Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1932, Page 2

A—2 u» SACRIFICES URGE FOR CHEST DRIVE Donations Must Be Sought on That Basis, Noyes Tells Solicitors. Sacrifice must be the basis for giving to the Community Chest this year, Newbold Noyes, campaign chairman, told a group of about 500 members of the Group Solicitation Unit in its final pre-campaign meeting at the Ralegh Hotel last nght “We have the best campaign ma- chinery in the history of the Chest, made up of men of experience, better equipped to do a hard Job,” Mr. Noyes declared. “The groundwork has been done and the fanfare of publicity will burst_upon the public of Washington on Thursday. This will continue throughout the campaign, awakening the people of the city to the need of carrying on the Chest's work another year. Speakers, newspaper articles and advertisements, radio stations and theaters have given every manner of pre-campaign _co-operation—the time has come now for you. who are actually to solicit funds for the Chest to catch the spirit of the thing. “This is not to be routine matter. Y burn with ‘the job and if 1 can't set fire to some of vou I have no business &s chairman. Bear this in mind: There are 22000 unemployed in Washington and from four to_five thousand de- pendent families. It will be the worst Winter we've ever seen. The District Commissioners have been told that un- less something is cone people will starve. Urges Concrete Cases. “In your solicitation get down to con- crete cases, picture the suffering of a family. There are plenty of these cases which will move the subscriber far more than a recital of the abstract phases of distress, poverty and suf- Face your jobs fervently—preach & gospel—tell a story—make & plea. ‘The Group Solicitation Unit, first group of the approximately 5000 work- ers who will solicit Chest funds this year, was given its final instructions last night by E. C. Graham, president of the Chest, by Lloyd B. Wilson, chair- man of the upit. and by five area chair- men. S. Percy Thompson, Ben T. Web- ster, William Montgomery, W. W. Everett and George O. Vass. “We have more heads of concerns with us this vear, and thereby a finer organization than ever before,” Mr. Wil- | son told the group. Explaining the daily basis of giving, suggested by Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith and adopted by the Chest for this cam- paign. Mr. Wilson pointed out that there are 60,000 persons to be solicited the Group Solicitation Unit. 5 faid. “45.000 of these gave an average of 3 cents a day we would finish the *ampaign with more than $500.000—over our allotment. Of course I don't want any of you to suggest to subscribers that they limit their subscriptions to 3 cents a day. But you can see what can be done by this unit. I expect you to do tiie job well.” by he Mr. Graham reviewed the history ol" the Chest, from its formation to co-or- dinate the welfare and relief work. eliminate duplication of effort and effect savings in the administrative and fund- raising costs. to the present situation, which he called an emergency. “This isn't the time.” he said, “to scttle the question of whether private funds or the taxpayers' money should meet, the problem of welfare and relief. The mergency is upon us. and we must do something about it. The Chest faces a $300,000 deficit by January 1. We must face the crisis, and meet it. The time has come not to take our contri- butions to the Chest from surplus, but 10 make an actual sacrifice in order that our fellow men and women may be fed and clothed this Winter. The area chairmen exhorted their workers to make the sort of showing they made last year. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.. who was active in last year's Community Chest, urged the group to stress the point to their sub- scribers that while employers may be making less money and employes may have had salary cuts, “they are getting more in purchasing power in their money than in many years. Stress that point and vour battle is won.” The Chest motion picture, which is to be used throughout the campaign, was shown the group. It is a recital, Wwith sound, of the work done by the Chest, and weaves together an appeal for money for the Chest with a glimpse of some of the work that is being done by the Chest member organizations. Theaters to Show Film. ‘This picture will be shown in every downtown theater in the city during the campaign and will be seen in most of the neighborhood houses as a regular feature of the theater programs. Elwood Street. director of the Chest. i explained the use of this year's pled rds, which provide for & cents or dol- lars per day basis for giving, and gave a few last-minute directions to the crtainment at the meeting was shed by George O'Connor, who sang, accompanied by Matt Horn. All department heads of the District government were meeting this after- noon with Mr. Street and Mr. Graham to work out the plan for solicitation of employes of the District government. The Chest has abandoned the three days' pay basis of giving which was used last year and the District has dropped the “Chest pay roll” for this year, with the campaign being conduct- ed on the daily contribution, pledge card basis. The Chest has the most ambitious publicity campaign of its history this ¥ accordng to Joscph D. “Radio Kaufman, chairman of the Pub- licity Unit. Washington will have Community Chest literally thundered at it all dur- ing the campaign and during the pre- campaign publicity program that opens Thursday, with newspapers, billboards, theaters and radio co-operating. Washington will awake next Monday morning with the appeal of the Chest designed to meet every eye in the city many times. There will be an appeal with the morning milk, wth the morn- ing loaf of bread, in the morning news- paper. The Chest appeal will stare down at the citizen from the car card as he goes to work. The pedestrian will see “Give us this day our daily bread,” with the picture of a pitiful little ward