Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1934, Page 2

THEATERS T0 GIVE| T0Y SHOWS DEC. 15 The Star’s Santa Claus Ex- pedition Film Dgaws Large Crowds. ‘With The Star expedition feature picture, “Search for Santa Claus,” drawing thousands of children, their parents and friends to the Metropoli- tan Theater, where the film was shown | to capacity audiences all day yester- | day, and will continue for one fulli week before it goes to eight other Warner Bros.’ theaters here. an- nouncement is made of the fourth annual Star-Warner Bros." Christmas toy matifees, at which elaborate pro- grams of entertainment will be pre- sented on Saturday, December 15, to: collect new toys and gifts for needy children in Washington. Realizing that many boys and girls of Washington's poorer families would be neglected this Christmas unless provisions were made to look after their needs through the kindness and generosity of those more fortunate, The Star and Warner Bros. have planned once again to hold the toy matinee parties which have been so successful during the past three Christmases At these matinees, as in the past, the price of admission to all will be a new toy or gift. or some new and useful article of wearing apparel These are to be brought to the thea- ters December 15, where the spe- cial performances will be held, and where provision will be made in the entrance lobbies to collect the gifts. Council to Make Up List. ‘The new toys and gifts will then be collected by the Council of Social Agencies, which. while working ex- clusively with The Star and Warner Brothers in their Christmas matinee plans, is preparing a thorough and careful list of needy children and families in the District of Columbia, to whom contributions will be de- livered at Christmas. The council recently issued an ap- peal requesting all who wish to look after the needs of particular families. or who are interested in making the Christmas work more effective, to register their names at the council's Christmas exchange. at 1101 M street as early as possible. . The purpose of the careful regis- tration, Miss Mary Edith Coulson, | secretary of the family welfare and recreation division of the council, points out, is to avoid unnecessary duplication in cases where families are being looked after by certain groups or individuals. and to facilitate the work of the council in making sure that as many needy persons as possible may be reached. 30,000 Gifts Last Year. Last year the councll delivered 30,- €00 new gifts to needy Washington families, which had been brought by generous persons to The Star-Warner Bros.' matinees for this purpose. But this year the need is far greater, and the council is already being flooded with requests. An even greater num- ber of contributions will be needed to take care of the many poor families seeking aid, and it fs the hope of The Star and the Warner Brothers' theaters that no child in all Wash- ington will be forgotten. and that none will be left heartbroken this Christmas. All who possibly can are urged to attend the matinees and to bring with them new gifts and toys. It is also suggested that those who cannot attend in person send their contributions to any of the theaters listed Great care has been taken by the Warner Bros.' management in the planning of programs for these matinees, and as they will include un- usually fine pictures and supplemen- tary attractions., it is believed that they will be of great interest and en- Joyment to both children and adults. Following is the full schedule of | the Christmas matinees on Decem- | ber 15. The hours at which the doors of the theaters will open will be an- nounced later. Ouistanding Pictures on List. TIVOLI—Shirley Temple in “Baby Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a Popeye comedy. ) AMBASSADOR—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island.” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It,” a Pop- eye comedy. SAVOY—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an | Gang comedy: “Touchdown a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let’s You and Him Fight,” a Popeye comedy. COLONY—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker.” “Wild Poses.” an Our Gang comedy. and “The Night Be- fore Christmas.” a Silly Symphony. YORK—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor.” “Dirty Work.” a Laurel and Hardy comedy. and ‘“Touchdown Mickey.” a Mickey Mouse comedy. AVENUE GRAND—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Dirty Work.” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby.” a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. APOLLO—Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy. and “Mickey's Good Deed.” a Mickey Mouse comedy. ce Cabot in “Midship- is Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and “The Three Little < g METROPOLITAN—George O'Brien in “The Last Trail” “Oliver the Eighth.” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly Symphony. EARLE—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where Banta Claus Lives.” AVALON — Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island.” “Santa’s Workshop,” a Silly Sym- phony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Pop- eye comedy. Following its showing at the Metro- politan Theater this week, The Star| expedition moving picture, “Search for Santa Claus,” will be shown at the following Warner Bros.’ theaters: Ambassador, December 5. 6, 7; Colony, December 7; Avalon, December 8; | Avenue Grand, December 9, 10, 11; Apollo, December 12, 13: Home, De- cember 14, and York, December 14. PREMIER VISITS PRINCE MacDonald Discusses State Affairs With Regent of Yugoslavia. LONDON, November 30 (#).— Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald took advantage of the presence in London of Prince Paul, regent of Yugoslavia, today to gather first-hand information regarding Central European affairs by visiting him at Buckingham Palace. Before 8 am. MacDonald drove to the palace and proceeded immediately to the apartments of Prince Paul, who came here for the wedding of Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent, where he had breakfast, THE EVENING These were the first of the several thousand children who, despite the rain yesterday, crowded the Metro- politan Theater to see the “Search for Santa Claus.” made by The Star's expedition to the Far North, which an- nounced The Star-Warner Bros.” Christmas toy matinees to be held on Saturday, December 15, to provide new toys and gifts for Washington's needy children ‘The expedition movies will Metropolitan and afterward at eight other Warner Bros.' theaters. $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should | ANTAPANESE. BONBERS SIGHT Night Riders Endanger Fam- ilies of Farmers in Salt River Valley. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, November 30.— Anti-Japanese night riders of the Salt River Valley were sought by peace | officers today after renewed bombing attacks on Oriental-operated farms. The lives of three children were en- dangered when one of the home-made missiles exploded in Jim Takesuye's vard, 7 miles from Phoenix. Two other bombs failed to explode. At least five previous bombings in scattered parts of the rich agricul- tural valley were laid to night riders. Damage has been slight and no one has been hurt. Unconfirmed reports said Depart- ment of Justice agents had taken a hand in investigating the asserted campaign of white farmers to drive aliens out of the Salt River area. The attacks have brought a protest | from the Japanese consul general in | Los Angeles. Previously, the State Department expressed concern at the attitude of white farmers, and numer- ous court actions have been instituted under Arizona’s alien land law to re- strain Japanese and Hindus from operating farms. MAN’S DEATH IS CAUSED | receive gifts this Christmas.” DON" Santa Claus Editor of The Star. be shown for one full week at the T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother other awards. Don't forget, you must not be your letter. or little sister will win one of the more than 12 years old if you write The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the third prize is $5. Your letter must be at the offi night of Saturday. December 15. their letters, will be made one week ice of The Star not later than mid- Announcements of the winners, with later. Please write on one side of the paper only, and get your letter in early. WANAMAKER RITES TO BE TOMORROW Member of Prominent Department Store Family Dies After Brief Illness. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 30.— Funeral services will be held tomor- row i New York and Philadelphia for John Wanamaker, jr, who died He was 45 years old ‘Wanamaker, son of the late Rodman Wanamaker and grandson of John | Wanamaker. department store owner, | was prominent in social, military | and sport circles in this country and | Europe. He was well known for his interest in speed-boat racing. During the World War he served as a cap- | tain in the 78th Division and was a member of Gen. Pershing's staff. | He nad an interest in the New York | appellate division MRS.VANDERBILT'S PLEA IS STUDIED Appellate Court Reserves Decision on Application for Habeas Corpus. I Byt 55 | vesterday after an illness of 10 days. | BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 30.