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WA (U 8 Weather Bureau Porecast ) Rain this afternoon tonight. tomorrow fresh south, shift Temperatures—H yesterday . lowest, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages11,12&13 I'HER. and tonight cooler cloudy and colder to northwest winds. est, 77, at 1230 p. Entered as sec 2)( 9. Tout omee, W, ond class muiter ashington, D. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, WASHINGTON, D. C, HOOVER IS TOLD HIS IOWA SPEECH HAS SWUNG TIDE TOWARD VICTORY: SMITH AND ROOSEVELT END FEUD President RapS:Hoover Stock Goes Up in Iowa DBemocratic Leaders. 12 POINTS GIVEN IN HIS PROGRAM Stories Denounced as “Deliberate Falsehoods.” The text of President Hoover's speech may be found on Pages A-6 and A-T. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT HOO- VER'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, Octo- ber 5.—After delivering in Des Moines last night a vigorous, fighting campaign speech in which he severely lashed his Democratic foes and offered a 12-| fold farm relief program featured;' by a pledge to a movement for refinancing farm mortgages and to use foreign debt payments for | the purpose of exterding markets for America, and in which he promised to take the Government out of price stabilization activi- ties, President Hoover is today As Result of Talk Last Night Real Enthusiasm in Mortgage-Ridden .‘ State Aroused by P BY G. GOULD LINCOL Steff Correspondent of The St; Hoover stock has gene up in Iowa, and it has taken a jump generally in this Western country | Tne reason given for this improve- | ment in the outlook for the Grand Old | Party is the Hoover farm program laid down by the President before a cheer- ing ard enthusiastic crowd which | jammed the Coliseum to hear him. i In a State which is farm-mortgage | ridden to a greater extent than any | other perhaps in all the Nation, the | President promised to recommend to Congress the passage of legislation re- organizing the Federal Land Banks and giving them the resources and lib- erty of action necessary “to enable them defiritely and positively to ex- | pand in the re-financing of the farm- | mortgage situation where it is neces- sary to give men who want to fight for t a_chance to hold their homes.” These are welcome words to the Towa ! | | DES MOINES, Iowa, October 5—| resident—Criticism | of Democrats Cheered. farmers as they are to farmers in all the agricultural West. Today the farm mortgages in round figures in this country reach the astounding total of $9,000.000,000. In Iowa alone the | farm mortgages reach $1,500,000,000 or more. One-half of the farms of the | State are mortgaged and it is esti- mated that within the last five years 25 per ccnt of all Iowa farm mortgages | have heen foreclosed. But not only did the President's farm program, of which the mortgage relief plan is only a part, please the Jowa farmers, but his attack on the | Republicans. " | was the shout of an enthusiast from the back of the hall, as the President was warming to his attack. | ‘The crowd roared its delight and the | President stopped and smiled. The | speech struck a note of deflance, sadly | now, where the Republicans have borne the brunt cf the attack from (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) | DONOVAN ATTACKS ROOSEVELT RECORD GARNER ASSALS HODVER PROMIES Foes at Chicago Shake Hands at Albany. BOTH SUPPORT LEHMAN’S RACE ‘ ‘Happyfirrior’ May Take Stump Now in Campaign. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. October 5— | Two hands clasped in floodlight lingered in the memory of Demo- crats today as they squared away for final tussels with Republic- ans. They were the hands of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith, who called each other “Al” and “Frank” as they grinned | lacking here in this campaign up until| oyer a common victory. Both had fought for the nomi- nation of Lieut. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman as Governor. As opposi- tion finally melted and succes arrived, they met on the plai- form of the Democratic State convention last night. Ten thousand pairs of eyes watched them. It was the first time they had met since before en headed back for Washington. Before leaving the Iowa Capi- tal near midnight last night and Launches New York G. 0. P. | the Chicago national convention, | where Roosevelt won and Smith ! lost the nomination for the presi- ' Sincerity or Ability Lacking, & MORNING EDITION ny Sfar. 1932—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. The Star's Carrier “From Press to Home Within an Hour” system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the paper: e printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 115,099 (®) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. YJusT BKON:'W ‘ou S WoULD MAKE uP AND BE GOOD LINTHIGUM DIES AFTER OPERATION |Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee Suc- cumbs at Hospital. | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 5.