of society, on the outside dashboards of the street cars, on 1,200 trucks carrving goods about the city, on 250 large and small billboards throughout the city, in 850 store win- dows. on 90.000 bottles of milk and on 50,000 loaves of bread. Al this will be in addition to the newspaper and radio publicity. A total of 10,000 posters will be placed in various parts of the city and in the lobbies of 47 buildings, including the theaters, there will be the Chest appeal. Ministers Back Drive. Resolutions indorsing the activities of the Community Chest and pledging the complete co-operation of their organiza- tions to the Chest in its forthcoming campaign was adopted yesterday by the Presbyterian Ministers' Association and the Methodist Ministers' Assoclation. Adoption of the resolution in each in- stance followed a talk by Mrs. Wilson Compton of the Chest Speakers’ Unit. Rev. Richard N. Edwards of the Brookland Methodist Episcopal Church, who presided at the meeting of the Methodist ministers, introduced Mrs Compton, who outlined the work of the Chest and its co-ordination with that of the church. At the Presbyterian meet- ing, the speaker was introduced by Rev. H. B. Woody, pastor of the Eckington Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Compton said vesterday that the | churches of the city are showing 8 won- derful spirit of co-operation and sy pathy with the work of the Chest and that she anticipates practically 100 per cent support from all denominations of the cityy. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Election Returns Will Begin to Take Shape About 8 P.M. Last Polls Will Not Close, . However, Until 11 0’Clock Tonight. By the Associated Press. Except for a few isolated reports be- fore dark, the result of today’s ballot- ing will begin to take shape only after {7 or 8 pm., Eastern standard time. Polls close at hours ranging from 3 pm. in New Hampshire and Rhode Island rural districts to 11 pm. (3 o'cleck Pacific standard) in California, Oregon and Washington. The judges then go to work. ‘The decision of New York State, where voting ends at 6, should be known around 10 or 11 p.m, Eastern standard time, unless the contest is very close. Totals thereafter likely will flow from the West in geographic order. But Kentucky will be missing. A law there says the votes can't be totaled until after 10 a.m. tomorrow. PHYSICIAN BLINDED FOR CHARHY IS DEAD Dr. Cuthbert Gilham Succumbs at Naval Hospital, Victim of ‘a Stroke. A physician who sacrificed his sight for charity's sake died today at the Naval Hospital, the victim of & stroke. r. Cuthbert Gilham, who became blind years ago from an infection picked up while treating a charity case in Richmond. Va., had made his home here in recent years with his sister in the 1700 block of Kalorama road. He was 67 years old and had been an as- sistant surgeon _during the Spanish- American War. The sister. Mrs. W. N. Page. widow of one of the builders of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and a brother, Regi- nald Gilham of Richmond, are Dr. Gil- ham's only survivors. Mrs. Page now lives at 3041 N street. After he became blind, Dr. Gilham had interested himself in mining enter- prises with his late brother-in-law. Three months ago he suffered the stroke which ended in his death Funeral _services will be held tomor- row at 1:30 o'clock at Tabler's funeral parlors, 928 M street Military burial will be in Arlington Cemetery. PAYNE ADDRESSES REPUBLICAN WOMEN ! Assistant War Secretary Talks at Monthly Meeting—Newbold Noyes Speaks on Community Chest. The League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia held its monthly meeting yesterday afternoon in the small ball room of the Willard Hotel. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the league, presided. Newbold Noyes spoke for a few minutes on the Com- munity Chest. The speaker for the afternoon was Frederick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of ar. TWO WOMEN FALL DEAD TAKING PART IN ELECTION Richmond Victim's Husband W Judge at Polling Place—Phila- delphian Other Fatality. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 8.—Mrs, Emma L. Jackson, 46, dropped dead of heart disease as she cast her ballot to- day. Her husband was a judge at the poll in which she was voting. PHILADELPHIA, November 8 (#) — A few minutes after she had voted, Mrs. Helen Hubert, 53, of this city, fell dead from heart disease in the doorway of her home today. Mrs. Hubert had just returned from casting her ballot and was waiting for the mailman when she collapsed. e BRITISH FLYERS TO TRY TO SET DISTANCE MARK Hop to Southwest Africa Tofor- row if Wind Is Right to Beat U. S. Pilots. Special Dispatch to The Star. CRANWELL, England, November 8. —In an effort to break the Boardman- Polando non-stop aviation _distance record of 5,039.5 miles. two Royal air force pilots today planned to leave the flying field here at dawn tomorrow for British Southwest Africa, providing there is a westerly wind. The flvers are_Squadron Leader O. R. Gayford and Flight Lieut. D. L. G. Bett. and they will use the same long- distance monoplane in whch they made the first non-stop flight from England to_Egypt in 1931. Failing in the right wind tomorrow, the flyers will be ready each morning until November 15, after which the flight would be postponed until the next full moon. OPPOSE GUGGENHEIMS Chilean Government Asked to Open Independent Nitrate Office. SANTIAGO, Chile, November 8 (). —It was reported here yesterday that interests in Iquique, in the nitrate re- gion, had asked the government to open an independent nitrate office and proceed to dissolve the Cosach combine controlled by the Guggenheims. Official circles, however, refused to comment on the reports. Gen. Carlos Saenz, minister of war, conferred by telephone with Gen. Pedro Vignola today in connection with pos- sible labor movements in the northern provinces. Earliest Returns (Continued From First Page.) J. Howey, Republican, two; W. J. Sears, Democrat, five for Representa- tive-at-large and Glenn D. Skipper, Republican, none. HOUSTON.