—The today on Mrs. Gloria Morgan Van- derbilt’s application to force Supreme Court Justice John P. Carew to act on her habeas corpus petition for the custody of her heiress daughter, 10-yeer-old Gloria. Mrs. Vanderbilt contends that Jus- {and Philadelphia Wanamaker stores, | tice Carew's decision making little BY STOVE-WOOD STICK |#lthough in recent years was not ac- Gloria the ward of the Supreme Court, ———— | Wife Said to Have Admitted | Striking Husband After He Attacked Her With Chair. By the Assoctated Press. COLUMBIA. S. C.. November 30.— Mrs. Mary Thomason. 40. was quoted by Chief of Police W. H. Rawlinson as admitting yesterday she struck her husband a fatal blow with a stick of stove wood. Carried back to her home for ques- tioning_ the nervous little woman tcld police her 37-year-old husband had | attacked her with a chair while drunk Wednesday night. “Lord knows I didn't want to hurt the man,” she exclaimed. R. S. Thomason, the husband, walked into a local hospital in a night | dazed condition Wednesday with blood streaming from a wound in his left temple. He died without making a statement. The widow was held at the city jail pending a coroner’s inquest tonight. o King Returns to Italy. BRINDISL. Italy. November 30 (#)—King Victor Emmanuel, wel- comed by a naval display of three cruisers, seven destroyers and a squad- ron of hydroairplanes, arrived home yesterday aboard the yacht Savoia from an inspection trip to Italian | Somaliland in Northeast Africa. Thou- sands of Italians cheered from the | docks. | Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. “I'M SOLICITING FUNDS FOR THE HOME FOR FEEBLE-MINDED— YOU NEVER KNOW, MISTER, WHEN YOU MAY BE THERE YOUR- (Copyright, 1934) SELF.” | his first wife, Mrs. Pauline Disston | tive in the business. He leaves his wife. Mrs. Eliza- beth Warburton Wanamaker, whom he married in Reno in August, 1932, the same day he was divorced from Wanamaker. Surviving also are two children of the first marriage, John | Rodman and Fernanda Pauline Wana- | maker. BRITISH TREASURY BANS LOW-FARE BOAT LINE Government Blocks Purchase of Red Star Ships, Fearing Subsidy Competition. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30.—The British treasury placed a ban today against the proposed purchase of a number of Red Star liners by a com- pany which planned to popularize | trans-Atlantic travel through a cheap trip between the United States and | England | The plan provided for formation of a company with a capital of £500,000 (approximately $2,500.000), guaran- teed by financial and shipping inter- ests. Maj. Frank Bustard, a moving spirit in the venture, said the treas- ury advanced as a reason for the ban the fact that the line would become a possible competitor of the Cunard and White Star lines, which received government subsidies. ) and giving her to her mother two days a week and to her paternal aunt. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. the remaining five days was & compro- mise, Through her attorneys she main- tains that Justice Carew must either sustain or deny her application for a habeas corpus writ. Such action would facilitate an appeal on her part. MOTHER REMAINS HERE. Declines to See All But Friends on Visit Here. Declining to see anybody, but send- ing word through her malid that she plans to remain in Washington until Sunday, Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vander- bilt remained in seclusion in her hotel suite today. Keeping only two or three informal engagements, Mrs. Vanderbilt thus far has declined to explain her reasons for the visit here other than to say that she was seeking rest. Only a few close friends have been admitted to her suite, although she has received numerous floral gifts and a considerable quantity of mail. Meanwhile, her sister, Mrs. Ben- jamin Thaw, continues a visitor at the home of Mrs. Eldridge E. Jordan. Mrs. Vanderbilt's maid would give no information on further plans of the young mother regarding her court fight in New York for custody of 10- year-old Gloria. Mrs. Vanderbfit's original plan was to return to New York today to take up the matter with her counsel. During the past three days Mrs. Vanderbilt has attended several quiet parties and a luncheon in the cocktail lounge of the hotel. On this last occasion among her companions were Lady Willmott Lewis, wife of the correspondent of the Lon- don Times; Mrs. H. H. Sims, wife of the attache of the British Embassy:; Mrs. William Doeller, Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Thaw. Mrs. Vanderbilt