—Represent- ative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland, throughout the forenoon tele-| grams from individuals in all| parts of the country began to swamp him. The tone of these, as well as the individual comment of those Campaign in Accepting Nomination. \ | | | By the Associated Press. | BUFFALO,, N. Y. October 5.—Col Says Texan, Commenting on lowa Address. i By the Associated Press. In reply to President Hoover's Iowa who extended their compliments Wiiliam J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, mov- address, Speaker Garner in a formal to him at Des Moines after his speech, indicated clearly that Mr. | Hoover's first speech of the cam- | snip from the Democrats, criticized | fill, either his sincerity or his ability | Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and stated to make good his latest pledges is seri- paign was a complete success. ‘There is every reason for Mr. Hoover to feel today that he has greatly heartened the members of | ing quickly to the attack in the Re- publican drive to wrest the governor- | his own credo of government. His speech of acceptance of the his party, especially in the Mid- | gubernatorial nomination was made last west section. Already he has re- | ceived assurances of this. Already he has been made to feel that he| has, by personally assuming the | presidency from the day he took office | loaned hundreds of millions not to aggressive, started the turn of the | a5 Governor, and said that in so doing | & political tide in his favor. | Accepted as Answer. Unquestionably he has caused his followers to accept his utterances last night as a definite and aggressive an- &swer to the onslaughts of his Demo- cratic opponent, who was only recently in the corn and wheat section making & personal appeal for support. Today as the Republican candidate | reflects upor the tremendous ovations he has received in this section, and the satisfactory manner in which his speech has been accepted, he knows he has strengthened his cause and has| carried out the wishes of his campaign leaders that he would carry the fight directly to the Democratic_candidate. | Not once did he menticn Gov. Roose- velt by name, but he made undisguised reference to him. In a bitter indict- ment of Speaker Garner's leadership in | the House, Mr. Hoover was more per- sonal. “Deliberate Falsehoods.” ‘| When the President’s special reached | Fort Wayne he made his second direct | Teference to his Democratic opponents. | Greeted by a large crowd there, and talking over a specially arranged radio hook-up, the President called certain | references recently made to him “de- | liberate, intolerable falsehoods.” | “1 deeply appreciate your reception | and your expressions on this trip and | in the remarkable reception in Des | Molnes yesterday. I see a rising resolu- | tion and a stern determination to fight to a finish for the continuation of con- structive action in this emergency and | for the preservation of fundamentals in | our Government.” he said. “That is a | mission for every one of you individ- | ua wish to take the occasion of this meeting to say a word to you and to all the people of the great Midwest. Answers Personal Stories. “During my public Jife I have be-| lieved that sportsmanship and states- manship called for the elimination of | haersh personalities between opponents. | On this journey, however, I have re- | ceived a multituude of reports as to the widespread personal misrepresentations which have been promulgated in the Midwest in the past few weeks. I re- gret that the character of these per- sonalities necessitates a direct word | from me. “I shall say now the only harsh word (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) DAVIS CASE JUROR | PAYS FINE OF $100 Defense Attorneys Indicate They| Will Ask Delay in Senator's Retrial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 5— Henry F.| Moore, the juror who caused a mistriai in the, lottery trial of United States | Senator James J. Davis today paid a |j; fine of $100 for contempt of court. Moore was held in contempt by Fed- | eral Judge Frank J. Coleman yester- day for having called on Charles J Margiotti of defense counsel and in- formed him another member of the jury was attempting to prejudice the el against the Pennsylvania legis- tor. Judge Coleman gave him the choice of paying the fine or serving five days jail. lIn'lj'h! retrial in the Davis case is ten- tatively set for next Monday, but de- fense attorneys have indicated they would ask for a delay so that Senator | | night befare a throng that packed the | effect that he huge Broadway Auditorium. He ac- cused Roosevelt of campaigning for the Roosevelt imposed “luxurious govern- ment” on the taxpayers. His “credo of government,” in which he said “government must be of such a character as to be respected” served prohibition. Indorses Hoover's Stand. “It is,” said Donovan, “because of my belief that a straitjacket regula- ticn in our fundamental law impairs | the flexibility of our government and | destroys respect for the Constitution | itself that I have stated that I am for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “But,” he said, “I am of the opinion that President Hoover has met this| issue very