—With 15 per cent of the estimated total vote counted at 12:30 p.m. in returns compiled by the Houston Chronicle from 91 of the 140 precincts in Harris County Roosevelt was leading Hoover 6 to 1. ‘The vote was, Roosevelt, 6,859; Hoo- ver, 1034. Hoover carried the county in 1928. KANSAS CITY, Kans.—Partial, unofficial returns from 85 of 161 pre- cincts In Kansas City, Kans, gave for President, Roosevelt, 1,853; Hoo- ver, 1,585. United States Senator, McGill, (D.), 1546; Paulen, (R.), 1.389. Congress, Sheridan, (D), 1,- 551: Guyer, (R.), 1517. Governor, Woodring, (D. 485; Brinkley, (independent’), ;~Landon, (R.), T VOTELESS APTAL VATGES LEGTIN Injustice Done to Residents Here Remains Despite Sentiment of Nation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. After traveling across the continent and back in search of political senti- ment I returned to Washington unable to cast & vote. This is not due to failure to register or because of change of resi- dence. It is due to the injustice done residents of the National Capital by the | Constitution of the United States itself. We are disfranchised. In the sense that to be citizens of the United States we must have a voice in our own Govern- ment, we are not citizens. Though we have been born in the District of Co- lumbia and have spent all our lives in this country we have no more voice in our Government than the foreigner who has newly come to our shores. We have far less than the millions of foreign born now in this country who have be- come naturalized Americans. ‘The injustice to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live in the National Capital would not be per- mitted if the people of the United States were given an opportunity to pass upon the question. Of that I am convinced. Many voters in other States express the greatest surprise when they are told that the people in the District of Columbia are utterly disfranchised. None of them take the position that the people here should be denied the vote. All of them express sympathy with the plight of the residents of Washington. Must Look to Congress. It is not to the people of the United States that the residents of Washing- ton must look in the first instance. It is to_the Congress of the United States. In Congress is the stumbling block. Too many members of the Sen- ate and House look upon Washington as a private park in which they are supreme. ‘Their attitude toward the residents of the District is expressed in a sentence: “If the people here do not like what they have, let them go somewhere eise.” It has all the flavor of that remark of the French Queen, who, when the people said they had no breud, said that they should eat cake. It has still more the flavor of that re- mark of old Commodore Vanderbilt in the earlier days of tke Republic and head at the time of a great transporta- tion system: “The public be damned.” There are many exceptions in both the Senate and House to this attitude toward the people nf Washington when they request enfranchisement. But these exceptions prove the general rule. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. For many years the Congress has been urged by the residents of the District to submit to the States for ac- tion a proposal amending the Consti- tution so that the people in the District of Columbia may, with the approval of Congress, vote for their President representation in the Congress, which passes all the laws for them and levies on them the taxes they pay, both local | | and national A favorable report from the Senate District Committee has been ! won. However, the justice of the case has been more and more brought home to the Congress and there are signs | that at last the plea of the residents |of Washington will have its day in | court. | Public Here Capable. During the trip just concluded I found in none of the 23 States that I visited a citizenry more fitted for a voice in the Government—their own Govern- ment. In fact, the people of Washing- ton compare very favorably indeed with the people in States when it comes to intelligence and ability to participate in government. Sooner or later the fact that there is no good reason, but rather every reason, why the people of the District should be given a vote will prevail. It took American women generations to attain national suffrage. In the end it was granted them by a change in the Constitution. Washington today | has more population than eight of the States. Yet these people, except those who have kept their residences in the States, have no vote today, when the decision is just as vital to them as it | is to the people in the 48 States. CORPORATIONS ACCUSED UNDER MONOPOLY LAW Gov. La Follette Requests Attorney General to Institute Legal Ac- tion Against Two Firms. By the Associated Press MADISON, Wis.. November 8.—Gov. Philip F. La Follette yesterday request- ed Attorney General John W. Reynolds to bring a legal action against the Wis- consin Bankshares Corporation and the First Wisconsin National Bank, both of Milwaukee, on charges of maintain- ing monopolies in violation of State law. “Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation and First Wisconsin National Bank have acquired what amounts to practical con- trol of the banking facilities in Milwau- kee County and perhaps in other localities,” the Governor said in & let- ter to the attorney general. Walter Kasten, president of both Wis- consin Bankshares Corporation and the First Wisconsin National Bank, in a statement at Milwaukee denied the two concerns maintain a monopoly. “We have no monopoly and control mtmlzvhu ;anll portion of the bank assets of the State,” he said i DISTILLER RELEASED Canadian Freed Twice in Week on Conspiracy Charge. LOS ANGELES, November 8 (#).