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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight, followed by showers be- ginning late tonight or tomorrow. Tem- peratures—Highest, 70, at 3:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 46, at 6:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 No. 32,290. post_office, Washingten, D. Entered as second class mattel C. he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION benimg Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932—THIRTY PAGES. ##% “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier systemcoversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Sunday’s Saturday’s Circulation, 113,330 Circulation, 124,141 UP) Means Associated Press. ————= TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT PLACES CORNER STONE AT POST OFFICE RITES Hoover Describes Mails as Foremost Factor in U. S. Development. BROWN AND SMOOT ALSO GIVE TALKS ON PROGRAM “#xecutive Places Huge Stone With Trowel Used-by Washington in Capitol Ceremony. Laying the corner stone for the $10,- 000,000 Fost Office Department Build- ing this afternocn, President Hoover described the postal service as a fore- most factor in the development of this country. “Postal facilities were looked upon vy our early statesmen not merely as an end in themselves, but as a powerful iInstrumentality for national unity and national growth,” he said. “In the first years of the Republic, the mails followed the pioneers into our inland territory, and as the great tide of migration set toward the West it- was the rapidly multiplying post routes and the depend- able communicaticn which they afford- ed with the Eastern seaboard that made possible the eventual extension of our frontiers to the Pacific.” Audience Fills Streets. Surrounded by a distinguished list of guests from official and civil life, the President spoke from a flag-drap>d stand at Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth street, where the building is Tising, to a huge audience which filled the streets from which traffic had been cut off. Amplifiers carried to the crowd his address. which also went out on the National and Columbia broadcast- ing chains. Mrs. Hoover accompanied the President to the ceremony, which came on the 143d anniversary of the establishment of the postal serviee under the Constitution. Speaking with the President were Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, who saw-the postal s ful instrumentality in the svccess of the Revolution, and Scnator Smoot of Uiah, chairman of the Public Buildings Commission. At the outset of his speech President | Hoover, as did the speakers who fol- lowed him, reca that the corner stone is being laid during the celebra- t of the 200th annivermary cf the cf Gcorge Wachington, in whose 2im 2tion the posiai sorvice had its origin, and that the building itcelf fits in a plan for a great Capital which ‘Wechington visioned. | Sketching the difficulties under which | e at first operated and its under the vigorcus dire: of those times, the President ince those early days the | tal cervice has been a factor second ! o other in the upbuilding and de- | nent of m-dern America.” Lauds Postal Workers, ident Hocver lauded the postal | kers of the country, declaring the m and affection in which the postal service is held by all our citizens is a deserved tribute to the unfailing | fidelity of these efficient and honorable growth of the service, e said it “must constantly be enlarged and extended to satisfy the increasing ands which are made upon it,” and this connection, umeniality w he people, and rich in its proper chere should require little or no sup- port from the Treasury.” The President's address came just be- fore he placed the huge stone. using ihe trowel used by George Washington in laying the corner stone of the Capi- tol, and loaned by Alexandria-Washing- ton Lodge, No. 22, A. F. and A. M. Postmaster General Brown gave the introcuctory speech, and he was fol- loyed by Senator Smoot. Postmaster General Speaks. Describing the inauguration of Co- Jonial Postal Service in Massachsetts in 1639 for the transmission of mail to England, Postmaster General Brown told of its growth in the next 14 years, when two postal districts were created, one extending north from Virginia to Canada, and the other south from the Carolinas to the Bahamas. “Beniamin Fran " he continued, “who had served as postmaster at Philadelphia, was appointed Postmaster General for the Norihern district, where he continued in this capacity until 1774, “Under Franklin, the Colonial Postal Service became an efficient system of communication, breaking down the isolation of the separate Cclonies and building up a natioral sentiment with- t which there never could have been ccessful American revolution. “That 1t was eventually-a tremend- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) NEW CAPONE LIQUOR CHARGES PREPARED §. Indictment Will Include “'n d::ds of Others, Chicago Reports Indicate. T. P t-e Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 26.