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o A2 *» NOMURA MISSION | TOU.S. CALLED OFF Japan Finally Decides Good Will Trip Would Be Misinterpreted. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The Japanese embassy in Washington has received officlal information from Tokio to the effect that Admiral No- mura, the hero of Shanghal, will not visit the United States as a good-will ambassador, as had been planned last | Summer. The history of Admiral Nomura’s visit to the United States, where he has a large number of friends among jmpor- tant naval officers and State Depart- mens officials, is this La Summer. a well known Japanese publici® who lives in Washington, Mr. Kawakami, decided to return to Japan and see whether something could be done to improve the relations between his country and the United States. Be- fore leaving he discussed the problem with a number of American officials and asked whether the visit of a prominent Japanese official here would help matters. He had in mind Mac- Donald’s visit to Washington and the subsequent visits of Premier Laval and | Foreign Minister Dino Grandi. Nomura Friend of Pratt. In his discussions with American offi- cials and friends of Japan it was agreed there was not a single important politi- cal man in Japan who could visit. with a certain amount of success, the United States. But it was agreed Admiral Nomura would be a good man for the purpose because of his close friendship with Admiral Pratt and the many friends the Japanese admiral Bad in Washington from the days when he was naval attache here. Kawakami went to Japan, and is said to have submitted his plan to the foreign office. The foreign office liked the idea and put it before Nomura. He, in turn thought he could much to improve the Japanese-American re- laticns and accepted the plan. A few days later, however, he let it be known the doctors objected to his leaving Ja- pan on account of his ill health as a consequence of the wound he had re- ceived in Shanghal. Araki Vetoes Plan. ‘What happened is this. The plan of sending Nomura on a good will mission got to the ears of War Minister Araki. He saw in this visit a humiliation of Japan is acting in Manchuria, said, absolutely within her rights. A so-called good will mission of a high- ranking Japanese officer would un-| doubtedly be misinterpreted not so| much in America, but in China and Manchuria and might weaken the pres- tige of the Japanese Empire. His ob- jection was sustained, it is said by the highest authority in Japan, and Ad- | miral Nomura developed immediately a diplomatic illness. R. F. C. LOANS REACH $1,182,734,958 MARK IN SEVEN MONTHS| (Continued From First Page.) provide low cost housing will be applied for in the near future.” | 1t said that at presen: New York is| the only Stat with the requirad regu- latory laws for obtaining such housing | loans The corporation sald $75.000,000 of the $200,000,000 placed at the disposal of the Secretary of Agriculture has been pald that official and that the balance not used by him is cvailable for purchasing stock of the regional | agricultural credit corporations being | created. Farmers’ Loans Shown. ‘The $64.201,989 loaned to farmers by the Secretary of Agriculture for crop- F:Cducnon purposes was distributed as Total amt. $1,620,042 Califernia Colorado ... Connccticut Delaware . District of Flo Idah Illinois Indiana . Towa Kansas . Kentucky . Louisiana . Smiles After Test INSPECTOR FRANK S. W. BURKE, Chief of detectives, snapped es he emerged from No. 23 fire engine house today after undergoing a rigid physical examination which will_determine his future on the force. Burke said he thinks he passed a perfect test —Star Staff Photo. CROSBY PROMISES BURKE HEARING ON GLASSFORD CHARGE (Continued From First Page.) him, and the other revealed a “clash of character” between him and the detective chief. Under such circum- stances, Gen. Glassford said, he felt that Inspector Burke 1s “tempera- mently unfit” to continue his duties in the detective bureau. Inspector Burke received in the mail this morning a formal order directing him to appear before the board of police and fire surgeons at 11:15 o'clock this morning. and before the police re- tiring and relief board at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Pelice officials said there was nothing unusual in the procedure of ordering an officer before | the retiring board before the results of a physical examination were known. Five Doctors on Board. ‘The Board of Police and Fire Surgeons who examined Inspector Burke, con- sisted of Drs. D, L. Borden, J. A. Reed, w H. R. Brandenburg, F. Y. Wllllam-‘ son and F. K. Allen. The Retiring and Relief Board which will pass on the findings of the Medical Board, will be composed of Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant superintendent of police in command of the Traffic Bureau; Deputy Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom, and Raymond Sparks, as- sistant corporation counsel, An admittedly delicate situation will be created if the Medical Board reperts that Inspector Burke is physically fit for continued service. In such an event, it was said, the Retiring and Relief Boaid would not likely approve the re- tirement application, and Gen. Glass ford would be forced to carry out his threat to demote Burke to make way for Capt. Edward J. Kelly as chief of detectives. Gen. Glassford, however, cannot de- mote Burke without the approval of the Commissicners. and Commissioner Cros- by by his statement today indicated that the police superintendent must show Jjust cause for removal of the detective chief. Burke Still Uninformed. Commissioner Crosby did not indicate whether he would give Inspector Burke coples of the two reports of Gen. Glass- ford before the case comes to a head, or whether he proposed to wait for the return of Commissioner Reichelderfer and read the documents fo the detective chief so he migh* -~ ‘ver the accusa- tions verbally at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Thus far, In- spector Burke is unaware of the con- tents of the reports, except for what he Maine . Maryland Massachuse Michigan . Minnesota Mississippi . Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada . . New Hampshire . New Jersey .... New Mexico New York ... North Carolina North Dakota . 6 10,05: 436.307 | 1,138,897 | 3.889,008 | 1,004,216 | 4387471 | 1,361,436 | 36,475 11,310 59,057 | 541,549 | 161.699 | 4,181,000 8424943 329,810 629,498 Oregon .. 258,582 Pennsylvania . Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota . Tennessee Texas . Utah .. Vermont . Virginia . Washington West Virginia . Wisconsin . Wyoming . Advanced to 25 States. Up to September 30 the corporation said $35.455,171 had been advanced in refllef loans to 25 States and one Ter- ritory. Of this amount, $30,533586 is subjéct to repayment through deduc- tions from future Federal-aid road funds, while $4.921,585 was loaned | through Governors to political sub- | divisions. Amounts made available to States in- cluded: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Ceorgia Idaho . Tilinois . Kentucky Louisiana, Missouri Moniana . Nevada . 300.000 . 14,000,000 672,550 2.104.928 853.953 Pennsylvania Utah Virginia West_ Virginia . Wisconsin ... Hawail received a $307.435 relief loan. Advances to State subdivisions included: Michigan, 2.116,000: Detroit. $1,800,- 000; Flint, $296,000, and Muskegon Height-, $20,000. $50,000: North Dakota, ‘Ward County. Ohio, $2,080,585: Lorain County. $131,245; Mahoning Courlly, $326,440; Stark County. $334,900; Montgomery County, $400,000; Trumbull County. $177,500; Summitt County, $240,500; Cleveland, $470,000. ‘Washington, $675,000, King County. Minot and - had read in the newspapers. Gen. Glas-ford declared, however, he had not made known to the press all of the cases of alleged lack of co- operaticn cited against Inspector Burke. “There are more cases than those I ave mentioned,” he said. He de .ined to reveil these additional cas:; be- cause, he said, he did not want i> dis- close the entire contents of his r-ports. since it had not been his policy to make | public his communications to the Com- missioners. FREE STATE TALKS EMPIRE SECESSION; BRITISH ALARMED (Continued From First Page.) negotiations were resumed by de Valera and J. H. Thomas, British secretary for the dominions. Referring to the report that no suc- cessor to McNeill would be nominated, | his voice defeating his attempts to | either direction leads to s condition the Mail's political commentator said if it were true it would produce “a con- stitutional issue of the first magnitude | brought against him. He indicated he |great sum of money. in which King George would be directly involved.” The Times, commenting on _the King's acceptance of the Free State government’s advice that McNeill's res- ignation be announced, sald the mon- arch acted not merely with propriety, but with common sense. If he had exercised his power to re- ject the advice, it said, de Valera prob- | ably would have resigned and brought about a general election in the Free State, in which the chief issue would have been the action of the crown in thwarting the wishes of the people’s clected representatives. Some papers here said de Valera also would again raise the question of the abolition of the oath of allegiance and the Irish annuity payments at his conference with Thomas tomorrow. At Dublin a government spokesman inti- mated the resignation of McNeill had removed cne obstacle to a settlement of the annuities dispute. Former Gov. Gen. McNeill, having re- linquished his office, left London for Ireland today. It was said authoritatively that there will be a meeting here tomorrow be- tween President De Valera and mem- bers of the British cabinet. It was expected Lord Hailsham, secretary for war; Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, and J. H. Thomas, secretary for do- minions, will particjpate in this meet- ing which will be Toncerned with the Anglo-Irish financial situation. BANKING LEADER DIES WAUKESHA, Wis., October 4 (#)— Andrew J. Frame, 88, dean of Wiscon- sin bankers and one of the most color- ful of the State's financial leaders, died today. Seventy years a banker, Frame was active until a few weeks ago as chairman of the board of the Wauke- sha Nationa) Bank. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUBSUAY. ]‘LO(‘T(H’.ER 4. Cloudburst Blamed for This Wreck 30 BELIEVED DROWN WHEN TRAIN IS SWEPT INTO STREAM. FALSITY CHARGED INUTILITY'S BOOKS Examiner Says Evidence of Work in $2,550,000 Item for Building Lacking. By the Associated Press. | Examiner Charles Nodder today told the Federal Trade Commission that there was “no evidence obtainable” that the General Construction Corporation | of Washington, D. C,, had actually done ;any work for the $2,550,000 construc- tion cost item charged to the accounts of the Clarion River Power Co.'s books for building the Piney Hydro-Electric project on Clarion River in Pennsyl- vania. Nodder testified in the investigation | of public utilities that has been on since ordered in 1929 by the Senate. He submitted a formal report of his find ings of the Clarion River Power Co.s financial structure. This company was acquired by the Associated Gas & Electric Sygtem in 1925 and the total book cost wi listed | at $10,985,729.63 on January 1 of thal year. 1932. CLOUDBURST DEAD SOUGHT IN BOX CAR Bodies of 15 Victims Believed Buried Under Tons of Dirt. ' By the Associated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif., October 4— Apparently buried beneath tons of mud and rock, a freight train box car that may contain the bodles of i3 men and possibly two women was sought today by county authorities seeking to defi- nitely determine the death toll of the Tehachapl pass cloudburst. A tentative death list of 20 has been fixed, which included those trapped in the “death car.” The 15 were itiner- ants riding on the freight train, which was swept from its tracks at Wood- ford-Keene, by a 45-foot wall of water rushing down the Tehachapi Creek bed last Friday. Nine Bodies Recovered. Nine bodies have been recov:red and five identified persons have been given up for lost. So terrific was the force of the water rushing down the mountains that sev- eral box cars and a locomotive were buried in the debris, and it may be The inquiry today, however, was di- rected at the company’s development from 19i2 to December 31, 1924, when | it was disposed of by H. D. Walbridge | & Co. of Washington. | Walbridge Co. in Control. | Walbridge & Co. controlled the Gen- | eral Construction Corporation, Nodder | said, at the time it was given the con- | tract for construction of the Piney4 project. | ‘Relative to the charge of $2,550,000 | made by the General Construction Cor- | poration for general engineering and supervision, there is no evidence ob- tainable that any work was actually done by that company,” Nodder said. | “All the available information indi- cated that the charge made by this company covered discounts on securi- ties as well as a possible bonus to some company.” Nodder testified that the actual wi in constructing the Piney project w dene by Charles B. Hawley & Co. of Washington for a flat fee of $400,000 and that vouchers showing expendi- tures totaling $4,420,907 were in evi- | dence. | Nodder presented a report from the Clarlon River Pcwer Co. to the Federal | Power Commission on December 31, 1924, listing the expenditures claimed by the promoters and constructors of the project ! An expenditure claimed by J. R. Paull, who promoted the development, | was listed at_$451000; expenditures | claimed by H. D. Walbridge & Co., $2.- | 929328, and expenditures claimed by | the General Construction Corporation of $7,605,401, or a total of $10,985,729. In a summary of the payment for construction of the Piney project, Ncd- der listed total reported disbursements | at $10,985,729, with physical assets at $5,922,629 end discouni or intanglble ascets at $5,063,100 At the same time, however, he sub- | mitted to the Trade Commission a re- | port of Examiner Tomlin of the Fed- | eral Power Commission, showing ex- penditures of the General Construction Corporation, backed by vouchers, at | $4.420.907 with intercompany trans- actions, including the $2,050,000 item of the General Construction Corpora- | tion at $2,986.957, with land purchases | ing to $44,736, for a total of $7,605,401. Increases Authorized. Nodder testificd that J. R. Paull of Pittsburgh, who promoted the develop- ment of the company, had entered into an agreement with H. D. Walbridge ‘& Co. in 1920, but that the deal was not Walbridgg & Co. acquired 51 per cent of the common stock at a value of $65,000, Nodder said. The board of di- rectors then authorized an increase to $20,065,000 in stock and an increase in bonded indebtedness “from nothing to 25,000,000 The stock was alocated at 650 shares of common at $100 a share; $15,000,000 class A. 8 per cent preferred stock and $5,000,000 in participating stock. | “During the course of the examina- tion, attempts were made without suc- cess by the examiners of the Federal Trade Commission to secure the records of H. D. Walbridge & Co. of Wash- ington, D. C., and the contractors and engineers, C. B. Hawley & Co. of Wash- ington, D. C., with respect to the con- struction and financing of the Clarion vdro-electric project,” Nodder said. For this reason the examination had to be made from the other available records, consisting of reports of exami- | nations made by the represeatatives of the Pennsylvania Public Service Com- | mission, the Federal Power Commis- sion, the company'’s records, various fi- nancial publications.” \DAVIS JUROR GETS | CHOICE OF $100 FINE OR FIVE-DAY TERM (Continued From First Page.) Moore today in a strained voice, “is that T am sorry—I never meant to | harm any one.” “I am convinced,” said Judge Cole- man, “that there was no corrupt motive and for that reason I am not going to send you to jail” Moore said he was married, had no children and is unemployed. His oc- cupetion, he said. is photo engraver. The judge’s voice was kindly. Moore | stood before him, hat in hand, his eyes | watery. | ; Almost indistinguishable were some | | of Moore's answers, the nervousness in | | speak now and then. No formal charge of contempt was | would rather rely upon the mercy of | the court and have the matter dis- | posed of informally. Senator Davis' case is expected to be" called again next Monday, but, since | it would be impossible for the Senator | to obtain possible yindication before election and still conduct a campaign, | | the defense is expected to ask for de- | Tlay so he can devote his time to cam- paigning. | I, is likely the Government will de- , mand that Davis be tried with the oth- 1 ers under indictment. | ford Barron, Beliingham, Wash.; | identified perscns believed to be Harry | bodies are still missing, were: at $152,799 and an adjustment amount- | consummated until February 25, 1922.