Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair an colder tomorrow; lowest temperat night about 45 degrees; (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight tomorrow; slightly ture to- ntle southwest, shifting to northwest winds. ‘Temperal today; lowest, 45, at Highest, 64, at noon 7:00 a.m. today. Full report on page 16. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32,330. post office, Entered_as second class matter Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. HOOVER SPEAKS 11 TIMES TODAY IN ST. PAUL SWING; ROOSEVELT IN LAST RALLY Train Speeches and Madison Talk Slated. PRESIDENT HITS FOES’ ‘EVASIONS’ Prohibition’s ‘Evils’ Assailed, Dawes Loan Defended. BELOIT, Wis., November 5 (®.—Two colored men believed by the police to be tampering with spikes on the ties sup- porting tracks along which President Hoover’s special train Ban on Policemen " Talking Politics Is Break for Civilian By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, November 5.— You'll probably agree that citizens of Baltimore are lucky in one way—they now can have the last word with any policeman. All they have to do is walk up t5 orfe of the buecoats and make some crack like “What do you think about Roosevelt’s (or Hoover's) chances?” You've got him there, because Commissioner of Police Charles D. Gaither has issued an crder prohibiting his men from talking politics in_ public. HOOVER HEARTENED BY BIG OVATIONS was to travel were arrested near here at 4 am. (C. 8. T) this morning by railroad de- tectives. ‘The men were picked up at a curve near Waverly Beach dance pavilion between Beloit and Janesville, at a point where trains are forced to slow down. They were carrying a pinch bar of a type used in removing spikes. Informed that an attempt would be made to tamper with the rails, railway detectives lay in wait last night and ar- rested the men about 4 am. as they walked toward the curve. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL, EN ROUTE TO ST. PAUL, November 5.—Wielding as weapons the Republican tariff and the administration’s rehabil- itation efforts, President Hoover Midwest Party Leaders Tell President of Marked Trend for Him. BY RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT HOOVER'S CAMPAIGN SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA, November 5.—At Spring- field, Ill, President Hoover closed the first full day of his final campaign tour, scheduled to end on election day at Palto Alto, Calif., decidedly more confident as to his chances in the Mid- west section than when he entered upon his first invasion of this hltt]e-i ground more than five weeks ago. Throughout the day, as he journeyed through Indiana and Illinois and final- ly into Missouri, the Republican stand- ard bearer received assurances from | State leaders and others who came | aboard his train and talked with him | between stations, that he has reason | to feel hopeful of the outcome. | Speaking to newspaper men in the President’s party, these visitors said there is now no doubt about these so- | today stumped his way across the | political fields of Wisconsin after an early morning swing through | Tllinois. | During the day, as he headed | indirectly toward his West Coast goal, the President touched again upon some of the subjects he dis- cussed last night at St. Louis, where he asserted the Democrats were conducting a “campaign o.fv‘ avoidances.” including “evasions on the prohibition issue. His immediate goals today were major gpeeches at Madicon, Wis., and St. Paul. At Belvidere, Ill, just befcre crossing | into Wisconsin, the Chief Executive told | 3 railroad station crowd that his recep- tion was evidence of “the support you will give me November 8.” i Turning to the tariff again, the Presi- dent said it prctected Belvidere's indus- tries. i Depreciated currencies, he caid, have made foreign competition more severe than before. In the face of this, he added, the Democrats propose to Teduce the tariff. Earlier Mr. Hoover told a far-spread | throng at the Rockford, IIL, Railroad | Station that his administration’s efforts againct the depression were beginning to show “real results” since the Demo- cratic House adjourned and “we have | had a fair chance in a foir field.” | He repeated that 1000000 men had | gone back to work during the past four | months and that more men were re- turning to their “jobs at the rate of | 500,000 & month. Assails Tariff Claims. Renewing his attack upon Democratic | tariff policies, the Chief Executive as- serted that the Tariff Commission pro- | vided a court for which to alter import | duties without congressional “log roll- ing” and that it was “proceeding as fast as possible in the investigation of sl & Franklin D. Roosevelt, he declared, intends to destroy the commission. At the first stop of the day, in Free- | port. TIL, at 7:40 a.m. (Central standard time) Mr. Hoover did not speak, ex- plaining that it was difficult to make many open air