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WEATHER, (U. . Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy, with mild temperature tonight and tomorrow; lowest tempera- ture tonight about 50 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 57, at noon today: lowest, 54, at 11 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 9. Clgsing N.Y. Markets, Pages11,12&13 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Star. “From Press city blo to Home Within an Hour” The Star's Carrier system coversevery k and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday's Circulation, Sunday’s Circulation, 115.8 127.020 Entered st office 39 339 as 32352, | hington. D). WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1932—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. T*** (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CEN HOOVER IS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, SEEING TURN IN EAST AND MID-W EST: ROOSEVELT GIVES FINAL TALKS . A Visits Scene MIND QUGHT) 10 BE MADE U Pledges Silver Aid in Utah Address ROOSEVELT HIT ON SUGAR VIEW Final Radio Plea in Small Town Tonight, Both Parties Confident morron—Thomas Expects Big Vote. Leaders in the political parties today had voiced convictions rvglarding the outcome of tomorrow's election. Their predictions follow: President Hoover: “We will carry the countr: Gov. Recsevelt: T believe that the best interests of the country require a change of administration. Every sign points to that change.’ Chairman Everett Sanders: “Based solely on a cold blooded sifting of repcrts by trained workers of state, county and precinct organizations, I am convinced there is a veritable stampede of voters to the President which insures his re-election.” Postmaster General Brown: “It is manifest that a change of Nevada ks ‘poliuml sentiment, unprecedented in American pelitical history, has | cceurred in the last three weeks.” Norman Thomas: than ever betore.” i Alfred E. Smith: “The American people on Tuesday will relieve ACLE, SALT them (the Republicans) of their responsibility and we will put it LAKE CITY. vember 7T into the capable hands of Roosevelt, Garner and a Democratic Con- Sine I semi-final cam-|BEess L URCHIRE e focl seamn James A. Farley: “It is evident that Gov. Roosevelt is due to paign appeal, President Hoover t0- recejve an elcctoral college majority unprecedented.” v asserted that the Democratic William D. Upshaw: *I will poll by far the largest vote any mpaign has been based upon prohibition candidate ever received.” e umption tkat the Ameri- United States Senator Felix Hebert of fRhode Island, Eastern S e s = campaign manager for the Republican Naticnal Committee, con- can people were an ignorant peo- |codqed 14 States to Gov. Roosevelt. The States conceded were Ari- and that t phase “of the beer exploded.” BY JOHN F. CHESTER, MORMOXN TABER Ne | Leaders Voice Convictions of Victory at Polls To- ; | “The Socialist party will poll a greater vote | of First Campaign GOING TO CITY FOR RETURNS Winds Up Campaign With Tour of Towns Along Hudson. \ HYDE PARK, N. Y., November | T.—Twenty-two years ago, Frank-‘ lin D. Roosevelt. known chiefly as a young man with an interest in' politics, chugged down the Hud»‘ |son River Valley in a none too | reliable automobile to make his first campaign speech at Beacon. Few Democrats and no Repub- licans believe he would be elected to the office he scught, a seat in Another y Causes Blanton COMMUNITY CHEST zona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and the 10 States of the into this Mormon wld in the course of his dash to cast his ballot, the cutive reiterated decla- atic leaders out of hu- HOOVER ASSERTS “We Will Carry the Country,” President Declares to Train Visitors. RUSSELL YOUNG, ta espondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT HOOVER'S CAMPAIGN SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA, November 7.—As his campaign draws to a close, President Hoover is absolutely c in of the economic recot of this countiry. He ially certain he will be the victor at the polls on Tuesday There not the slightest doubt abcut eitker, in his own mind. in the opinion of all those who have talked | with him aboard his train as it speeds through the corn and wheat ccuntry of the West on its way to his home in Palo Alto, Calif . where he will cast his ballot election day and where, as he ex- pressed it he will catch up on some lost sleep. Unless something unforeseen inter- venes, Mr. Hoover does not expect the com: Winter to be as gloomy and black as has been feared, but. on the cortrary, it will be notably lighter than last Winter, his advices convince him ulate “a protest vote against the Republican p: He spoke directly audience in sajy the Nation should to greater use” and mmediate relief erow 3 to his Utah he believed tore silver in promising to the beet | ng world a ed 1d to th will join no s> miliary tempts 10 is piedee hal _conv upon this rd the precious goat Guring line~ up the iscues ns in his Sure of People's Faith. The Presidint has every confidence