squarely. | “His proposal affords a basis for all | of us, whatever our views, to meet to- gether and attempt to work out a| solution which by proper guarantees, | will eliminate a condition which. in | President Hoover's words, is resulting | in a degeneration in municipal govern- ment and an increase in organized crime and violence.” To the stirring, martial music of a | song dedicated by a group of New York | City World War veterans to “Wild Bill | Donovan of the fighting 69th,” Col. | Donovan became by tumultous accla- mation yesterday afternoon the Re- | publican candidate for Governor of New | York. | Unanimously—with no other candi- dates submitted against any of them— the entire ticket was nominated, Davison on Ticket. | F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- | tary of War and himself a candidate | for the gubernatorial nomination until | he withdrew on Sunday in favor of Col. Donovan, was nominated amid yells and the thumping of big bass drums for the office of lieutenant governor. By acclamation also the convention adopted a 2,000-word platform which | included a 14-word indorsement of | President Hoover’s stand on prohibition. | George Z. Medalie, United States at- | torney for the Southern district of New York, was given the third top place on the State ticket—the nomination for the United States Senate. A few minutes after the ticket was completed. an airplane roared away to Albany with the State ticket, which had to be filed in the office of the | Secretary of State by midnight. | Before adjourning the _convention sent to President Hoover in Des Moines, Towa, & telegram stating that “one of the strongest New York State tickets in years” had been nominated. BANDITS RETURN TUITION $2,687 in Checks Sent Back to Col- lege After Robbery. CHICAGO, October 5 (#).—Four hold-up men who spent a few minutes robbing the Chicago Medical College gave the college $2,687 in tuition. But it wasn't tuition for the hold- up men. It was $2,687 in checks which | students had given in payment for their courses. Not being able to cash the checks the thieves returned them | yesterday to the college by special de- very. They kept $900 in cash, taken when they held the college up last Monday. SENATOR IS IMPROVING Thomas Unable to Take Part in Idaho Campaign for 3 Weeks. ODING, Idaho, October 5 (#).—Sen- |ator John Thomas, ublican, of Idaho, is reported improving from an attack typhoid fever. Physicians said he likely would bs confined to his home for three weeks more and unable statement today said “if we judge the promises he now makes in the light of | thosz he has made and failed to ful- ously open to question.” | The text of the Democratic vice | presidential nominee follows: | “President Hoover's statement to the | is using his good offices to prevail upon .the land mortgage ccmpanies and other financial institu- tions to which the Government has | oreclose upon homes and farms is in- | dicative of the inconsistency that has characterized his entire administra- | tion. “The President vetoed the measurc that would have assured farmers the credit necessary to prevent foreclcsure. He asserted at that time that it would | |as & prelude to his observations on|make the Government a pawnbroker, | and insisted that loans be extended | only to a select clientele. After ex- | tending the loans he states that he now endeavoring to induce those who have secured the millions of Gov- ernment credit to be lenient with the farmers and home owners whose mort- | gages they hold. | “Credit to Select Few.” | “I am not criticizing the loans to | banks, insurance companies, land mort- | gage companies and other financial | organizations, but it must be obvious | that extension of credit to a select few | only cannot bring to this country the maximum benefits that should nccm;} of from the release of this great volume credit. “The farmers and the home owners | who have acceptable collateral are as| much entitied to that credit as any cor- poration or ccmpany with equally ac- ceptable collateral. The theory that Government_credit should be extended | to a select few and that the Govern- | ment should then supplicate the ben!-; ficiaries of this credit to be lenient with | those whose mortgages they hold is| contrary to a'l precepts cf business or | common sense. “President Hoover is again denounc- | ing what he termed ‘pork barrel’ legis. lation enacted by the Democratic | House, but is taking credit to humuself for all public construction ncw being | initiated. 1 “He states that the Democratic Lill| was for ‘mon-productive and unneces- sary works,’ but ther2 was not a reajor item in that bill that had not been rec- ommended by the administration. “He recently boasted that public con- struction was being inititated under the terms of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act. out does not mention the fact that this provision of the bill was included despite opposition of the administration and administration | leaders: Disputes Tariff Bill Time. “In the course of his Des Moines speech President Hoover said: ‘The facts are that the (Hawley-Smoot) tariff act was not passed until nearly cne year after the depression began.’ “Mr. Hoover approved the Hawley-| Smoct tariff act on June 17, 1930, yet in the previous March he was still as- suring a Nation that prosperity was just around the corner and the turn already in sight. The fact is that the | real depression found its inception from the moment Mr. Hoover affixed his sig- nature to the indefensible bill. “Hardly had the ink dried on the President’s signature of approval be- fore more than 40 of our customer na- tions prepared to strike back at Amer- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) DEADLOCKEb ON WAGES NEW YORK, October 5 (#).—Pre- liminary negotiations having ended in a deadlock, a wage disagreement between anthracite miners and operators will go before a conciliation boara of two men soon. Announcement that the board would | be chosen was made yesterday. Opera- tors have been seeking a wage cut, which would affect somz 149,000 miners. Officials of the United Mine Workers of America oppose the cut. P Quebec Church Destroyed. LANORAIE, Quebec, October 5 (#).— St. Joscph de Lanoraie Church, Roman Catholic edifice built in 1917, was de- stroyed last night by fire. The loss was estimated by officials at $80.000. Davis may return to Pennsylvania to campaign for re-election. to take any part in his campaign for re-election during that time. Valuable tings and statues were destroyed, e | dency. | “Comes From the Heart.” Smith, arriving to place Lehman in nomination, went on the approached the spot where Rcosevelt was standing. It was “Hello, AL” and “Hello, Frank” and then the handshake. Tumult drowned their further re- marks, but as reported by Guernsey T. Cross, the Governor's secretary, the dia- | logue over the handclasp was Roosevelt: “Al, this comes from the heart.” Smith: “That goes for me, t00." Duflni his speech, Smith referred to Roosevelt by name once. Reviewing his own efforts as Governor for social legis- lation, he said: “And when I left here on January 1, 1929, 1 left with a fecling of satisfac- tion because we handed that program to Roosevelt and Lehman." A few minutes later he expressed con- fidence that the Democratic national ticket would be successful. Makes Plea for Victory. “The Democratic party,” he said, “enters the field not shackled by any false pride, with no apologies for past mistakes, but with a platform and a program of progressive reform that will permit this Nation to go forward, that will bring it to a better day, that will solve its eccnomic problems, fts prob- | lems abroad, and lift from business the paralysis that is causing unemployment, and that can be accomplished by a Democratic victory, by the election of the Democratic candidates in the com- ing election.” Roosevelt, addressing the convention, praised Lehman and said that under Smith's governorship “this State was put on the map among all States as the criterion of successful State govern- ment.” “I look forward,” he continued, “to | January 1, 1933, when I turn over the reins of the State government to that splendid right hand of mine, Herbert H. Lehman “Yes, we can say ‘happy days are here again’ And with equal sincerity I look forward to the 4th of March, " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ROADS CONSIDER FURTHER PAY STEPS| Executives May Seek Compromise With President on Delay of Reduction. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Octcber 5.—Executives ' of the leading railroads of the country assembled here today to consider fur- ther steps in their move for a 20 per cent cut in the wages of rail workers. Reports in rail circles reflected a widening belief in the possibility that the executives would seek to compro- mise with President Hoover cn his stand for a postponement of action on the wage question until the end of the year. In some quarters it was believed '.hlt] the longer the service of the reducticn notices was delayed the greater the chances that reversion to the 1931 le would take place, since it is esti- mated that should all of the stages of the railroad labor act be gone through, at least 150 days would be needed to reach a settlement with the workers. The 10 per cent temporary reduction now in effect expires February 1. During a recess of the morning’s session it was reported that the roads might agree to defer action toward a 20 per cent basic cut until after the election. PERU NAMES DELEGATE Maurtua to Serve Here in Dispute With Colombia. LIMA, Peru, October 5 (P).