Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, possibly showers; not much change in tempera- ture; gentle variable winds, Tempera- tures—Highest, 80, at 3:15"p.m. yester- day; lowest, 65, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page A Closing New York Markets, Page 18 No. 33,763. post BRITAIN HASTENS T0 BAR BREACH IN - NEUTRALITY PACT Eden Speeding to London .. for Personal Direction [ of Policy. «sseh® THREAT OF HOSTILITIES IN MEDITERRANEAN SEEN Soviet Ultimatum Gives Details of Alleged Shipments of Arms, Planes, Gas. BACKGROUND— Outbreak of civil warfare in Spain between Fascist and Leftists, controlling the government through Popular Front, victorious in elec- tion of February 16, brought fears of international conflict as result of assistance lent to rebels by Fascist countries—Germany and Italy—and to Leftist government by France and Russia. European non-intervention agree- ment, initiated by France ajter French government, less than two weeks after the Spanish civil war broke out, announced it would re- wmain neutral. Committee organized By chief European governments to ; oversee execution of agreement. {Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, October 8—Great Brit- ain turned a swift diplomatic hand today to patch a menacing break in the wall of European non-interven- tion in Spain. Stirred by a flat Soviet Russian | ultimatum threatening to aid the Madrid government if Fascist States do not “stop” helping the insurgents, allegedly with guns, planes and other sinews of war, Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden broke off his Monaco hol- iday and turned toward home to per- sonally direct British policy. In the wake of the Moscow warn- ing came reports that other countries, as yet unnamed, would question al- leged breaches of the “hands-off- Spain” pact at tomorrow’s London meeting of the European non-inter- vention committee. Threat of Open Hostility. There also was the latent threat of open hostility in the Mediterran- ean, should Russian ships seek to land supplies at Spanish government ports guarded by Fascist warships. The Moscow ultimatum was de- livered to represehtatives of countries signatory to the non-intervention pact in London last night. It detailed al- leged shipments of arms, planes and even poison gas to Spanish Insurgents, y naming Germany, Italy and Portugal. “The Soviet government cannot eonsent to conversion of the non- interference pact into a screen for con- cealing military assistance rendered the rebels against the government by some participants of the pact,” said th? statement, It added: “If violations are not stopped immediately, the Soviet gov- ernment will free itself from any obli- gations to the agreement.” Capt. Eden, en route home, will confer in Paris tomorrow with Premier Leon Blum of France concerning Anglo-British action in the new crisis. The ultimatum to Europe’s Fascist states threw the international situa- tion surrounding bloody Spain into its most serious phase since the civil war broke out. Abandonment of the general non- intervention agreement or even graver ns might follow the Soviet challenge, observers asserted. Before Committee Tomorrow. Moscow's warning she will leave the sidelines and openly support the besieged Madrid government unless Portugal, Germany- and Italy halt their alleged backing of Spanish in- surgents was expected to be considered by the Neutrality Committee tomor- row. Great Britain and France, the former obviously nettled by the Soviet bombshell, will try feverishly to patch up the neutrality framework," official sources predicted. If such efforts fail, these sources said, Europe would be divided into even sharper classifications of Fascist and Leftist nations. League of Nations officials at Geneva described the situation as of the deep- est gravity. They pondered its effect upon the Socialist French government and Premier Blum, who has been be- sieged by his Leftist supporters to aid their Popular Front brothers in Spain. Informed Italian sources denied Premier Mussolini had violated the “hands off” agreement in answering the Russian charge Fascist and Nazi planes are now shelling Spanish So- sistently, despite strong British rep- resentations, to participate in the committee’s work, it appeared an al- most hopeless task to achieve a genu- ine, workable neutrality. The British government was irri- non-intervention accord, listed in the Soviet communication, were ex- pected to prove most important during the deliberations. The -16. Entered as second class matter office, Washington, D. C. @h ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. *** Madrid’s Surrender Demanded Under Bombardment Threat Rebels Roll Back Government Defenses and Move Artille ry Into Position. Gen. Mola Advances in North. See Page A-2 for remarkable action photographs of the Span- ish civil war, BACKGROUND— Marshaling an army of 150,000 trained and yell disciplined regular troops, Gen. Francisco Franco, Fascist leader, has sent them in Jour colmuns against Madrid, roll- ing back stubborn defense of So- cialists, Meanwhile he has reorganized his armies elsewhere making ready for a general mopping-up move- ‘ment with the fall of the capital. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) BURGOS, Spain, October 8— Fascist insurgents, pressing their smashing drive to within striking dis- tance of Madrid, today demanded im- mediate surrender of the Spanish capi- tal. CLIPPER REACHES BASE INHONOLULU 2,400-Mile Trip Takes 16 Hours 48 Minutes—First | Passengers. | BY the Associated Press. | HONOLULU, October 8. —The China | Clipper, bearing five newspaper men passengers in a flight to Manila pre- liminary to regular service October 21, alighted here at 6:43 am. today (12:33 p.m,, Eastern standard time). The big flying boat came down gracefully upon the water and was moored at 6:52 am. She had made the 2,400-mile flight from Alameda, Calif, in 16 hours and 48 minutes with one other passenger and seven | crew members aboard. Midway Island Next. From Honolulu the Clipper will fly to Midway Island, thence to Wake, Guam and finally the Philippine capi- tal, five days from Alameda in this| mighty four-motored flying boat. Among the passengers are C. B. Allen of the New York Herald Trib- une, L. D. Lyman of the New York Times, W. W. Chaplin of Universal Service, Harry Frantz of the United Press, William Van Dusen of Pan- American Airways and Charles E. Horner of the Associated Press. At 9,000 feet late yesterday, flying into o biazsing sunset, passengers were given an insight into one phase of the operation of the China Clipper. Pilot-Navigator G. B. King dropped three sighting bombs overboard, and through telescope lens passengers watched powdered aluminum spread on the ocean’s surface, indicating the wind drift. A steward served tea as the sunset changed from scarlet to purple, mak- ing the cloud bank beneath an orchid- colored floor through which the sea occasionally could be seen. The plane passed over the United States Army transport Henderson, headed for San Francisco, and radio contact was established with the liner Lurline, blotted from sight by the clouds. COUGHLIN SHIFTS SPEAKING PLANS Radio Pastor to Concentrate Ef- forts Against Roosevelt in Six States. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 8—Rev. Charles E. Coughlin said today that ‘The Fascist ultimatum, served on the government as the insurgent high command announced capture of town after town almost in the environs of the capital, threatened destruction of Madrid by bombardment from land and air unless surrender were offered. At the same time an air fieet show- ered the city with circulars calling on the populace to show allegiance to the Fascist provisional government, assert- ing that further resistance was useless. Four columns of Gen. Francisco Pranco’s 150,000 men on the south and west fronts rolled back the harassed government defense line. In the immediate Toledo sector a long-awaited assault was launched on Aranjuez, Madrid’s foodway to the Mediterranean. A rapidly advancing column pushed to within 6 miles of the railway, highroad and river junc- tion, 30 miles south of the capital. Southwest of Madrid insurgents (See SPAIN, Page A-2) DEAN GIVEN LIFE; [TWAITSENTENCE Detroit Judge Denounces Black Legion for Racial and Religious Prejudices. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 8. — Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan sentenced Dayton Dean, Black Legion “execu- tioner” and State’s informant against fellow terrorists, to life imprisonment today for the killing of Charles A. Poole. Denouncing the hooded order for its racial and religious prejudices, Judge Moynihan proclaimed Poole, who was shot to death after false gossip that he mistreated his wife, martyr to the cause of civil and re- ligious liberties.” He told Dean: “As you walk among your fellow prisoners, keep in mind that you are being supplied with the creature comforts which, because of your crime, are being denied the widow and children of Charles Poole.” Dean, who will serve the life term in Southern Michigan Prison, said: “I am glad it's over. I hope no one else gets in the same jam. I'm glad also that the organization was broken up.” Others Await Sentence. Judge Moynihan announced he would pronounce mandatory life sen- tences tomorrow on the seven de- fendants convicted of first degree murder in the Poole case. Four other men, convicted of mur- der in the second degree, will be seq- tenced Saturday, the judge said. Judge Moynihan asked Dean: “Was your testimony against your codefendants motivated by personal vengeance?” “No, my only motive was in seeing that the organization was broken up for the good of the