Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy with mild temperature tonight and tomorrow, followed by rain and cold- er tomorrow night; gentle to moderate southerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 66, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 57, at 6 a.m. today, Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets,Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,424, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1935—THIRTY-iWO PAGES. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star IL DUCE PLEDGES VITORY N AFRIA 1S LECIONS RENEW DRIVE ON MAKALE Mussolini Leads Nation in Marking 17th Anniversary | of Triumphant_ Armistice With Austria-Hungary. RAS SEYOUM’S FORCE GONE WITHOUT TRACE:' Fascist Legions Unopposed—Ad- | dis Ababa Reports 30 Women | and 15 Children Killed in Aeri-| al Bombardment by Italians at Water Hole Near Gorrahei. Br the Associated Press Defiant of the alliance of sanctions against him and with peace negotia- tions deadlocked, Mussolini pledged victory in Ethiopia for Italy today. | As his Fascist legions, 120,000 strong. renewed their offensive against Makale on the Northern Aduwa-Adigrat front in East Africa, II Duce led his nation in a celebration of the triumphant armistice with Austria-Hungary of 17 years ago. 1 To the thousands who surged about his Palazzo Venezia, the dictator shouted “The Italian Army 17 vears ago to- dav won victory, not only for itself, but for everybody. “Italian People Invincible.” “Today the nation is engaged in another battle. But the Italian people | are invincible, united and irrevocably determined. “Once again Italy will have as her prize, victory.” The Italian advance on Makale. a mountain-pass caravan center strate- gically placed as a gateway to the interior, was without resistance. | The Italian legions, reinforced by native troops, were marching forward on a 100-mile front, from the religious center of Aksum on the west to Adigrat on the east. Driving south from Adigrat, the central column of the army reached Hauzien, halfway to Makale. Scouting | patrols had entered Hauzien several | days ago. To the West were the columns pro- | ceeding from Aduwa and Aksum. To' the east was a force of Danakil war-| riors, fighting under the Italian flag. I Most of the Danakils’ are under | Ethiopian commanders on the eastern | front about Mount Mussa Ali. | Bombing Planes in Fore. 1 Ahead of the columns soared bomb- ing planes on scouting flights. They League Embarrassed As Own Sanctions Bar Italian Marble By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 4.—The League of Nations found itself embarrassed today by its own sanctions against Italy. It was to move into its new building November 15, but ' the interior decorations, which are far from completed, were to have been made of Italian marble. Under the terms of the “buy- nothing-from-Italy” embargo the League cannot buy its marble from Italy. Marble contracts totaling $50,- 000 are to be placed in other countries. EMBARGO ADDITION NEW U.S. PROBLEM League Subcommittee Votes to Ban 0il, Coal, Iron, Steel From lItaly. By the Associated Press GENEVA, November 4. —A new problem for the United States in con- nection with the Italo-Ethiopian war was raised today when the League of Nations Subcommittee on Economic Sanctions agreed in principle to place additional products on the list of goods to be banned from Italy. These products, in preliminary form, are petroleum, coal, iron and steel. If this approval in principle is in- dorsed by the General Sanctions Com- mittee of 52 nations, soundings prob- ably will be made in Washington and Berlin to determine whether the United States and Germany will fol- low in the League's footsteps and refrain from permitting exports to Italy likely to render the League's embargo on these products worthless Statistics compiled here show that the United States does not export to Italy as much oil and coal as is gen- erally believed. U. S. Oil Proportion Small. One estimate makes the export of | petroleum products from the United States to Italy only 7 per cent of the total received by Italy. Italy's big oil purchases are from Rumania and Russia, both members of the League. while coal comes mainly from Germany. Great Britain and Poland—the last two being League members. Other delegates were asking whelher‘ President Roosevelt would be disposed | to add oil. coal, iron and steel to the list of products which he already has banned under the neutrality law from exportation to Italy and Ethiopia. The Canadian proposal for the ad- ditions voted today to the key products embargo becoming effective -November 18 with the boycott by League states | on purchases from Italy, was intro- duced last Saturday to the Committee of 18 for “immediate” sanctions. bombarded small concentrations of = The subcommittee’s discussion Ethiopians gathering in the mountains prought forth the possibility of ex- behind Makale. There was no evidence . treme difficulties in applying such an of the vast force