| davs before they can be located. ‘Two itinerants. James Tydings of Los Angeles and Willlam Harris, said they were riding in a car behind one con- taining at least 15 persons. Authorities were informed that at least two of the 15 were women dressed in men'’s cloth- ing. Authorities said possibly other cars of the freight train carrjed itinerants and automobiles with passengers may have been swept from the highway and buried. Names of Victims. The nine bodles recovered were those of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kadd and their son, Peter, jr., proprietors of & service station at Woodford-Keene; Mrs. Nell H. Cooper, Caliente telraph operator; Fred Kellser, jr.. Milwaukee, Wis.; Clif- erome Baker, San Diego, Calif., and two un- Moore of Bakersville, railroad brake- man. and Thomas Moore, Los Angeles, a cook. The five given up for dead, but whose Arnella Willlams. 2, a granddaughter of Mrs Cooper: A. H. Ross, rallroad engineer: John Tempest, Caliente: James Stewart and James Carter, itinerants. COAL LOSS BARED FOR D. C. CONSUMERS IN FAULTY SCALES ___ (Continued From First Page) of checking the accuracy of scales for weighing heavy merchandise. Fenton M. Fadeley, chairman of the coal division, further declared that the District did not obtain this needed equipment until representatives of the merchants’ association waged a persist- ent campaign before District Commis- sioners and members of congressional committees in favor of an appropria- tion for the item. Any implicaticn that only the con- suming public is the loser from inac- curate scales is unfair, Mr. Fadeley de- clared, since such a scale may work to the disadvantage of either the coal | dealer or the buyer. [ Dealers Back Move. % | Coal dealers of Washington, Mr. | Fadeley continues, are just as interested |in maintaining accurate scales as any one else. He pointed out that since in former years the District Weights and Meas- ures Department was nct equipped with ights or other equipment for check- ing the accuracy of scales weighing heavy merchandise, the merchants were | forced to borrow weights totaling_20.000 pounds from the Bureau of Standards in order to check their own scales. Because of the calls made on the Bureau of Standards for use of their weight measures, Mr. Fadeley con- tinued, the bureau recently notified the merchants that they no longer could borrow these measures. To meet this emergency, Mr. Fadeley said, his con- cern has just placed an order for the purchase of 20,000 pounds of weights so that it could make frequent checks against the accuracy of their scales. Mr. Fadeley added that one check he had made against the accuracy of his own firm's scales indicated that his firm had lost as much as $10,000 in one year by reason of giving overweight measure to his customers. Equipment Lacking. He pointed out also that until the District obtained the new weights and truck to check the accuracy of heavy duty scales, the local Government in- spectors were equipped with facilities for checking but 5 per cent of the total capacity of the larger trucks and scales of L. cealers. Mr. Fadeley made public & letter he wrote to Mr. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, under date of January 22, 1927, declaring, in part: “We have urged for many ye the | absolute necessity of having available & more comprehensive and adequate test for heavy-cuty truck scales. Year by year we have been handling larger and lorger equipment (trucks) carrying greater and greater loads. To meet these conditions we have replaced our scales from time to time until we are now operating six scales, each with a ca- pacity of 40,000 pounds. “In weighing cqal, we have always had two things in ‘mind, protecting the consuming public from short weights and protecting ourselves from giving overweight. The least variation in which, for our tonnage (well over 100,- 000 tons per year) amounts to a very Pleads for Tests. “We know that the present test is in- adequate and we are therefore inevitably drawn to the conclusion that it is per- fectly possible in spite of our #most care, that either the public or our firm could lose considerable sums of money each year. Such a condition can be corrected and we feel that every poseole step should pe taken toward that end. “We feel that continued fallure to have such a test available will be noth- ing less than criminal negligence.” CANDIDATES Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 4.— Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith says in the No- vember issue of the Red Book Maga- zine: “All political parties in the heat of campaigns talk about economy. No candidate ever gives any specifications. He never promises definitely what he proposes to do, and because the gen-| cral public takes that promise in a general way he does not feel any obli- gation to favor or to further any ad- ministrative change that promises econ- omy, and usually finds many reasons for opposing it. “In the coming election both parties are committed to it by their platform pledges. I go so far as to say that that means nothing unless m‘mwvmun gress which got just about nowhere.” part i SMITH TELLS VOTERS TO MAKE SPECIFY PLEDGE Advises Exacting Definite Plans for Improving Conditions Rather Than Accepting Vague Promises. citizen will display sufficient interest to find out how the man for whom he intends to vote feels toward such neces- sary improvement in the structure and framework of the Government as will promote efficiency, eliminate waste, do away with duplication and help to lift from the shoulders and backs of the American people the burden of taxation that today is