Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 2

PARADE T0 MARCH WITH TORCHLIGHTS Historical Pageant Also to Be Part of Constitution Day Exercises. A torchlight parade, followed by an fistorical pageant, depicting the great events in the progress of constitutional freedom, will feature the Constitution day exercises being sponsored by the District Department of the American Legion the night of September 17. Nearly 115 organizations will be represented in the line of march, which will form on Fourth street, just south of Constitution avenue, at 7:30 p.m: In addition to regular marchers there will be scores of floats and bands. The parade distance will be nine-tenths of a mile, and will re- quire one hour from start to finish. Approximately 10,000 seats will be available to spectators to witness the historical pageant on the Monument grounds. It will feature scenes memo- | rializing the ratification of the Con- stitution, the signing of the English Magna Charta and the Mayflower pact, besides picturesque ballets, in- terpretative of the constitutional and | colonial eras. No Parade Lagging. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, retired, general chairman of the celebration program, promises a “quick step” pa- rade along Constitution avenue to the grandstand to be erected at Six- teenth street. Formations will be | close up to prevent lagging. | Immediately following disbanding of | the parade, the pageant will be staged | in the Sylvan Theater. Three thou- | sand reserve seats are to be put on | sale at 25 cents each. | Chairman William N. Morrell of the Parade Committee announced | formation plans were already under | way. Col. H. §. Kimberly, chairman of the Pageant Committee, has been designated by Gen. Fries to arrange for securing hundreds of pine torches for illuminating the line of march. Trophies will be presented to the best marching units in the parade, the finest musical unit, the best uniformed group. In the junior musical repre- sensation the Sons of Legionnaires will compete. Colors to Be Carried. The colors of each group will be carried at the head of the column. “There will be no massing of colors, it was said A picturesque feature of the pa- rade will be 1,000 women from the Gerieral Federation of Woman's Clubs. Each will carry an American flag. Their ranks will be almost solid, ac centuating the display of flags. It was decided yesterday to move the hour for the starting of the pa- rade from 7 to 7:30 p.m. for the con- venience of marchers who have to go home to change into uniform. Be-|_—A measuring rod you can apply to | cause an American Legion convention 15 to be held outside Washington the | heart a radical or & conservative, Red | ID| night of the parade, it was decided that Legionnaires unable to attend in regular uniforms would be per- mitted to march in white shirts and trousers and overseas caps. Pageant to Take Hour. ‘The pageant following the parade will not take more than an hour to produce. A fireworks display will oc- cupy about 20 minutes thereafter. There will be a concentration of fire- ‘works to light up the entire scene. R. M. Ham, director of safety of the District Motor Club, who is also vice chairman of the Parade Com- mittee, will extend invitations to Legion posts outside Washington to participate in the parade. He is also chairman of a special committee to censor all floats, so that each will rep- | Tesent only patriotic themes or char- acters in keeping with the spirit of the parade. Ham has ruled out ad- Vertising matter. As chairman of the Church Co- operation Committee, Mrs. W. E.| Ochiltree, president of the American ‘War Mothers, yesterday issued an ap- peal to all members of the clergy to stress the importance of Constitution flay to their congregations at today's church services. Miss Martha McClure of this city, &s a member of the National Council, Women'’s National Republican Club, Wwill be one of the sponsors of the club’s two-day Constitution day cele- bration in New York City, it was an- nounced here. TOMLINSON TO TRY FOR NEW RECORDS Blind Flight to Kansas City To- : day Will Be Effort for Altitude. By the Associated Press. * NEW YORK, September 7.—D. W. “Tommy” Tomlinson, who set eight Mew international and nine American sviation records in flights last Spring, Will take off from Newark Airport Sunday morning in his T. W. A. trans- port plane in an attempt to see other marks while blind-flying to Kansas City. In his “laboratory” plane, the same one in which he now holds the trans- continental transport record of 11 hours 5 minutes from Los Angeles to New York, he will attempt to attain maximum altitude while being guided in blind flight by a “homing” compass. The compass finds its direction by following commercial broadcasting sta- tions rather than on the regular radio beam. Accompanying him will be Dean Burford, one of the ace pilots of ‘T. W. A., and Mark Barron, Associated Press staff writer. ITALY RESUMES LOANS Albanian Influence Gained by Credit, Asserts. ROME, September 7 (#).