addresses when speaking indcors also during the day and night. Someone called out “what's the mat- ter with Hoover” and those around the rear platform of his car yelled in reply, *“he’s all right.” ) i The first stcp in Wisconsin, home of the La Follette Progressive Republicans, was at Beloit, where Chauncey Yockey, grand exalted ruler of the Wisconsin Elks, welcomed the presidential couple as a representative of Gov. La Follette. The La Follettes are supporting the President’s Democratic opponent, Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. The crowd covered adjacent streets and roofs of nearby buildings. ‘-'rm.g is a great welcome to Wiscon- sin and a sign of what the State will o on election day,” Mr. Hoover said. The Presicent makes his St. Paul speech tonight at 9:30, Central stand- ard time. after the address at Madison, and 10 rear platform appearances along | he route. & From St. Paul he will dash across| the continent to his home in Palo Alto in order to vote election day. Stops en route to the coast will include a halt in Nevada, probably at Elko, for 8 final Nation-wide appeal election eve. The President will speak at Salt Lake City in the Mormon Tabernacle. The Chief Executive spoke at St. Louis last night before a crowd that jammed the 11,000-capacity Coliseum after a strenuous day that started before break- fast and included a formal address ac Springfield, I1l. Starting half an hour late because of his crowded program, the President was unzble to finish within the time reserved on the radio and was cut off the air to allow Roose- velt to speak. Hits Prohibition “Evils.” Discussing prohibition, for the first time since his speech of acceptance, the President repeated that prohll‘hlm?' should be changed to eliminate “evils’ and that States should be given con- trol of the problem, with protection from wet States and provision against re- turn of the saloon. His proposal, he said, “is the only practical common ground with adequate protection on which this whole question can reach solution.” called pivotal States. Their explana- tions of this feeling of confidence, in | spite of the admittedly discouraging | reports that previously had been cur- | rent. were to this effect: First, Mr. Hoover has strengthened tremendously his cause by personally entering the campaign and by his frank discussions of what is at stake in this election Second, a rapidly growing realiza- | tion that the Democratic nominee offers nothing definite Fearful of Change. And, finally, that the people now se- riously questior the wiscom of making a change at this critical period of the country’s recovery. In making their optimistic ;Iaimsi these State leaders were unanimous in saying the various polls and straw votes, which show Gov. Roosevelt in the lead in this part of the country, | are wrong as to the real trend. In dis- counting these polls and straw votes | they contend a great change in Mr. | Hoover's favor presented itself after | the votes in the straw vote polls had | been counted. | It is assumed that during their talks with the President these leaders voiced | the same optimistic views. Whether | or not a less rosy picture was given during more confidential and practical talks with the President is not known. One thing is known though, and that is that all this good news had one cloud, in the fcrm of discouraging reports about the raising of campaign funds in these States. This was especially true of Illinois. Emphasis was atjached to the significance of the situation, when it was said by one man in the party, who is assisting in collecting funds in Illinois, especially in Chicago, that he is at & loss to know where the needed meney is coming from to carry on a whirlwind fight up to election day. “We have succeeded in raising only $200,000 in Chicago for our war chest,” this man said, “which is about $600,000 below what we collected in Chicago for the campaign four years ago. virtually despaired of raising much more. I fear we will finish with a deficit.” An interesting angle to this tale was given by this same man when hé said that he had lost by death half a dozen of Chicago's real Republican angels. In listing this loss he names William Wrig- ley, the chewing gum magnate, who he said was always good for $50,000; Julius Rosenwald, head of Sears, Roe- buck, good for a like amount; James A. Patten, wheat speculator, who could always be counted on for at least $25,- 000, and Swift of the famous packing family, good for $20,000. Blames Radio Expenses. ‘This campaign fund collector went on to explain that in his opinion, while the radio has developed into a great medium for political exploitation and education, it has made national cam- paigns too costly. In this respect, he argued that the radio speeches should be shorter, and in saying this he did not exclude Mr. Hoover's speeches. Of course, this collector did not voice this sentiment to Mr. Hoover during the long confidential chat they had in the lat- ter's private car. Mr Hoover’s hopes were not so perceptibly raised on this journey merely on the strength of the optimistic reports from the group of smiling State chieftains. At each stop, and these have been 50 numerous that the President’s big special train has really suggested a slow, local train, there have been good sized crowds which liberally voiced their feelings. These cheering crowds unquestionably heartened and encouraged the President. Many times I have | Governor Ends His Campaign Tonight. SMITH TO JOIN HIM AT ‘GARDEN Both Score Hoover ‘in Meeting at Brooklyn. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 5.—The political team of “Frank” and “Al"—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith —reformed at the State conven- {tion a month ago, returned to New York City last night for a two- day presentation of their argu- ments for the election of a Demo- cratic “resident and a State ticket. The teammates began their metropolitan attack upon Repub- lican candidates at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tonight they Madison Square Garden. Both Roosevelt and Smith criticized President Hoover and the Republican party for conducting a “campaign of fear.” “When I think of the many people I have seen in this campaign,” said Roosevelt, “patient, steadfast, bitterly hurt in the collapse of our eco- nomic life, I feel that to take advantage of their deprivation to spread among them the gospel of fear is about the most reprehensible act of a campaign that has yielded many examples of un- scrupulous appeals for votes.” “When this campaign opened,” Smith said, “word came from Washington that the President was too busy to make a campaign and therefore he would make only two speeches. But the latest re- port is 14 speeches a day, with a hur- ried trip across the continent to the palatiat palace 2t Palo Alto. He feels the ground slipping under him. He feels the force and compact of the Democratic campaign based upon hon- esty, sincerity, fact and record. “President Hoover wouldn't have to make 14 speeches a day if in the be- ginning of his term he t:lked a little | plainer to the Ameriacn people.” Upholds “Sound Money.” Roosevelt said he had pointed out and driven home “by straight argu- ment, based on undisputed facts, that the administration of government under the gresem leadership in Washington has been distinguished by destruction, delay, deceit and despair.” Answering Republican which he described as “‘misrepresenta- tions,” regarding the Democratic posi- tion on “sound” money, the presidential nominee said: “The Democratic platform specifically declares ‘we advocate a sound currency to be preserved at all hazards.” That is plain English. In discussing this plat- form on June 30 I said, ‘sound money is an international necessity; not a do- mestic consideration for one nation alone’ The President is seeing visions of rubber dollars. This is only part of his campaign of fear.” And. asserted Roosevelt, “the Presi- " (Continued on Page 5, Column 7. GANDHI TO RENEW FAST UNLESS PACT RESPECTED Threatens Continue Hunger Strike if Caste Hindus Fail to Carry Out Agreement. to By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, November 5—Ma- hatma Gandhi, the Nationalist leader, threatened to renew his recent fast “unto death” today unless the recently negotiated pact of Poona was carried out completely by caste Hindus. The threat came in a statement from Poona. Jail, where Gandhi has been held on charges of civil disobedience for many months. The Mahatma only six weeks ago emerged from a six-day fast for elec- toral reforms. The abstentation from food was broken only when the caste Hindus agreed with their untouchable cousins on, equal citizenship for the unt:::ichsbleq progressively in a 10-year period. ‘The Mahatma said the government of India had given him permission to cam- paign against ‘“untouchability,” that doctrine that separates the Hindu castes and denies citizenship equality to the untouchables. The September fast was begun to prevent the British electcral reform for segregated untouchable representation going into effect. B — MONOXIDE FUMES FATAL Man and Two Youths Found Dead in Apartment. NEW YORK, November 5 (#).—A man and two youths were found dead a Ninty-fifth A gas flame that had consumed the oxygen in the room was police said, beneath a small still. The dead were John during the day he remarked that these t, 50, and his son, John, jr, 19, annd John Keller, 11. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) With President Hoover J. Russell Young, White House correspondent of The Star, is accom- panying President Hoover on his trip to the West. Mr. Young is a vet- eran member of the White House newspaper corps, having been at the ‘White House for 13 years. He is a former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Myr. Young's Dispatches Will Appear Daily i The Speaking of the Democrats, he said: “They know that their own Demo- tic_strongholds in the South, if no . (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) N Star During the President's Absence From Washington. will appear at a party rally in| though | arguments, of carbon mo?oxid'e pmsomngt today in apartment. i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., Co ST TWIXT Just oy You G ENTIALLY BILL,AND US,wHo ARE VOTE For? BRITIH HARCHERS ENTRAN FOR HONE Soviet Influence Charged Behind Trek—Moscow Letter Read. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 5—The main land in comfortable railway coaches at- tached to regular trains. ‘The railways offered transportation at the low rate of 11-3 cents a mile and the National Unemployed Workers' or- ganization, which sponsored the march on London, raised the funds. They got the money by public collections and from sympathetic organizations. Three coaches were attached to one train at Paddington Station bound West England and Wales carrying first detachment homeward. ‘Wear Red Rosettes. The police escorted the marchers through the streets of London in the | early hours quietly and without any | disorder. Most of the marchers wore new bits of red ribbon rosettes. Some of their banners and emblems were still flying. Others were furled and there was not much martial noise from biends and drum corps as when they ar- rived. As the train left Paddington a large emblem of the Soviet Russian hammer and sickle waved farewell from the rear coach and the departing “marchers” sang “the Red Flag"” At St. Pancras and King's Cross Sta- tions other trains started homeward with parties of the army aboard. Last night most of them attended final protest mass meetings at Green- wich, Rotherhithe and other districts, and adopted resolutions against the means test in the dole system. They demanded the release of men imprison- ed during the series of rigts that were precipitated by their presence. Shout for Living Wage. As 700 Scomsk})\ Ll:ncasmr: Ilfl'l_!r; tram through the smart shoppini strze?se‘sl Mn)‘[gnh' toward Euston &ta- tion they raised occasional shouts such as “we want a living wage.” . They thrust propaganda leaflets into the hands of mannequins and sales- girls at shop doors and toward fash- jonably-dressed men and women as well. Even the passing limousines did not | escape the shower. Dozens of mounted police and a strong force of patrolmen were on duty at Euston Station, where the “marchers’ entrained. There was no disorder. A direct interest of the Moscow Third International in British unemployed agitation was claimed to be shown by the contents of a long letter read yes- terday in Bow Street Police Court. The letter was read during a hearing of the charge of sedition against Sidney Job Elias, tha.\rmakn nfuthe Nntionnl Un- jemployed Workers’ Movement. 'I‘zhe prosecution charged that Elias was in Russia in September fulfilling instructions from an organization call the Profintern, which is the section of the Third Internationale aiming control the unemployed movements | throughout the world. Leader Denied Bail. The crown alleged Elias had writ- ten the letter while in Moscow to W. A. L. Hanington and Emrhys Llewellyn, Jeaders of the hunger marchers. The document conveyed the Profintern’s in- structions to conduct a campaign in Great Britain and directed the adoption of methods of opposing the police. It urged street agitations, promotion of strikes among the unemployed and pre- scribed the desirability of getting at least 10,000 men to join the hunger archers. mm-.s was remanded to jall and bail was denied him. WALLACE WILL Copy of Novelist’s Bequests Put on Record in Los Angeles. FILED (P)—A of the will of the late Richard H. Wallace, British novelist and screen writer, who died here last Feb- ruary, was filed in Probate Court yes- terday, dividing the estate between his widow and his children. The testament, dated October 1, 1926, was filed here to distribute the portion of the estate accumulated by ‘Wallace in his brief residence in Holly- wood, consisting of about $9,000 in cash and salary due. Ethel Violet Wallace of London, the widow, was bequeathed £2,000 from the whole estate and the money ac- cumulated through sale of the author's works and royalties collected was up- portioned between Mrs. Wallace and the children, B: Michael, Patricia and Margaret, E living in England. Radio Programs on Page B-12 ¥ body of the 2,000 “hunger marchers,” | who treked hopefully into London 10 | days ago, rode homeward today toward | Scotland, Wales and provincial Eng- | Reconciled Couple Obtain Injunction On Mothers-in-Law By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, November 5.