Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1931, Page 2

IDONALD VICTORY | IN ELECTION SEEN Press Backing Government ! Predicts 150-Seat Gain '3 ' In Parliament. e By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 36.—Newspapers supporting the National government predicted todsy that it would win & majority of 150 to 200 seats in Parlia- ment at the election tomorrow as the answer to Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donsld's appeal for “doctor’s mandate™ *Al the information I have” he sald, *points to & big Labor slump.” At the same time Arthur Henderson, Jeader of the opposition, declared there has been s strong leaning toward the the last few days it it was difficult to forecast re- Henderson Is Taken I endersen, veteran Labor leader, who secretary of stats for foreign af- nu?‘bor cabinet up to its fall, i1 Jast night st Burnley with | and was or to bed his vid Lloyd Jeoree, leader of the Liberals, himself convalesc! rom & Totent iliness, called upon follow- ers to vou’;or frew m:;e?nnmm Liberals, or Labor Tt of 'the. comizy -~ e mid, s ~ & i n the hands of the !.Ih'e‘r&h." Z were more for in some thelr because of the pecu- disruption of parties return would be an irrepara- ; un-u?&"-'m“" [A fight for re-election at Seaham interest of the election 3 ‘whirlwind his district y, after & week short of 30,000,000 persons are to vote tomorrow, about more than in the last general JALD WINDS UP CAMPAIGN, 6 Villages of Day. , October y Mac- most strenuous long career . BULGARIAN BANDIT RAIDS Matter to Be Put Up to League. One Is Killed Crossing Frontler. Associsted ;2 i 26.—A dispatch Jmh‘v Minister to Forelgn Min- : E § KEi I EE E | F i ¥ £ 5 = il 5 BE8 g i i R b0 INFANTILE PARALYSIS STRIKES YALE STUDENTS Three Found Sufferfng From Mild Form in Early Stages, but No Epidemic Is Feared. By the Associated Press. NEW_ HAVEN, Oonn. October 26.— ‘Three Yale students suffering with a mild form of infantile paralysis, were admitted today to the isolation ward of the New Haven Hospital. Their names ‘were withheld. Dr. James C. Greenway, directer of ublic health at the university said ere was no danger of an epidemic among the students. ‘The stricken students, Dr. Greenway said, rocmed in different dormitories. He diagnosed their lliness as being in its “very early stage.” i i ian HUSBAND KILLS WIFE AND TAKES OWN LIFE Quarrel in Akron Apartment Heard After Woman's Return and Shots Soon Follow. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, October bodies of Benjamin T. Drumright, 51, and his wife, Grace, 50, were found in their apartment here early yesterday, ht had shot his himself as the rrel. 26.—The qua: ‘The cause of the fatal quarrel wuld‘ not be determined at once. Neighbors living in the same apartment said they heard Mrs. Drumright return home midnight and that an argument started imm tely. They had been married two years and had no children. Mrs. Drumright's family lives in Oan- ada and her husband's parents live in nnessee. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Capone Stunned by Sentence i CHICAGO GANG LEADER Alphonse Capone, Chi ned lm‘i‘ dazed condition m“gvuu his ‘prosecution, estimated at about $100, . The by United States marshals from the Federal court room Chicago, where he will be held prior to departure for prison. gangster, as he appeared in an apparently stun- court room of Pederal Judge kerson, who sentenced him to 11 years in Leavenworth Penitentiary for income tax violation. Capone was also fined $50,000 and ordered to SHOWN LEAVING COURT. ] James H. Wil- y the costs of burl; L ‘was escorted the Cook County Jail, —A. P. Photo. SHIP'S CREW SAVED INPACIFIC TYPHOON Japanese Freighter Sends Out SOS Call 380 Miles South of Yokohama. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANOCISCO, October 26.