stifing industry, paralyz- ing individual effort and bearin, average citizen down to the groun + + + “We find both parties prom- ising governmental economy and con- solidation in their party platforms of 1928 and promising it again in 1932, with no definite step taken toward its accomplishment, aside from a feeble at- tempt made at the ]ast session of Con- September 30. creek bed and al HOOVER RECEIVES WARM RECEPTIN Raw Weather Fails to Keep Crowds Away From Train as President Speeds West. escaped death when he was thrown clear as the water struck (Continued From First Page.) really mean weather, have been suf- fcient to satisfy any one. As Mr. Hoover speeds on to the Iowa capital he is devoting his time between stations in a final redraft of the ap- peal he will make to the Nation, pa: ticularly to the farmers, when he speaks | tonight at Des Moines. ‘This last-minute redraft emphasizes the President’s realization of the impor- tance to his fortunes of his initial ut- terances. He will speak in territory considered hostile to the party in pow- er, where the agricultural interests are greatly agitated, where the effects of the general depression have been most severe and where Gov. Roosevelt exerted himself to capitalize for the Democratic party this hostility, unrest and suf- fering. It is the considered opinion of Re- publican leaders that the reaction to what Mr. Hoover will say will go a long way toward forecasting the out- come in November. Unquestionably his address will be the most important of the Republican campaign. Those who have had the privilege of reading pre- liminary drafts say tbe President will not merely answer Mr. Roosevelt's argu- ments but will effectively demonstrate the impracticability of msany of his formulas, principally his farm relief program. About 30 lives were believed lost. LOCOMOTIVE of the Southern Pacific system and a section of cars in a freight train, standing on a siding were swept into a stream when they were struck by a cloudburst in the Tehachapi Mountains, near Bakersfield, Calif., The engine, tender and one freight car can be seen bove them are the remaining freight cars, cne straddling the track. The fireman on the engine the locomotive. in the —A. P. Photo. MRS. HOOVER SH FOR CHILDREN OWS CONCERN GREETING TRAIN _First Lady Warns Crowd 3t Altoona Not to Crush Boys and Girls in Throx‘g to Meet President. By the Ac-oc'cted Press, ON BCARD THE PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL, EN ROUTE TO DES MOINES, Octoher 4.—Mrs. Hoover's gnile grew brighter today as she sped ' on toward the familiar fields of her birth State, Iowa, and the planned for Des Moines. The day promised to be a long and crowded one with early stops at Illinois stations, a large delegation boarding the train at noon time; homc State greet- ings at Davenport, West Liberty, Iowa | City and Newton in the afternoon; and fanfare at Des Moines re: the night. As the miles rolled past after the special train Jeft the Capital yesterday, Mrs. Hoover became more animated. Busy at Altoona. At the first stop, Harrisburg. Pa., she was content to remain within the ob- servation car, waving through windows at the platform gathering while her husband did the posing for the cameras. ‘The next halt, Altoona, found her the most active person in the busy rear platform interest center. She had changed from her starting | sut of light brown, with a darker brown hat, bag and shoes, to a green suit | with a ripply white blouse. She wore Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. re- porting today to Mr. Hoover on political conditions in States he visited on a Western swing, told correspondents he had assured Mr. Hoover his address would make a strong appeal to the wheat and corn States where a strong Republican appeal is conceded to be necessary. Busy on Special Train. no hat, and her white hair shimmered in the glare of Kleig lights as she lean- ed far out over the railing. greeting the Republican women leaders of Altoona Teception | ching on into | and waving the small boys and girls to_safer soots The children became really the chief concern of Mrs. Hoover as soon as the | train slowed. The band started play- ing, and the people began running toward her and girls to be careful and motioned to the adults behind not to press in. Afrald for Children. “I'm awfully afraid for those chil- dren,” she said, making little warning gestures clear across the platiorm as she walked to the other side to wave to the rest of the crow While the President was greeting the citizens of Altoona, Mrs. Hoover stood | with her arm across the shoulder of Marion D. Patterson, jr. a 6-year-old lad with a warm blue overcoat over his long-trousered white suit. As soon as her husband had finished, Mrs. Hoover borrowed the master of ceremonies’ megaphones so that she might be heard clear to the outskirts of the crowd. “I have something impcrtant to say,” she said. and everybody listened. It was: “A lot of little boys and girls are down here in front. And don't you big men and women push in and get them all crushed.” Small Marion scarcely breathed until he was back again in the arms of his | ther, Judge Patterson of Altoona, Wwhen he remarked, “I like that.” they sat in the latter's private car, and just as naturally the candidate had much to ask. In substance, he re- ported to his chief that the situation in this section has been bad—virtually critical—but that there sre unmistak- able signs of improving in the Presi- dent’s favor. He sald he expected this improvement to continue, especially as | & result of the boost to be given by the It has not been explained on the| presidential train just why