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NEW BRITAIN HDERALB Newi of the Worid By Associated Press Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending m inn Dec. 15th... ESTABUSHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 192S.-THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS EXPLOSION OF LARGE STILL ROCKS 3-TEtEOT HOUSE, CAUSING $1,000 FIRE LOSS Blast Shatters Win dowi, Blowing Glass Across Street and Set ing Fire to Interior of Building at 2 o'Clock This Morning. Policemen Hear Roar and Hurry to High Street Structure to Assist Dwellers Man Making; Own Christmas Liquor. Accompanied by a roar that was beard a mile away, a '"still" of (0 gallon capacity exploded on a (as range In the kitchen of the second floor tenement of a three family house at 261263 High street about 1 o'clock this morning, blowing out the glass In practically every win dow of the five rooms and setting ftre to the Interior af thn linns th flames bursting through one window on tne norm side and scorching the Cl&DbOardX. Chief YV t Nnhla of the Are department estimated the aamage to tne building and furni ture at $1,000. Policemen Reap Rmlndm Salvatore Dizzla. his wife and two aaugnters.-aged I and 1 1-2 years, and Mrs. Dlzzia's mother occupy the tenement and were asleep when the explosion occurred. Officers Otis Hopkins and Thomas Lee were at the corner of Broad and Grove streets and heard the report, which sounded like the explosion of a giant firecracker magnified a thousand times. They went to High street, where they met Officers George Col lins and Daniel Cosgrove, and at the same time the air was pierced by a woman's scream and a cry of "Fire." Officer Hopkins saw two girls run - nlng down the street and heard them give the alarm, and ha and Officers Collins and Lee hurried to ward the house while Officer Cos grove rang Box II, summoning ths firs department. It was 3: XI o'clock when the call registered, and the recall was sounded at 1:01. Glass Blown Across Street. Arriving at the house, the police men found glass from the windows In large and small pieces scattered about ths road. In the yard, and as far away as th mHa. m poslte side of the street Some of me winaow frames had been blown out by the concussion, and the cur- (Contlnued on Page If) LONDON GAS MAINS BLOW UP ONGE HOSE S"SSS.S.SSJBSS sasask Total of 17 Injured During 20 Hour Period of Action London, Dec. It (UP) Additional explosions of gas mains In the west end and central London district early today did further damage en dangering the foundations of build ings in the district today. Seventeen persons. Including seven who were gassed, were injured in the explosions which, began yesterday and continued intermittently for 10 hours after the first main burst An explosion of an electric dynamo on which repairmen were working in a manhole caused the first main to ex plode. At 10 p. m. yesterday, officials an nounced that all mains had been waled, but another of the storage tanks beneath the streets burst into flames at 2:30 a. m. today. It was feared that other tanks or mains might explode. The flames from the explosions shot 50 feet Into the air at times and firemen, laid hose and wheeled large quantities of sand into the area as a precautionary measure. Throughout the night the district one of the busiest traffic and busi ness centers of the city was par alysed. For more than a mile the streets were shattered or bulged as though there had been an earth quake. Storekeepers and those living In the district who had been ordered to evacuate when it was seen that buildings tnleht collapse, mingled throughout the night with hundreds of person who came to view the havoc. Workmen with gas mn';s made every effort to stop the flow nf ess which leaked from the mslns and threatened to ernlode if it came in rontart with any light. The pas fumes enuld he smellet for msnv Mk. Pedestrians obeyed the rigid order of the police not to smoke. Trnff' e was diverted to the smaller streets In the ares, since Klnrswar a main artery t TJtndnn traffic was fmnsssnhle. The traffic congestion after the theaters had closed was nn.errdented. The Princess theater, where the Americans. Fred and Adefe .v-falre. ere starrlnr In 'Fnnrti' Fare." was In the center of the affected district and was closed last night GEORGE G. RICE GOESTOATLANTA One ol America's Host Noted SWINDLES NET MILLIONS Started "Tipping Bureau" on Hone Races That Cleaned $3,000,000 for . Blm Before Betas Closed by Gov ernment Agents, New Tork, Dec 21 ( George Graham Rice, who made millions by outsmarting the race track and stock market