dined quietly with Mrs. Sims one night and with Mrs. Jordan another. Mrs. Vanderbilt spent most of the Thanksgiving holiday in her suite, leaving late in the afternoon for din- ner with some friends. COL. C. B. ROGAN, 60, DIES AT NASHVILLE Former Adjutant General of Ten- nessee Was Buried Today. w Col. Charles B. Rogan, 60, U. S. A, retired, former adjutant general of Tennessee, died Wednesday at Nash- ville, according to word received here. Funeral services were held today at Gallatin, Tenn., followed by burial at Knoxville. Born at Gallatin, Col. Rogan gradu- ated from the University of Tennes- see in 1898. During the World War he commanded the 2d Infantry, Ten- nessee National Guard. He was re- tired in June, 1921. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Rogan, of Gallatin, and four daugiters, Mrs. Cecil R. Allen, also of Gallatin; Mrs. Kathryn Norris, wife of E. E. Norris, vice president of the Southern Railway, this city; Mrs. Margaret Callan, wife of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Callan, assistant chlef of staff of the Army, also of Washing- ton, and Mrs. Lilllan Claiborne of Knoxville, reserved decision | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, TIDAL WAVE SCARE IN HAWAI PASSES Wall of Water Fails to Ap- pear After Heavy Sub- marine Quake. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, November 30.—A se- vere submarine earthquake about 2,000 miles at sea apparently failed to create & disastrous tidal wave. The shock was recorded last night on a local seismograph. A midnight deadline (5:30 a.m. Eastern standard time) re- portedly set by the Hydrographic Of- fice for the crest of water to sweep upon the Hawaifan Islands passed without a sign of a disastrous wave— exceedingly rare in this Pacific cross roads. Reports that all military forces on | Oahu (Honolulu) Island were called into readiness for any possible emer- gency were denied st Schofield Bar- racks, 30 miles from Honolulu. Even Kilauea Volcano, so easily dis- turbed by submarine earth movements, remained quiet. Naval radio and amateur operators in San Francisco and San Pedro, Calif., early today reported receiving messages from Hawaii that a tidal wave started by the earthquake would sweep the islands before midnight, Honolulu time. Later Amateur Operator Prank Sar- ber, in San Pedro, told of picking up parts of a broadcast from Radio Sta- tion KGU in Honolulu saying all dan- ger of a tidal wave had passed TYPHOON'S TOLL UNKNOWN. Philippine Storm Isolates Provinces, MANILA. P. I.. November 30 (#).— Meager reports left in doubt today the death and destruction caused by one of the most severe of the series of typhoons which have claimed 300 lives in the Philippines in the last three months. Seven provinces in the central is- Seven |lands, south and southeast of here, were completely cut off from communi- tion with Manila. The hurricane reached its most vio- lent pitch in Leyte Island, where the wind reached a reported velocity of 125 miles an hour. Only one storm death was reported. The storm passed far Manila. A dozen Red Cross workers left Manila carly today for Leyte. where natives were still rebuilding after pre- vious storms. FEAR DISPELLED. Quake Fixed Somewhere Off Central America Coast. south of Computations at the seismological laboratory of the Coast and Geodetic Survey fixed the Pacific earthquake last night somewhere off the western coast of Central America, thus remov- ing all fear of a destructive tidal wave If any tidal wave had been set up it would doubtless have reached its des- tination long before now—since the speed with which one moves through the Pacific is approximately 400 miles | an hour. Moreover, earthquakes in that locality are almost invariably ot the horizontal variety, whereas tidal waves are set up, as a general rule, only by vertical quakes. The Pacific, the Coast and Geodetic Survey maps show, is surrounded by an earthquake belt like a gigantic horseshoe, with only the Antarctic side left open. A tidal wave travels nearly twice as fast through this ocean | as through the Atlantic, speed being in general a function of depth. Near- ly all earth shocks occur close to land. One under the center of the ocean is very rare and usually mild The real danger of a tidal wave to shore communities, Coast and Geodetic Survey scientists point out, is not from the tidal wave itself but from the secondary phenomenon known as the “seiche.” i Sometimes a very strong earthquake in the Pacific keeps the water in vi- bration for several days. Such an in- stance was in 1922, when an earth- | quake off the southern coast