—The Chi- cago Daily Tribune said today that| preparation of evidence for a second in- | dictment of Al Capone and hundreds of others on a charge of conspiracy to violate the prohibition act is almost completed. “The first liquor conspiracy indictment against Capcne and his men was Te- turned in June of 1931, but the gang leader was never tried on this charge because his income tax case took prece- dence. He is now attempting to win freedom from the Atlanta, Ga., Federal Penitentiary on the ground his income tax conviction was illegal under the three-year statute of limitations. A threefold purpose is back of the pew indictment, the Tribune said. It will include all recent evidence, bring- 4ng it up to date to preclude appeal to the statute of limitations. It will also 8dd new members of the Capone syndi- cate. Federal agents were quoted as saying that in addition it would do much to head off any attempt by gang- sters now mkpruon to win their - 5 role. %nsnm District Attorney Dwight Green said no attempt would be t this time to return Capone to Sor trial on the liguor charge. cc as a power- | he added, it “is an | e | | i VICE ADMIRAL PRINGLE. ADMR. PRINGLE DIES ON PACFIC COAST Commander of Battle Force Stricken Last Week Dur- ing Maneuvers. | By the Associated Press. | SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 26.— | Within a few months of the time he { was to assume duties as chief of naval operations at Washington, D. C., death last night ended the brilliant career of Vice Admiral Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, 59. The officer was rushed to the Naval | Hospital here last week by the U. 8. 8. | West Virginia, proceeding at full speed | from Puget ound, where he was stricken th an abdominal ailment. His physi- cian, Dr. L. B. Johnson, said he died of anemia. Authority on Naval Affairs. A recognized authority on naval af- fairs, Admiral Pringle served as tech- nical adviser at the 1928 conference on | limitation of arms at London. He also was an authority cn the problems of the nations bordering the Pacific. During the World War Admiral Prin- gle was chief of staff to Vice Admiral William S. Sims and also was in com- mand of the destroyer force. At that | i ti-n of time Admiral Sims was in command | {of the United States ships in European \vaters. Born in Georgetown, S. C., February 4, 1873, Admira: Pringle was graduated ficm the Naval Academy in 1892. He appointed a rear admiral December |6, 1926. He was president of the Naval War College at Newport, R. I, in 1 manding the battle force, United States Fleet. Family at Bedside. When_he died his wife. his daughter, | Mrs. J. D. H. Kane, and his son-in-law, Licut. Comdr. J. D. H. Kane, were at his bedside. The admiral’s body will be " (Continued on Page 4, Column 7) {OHIO CANDIDATES | | Question of Best Prohibition Plat- form Subject of Talk Tonight. | By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 26— | The question of who has the best pro- | hibition program—the Republicans or | Democrats?—will be threshed out here { tonight in a debate between two Ohio potitical leaders. The debaters will be United States | Senator Robert J. Bulkley, Democrat, of | Cleveland, and Attorney General Gilbert | Bettman, Republican, of Cincinnati. | Bulkley seeks re-election and Bettman | opposes him. | Political wiseacres today were scratch- { themselves the possible outcome. The | audience will be the only judge. gram . as disclosed in its platform and in President Hoover's acceptance speech is the more sincere and practical program for achieving repeal of the eighteenth amendment than is the Democratic pro- gram as disclosed by its platform and Gov. Roosevelt's speech of acceptance.” Bettman will uphold the affirmative ! side and Senator Bulkley the negative. The debate will open at 8 o'clock, Eastern standard time. B OCTOBER MAY TELL | COLDNESS OF WINTER iWarm Month Declared Usually’ Followed by Mild Tempera- tures for Season. By the Associated Press. Winter will be long and cold, as James H. Scarr, Government meteorologist, sizes it up—and then again it may not. It all depends on whether the Winter follows the law of averages or gets bull-headed. The last five Winters, the meteorolo- gist_explained, have been mild. Each warm Winter, under the law of aver- eges, brings a cold Winter just that much nearer. One cannot, however. be sure. Mr. Scarr suggested that those who ere in- terested might observe the temperatures during October. In 80 per cent. of re- corded cases Warm ha followed by warm Winters, and at the time of his death was com- | DEBATE PLATFORMS: ing their heads and debating with' NEW YORK, September ~26—The | l DE VALERA TERNS LEAGUE ON TRIAL AT BAR OF WORLD Execution of Obligations of Covenant on Weak and Strong Is Urged. ‘MEASUBE OF CONFIDENCE *IS SEEN IN ARMS PARLEY “Security for National Rights” Only Alternative to Competition, He Says, Opening Assembly. By the Associated Press. CENEVA, Scptcmber 26.