—A gov- ernment decree tonight announced Ttaly was resuming its-yearly loans of 10,000,000 gold francs to the little kingdom of Albania cross the Adriatic. The decree re-establishes the validity of the 10-year loan plan agreed upon in 1931. By the decree political circles understood tonight Italy had won & victory of ‘influence in Al- bania. ‘The measure stipulated the yearly loan would be continued to “assure the development of public works and public construction in Albania.” Decree Honduran Delegates Named. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Sep- tember 7 (#).—Miguel Paz Baraona, Minister st Washington who is now traveling in Europe, and Julian Lopez Pineds, Honduran charge d’affaires in Paris,- were appointed delegates today to the League of Nations Assembly opening Monday. , | ‘ the Northern border of Italy. King and Premier Confer Premier Mussolini taiking with King Victor Emmanuel during a lull in the vast maneuvers of the Italian Army (in Brenner Pass) along THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, RUUSEVEH S[:ANS BUURTW“.I. SIUDY Representative Takes Bride CONDITIONS DATA Talks With Hopkins on Ef- .| —President Roosevelt yesterday con- —Wide World Photo. | By the Associated Press. | ANN ARBOR. Mich., September 7 | yourself to learn whether you are at {or reactionary. was described to the American Psychological Association here today by Theodore F. Lentz df Washington University, St. Louis. | It comprises several hundred se- lected questions. Samples follow. Af- firmative answers to such as these shows your tendency is radical: 1. Alimony for divorced husbands is as logical as alimeny for divorced wives. 2. The world needs & new religion. 3. It was within the power of the diplomats of 1900 to 1912 to prevent | the World War. | 4. Something more effective than | our present brooms and mops and | Are You Radical? Simple Test Will Show, Psychologist Claims fort to Press on With Work-Relief. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 7. cluded a day of relaxation by at- tending & clambake picnic party on the picturesque lawn. of the home of Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau, about 20 miles from the Presi- dent’s home. ‘The President was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, John Roosevelt, Mr. al Mrs. John Boettiger, Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre, Harry L. Hop- kins, the White House correspondents and photographers and members of the executive staff. Prom now until he returns to Wash- ington preparatory to start on his trip to the West Coast, Mr. Roosevelt plans a “listening post” period, study- ing reports about conditions through the country. He plans to keep callers down to the minimum and to make engagements principally with those who can give him a first-hand pic- ture of conditions. The President has talked at length with Administrator Hopkins here re- gardind the progress of the work- relief program. Mr. Roosevelt ap- parently is eager to speed up the $4,- 480,000,000 program to put 3,500,000 on work-relief jobs unless they are ab- sorbed by private business. Mr. Roosevelt still hopes to have his pro- gram reach the peak of employment by the middle of November. BORDER IS GUARDED IN CZECH-POLE ROW Fresh Outbreak Feared After Protests Following “Mis- sion of Wreckage.” By the Associated Press. PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, September 7.—Czech-Polish jealousy simmered to- day as troops stood guard against a fresh outbreak in the vicinity of the city of Cieszyn. Presence of the troops was made necessary when Polish Nationalists, who form a preponderance of the through & number of communities on | vacuum cleaners should be devised to | clean our homes 5. One-fifth of the public school | budget could well be spent in educat- g parents to educate their children. Conservative, if you give affirma- tive answers to these: 1. It is bad for a married man to | take another man’s wife to the movies. 2. Billy Sunday has done much to make religion a vital force in our lives. 3. Not all international disputes should be settled by arbitration. 4. Women in general are not as in- telligent as men. 5. College education is right in more ways than it is wrong. | The testing method was tried on 580 | college students. The experimenter found that it shows radicalism and conservatism are matters of degree rather than kind. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER FORECAST| Potomac Near Flood Stage at Harpers Ferry With Little Damage Reported. Fair weather, somewhat warmer, is in prospect today and tomorrow after a week of incessant rain and unsea- sonal chill. The temperature last midnight was around 63 degrees and a higher mini- mum is expected tonight. Although a week of rain raised the Shenandoah and Potomac to near flood stage at Harpers Ferry, little damage from high water was experienced along the river or in Washington. The Potomac here stood at 4 feet, 4 inches above mean low at high tide yesterday afternoon, and the next crest stage early today was expected to fall something under that figure, observers said. CALM SINCE CAPONE IS BROKEN IN CICERO One Shot Fired in Air During Squabble at City Hall Over Bond Issue. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Ill, September 7.—The tranquillity which has been Cicero’s since Al Capone left the suburb was disrupted today by a clash in front of the city hall. One shot was fired into the air. Several persons were mauled. Difficulties developed when a com- mittee representing the Cicero Tax- payers’ Council bore down on the hall to file petitions demanding a proposed $935,000 bond issue be submitted to a popular vote. Two dozen persons, described to police as municipal employes, blocked the path. A scuffle ensued. Several men tore the petitions from commit- tee members’ hands and raced away. The committee people got back on their feet and gave chase, recovering most of the petitions. Police Chief Theodore Svoboda re- ported no arrests were made and that the identity of the guoman was un- known. - 20,000 MULES WANTED Denver Dealer Speculates Whether Italy Desires Animals. DENVER, September 7 (#).—Charles Powell, horse and mule dealer, said today an inquiry whether 20,000 ‘Western mules could be rounded up for delivery to the Eastern seaboard has been relayed here “in a round- sbout way” from an Eastern railroad headquarters, Powell said the railroad declined to disclose the prospective purchaser, and he and other dealers speculated whether it might be the Italian gov- erament. He said there probably are not enough mules in the United States to fill the order under the high speci- ACT OF WAR, GERARD SAYS OF SANCTIONS Thinks Germany Might Try to, Seize Austria—Italy’s Action Held Unavoidable. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 7.—James W. Gerard, former United States Am- bassador to Germany, warned today that the invoking of sanctions against Italy in the Ethiopian dispute would be an act of war that might start a swing toward communism. “Any European nation that de- clares war will commit a sin against civilization,” he asserted upon his re- turn from a European trip. “Invoking sanctions against Italy would be an act of war. Heaven knows what might happen. Germany is on a hair-trigger, and probably would start marching into Austria. The result would be that the people would say that the capitalistic system has failed, and would be ready for communism.” Gerard, who talked with Premier Mussolini in Rome, believes the im- pending invasion to colonize Ethiopia is unavoidable. - “I do not excuse Italy,” he said. “But it has to be.” Expressing belief the League of Nations was “as dea & door-nail,” he described it as “a league of re- ceivers of stolen goods.” BULLITT LEAVES POST FOR SHORT VACATION Indicates No Move in U. S.-Soviet Exchanges on Propaganda . By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 7.—William C.'Bullitt, United States Ambassador, entrained for Berlin tonight on & va- cation of two or three weeks. His departure was generally inter- preted as indicating no further move is expected for the time being In the differences which arose between Washington and Moscow over activi- ties of the Communist Internationale. Bullitt was accompanied by his secretary and daughter Anne, who is sailing from Hamburg to New York next week. The Ambassador plans to visit Vienna and Berlin, FLYER FORCED DOWN Lieut. Denham of Langley Field Hits Fence Post. LINCOLN, Iil, September 7 (#).— An Army bombing plane flown by Lieut. W. M. Denham of Langley Field, Va., made an emergency lend- ing by the light of a single parachute flare tonight after the craft's compass became disabled near here. The plane was en route from Peorle to Springfleld. The pilot who was accompanied by Pvt. Carl Bean of Langley Field, said he became lost after his compass failed. The bi- Departure Expected & mission of wreckage. ‘The marauders broke windows and furniture and paid special attention to | the demolition of school houses. Police | arrested 12 men, but said many more | unknown to them participated in the raid. After the incident a Czech deputa- tion came to Praha to demand pro- population in certain sections, drove | BRUNO PLEA SOON New Jersey Appeals Bench Ruling Is Expected in Mid-October. By the Assoclated Press. TRENTON, N. J., September 7.-- ‘The Court of Errors and Appeals, 13 members of which will decide whether Bruno Richard Hauptmann is to get & new trial or die in the electric chair, opens its Fall conferences next Thursday. Meanwhile. Hauptmann was re- ported “cheerful and in good health” by Rev. D. G. Werner of New York City, his spiritual adviser, who vis- ited him in his death cell today. 