somewhere in the embargo, the concensus of the meet- mountains of the north under the!ing being that the extension of the command of Ras Seyoum., EmPperor | poycott to these products could only Haile Selassie’s generalissimo of the |pe carried out if non-member states northern forces and governor of Tigre followed the same policy as League | states. Officials interpreted this to mean | that some negotiations would be neces- province. Despite the heavy numbers on the march in the north, there was no out- ward sign of alarm in Addis Ababa, almost 400 miles to the south. The Ethiopians had their own cele- | bration, It was the fifth nnniversnryi of Haile Selassie's coronation. Confident of keeping his empire in- dependent of Fascist Rome, the Emp- | eror said: { “Thus far the Italians have en- | countered only scattered detachments | of our troops, who have shown tradi- tional bravery, | Army Still Intact. - | “Although the Italians have been | attacking a month, our army is still | quite intact. Their deathless devotion | shall triumph before the God of jus- | tice.® i The Emperor told the Associated Press correspondent he would, after| peace is concluded. continue with his | program for the development of Xis land. This program. he said, will be aided by the concession for development of natural resources he recently gave 1o American Standard Oil interests. | Of this concession, the Emperop| said: ¥ | “It is an integral part of our na-| tional economic program as a sov- | ereign, independent empire. We pur- posely granted it to a neutral country like the United States in order to avoid political complications and interna- tional jealousies. “I am sure that when our country | is at peace and the circumstances are | again propitious, all terms of the en- terprise will be carried out by the original concessionaires who never canceled the concession, but merely withdrew temporarily at the sugges- | tion of the State Department for the | worthy motive of promoting interna- tional peace.” Women, Children Bombarded. The Ethiopian government an- nounced 30 women and 15 children and 100 cows were killed last Saturday in the aerial bombardment of the ar2a about Gorrahei on the southern- southeastern front, where Gen. Ru- dolfo Graziani's forces are driving north toward Harar, The bombardment, the government (See WAR, Page 3.) TURKS HOLD 18 MEN Officials Press Inquiry Into Plot to Slay Kemal Ataturk. ANKARA, Turkey, November 4 (#). —Eighteen alleged conspirators were arrested today near the Turko-Syriag border in a continuation of the inquiry into the plot on the life of Kemal Ataturk, director of Turkey. A former army officer, killed resist- ing arrest, was found to have had com- promising documents in his possession, authorities said. Today’s arrests followed the seizure of three former Turkish Army officers in Haifa, Palestine, October 14, on similar charges. Their extradition has * requested, images, themselves with clubs and took over control of the government offices. sary with the United States and Ger- many to determine their attitude. Additions to List Studied. The question of adding petroleum, coal, iron and steel to the key products embargo also was to be subjected to further study by technical experts. ‘The proposal must gain the approval of the Committee of 18 and then, pre- sumably, of the full Committee of 52 nations. The addition of copper to the list was also suggested in the committee discussion, but was not approved. U. S. MAY EXPAND EMBARGO. Phillips Denies Charges by Coughlin, However. By the Associated Press. Some officials saw a possibility today that the American arms embargo might be expanded to include such commodities as oil. coal, iron and steel —but only if voluntary observance of the President’s “no trading” policy is not satisfactory. Asked at a press conference about steps taken by the League of Nations to embargo those four commodities, William Phillips, Undersecretary of State, declined any direct comment. He did deny emphatically, however, Father Charles E. Coughlin's remark in a radio speech last night that the Detroit priest had reason to believe the United States “secretly” has plans to co-operate in the League sanctions. Phillips insisted the United States was forming its own policies without consulting or contacting other na- tions, MAGAZINE EXPLODES BLUMAU, Austria, November 4 (%). —The Austrian government powder magazine at the munitions factory here exploded today. One building was demolished, but no loss of life was reported. Women Rout City Officials And Defy Soldiers in Mexico By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 4.—The women of the town of Atzacan in Vera Cruz held the municipal build- ing today after elected officials fled before a massed feminine indignation march. Stirred by reports of a prospective house-to-house search for religious the women hastily armed Troops summoned to oust the “petticoat government” threatened to open fire on the invaders, a caution which went unheeded. The soldiers withdrew to prevent bloodshed. » +| with Polish Cieszyn today brought MONARCH HAPPY AS VOTE RESTORES THRONE IN GREECE Plebiscite Is Reported Over- whelmingly Favorable to Rule by George Il. OFFICIALS EXPECT KING TO RETURN IN 2 WEEKS Delegation Starts to London to Invite Exiled Ruler to Take Up Duties. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, November 4 —The Greek people voted overwhelmingly for the recall of their former King, George 1I, | to the throne, it was announced offi- cially today, with nation-wide results from yesterday's plebiscite giving | 1,491,992 for the monarchy to 32.454 for maintenance of the republic. The foreign minister .announced that a delegation, was proceeding to London to inform the former monarch officially of the results. As the counting proceeded, crowdsl continued night-long celebrations in the streets and cafes of many cities | and towns. | All were waiting for a Tesfiflge from | George in London, where'news of the | Royalist victory had been dispatched | by Gen. George Kondylis, regent, whn: took over the government October 10 in a bloodless coup. (In London, the monarch said: “1 am delighted that my people want me to return to them.” (M. Petralias, Rovalist leader. de- ' clared: “It will only be a matter now of the King making arrangements to return to the throne.”) ! A large crowd gathered outside the communications ministrv to hear the official announcement of votes by Gen. Kondylis. They cheered wildly when | the regent told them: i { “It's more glorious than I'd imag- ined. The expression of popular will to favor restoration was foreseen, but results exceeded all expectations.” Was Ousted by Military. | By their vote the Greek populace nullified the action of their monocled king when he stepped down from the throne on December 18. 1923. in re- | sponse to demands from army and | navy officers. { The plebiscite reversed the vote in | April, 1924, when the population ap- | | proved the republican form of gov-| | ernment and decreed the change of | the nation’s name from the “Kingdom | of Hellas” to “the Hellenic State.” | Even as the returns were trickling | |in from outlying districts, plans went | | forward for re-establishing the court. The cabinet met to swear a new | oath of allegiance to the exiled mon- arch. All armed forces were called | to take a similar oath Wednesday. | Officials said they expected King! George to come back within two weeks and predicted he would visit in Paris ! and Florence on the way. QUEEN DISINTERESTED. i Elizabeth, Divorced, Orders Treasures Sent to Rumania. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November |4 (# —Former Queen Elizabeth of | Greece has indicated she is not in- terested in returning to the Greek throne, despite the sweeping victory | of monarchists in yesterday's Greek | plebiscite. Divorced from George II, she ap- parently has no regrets and prefers to remain a farmerette in Rumania | instead of again becoming Queen of | Greece. An indication that she was through | with Greece and with George II was | an order coming from her for the re- | turn of a great quantity of her per- sonal possessions from Greece. Most of the articles Elizabeth wants | to bring to Rumania were objects con- | fiscated by the Greek republican re- | gime when George was dethroned. | They include rare furniture, jewels, paintings and a large collection of art objects worth about two million dol- lars. With the restoration of the Greek monarchy, the confiscated properties | were returned to the former King and | Queen, The former Queen is deeply en- grossed in developing a large farm on which horticultural experiments are being made. Elizabeth of Hohenzollern, Princess of Rumania, and Prince George of Greece were married February 27, 1921. She was divorced from George at Bucharest July 6. . BORDER BLAST PROBED Czechoslovakia Uneasy Over At- tempt to Wreck Bridge. PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, November | 4 (#).—An abortive attempt last night by unknown persons to blow up a bridge connecting Czech city of Cieszyn further consternation to the uneasy border region. The charge, placed underneath the police guard room on the Czech side, exploded, but a faulty wire saved the bridge from destruction. The state government, informed of the siege, sent Juan B. Gomez to in- vestigate. He reported enemies of the local Atzacan government had cir- culated reports of the impending search together with information that any person possessing an image would be arrested. £ The march on the city hall fol- lowed. Officials left their desks as the women moved in and broadcast an alarm to the garrison. The women were also reported to have complained against socialistic educational pr . Atzacan, chief municipality of ‘the Canton of Orizabs in Vera Cruz, has a population of wmul& 3,000. { jin any way = | WROTE To THE,WRONG NEW YORKER! -AN fi %) N - ! / 12 fihy < j<\ MW// ROBERTS CONFERS |1,500 MeKinley Night Students WTH R E HEAD Gets Copies of Documents Drawn by Firm and North American. ‘The