filling Station Proprietor ‘Said to Have Unfurled Flag When Whisky Was for Sale. By the Associated Press. RALENGH, N. C., November 22 —The patriotism of Louis Randolph gave Wake County officers cause for marvel. Over his station there floated Enehufly the Stars and Stripes of American flag. One , however, troubled the men of law. M-h nu‘”fln brilliantly into the wind; and with no apparent reason, it lv'l‘lml'whd. investigated. They X ‘Today they searched Randolph's es- tablishment, found two hd.f-mgon jars and minor re full of vhl‘lky flag "'E‘u. the deputies Wwa! sald, there was for sale; when 1t was turled, h-w none. and arrested ‘When the | "THE SECRET MARGARET YOR BY KATHLEEN NORRIS SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1930—120 PAGES. ¥ DOCTOR SHOOTS | Dr. Luther Buehler, 33-year-old for- |mer George Washington University student, shot himself in the mouth with & .44-caliber revolver as he drove his automobile along crowded upper Four- teenth street in the vicinity of Park road last night. Dying almost instantly, he slumped over the steering wheel of his machine as it continued up Four- teenth street, and crashed into the car of Louis Gotthold of 614 Fifth street northeast, who had been stopped at the intersection of Fourteenth and Monroe | streets by a red signal light. | Buehler shot himself as scores of - | sons were coming out of the Tivoll SELF WHILE DRIVING CAR IN CITY TRAFFIC Auto With Body of Former G. W. U. Student Slumped Over Wheel Crashes Into Another Machine. ‘Theater, but none of them saw him or noticed the car with its dead driver slowly moving along Fourteenth street. When the automobile hit Gotthold's car, Gotthold drew over to the curb and waited for the expected apologles. But the other machine did not move. Gott- hold got out of his car and investi- gated. He saw Buehler's body slum over the steering wheel, a gun clutched ediately were notified, and in_his right hand. Police Buehler was taken to Garfield Hospital. The body was there for nearly an before it was identified by Willlam K. ‘Wade, who roomed with Beuhler at 1915 T street. Wade was questioned by Detective (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) £ | CHILD CONFERENCE LAYS BROAD BASE | White House Delegates Work Out Details for Protection and Advancement. Leaving behind them a broad basic | program—medical, educational, social and economic—for the Nation's 45,000,~ 1000 children, the White House Con- | ference on Child Health and Protection | ended its work yesterday. The final reports of the committees, which embraced extensive special re- | searches during the past year and went | into every phase of American child life from the first cry to physical and men- tal maturity, were adopted as mcdified and amended during the sessions here this week. Looking into the future the commit- tees saw & vision of the America of the next generation, its citizenship affected both favorably and adversely by social trends of the present. Acting on the text of Secretary Wilbur's statement that “our only permanent on 18 Iife”, the scientists and educators who made up the conference saw clear - bilities of more life and richer living. Mediocre Danger Seen. . But they also visioned the danger of a deadening mediocrity of citizenship resulting from the increasing standardi- zation of schools and homes, and the increasing littleness of the individual in the face of the machine. ‘The final report was an uncompro- mising statement of the absolute rights, not special privileges, of every Amer- ican child now living. The conclusions were summarized by Secretary Wilbur last night in the Na- tional Radio Forum arranged by The Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) e < RHINE IMPERILS CITIES Disastrous Flood Threatened as Tributaries Rise. COLOGNE, , November 32 (#).—Tributaries of the Rhine poured hi masses of water down the Rhine me tonight and the Rhine adminis- tration declared a state of emergency as disastrous floods threatened. Dwellings near the river have been evacuated, three electric power houses near Frankfort-on-Main were disabled and near Heidelberg several quarries were under water tonight. The Moselle River has overflowed at several points and at the village of Ludweiler a dam burst and inundated the community. A CHARMING LOVE STORY LAID IN A DELIGHTFUL SET- TING WITH A PLOT INGENIOUS A N D DIFFERENT, FULL OF SUSPENSE AND SUR- PRISES. DON'T FAIL ‘TO READ THIS MOV~ ING STORY BY ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS NOVELISTS. OF KE” BEGINNING IN MONDAY'S STAR TIME BOMB IS SENT {Locksmiths and Correspond- ent Dismantle Dynamite and Prevent Blast. By the Associated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., November 23.—A time dynamite bomb b:lieved capable of blasting a city block was delivered to the Associated Press office here today and was taken apart by lock- smiths and an Associated Press em- ployee 2 hours before the time clock was set to go off. The bomb, placed in & steamer trunk aid attached to an electric battery and a time clock was delivered to the Asso- ciated Press this morning by the Ameri- can Railway Express Company. Cleveland Wi s, Associated correspondent, checked and ascertained the senders names were faked and this afternoon took the trunk to a lock- smith. The smith opened the trunk and Willlams ripped the bomb apart. Two years ago a dynamite bomb was left in the entrance to the Spokesman- Review building which houses the As- soclated Press office. The fuse died out without igniting. Tracell to Seattle. The trunk was delivered bearing tags which Indicated it was sent from Seattle. The sender’s name on the ad- dress tag was “Americus Vespucias, Genoa, Indiana.” Another tag bearing the name of the Seattle Transfer Com- ny, from which the claim check had en torn, bore the name of M. C. Malley, Room 309, Bush Hotel. It was numbered 84083. A notification card (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WINDSTORM HITS PARIS Number of Persons Reported Hurt by Falling Debris. PARIS, November 23 (Sunday) (#).- ‘The Star is National 5000 ) M FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS > e\ (A% NEa S /RS e TIGHT VOTE FACES City Versus Country Clash on House Change Faces Complications. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The reapportionment fight which looms for the incoming short session threatens as close a decision as the party organization of the new Congress some 13 months hence. Here also the small “third party” or neutrals are found holding the deciding votes. All this is disclosed in an analysis made by an official of the House for the Republican leadership to guide its policy in the matter, ' As the situation now stands reappor- tionment becomes automatic. after the short session has into w passed is taken. This would affect Con-~ gress to be elected in- the Fall of 1932. TOA.P.IN SPOKANE -5 1 on already passed. He all in his power to prevent action his committee to report out any bill. Nevertheless there will be plenty of measures introduced seel to change reapportionment act. Members from the Middle West and the &u'tll‘.