100 Other Cases Ahead. There is no assurance the court will discuss the Hauptmann case when it meets on Thursday, or even the next day—Friday the 13th—for approximately 100 other cases heard before Hauptmann's still await de- cision. The judges will meet seVeral days each week in their oak-paneled, thickly carpeted conterence room in the rear of the main court room on the fourth floor of the State House annex. Behind closed doors they will discuss pending cases. Can Appeal for Clemency. If a majority votes to afirm Haupt- mann’s conviction of the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder, his only appeal in the State courts is the Court of Pardons for clemency. If a ma- jority votes to reverse the verdict of the trial jury, Hauptmann will be sent back to Hunterdon County for a new trial. There 1is little likelihood of a de- | cision before mid-October. Chancel- | lor Luther A. Campbell, denying re- | | ports s decision had already been | | reached, said the case had not been discussed. The court has not met | since June 20, the day it heard the appeal. BARBARA JUTTON'S AUNT WINS DIVORCE Mrs. Marjorie Post Hutton De-. scribes, but Does Not Name, Co-respondent. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 7.—De- scribing, but not naming a co- respondent, Mrs. Marjorie Post Hutton, | aunt of Countess Barbara Hutton von | Haugwitz-Reventlow, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce today from Edward F. Hutton, wealthy New | York financier. | ‘The decree was signed by Supreme | tection from the Poles. At their re- quest 800 foot soldiers were sent to | the southwestern city and quartered in vacant factories. patrolled the Czech-Polish border in this section. Resistence of Polish residents to efforts to impose the Czech language | upon them was one of the principle causes of the flare-up. IWATER SUPPLANTS GAS IN CAR, IS CLAIM | Inventor Says Electric Process Manufactures Fuel for Engines. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., September 7.—C. H. Garrett, Dallas inventor, gave private demonstration today of a he said substituted water for gasoline as fuel for internal combustion engines. He said it broke up the water by electrolysis into its component gases, oxygen and hydrogen, using the highly-explosive hydrogen for fuel. ‘The working model operated a four- cylinder engine for several minutes at varying speeds. The inventor explained that diffi- culty had been encountered hereto- fore in attempts to store the in- flammable hydrogen. He claimed to have avoided that trouble by making and exploding the gas in the same process. Water, he explained, is broken down into its component gases by passage of an electric current through it from electrodes. The hydrogen, Garrett said, is mixed with air and introduced directly into the cylinders. Garrett said attachment of the “electrolytic carburetor” and installa- tion of a generator of about double normal capacity to furnish péwer for the breaking down of the water were the only changes needed to convert & gasoline burning automobile into & water-burner, WILL OPEN SLUM WORK HYDE PARK, N. Y, September 7 (#).—Mrs. D. Roosevelt will g0 to Detroit Monday to help inaugurate & slum-clearance project in the motor city. While there, she will visit her brother, Hall Roosevelt, who also is interested in replacement of slums with modern apartments, and has taken an active interest in the work in Detroit. Mrs. Roosevelt plans to accompany the President on his proposed trip to the West Coast late this month. “The United States and Its Rela- tions With Foreign Nations” will be the subject of an address to be de- livered by Senator Elbert Duncan Thomas of Utah in the National Radio Forum Thursday at 10:30 pm. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Evening Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. “This time, let's mean it! We must stay out,” is the theme which Séena- tor Thomas has chosen for his ad- dress. In it, he will declare in definite terms that the United States must not be drawn into any future foreign wars, and particularly into any con- flict that may come between Italy and Ethiopia, Senator Thomas is a member of motored plane was dameged when it struck s fence in landing but its o¢- fications accompanying the query. \ cupsnts were unhurs, Altogether more than 1,000 soldiers | recently-patented contrivance which | Thomas Forum Speaker | Court Justice George H. Furman and | will be filed Monday in Supreme Court ! in Brooklyn. The papers were sealed. The couple had been married 20 | years. There was no property settlement. | Mrs. Hutton inherited millions from | her father, the late C. W. Post of | Battle Creek, Mich. Hutton is chairman of the board of | General Foods, Inc., and head of the | brokerage firm E. F. Hutton & Co. | He is 58. JAPANESE ADMIRAL SEES TOKIO NEUTRAL ‘ L Nation Has No Financial Inter- est in Ethiopia, He Declares on Visit to U. S. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 7.— Japan will maintain strict neutrality | in the Italo-Ethiopian struggle if it turas into war, Admiral Isamu Take- shita said here today. ‘The Japanese naval chieftain and | his party are en route to New Orleans as special guests of the forthcoming national convention of the Veterans | of Foreign Wars. “Japen has no financial interest in Ethiopia,” he sald. “Of course, the personal sympathies of many Japa- nese are with the Ethiopians, but there is no urge strong enough in this to send us into war that might result from the present situation.” CONFESSES SLAYING Woman Says She Beat Stepchild, Prosecutor Says. By the Associated Press. STAMFORD, Conn. September 7. —City Prosecutor E. Gaynor Bren- nan sald tonight that Mrs. Ada Mil- dred Schueler, 25, charged with slay- ing her 9-year-old stepdaughter Marilyn, confessed that she beat the child because she didn't eat her lunch fast enough. Brennan said Mrs. Schueler, a for- mer student nurse, signed a written confession after he had ordered a murder charge lodged against her. The girl died yesterday while she was being taken to a physician by her mother. | | Streicher Joins Lawyers. NURNBERG, Germany, September 7 (®).—Julius Streicher, a leading ad- vocate of a new penal code “outlawing Jews,” was named & member of the German Academy of Law today. Streicher's newspaper said the ap- pointment was made_“on Reichs- fuehrer Hitler's order.” | recently, making it Costello to elect D. C, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. Representative Michael K. Reil after they were married here yesterday. Isobel Hall, distinguished soprano and concert star. lly and his bride photographed just The bride formerly was Mary ~—Underwood Photo. FIGHT ON HIGHWAY Governmental Leaders Also . Join in Drive Against ‘Death’s Road.’ Cottage City's town commissioners and J. Wilson Ryon, Prince Georges County Republican leader, have joined those favoring improvement of the Defense Highway. Ever since five persons were killed in one of the highway's notorious death traps, August 20. one or more organizations or influential individuals have joined the crusade for a safer, more adequate road each day. After the Prince Georges County commissioners set an example for Government units by calling the dangers of the road to the attention of the State Roads Commission. and suggesting Federal funds be obtained for its improvement. numerous muni- cipal groups have taken similar action. Federation Gives Support. Town governments now on record in favor of immediate widening and straightening of “Death Highway” include Bladensburg, Brentwood, Col- mar Manor, Mount Rainier, Riverdale and Cottage City. The influential Prince Georges Pederation of Citizens' Associations was the first civic group to indorse the road's improvement. The Sher- wood Forest and Epping Forest Clubs followed suit at the first opportunity. Likewise, service clubs in both Prince Georges and Anne Arundel Counties were quick to join the move- ment, which now includes in its ranks | the Annapolis Rotary Club, the Anna- | polis Civitan Club, the Rotary Cluc of College Park and the Exchange Club of Prince Georges County. Miscellaneous organizations aligned with the cause of saving human lives on the Defense Highway include the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation of Washington, the Lanham District Democratic Club, the Ameri- can Automobile Association’s District of Columbia Club, and the Keystone Automobile Club of Washington. Leaders in Fight. Influential individuals who have publically proclaimed their views con- cerning the dangers of the present route and the urgency of its mod- ernization include State Senate Presi- dent Lansdale G. Sasscer, Land Com- missioner Edgar F. Czarra, Mayor Louis N. Phipps of Annapolis, Senator Ridgely P. Melvin of Anne Arundel | County, Representative Stephen W. Gambrill, Dr. Thomas E. Latimer, chairman of the Prine Georges County Republican State Central Committee; Frank Small, jr., member of the com- mittee; Frank B. Smith, secretary of the County Democratic State Central Committee; John S. White, Prince Georges County member of the House of Delegates; State Senator Raymond Kennedy of Baltimore City; Ralph Powers, president, Prince Georges County Chamber of Commerce, and Meaj. H. D. Willlar, jr., former chief engineer, State Roads Commission. Cottage City's officials, who gov- ern a town in close proximity to the highway and are personally aware of its congestion and dangers, adopted a resolution requesting its improve- ment on motion of Commissioner D. L. Grantham. Needs Is “Obvious.” Declaring he is not sure exactly what is needed to build safety into the highway, because that is the prob- lem for an engineer, Mr. Ryon, one of the county's leading lawyers, said it was obvious “something should be done” to improve the road. “The surface between Bladensburg and Lanham is treacherous in wet weather. A person wearing rubbers can hardly walk on it without slipping. Unquestionably some of the curves, especially those in the vicinity of Annapolis, are very bad,” he said. e SECOND ACTION AGAINST BARRYMORE DISMISSED Delores Costello’s First Divorce Suit Remains in Los Angeles Court Records. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 7.— One of the two divorce suits filed by Dolores Costello of the movies against John Barrymore was dismissed today. Miss Costello’s first sult remained in the records and probably will be prosecuted. The suit dismissed in- cluded Henry Hotchener, Barrymore’s manager, as & defendant, in an effart to tie up the screen hero’s- property holdings. Both suits charged Barry- more with cruelty, habitual intoxica- tion and failure to pay necessary bills. Barrymore's lawyers filed demurrers necessary for Miss which sction she CGVIGGROUPS PUSH MOTORISTS URGE ENFORCING LAWS Comments on Defense High- way Stress Need of Police and Common Sense. Motorists who have written The Star regarding its efforts to improve conditions on the Defense Highway reveal a unanimity of opinion that | curtailment of speed and adequate policing would lower immediately the | casualty rate on the road. John H. Smithson of Washington suggested the 45-mile speed limit per- mitted on all Maryland roads’ be reduced on the Defense Highway, | “pending improvement of the road so it will be safe.” The accident rate can be reduced ! one-half if stricter speed laws are | properly enforced by police and the courts, he predicted. “Excessive speed senger on the highways and Washington,” he said. Lists Six Factors. M. A. Downs, native of Lanham in driving the road daily for 19 years, dents” on the Defense Highway: “1. Lack of common judgment. “3. Excessive speed (above the State limit of 45 miles per hour). “3. Entire disregard of State traffic regulations: a. Passing at top of hill and on curves, Fallure to keep in line of traffic. Disregarding curve, intersection and stop signs. Fallure to stay to the right of white lines. “4. Driving while intoxicated. 5. Absolute lack of road courtesy. “6. Plain, unadulterated d—— onery- ness.” | He believes the road can be made safe by assignment of a sufficient | number of State police to patrol it | over week ends during the Summer | months, requiring the officers to | enforce the Maryland traffic regula- | tions as effectively as are the District | of Columbia laws, and have the Police Court judge punish violators “until it hurts.” b. c. d. Scouts Hazards. Asserting the Defense Highway “was never intended to duplicate the Indianapolis speedway, even though it is so thought by many motorists,” Downs contends the “dangerous” fea- tures of the road are not more haz- | ardous than other highways. He says the Ardmore turn can be | driven with perfect safety at 35 miles an hour in wet weather, and the | overhead bridge across the Pennsyl- vania Railroad tracks at Lanham, luthougn “an engineering monstros- |ity,” is safe in wet as well as dry weather. = Pointing out that Connecticut re- cently placed a definite limit of 45 miles an hour on the traveling public in lleu of its former ‘reasonable speed” limitation, Dr. Edgar P. Cope- land, 1801 I street, said: “Until the drivers of automobiles learn to adjust their driving to road the conditions that confront them the improvement of highways simply serves as an invitation to greater speed and n.u!,er risk.” Better Roads, More Deaths. He also cited the conclusion of Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey, who served five years as motor vehicle commissioner of his State, that “the better the road the more we can kill.” W. Heath Eldridge of Nutley, N. J., stated that “unless the automobile drivers of this locality improve there will be just as many accidents,” re- gardless of highway widths. Accidents on the Defense Highway can be reduced, he thinks, if drivers are educated to keep in line, consider the cars ahead and behind and give hand signals. Arrests for reckless driving also would help, he states. e MARINE IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY Lloyd C. Deckard Is Accused of Robbing Filling Station Employe. Lloyd C. Deckard, a Marine, was ordered held under $5,000 bond yester- day for the grand jury on a charge of robbery. He had been haled before Police Court Judge Robert E. Matting- ly and accused of having robbed James C. Click, employe of & gas sta- tion at Seventeenth street and Ben- ning road northeast. Click, who lives at 331 Seventeenth street northeast, identified Deckard in court yesterday as the man who robbed him of $34 at the point of a pistol last ‘Wednesday. In a signed statement to police, Deckard had pleaded he needed money to pay several debts and support his wife and two young children. Decke ard was stationed at the Marine Bar- | racks, Eighth and I streets southeast. 