— 1Lack of evidence yesterday compelled authorities for the second time within a week to release Frank J. Parker, Ca- nadian distiller, who recently came here with the announced intention of buying Southern California breweries in anticipation of the return of legal beer. When Parker appeared in court ves- terday after his arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to violate the prohibition act, Chief of Pqlice Roy E. Steckel an- R;xq;ed the police “had nothing on “Then ihe case is dismissed,” said Judge Elliott Craig. SUES MIX FOR $50,000 Former Wife Charges Money Is Due on Promissory Notes. LOS ANGELES, November 8 (#).— Fifty thousand dollars assertedly due on promissory notes was demanded of Tom Mix, cowboy film star, in a suit filed yesterday by his former wife, now Victoria de Olazabal. The complaint said the notes were}of the globe for the special benefit of made out July 1 1928. Attorneys ex- | Navy men ashore and afloat. The Navy plained the money accruing from them ! cannot votz;l but its men are deeply was to form & supplementary prug;ny settlement and to be devoted to a home and furnishings for Mix's daughter by Mrs. Olazabal, Thomasine, now 11 years old. —————— Churchill's Daughter Engaged. LONDON, November 8 (#).—The en- gagement of Diana Churchill, eldest daughter of Winston Churchill, to John Bailey, son of Sir Abe Bailey, was an- nounced yesterday. She accgmpanied her father on his recent of the United States. w and Vice President and may have actual | obtained, but nothing further has been | | D. C, TUESDAY, XNoO IBER 8. 1932. Vi Give Them the Pote! BY ONE WHO VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. No longer young, I had thought that I had ex- perienced all the real thrills which life brings to & human being. But today I voted, for the first time, in nearby Maryland, and discovered what it means to feel like an American. I was surprised at my own feelings, a compound of mingled pride and suppressed tears, of high faith in my country, of elation and happiness. Here were Americans speaking according to the dictates of their own consciences. The hullabaloo of election had vanished, and was replaced by the quiet determination of the people of the United States. It made one proud to be @n American. As I came up to the polls, and, after I had voted, I came to realize, as I never had before, why those who claim the right of suffrage for the District of Columbia have battled so persistently and faithfully. They are right. - This thrill which was mine today ought to be theirs, and some day, as surely as justice prevails in our great land, will be theirs. Give them the vote! Give them the right to seal the verdict of their hearts and minds, on this supreme day of American citizenship, as the millions of their fellow but enfran- chized Americans today sealed it on the altar of their devotion to country. =5 STAR TO FURNISH WASHINGTON WITH SIX-PLY ELECTION SERVICE Radio. Aircraft, Movies, Public Address Systems and Bulletin Boards to The Star is ready to give the people of Washington and vicinity tonight the most comprehensive and instant elec- tion news service in the history of presidential campaigns. y | The radio, aircraft, movies, public address systems and bulletin boards | | will supplement extra editions of The Star in relaying to voteless residents of the District of Columbia and to_their enfranchised neighbors the hot-off-the- wire election developments. flashed from every corner of the Nation over far- flung facilities of the Associated P) the North American Newspaper Alli- | ance, the Consolidated Press and The | Star’s own representatives. Whether one wishes to remain at home beside his radio, to visit the mo- tion picture theater or to sense the thrill of mingling with excited election throngs in front of The Star building or in his own community, he will be kept constantly and accurately advised of up-to-the-minute returns—Natioral, State and local. Even men of the United States Navy in distant seas or at remote naval bases will be served by The Star by means of naval radio. | Airplanes to Spread News. ! When_the final result definitcly is | known The Star will proclaim the news immediately and simultaneously in numerous ways, including spectacular use of an airplane equipped with col- | ored signal lights and bathed in the searchlight. - Beginning at 6:45 o'clock this evening, the entire organization and facilities of | Station WMAL will be turned over to ‘The Star for the continuous broadcast- ing of election bulletins pouring into ) the mews room frcm thousands of re- | liable reporters and correspondents of The Star's news services in every city, town and hamlet. i An improvised broadcasting studio has been set up in the news room, right [ at the nerve center of The Star's ex- | pensive system of leased telegraph, | telephone and teletypewriter wires. | There members of the staff of The Star | will join with the staff of the radio | station in supplying to every one within i the reach of WMAL's powerful trans- mitter an unprecedented election night | program. During possible lulls in the news developments the WMAL station band will enliven the broadcast with approprite selections. Two Screens Set Up. Outside The Star Building. at Elev- enth street and Pennsylvania avenue, @ giant motion picture screen, an il- luminated bulletin screen and a battery of loud speakers will combine to give street crowds the very latest trends in | the battle of the ballots. A special corps of staff members will | assist in transferring to the screen the | spot news of the election as it is r ceived over humming wire lines. Fur- ther details at the same time will be given over the public address system. In order to make sure there will be not & dull moment curing the evening, the screen at intervals will show specml‘ election cartoons by Clifford K. Berry- man, The Star's noted artist, and by other cartoonists. In addition there will be newsreels and comedies. Public address systems also have been set up at Lincoln Park, Montrose Park, Grant Circle and Meridian Hill Park for the special benefit of residents of those neighborhoods. Crowds in these | communities thus will receive exactly the same complete loud speaker service as those in front of The Star Building. Movie fans have not been forgotten. Direct wires will carry the news to all Warner Bros.” theaters, so that patrons may receive frequent bulletins from the voting front. Announcement of every important development will be made from the stages of the Earle and Metropolitan theaters, in downtown Washington, and of the following neigh- borhood houses: Ambassador, Apollo, | Avenue Grand, Central, Colony, Home, | Savoy, Tivoll, York and Avalon. As’ an additional convenience for neighborhod groups, The Star, with the co-operation of the Community Center Department, will make radio announce- ments of the returns during special open house programs in eight com- munity centers. The program, begin: ning at 8:15 o'clock, will be held at Eastern High School, Hine Junior High School, Langley Community Center, Roosevelt Community Center, Thomson Community Center, Banneker Recrea- tion Center, Burrville Center and Gar- nett-Patterson Center. Family groups are especially invited to attend these programs. Navy to Hear Returns. ‘The short waves of naval radio will flash Star election bulletins to all points inte presidential _campaigns. In every wardroom of the fleet and at every naval station on land there will be eager groups listening in tonight to The Star’s account of the vote tabula- tion Throughout the evening a colorful and compelling feature will be the soaring over the city of a light-fes- tooned airplane. Red will indicate the election of Roosevelt and green Presi- dent Hoover. The signals will be em- blazoned against the blackness of the | velopments warrant. night by means of lights outlining the wings. As long as the plane flashes Augment Extras. red and green the decision will be in doubt . When the final outcome can be told authentically the great plane will at- tract the attention of crowds below by means of a series of brilliant flares, the color of the winner. mt ments of the plane will be rendered plainly visible in the downtown area by an enormous searchlight. manned by a detachment of the Coast Artillery Battalion of the District of Columbia National Guard. The gyrations of the plane, with its momentous signals, will be visible for many miles. Persons desiring information regard- | ing returns from specific localities may obtain it by telephoning The Star news room over National 5000. A staff of reporters will be assigned to answer calls received through a special battery of telephones. Meanwhile the news staff of The Star will be preparing extra editions of the paper with complete news up to the moment of press time of the election results. Presses of The Star will grind these editions off when important de- Subscribers of The Star may be assured that no “catch-penny” editions will be printed, the policy of this newspaper limiting extra editions to news of unquestion- able significance. A final extra will be published just as soon as the outcome of the election is established beyond | Dowerful rays of & huge coast defense | loubt. All these services will continue as long as the final result remains in doubt. The staff at The Star has ar- ranged to be on duty all night, if necesary, in order to furnish the Na- | tional Capital with an uninterrupted | account of the progress of this mem- orable election. This will be The Star's most pre- tentious election night program in the 80 years of its service to the public of Washington. The Star was first to supply Washington with the news of the first election it ever covered. back in 1856. It has arranged to be first with the news of the present election as a further indication of its intention to keep faith with the people of the Nation’s Capital == “HONEY” GARRISON KILLED BY JAILER AT HYATTSVILLE (Continued Fyom First Page) gun. Watts placed the revolver back in its holster and the two exchanged a few more words. Drawing his revolver for the second time, Watts is said to have used the butt to club Garrison, while Brown at- tempted to pull the two men apart. As Brown and Garrison were leaving the lock-up the jailer fired, Brown said. Unarmed himself, Brown hesitated jo ! disarm Watts until the man started to take off his shirt. The officer declare® Garrison was not armed. Watts, how- ever, told Brown he was justified in shooting. ~ » Garrison had spent the evening with his brother, Richard Garrison. As they parted, “Honey” told “Dick” to “vote for Roosevelt for President and Williams for the Senate,” the brother said this morning. Although he had planned to vote a straight Republican ticket, Richard said he would carry out his brother’s wishes. Once Shot Colored Man. Deputy Sheriff Garrison said today that Watts was formerly employed as & watchman at the Hyattsville gas house where he once shot a colored man. He was appointed jailer last November, but discharged during the Summer for al leged attentions to a niece of “Honey” Garrison’s. Later he was reappointed. “Honey” Garrison was arrested by Policeman Brown together with former | Deputy Sheriff Newton James last March on hijacking charges. They were indicted by the April grand jury, but the | cases “steted”—practically dropped—by State’s Attorney Alan Bowie yesterday. “Honey” was 36 years old. He is sur- vived by his parents, his widow, Mrs. Merle Garrison of Edmonston, and two brothers, Carrol and Richard. He is the second child of Deputy Garrison to have been murdered. His sister was shot and killed by her husband in front of & moving picture theater in Hyattsville several years ago. ‘Watts is married and has two grown children. Policeman Brown said Justice of Peace John A. Dowling would conduct a cor- oner’s inquisition this morning. ©O. G. Ballinger of Riverdale, superin- tendent of the Metropolitan District Building, who acted as jailer when OOVER ASSALLS HEARST ON COAST President Greeted in Home State by Reception as Train Reaches Sacramento. {H (Continued From First Page.) for a moment before