—The Marine Exchange received word today that all members of the crew of the Japanese freighter Yoro Maru had been saved after their ship had sent out dis- tress calls 380 miles south of Yokohama. Two other vessels, which were not named, were reported standing by. The Yoro Maru, a Japanese coastwise ves- sel, sent the calls after being caught in a typhoon. She is a vessel of 3,213 Attwmp V7 the 1o opsence o fhe gl o s o OIL FIGHT TAKEN T0 SUPREME COURT Refining Company’s Attack on Murray's Use of Troops to Close ‘Wells Appealed From Oklahoma. Kinkal- by d’ operates By the Associated Press. ‘The Champlin Refining Co., Oklshoma oil concern, today brought to the Bupreme Court its attack on Gov. Murray's use of troops in closing Oklnxomnh ‘34“ !o"u.' ‘Through Attorneys George 8. of Tulsa and Harry O. Glasser m ‘om.. the oll company asserted that the law on which Gov. Murray based his action was unconstitutional. The issuance by the Oklahoma Cor- é’lnntwn mm}mfl l‘n :"r" for losing or reduc: output of some wells also was assailed. 3 ‘The attorneys said the case, if taken would define the police power of a State regulate business. It is also expected to have an important bearing on the legislation nduclnswconon acreage | adopted by several Bouthern States. |, Oklahoma wells remain under mili- tary control, although some were per- mitted to reopen after oll prices had ad- vanced sharply. iPHYSIOLOGISi’ TO OPEN ! JEWISH CENTER FORUM | | Dr. Samuel Schmalhausen Is Due to Begin Series on Nov. 11, Followed by Anderson. Dr. Bamuel D. Schmalhausen, author, physlologist and psychiatrist, will open the sixth annual series of events of the Jewish Community Center's national | | forum November 11, #t was announced today. | The program for the series, following the appearance of Dr. Schmalhausen, | ! 1s as follows: | | . _Sherwood Anderson, author, January | | 13; Marvin Lowenthal, traveler and stu- dent of iInternational affairs, February | 16, Heywood Broun, journalist and au- thor, March 6, and Maurice Schwartz, proponent of the Jewish drama and at present appearing on Broadway as star and director of the Yiddish Art The- | | ater, " The lectures will be held in the Cafritz Auditorium, Sixteenth and Q streets, under the direction of the Edu- | cation Committee of the Jewish Com- munity Center. composed of the fol- | lowing members: Adolph Kahn and | David Weiner, co-chairmen; Mrs. Isadore Kahn, Miss Jeanne Porton, Maj. Julius I Peyser, Frederic Willlam ile, Jo- seph Stein, Simon Hirshman, Xfldure;L Hershfield, Abe Shefferman, Simon | Lyon and Mrs. A. L. Dembitz, b « it | SMOKE CAUSES DEATHS | Car Plunges, Killing Two Girls, When Forest Pall Blinds Driver. TAMPA. Fla, October 26 (. —Two college girls were killed near here today in an automobile accident caused | by wmoke from a forest fire blinding | ver, | | _ The girls, Laura Register and Melissa | Vinson, both 19, of 'nrflon Springs. | were en route from their homes to Southes , at Lakeland. Victor the car pi up for decision by the Supreme Court, | D! | ty-second street, Washington, secretary TAXI DRIVER NEAR DEATH FROM SHOT Police Search City for Pair| Who Rob Hacker of $25 and Wound Him in Back. While Vernon A. Renshaw, 28-year- 6ld taxicab driver, clung to life in| Bmergency Hospital today, police were making s city-wide search for the two colored bandits who shot him in the back after robbing him of about $25 Saturday night. | home is at 4602 avenue, Bethesda, Md, at Fourteenth told police, and at drove them to an alley streets. the bandits jammed a w's back and ordered money, to walk down the back. Renshaw only a few steps when he entered Renshaw's back in his abdomen. After he urs in the operat- ital lmmlfl‘lul:y N little chance to live, was described as unchai Police believe the robbers staged sev- eral taxicab hold-ups here within the last month or so. ONE KILLED, 5 HURT NEAR HAGERSTOWN Washington @irl, 9, Injured Se- riously in Auto Accident on South Mountain. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md, October 26.