'y is death’s mes'i and a former constable who has been | | lists the following causes of “acci-| HARLAN 1S QUIET INARMED VOTING 710 Guardsmen Withdraw Afterward, Leaving 40 to Guard Ballots. By the Associated Press. HARLAN, Ky., SBeptember 7.—Har- lan citizens voted under National Guard guns for the third time in two years as Kentuckians decided today between two battling Democfatic fac- tions in the State-wide run-off pri- mary, nominating candidates for Gov- ernor and other offices. Leaving 40 men under orders to watch ballot boxes until the vote is counted, the rest of the 750 men or- dered here by Gov. Ruby Laffoon with- drew tonight. The Harlan vote was heavier than in August, Sheriff Theo- dore R. Middleton and other officials attributing this to citizens’ resent- ment at tHe military occupation. Many precincts used all the ballots of their allotment in s few hours. The county today had one of the quietest elections in its history. Only trivial disputes arose and no shots were heard. Turbulence Is Absent. There was no recurrence of the tur- bulence which has in the past spilt blood in Harlan elections and burst out this week from a dynamite bomb planted in the automobile of County Attorney Elmon Middleton, blasting him to death. Seven persons are held for this. Young Lieut. Gov. A. B. “Happy” Chandler’s struggle to wrest party con- trol from the Laffoon administration faction by whipping its candidate for Governor, Thomas S. Rhea, came to peaceful decision in most other parts |of Kentucky. Voting widely was re- | ported light with heavy balloting only in spots. Louisville had normal poll- ing and some friction between agents |of the city machine, supporting Rhea, |and the county machine, supporting Chandler. Tabulation of the ballots starts Monday. Guards Not to Influence Vote. National Guardsmen’s trucks rolled |into Harlan County last night and today to enforce peace, but not inter- fere with the election. Fifteen troopers held Wallins under virtual martial law last night. Capt. Diamond E. Perkins said this was done because Wallins had only one night policeman. SPRECKELS HEIR WEDS GOTHAM GIRL Riviera Romance of Month Cul- minates in Marriage in Baltimore. By the Associsted Press. BALTIMORE, September 7—A so- ciety romance that began & month ego on the French Riviera was culminated here with the marriage of Adolph B. Spreckels, jr., 23, of S8an Francisco, and Gloria M. Debevoise, 18, of New York and Paris. Spreckles, heir to the sugar for- tune his father amassed, and the comely young dsughter of Mrs. Wil- liam Howe Debevoise, obtained a mar- riage license here yesterday and were wed at Brown Memorial Church. Miss Debevoise has spent much of | her 18 years abroad. Her romance with young Spreckels began last Au- gust at Cannes, France. She and her mother maintain a residence at s New York hotel Spreckles was divorced at Reno last May by his first wife, Mrs. Louise Clarke de Ruyter Spreckles. They had been married nearly three years and had one child. She previously had divorced Jack de Ruyter, promi- nent New Yorker, They had two children. 'PHYSICIANS HONOR CANCER SPECIALIST Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood of Balti- more Given Testimonial Banquet Here. Dr. Joseph Colt Bloodgood, Balti- more cancer specialist, was tendered a testimonial banquet Friday night at the | Mayfiower Hotel by the American | Association for the Study of Neoplastic Diseases. Scores of telegrams from prominent physicians and patients were read, and speakers eulogized Dr. Bloodgood's charitable acts along with laboratory and educational dominance in fighting cancer for more than a quarter of a century. Among those who spoke were Dr. J. Shelton Horsley of Richmond, asso- ciation president and toastmaster; Dr. C. C. Little of Bar Harbor, Me., repre- senting the American Soclety for the Control of Cancer; Dr.J. W. dsay, spokesman for the District of bis Medical Society: Dr. J. M. T. Finney, Baltimore; Dr. Huntington Willisms, Baltimore; Dr. A. C. Broders, Rich- mond, and Dr. Thomas A. Groover, Washington. Responding to the tributes, Dr. Bloodgood praised his colleagues for their education work in the control of cancer. He said more must be done to acquaint the public with the neces- sity for attention to the first indication of the disease. Dr. Bloodgood urged examination ot infants for cancer symtoms the ssme ss they are now examined for diphtheria, saying that with this pre- caution it could be cured as easily as diphtheria. SEALED INSIDE WALL, YET CONVICT IS FOILED Bizarre Attempt of Oklahoman to Flee Prison Is Thwarted After 18 Hours. By the Associsted Press. MCALESTER, Okia., September 7.— ‘The strange escape attempt of & con- Peni wall was revealed today by prison officials. ‘Thursday, after a prison gang had worked on the wall, a check-up dis- closed that Curtis Black, bank robber, planned to bresk out. With mortar and brick, his panions had sealed him up 18 before, leaving only tiny sir the mortar. e