bid price on Washington Railway & Electric stock jumped from $400 to $600 a share on the Washington Stock Exchange this morning. At the same session the stock was offered at $800 a share, but there were no sales. As a re- sult of the North American Co.'s move to rid itself of its holdings in the local utility, the market began to move upward Saturday. with the bid price then going from $350 to $400, with no sales. KESA says ™ PARTY MUST =L X AT THE £ REPUBLICAN SELECT A MAN BORAH IF THEY WANT VICTORY! D KE . To Enroll in Safet‘); Campaign Enrollment Will Follow Assembly Ex- ercises Tonight—Trinidad Citizens Urge “Civilization Test.” With a safety assembly. at which more than 1,500 students are expected to be present, the McKinley Evening High School tonight will join The Star Safety Council in the campaign | to reduce the toll of street and high- way deaths and accidents. | The asembly is to be held at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the Mc- and T streets northeast. and will mark | the motorist in connection with the reduction of accidents Waltz will explain the purpose of the program and will introduce Richard M. Ham, manager of the | safety department of the American Automobile Association. who will speak on the subject of traffic safety and present a sound-picture, “Saving | Kinley High School Building, Second | Seconds.” Details of The Star safe driving People’s Counsel William A. Rob- the inauguration of the first safety | Pledge, with its 12 primary safe driv- erts conferred todav with Dr. William movement undertaken by a District ' ing promises, and the use of the wind- McClellan, president of the Washing- top Railway & Electric Co., as an- other step in ‘his proposed study of the new move of the North American Co. to divest itself of control of local power and railway utilities, Roberts received from the new pres- ident of the railway here copies of all documents filed with the Securi- | ties and Exchange Commission by both the North American and the traction firm in the new move of the North | American to get out of the Washing- ton field. After receiving these documents Roberts refused to comment upon | them or discuss the proposal in detail until after he had a chance to read them carefully. Four Publications Included. The documents include four publi- cations. printed, comprising several hundred pages. Among them are the registration statements of both the North American and the local railway | companies. Roberts intends to make an exhaus- tive investigation of the wnole situa- tion, particularly of the relationship of the Washington Railway Co.. the Washington and Rockville Railway and the Braddock Power and Light Co. The tie-up will be considered in connection with a petition for ex- emption to be filed by the Washington Railway & Electric Co. with the Se- curities and Exchange Commission by December 1. Roberts is particularly interested in the threatened invasion of the Wash- ington utility field by the Associated Gas & Electric Co., rival of the North American Co. In The Star of yesterday Mr. Roberts was incorrectly reported as saying the Associated con- trols indirectly the stock of the Wash- ington, Alexandria, Georgetown and Rosslyn gas companies. Held by Bay State Firm. ‘These stocks of local and nearby gas companies are controlled by the Wash- ington & Suburban Cos, Massa- chusetts corporation. The move of the North American to divest itself of control here is now being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will make a careful study before giving its approval, which is necessary before action can be taken. ‘The North American proposes to deposit with a trustee its holdings of common stock in the Washington railway company and to receive in its place participating certificates on the basis of 25 certificates for each share of common stock. North American plans to sell these certificates to the public and thus re- duce its voting power in the Wash- ington Railway & Electric from more than 50 per cent to about 82 per cent. ‘This voting power would be in its pre- ferred stock, amounting to 1,927 shares. Should the plan be approved by the (See UTILITIES, Page 4. —_— RAIN AND COLD TO END MILD WEATHER IN D. C. City Will Get Last Effects of Eastward Moving Chill, Says Weather Bureau. Rain and a slight drop in tem- perature tomorrow night will end the mild temperature prevailing in the District over the week end, according to the Weather Bureau. public night school. | George F. Waltz, principal of the! evening school, has called the general assembly to make sure that every teacher and pupil understands thor- oughly the scope of the safety drive and the individual responsibility of shield sticker which.is. the badge of ‘onor of the driver who has pledged is support to the safety movement, will be explained by L. I. McDougle. | teacher of the civics class in the eve- ning school at McKinley. The school (See SAFETY, Page 4.) The only evening n aper Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY’ Circulal '8 125,543 Some Returns Not Yet Received. SUNDAY"! Circulation. 