in the welfare agencies throughout the country, and he knows now of no one actually being deprived of focd and shelter. This brightening in the economic situztion he expects to be reflected at the polls Mr. Hooter feels that the people of the country arc obtaining a better grasp on the situation, that they are plenty of thought to the actual conditions and outlook and that they will heve faith in the covntry and in him. He s of re- ;rter of the country he people are begin- 7 to realize all this The President’s confidence in his re- address, Mr. nmental prin- had formed a is we shall find t. our govern- romic structure And even at < we must pre- hose precious torces which have up this i 150 efforts to d. it had ponsible tion's thinking during the past fow woeks— that thev are row realizng that nei hor he nor the Republican party has boen eseion. hat the peaple are ing his viow that the Democratic has been based on misstate- concerning the cause of the de- pression, and that therefore the Demo- cratic campa’‘gn has fallen flat, with this awakening of the people. We Will Carry the Country. The President roceived numercus men 2nd wemen of local nolitical prominence | during his travels through Nebraska and Colorade. He let them do the talking He wanted to learn what they thought of the econcmic and the political situa- tions. and he was all a'tention Al- though he said little curing any cf these interviews, it was significant that his parting wards when shaking hands with callers and receiving th gond luck Tuerday, wer: will carry the country. There was no uncertainty in either his | look cr his words. To some with whcm | he talked he expressed the convicticn that the tide has turned. He mentioned | having received numerous polls, particu- | larly in the Midwest, since he started on this final c2mpaign trip, and these, he said, show sharp Republican gains. Besides prepatirg spceches and deliv- ering them, and bowing to crowds at the stations and shaking hands with visit- ing local political leacers, Mr. Hoover, throughout this last swing, has been kept posted on the trend of Folitical af- fairs. He has insisted that he be kept advised of everything relating to the left with a ticn of d to Democrats. ved in this counter " he adds< de cf of Repres by day d. D s in prepar B Thes (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) LIBERAL CANDIDATE With Nearly Half the Returns in Dr. Juan B. Sacasa Has 16,000 Lead. oday Juan than 16.000 votes in the r President of Niearagua. vote w for Sacasa and et ma for th -ver, he has watched very care- fully the crowds at the stations and tes ahead of the count four , but slow communications the final results. | ere was little disorder in the elec- | 1. held under the supervision of a | United Stat commission. United | Statcs Marine planes patroled the areas . connected with the outside world by | ;raph. patrol reported seeing six men dart out of a house on the outskirts of Yale, but did not report the incident turther. ited. eat i rtan t ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) CURTIS ENDS CAMPAIGN WITH KANSAS TALKS By the Associated Press. WIVITA, Kans. November 7.— Speeches here at Eldorado and Augusta |today were the closing salvos on the campaign of Vice President Charles Curtis. Today the former jockey will retarn to Wichita and put politics aside to 3 4 attend the Kancas National Horse Show the winner in yesterday's national elec- ‘beiore entraining at midnight for tion Topeka to cast his ballot. In e manifesto he said he planned to| Mr. Curtis said he would leave for seize Managua and call new elections. - | Washington at midnight Tuesday. e He attaches great importance to Sandino Opposes Result. MEXICO CITY, November 7 (#).— Gen. Augusto Sandino, the Nicaraguan jnsurgent, threugh his representa‘ives here today, said he ld not recognize i & < in the streets of the cities he has vis-| VICTORY CERTAI, HITLERITES SUFFER 0SS IN VOTING ‘Question of Power Is Un- solved, However, as No Party ? Is Given Majority. By the Assoctated BERLIN, November 7.—German vot- ers threw Adolf Hitler and his Fascists for a decisive loss in Sunday’s general election. but at the same time their bal- lots failed to lift the huge political question mark that has hung over five such elections this year. Just how effectively was turned aside the rush of the brown-shirted Nazis is told most adequately by the final figures of the tabulators. Whereas Hitler commanded 230 seats in the Reichstag chosen on July 31, he failed to muster more than 195 yester- day, a drop of 35, his percentage of the popular vote suffered accordingly, going | down from 37.7 to 33 What little drift there was went to the Extreme Left or to the Extreme Right, the Communists winning 100 seats against their previous 89, and the Nationalists taking 51 against their for- mer 37. | Papen Still at He!m. But the Junker chancelfor, Franz von Paper, remained at the helm with the support of the veteran President von Hindenb: tionalist gains were as rd controlling the ichstag, ft him the hope that he might a for a Reichstag- tolerated government | The following table shows the com- plexion of the t Reichstag and the power of parties which polled more than 5 per cent of the vote ! old chs- Reichs- tag 230 89 Centrists 5 Nationalists Bavarians. Populists s Christian Socialists State Party . e Scattered S 9 7 Almost 35.500.000 of Germany's 44.