suckers, had It Im pressed on htm for the fourth time today that he could not outsmart the forces of law and order. Convicted of using the malls to defraud Investors In Idaho copper stock, whose value he had ballooned by the agency of his pseudo finan cial sheet the Wall Street Icono clast, he was sentenced to four years In Atlanta penitentiary and fined 15.000. Torston Cnnvlrtnd Walter C. Torston of Boise. Idaho, president of the Idaho Copper cor poration, who was convicted with Rice, was sentenced to nine months In Westchester county penitentiary. The Wall 8treet Iconoclast was fin ed f 10,000 and sentence of the Ida ho Copper corporation, was sus pended for five years. Dr. Walter Harvey Weed, geologist, was acquit ted by the Jury that convicted Rico and Torston. Rice started his career of crime like any paltry crook, with a minor larceny that sent him to Elmlra at the age of 20 and forging his own father's name to a 1548 check three years later that got him six years In state prison. But after that he apparently took counsel with himself and decided that crude crime was not his game. This was Just before the turn of the last century and for a time he turned to that game of chance known as authorship. Up to that time he had used his own name, Jacob Simon Herzig, but it had become somewhat smirched with the passing years, and so when he entered a short story In a compe tition he signed It George Graham Rice. He won the prize and he kept the name as a talisman of good luck. Jacob Simon Herzig, the cheap crook, was wiped from the boards and George Graham Rice, as plausi ble a soft song artist as the game has known, took up his Inglorious career. Under his new name he got a Job on a race track sheet and in this capacity he received one day a day on which his total resources added up to Just 112 a red hot tip that a hunk of horseflesh called Silver Coin was going to sprout wing and lead the field at New Orleans. Uses Brains Now Jacob Simon Herzig would have reacted to this by betting his 112. But George Graham Rice was beginning to use what he referred to as his brains, so he did some thing quite different He bought ad vertising space In a newspaper with (Continued en Page 5) AITCHISON OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN TODAY Oregonlan Stands Good Chance of Confirmation to Interstate Com me roe Commission. Washington, Dec. 21. OP) Ob jections to the confirmation of Clyde B. Altchlson of Oregon as a member of the Interstate commerce commis sion were withdrawn today and his appointment was expected to be ap proved by the senate interstate com merce committee. " Senator Wheeler, democrat Mon tana, who was Instrumental in de laying a vote in the committee on Aitchison's nomination, announced after a meeting of the committee today that his complaints had been satisfactorily answered by the com missioner's testimony. The Montana senator had felt that Altchlson had held up valuation of telephone companies for an unrea sonable time. Altchlson asserted that the budget bureau's efforts to carry out President Coolidge's economy program were largely responsible for the delay. In addition to Altchlson, the nominations of Claude R. Porter, of Iowa, and Patrick J. Farrell, of Washington, D. C, are up for con firmation but no fight has been made on them. Council Gives Approval To Exposition's Plans Boston, Dec. 21 Approval of the proposal of trustees and manage ment of the Eastern States Exposi tion for an all-New England indoor and outdoor recreational exposition on their grounds at Springfield has been voted by the New England council, it was announced today. The exposition trustees and management vill assume full responsibility for the undertaking and will have the co-operation of the council's com mittee on recreational resource. HOOVER REACHES RIOJjJJAIIRO Lands in Midst ol Great Popu lar Demonstration SHOWERED BY CONFETTI Rides Through Three Miles of Streets With President of Brazil Thous ands View Cars From Windows or Line Sidewalks. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 21 President-elect Hoover, beginning the last of his good will visits to Latin-American countries on his present tour, landed at Rio Janeiro this afternoon in the midst of a great popular demonstration. Mr. Hoover and President Wash ington Luis of Brazil rode by auto mobile at the head of a long pro cession of official cars through three miles of showers of confetti thrown by thousands of spectators who filled the windows in every building on the beautiful avenlda Rio Branco from the pier to the Guanabaro palace. Flags Flying United States and Brazilian flags flew from almost every window add ing to the brilliant color of the scene. Thousands along the route cheered and applauded while air planes soared overhead. An escort of lancers in brilliant uniforms rode beside the Hoover car and President elect Hoover bowed repeatedly in re sponse to one of the greatest demon strations he has received anywhere on his South American trip. Rio Janeiro outdid Itself In glv Ing a colorful and enthusiastic wel to the American president elect. For several hours before the landing of the Hoover party, an aerial escort of airplanes sailed over the U. 8. S. Utah while there was an almost constant succession of salutes of 21 guns from the shore retteries and Brazilian naval ves sels as the Utah entered the harbor. Similar to N. Y. Then upon landing, Mr. Hoover rnnnn himself in the midst of a re ception suggesting New Tork's Broadway converted into a tropical setting with welcoming confetti and ticker tape Under a blazing sub-equatorial sun, with tropical palms, foliage and flowers waving along the Avenlda Rio Branco Rio Janeiro's Broad way and Fifth avenue Mr. Hoover rode to the cheers of at least 100, 000 persons massing the wide, tree lined avenue, showering confetti and serpentine upon him. The avenue was a soil' mass of tars and strlnes and Brazilian flan decorating every building from the (Continued on Page 21) NO SAURY GRANTS FOR TEACHERS' III. S. Subject Cannot Be Studied in Time for Budget Meeting Requests of the New Britain Teachers' council that the school board allow teachers with M. 8. de grees $200 compensation over their annual salary will not be complied with In time for the budget of next year, according to Secretary Henry T. Burr of the school board, who declared today that It will be necop sary to make long Investigation be fore a decision Is reached. Mr. Burr was acting chairman of the salary committee when it met with a committee of the teachers' council this week. After a discus sion in which the teachers' side of the question was heard no decision was reached pending an investiga tion Into policies in other cities. Mr. Burr feels that it will not be possible to have a report before the next meeting of the school board In January. This being the case, it Is certain that the $2,000 which would be given to the 10 teachers eligible will not be part of the budget which will be presented at that meeting. UN6ER CHANGES PLEA TO GUILTY OF CHARGE On Trial As Agent of a Xarcotlrs Syndicate Thought Financed by Rothstein. New York. Dec. 21 Wl Joseph Unger, on trial as agent of an In ternational narcotics syndicate be lieved to have been financed by Ar nold Rothstein, slain gambler, changed his plea to guilty in fed eral court today. Unger was indicted on four counts but on change of his plea two were merged and one was dropped. The remaining counts, possession of nar cotics and conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws, carry maximum penal ties of 10 and two years respective ly. Sentence will be Imposed on January 4. Unger was taken from a train at Buffalo after two trunks for which he held the checks had been seized at Grand Central terminal and found to contain $2,000,000 worth of nar cotics. The federal agents made the seizure and arrest on Information found in the business files of Roth stein. United States Attorney Tuttle said he would ask for a maximum sen tence. He added that he had not yet decided what course to take about Mrs. June Boyd, arrested In Chicago, and Mrs. Esther Meyers, ar rested here, who have been held as material witnesses against Unger, New Britain Machine Co. Resumes Paying Common Stock Dividend Commander Dead ssa-JTo Mnt (iftrnmriiiinoai GENERAL CADOHXA GENERAL CADORNA EXPIM ITALY Commander o! Italian Armies Was 78 Yean Old FOUGHT AGAINST AUSTRIA Wore Military Uniform 55 Yean Before Dedston of Italy to Enter European Conflict Man of Re markable Memory and Precision. Rome, Dec. 21 UP) The Stefan! News Agency today reported the death of Count Lulgl Cadorna, com mander of the Italian army from 1916 to 1917, at his home in Ber dlghera. Dies at 4 P. M. ' The famous statesman and soldier, who has been seriously til for the past week, died at four o'clock this afternoon. He had been suffering from arterial sclerosis and on Mon day night was stricken with cerebral thrombosis. Count Lulgl Cadorna wore a mili tary uniform for 85 years before the decision of Italy to enter the great European war brought him forward to international fame as one of the great leaders In the struggle. The son cf a man who had distinguished himself In military science, he also devoted his