people,” Dean replied. Reviewing briefly the after-mid- night shooting of Poole, & young W. P. A worker, and testimony that Black Legion men were incited against him by false gossip that he beat his wife, Judge Moynihan said: “It is unbelievable that such = crime could be committed in cold blood and without emotion in this so- called enlightened age. “It is a sad commentary on our form of civilization. It would be my wish that the law permitted a more severe sentence for you and some of the other defendants. I can only sentence you to spend the balance of your life in the State Prison of South- “in view of President Roosevelt’s tactics™ his future campaign activities would be concentrated upon a half- dozen States. “Roosevelt is making five speeches in Michigan,” he said at a press con- ference. “It’s the first time in the history of politics that a President will make five speeches in one State.” As the result of the President’s cam- paign program in Michigan and other States, Coughlin said, his own sched- ule had been altered to “place the emphasis on Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York and Penn- sylvania.” A projected series of speeches in California has been canceled to allow for the change in plans. Definite dates for the new schedule beyond the next 10 days have not yet been fixed. Father Coughlin was here to ad- dress a rally tonight, with speeches scheduled to follow on Saturday in Baltimore and Monday in Boston. A Detroit mas meeting is being arranged for October 17. ern Michigan at hard labor and soli- tary confinement.” State’'s Star Witness. Dean, two-gun ‘“executioner,” who calmly told of shooting Poole on the order of a Black Legion superior offi- cer, was the State’s star witness in grand jury investigations and in the trials of fellow members of the secret society. Under the glare of men facing long prison terms as the result of his tes- timony, Dean revealed what he con- tended were wanton killings by Black Legion night riders, and told of “death squads” and “arson details” ordered into action by leaders who ruled their hooded subordinates with the fear of floggings and death, The killing of Poole was to have been a “necktie party,” Dean testi- fled, but the rope for & hanging failed to arrive at the scene. Routine police investigation that followed uncovered widespread activ- ity in the Detroit area by the terror- organization. Dr. Hudson of Harvard Elected To International Court of Justice By tne Associated Press. GENEVA, October 8.—Dr. Manley O. Hudson of Harvard University to- night was elected to the World Court of International Justice, succeeding Frank B. Kellogg, former United States Secretary of State. Dr. Hudson, fourth American to sit on the bench of the World Court, brings comparative youth to the inter- national tribunal. A jurist of proven capaocity, he is but 50 years old. The average age of World Court judges is 66. Dr. Hudson received 48 of the 53 permanent seats on the Council for & period of three years. A native of St. Peters, Mo., Prof. by NORRIS MAY FALL IN TRIANGLE FIGHT TEARING NEBRASKA Veteran Senator Believed in Tight Spot, With Party Lines Tangled. CARPENTER INSISTENT ON PRESSING BATTLE Young Huey Longist May Split Vote and Bring Victory to Simomns. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent ot The Star. OMAHA, Nebr.,, October 8 —Trian- gles usually mean grief—in politics, There is one in Nebraska that is causing a lot of grief to Senator George W. Norris, veteran of many battles, and to the New Deal Demo- crats. For Norris is hooked up in a three-cornered contest for the sena- torial election with “Bob” Simmons, Republican, and Terry Carpenter, who has the Democratic nomination and is sticking to it despite all the various and sundry efforts which have been made to shake him off. It is a tight spot for Norris. President Roosevelt and his follow- ers in this State had it all figured out months ago to back Norris for re-elec- tion—although Norris is not a Demo- crat and never has been. The thing went s¢ far that it was all arranged for Democratic State Chairman James C. Quigley to win the Democratic nomination and then step gracefully out of the picture, leaving the field open to Norris against his Republican opponent. It seemed a simple thing for Norris to beat the Republican. He had declined to enter the Repub- lican primary for the senatorial nom- ination. The plan was for Norris to run as an independent, with the indorsement of the Democratic party. Carpenter Wins, ‘The fly in the ointment was an ambitious, Huey Longist, 38-year-old Democrat—Terry Carpenter. He had his eye on the Democratic senatorial (See LINCOLN, Page A-8.) VIRGINIAN ESCAPES TRIGGER DEATH TRAP Foreman's Auto Dislodges Shot- gun at Entrance to Historie Estate. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Va., October 8. — An ancient shotgun and & piece of string gave Richmond County authorities their only clues today to the authors of a trigger “death trap” at the en- trance of Belleville, historic Virginia estate. Howard B. Scott, foreman on the estate of the Brockenborough family, long socially prominent in Virginia, narrowly escaped death in the trap yesterday as he drove his automobile into the grounds. ‘The gun, loaded and hidden in a bush, was aimed across the road, a string attached to the trigger and stretched across the entrance so that any passing vehicle would provide the “trigger finger.” ¥ Scott’s automobile jerked the gun from its resting place, however, and it fell to the ground without firing. Authorities ‘said the weapon appar- ently was insecurely lodged in the bush and the sudden impact dis- lodged it. Mrs. James C. Lamb, who resides at the estate with Misses Alice and Agnes Brockenbrough and Miss Lizzie B. Lamb, said she knew of no reason any one would wish to harm members of the family, e PHILIPPINE FUND ACTION IS UPHELD Justice Wheat Refuses to Dismiss Suit Brought by Receivers of Closed Banks. Chief Justice Alfred Wheat of Dis- trict Court this afternoon refused to dismiss action brought by receivers of* four closed banks to recover col- lateral pledged with the Secretary of i : HL i E Bl ik i i | i | i E g : % 3 | BF gk Complete Indez on Page A-2. Amusements: ’6’; Comics ...-- D-4| Serial Story.. C-5 Editorial ....A-18 | Short Story.. C-§ Pinancial .._A-17 | Soclety ... B-3 Lost & Found A-3 | Sports Obituary ....A-12 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (#) Means Associated Press. BATTLE OF THE RED HERRING! ¥ RESGUED AVIATO SALS FOR PORT Bjorkvall Drops Into Sea Off Ireland in Hop to Stockholm. By the Associated Press. VALENTIA, Irish Free State, Octo- ber 8—Kurt Bjorkvall, rescued near this Irish island after being forced down on a direct New York-to-Stock- holm flight, sailed today toward La Rochelle, France, leaving his plane in a rough sea. The Prench trawler, Imbrin, which picked up Bjorkvall yesterday after- noon, changed its course from Valen- tia to its home French port after its crew failed in an attempt to salvage the fiyer's plane. Bjorkvall was aboard the trawler uninjured and in good health. The plane was gseriously damaged by a rough sea. Rescue Is Radioed. ‘The airplane and trawler made con- (Information as to the safety of the 3l-year-old aviator reassured three anxious watchers at Stockholm’s airdrome. His widowed mother wept with joy. Maud Dickson, pretty 16« year-old Swedish girl to whom Bjork- vall before his take-uff said he was engaged, when told of his failure ex- claimed: “What a pity! But don’t you think it’s fine of him, all the same?” Be- side her stood her mother, the Bar- oness Inger Dickson, Stockholm so- clety leader. L The Imbrin's master announced he would take the flier's monoplane in tow. He said Bjorkvall was “minding his apparatus.” Believed Out of Fuel Aviation experts here expressed be- lef the Swedish pilot must have been out of fuel when picked up. First news of the flier's location, after having been unreported for more than 30 hours, came when civic guards at Cahirciveen reported the rescue of & plane, (Thousands of Stockholm residents had gathered at the airport to receive the Swedish “lone eagle,” who has been compared to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.) BARONESS 1S HAPPY. Still Wishes She Could Have Ac- companied Bjorkvall. NEW YORK, October 8 (#).—Baron- ess Eva Von Blixen-Finecke, left be- hind by Kurt Bjorkvall as he began his attempted New York-Stockholm flight Tuesday, hailed today his rescue off the Irish coast. “I am so glad Kurt is safe,” cried who spent two months accompanying Bjorkvall, decide at the last LAW JUSTIFYING SUICIDE IS SOUGHT IN FLORIDA Freeing of Man Who Attempted Self-Destruction Brings Sobs of Sister Save Priest as 75 Are Executed Plea Brings Tears to Socialist Squad, Says Survivor. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, October 8.—A Spanish priest, who survived the siege of the Alcazar City of Todelo, told today of the government’s executing 75 priests on the staff of Toledo's world famous cathedral. His own life, the priest told the correspondent of the newspaper, Dia- rio de Lisboa, asking that his name be left unmentioned, was saved by the tears of his 8-year-old sister. At the time, he related, he was one among five priests left alive of the original staff of 80. “When the moment came for my execution,” he said, “my little sister rushed out weeping and embraced me. She tried to cover me with her little body. “This emotional scene had a mira- culous effect on the stone-hearted ex-. ecution squad. Some of the militia= men had tears in their eyes for the first time, perhaps, since the revolu- tion started. “My life was saved and I was set free.” TOWNSEND'S VOTE T060 FOR LANDON HEALTH