again going back into the car. Stopping his train at Elko earlier last night the President participated in a Republican election eve radio program that emanated as well from New Ycrk, Chicago, Shenandoah, Iowa, and Wash- ington, Talks From Car. Part of the town's 3,000 population, augmented by cattlemen, sheep herders and miners from the surrounding ter- ritory, stood outside the drawn shades of his car window, while from the brightly illuminated interior the Presi- dent spoke into a bank of microphones to a vastly larger audience. “I have a deep feeling,” he said, “that the choice you make now is more than the choice for another four years. There is a great divergence in philosophy of government between the parties, which may affect events over a generation. A mistaken choice may hazard the wel- fare of our children and our children's children. “I have been fighting that the wrong course may not be adopted, not by ap- peal to destructive emofion, but by truth and logic. I have tried to dissolve the ;nirue of promises by the reality of acts.” The President declared himself “a bellever in party government,” saying it was only through such organization that the whole people could give ex- pression upon major issues. “There is no other way, except by revolution,” he said, “and we in Amer- ica have ordained that the ballot shall be used for peaceful determination, not violence.” Hears Coolldge Talk. Early in his address, which consumed only about 10 minutes of radio time (less than the allotted time), Mr. Hoover asserted that the measures adopted by his administration to alleviate the na- tional economic strain were “now dem- onstrating their strength and effec- tiveness.” “We have again resumed the road toward prosperity,” he said. Even before the presidential train rolled into Elko, the Chief Executive had opportunity to listen to his prede- cessor, Calvin Coolidge, urge the con- tinuation of a Republican administra- tion. The former President, along with Secretary Mills, Senator Capper of { Kansas, Chairman Sanders of the Re- | publican National Committee and others, spoke for nearly an hour and a half before Mr. Hoover followed them on the air. A radio set in the train's parlor car caught the entire program. Coolidge declared he had “no hesita- tion in saying that President Hoover should be retained for the good of our country and the world.” “All the teachings of common sense," he said, “require us to re-elect the President.” Places Hoover First. ‘The former Chief Executive said that if five Americans were to be selected to- day to devise “remedies for the present condition of the Nation” Herbert Hoover would be first on the list, and that if this were extended to a group of 10 jmen chosen on an international basis | the same name wouid be included. He |added that “the name of no other presi- | dential candidate would be considered.” The only speech today by the Presi- dent was set for his arrival in Palo Alto at 3:10 pm., after which an honor guard of war veterans will escort him to a reception on the Stanford campus. Thence the President and Mrs. Hoover go_direct to their home on San Juan family. including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoo jr.. and their three children. and Allan Hoover the President's second son. Every arrangement to safeguard the President was made at a conference of police, secret service and Army and Navy officials at San Francisco. Police Chief William Quinn detailed all avail- | able members of the department, in- Twenty-five plain clothes inspectors were detailed to work with secret service men surrounding the President. ROBERT L. M'KEEVER ADJUDGED BANKRUPT Prominent Real Estate Operator Asks Federal Court to Act. Robert L. McKeever, for many years 2 prominent real estate operator here, has filed a petition in the United States District Court at Baltimore asking to be adjudicated a bankrupt. The petitioner listed assets totaling $155.88 and labilities of $66,016.76, ac- | cording to a dispatch from Baltimore. ! Orders were signed adjudicating him a bankrupt and referring the case to Holden S. Felton, referee. The case was filed in the Maryland court since Mr. McKeever resides on the Brookeville pike near Silver Spring, Md. Mr. McKeever said here this morning the petition was for personal bankruptcy. He estimated about 90 per cent of the liabilities were secured. He has been engaged in the real estate business for about 15 years. After serving for a number of years as a salesman, he and associates established their own firm in 1920. The firm sold hundreds of homes and negotiated many of the larger investment and business property transactions in and near ‘Washington. Members of the old firm headed by Mr. McKeever separated more than a year ago and established their own offices. R.F.C.LENDS $811,898 TO CITIES AND STATE Cincinnati and Toledo Principal Borrowers for Relief—Kansas and Oregon Get Funds. By the Associated Press. ‘The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion today authorized emergency relief Toans totaling $811,898 to Kansas, Ham- ilton County (Cincinnati) and Toledo, ©Ohio, and Wasco County, Oreg. Hamilton County is to receive $611,- | 264 and Toledo $180,000 for November. | Wasco County, Oreg., is to receive §7,- hill to be greeted by members of their | cluding special patrolmen. into service.; G. A. R. Survivors Vote for Hoover In Illinois Town One Knew Abe Lincoln and Sat on Jackson’s Knee as Child. By the Associated Press. TUSCOLA, 1ll, November 8—Presi- dent Hoover received the votes today of the three surviving members of the local G. A. R. Post, C. 8. Smith, 97; J. R. Cantrell, 90, and J. 8. Cambridge, 84. At the same time “Uncle Tom" Stevenson, 93, who was a gunner on the U. 8. 