this speech has required so much redrafting and re- vamping. Advance copies of about one- half the speech were given to the press during the forenoon. The remainder was promised before the train reached Des Moines. Mr. Hoover personally attempted to| explain his delay when asked this morning by newspaper men as he stood on the rear platform while the train was stopping at Englewood, a suburb of | greets Chicago. “A President has so many labors these days that he hits to wait until the last minute when it comes to speech | writing,” he answered. An improvised desk has been set up| in the President’s private car, and since | leaving Washington early yesterday aft- ernoon, he has s at this desk. either dictating to Miss Ann Shankey, his personal stenog- rapher, or in editing his own copy with a pencil. Only occasionally has the President found time to sit in idleness and look off at the countryside as it moves be- fore his car window, while he contem- plated upon his own political fortunes. ‘To those with whom he has chatted on the journey, Mr. Hoover has made it evident that he is fully mindful of the really important part this journey to the Midwest is intended to have in his campaign; that he and his campaign advisers are counting heavily upon it as the opening gun of a home-stretch drive to reclaim the revolting West. Feels Sure of Success. Mr. Hoover gives the impiession that he has a feeling—and it is not confin- ed to a hope—that he will be success- ful on this first campaigr trip in turn- ing the tide in the so-called corn and wheat section. that the agriculturists have been arcis- ed by agitators and have been whipped into unwarranted hostility to he Hoo- ver administration. To combat that sit- uation Mr. Hoover will present a clear picture of what has been done by him for the benefit of the farmer during his administration in an effort to off- set the effects of overproduction, in- adequate marketing facilities. drought and the destructive forces of general business depression. He has indicated that he will review in his speech tonight recent efforts to aid farmers facing disposcssion of their farms, financial assistance extended through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and arrangements for a moratorium on farm loans. Mr. Hoover's Des Moines speech is said to be very long in its present form. Unless the President does some trim- ming this address will take more than an hour to deliver, probably an hour and 20 minutes. His famous accept- ance speech took less than one hour to deliver. Dickinson Joins Hoover. Dufl':g.the early part of the fore- noon y the President laid aside his speech writing labors for more than half an hour while he talked with Sen- ator of Iowa, who came aboard his special train at Englewood, I The Iowa Senator, who is a mem- ber of the Des Moines Reception Com- mittee, will remain a member of the President’s glny throughout the re- mainder of his visit. He delivered the keynote speech at the Republican con- vention that renominated Mr. Hoover and since has been active in campal work in Iowa and other sections of Middle West. Quite naturally he had much to im- to the iyllhl.lun candidate as nt considerable time | He understands well | President himself. He added that thought is beginning to sink in out here that the election of Gov. Roose. velt would mean a continuation of the depression. A report of somewhat the same na- ture was brought to the President by George De B. Kein of New Jersey, sec- retary of the Republican National Committee, who joined the President’s party early last night at Harrisburg, Pa. Talked at Altoona. Candidate Hoover received his first of this expedition during his stop at Harrisburg. It was at Altoona where his train stopped an hour later, however, that he received his first big thrill of the campaign trip. It is esti- mated that more than 5,000 people were in the crowd assembled at the sta- tion there to voice their acclaim. To add to the enthusiasm there was a brass band, not really a good one, but enthusiastic and happy one, and it afforded the one touch necessary to make this demonstration ‘typical of old- time eampaign days. Altoona has been hit *ard by the depression, but re- cently large numbers of shop mren have been taken back to work st the huge shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad there. It was to this great crowd jammed about the train that Mr. Hoover made what might be described as his first train platform speech. When the yelling and cheering had died down sufficiently he said, “we are doing all a Government can do to sid its people.” He probably would have said more, but this utterance was greeted with a long, loud burst of cheering. Through the din Mrs. Hoover, standing beside her husband called reminder through & megraphone that there were many small children in the crowd and cau- tioned care. There was a good-sized crowd on hand when the train stopped at Pitts- burgh despite the fact that it was near. ly midnight. These faithfuls were not rewarded with a glimpse of the Presi- | dent because he and most of the mem- bers of his party had long since re- tired for the night. Senator Watson of Indiana was ex- pected to board the train when it reached Fort Wayne, Ind., at 5 o'clock this morning, but the popular Repub- lican leader of the Senate failed to put in an appearance. ‘When the President’s train crossed | the Mississippi River from Rock Island another huge crowd was waiting at Davenport to offer greetings. It was here that Gov. Dan Turner of Iowa, Mrs. Turner and the Des Moines Recep- tion Committee joined the presidential party. The President’s train moved slowly across