—The life and marital affairs of Alfred and Ruth Pepin will be strictly | private in the future, for a Su- perior Court commissioner yester- day granted the young couple & Testraining order prohibiting the mothers-in-law from “meddling with or even telephoning their children.” The restraining order was re- quested after the young couple be- came reconciled and Mrs. Pepin withdrew a suit for divorce. Adam Beeler, counsel for Pepin, and Karl P. Heideman, attorney for Mrs. Pepin, joined in request- ing the order, agreeing that Pepin and his wife will be happy with their 15-month-old daughter Marilunn “if their mothers-in- law leave them alone.” MUSSOLIN GRAVS LARCEST AMNESTY Several Hundred Political Prisoners to Go Free and Others Get Cut. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 5—Premier Mus- solini’s long-promised amnesty for po- litical prisoners was approved by the council of ministers today. The official communique called it “the largest am- nesty ever granted in Italy.” It was understood that several hun- dred prisoners will be released and sen- tences of others will be reduced. Names of prisoners will be announced when the King signs the decree. It was considered unlikely the am- nesty would be extended to anti-Fas- cists living abroad, such as former Pre- migr Francesco Nitti, who lives in Paris, and former Ambassador Count Sforza. As the communique said that the amnesty would not be a total one be- cause “there are some necessary limi- tations regarding recurrent offenders and offenders at large.” Among other anti-Fascists abroad are Signor Nitti's nephew, Francesco Nitti, Capt. Lusso and Nathan Roselli who made dramatic escapes from Lipari Prison Island in 1929. The amnesty was Mussolini’s gift cn the occasion of the Fascict decennial. He promised it five years ago and again on October 25 last, when he said “the | than one of weakness.” hundreds of families who have rela- tives ccnfined on the Lipari Islands. There are about 1,000 prisoners on these two is'ands. They were sent there charged with conspiring against the government, for outbreaks against the to | regime, for membership in the Com- munist party or for other political rea- sons. men who tried to assassinate Mussolini would enjoy freedom. One of these, Gen. Zaniboni, was sentenced to 30 years when he was discovered with his rifle trained on the Duce from a hotel window in 1925. The other, Gino Lucettl, was given a similar sentence for throwing a bomb at the premier’s automobile in 1926. LEAP OFF BRIDGE FATAL TO WOMAN Miss Delphia Pollard, 25, Who Jumped From Taft Span, Suffers Relapse at Hospital. : | i g 55 -§s§ g git % i g : il ] £ ; £ i 8 E Jumped. | act would be a sign of strength rather | ® The news came as & great relief to It was problematical whether the two SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1932—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. L BOTH PARTESFLE EXPENGE EPORT G. 0. P. Receipts of $1,960,- 290 Compare With $1,427,- 118 for Democrats. By the Associated Press. The Republican National Committee’s final pre-election report today showed expenditures of $1,960,290 in the presi- dential campaign to November 2 and contributions aggregating $1.938821. In its final pre-election report yes- terday, the Democratic National Com- mittee showed expenditures to Novem- ber 2 of $1,261412 and receipts, in- | cluding loans and contributions, aggre- gating $1.427,118. The reports are made to the clerk of the House | The Republican Committee said it had a balance of $1,934 on November 2 and the Democratic Committee re- ported an unexpended balance of $165,- 706. Contributions between October 26 and November 2 were $384,004 and expendi- tures, $506,110, the Republican com- mittee said: Larger Donors Listed. Among the large contributions re- ported today between October 26 and November 2 were: | Republican Ways and Means Com- | mittee for Pennsylvania, $50.000; R. R. M. Carpenter, Montchanin. Del., $1 |000: W. B. Beckman. Lebanon, Ky.. | 810,000 John D. Rockefeller. jr.. Ni | York, $15,000. with'Mrs. John D. Rocke- | feller, jr., $500; Silas H. Strawn, Chi- cago, $9,000. The teport showed funds colleeted for State committees, and among the larger sums returned were: To the New York Republican State Committee, $72.000: Illinois. $30,000; Ohio, $33.000. and Missouri, $12,800. Other contributions received in the October 26 to November 2 period were: Five thousand dollars each from the | Indiana Republican State Central Com- | mittee, F. C. Mars, Chicago; the Nassau | Republican Committee, New York; Archer M. Huntington, Pasadena, | Calif.; Howard M. Hanna, Clevelan | Frederick T. Pisher, Hackensack, N |Nathan L. Miller, John Markle and Herbert N. Straus, all of New York. Give $4,500 Each. E. T. Weir, Pittsburgh, and Michael Gallagher of Cleveland each contributed $4,500, and Mrs. Charles E. F. McCann of Oyster Bay, Long Island, $3.000. Contributors of $2.500 each were H. H. Odiorone, Cleveland: Robert W. Goelet. Newport, R. I: Walter E. Frew, New York; Emil Winter, Howard Heinz and W. L. Melon, all of Pittsburgh. Contributors cf $2.000 each were A. A. Tilney. Plainfield, N. J.; J. A. Tintari, Chicago Heights, TIl.; Thomas E. Wilson, Chicago; Miss Helen Clay Frick, Cass Gilbert, Carl Tucker, William T. Dewart | and A. G. Hoffman, al! of New York. Democratic receipts between October " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) 700 Battle for 200 Jobs. NEW YORK. November 5 (#.