- 500,000 qualified voters went to the polls, but the total was measurably /ote mustered July 31. Yes- 1gh veters to make a seats came cut, whil2 in July the electorate set up 608 seats. on the basis under German law of one seat to each 60.000 votes. The Communists made consistent | gains throughout the nation, and they carriz1 greater Berlin overwheliiiy by winning almost one-third of the 2,772.099 votes cast. Their vote was 2lmost two to one ahead of Adolf Hit- ler's Nazis in the capital, See Hitler's Distintegration. This was the state of affairs that | grected Chancellor von Papen tcday, | and a spokesman for the cabinet said | the junker leader wes gratified. The | cabinet rcad into the figures the dis- | | integratica of Hitler's power, and a | new lease on life for the middle parties | that lost so heavily in July and pre- | viously. | But even so, the chancellor had no | hope of forming a government with | Reichstag sunport unless he could | maneuver the situation 5o as to set up | a tolerated cabinet, independent of | parties. | The Hitlerites announced they would continue to oppose the Van Papen re- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 'HIGH COURT UPSETS ' D.C. INSURANCE LAW, Companies With $82,000.000 in | Policies Joined in Attack on Legislation. By the Associated Press. | The District law under which insur- | ance companies are prohibited from contesting life insurance policies on | what is contained in the application | when a copy of the application was not attached was set aside today by the Su- preme Court in a case brought by the | Washington Fidelity National Insurance Co. against Winnie Burton. Representing they had pending in the | District 450,000 policies affected by the decision. involving more than $82,000.- 000, a number of insurance companies | joined in the attack cn the law, but | failed in the District Court of Appeals. | it, admitting changing the State Senate. The district which included his home cou of Dutchess had always been over- whelmingly Republican. | Today he visits Beacon again the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Tomorrow the voters of the Nation weigh that candi- dacy at the polls Beacon is _on valley cities he wi trip. scheduled to Elbow horme at 3 o'clo by ~*Field Marshals.” With an alre: p: lled and munity Chest campaign for just a week away, “field m: the drive, under the directic bold Noyes, commander gn forces, this week & its final tral it forth to battle against worl Will Go to Newburgh. He will cross the tiver on the ferry Beacon to Newburgh, on the west nk of the r He will stop et Kingston re-crossing the river at Rhinebe Roesev Hall speak umbus Hall on tion for more tharn will be the cand last utterance of the campaign. On Tues- day afternoon, aftrr voting at_the frame meeting place in Hyde Park, which once was a_church. Mr. Roose- velt will dri 0 1 ork to receive election returns at national head- quarters in the Bilimore Hotel Yesterday, after returning to Krum Elbow from a week erd in New York City, Roosevelt appeared more con- cerned with the safety of his well worn | gray felt hat than with the momentous events ahead of him Locks Hat in Safe. that old campaign hat and the safe,” he instructed Me- s colored valet has been with him campaizn. .He has r k tonight at ighkecpsie. He in Col in during the coming year. will meet this evening at Hotel veen 300 and 400 workers which Rale of b organization frcm Chest lead before it. There will be talks Crest president: E. C discussion of the vo five area chairmen. w. Percy Thompson. Ben T. Webster. liam Montg by Mr. director of the Chest tion will be said by R During the week cam organization on the work to be done. i the used to replace ats is his one hunters have it. several e entire superstition. Souvenir il be repeatedly tried to possess Tk of them boldly attempting to snatch | G €08 W NEACC it from Mr. Roosevelt as he rode | favel — € {the Mayflower Hotel: t (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) headed by H. L. u - . — :l;:" o evening at the Mayflowe: ELECTION NEWS PLANNED FOR TRAVELING PUBLIC vernment unit, headed by Thomas E. Campbell, Civil Service Commission. Up-to-Minute Results Will Be Fur- nished by Railroads will 7 instructions at a meeting Hotel evening. that reported their organizations PHILADELPHIA BANK and Airlines. CHICAGO, Novembor 7 (; traveling public will know the elec- ticn results practically as soon as those who stay et home. Railroads and airlines announced plans today for giving therr patrons up to the minute resuits on the more important ntests. ra‘ns will re- ceive clection bulletins by radio or at staticns along the wa: Wireless telephone airline prssengers informed. Fourte United Air planes