of Chile caused tidal waves in Hawaii. C. K. DAVIS DIES Purcellville Man, 87, Was Active _in Masonic Lodge. PURCELLVILLE, Va., November 30. —Funeral services will be held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. N. R. Heaton, here tomorrow afternoon for Charles K. Davis, 87, who died yester- day from infirmities of age. Mr. Davis was a member of Hamil- ton Lodge, A. F. and A. M.. and had served as grand lecturer of Virginia for several years. He was a member of the Friends Church. Besides his daughter, he is survived by two sons, Emest Davis of Washington and Harry Davis of Chase City, and sev- eral grandchildren. in Lincoln Cemetery. NOVEMBER 30, 1934, What’s Statistics Show Business Certain, With Price Confidence—Wrong BY PAUL USINESS was a little better in B November. It vill be a little | | better than that in December, and January should show a mite of improvement over December. That estimate is not just the usual whoopla which seems to be getting popular again, but a reasonable view | of the situation, based on competent | figures and studied expectations. Business Confidence Being Drawn. ! ‘What seemed to have happened is that, in the early Fall, strikes lndI price uncertainty caused stocks of | goods to be depleted. Now the price | | level is drawing business confidence. | Stocks are being adjusted to demand | | and demand also is asserting itself in | replacements. The stock situation is | | such that the trend will undoubtedly | continue through December and prob- | ably January. | All this means that we have | had a mental recovery, and that the mental recovery is very slowly generating better business. It does not mean you should put any faith in the current cackling of enthu- | siasts who think everything is go- | ing to be bigger and Dbetter at once, or any time soon. The tip of those best able to judge the prospects of Christmas retail trade | is that it will be at least 10 per cent | above last year. A heavy movement of Christmas goods has been notice- able. People seem to have more money than last year, generally, and are more inclined to spend it. If ad- | | vance expectations are realized, it will | be the best Chnsum’ since 1930. Figures Are Cited. | You can look at the figures to see | the gradual progress made in the past three months. Each figure represents the percentage of normal at the times stated, with normal (100) being the | average for the years 1923-24-25, for everything except prices. The figures are collected from various private and | Bovernmental agencies and adjusted | for seasonal variations, so that an in- crease from month to month shows | an improvement beyond seasonal ex- pectations. ! i n- dustrial production ke T 96 81 66 67 65 1929 average 1930 average.. 1931 average September, 1932 October | November .. | September, October . November January. February March April May . June July August . September . October .. Froee November (estimated) (1926 equals 100.) Wrong Idea Created. | You probably have the wrong idea | | about prices from reading the gen- erally published figures. Every one | thinks prices have been going up. The | | truth is that the only prices which have increased materially this year | are those of foods and farm products. | The drought did that. with some de- | batable help from the A. A. A. pro- | gram. | Last January the price level of everything except foods and farm products was 77.6. That was for the 1933 1934 Factory employ- mei 1 What Behind News in Capital Improvement Slow, but Level Drawing Fixed Idea Found on Costs. MALLON. first week of this year. For the week of November 17 the comparable fig- ure was exactly 78.3, a difference of less than a point. During all that intervening period, | covering nearly a year, the figure never went higher than 79.2 and never lower than the figure for the first week in January. For the last three months it has been practically un-! changed. That price situation seems to be a rather broad response to Prof. Warren, the committee for the Nation, Father Coughlin and all the others who think dollar devaluation is the key to price levels. Level Remains About Same. President Roosevelt devalued the dollar January 31, and the price level of all products not influenced by the drought is just about the same as be- fore the devaluation. It went up slightly for a while because of fear and speculation, but it soon adjusted itself to more important matters than dollar devaluation—namely, supply and demand. Incidentally, the Washington ballyhoo of last year, you may re- member, was based on the restora- tion of the 1926 price level. You have not heard much of that