—Victor M. Maurtua, prominent Peruvian jurist and former Minister to Brazil, has been ington, which will consider the dispute between Peru and Colombia over occu- pation of the border town of Leticia. It was reported here today that Lau- reano Garcia Ortiz will arrive on Sat- urday from Bogota to discuss the Leti- cia incident with the Peruvian foreign office, 4. platform. | | Shaking hands with persons there. he | tember 23 for treatment for a carbuncle ! chairman of the House Committee on | Foreign Affairs, died here today at the Maryland General Hospital He was taken to the hospital Sep- ! on the neck. Dr. M. L. Slater said he | improved following an operation to re- ;move it, but was held for observation | because he had been afflicted with diabetes. | Dr. Slater said his condition tcok 2 sudden change for the worse Saturday. | Examinations led physicians to believe the diabetes had become complicated by a bloodstream infection. Mr. Linthicum, a candidate for re- j election from the fourth district of | Maryland, served 11 terms in the House of Representatives, having been elected | for the first time in 1911. Completing 22d Year. Representative Linthicum is one of the House veterans and in addition to being chairman of the important For- eign Affairs Committee, is a member of the Interparliamentary Union. He | 15 ocmpleting his twenty-second year of ;ccmmuou; service in the House. | He was born at Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md, 65 years ago. After graduation from the State | Normal School, he became principal | of Braddock School, Frederick County, and later taught in his native county. He tock a special course in the his- | | torical and political department of | Johns Hopkins University, and later | was graduated from the Law School of the University of Maryland. He has maintained law offices in Baltimore for more than 40 years, and most of that time has been in partnership with his brother. Representative Linthicum was elected to the House of Delegates from the third legislative district of Baltimcre in 1903. | Two years later he was elected to the State Senate. In 1908 he was elected a presidential elector and the same year was judge advocate general on the staff of Gov. Crothers. | Active as Democrat. | He always has been an active Demo- c:at, reccgnized as a party and civic | leader in all humanitarian and welfare | causes. He also has been cne of the | leaders in the fight against prohibition. | His wife was Miss Helen A. Perry, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John L. Per- | Iy of Sarotoga Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Lin- | thicum has been prominent for many years in D. A. R. Activities. Laborites Back Socialism. LEICESTER, England, October 5 (®). | —Sweeping aside the objections of its | leader, Arthur Henderson, the Labor | party ‘conference today carried a reso- | |lution declaring the establishment of | |a Socialistic state to be the main ob- jective of the party. New and Better Things The buying public is now in- terested yln better furniture, clothes, food and everything else that makes for better liv- ing. The taste and culture of the people are on a much higher lane. It is their demand for tter things L&hat sfi!;ml;t:: buying and puts people bac! wo’l"k gto crepnw the things to satisfy their desires. The Star is the great market lace, and advertising in The gt.ar the super-salesman for ‘Washington. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display The Evening Star. .. 37,621 12,245 7,965 2d Newspaper 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper 5,738 5th Newspaper. . ... 2,914 Total Twniew 28,862 ! 1 \ | | | GRIFFITHISSILENT ONNEW MANAGER Sam Rice, Joe Judge and qu‘ Cronin Mentioned to Suc- ceed Johnson. | ‘BY JOHN B. KELLER. With Walter Johnson one of the Nation's sports idols, through as man- | ager of the Washington base ball club, | Clark Griffith, president and a prin- cipal owner of the organization, de- clared today he still was uncertain as to his choice to succeed the man who guided the Nationals through the last four American League campaigns. Asked this morning as to Johnson's possible successor, the Washington club executive insisted he had “given no | thought to the matter,” although he admitted the decision to part with Johnson was made last week and that ~ | the then manager was so informed at AN ——— 9 1 - /4 REPRESENTATIVE LINTHICUM. | semi-weekly | Utility Magnate’s Brother Refuses to MARTIN INSULL'S ARREST IS ORDERED Chicago Officers Take Off for Toronto to Get Magnate’s Brother. | | | the_time. Griffith was particularly pressed as to whether a present member of the Na- tionals would be elevated to the man- agerial position. The names of Sam Rice and Joe Judge, with the club since the Fall of 1915 and the oldest Nation- als in point of service, were mentioned and also that of Joe Cronin, the star shortstop of the club, & youngster in service and base ball experience, but wise in the strategy of the game and a proved fiery field leader. ‘Walter Not Criticized. As each name was suggested. how- ever, Griffith persisted in answering, “I've given no thought to the matter and probably will not do so for another | week or two. By the Associated Press CHICAGO. October 5—Two repre- sentatives of the State's attorney office left today by airplane for Toronto, On- tario. bearing a capias for the arrest of Martin Insull. Insull. nam>d with his brother Sam- uel in indictments charging embezzle- ment, larceny, and larceny by bailee in connection with the collapse of the | Insull Utility system's financing com- | panies, was reported to have left Orillia, Ontario, tcday by train for Torento. Boats to Be Watched. State's Attorney John A. Swanson announced he had asked the chief of police of Toronto