8. Ironclad Lafayette, which ran the blockade at Vicksburg, cast a straight Republican ballot at his home as & child “sat on Andrew Jackson's knee” He voted first for Fremont in 1856, he recalled. Cantrell said he's always been a Re- publican except in 1912, when he sup- ported Roosevelt. Cambridge said he went to the polls the first time in 1868 to vote for U. S. Grant and has been a G. O. P. supporter since. DAVIS SEES AGCORD ON ARMS CERTAIN U. S. Move to Bring Italy and France Together Win- ning in Rome. By Crble to The Star. his interview with Premier Benito Mus- solini that a complete understanding between Prance and Italy on the whole disarmament problem is not far dis- tant, Norman H. Davis, American dis- armament delegate, resumes his talks this afternoon at the foreign office with Ttalian officials. was closeted with Mussolini on the subject of disarmament and other vital questions affecting world stability, though II Duce’s pet subject, that of debts and reparations, is not supposed to have been broached. That the two conferees avoided these issues was con- firmed to this correspondent today by the American embassy and the Fascist foreign office. Banquet Planned Tonight. Davis is not expected to converse with Il Duce again, unless today’s discus- for it. He is accompanied, besides his wife, by Allen W. Dulles, another Amer- ican expert, and a staff of assistants. Tonight Mussolini tenders a banquet in Davis' honor and tomorrow the American delegation departs for Geneva. During an interview with representa- tives of the press at the American em- | bassy immediately after Davis’ discus- |sion with the dictator, it was readily understood how the American emissary felt reassured about Italy’s anxiety to settle its naval dispute with France in order to enable both powers to enter the London treaty. Although Davis denied reports that he had come to Rome with any definite naval plan, it is known that the naval aspects of the disarmament question form the central thought in Rome. Signs of general improvement in the Franco- Italian atmosphere are clearly evident made by French Premier Edouard Her- riot in relation to Italy have already borne fruit in official circles here. Optimism at High Point. Optimism, in fact, has never been so high since February, 1931, when the Britisher, Arthur Henderson, as presi- dent of the General Disarmament Con- ference, visited Rome and a last-minute hitch then spoiled the chances of a | Franco-Italian naval accord. Anxiety here about Germany's rejoin- ing the disarmament conference has subsided for the time being. What really | troubles the minds of Fascist officialdom !Ls whether the Germans could be made to sit down and talk things over. Although I Duce is probably the world’s most impatient statesman. when his attention is made to center on Geneva. he, too, now feels that the Disarmament Conference must success. Its failure, it is said. would be & shock too grave for the peoples of the world to stand at this particular time. (Copyright. 1932.) DAVIS CONTINUES TALKS. Will Get American Election Results by Radio in Rome. ROME, November 8 (#).—Norman Davis, the American representative at Geneva. contirued his discussions of disarmament today with Italian author- ities in a long interview with the ex- perts at the foreign office. Mr. Davis will go to the home of Charge d'Affaires Alexander Kirk to listen to American election returns by short-wave radio. Premier Mussolini spent four hours last night in a conference with his high- est_consulting body, the Grand Council ! of Fascism, but it’ was said no import- ant foreign affairs were discussed. In- ternational questions will be taken up next Saturday at & similar conference. WARRANTS OUT FOR 700 ILLEGAL REGISTRANTS Charges Made That Voters Moved in New York Districts Too Late. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 8.—Warrants for 700 voters alleged to be illegally or fraudulently registered for today's elec- tion were applied for yesterday by the Election Frauds Bureau of the State attorney general's office. The specific charges include allega- tions that the registrants moved into the district too late and that they are not residents at all. The warrants were sent to judges in Manhattan and the Bronx for their signatures and will be waiting for those named in them if they appear at the polis today. LIQUOR TAX REDUCED Canad jan House Also Lowers Levy on Cigarettes. OTTAWA, Ontario, November 8 (®). —Cheaper cigarettes and liquors will result from a bill passed by the House of Commons yesterday. It cut the excise tax on Canadian Watts was dismissed last Summer, bad 000 for use from November 1 to De- | cigargttes from $6 to $4 a thousand and charge of the lock-up today. CUBAN IS EXILED Man Who Opposed Reginfe of Ma- chado Is Expelled. CADIZ, Spain, November 8 () — Herrera Sotolongo, Cuban exile, said “an irrepressible revolution is sched- uled from Havana sboard the Magal- lanes.” He said that he had been ex- cember 31. The Governor of Kansas receives $13,634 for use in two unnamed countles November 1 to December division 31. He is to make public the S e i ment,_said e announce both Hamilion 0 had issued all the emergency relie bonds they could and could obtain no further funds at this time. ‘Toledo also had taken virtually every emergency action possible under the ™ Gblo: pofcs] subdiisions previously political subdivisions had received $5,614.262, Kansas $430,- 000 and Qeegon $221,538. . the excise tax on Canadian liquors from $9 to $7 & f gallon. E, B. Ryckman, minister of national revenue, estimated that the national would lose between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 a year if consumption remained stationary. Actress’ Father Robbed. LOS ANGELES, November 8 (#).—C. C. Taylor, father of Estelle Taylor, film actress, re) to police yesterday two robbers held up at the door of his Park hafpe and robbed him of ring and $300 in cash, | Ocean & $1,000 \ ROME, November 8.