aloft Tue: day night will keep in almost con- stant_communication with the ground, officials announced. By the Associated Press stems will keep them while two companions cages and took the money front door. Star Election Service The Star, with the help of the far-flung staff of the As- sociated Press, and utilization of the most elaborate election return system ever devised for Washington, will tell you how the election goes tomorrow night. Extra editions of The Star will be issued as the results justify the printing of real news. Watch for The Star extras. From 7 o'clock p.m. until the returns indicate a definite victory for one of the parties, The Star will be “on the air” through Station WMAL with last-minute bulletins and in- terpretative analysis of these bulletins. A Star airplane, followed by a National Guard anti-air- craft searchlight, will drone above the city tomorrow eve- ning outlined in red and green lights. When the returns indicate a victory for either candidate, the pilot will dis- charge rockets in the air. Red lights will signify that Gov. Roosevelt has won. Green lights will signal a Hoover vic- tory. Alternate red and green flashes will mean decision is still in doubt. Star election bulletins will be furnished to the audiences at all Warner Bros. theaters. Star radio returns will be broadcast through loud speak- ers at Montrose Park, Lincoln Park, Meridian Hiil Park and Grant Circle. Radio returns from The Star, as well as tele- phone bulletins, will be made available, with Community Center Department entertainment, at East Washington Community Center, Langley Community Center, Roosevelt Community Center, Southeast Community Center, Thomson Community Center, Banneker Community Center, Burville Community Center and Garnet Patterson Community Center. Returns will be flashed by stereopticon apparatus on the large screen in front of The Star Building on Pennsylvania avenue, interspersed with moving picture entertainment and up-to-the-minute cartoons by Berryman, and the progress of the election will be described through loud speakers of the gublic address system. all National 5000 for information on the election. It is requested that those telephoning The Star indicate the State or the locality in which they are chiefly interested. This will facilitate the routing of information calls. Follow the Election With The Star ;lhdio Prolflllll. on Page C-3 “IRNY” PREPARES Final Instructions for Drive Next Week Being Given poverty n in the National Capital The first unit of the army to get its final instructions befcre going forth battle will ba the group solicitation un: At that time the group. under the direction of Lloyd B. Wilson, chair- man of the unit. will complete its final s and be fully informed of the task that is to be done by Everett | ery and George O. Va: There will be songs by George O'C nor and a closing talk by Elwood Street The benedic- John O'Grady dr with the tpe- headed by Clarence A president of t at the Willard 1g at 5:45 o'clock, Friday Chairmen of the various groups have " (Continued on Page 6, Columu 2.) ROBBED BY GANG OF FIVE PHILADELPHIA. November 7.—Five men, armed with pistois. today held up the Lehigh National Bank and escaped with a loot estimated at $7.000 to $8.000. Herding 15 employes and depositors into a rear room, two robbers guarded climbed § over a six-foot partition into the tellers’ The fiith man, witnesses said, stood guard at the To Break Up Rally o Assor SAN ANGELO, T Ciyd Vinsox ex.. November 30-minute tion before a ticket ladies and_gentle- “it is my p tre speaker of the ble Thomas L congressman from Abi- x., who will address you.” Vinson Inoked about for the R from the But seat and room in a huff five sserting the in- was too the asscmbly s before. Ty z2ddress lengthy So the meeting was over HURRIGANE VEERS CLOSER 10 CUBH Storm Heading Into Gulf Recurves Away From Yucatan Path. By the Associated Prese HAVANA, Novemb-r 7.—The tropical storm heacing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Caritbean Sea was placed by the national otservatory 150 miles nertheast of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nic- aragua, and 1€0 miles east and south- east of Swan Is'and. shortly before noon tod The observatory, which previously said the storms normal course would be a westward curve towerd Yucadan, announced it Vas “recurving.” (Swan Island is about 300 miles south of the western #nd cf Cuba. The latest report placed the stoim closer to that section of Cub: Earlier repor‘s said it was increasing in intensity ard arei and that meteo- | rological conditions irdicated it would head for Western Cuba tomorrow. The hurricale destroyed one vessel and hid fate of another as it snaked its way up the Caribbean toward Cuba. | " The American schooner Abundance was wrecked off Easiern Jamaica by high winds appatenuy attending the storm vesterday, but its crew of six was saved The blue-funnel {reighter Phemius She radioed that the storm 150 miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua The liner Ariguani went to the rescue but could not find the Phemius in the | position given. 