CENTER HOVE INOORSED D. C. Medical Society With- draws Opposition to Two Units. Withdrawing opposition it expressed at a budget hearing before the Com- missioners last month, the District of Columbia Medical Society has in- dorsed the request of Health Officer George C. Ruhland for two new health centers. The action reversing its earlier stand was taken in a resolution adopt- ed at a meeting of the society last night. An announcement, sent to newspapers today, said “Dr. Ruhland and the Medical Society continued co- operative activity in the interest of betterment of health conditions in the District.” Dr. R. Arthur Hooe, who for the Medical Society at the hear- ing before the Commissioners Septem- ‘ber 11, sajd at that time he based his to erection of two new med- fcal centers at a cost of $500,000 on the ground that money spent for costly construction could be spent more economically for adequate equipment and personnel for existing hospital clinics in the city. Dr. Hooe said his testimony was based on a resolution adopted by the Executive Committee of the Medical Society. Announcement Is Made. The announcement made by the Medical Society today follows: “The District of Columbia Medical California Strength of 750,- 000 Expected to Swing to Republican. By tne Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCIJSCO, October 8 —The California campaign for Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential nom- inee, today bore the personal support of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, whose followers in this State claim a voting strength of 750,000. Dr. Townsend’s California director, Edward J. Margett, announced yes- terday he had received a telegram from the pension plan founder an- nouncing intention to vote for the Kansas Governor. “Not being permitted to vote for Mr. Lemke (William Lemke, Union Party candidate) as my choice for the presi- dency, I shall cast my vote for an un- tried man, Mr. Landon, in the hope that he may prove of greater value to the Nation than the gentleman who has occupied the White House for the last four years,” Dr. Townsend’s mes- sage said. Margett said Dr. Townsend dis- patched his announcement from Chi- cago after being informed a State-wide membership vote diselosed 62 per cent of the pension advocates favored Gov. Landon. Last Turkish Vigier Dies. ISTANBUL, Turkey, October 8 (#). —Tewfik Pasha, 95, last grand vizler of the Ottoman Empire, died today. Winston Guest Society, at its meeting October 7, indorsed the request of the health officer for two new health centers. “The health officer, Dr. George Ruhland, and the Medical Society continued their co-operative activity in the interest of betterment of health conditions in the District by joint discussion of the various phases of the recent request for funds to erect two medical centers. - the conference. it was brought out that the health centers were for the purpose of giving ade- quate and much needed housing fa- cilities for already established agen- cies of the Health Department, for supplementing existing deficiencies in established hospital clinics and for housing the Social Service personnel the society. “The fact that the care of indigent patients at Gallinger Municipal Hos- pital is rendered, to an extent, futile by lack of sufficient co-operation for adequate full time personnel was de- plored. “Safeguarding of public funds was assured by agreement to utilize the facilities of the Central Admitting Bureau to determine each applicant’s eligibility for free treatment.” Dr. Ruhland has asked for $1,250,000 to construct five medical centers over & period of years, the first two to start next year. One of the District Commissioners has indicated, however, that a re- quest will be made to the Budget Bureau for construction of only one of the centers in the coming year. The Commissioners have not yet (S8ee HEALTH, Page A-2) Asks Court To Declare Him U. S. Citizen Attorneys for Winston Guest, in- ternationally famous polo player, sought to persuade Justice Jennings Bailey in District Court today to de- clare their client a natural-born American citizen. For many years Guest has consid- ered himself a citizen of the United Recently, however, when he asked Immigration Commissioner Dtnth.lnmormukhrmldv:; ¢ apprehension as to his true status, he maintained. His mother officially was restored to American citizenship action of a Federal court May 3, 1923. Guest, s tall, muscular athlete of 30, sat in court throughout the morn- ing as opposing attorneys engaged in technical legal dissertations on citi- zenship. Chief Assistant United States At- torney David A. Pine emphasized that the immigration authorities “hold no grudge” against Guest. Pine is rep- resenting Secretary of Labor Perkins and the immigration commissioner. “Indeed, he is the type of man they would welcome to citizenship,” Pine declared. “But they believe that he is not enmtitled to citizenship and to (See GUEST, Page A-3.) 