—Confident from | For an hour or so last night, Davis sions should possibly afford a reason | now and recent friendly declarations | be a! TWO SHIPS ADRIFT INWAKE OF STORM Third Believed in Trouble In Caribbean as Mystery Mes- sage Is Picked Up. By the Associated Press. a Two ships were wallowing helplessly in the troughs of high seas behind an erratic Caribbean hurricane today and another mysterious call for help was under investigation. The disabled craft were the Blue Funnel Line freighter Phemius and the Quaker Line freighter San Simeon and they lay within 250 miles of each other off Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua. The mystery message was picked up | by the steamship Sixaola, presumably {in the Caribbean, and the call letters | were G-B-W-Y. The Sixaola reported the SOS to the Navy Department at Washington, where a check was in prog- ress. Was Taking Water. A salvage tug from Kingston, Ja- maica, found the Phemius yesterday, after the craft had drifted two days in the wake of the blow. Her funnel was gone and four holds were taking water. She was abopt 150 miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios. The San Simeon had a jammed rud- der and her steering gesr was broken 400 miles off Cape Gracias a Dios. and farther to the south. The United Fruit steamer Tela was standing by the San Simeon. The United States Navy airplane tender Swan and the de- stroyer Overton left Colon, Panama, to help the Phemius. It was not determined exactly how many men were aboard the two ves- sels, but such freighters usually carry | between 25 and 40 men in their crews. Moving Toward North. Meanwhile the storm was spreading out today and gathering intensity, al- though weather forecasters were unable to chart its exact direction. The Na- tional Observatory at Havana gave the storm’s latest position as probably 160 miles east southeast of Swan Island, or 450 miles due south of Havana, Cuba. It was impossible to say whether the storm would menace Yucatan, Mexico, or Cuba as it moved in a general north- erly course, because weather stations have never been able to put their finger on the center of distrubance since it | began a week ago in the Virgin Islands. | |[EARLY BEER ACTION AND SENATE CONTROL IN BALANCE TODAY (Continued From First Page) prove right, immediate beer legalization | would depend on the White House. |~ Control of the Senate for the re- mainder of this Congress will be de- | cided today, but by voters in only two States—New Jersey and Colorado— where special elections are being held | to fill unexpired terms of two deceased | members, both Republicans. At present the Senate line-up is: Re- | publicans, 47, Democrats, 47; Farmer- { Labor, 1; vacancies, 1. The Republicans will retain control if they win the two vacant seats in New Jersey and Colo- rado, wnile the Democrats oould wrest |it from them if they were victorious. {But it is problematical whether the Democrats could assume control if the | two seats are split, because the Farmer- | Laborite, Senator Shipstead of Minnes sota. has voted previously with the Re- | publicans on organization of the Senate. Barbour Seeks Morrow Seat. Senator W. Warren Barb Repub- lican, is seeking election in w Jer- ser against Representative Percy H. Stewart, Democrat, for the seat vacated by the death of Senator Dwight W. Morrow, to which he was appointed. Both are repealists In Colorado, Walter Walker, Demo- crat, who has been designated as Sen- ator to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Charles W. Waterman, Republican, is opposed by Karl C. Schuyler, Republican, candidate for both short and long terms. Alva B. Adams is the Democratic candidate for the long term. Both Democrats are for repeal and Schuyler is for submission. Altogether. voters 33 States have 34 Senate seats to fill. Of the major party candidates 37 are for repeal—29 Demo- crats and 8 Republicans. There are 15 submission candidates—1 Democrat, 14 Republicans. Of the 8 prohibitionist candidates 3 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans. (The views of the re- mainder are still unknown. Three senatorial candidates, all Demo- crats—Gov. Richard B. Russell, jr., of Georgia; Senator Fletcher of Florida and Representative Overton of Louisi- ana—are unopposed. The rest get the verdict today. With the exception of House seats in 40 districts. 36 Democratic and 4 Re- publican, and the 3 seats from Maine filled in the September 12 election, neither party has conceded any of the remaining 392 districts. Democratic House leaders claim, how- ever, they will increase their majority in the seventy-third Congress by 75 to 100. The present standing is 217 Dem- ocrats, 209 Republicans, 1 Farmer-La- bor, and 8 vacancies, 4 Republican and 4 Democratic. Four States Watched. Close national attention was attract- ed today to the senatorial races in In- diana, Utah, New Hampshire and Washington, where four prominent Re- publicans have waged vigorous cam- paigns for re-election Senator James E. Watson, Republican Senate_leader, engaged Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat, in Indiana, with both claiming victory. Out in Utah, Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of the Senate Finance Com- mittee, has had a hard set-to with Dr, Elbert D. Thomas, Democrat, a profes- sor of political science in the State Uni- versity. Senator George H. Moses, president Pro tempore of the Senate, has encoun- tered strong opposition in Fred H. Brown, Democrat, in New Hampshire, In Washington State, Senator Wesley Jones, author of the Jones 5 and 10 prohibition enforcement law. was fought by Homer T. Bone, Democrat. BODFISH I;IISQUOTED Unemployed, Not Employed, Should Not Expect Mortgage Aid. In an item describing the functioning of the Home Loan Bank system, The Evening Star yesterday quoted erro- neously Morton Bodfish, a member of the new Pederal agency, as having said no mortgage relief could be expected by a person who is employed. The word_should have been unemplo-ed. ‘The Star regrets the error. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmy ductor; Anton Pointner, assistant. ..Lake Connecticut Yankee 5 Symphonic’ jaez, “Sonatique,” Katzmann Waltz song, “The Tune That Never Grows Old"......... -Morse Pinale. “Slow But Sure”. “The Star Spangled