— D. C, MONDAY, FARMER KILLS SIX IN'SUDDEN FRENZY Apparently Loses Mind at Gathering of Relatives. in South Carolina. By the Associated Press. WAGENER, 8. C., October 26.—George Jackson, 40-year-old farmer, apparently became insane as he sat in a Sunday afternoon gathering of relatives at an uncle’s home near here, scattered the group with sudden oaths, killed five of thep and then went to the neighboring home of & cousin and fatally wounded him. Armed with a pistol and shotgun, the death weapons, Jackson fled to a thick wood. An 11-year-old daughter, Lula, sccompanied him. He was c-pturedJ later at his home near here. The slain were Hamp Jackson, 52, and Hayes Jackson, 61, uncles, Mrs. Darl Jackson, 46, an aunt; her sons, Melvin, 28, and Bill, 22, and Herman Jackson, 30, a cousin. Other Relatives Alarmed. The killings spread terror among his other relatives in this section, armed themselves in fear, they said, that he would attack them. A police guard was set up about the home in_nearby Orangeburg County of | Mrs. Bell Wililams. mother-in-law of Jackson. Officers quoted her as saying Jackson came to her home early yester- day, inquired about his estranged wife i going back o Betchar (the sec- tion vhmn!n lived) and ‘wipe out one family and then come back here and ipe out snother.” " rlo Jackson, uncle of George, was the only person at his home to escape the carnage. Tells Story of Attack. - of the sudden at- i t&am:vrnycmn came to his e, sat down and talked quietly with tives for several minutes and ddenly arose, cursing and ex- of a good mind to kill every f you." "::m?d y'.he screams of his victims Jackson shot down Hamp, Hayes Melvin and then followed Bill, who run from the house, and killed him in 8 A0 layer retumed fo the ouse, shot Mrs. Jackson, who was ministering to her son, fired another shot into the body of Hamp Jackson, Who was still alive, and went to the home of Herman Jackson and killed him. The slayer and his wife separated some time She is reported to be in Columbis, S. C. Officers said Jack- son shot and wounded her shortly be- fore they separated, and aboyt 10 years -,o shot and wounded Ha Jackson after a quarrel. FOSHAY JURY PROBE IS PLANNED BY U. S. Veniremen and Woman Are Re- ported to Have Had Visitors. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, October 26.—An in- quiry into the handling of the jury that was unable to agree in the trial of W. B. Forshay and six fraud charges was planned today by Federal officials. The jury was dischiarged Friday after deliberating eight days without reach- ing & verdict. during the trial. Yesterday Fred Horo- witz, special Government prosecutor, sald he had learned Mrs, Genevieve today. | Clark, only woman on the jury, had Dbeen visited at least once a week by her | husband. It also was reported that other mem- bers of the jury were permitted to have visitors without proper authorization. ‘The Foshay case will be retried in Federal Court here, starting January 11. ‘The Government charged the defend- ants used the mails to promote sales of Foshay securities of questionable value. FAIRFAX POSTMASTER EXAMINATION ASKED Department Announces Vacancies Also in Dickenson and Wise Counties. One man was killed and five others | my tne Associated Press. were injured, two seriously, in a series of automobile accidents over the week end here. Harry Eyler, 61, of near here, died today at the hospital here from in- Jjuries recelved when he was struck by &n automoblle said to have been driven y Miss Ireland, Shepherdstown, W. Va., school teacher, while he was walking along the highway. Howard Witmer, 21, of Keedysville, Md., was seriously hurt when the motor- cycle on which he and his wife and small child were riding collided with & car operated by Sampson Kephard, near here. One of Witmer's legs was torn off. Mrs. Witmer was rendered unconscious but the baby est d injury. Mary Katherine Desso, 9, Washington, D. C. sustained a probable fracture of the skull and a broken leg when the auto- | mobile operated by her brother left the road and crashed into a tree on South Mountain, 10 miles east of here. J. R. Desso, the brother, sustained severe head injuries. The Dessos were enroute from Wash- inton to Bedford, Pa. to meet the re- mainder of the family. Three other | occupants of the car escaped unhurt. | FIVE PERSONS INJURED IN HYATTSVILLE CRASH Representative's Secretary Hurt ‘When Taxicab and Auto Collide. Hacker Held. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. { HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, October 26— Miss June E. Puhl, 3600 block of Twen- to Representative John M. Nelson of | hold examinations for a) | the ‘The Post Office asked the Civil Service artment has 'ommission to licants for astership at ax Staticn, Fairfax County, Va. department announced two more vacancies in Virginia: At Aily, Dick- enson County, and Clear Creek, Wise County. who | e tes on mall | GRANDI, IN BERLIN, PLEDGES. JUSTICE' Foreign Minister of Italians Calls Arms Pivotal Point in World Problems. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 26.—Foroign Minis- ter Dino Grandl of Italy set about his second day's round of conferences with German government officials today, hav- ing pledged Italy's hand “in bringing about justice and equality for all.” The black-bearded young forelgn af- fairs chief of Premier Mussolinl's gov- ernment arrived yesterday to return the visit of Chancellor Bruening to Rome last Summer. He took part in several conferences during the day and attend- ed a dinner at the chancellery last night. “Be assured that we Italians admire the readiness with which the German people suffer sacrifices,” he said in an address at the chancellery dinner, “and the manly virtues with which they are addressing themselves to the overcoming their present difficulties.” Hits “State of Mind.” Chancellor Bruening toasted King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Premier Mus- solini and the Italian nation. “The German nation feels a bond of sympathy with all who are willing to bury the past.” he said. Signor Grandi told representatives of the German and Im’!l‘n press this morning that the most Important tast today is “overcoming the state of mind which dates back to the World War and getting ready for more intimate and trustful co-operation.” Thl!,' he said, Pr_r!‘l:ller Muuiolln:“}lc:: urged for years. “The present pol and economic lmuuon.'yhe added, “de- mands the most earnest attention and the greatest willingness to overcome the eral crisis and restore confidence be- !mwun peoples as well as the confidence of the peoples in themselves.” He paid tribute to Chancellor Bruen- ing as “endowed with the qualities of & statesman and unselfishly giving his entire strength.” He characterized the problem of armaments as the “pivotal int” toward which the efforts of civilization must be directed. Goes to Visit Von Hindenburg. Asked for an opinion on the Hoover- Laval conversations, Signor Grandi an- swered he had not rea ment, and he could not venture an opinion. to President von lenburg’s e e veteran Boldiar-Bresidens of King Emmanuel of STATE CLOSING CASE ON SLAYING SUSPECT | Jury, After Base Ball and Movie, Reassembles in King Trial to Hear New Evidence. By the Associated Press. AOOLORA?O !&Rgfl!, Ofla\m; 26— , refresh a game of base hulfu:ynd a movie, was assembled to hear the conclue phases of the State's case today Roy G. King, 41, on trial for the murder of Lewis J. Palmer, 19, July 20. Prosecution attorneys conferred yes- It had been locked up | to which King maintains 'Il‘ln defense. King and his daughter, Glenda, who was in a parked motor car with Palmer at the time of the shooting, spent Sun- e ress played bail and attendsd e D! and af | a motion picture show after the court | decided they should not attend church of the possibility the murder because the case might be mentioned services. . DOOLITTLE RETURNING Hops Of From Mexico City for | 8t. Louis, Mo. | MEXICO CITY, October 26 (B)— Maj. James Doolittle, who flew here he d off for St. Louls, Mo., at 5:45 -:?'u:n a.m. Eastern standard time.) e s | Earthquake Recorded. | NEW YORK, October 26 (#).