the Mississippi to enable the President to view the plant on Ar- senal Island, one of the largest plants in the country, and to see the construc- tion works on the channel locks, Speaks at Rock Island. In a brief speech from the platform during the stop at Rock Island, Presi- dent Hoover predicted a wonderful de- velopment for that territory upon the completion of the 9-foot ehannel on the Mississippi River. . At least 5000 people were packed about the end of the Presidenl’s train, as he made his short talk. Representa- tive John C. Allen of the Rock Island district introduced the President with a few words of encouragement in which he predicted that this section would remain Republican in the forthcoming election and in which he praised Presi- dent Hoover for his courageous and sound leadership. ‘The President in response spoke as follows: “I deeply appreciate the cordiality | !and enthusiasm of your reception. It |1s most heartening. My many friends in Rock Island have extended most | hospitable invitations to me during the | past two years to visit your city. I re- | gret exceedingly that I have not been able to do so. I know you all realize the difficulties with which the country has been confronted and appreciate | that the greatly enlarged burdens upon the office of the President have made it | impossible for me to accept such pleas- | ures. Indeed, the duties of my office are still so pressing that I shall have ‘the opportunity to visit but few parts of our country during this campaign to ; talk* | | "“I should like to have had this per- | sonal contact, but I am sure you and | our other cities and states will realize that the work of the Government, with |its vast reconstruction program and |greatly enlarged administrative re- sponsibilities, must be given complete precedence in these difficult times. | Have Expedited Work. |, “Your city is directly participating in many ways in the reconstruction work of the Government, not cmly in speeding up of public buildings but, as | you know, I have been intensely in- | terested in the development of water- ways for many years. “TWo years ago we passed the neces- sary legislation authorizing constructicn of the full 9-foot channel for the upper Mississippi to inneapolis and St. Paul. The first point of attack on this great project has been at Rock Island. I have been keeping track of the prcgress of | the work. He have expedited it even | more rapidly than originally intended in order to aid unemployment. “The War Department’ informs me that the new locks are nearly com- pleted and. while the other works at Rock Island were contracted to be com- pleied in March, 1934, they will most | likely be completed at a much earlier date. We are also expediting work on the river above and we will see the full 9-foot waterway from St. Paul and Minneapolis to New Orleans completed much earlier than originally antici- pated. Full 9-foot transportation be- tween Rock Island and the other cities | on the Mississippi River system cannot fail to advance prosperity of your city. {, “I shall not attempt to discuss na- ‘Honl| issues with you in so short a time as this. I trust you may be able | to listen this evening to my statement | at Des Moines. I wish you to know ‘hov’ deeply I appreciate your coming | lfi mget me and the encouragement you | give.” DES MOINES CROWD ASSEMBLES. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 4 (£).— From every corner of the compass Iowa's Republicans streamed into Des Moines today to hear President Hoover, a na- tive son, and their candidate for re- election, deliver the opening address of huAmzt 9.‘;"‘,,"‘“ s party of the State’s leading Repub- licans, headed by Gov. Dl:‘ ’hxg:n. waited at Davenport to welcome the President to Iowa, and to accompany him on his journey across the State, leading up to a demonstration as he paraded h the city. The ident's special train was due to a in the city at 4 p.m. (Central standard time) and a crowded schedule intervened before his, departure about 11 p.m. Following the ‘parade he was to go with Mrs. Hoover to dinner at the home of Gov. and Mrs. Turner, leaving there to speak at the Coliseum at 7:30 .m. At the conclusion of his speech e was to go to the plaza of the State Capital and to the Shrine Temple for introductions before throngs gathered to hear the speech through amplifying apparatus. | A edmh mxc:)(mme and reception a: Tang y Iowa newspaper men scheduled bet; the conclusion of this ! | | l Again and again she warned the boys | MEXGD EXPELS PAPAL DELEGATE Deputies Calling to Request Action Told Order Had Begn Dictated. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 4.—Presi- dent Rodriguez today dictated an or- der expelling Msgr. Leopoido Ruiz y Flores, the Papal delegate, from Mexico. ‘When a delegation from the Cham- ber of Deputies called n him this afternoon to make formal delivery of a request by the Chamber that he expel the delegate the President informed them that the order already had been dictated. “I am very pleased at this demon- stration of adhesion by the Chamber,” he said. “It demanstrates again the friendship of revolutionaries. We are proceeding tegether. “I already have given the order that the papal delegate be sent from Mexico.” The Deputies expressed their thanks. The expulsion of the papal emissary is on the grounds that he is a “per- nicious foreigner” who has lost his rights of citizenship through the con- stitutional provision which stipulates that any person serving a foreign power loses his citizenship in Mexico. Msgr. Ruiz y Flores was awakened at 5 am. today and taken to the office of the secretary of the interior, where he was