'STUDENTS ARRESTED " AT SOCIALIST RALL EViolnticn of Ordinance Charged to Oberlin College Sextet Seized in City Park. | By the Associated Press. LORAIN, Ohio, November 7.—Ar- rested while quoting thelr constitutional | rights of “frec speech and peaceful as- | sembly,” six prominent students at | Oberlin College today faced charges of violating a municipal ordinance by holding a political meeting without a | permit. | A squad of Lorain policemen made |the arrests in a city park here yester- day when the six students and about 30 other undergraduates opened a rally |in behalf of Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President. The students said they applied for a permit several days ago, but that they were refused | by Mayor Joseph G. Conley. had refused to allow a Communist meeting in the park several months ago and “had to treat all parties alike.” The mayor, they said, had been willing to grant a permit had the students ar- ranged their meeting in a private hall, William G. Chamberlain, president of the Oberlin Thomas-for-President Club, opened the meeting by reading aloud from the Ohio constitution. “People have the right to assembls together in a peaceful manner to con- sult for their common good,” he quoted. The students said five policemen sprang out nearby, ordered Chamberlain to halt, and told the crowd to disperse. Tennessee . Official Dies. NASHVILLE, Tern., November 7 (#). —L. D. Smith, attorney general of ‘Tennessce since 1926, died at his home today after a protracted illness. He was 66 years old. S . 1 , Friends of the mavor explained he| of automobiles parked | CURTIS RELEASED IN LINDBERGH CASE Freed of Year in Jail as He Pays $1,000 Fine for Ob- structing Investigation. By the Associated Press FLEMINGTON. N. J.. November John Hughes Curtis. who was convicted of obstructing justice in the Lindbergh kidnaping cace. was freed today. Juag his cne-vear sentence. ‘When the priscn term was suspended Curtis paid th= $1.000 fine which was imposed on his conviction and walked from court with all charges against bim lifted. He had been cut on bail pending appeal from the original sen- tence. « Curtis was convicted of obstructing ice by giving false information to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and the po- | lice concerning his alleged negotiations with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, who was later found dead. Today's hearing lasted but 5 min- utes. Defense Counsel Lioyd Fisher asked the judge if he would not recon- cider the judgment “in the interests of Justice.” The State concurred in the defense of motion and consented to a review. The | judge then announced his suspension of the prison term and the fine was im- mediately paid Curtis. a Virginia shipbuilder. played a prominent part in the kidnap case, an- nouncing that he was in touch with the kidnapers and negotiating with them for return of the infant son of Col Lindbergh. He directed Col. Lindbergh and police on numerous efforts to make contact with the kidnapers, and Col. Lindbergh was on one such errand when word came that the child had been found dead. It could not be definitely learned on what grounds the Curtis priscn ten ence was commuted, but there was one report that this action was taken because of the valuable informations given the authorities by Curtis since his trial. 'MACDONALD SCORES | TRADE PARLEY DELAY/| }Every Nation in World Depending on Success of Conference, Declares Premier. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November T.—Prime Min- |ister Ramsay MacDonald vehemently | extticized leisurely preparations for the projected World Economic Conference in the House of Commons today. | “Anybody who understands the issues | at stake and then talks about Spring or early Summer as a date for that con- ference deserves the strongest censure,” he said. He declared that every nation in the world is depending on the success of the meeting and that Great Britain will not be a party to :ts postponement. A preparatory commuission outlining a program for thes conference ad- | journed on Saturday at Geneva with | tne intention of meeting again in Jan- | uary. Mr. MacDonald insisted that the | conference ought to open before Christ- | mas, and he painted a gloomy picture of the economic situation in Europe. ““Agreements must be secured for ¢! | interchange of goods with all its ram | fications and complexities,” he said. “otherwise there is very little hope for | & return of really healthy international | trade or for the return of real prosper- | ity to any European country " | DAVIS, IN ROME, HOPES FOR ACCORD ON ARMS By the Assoclated Press the American disarmament conference representative, arrived here today from Geneva and expressed the hope that a disarmament compromise _reconciling the French and Italian positions might be reached. Mr. Davis was accompanied by Augusto Rosso, Italian delegate at Geneva and new Ambassador to Wash- ington. Allen Dulles, the American ex- pert, was also in the party. The American delegate had an en- gagement with Premier Mussolini this afternoon, and will dine with Il Duce tomorrow night. ‘The American charge d'affaires here, Alexander Kirk, and Italian foreign office_officials met the Geneva party. Mr. Davis was taken immediately to the Italian foreign office to confer with Unde: Suvich. Adam O. Robbins suspending operation | ROME, November 7.