—The League of Nations is a defendant “at the bar of public opinion,” President Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free State sald in opening session of the League's general assembly today, and there is upon it “a burden of justification which is overwhelming.” Recounting prevalent accusations of the League's weakness, De Valera said the only way to silence charges of im- potence or decadence is to execute the obligations of the League Covenant on all states, whether weak or strong. The criticism, much of which he called justified, comes from all sides, he said, but the League must prove its value to survive. “World Public Is Cynical.” Asserting the world public is largely cynical of its activities, he said the critics would have confidence only in so far as the members themselves place their confidence in the security the League is capable of affording. ‘The success or failure of the arms conference, he said, will be a measure of the confidence which the League merits, adding that “without progressive disarmament it is almost impossible { that the League could survive.” In a portion of his speech, in which he mentioned no names, but which was generzlly taken to refer to the problem of Japan’s .nilitary campaigns in Man- churia and also the European disarma- ment controversy, De Valera said: Security. Only Alternative. “The only alternative to competitive armaments is the security for national rights which. an uncompromising ad- hesion to the principles of the Covenant will afford. - “Avoidance of wars and burdens of preparatory armaments is such a con- ern of humanity that no state should be permitted to jeopardize the common interest by selfish action contrary to tha Covenant. No state is powerful enough | to stand long against the League if the League and its peoples are determined the Covenant shall be upheld.” De Valera also touched upon the Irish situation in his speech. “Speaking for my own country,” he said, “I am confident if we are left free to pursue our own policy we shall suc- ceed not only in securing 3 proper ad- justment of our own eco- nomic life, but in being able to egntrib- ute more than our share to human progress throughout the world. “We in Ireland desire peace—peace at home and peace in the world. ~Our | history is the history of a people who have consistently sought merely to be allowed to lead their own lives in their own way in peace with their neighbors and with the world. “Way Will Be One of Peace.” “If we are left free our way will be the way of peace, of thinking in terms, not of self-interest, not of the acquisi- tion of territory nor of petty power, but of human beings living, as they have a | right to live, in the best that our state can give them while contributing to the world the best that is in us.” Acknowledging the honor to Ireland | | I De Valera said, in Gaelic: “May God essist us in the exalted | task before us and not permit us to fail.” The Irish President rejected the pre- pared speech which customarily is fur- nished to presidents by the League secretariat and prepared his own ad- dress. Nicholas Politis, Greece's representa- tive and a supporter of French policies, was chosen president of the Assembly | VENIZELOS LEADING IN GREEK ELECTIONS| Support Given Premier Who Had Recently Resigned When Attacked by Royalists. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece, September 26.— Early provisional returns from yester- _day's_election indicated the candidates | of Premier Eleutherios Venizelos’ Liberal | re: | Nationalist party were leading the field !in Athens, Piraeus, Salonica and the Island of Mitylene. The election was held chiefly to choose members of the Lower House of Parlia- ment, but the final results will not be known for three or four days The voting held particular interest because of the recent resignation of Premier Venizelos after he was called to account by Royalists when he attacked the former royal family. -He was per- suaded to remain at the head of the government until after the election. ‘The .premier declared he was content because the people apparently had a 'proved his efforts, in spite of the tacks of his opponents. Former Premier George Kafandaris, leader of the Progressives, said Premier Venizelos had succeeded 'in_destroying the small democratic parties and had deiivered a heavy blow against the Mon- tarchist party. S e CABINET CRISIS NEARS i British Consevatives Expected to i Fail to Hold Liberals. ] LONDON, September 26 (4).