lately. and you won't What they are talking up mow is for the readjustment of prices to encourage distribution. They are not trying to fool with the gen- eral price level any more. The only index now going backward is freight car loadings. You would think that, with business activity in- creasing, the railroads would be get- ting their share. They are sharing, | but the drought hit them so hard their | average traffic figure is suffering Live stock and grain shipments are down to about 60 per cent of normal Ore and lumber are also down. but} other items are holding their own The building improvement was not due to the two bad boys, Mr Moflett and Mr. Ickes, but to a flurry in residential construction It may not last. Foreclosures are still going on at the rate of about Dept. Bldg. Whole- Pay Freight store con- sale rolls. loadings. sales. tracts. prices 1091 106 111 117 95.3 102 92 92 63 68 30 69 29 B 2 70 30 70 37 65 48 68 49 71 44 7 33 32 nt. 048 86.4 73.0 65.3 644 = 4 © 67.1 648 60.4 62.2 579 60.7 62 DURBDRIW IR D 30,060 a month, and while people are losing their property at that rate the outlook is hardly rosy. The textile settlement helped in- dustrial production and employment. So did the growth of steel activity. Losers in that index this month in- cluded automobiles, shoes and tobacco There has been a pick-up in glass- ware manufacturing, which indicates an expectation of widespread synthetic | Christmas cheer. (Copyright. 1834 by North American | Newspeper Alliance. Inc.) MRS. GEORGIA JOHNSON | OF GAITHERSBURG DIES Funeral Set This Afternoon From | Home—Burial in Forest Oak Cemetery. GAITHERSBURG, Md., November 30.—Mrs. Georgia May Johnson, 48, wife of J. Edgar Johnson of Gaithers- burg, died at the Montgomery County General Hospital, Wednesday, follow- ing a long illness. Besides her husband, she is survived by three children, Mrs. Roland Ward of Woodfield and Miss Julia J. John- | son and Edgar C. Johnson. both of | Gaithersburg; her mother, Mrs. Ever- | |ett L. Cecil of Clarksburg, Md.; five | sisters and five brothers. The funeral will be held this after- | noon from the home here, with burial | in Forest Oak Cemetery. i . Noted Civil Engineer Dies. LONDON, November 30 (#).—Sir Robert William Perks, 85, civil en- | gineer who was associated with the | | building of docks at Manchester. | | Buenos Alres, and Alexandria and the | Burial will be building of the Trans-Andean Rail- | one mile west of Oak Harbor on | way in South America, died today. | | ton; five grandchildren and two great- | JOHN W. BERKELEY DIES AT TENTH STREET HOME Well-Known Mason, 81, Long Connected With Various Capi- tal Clothing Stores. John Wesley Berkeley, 81, a native of Washington, most of his life con- nected with various clothing stores here, died early this morning at his home, 814 Tenth street. He was an active Mason, a member of Hope Lodge, No. 20, F. A. A. M., and the Anacostia Royal Arch. He had been guide in Kismet Council, Royal Ar- canum, for years. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Augustus W. Meyer, Mrs. Mary Stealey and Mrs. Margaret Talking- grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. T C. C. C. Worker Killed. EVERETT, Wash, November 30 (#).—John Philips of Oswego, N. Y., was killed and eight others received minor injuries when a C. C. C. truck skidded and struck a telephone pole ‘Whidby Island yesterday. Street Car Overturned in Strike More than 100 Angeles strikers took charge of a street car at Vermont avenue and Pico street, in the West. uonull r:n of !t;: city, ordered every one off the car and then tipped it over. Photo shows the overturned car with workmen preparing to turn it right side up. Fifty other trolleys and a great deal of automobile traffic wag tled up for two hourss Q t —A. P. Photo. ) i [ 2 ILOSERS ANNOUNCE. ELECTION PROTEST Montgomery Recount Looms in Race for Places in Maryland House. BY JACK ALLEN. Formal announcement that they will contest the recent election of Jo- seph C. Cantrel and Walter M. Ma- gruder, Fusion party nominees, as members of the group that is to rep- resent Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates, was made today by John Imirie and Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, Democratic nomi- nees who were defeated in the official Ir;turn:. from the balloting on Novem- r 6. Dr. Jordan is to oppose the elec- tion of Cantrel and said that he would serve notice upon the latter today of his intentions to seek a re- count, while Imirle stated that he would notify Magruder of his inten- tions tomorrow. Cantrel, who drew the largest num- ber of votes cast for any of the Mont- gomery