—A police emergency squad was called out last night to control a crowd of some 700 men answering an advertisement of the Purness Line for 200 stevedores. ‘The first 200 in line got the jobs. Po- lice had little difficulty restoring order. Life of Evangelist Saved When Bullet Strikes Prayer Book By the Associated Press. CROOKSTON., Minn.. November 5.—Plunk, went hlw{mlletnh'(:m : \wayman's DI as it strucl E:E; Pries, an evangelist, in the ‘Whereupon he was thankful he was carrying his prayer book, for the bullet struck it and thereby saved his life. ‘The highwayman took $69. t election tomorrow in Associated service. %% (#) Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the pening Star. | Yesterday’s Circalation, 118,355 Press news TWO CENTS. BRITAIN WILL PAY U. 5, $10000000 ON Will Warn This Is to Be Last Rentittance Under the Present Basis. EXPECTS NEGOTIATIONS TO FOLLOW ELECTIONS Further Depreciation of Empire’s Gold Reserves May Result From Payment. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, November 5.—Great Brit- ain will pay its December 15 installment on the war debt to the United States. This information the London Daily ‘Telegraph is able to state today posi- tively. ‘Whether Great Britain will make the payment from the Bank of England's gold reserve, further driving the country from the possibility of return to the gold standard, or from its depleted reserves of foreign currency, is not yet stated. The Bank of England has roughly £6,- 000,000 more gold in its vaults today than when Britain went off the gold standard. By whatever means, Britain, upon making its payment to the United States, will simultaneously announce that this is the last such payment un- der the present basis and that new ne- gotiations must be opened after the American elections. | The December 15 payment, with half a year's interest plus principal, at the current rate of exchange amounts to £30,000,000. or roughly $106v,000,000. In the last six months Britain sold to the United States only £8,750,000 worth of goods. At this rate Britain's war debt year are equivalent to the proceeds from four years'.exports to the United States. As Britain is America’s best customer, |and during the same last six months | purchased £44,000,000 worth of Amer- |ican goods, it runs a heavy adverse | trade* balance with the United States | which “the debt peyments virtually | double. The British, therefore, declare that revision of the Anglo-American war | debt settlement is, just as vital for the American export business as it is for the British. (Copyright, 1932.) - |FRENCH FRIENDSHIP FOR GERMANS URGED | Radical Socialists See Other Hopes Than Military Among Former Enemies. | | By the Associated Press. TOULOUSE, France, November 5.— A report on foreign affairs which as- serted Prance should establish real friendship with Germany, was read to- day to the convention of the Radical Socialist party of which Premier Herriot is a member. “In spite of indications of military | spirit in Germany and the reappearance of ambiticns to restore the monarchy, we believe there exists other sentiments and other hopes among the German people,” said the report. It was read by Prancois de Tessan, vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Touching upon disarmament, the re- port said France's attitude toward the | Hoover plan proved that French col- laboration in all measures tending to restore world confidence was readily forthcoming. “The Government in | Washington appreciates our good will,” | the report went on, “and there are many indications of a notable ameliora- tion in Franco-American relations.” | One thousand party leaders are here for the convention which political cir- | cles look upon as highly important in- asmuch as resolutions adopted in the final sessiocn may indicate future policies of the Herriot government. HOME IS BOMBED Blast in Chicago Is Blamed on “Po- litical Enemies.” CHICAGO, November 5 (P).—A pow- erful bomb exploded early today on the lawn at the home of Bernard A. Weaver, chief State factory inspector, damaging the vestibule and breaking all the win- dows of the house, as well as those in nearby stores and dwel places. Weaver blamed ‘“political enemies” for the bombing, which, police said, caused about $500 property damage. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver and their five children were shaken by the blast, but otherwise were unharmed. —_— FISH USED IN BARTER Family Supplies Obtained on Ste From Huge Sturgeon. NAMPA, Idaho, November 5 (#).