and Honorable E. Bayle, dcputy attorney genmeral at Toronto, to watch all boats and trains | for Insull. | Extradition of the Insulls today | hinged on Cook County’s finances. | Gov. Louis Emmerson assured State's | Attorrey John A. Swanson that the | State would be glad to request the Fed- | erad Government to start proceedings | for the return of Samuel Insull. sr., from France and his brother Martin from Canada to face trial on charges | of embezzlement and larceny if the | county would guarantee the cost of the proceedings. Attaches of Swanson's office _esti- mated the cost at about $10,000. Twice, | previously, however, the Democratic | County Board has refused the Repub- | lican prosecutor funds for investiga- tion of the collapse of the Insull utili ties holding companies. “It is now up to the County Board | to say whether the Insulls should be | extradited and prosecuted,” Swanson | said. “I have done my duty. Reaches Speedy Climax. Swanson’s “duty” reached a speedy climax yesterday, when a county grand jury deliberatad less than an hour in | making its decision to indict the | brothers, once czars of a utility chain | extending over the United States and Canada. The indictments charge that $514.- 942.74 was taken from Insull financing companies to support a marginal stock brokerage account maintained by Mar- tin Insull. Bond was set at $75,000 for Martin Insull and at $50,000 for his 72-year-old brother. Repercussions of the Insull explo- sion continued in another court pro- cedure when an audit was filed in a bankruptcy action for the Public Serv- ice Trust, an Insull subsidiary. The report indicated loans had been granted to individuals and corporations without collateral. Several of the loans remain unpaid. INSULL REACHES TORONTO. Discuss Case. ‘TORONTO, October 5 (#)—Martin Insull, indicted in Chicago on charges of embezzlement, arrived here from Orillia today. He refused to talk to newspaper men. RECEIVERS ASK R. F. C. AID. Want Loan of 21 Millions for Holding Company in Midwest. | his home in Alta Vista, Md. CHICAGO, October 5 (#).—The re- ceivers of Middle West Utilities Co. (cmum?'nnz.oumu Other than “it was done as part of a house-cleaning job on the club,” Griffith would not say why he had removed Johnson. “I have nothing to say against Walter's work,” the Washington president declared. Johnson could not be reached. At it was said he was in Baltimore. When it be- came known late yesterday that John- son’s term as manager of the Nationals had ended. reports from various sources said he was in line for the management of the Baltimore Orioles of the Interna- tional League, the position now held by Fritz Maisel. However, Charles H. Knapp, president of the Orioles, stated | today ihat his plans for next year do | not include Johnson. Not Wholly Unexpected. Johnson's discharge was not wholly unexpected, for since the early part of the recent American League campaign rumor persisted that President Griffith would make a change before the 1933 season began. This rumor was based partly on the fact that Johnson, after completing a three-year contract as field general of the Washington club last Fall, was given only a year's con- tract, and partly on the general knowl- edge that Griffith was not so well satis- fied with the playing of his club during Johnson's three-year term. Johnson was altogether responsible for the progress of the Nationals while he held the managerial reins. Although “(Continued on Page C-1, Column 1.) DECISION EXPECTED SOON | ON NEW YORK MAYORALTY Court of Appeals May Rule Today or Tomorrow on Status of McKee's Term. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. October 5.—The | Court of Appeals may decide today or tomorrow whether New York City shall elect a successor to former Mayor James J. Walker next month. One school of opinion, in which Tam- many Hall bulks large, holds that there should be an election this November. Another holds that Mayor Joseph V. McKee, a non-Tammany Democrat who moved up from the presidency of the Board of Aldermen when Walker sllgzn‘ed. should serve until January, The issue was argued before the State’s highest court yesterday. OLD RIVER BOAT BURNS Steamer Franklin Plied Delaware for More Than 50 Years. PHILADELPHIA, October 5 (#).— The old side-wheeler excursion steamer Franklin, which plied the Deslaware River for more than half a century as a pleasure craft, burned to the water’s edge and sank today at its berth along the south wharves. For a time flying sparks threatened the plants of the Mifflin Alcohol Co. and the Sinclair Oil Co. nearby, but a heavy rain began to fall. ‘The ship, built in 1876, formerly was called the Columbia. age C-3 GLASSFORD TO ASK BURKE'S DEMOTION IN'QUSTER FIGHT Police Chief Prepares Plea After Failure to Force Retirement. DETERMINED TO SHIFT INSPECTOR FROM J0OB Superintendent to Go Before Com- missioners Soon to Request Approval of Change. Defeated in an attempt to oust In- specter Frank S. W. Burke by the re- tirement route, Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, an- nounced today he would seek the ap- proval of the Commissioners for re- moval