~Con- | servative members of the British na- tional- cabinet began a concerted effort today to persuade their Liberal m\—l leagues to remain in the government. ! It was virtually teken for granted,| | however, that the Liberals, who ex- pressed much dissatisfaction over the ogreements reached at the Ottawa Trade mfi“"" would ru'g‘n ‘Wed- nesday, on the grounc that the agree- ts could pot be reconciled with their free trade beliefs. iSenator Smoot and Secre-| in holding the League's high office, | v PRESIDENT TALKS OVER TRIP PLANS tary Mills Among White House Callers. President Hoover today discussed matters relating to his campaign and | to politics generally with several callers, | among them Senator Smoot of Utah| and Secretary of the Treasury Mills. It is understood Mr. Hoover talked over with these two Republican leaders | the intensive drive mapped out for the remainder of the campaign and dis-| cussed ‘with them the speech he will make next week in Des Moines, Iowa. According to Secretary, Mills, the President has virtually completed this address which will serve as the first of three speeches Mr. Hoover is to deliver outside of Washington. The Treasury head declined to talk about the subject- | matter of the President’s forthcoming speech. He said also that he was un- able to say at this time just where Mr. Hoover d deliver his other two speeches. Given Utah Pledge. Senator Smoot, who has just re- turned from Utah, where he has been | conducting his campaign for election to the Senate as well as advancing the President’s interests, assured the lat- ter that Utah would remain in the Re- publican column in November. He de- clared also that the President’s chances for re-election are improving | every day and that the sentiment has | been changing in favor of him veryi rapidly. M. Hoover also received news from | the Utah Senator to the effect that| Gov. Roosevelt did*not make a very | favorable impression in that section. Senator Smoot said that he was cer- | tain of that and told the President he | need have no concern about Utah. Tt was understood Senator Smoot also discussed with the President the com- ing world economic conference, &t which the silver question wijl be taken p. The understanding is that the Utah Senator advised the President that the West is intensely interested in this subject and that he intimated to the President it might be well for him to | include the silver subject among the other topics to be discussed at Des Moines. 4 Hopeful View on Taxes. Although the Utah Senator did not discuss taxes with the Executive he said after his conference he hoped it would not be necessary at the next session of Congress to further increase taxes to meet the deficit. He said he could make no prediction about this now, but if business continues to improve an the Government's revenues increased it might not be necessary to further boost irden. méeé::ubr? Mills said after the confer- ence that they discussed a variety of subjects, mostly politics, and that they talked about the speeches they are each to make during the remainder of the campaign. Mr. Mills said he will leave Washington Wednesday on a speaking tour which will carry him to the Pacific Coast. His first speech will be in De- troit. Other callers were Representative Beedy of Maine, the only one of the Republican candidates for the House who came through successfully at the -t Maine election, and Mrs. Edith N. Rogers, Representative from Massa- chusetts. Both of these callers gave the President optimistic reports as to the political situation in their respective States. Cooler Weather The coming of cool, clear weather adds another incen- tive to increased business in ‘Washington. Local . merchants are now offering Fall merchandise at a combination of quality and price appeal that is most un- usual Ideal shopping temperature offers an additional reason for making your, purchases now. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display d | dale Co Autoist Who Saved Couple FromWreck Finds Own Parents By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 26. —David Schissel, visiting attorney from Chicago, last night was driving his automobile when he | saw two other cars collide. One of them overturned and caught fire. He rushed to extricate the endangered people and dragged an elderly couple from the wrecked machine just before the gasoline tank of the burning car exploded. Then, he recognized the man and woman he rescued as his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schissel, _also visitors from Chicago. They suffered minor injuries. MILK IS DUMPED INATLANTA STRIKE Federal Injunction Against Interference With ~ Ship- ments Declared Violated. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga. September 26.—De- spite a Pederal injunction against vio- lent interference with milk shipments | bound for Atlanta, several truckloads were reported dumped near Conyers, Ga,, today in a campaign of producers | for better prices from Atlanta distribu- tors. ‘T. H. Marston, an official of Rockdale | County, said he has been advised a band of men blocked the highway and seized the milk as the trucks halted. He declared pickets have been stationed along the road between Conyers and Atlanta, 4 Road Barricaded. A short while before that R. B. Whit- lock, sales manager for the pedigree dairies in Atlanta, reported he was halt- ed by a group of men in the vicinity of Conyers as he distributed ccpies of the Federal injunction restraining interfer- ence with the movement of milk trucks. He said the road was barricaded with railway ties and the men threatened to smash his automcbile motor with sledge hammers if he continued. L. K. Starr, publicity director for the mi'k distributors, said he has requested the United States marshal, at Macon, where the Federal injunction was issued late Saturday to issue warrants for leaders of the blockading group in Rock- unty. Conference Planned. Meanwhile, a conferencz of Tepre- | sentatives of the Georgia Milk Pro- ducers Confederation, Inc., and officials | of milk plants involved in the dairy-| ;nen‘s strike was planned during the ay. _The _confederation _announced last (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 300 MILES AN HOUR SETS PLANE RECORD Fastest Time on Distance Course Made by Land Machine in California. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 26—A speed of 300 miles an hour, the fastest time ever made by a land plane over a distance course, has been accomplished in an official flight between Los Angeles and San Prancisco; Col. Roscoe Tirner raced his mond- plane between the two cities, 370 miles epart, in ‘1 ‘hour and 14 minutes, an of a flat 300 miles an hour. " . ‘The flight lowered by 17 minutes the revious mark -between the clties set last yeer by Jimmie Wedell of New Or- leans, pilot, designer and builder of Turner’s ship. a non-stop round trip s, flew the total dis- tance of 740 miles in 2 hours and 41 minutes, averaging 175.77 miles per hour. The 300-mile average was made on the southward trip with the aid of a tail PLAN CO-ORDINATED |as a particular aid to those employes facing extensive furloughs, either under | the economy act, or because of reduced wind. National Aercnautic Association officials timed the flight. 2nd Newspaper. ... 30,244 3rd Newspaper. ... 20,686 Total VLSRN 50,930 55,373 Graf Again Off for Brazil. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Oérmsny. September 26 (#) German The - ible Grat n took off this morn- U. 5. REEMPLOYING Workers Facing Extensive Furloughs to Be Aided by Change. Co-ordination of the re-employment machinery of the Government, designed | appropriations, today was made pos- sible under an executive order issued by the White House. 1t has the effect of combining on one re-employment register workers on the furlough status; these in the transfer pool which was created some months ago -to take care of cases where dis- missal was impending, and those al- ready dismissed and on the re-employ- ment register. Heretafore, it was expldined, at the Civil Servite Commission, provision had only made for workers about to be ‘i ‘and had been made to aid the group as much as possible. The Executive Order reads: “The Civil Service Co ion may set up procedure and promulgate regula- tions under which employes with ap- propriate status who have been recently, or who are about to be, furloughed or dropped for reduction of force without delinqueney or misconduct may be afforded priority in the filling of vacancies when, in the opinion of the ! commission, the conditions of good ad- ministration warrant such priority.” With this. the commission issued the following announcement: “Regulations will be promulgated as soon as possible by the Civil Service Commissicn to put into effect a prac- tical prionty for persons who are los- ing their positions either through dis- missal because of reduction of force or through extended furlough” The priority to which reference is made is that over newcomers seeking appointment through competitive ex- aminations. ITALY ANGERED BY LONDON REPORT “Calling of 1,200,000 Men to Col- ors by October 1” Called Distortion of Facts. furloughed | By the Associated Press. : ROME, September 26.—The foreign office expressed indignation today over a report published in London saying Ttaly had called 1,200,000 men to the colors October 1. The report, it said, was a distortion of a five-minute routine of checking the reserves effective since before the war, each man showing his papers at the local barracks. STIMSON DEBATE REPORT IS DENIED | | State .Depnrtment Says Secretary Will Not Meet Dr. Curtius on Disarmament. The State Department .denied this morning_reports that the Secretary of State will debate with Dr. Curtius, the former German foreign affairs ministe: the question of disarmament at a dinner in New Ycrk October 15. Secr: Stimson stated that he had received’ an invitation from a peace society in New York to make a speech on Armistice day, November 11. He had that invitation still under consideration, HLIACKERS KIDNAP AGENTS AND SEIZE $18,000 IN WHISKY Liquor Recovered by Police and Federal Officers When Truck Overturns. COSTLY CARGO SEIZED ON PLUM POINT BEACH Machine Gun Fire Halts Caravan on Road Near Prince Frederick. With five men under arrest, Federal agents launched an intensive cearch todey for the hi-jackers who early yes- terday raked a truckload of imported liquor with sub-machine gun fire and kidnaped four prohibition agents near Prince Frederick, Md. At the same time the Federal forces bent every effort to learn the secret operations of " the smugglers