—Norman Davis, | SCOTTSBORORULING REVERSED AS 100 REDS ARE ROUTED AT CAPITOL PLAZA Metropolitan and Capitol Po- lice Arrest 16, Including 4 Women, in Demonstration. New Trials of 7 Ordered. COURT'S DECISION GIVEN BY JUSTICE SUTHERLAND Points Qut Need for Counsel in Pre- serving Right of Litigents and Prevention of “Judicial Murder.” Justices Butler and McReynolds Dissent The Supreme Court today set aside the death sentences im- posed on seven colored men at | Scottsboro, Ala | The ruling by the court means ! that the cases will go back to Alabama courts for a new trial. The court’s decision came an | hour after Capitol and Metro- y politan police had driven off the | plaza 100 radical demonstrators by |the use of tear gas and clubs. ‘Thmpen were arrested following | the fight, in which two policemen were assaulted Victor: In setting a tite highest coi jof counsel i victed of a: { they had not | The decisi for Defendants. e the death sentence t upheld the contention for the colored men, con- e girls, that fair trial by Justice Sutherland, reviewed in detail the charges and the grounds on which the appeal was taken. {He said it was necessary in decidi { the case to consider only whether t rights of the men to have counsel was | denied and whether this infringed the due process clause of the fourteenth a2mendment ce Sutherland said that the men, heir arraignment te 1. had been sub- dented counsel at a time such tion was of vital importance v preserving the rights of the | ¢ | represe | in prop | defendants | He sucgested the cases had been | forced to trial without proper prepara- | tion by counsel. | _All other grounds for seeking to have | the conviction set aside were passed | over by the justice as of no material | weight | Cites Need for Counsel. Justice Sutherland said the question whether the fourteenth amendment | guaranteed the right of counse! d | not been previously decided by the t court. He then pointed o length the need of counsel for prep: | tion of cases to preserve the rights of litigants. | He said counsel should act { ticipate in such a case to pr ! might be termed “judicial m Justices Butler and McRe: | sented from the majority of Justice Butler, in announcin sent, said the seven had a fair t had been given the benefit of ¢« He quoted from the decision of Alabama Supreme Court to sustain position It must be inferred from the record, he said, that an able attorney had acted for the defendants from the beginning. He insisted the counsel for the defend- ants had been in no way intimidated in the full discharge of their duty to their clients, Justice Butler insisted the evidence sustained the guiity rdict. The decision entered State fields never | before touched upon by the highest court, he said tice McReynolds joined in the views of Justice Butler. Radiczl Demonstration Staged. Bearing signs demanding acquittal of the condemned youths. the demonstra- tors marched into the Capitol grounds half an hour before the court was scheduled to convene, The object of ‘he demonstration, led by avowed Communists, they ex- plained. was to induce the tribunal to reverse the decision of the Scottsboro court and to announce its verdict today, The battle, during which 16 demon- strators, including 4 women, were ar- rested. lasted only 15 minutes. Ordered to disband by Inspector Albert J. Headley when they reached the Sen- ate wing of the Capitol, the demonstra- tors attacked the police with the han- dles of their banners as they were pushed backward. As the ranks of the stiffened, policemen s (Continued on Page demonstrators ‘med out of the , Column 5.) INSULL'S BAGGAGE MOVED FROM HOTEL Accused Financier, Seeking Rest in Hospital, 2, See Any One. Refuses By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Creece, November Samuel Insull, who will remain in & hospital while lawyers argue about his extradition to the United States, had his baggage moved over from his hotel today and sent out word that he would see no one until he h~- had time to rest. On Saturday the c.ort of appeals iruled that he must remain under de- tention until it is decided whether he is to be returned to America to answer an indictment earising from the col- lapse of the Middle West Utilities Co., which he controiled - he is the Greek government 1 not act on the pre- sumption of ! - guiit. “We don'c w whether he is guilty or not,” he :teid. “and the only thing to do now is to leave the matter of his extradition to Greek justice on the basis of the Greek treaty with America. For the tim= being Greece i5 responsible for him. Since he is ill we have or- dered his transfer to a hospital where he will be wel] guarded.” 4 4

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