138,775 ¥ (#) Means Associated P “YankeeStormHeads Southward,” Florida Newspaper Declares By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, November 4—The Palm Beach Post-Times today “got even” with some Northern newspapers that refer to all tropical disturb- ances as “Florida hurricanes.” Printing a story of the present disturbance, which originated in Northern waters and is heading toward the Florida coast, the Post-Times' headlines proclaimed: “‘Yankee' Storm Heads South- | | ward.” MRS SHITHFACES IRY I DEATH Widow of Former State Po- liceman on Trial on Mur- der Charge. BY WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN. JR, Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Novem- | ber 4 —How Mrs. Dorothy Dodd Smith shot her husband and then left him lying on the floor of their cottage in Laurel for several hours, without medical attention, was related to a jury today in the prosecution’s open- ing statement as the slender, blond | widow and mother went on trial here | for the murder of Wade Le Roy Smith, 26 The defense contended before the jury. however, that Mrs. Smith knew her husband had been killed almost instantly and that she did not at once report the matter to her doctors or police because she knew he was be- vond the need of assistance and she | wished to confer with members of her family before surrendering. | ‘The jury. which is to try the comely | 26-year-old widow, was selected in a! little more than an hour after 51 ,men had been examined, most of whom were excused when they an- nounced in no uncertain terms that | they opposed capital punishment. Tie jury included one colored man. | Shot Through Heart. Smith, a former Maryland State policeman, presumably died almost instamtly when a bullet pierced his heart and passed entirely through his body, lodging in a bed room wall. | Attorney Frank M. Hall, who was | appointed to assist State's Attorney | Alan Bowie in the prosecution, said the evidence would show that the murder occurred before 2 am. July 28, and Mrs. Smith did not report ro police until almost 5 o'clock that morning. | Hall told the jury it could find ni | TWO CENTS. FREAK HURRICANE, SHIFTING COURSE, SIRIKES FLORIDA SOUTH OF MIAMI 67-Mile Wind Whips East Coast—Radio Antenna of Fort Lauderdale Coast Guard Swept Away. PALM BEACH, SOCIETY RENDEZVOUS, IN PATH ress. |S. S. Sneland Drifting on Beach, Master Fears Grounding. Trucks Sent to Take Men Off Keys—Towns Board Up as Re- lief Organizations Mobilize. By the Associated Press MIAMI. Fla., November 4 —A hur- ricane which swept out of the Ate lantic was close to the Southeast Florida Coast early this afternoon and expected to pass inland near Miami within the next two hours. ‘The Jacksonville Weather Bureau at. 1 pm. Eastern standard time issued the following bulletin: “Center of hurricane very close 1o Southeast Florida Coast and is stll apparently moving west-southwest= ward. Center will pass inland near or a short distance north of Miami within the next two hours. “Miami weather at 1 pm.: Bare ometer, 28.80 inches. west-northwest winds, 67 miles per hour.” Relief workers hastened the evacua- tion of the Florida keys. where ap- proximately 400 war veterans and others were killed in the Labor day hurricane. Trucks to Take Off 200. William H. Green. in charge of relief operations on the Coral Islands, sent trucks to take off 200 men at Snake Creek. By boat from lower Matecumbe 65 other workers were making their way to Snake Creek to board the waiting trucks. Refugees will be brought here. Power failed in the Miaml News Building shortly before noon. A drenching rain was falling. whipped by gusty squalls, and at Fort Lauder~ dale, 30 miles to the north, there were sustained gusts as high as 50 miles an hour. The barometer reading thers was 28.90. The Coast Guard radio station at number of verdicts, including guilty | Fort Lauderdale could receive no " | of murder in the first degree, with or | messages as high winds blew down its 1wnhaut capital punishment, guilty of antenna. Unofficial reports said 90= | murder in the second degree, or guilty mile winds were blowing at the station. FARLEYTOCONFER DEMOCRATS FRET The change will be caused by an eastward traveling cold snap, full force of which will probably be spent before reaching the Atlantic Coast, bureau officials said. So far only lowering skies have marred otherwise ideal Fall weather here. Dispatches.from the West, however, report subzero tem- peratures and snow in the extreme Northern States, with rain and colder weather prevailing throughout the Midwest. ~ WITH ROOSEVELT Outcome in Home State. Plans to Vote. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYDE PARK. N. Y., November 4.