whole life to It, and when it was decided that Italy would engage In the war on the side of tho Ententa powers against the Teutonic allies. Count Cadorna, then chief of the general staff of the Italian army, was not only the choice of the king and his advisers as the most able military genius, but was also so ac claimed by the people. Born In 1850 Born September 4, 1850, he was Just under 65 years of age when Italy declared war on Austria in the summer of 1915, giving him the op portunity to apply many years of tactical study to actual warfare on a large scale, becoming within a few months the directing head of an army of 2,000,000 men, which he divided between service on the Aus-tro-Itallan frontier and assistance to the English and French at the Dardanelles. One of the most remarkable points of Cadornn's career was the avidity with which throughout his life he had studied the territory along the northern boundary, where the oper ations against the Austrlans were to be carried out. General Cadorna was a man of prodigious memory, often startling the others members (Continued on Page 27) MAN WHO FOUGHT POLICE IS IRRATIONAL AGAIN Chief Hart Surprised to Learn Alolsjo Had Returned to Work In Factory. Paul Aloislo, aged 64, of 205 Washington street, who resisted four policemen In a spell of insanity over the loss of a quantity of wine, Wed nesday morning on West Main street, was sent home from the Stanley Works, where he Is employed, this morning. He resumed work in the factory yesterday after being re leased from police custody, but today he showed signs of being affected mentally although he did not be come violent. Chief W. C. Hart of the police de partment said today that he consent ed to Alolsio's release Wednesday with the understanding that his son was to take him to Hartford for at tention and he was surprised to learn that he had returned to work. Stores Open Tonight Until 9 o'Clock New Britain merchants will keep the doors of their stores open tonight until ( o'clock. The same schedule will be followed tomorrow. Monday night stores will close at 7 o'clock. Customers are urged to do their shopping at their earliest opportunity. Nearly all merchants have employed extra sales help to accommodate purchasers of gifts and other merchandise and shoppers will find It to their convenience not to wait until the last minute. First Since 1920 Declared at Special Meeting; of Di rectorsRate of $1.50 Yearly Adopted Directors of the New Britain Ma chine Co., at a special meting yes terday voted to place the common stock of the company on a dividend basis, paying 11 cents a share, December 2. to stockholders of rec ord on Necember 20. This dividend, a quarterly pay ment. Is the first on New Britain Machine common since 1(20. It Is planned to pay at the rate of 11.50 a share for the year. The post war period found this company with greatly enlarged manufacturing facilities and build ings, which had served In the pro duction of anti-aircraft guns for the ordinance department of the United States army. Looking about for a new product, officials decided upon the manufacture of small tractors and for a few years, these machines weer turned out and marketed. The response from the rural sections was not as expected and at about the time the tractor production reached Its peak, the payment of dividends on common stock stopped. This was In 1920. The New Britain Machine reor ganization resulted In many changes in personnel, the election of Herb, rt H. Pease to the presidency, and a sweeping reduction in employment. Through a change In the financing plan, one-third of the preferred stock, representing about 1500.000 was recalled last July. No change was made in the common. For several months, the concern has been rushed with business and now employs, In addition to Its regu lar working force, a night shift. Officers of the company are not ap prehensive of a let-down In business for some time to come and speak optimistically of the future. KING GEORGE PASSES ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT Monarch Resting; Comfort ably in Loirgr Process of Building'Up Health London, Dec. 21 Vft Lord Daw son of Penn held a brief consulta tion with Sir Stanley Hewett at Buckingham palace this afternoon. No further statement regarding King George's condition was issued. Today's bulletin from Bucking ham palace on King George, one of the briefest yet Issued, brought the satisfactory news that he had pass ed a restful night calculated to help building up his strength from the extreme exhaustion caused by his prolonged and grave illness. The bulletin, taken in the