who brought " $18,000 worth of Canadian whisky to Plum Point, where it fell into the hands of the agents. It ‘'was while this, the most valuable seizure ever made in Southern Mary- land, was being taken to Baltimore in a Government truck, that three car- loads of hi-jackers captured the cargo, only to lose most of it a short time later when the top-heavy truck over- turned while being driven down the road that leads to the Benedict Ferry. One Suspect Arrested. ‘Twenty Federal agents, seven State policemen and several county officers followed tke trail of the hi-jackers for 8 hours and arrested one suspect. Four other men had been previqusly arrested in connection with the ownership of the liquor. ‘The hi-jacking suspect is Henry G. Carter, 31, 600 block of Fifth street, Washington. He is charged with in- | terfering with a Federal officer and is being held under $10,000 bond in Bal- timore. The hijacked liquor. believed inteded for fashionable clients in Washington and Baltimore, was found in the base- ment of a 25-room Spanish mansion at Drum Point, built in 1850 by Fred- erick Barreda, a Peruvian fertilizer manufacturer. Some of his descendants are now in the diplomatic corps. The same hijackers who captured the truck are believed to have trailed an- other truck containing 210 sacks of similar liquors which Federal agents. led by Joseph Randolph Brewer, seized | on a road leading from the mansion Saturday. They said this truck was followed by several cars containing men and ma- chine guns, but no effort was made to take it away from the agents. Joseph Russo and Anthony Duerr, both of ! Baltimore, were arrested on charges of transportation and possession and re- leased under $2,500 bond, 153 Sacks of Liquor Seized. Pressing their investigation, the agents obtained a search warrant, went to the house and reported finding 153 sacks of 15 varieties of the finest kinds of whisky in the basement. George Stinnett and his son Dorsey were ar- rested on charges of possession. The agents say they are farmers and care- takers at the mansion. They were re leased upon posting $500 bond before | United States Commissioner J. Parran at Marlboro yesterday. At the request of Investigator Brewer, John M. Barton, agent in charge at Ballimore, dispatched a truck, five agents and a mechanic to bring the liquor from the mansion to Baltimore. It was after midnight when the truck was finally loaded and lefu the house. Some of the tires blew out under the heavy load and progress was slow toward Prince Frederick. At that point Agent Brewer turned west to the Benedict ferry and proceeded to his Waldorf home, while the truck, con- voyed by two prohibition cars, contin- ued- toward Baltimore. Frank A few miles beyond Prince Frederick, | Agents Joseph A. Williamson and John Bell, riding in the car behind the truck, were forced to the side of the road by | a big car and found themselves looking in the muzzle of a submachine gun. Fire Into Loaded Truck. A moment later a second hijackers’ car whizzed by and opened fire on the truck with a submachine gun. Agents estimate 50 shots were fired and there are several bullet holes on the truck and cars, but no one was hurt. Agent Charles E. Reinke and the me- chanic who were on the truck stopped under the barrage of bullets. Agents Thomas Bailey and I. T. Dryden, who were riding in a car ahead of the truck. looked back, saw what was hap- pening, and sped ahead to a dark lane, where they turned in and parked. __A few moments later the th: (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) TEN MEN HURT IN BLAST ON FRENCH SUBMARINE Vessel Is Being Towed Into Cher- bourg After Explosion in Engine Room on Cruise. By the Associated Press. CHERBOURG, France, September 26. —Ten men in the crew of the French submarine Persee were injured today by an explosion in the engine room while the vessel was cruising betweea Guernsey and the French Coast. . Most of the injured men were burned, but it was not thought that any were critically hurt. s The submarine sent out a call for assistance and was towed to this port. that ;| ITALY PLANS CLEARANCES present at that dinner, tary of State decided function he is_certainly not to discuss, and still less debate, ques- tion of sarmaments. it to attend the - FEAR TROPICAL STORM ol Beverly, spread l’mm-‘uumm s | their frozen Delensive Measure Against Ger- man Exchange Restrictions. ROME, September 26 (#).