—The | seismograph at Fordham University last night recorded an earthquake of moder- ate intensity about 2,410 miles from New York. The shock was first recorded at 11:31 p.m. and reached its maximum intensity at 11:45 p.m. The direction ‘was not ascertained. Super-Roadway Opened SPACE FOR 35 LANES OF VEHICLES AT BRIDGE APPROACH. Wisconsin, and four companions were injured yesterday when an automobile in which they were riding was in col- | lision with a taxicab at the intersection ! gr Johnson and Rhode Island avenue ere. The others injured were Miss Marie | E. Marland, 1600 block of Underwood ! street, Washington; Mrs. M. Puhl, Mrs. . Krick and Miss Helen Krick. All| were taken to Emergency Hospital, Washington, by And, | Chief of Police Albert Anderson of | Hyattaville. They returned to their homes after treatment. | Leroy E. Allison, 600 block of H street | southwest, said to be the driver of the taxicab, was arrested on charges of reckless driving by Constable Carl M. Blanchard. Following the crash the | taxicab overturned on the street car | tracks and caught fire. ‘The women expressed appreciation for the courtesy and assistance shown by the Hyattsville police. Tokio News Manager Dies. TOKIO, October 26 (#).—Kaichi yesterday from HREE New Jersey routes conve: River bridge in what is d bed at the Fort Lee plaza of the new Hudson as the world's widest roadway. cross, sufficient for 35 a3 & super-roadway, as it tirely free of all railroad grade crossings, intersecting streets and hoavy Maj. Hugh L. Scott, ruling grades and curvatures. Yesterday the roadway was officially opened by chairman of the State Highway Commission, as he cut the symbolical tape between the toll gates st the main approach. Photo shows a general view to the New York side, during the ceremonies, 10o) over the bridge ‘World Photo. OCTOBER the joint state- | 26, 1931 Lindberghs Return OL. AND MRS. CHARI their plane, in Seattle, Wash. LAND ON AMERICAN SOIL AT SEATTLE. Mhua A. wl they flew from ‘The famous pair while the customs office men went solely of a small leather suit case. the death of Mrs. Lindbergh's father, Senator 15 STAR EMPLOYES GETDRIVING AWARD Given in Newspaper Field Are Presented Here. Fifteen employes of The Star, including one ikl the first drivers in Wi “No Accident medals from the National Safety cil, in recognition of an e: record of a of safe dri . combined . without & clg:t of any kind, totaled ‘Their 8c- 12,800 cials present, ous record’ of the award winners in setting an example of safety in driving. Safety Council “Proud” of 15. Mr. Noyes read the following tele- gram from W. H. Cameron, a director of the National Safety Council: “Congratulations to your 15 drivers for their accomplishment in tdhelr vc:lhlchl a total o:“:lfl‘ miles uring the past out an ac- cident of any un’;,"m equivalent of 13 trips around the world, without so much as a dented fender. The Na- last week from Ottawa in record time, | B to drive carefully.” Van Duszer Praises Records. Mr. Van Duzer, in briefly addressing the medal winners, said their e: & of safe driving was better than a week’s cam| for safety. Their records were all the more wonderful, he said, by reason of the fact that they had not Wu lnod‘nrz’r' flporhnt thing in driving, Mr. Van Duzer pointed out, and the Traffic u has noticed, especially since it put in the new left- turn rule, a lack of courtesy on the part of many drivers in respecting the right of way of others. ““We are trying to 1:: drivers to respect this right of way," added, in nreen'inl to the educational campaign on the part of The Star among its drivers. “I want to congratulate all of you, and especially the 15 who had no acei- dents,” he concluded. The entire stafl ’gfushur Idr'l-;em was present, besides officials_of com- . - Mr, Noyes