light of yesterday's lengthy and guardedly optlmistlo report by the king's phy sicians, was felt to Indicate that there was nothing appreciable to add to what on the whole was con sidered a favorable situation. This morning's bulletin read: 'The king has had a restful night. There is no appreciable change to be noted." The view taken in palace circles. It was learned, coincided with the ! public impression from the bulletin that his majesty is continuing to gain slowly. His physicians, it was indicated, are satisfied with the I course that events are taking. They !are not expected to make any fur ther statement on the king's ease I until the usual hour for the night bulletin. I While the physicians were at tending his majesty In the sick chamber, the council of state ap pointed to act for the king during his illness, held a brief privy coun cil In another part of the palace. . All of the six counselors were present, the queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Tork, Premier Baldwin, the archbishop of Canter bury and Lord Hailsham. the lord high chancellor. It was understood the queen presided. Others who attended the council meeting were Sir William Joynson Hicks, home secretary; Walter Guinness, minister of agriculture: the Earl of Cromer. Lord Chamber lain, and Maurice Hankey, clerk of the council. The proceedings tasted less than half an hour. The council transacted routine business and a number of questions arising out of the adjournment of (Continued on Page 20.) THE WEATHER Xew Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight. THINK LEVIATHAN nnnnr ' uu3 p-'otu Antwerp Woman Finishes Cine Ont ol Revenge DETAILS NOT REVEALED Walter Ringer, Alias Long, Recently Stoker on Ship, Thought Respon sible for Stealing Mall Worth 500,000 Disappears, Berlin, Dec, 21, (UP) A re vengful woman, abandoned by her lover, told police a story that they believed today would lead to solu tion of the $500,000 mail robbery aboard the U. S. Liner Leviathan last June. Amazing Plot It revealed an amazing plot whereby a gang got aboard the Leviathan as members of her crew, and rifled the mail sacks while she was at sea. The clue to the mystery, which occupied the attention of police In New York, Berlin, Antwerp and Vienna, as well as Scotland yard and the United States and German Federal Postal Inspection services, was furnished by a woman In Antwerp, Beligum. Deserted by Lover She said that for three years she had been the sweethart of Walter Ringer, alias Long, recently a stoker on the Leviathan. He deserted her, she said, and she told the story in revenge. Police did not reveal the details of the story, but on the strength of It they accused Ringer of being the leader of a gang which looted the Leviathan's mall while she was at sea and disposed of stolen bonds and securities In Europe. Ringer, police said, bought a pub lic house for sailors in Antwerp for 70,000 francs, part of the proceeds of the robbery, and apparently in tended to retire to a life of case. Before he could be taken into cus tody, he disappeared. Police here said Antwerp authorities let him get away on a technicality. Reads Like Romance The investigation was like an in ternational detective romance. Ber lin police and postal authorities co operated with United States postal authorities and Captain Harold A. Cunningham of the Leviathan In the work. Detectives rode the Leviathan on her voyage and carried on a con tinual secret Investigation of which the public has no hint. Police of the United States, Ger- (Contlnued on Page 5.) POLES WILL PRODUCE CHRISTMAS PAGEANTS "Jaselka" to Be Given by Members of Dramatic Circles Following the traditional customs of the Polish race in celebrating the birth of Christ, a custom dating back as far as the days when Christianity was brought to Poland In the 3 0th century, the ever-repeated scenes depicting the historic event will be reproduced by both Polish parishes during the Christ mas season. These plays known the world over to the Poles as "Jaselka". change In form from year to year, but the theme is always the same, the same characters appear and a decided spirit of Joviality and rejoicing per sists. The first scene usually de picts the day previous to the com ing of Jesus and takes place in one of the many houses of worship in Jerusalem. Another scene shows the palace of Herod, with the kings and other visitors from far off lands seeking information about the whereabouts of the newly born Child. The last and final scene takes place in the Btnble of the tavern where Mary and Joseph are found at the side of the manprer containing