— Lack of cash does not prevent Charles Chadwell, Walker Ferry fisherman, from providing his family with food and clothing. With steaks from a 250-pound Who Will Win the Election? The Star's final State survey previous will appear The Sunday Star Be sure to get your copy, for it is thinking and how will show you what the country 1t 1s expected to vote. payments to the United States in one ! INSULL DECISON BY ATHENS COURT DEBTS DEC. 13 EXPECTED TODAY Attorney Argues Former Utiti- ties Operator Cannot Be Extradited. HOLDS GRECO-AMERICAN TREATY NOT RETROACTIVE Examination Shows Chicagoan Suf- fering From Myocarditis, Dia< betes and Low Blood Pressure. ATHENS, Greece, November 5 (#). —The Greek Court of Appeals this evening confirmed the arrest of Samuel J. Insull, former Chicago utilities operator, who is held here for extradition to the United States. The court's decision means that the financier will be detained while extradition negotiations are pro- ceeding. By the Assoclated Press ATHENS, November 5—A decision in extradition proceedings against Samuel Insull probably will be handed down late this afternoon by the Court of Appeals, it was indicated today as de- fense counsel completed a plea for his client’s release. Cristos Ladas, representing the for- mer Chicago utilities operator, con- tends that Mr. Insull cannot be extra- dited to answer an indictment for em- bezzlement in Chicago, since the new Greco-American extradition treaty is not retroactive. He supported this con- tention with a declaration that he would place in evidence documentary proof of his client’s innocence. Decision was reserved after this plea, but the court will reconvene this after- noon. Insull Present in Court. Mr. Insull appeared in person, look- ing tired despite the special privileges accorded him at police headquarters, where he spent the night. He took no part in the proceedings, but followed with the closest attention the argu- ments of his attorney, though he under- stood not a word of the proceedings, which were conducted in Greek. Physician Reports. A physician acting for the Court of Appeals reported that Insu.l was :uf- fering from myocarditis, diabetes and low blood pressure, The authorities were firm in their Ameriean 1o paics. Beadguariers ek ican police ' s until the court . decreed otherwise. The formality of arrest at police headquar- ters yesterday apparently was a hard one for Insull—harder than his first brief detention when he arrived here a few weeks ago. He went silently through the proceedings with spectators looking on. ‘When it was all over he turned to them and, his voice choking with emotion, asserte “I don't care. Dinner at Hotel Permitted. ‘The American was permitted to re- turn to his hotel with his attorney and the police director for dinner. He re- turned to headquarters at 8 pm with a small suit cace containing fresh linen and went to the same guest room, with bath adjoining, he had occupied before. Insull's license to remain in Greece hes been renewed until July 1 next year, it was learned today. In this case, said M. Ladas, the court must take into consideration not only the time of Mr. Insull's entry into Greece, but also the date of the of- fenses he is alleged to have committed. Those offenses, he said, appear to have taken place some time in January of this year, “long before the extradition convention was signed and ratified.” The laws specifying cases subject to extradition, he insisted, “are essentially criminal laws and cannot be applied except as to the present and the future. ‘This constitutes a guarantee for the reputation of the state. Otherwise the state would seem treacherous.” Declares Exemption Allowed. He asserted that Greek extradition arrangements with 10 other nations grant exemption to those who took refuge in Greece before the arrange- ments were made. The treaty with the United States, he said, does not contain such a provision, but it was written by a former foreign secretary “whb assumed that the general rule of exemption applied in this case.” Even should it be recognized that the treaty is retroactive, he said. the courts can issue a warrant for arrest only upon the receipt of full docu- ments from the state requesting de- tention. This, he contended, nullifies the warrant for Mr. Insull's arrest which was issued at the request of the American legation. “Besides,” he said, “there is an article in the Greco-American treaty which says that arrests may be made in urgent cases. Therefore, since an arrest is not obligatory, this case must > examined to determine whether lere is an urgency.” Declared Innocent. He warmed to his subject as he de- 'ribed his client’s conduct since com- 1g to Greece. “He was arrested and he was released. Newspaper peoble came here by air- plane. They surrounded him and even now they torment him. He knew that ratification of the treaty was in progress but still he remained here. He even ob- tained permission to stay another two months. “He knew that ratifications had been et TN Grocer Found Fatally Shot. CHICAGO, November 5 (#).—J Barone, 48, a grocer, and believed police to have bee: minor rddhr, was found fatally shot near ome today. Police believed he had by rivals. His was the