‘ll. Would Bar Colored. ‘Then, again, legislation aimed to ex- clude colored persons who are not al- lowed to vote in the South is to be urged by Representative George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts. 8o, much as Chairman Fenn, with the gain for his home State well in mind, may try to prevent legislation on this subject there are many other members who will REAPPORTIONMENT: “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and to Washington homes by Phone Sunday morning ‘The Star’s exclusive cartier service. to start immediate delivery. Associated Press. I TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE SOVIET PRODUCTS WOULD RE BARRED BY PROPOSED RULE Treasury Officials Refer Draft to Customs Bureau for Modification. AMERICAN IMPORTERS OFFER VIGOROUS PROTEST While Regulation Is General It Would Place Permanent Em- bargo on Russian Goods. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. Agitation over Russian trade with American interests has broken out anew with the disclosure that Treasury au- thorities have drafted a proposed new regulation which in effect would exclude Boviet products from the United States. In the face of vigorous protest from American importers, the original draft 2s laid before high Treasury officials has been referred back to the Customs Bureau for such modification as is pos- sible “without impairing the effect sought.” Following the Treasury's embargoes last Summer on Russlan pulpwood, lumber and other products, it tran- spires, experts of the department were set to work drawing up a ruling which would overcome the obstacles to ex- ‘The product of that effort was a draft which would provide that, upon the complaint of any citisen, the ‘Treasury would put an embargo on any shipment arriving at an American whm embargo would remain in effect until all of following requirements 1. The fi‘l‘lfi of a bond ering the . a covi value of the cargo. vd,' ‘The production of & consular in- ce. American importers and terests standing to be aff 3 learned of In explanation of the delay, Mr. Low- man yesterday sald “it was Zfelt that the regulation, as drafted, ht be too and therefore it now the Cust Bureau make a stubborn fight for the change | %0 which would prevent the present law from going into operation. Party leaders emphasize that the chances are against any corrective leg- islation being passed at the incoming short session on the general theory that it would have been much easler to h off the reapportionment before the act was than it will be now to get through by affirmative action any mea: ure that would tend to nullify the ex: isting law. The analysis for the House leaders, however, shows that if the objectors, those amendment of the law to prevent a reapportionment on the basis of the new census returns, do manage to get the bill out of committee, the line-up for & vote in the House will be one of the clogest in history. * Close Vote Possible. ‘This analysis shows the numerical strength of delegations in the House, Seventy-first Congress, of States which would gain through use of the present census figures to be 151; while the State A violent windstorm struck Paris just after Midnight, with reports from vari. ous parts of the city showing that considerable number of persons were Jured by falling chimneys and scaffold- ings of bulldings under construction. The storm struck just as the theaters were cle , and the cafes filled quickly with persons hunting refuge. At the same time additional reports were received of damage caused in Northern France by heavy rains. A farmer’s house near Amiens was partly demolished by a landslide, m!r the low':- sections of Lisleux were under water. "(Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ead | convict labor and, after next a re- quires the Treasury to promulgate such regulations as will shut out products of products of forced labor. But it "had be done by general regulation, he (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Educational News—Page B-5. Army and Navy News—Page C-6. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. At Community Centers—Page 6. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. SLAY FOR INSURANCE ‘Wife and Brother Confess Plot for $2,000 Stake. PHILADELPHIA, November 23.(/).— Mrs. Clarence Grace Prophet and her brother, Harold Williams, police an- nounced tonight, confessed to having killed Willlam F. Prophet, the woman’s husband, to obtain $2,000 life insurance, taken out several months ago. use his wife few minutes earlier night Kenneth - Skini butcher, of 3607 Warder Skinner went to his last eve- ning to make a few repairs to his auto- mobile. ‘When the family dinner was ready a little earlier than usual, Mrs. Skinner dinner s usual street, is alive ¢ | = little 1 said, it been m%mw:w him, WIFE’S UNANSWERED CALL LEADS T RESCUE OF MAN FROM DEATH Going to Garage to Investigate, She Finds Husband Overcome by Gas. Jast ner, 48-year-old | mono: him unconscious under the machine. ‘The was filled with carbon - le gas from the exhaust of the Unable to remove him herself, she summoned neighbors who carried Skin- ner into the The fire depart- ment reseue squad was ealled and after some minutes succeed ‘ reviving PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. Dmrlctsn( Columbia Naval Reserve— American Legion—Page 5. Girl Scouts—Page 5. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page Serial Story, Case"—] 6. D. A. R. Activities—Page 6. Parent-Teacher News—Page 8. News of the Clubs—Page 7. District National Guard—Page T. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 7. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 7. Organized Reserves—Page 7. Radio—Page 8 and 0. Fraternities—Page 10. American War Mothers—] Marine Corps Notes—Page 10. PART FIVE—§ PAGES. Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. News and Classified Screen 10. Sports PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. News of the Music World—Page 17. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 18. Reviews of the New Books—Page 19. Cross-word Puszzsle—Page 232. GRAPHIC SECTION- Pict: —8 PAGES. World Events in ures. him. Had Skinner been left in have COLOR SECTJON—$ PAGES. O phan’ Anie: Brutus; m‘f'-mu- e Stenog; Reglar Fellers; Highlights of History.