and Fl , business manager, con- gratulated each of the winners of the gold medals. First Made to Press Drivers. The | Bro In announcing the awarding of the medals to The Star drivers, J. V. Scott, director of service extension of the Na- tional Safety Council, with headquar- ters in Chicago, stated that the awards were “the first to be made in Wash- ington and the first to be made to newspaper drivers anywhere.” It was also pcrl::ed out by W. L. Wheeler, di- rector of the National Safety Council, that The Evening Star was one of the first newspapers in the industry to con- duct systematic and organized educa- tional efforts ll!’lil]an‘ the drivers of its fleet of automobiles. records of the 15 medal winners, compiled by Capt. Charles R. Ruth, superintendent, cover a period of one year, May 1, 1930, to April 31, 1931. The woman, Melba Fuchs, a nurse in the medical clinic, drove 6,000 miles during this period without even denting & fender, Best Record 48,000 Miles. The highest record, 48,000 miles, driven during all sorts of daily condi- tions, belongs to Irving B. lef?, one of the rural route agents. Other drivers receiving the s 10~ ‘Thomj , 486, rural agent, 8400 m Al- gon-o ‘Wheeler 25, colored chauffeur, ,000 miles. Bees travel about 40,000 miles in their nectar to work of First “No-Accident” Medals; 1 to re- | award | Coun- Pacsimile of medals presented to 1 employes of The Evening Star for safe of Five From Europe Reveal Various Plans Before Sailing November 7. Europe’s five participants in 2 sightseeing were launched by the five Thomas Shillington of Ireland and Plerre Courtade-Gabessanis of France were the first to set their plans in mo- tion. They left the Washington-Hoover Alrport in a plane at 11 o'clock, bound for Philadelphia. After a brief tour of that city sgunnnm will to Hart- ford, Conn., where he & friend, and the French boy will travel on alone to Buffalo, N. Y., from which city he will visit Niagara Falls. = Meanwhile, Henri R. M. Van Hoef, the Dutch boy who won & p;)p\au-ar ip; Martin Krieger of - many, who took third honors. and John Thomas Lumsden of England, are re- maining in the Capital for & few . Van Hoof is staying with friends here, while the English and German lads have uu‘:-nm &p quarters th:n the Evange! through young Briton's connection with the Salvation Amtbam. the youths will go on to New York, ington, the; where Shi and Courtade will join them for a sojourn in All five of the Europeans will from l::"’Yuk on the Levithan Novem 3 The Canadian, Gerard Cournoyer, who captured second place, left Wash- ington for his home in Quebec yester- day. Robert Gibson Rayburn, the American entrant, plans to leave Wash- in| for his home in Newton, Kans., late today or tomorrow. HURLEY OPPOSES INDEPENDENCE IN FILIPINO REPORT (Continued From First Page.) sail on LEAGUE'S DEMAND VOID. TOKID SAYS Declares Lack of Unanimous Vote Makes Evacuation Resolution Invalid, —__(Continued Prom First Page) deavoring to settle their differences at Shanghal. Apparently Tokio held less hope than formerly that the Canton element in the projected new Nanking organization would agree to direct ne- gotiations for settlement of the Man- churian controversy. CHIANG VOICES OPTIMISM. Thinks League WIHI Take Necessary Action for Troop Withdrawal. - NANKING, October 26 (#).—Chiang Kpal-Shek. President of China, ex- pressed confidence today that the League of Nations Council would take whatever further steps necessary to give effect to its resolution calling for the withdrawal of Japanmese troops from the occupled areas of Manchuria by A:lovember 18. . dressing government leade: m termed the 'bu(ne caunul":' action “1 hope," he sald, “that prior to No- generally satisfactory to China. vember 16, when the Council is ached- I } i il i I i L i OF NEW YORK CITY FROM TALLEST SPIRE see more of Wash- | tion remarks broadcast lumbia network at 10:30 o'clock. CONVICT RIOT IS QUELLED NEW YORK, Octoher 26 ().—Five