County candidates for th> Lower House, topped Dr. Jordan b 663 votes, while Imirie trailed Ma gruder by 300 ballots. Irregularities Alleged. The two Democratic aspirants de clared that their decision to ask for recount was reached after three other candidates, who were returned losers in the official returns, petitioned the Circuit Court for recounts and pointed out numerous alleged irregularities in the conduct of the election. “It is only fair to assume” they seid, “that the same irregularities, if the charges made by the other de- feated candidates are true, apply w the votes cast for the candidates for seats in the House of Delegates.” They asserted that they, too, have amassed a great deal of data dealing with undisclosed irregularities at thc polls and will present their findings “at the proper time.” Assembly Committee to Rule. Unlike the other election contest: which will be handled by the Circui Court, the recount appeals of the tw Democratic legislative nominees will be handled by the Elections Committee of the General Assembly. Imirie and Dr. Jordan are required under the procedure followed by State Legislature in settling contested elec- tions affecting the personnel of the General Assembly, to first serve notice on the candidates whose election they oppose. A justice of the peace is then select- ed to take the testimony of the Demo- cratic candidates’ witnesses and Magruder and Cantrel are notified to appear at the examination to cross- examine or have their attorneys cross- examine the witnesses Speaker to Receive Protest. Notice must then be served upon the speaker of the House of Delegates that the election of the two Fusion candidates has been contested, and he in turn refers the matter to the Elections Committee, whose duty it is to review the testimony and decide whether the defeated candidates have sufficient grounds to receive a recount. If the recount is granted the ballot boxes are to be ordered taken to An- napolis and the recount staged under the supervision of the Elections Com- mittee. Ten candidates who participated in the Montgomery County election are now involved in contests for recounts. John B. Diamond and Raleigh S. Chinn, Democratic nominees, have contested the election of Charles E. King and Frank H. Karn, Fusionists, as members of the county board, while Walter W. Dawson, Fusion candidate, has asked for a recount of the State's attorneyship race, which he lost to James H. Pugh, Demorrat. NAVAL DISCUSSION TURNS TO TONNAGE Yamamoto and Chatfield Discuss Technical Sides of Situa- tion at Length. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30.—Technical sides of the naval situation were dis- cussed at length today by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of Japan and Ad- miral Sir Ernle Chatfield of the British admiralty Yamamoto, it was understood sounded out Chatfield on the i- bility of success of any further British compromise plan in the present dead- locked tri-power naval negotiations The Japanese later may give tech nical details supporting their origina proposals for a new treaty based on tonnage equality, but Armiral Yama moto did not touch on these figure today. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor o the exchequer, told the House of Com- mons the government could only dis- courage the proposed venture becausc it was bound in time to “frustrate rationalization” obtained by the Cu nard and White Star merger. MOSLEY IN ROME ON SECRET MISSION British Fascist’s Activity Declared Not Known by Italian Government. By the Associated Press. ROME. November 30.—Sir Oswald Mosley, British Fascist leader, was in Rome today and a cloak of mystery was thrown around his visit. A goverriment spokesman sald last night Italian authorities had received no official notice of Mosley's arrival, asserting “we know nothing about it.” When Mosley’s train arrived from Paris, his secretary asked a police officer to scatter photographers. Sir Oswald, the secretary said, did not wish to pose for a photograph. They remained on the train until the camera men left the station. A check-up of principal hotels later failed to reveal where England’s Black Shirt leader had taken quarters. HELD IN SHIP SLAYING American Arrested in Italy for Death on 8. S. Exchange. MESSINA, Italy. November 30 (#). —Chief Engineer M. J. Demott of the American S. 8. Exchange was arvested today following the fatal shooting of Prederick Roberts, 37, Chicago, first officer of the ship. Police allege that Demott shot Roberts three times during an argu- ment aboard ship while the steamer was in port. Roberts died in Pleds mont Hospital. [ 3 3