— | With tomorrow's elections uppermost | in his mind, President Roosevelt planned to confer today with Post- master Generil Farley, who, besides being Democratic national chairman, is chairman of the New York State | Democrats. The principal fight in New York | State is the electfon of the State As- sembly, which, while generally con- | trolled by the Republicans, is for the time being in the hands of the Demo- crats by a slim majority. Under the personal leadership of Jim Farley, the Democrats have been | campaigning hard to retain this con- trol, not merely for the power involved. but for the effect the victory would have generally throughout the country. President Rc evelt realizes fully what the effect would be on the 1936 national election if the New Deal is soundly licked in his home State to- mc Tow. He knows that the outcome of tomorrow's voting will have Na- tion-wide significance; that Demo- cratic defeats will be hailed every- where as proof that the people of Mr. Roosevelt's home county and home State repudiate him and his admin- istration. Republican Campaign. In their campaign here the Repub- licans have been making the nghv.‘ principally on the appeal to stop the “New Deal follies”; put an end to “waste and extravagances.” to “the invasion of individual liberty,” stop “artificial increases in the cost of living,” “needless interference with pri- vate business” and to put an end to “the attacks on the traditional Amer- ican system of government.” While Jim Farley, who was in New York last night, is known to feel the j New Deal will be vindicated tomorrow and the Democrats will retain control (See ROOSEVELT, Page 3) . | Lupescu Protest November 14. BUCHAREST, Rumania, November 4 (#).—Ion Mihalache, National Peas- ant party leader, said today the peasant protest against Mme. Magda Lupescu, King Carol's intimate friend, would go off as scheduled on Novem- ber 14. Readers’ Guide Amusements Comics __. B-12 Editorials A-8 Finance __ A-13-14-15 Lost and Found. -A-9 Radio ____ B-13 Serial Story.. -B-8 Short Story Soclety - Sports __ AT KENTUCKY FEUD | President Watches Election Intraparty.Quarrel Tops |n-?° terest in 6 State Polls Tomorrow, By the Associated Press. With national Democratic leaders showing concern over the intra- party quarreling that marks the Ken- tucky gubernatorial race, voters in six | States will make their choices tomor- row in elections that will receive the closest scrutiny for possible 1936 indi- cators. ‘Two congressional contests in New York City also will be watched with interest, as will the intense scrap for the Philadelphia mayoralty and the struggle over control of the Assembly | of President Roosevelt's home State of New York. Heavy registrations for off-year bal- loting were recorded in New York and Pennsylvania, which next year may hold the key to the White House. No matter who wins the governor- ship fight in Kentucky between Lieut. Gov. A. B. Chandler, Democrat, and Judge King Swope, Republican, Demo- cratic leaders fear party wounds will result that may prove difficult to heal by the time that border State casts its presidential vote next November. Laffoon Divides Allegiance. Democratic Gov. Ruby Laffoon is supporting Swope, contending Chand- ler “betrayed” the Laffoon adminis- tration. Laffoon, of Kentucky colonel fame, said he would vote for the rest- of the Democratic ticket—the State also will elect State officers and mem- bers of the Legislature—but Republi- cans hope to ride through the fac- tional breach to victory. In the second district, which covers a portion of Queens County, contestants will fight it out for the seat vacated by Representative William F. Brunner, Democrat, who resigned to make the race for county sheriff. The Democratic plurality in that district was 92,214 in 1934, as against 103,987 in 1932. , Contest for Griffin’s Seat. ‘The other New York City congres- sional contest is for the seat of the late Representative Anthony J. Griffin, which has been vacant since last (See ELECTIONS, Page 3) Florida Storm Heard by Phone Spurs Red Cross Relief Plans By the Associated Press. A storm that could be heard in ‘Washington over long-distance tele- phone from Miami spurred the Red Cross today to emergency efforts to evacuate residents from endangered zones in Florida. National headquarters here said it was advised by the Weather Bureaus in Jacksonville and Miami that the hurricane moving in from the At- lantic would strike Florida probably between 1 and 2 p.m., Eastern stand- | of manslaughter. Mrs. Smith was confined in jail for only a brief period after the shooting, | which climaxed.a bitter marital quar- | rel. She has been at liberty since on bail and living with her father, A. S. | Dodd. an employe of the Laurel race track, at the latter’s home in Laural | Mrs. Smith is the mother of a 5-year- | old son by a previous marriage, Vincent | reco. | Smartly turned out in a dark tai | lored Fall dress and a jaunty little, hat. the accused widow entered the court room on the arm of her father. She was pale as she was ordered to rise before the crowded court room | and hear the reading of the indict- | ment. She trembled slightly, bit her lip, but held her head high as the clerk read the accusation ‘The jury was composed of M. L. Ball, William Holland, Bruce Gordon, John B. Alsop, Richard Wills, col- | ored; Howard Proctor, Norris Hart- man, George C. Stellner. Richard Berry, W. H. Blandford, Alton Duley | and N. E. Hungerford. Defense counsel J. Wilson Ryon told the jury Mrs. Smith later would take ! the stand to give her version of the | fatal quarrel. The attorney outlined the story as his client gave it to him. Loving Pair at Party. Ryon told how Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to a firemen's carnival on the Saturday night preceding the death of the husband. “It was a lovely party,” Ryon declared, “and husband and wife were a loving pair. “With friends they danced, plaved games and had photographs taken. Mr. and Mrs. Smith sat upon a barrel (See JURY, Page 2.) 