asked to wait in an anteroom off the secretary’s office until the order of expulsion should be served. It was un- derstood that he was treated with every courtesy. It was believed likely that he would | be transportea to the United States bor- der by airplane, although there was no announcement of when and how he would leave. DAVISON TO ACCEPT SECOND PLACE AND RUN WITH DONOVAN (Continued From Pirst Page) would accept the nomination for Lieu- tenant Governor if he were drafted. The presidential campaign of Gov. Roosevelt was the object of fire from Macy, permanent chairman of the con- r.enuon.hxn his address to the delegates t. ‘While,” said Macy, “the Democratic Governor of this State is out West tell- ing the people of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska all about the forgotten man, we here have besn wondering ‘how about the forgotten men and women of the State cf New York.' " Macy listed as an “indication of gen cral laxness” on the part of Gov. Roose- velt the executive's action on a visit pald Warden Joseph P. Wilson of Com- stock prison by Vannie Higgins, gang- ster slain recently in Brooklyn. “Was the Governor shocked when he heard of this?” Mr. Macy demanded. “Was he aroused to remove this man at once? Far from it. After several days the friend of the gangster was sent for and gently reproved.” Turning again to the “forgotten men |and women.” Macy renewed his attack on Gov. Roosevelt in his address to the delegates. “How about the forgotten families of ! the crushed and ruined depositors of | the Bank of the United States and the | City Trust Bank?” Macy asked. “How }lbout the unfortunates—not of Iowa, | Nebraska and Kansas, but the forgotten and deserted men of New York, Brook- lyn, Staten Island, Queens and the | Bronx—400,000 of them?” | Macy said that “we have the unusual and lamentable spectacle of a great party flushed with gratification over the misery of millions, because of the pos- sible advantage that they can see in | that misery for themselves.” | “In the face of mounting and depres- sive tax burdens in this State for the past 10 years,” Macy said, “we can be Justly proud that it was the Republican Legislature this very year that cut out of the Governor's budget—which he said was irreducible—$21,000,000. The credit for the economy goes not to Franklin Roosevelt, but to a Republican Legislature led by those two great Re- publicans, Joseph A. McGinnies and George R. Fearon.” Macy said Roosevelt was nominated presidential candidate “because he was the best available candidate and not because his administration was not im- peachable.” tour and the departure of his train for ‘Washington. Mez2nwhile, Mrs. Hoover was also booked for a full program in greeting crowds of friends from Waterloo, her home town, attending receptions, mak- ing whirlwind visits about the city and perhaps delivering short talks. The President’s speech was expected to deal largely with the farm problem, crop prices and the efforts of the pres- ent administration to improve the po- sition of the farmer. Harrison E. Spangler, Republican na- tional committeeman, today replied to Senator Harrison, Mississippi Democrat, who declared yesterday “Republican of- fice holders are frantic in persuading an attendance” at today’s gathering. “Our influence here has been more to reduce the crqwd rather than to obtain 1it,” Spangler said. Today's crowd was not exclusively made up of Towans. Huge motor caravans from Missourl and Nebraska made their way into the city early in the day and hundreds of other cars were on hand from Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and other Midwestern States. Leaders of the Farmers' Holiday As- sociation, sponsor of the recent farm strike, declared they intended to parade as planned as a protest against present farm prices. The parade was scheduled to begin and end at the Stafe House, starting 11:30 am. Cool weather prevailed in the city this morning and skies which were overcast throughout Monday had cleared. There were scores of persons from President Hoover's boyhood village of West Branch, ‘who arrived in automo~ biles, or in the President’s special train, to recall again the days when he was “Bertie” Hoover, and pledge support in his campaign for re-election, in the in- terests of which he will speak here tonight. | _ Mrs. Mollie Carran and Mr. and Mrs, Pred Albin, who still live in Quaker- built West Branch, prepared to board the special at West Liberty, envied by hundreds of their neighbors who count- ed on going to the station to get & glimpse of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Teacher “All Thrills.” Mrs. Carran, one of the President’s early teachers, ever since she got the invitation from the President a week ago, has prepared for this occasion. She was “all thrills,” she said. His, first teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler Sunier of Iowa City, hoped to go to the station there while the train paused for a few minutes. She did not plan, however, to come to Des Moines, Mrs, Sunier, who remembers “Bertie” as an apple-cheeked lad who could be trusted to sit in the back of the room, says she’s sure of his re-election “if people just stop to think.” Newt Butler, who lived a half block from Hoover's home in West Branch and frequently played with Bert in his father's blacksmith shop, is a Demo- crat, but he said he would vote again for the President. “It will be a close race, but Hoover will win,” he said. There will be others, too, who will feel today those strange emotions aroused by memories of childhood and contem- lation of the step Herbert Hoover took the little district school to the White House.