2 previously requested and indorsed by | Yesterday’s Circulation, 137,903 (8Bome returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. ROOSEVELT OFF ONWESTERN TRIP IN HAPPY MOOD 5,000-Mile Itinerary to In- clude Omaha and Chicago. TWO MAJOR SPEECHES ARE ON SCHEDULE Party on Special Train Includes Wife of President and Mrs. James Roosevelt. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. With a smile of confidence and & wave to a large group of friends gathered about the rear of his spee cial train at Union Station, President Roosevelt started at noon today on a campaign trip which will carry him to the Rocky Mountains and into Kansas, the home State of his Ree publican rival, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, ‘The President’s itinerary will carry him 5,000 miles through 14 States, ‘While the schedule calls for only two major speeches, one at Omaha, and the other at Chicago, there will be set speeches at Denver, Kansas City, 8t. Paul, Detroit and Cincinnati. In addition there will be any number of brief extemporaneous addresses from the rear platform of his train at various stops. Mrs, Roogevelt Goes. Mrs. Roosevelt, who has just res covered from a siege of grippe, will accompany her husband throughout the trip, as will Mrs. James Roosee velt, the wife of the eldest son of the President. The presidential party as it left Washington was a large one. Besides Marvin H. McIntyre, head of the sece retarial staff accompanying the President, and Miss Margueriate Le Hand, the President’s personal sece retary, the party included Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Breckene ridge Long, former Ambassador to Italy; Senators Pittman of Nevada and O'Mahoney of Wyoming; Judge Samuel Roseman of New York, who was Mr. Roosevelt’s counselor when he was Governor of New York State, and Mrs. Roseman, and Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock, widow of ex-Senatoy Hitchcock of Nebraska, half owner of the Omaha World-Herald, which, it so happens, is an ardent antie Roosevelt paper. Senator George Norris, Republican progressive of Ne« braska, who is out compaigning for Roosevelt, and incidentally, his own re-election, will join the President’s party when it reaches Nebraska, Confers With Jones. Before leaving today the President conferred with Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., and Ambassador Luth of Germany, who presented a group of Lutheran ministers from Germany who are in this country to attend the Lutheran World Convention. Although the itinerary for the President’s next campaign trip has not been worked out, it is felt certain he will go stumping into Massas chusetts and possibly Connecticut and will arrange for a wind-up speech at Madison Square Garden, New York City, on the night of October 31. His final appeal to the American electo- rate on the eve of the election will be made over the radio from his Hyde Park home. — FRENCH OPEN PROBE ON DE LA ROCQUE Government Launches Inquiry Against “Socialist Party” Leads ers After Series of Raids. By e Associated Press. PARIS, October 8—The French government opened a direct judicial inquiry today against Col. Francois De la Rocque and other leaders of the “social party” after executing widespread raids on centers of the Nationalist organization. Officials announced a new investi. gation against De la Rocque and others was based on charges they had reconstituted the dissolved Croix de Feu League, thereby inciting to dis- orderly assembly. Two previous investigations have been carried ouf, but they were dis rected only against the party as such and “persons unknown.” Authorities of the popular front ade ministration said leaders of the news est De la Rocque movement would bé summoned to the Palace of Justice for questioning, which might result in criminal prosecution. Meanwhile, government searching parties spread the raids from Paris to the suburbs, descending on 37 buildings in a swift campaign to crush the social party. SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TOMORROW Mercury Yesterday Reached 80, the Highest Here Since September 24. Overcast skies, with possible showera and mild temperatures are predicted for Washington today and tomorrow Climbing to 74 at 10 am., th( mercury appeared headed for the 8( mark for the second consecutive day. Yesterday’s maximum of 80, recorded at 3:15 p.m., was the highest here since September 24, when the temperature reached 81. The low this morning was 65 at § o'clock. Prisoner Hangs Self. ATLANTA, October 8 (#).—Warden A. C. Aderhold announced Robert E ‘Wedding' of Owensboro, Ky., serving an 18-month sentence for violation of the internal revenue act, hanged hime self with strands of twine in his Fed. eral Penitentiary cell yesterday.