the little body of the King of Kings, with shepherds, angels, the three Wise Men of the East and countless other visitors, paying homage to Him. The "Jaselka" had their origin in Poland and the custom has been handed down from generation to generation, and taken to other countries, wher ever a Polish community was es tablished. In Poland, the plays are usually staged In natural surroundings, usually In a stable of a village or town. The entire population gathers there on Christmas Eve and offers gifts and thanks, singing beautiful Christmas carols as they come and leave. The celebration usually lasts until dawn, when everyone goes to church. In the city, the "Jaselka" are held In a parish hall and the same spirit of good will prevails. The custom was brought to this country, and wherever there Is a parish In a community, the play is given, with the same spirit and re- (Continued on Page Four) Kate Mevrick Out On Bail of S10 000 London, Dec. 21 0P Mrs. Kate Meyriok. known as the night club queen; Police Sergeant Goddard and I.ulgl Rlhuffl. restaurant manager, today were admitted to bail of 810. 000 each. They are facing trial on charges of giving snd receiving bribes In connection with the opera tion of night clubs snd the sale of liquor out of hours. Mrs. Mevrick Is also under charge of selling liquor without a license. HOOVER'S PLURALITY OVER i MITH 6,423,612 FIGURES OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOW COOLIDGE SIGNS BOULDERDAM BILL Act Provides lor Flood Control on Colorado River WILL ALSO MAKE POWER Affixcs Signature While Proponents of Measure Watch Him I'ses Throe Pens to Sign Document, Then Gives Them Away. Washington, Dec. 21 () Presl dent Coolidge today signed the i Boulder Dam bill making effective the act providing for a reclama j tion, flood control and power pro ject on the Colorado river. The president affixed his signature before a gathering of proponents of the Swing-Johnson bill, who were brought to the executive office by Senator Johnson and Representative Swing, California republicans, who for years had led the fight for en actment of the bill. 9105,000,000 BUI The measure provides that the government shall supply the $165, 000,000 estimated as necessary to construct a dam and accompanying works in Black Canyon. The money is to be repaid under an amortiza tion plan from proceeds of the sale of power. The signature of the president was the last official act required in providing federal authority for the construction, but either Utah or Arizona or the seven Colorado river basin states must ratify the Colo rado river compact or distribution of water before the act can become effective. The bill calls for the harnessing of the Colorado river at the Black Canyon site by a dam nearly twice as hugh as any existing, to Impound millions of acre feet of water which I would be used to bring under eul-' thaiion wide expanses of arid southwestern lands. This dam would further provide electric power to miles of territory In several neigh boring slates. 20,000,000 Acres The structure's reservoir would have an estimated capacity Of 26. 000,000 acre feet of water, and th power machinery on which this would be used Is expected to de velop approximately 1,000.000 horse power of electrical energy. Of this, 550.000 horsepower would be "firm power." Upon this basis. It has been estimated that the entire cost would be returned to the government with Interest within 50 years. Flood Control After construction of the dam, the bill authorizes construction of modern flood control works around the rim of the Imperial Valley. Following this the bill stipulates construction of an all-American canal between the river and Im perial Valley, which would be wholly within the United States. At present, the valley Is Irrigated by (Continued on Page 28) NATHAN HALE JUNIOR HIGH TURNS IN $110 FOR SEALS North Knd Junior High Continues to Play Important Role In An nual Campaign. After 10 days of Inter-class com petition the Nathan Hale Junior high school this afternoon closed Its an nual campaign for the sale of Christmas seals. Through the splen did spirit of the class workers and the generosity always displayed by its student body in charity appeals, the school was able to forward a check for $110 to the local branch of the tuberculosis association. For two successive years this school has led the New Britain schools in the seal sale, and In 1927 its contribution was the largest school collection In Connecticut. Woman's Scream Routs Would-Be Bandits Notasulga, Ala.. Dec. 21 UP A woman walked into the First Na tional bank of Notasulga yesterday