7 o ARMY FLYERS REPORTED SAFE AFTER LANDINGS By the Associated Press, KANSAS CITY, November 4.— Lieut. Francis H. Matthews, Texas Army pilot, and his mechanic were reported safe today by the Army Air Corps office here after a forced land- ing near Mound City, Kans,, late yes- terday. En route to Kansas City, Lieut. Matthews set his plane down on Highway No. 7, five miles south of Mound City, and it bounced into a nearby field. Lieut. Harry Wisehart of the Army Air Corps here said the plane was damaged. A second Army officer, Maj. C. W. Connell, from the office of the chief of the Army Air Corps at Washing- ton, was forced by bad weather to land at an unused flying field near here yesterday, but his ship was not damaged. > talked to Jacksonville and Miami said the wind already was blowing there at 60 miles an hour and its roar could be heard easily over the telephone. The danger in the Okeechobee sec- tion, officials explained, is that the lake is so shallow that hurricanes blow its water out to inundate a wide area. That occurred in 1928. Maurice R. Reddy, ‘assistant dis- aster relief director of the Red Cross, has been ordered to the storm area and expected to reach Jacksonville to- morrow morning. Other members of mmunwglunum. Hurricane warnings were flving around the extreme southern tip of the peninsula from Palm Beach ta Naples on the west coast. Naples is about 30 miles south of Fort Myers. Master Fears for Steamer. Coast Guard divisional headquar= ters at Jacksonville received a radio message saying the steamer Sneland | was unable to mafeuver in hurricane | winds just off the coast near Fort Lauderdale. and the master feared the vessel would be driven aground. Radio-marine at Palm Beach re ported a fireman on the tanker Hahira, plowing through rough seas near Fowey Rocks had been fatally injured when he was struck by a ventilator, Operators at the station said the ac= cident probably was caused by the storm, although brief messages from the tanker did not give details. The freighter Florida of the Record Steamship Line, Inc.. being buffeted by high seas off the coast, hove to 3 miles south of Jupiter Inlet and ane chored there. Residents of the southern tip of the State, caught unawares by the changa in direction, hurriedly began board- ing up their homes and places of business. It was understood here busses were being assembled at West Palm Beach to evacuate the residents of Belle Grade on Lake Okeechobee. Medical Units Mobilized. ' The Dade County relief organiza« tion, under command of M. R. Hare rison. Marine Reserve oificer. got into action, mobilizing relief workers, med« ical units and making ready for any emergency. Schools at Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Stuart and West Palm Beach were dis missed. From Stuart, 50 miles north of West Palm Beach, messengers went into outlying sections to warn inhabi= tants to take precautions. Huge waves were breaking over'the Federal highway at points south of Jupiter, where the road lies close to the sea for about six miles. Motor= ists said the combers broke over the high sand dunes and made driving difficult. ‘Waves High at Palm Beach. Similarly, waves washed over Ocean Boulevard at Palm Beach. The boule= vard skirts the beach and is lined with homes of the wealthy. At 9:30 a.m., Eastern standard time, the Weather Bureau at Jacksonville charted the storm 85 miles east-northe east of Miami and moving west« southwestward. It issued the follows ing storm warning: “Advisory, 9:30 am.. Northwest storm warnings ordered south of Key Largo to Key West and northwazd on west coast to Fort Myers. and hurrie cane warnings ordered Lake Okee« chobee district. Hurrican warningy remain displeyed Miami to Stuart, Fla. and starm warnings north of Stuart to Titusville. Tropical storm, hurricane intensity, central 85 miles east-northeast of Miami moving west« southwestward about 10 miles per hour attended by hurricane winds, All interests warned against severe storm extreme southern Florida.” In the low-lying Lake Okeechobea area many lives have been lost in pasg storms. In 1928 a hurricane caused the lake to overflow its banks and over 2,000 persons were drowned. Dut-islands of the Bahamas group were lashed yesterday and early today by the hurricane before it turned to Mmeflu!l‘ldlwt. /