of the detective chief to another position in the department. Findings of the board of police and fire surgeons which subjected Burke to a rigid physical examination make it impossible for the police retiring board legally to retire him for physical dis- abilities. Burke, therefore, must re- main in the department, but Gen. Glassford said he will not continue as chief of detectives if he can prevent it. _The official report of the board’s find- ings was submitted early this afternoon to Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant superintendent and po! el offic Only the conclusions we: ade public, “In the opinion of the Board of Surgeons,” the report said, “this is_physically fit for regular ;. The report was signed by Dr. Daniel L. Borden, chairman of the board. An order stripping Burke of his rank as essistant superintendent and assign- ing him to other duties will be prepared before the end of the week, Gen. Glass~ ford said, and submitted to the Com- missioners in time for action at the board meeting Tuesday. Gen. Glassford confidently expeccts ap- proval of the order. Action Due on Davis, Gen. Glassford also is said to be con- templating sending another order to the Commissioner for approval—an order that would demote Inspector O. T. Davis to the rank of captain. Davis, the first victim of the drastic police reorganization plan, was transferred _man !last week as head of the Crime Pre- vention Bureau to commanding officer of the second inspection district. Gen. Glassford would neither deny nor affirm the report that he plans to demote Davis, but from reliable sources it was learned he considered such a step several days ago, but wanted to await the outcome of the Burke case before taking definite action. Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, Com- missioner in charge of police, conferred with Gen. Glassford this mcrning at the District Building, but the impend- ing personnel changes were not dis- cussed. At the suggestion of Gen. Cros- by, all questions of personnel, Gen. Glassford said, were deferred until next week, when the Commissioners propose to give full consideration to the Burke {case and other changes that may be recommended. The report of the Medical Board, showing Burke physically fit for cor tinued service, apparently did not s prise Gen. Glassford. Burke, likew: was not surprised, since he had ex- pressed the belief, when the six phy: cians on the Board of Surgecns had finished with him, that he passed the examination. Decision Unchanged. Gen. Glassford emphasized that the findings of the Medical Board would in no wise change his decision to remove Burke as head of the Detective Bu- reau, and place in this important posi- tion Cept. Edward J. Kelly, veteran criminal investigator. “I have not changed my mind one bit," he said The report of the physicians. ever, changed Burke's pians. preparations to go before the Comm: sioners next week and seek public v dication of the police superintendent’s charges that he failed to co-operate with him. Inspector Burke thus far has not re- ceived coples of the two reports Gen. Glassford submitted to Commissioner Crosby outlining his reasons for shak- ing-up the Detective Bureau. “Until I see those reports,” Inspector Burke said, “I will not be able to pre- pare my defense, because I don't have the slightest idea what Gen. Glassford told the Commissioners. All I know is what I have read in the papers.” ‘The Police Retiring and Relief Board will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the board room of the District Building to consider the report of the Medical Board. In view of the findings, how- ever, the board, it was said, must reject Burke's application for retirement. Burke said he filed the application, assuming Gen. Glassford had the ap- proval of the Commissioners wiien he told him to apply for retirement or else accept a demotion. After filing the application, he declared, he learned Gen. Glassford had acted on his own imtiative, and for that reason he pro- poses to fight the move to oust him. The police situation will be discussed at a dinner of the Public Order Com- mittee of the Washington Board of Trade Monday at 6:30 p.m. Several po- ice officials are expected to attend. Odell S. Smith, chairman of the come mittee, recently criticized Gen. Glass- ford for his efforts to oust Inspector Burke without giving a good reason. . DEMANDS HOFSTADTER | REFUSE “TIGER” BACKING Republican State Chairman Asks Investigator to “Partially Atone.” By the Associated Press BUFFALO, N. Y, October 5—W. Kingsland Macy, Republican State chairman, today called upon State Sen- ator Samuel H. Hofstadter, chairman of the Legislative Committee which in- vestigated New York City's government, to refuse the Tammany Hall indorse- ment for election to the Supreme Court bench. In a telegram to Hofstadter, Macy said that “the finest minds of the Re- publican party feel that you have stul- tified our party in a way for which you can only partially atone by refusing the designation.” Macy said that he must “demand” such a refusal by Priday night. That is th; last dg'.flhli‘;hlc‘:l‘ declina