and upon glancing up saw several persons lined against the wall with their hands extended upward, and another group of three men point ing pistols at them. She screamed. A. R. Hope, president, who with Carl Hayes, cashier, emerged from captivity in the vault a few mo ments later, aided by officers, quick ly congratulated the woman. She had saved $15,000 In cur rency in the teller's cage which was within the grasp of the trio until they fled, fearing the woman's screams would summon police. One Dead in Quake In Mindanao Province Manila, Dec. 21 ( Manila learned today that a violent earth quake shook the greater part of Mindanao providence Wednesday night. One person was killed at Cotabato. provincial capital. Many houses collapsed and fire broke out but It was quickly controlled. An undetermined number of persons wer Injured. 36,798,669 Total Votes Cast is Largest in Country's History-N. Y. Governor's Popu lar Vote 15,005,497 Higher Than Davis'. President-Elect's Plurality Fails to Reach Figures of Coolidge's Victory in 1924 But He Carries Three More States (Copyright 1928 by the Associated Press) Washington, Dec 21 W) Herbert Hoover's plurality over Governor Smith in the November election was 6,423.612. Figures gathered by the Associated Press from the election officials of the 48 states show these totals: Hoover 21,429,109. Smith 15,005, 47. The total vote cast, the largest In tho history of the United States, was 30.758.C6a. The votes not accounted for in the Hoover and Smith columns went to minor parties. Socialist Vote "Norman Thomas, the socialist candidate, received the majority of these votes, polling 267. 835. Foster, workers party candidate, got 48.228 and Reynolds, socialist-labor 21.181. jVaor, prohibitionist candidate, got almsjsC as many as Reynolds, 20,101, a Webb, farmer-labor 6.391." Mr., Hoover's plurality did not reach the j figures registered for President Coolidge In 1921. although tbw former Secretary of commerce polled a much larger vote. In that yeHf Mr. Coolidge received 15,725, 11 tk, giving him a lead of 7.. 8 8.511 over John W. Davis, demo cratic nominee. Tho T.a Follette Wheeler Independent ticket, how ever, had 4.822. 856 votes. Carries 40 States Hoover carried 40 states as against (Continued on Page 19) S-4 SINKING PROVES LITTLE OFFICER SAYS Pad-Eyes Aid Salvage But Don't Facilitate Rescue Work Submarine 'Base, New London, Dec. 21 (UP) The navy's deliberate sinking and 49-hour raising of the salvaged submarine S-4 proved noth ing with regard to minimizing chances of future submarine disas ters, according to Lieutenant Com mander Palmer H. Dunbar, director of the experiment. He revealed this today In a dis cussion with the United Press cor respondent of the successful lifting of the S-4 by means of "pad eyes" to which pontoon chain hooks were attached. These 92-pound loops of metal were built into the side of the reconstructed S-4 for experimental purposes. "Pad eyes are merely aids to sal vage," Dunbar said. "They are of little use in rescue attempts. "Had the S-4 been equipped with pad eyes when it was sunk lost De J comber at Provinci town there Is no I Mi.oatinn tha !iirA mnnths renuired tor her raising could have been re duced, but the boat could not have been brought up soon enough to save any lives," he added. The officer's statement was an evidence of the fatalistic attitude of the typical submarine man. "There will be other boats sunk," they say, "maybe in a year or two." Safety experiments have ' been postponed, the officers said, until January 3 when Simon Lake and Captain Sloan Denenhower will bring their rebuilt, 25 year old sub marine Defender here from llridge port for trial. The Defender is con structed with a pressure compart ment In its stubby bow from which it is claimed divers may operate through a trap door while the sub marine hovers a few yards above the wreck. Dunbar disclosed that the De fender tests prohably will last a month and will be completed here. The Defender will not be taken south to Key West, Fla., where the navy will test the "lung" and es cape hatch, other safety devices. The Defender will first be taken to Great Salt Pond, Block Island, the harbor In which the S-4 testa took place, and will be given ex haustive trials In calm water. These will gradually be made more dim cult. Dunbar said, being climaxed by the dramatic trail of the rotund little craft in a storm. The De fender will be taken out In a north west gale to some spot where land offers no shelter from wind or war and asked to demonstrate Its claim ed ability to work divers on the bottom regardless of surface waata-