—The gov- ernment anounced today the inaugura- tion of “defensive” measures against German - exchange restrictions in the form of s clearing house to as- Italian money ‘and credits in Germany and utilize them to pay Ital- ian bills for German In this way Italians will get some of mm«pfln out of cwrnunyl. There a temporary agreement for exchange of commercial credits ex- fltmmbun. Tt accomplished ttle, but Germany refused to renew it. ‘The Government also bas retaliated for increased French customs by order- exports. ing similar increases on French GARNER ‘BELIEVES AND HOPES' SMITH WILL BACK TICKET Expresses ‘So Much Confi- dence in Him He Cannot Conceive Otherwise.” TALKS WITH DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN NEW YORK Vice Presidential Nominee Will Spend Time in Campaign Activif By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—Speaker John N. Garner, Democratic vice presi- dential nominee, who arrived today for conferences with Democratic leaders, announced that he still “hoped and be- lieved” former Gov. Alfred E. Smith would give his “wholehearted support” to the Democratic national ticket. He said that he had “so much con- fidence” in former Gov. Smith that he “could not conceive of it in any other way." Smith has issued only one formal statement since he lost the Democratic presidential nomination, and in that he promised support to the Democratic party, adding in reply to a question that that of course included the ticket. Garner said today that he was not | ready to discuss his own plans for the iclmpslgn before conferring with party leaders. “If I'm to make any talks” he said, “I'd want to get the viewpoint of the campaign leaders here, and I'd want to ‘:;:lckk 5° Gov, Roosevelt when he gets i 5 With the his time from now on until Election day in campaign iti s = Kpt% g activities here and in No Smith Appointment. Garner said he had no appoints to see Smith, whom he Visiten apout u month ago, saying after the visit that he hoped and believed Smith would af:'txh';IyF support the ticket. "I hope 50 yet and still believe it,” h said today. “I have so much conndenc: in Gov. Smith I believe that in a short time he will give his whole hearted sup- port to the ticket. I can't conceive of it m_;:y gzher way."” e Speaker said he did not know how Gov. Roosevelt's Western speeches had appealed to people in the East, but (ndoubtedly in (e South and West as 1 % it couldn; be Detter.» o) marvelous; e also expressed the opinion that the general campaign situation “couldn’t be better” from the Demccratic viewpoint.. v Lots of people, advise me,” he said, that if the Democrats stayed away from the polis entirely Gov. Roosevelt would still be elected. Of course, that's eme s The Speaker was accompanied by William Bray, his personal aide. and | Charles S. Hand. in charge of his cam- | paign.” His train, the Washington Ex- | press. arrived at the Pennsylvania Sta- " tion at 5:50 a.m,, and the Speaker, who had left a call for 6:40 o'clock, was { sleeping soundly when the porter awak- ened him. Sleeps Well on Train. Garner said he retired immediately after getting on the train in Washing- { ton last night and had a good night's rest, adding that he always sleeps well on a train. He was dressed before the two other members of his party had arisen. He went from the station di- rectly to the Hotel Biltmore, in which Democratic national headquarters is located. There was no reception committee waiting for the Speaker, and Gar- ner and his party attracted no at- tention from the few persons in the station waiting for trains. As he was being driven to his hotel he remarked on the absence of persons on the street at that hour of the i Down in Texas," he said, “every- body is up long before this and out.” The Democratic vice presidential candidate, who wore a gray suit and a wide-brimmed tan hat, said he came to New York to confer with the Demo- cratic National Committee on his speaking itinerary. While here, he said, he will meet Robert Jackson, chairman of the speakers' bureau; Louis Howe, Gov. Roosevelt's political ; Senator Claude Swanson | ive Sam | Rayburn of Texas, among others. He isaid he also will confer with Gov. Roosevelt when he returns from his Western speaking trip. May Make Speech. It is possible that Garner may make one public address before Gov. Roosevelt returns here October 3. Hand said that the people of Pittsburgh, Pa., want Garner to speak there and that it may be ible that arrangements can be made for this address within the next week. Asked if he had any_ other plans durlxag his stay in New York, Garner replied: ‘One thing I am going to try to do and that is attend one of the games of the world series. All my life I have been an _enthusiastic base ball fan,and when I have the opportunity to attend games down in Washington I do so.” Hand recalled that Garner, when a young man, played with the Coon Hol- low team in the Red River section of Texas. Asked what team he was going to root for, Garner countered with: “Well, which team has the greatest number of Democrats? When you tell me that I'll give you my answer. I suppose base ball players are like nearly every other person I have met re- cently—they are nearly all Democrats. But I guess the best team will win.” BROOKHART TO RUN AS INDEPENDENT Towa Insurgent, Defeated in June Primaries, Declares “Rebel-- lion Too Sweet.” By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Iowa, September 26. —Senator Smith W. Brookhart toda! “Sure, Towa who defeated in the Jun::n:“mflmm"u for ‘t’h‘: Republican nomjnation by Henry Field, tom" "m{:“n}pm is too sweet for me * “Why, T have 10,000 signed pledges {