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W*™trr^^mwAßD This Is Your Column You Say It Be Your Own Columnist; Page One Is Wide Open for Your Views. Editor Time— *T'HANKB for the column oppor -*■ tunity. I wish to say this: 1 There never was a time when peo- j pie should be more interested in politics. When you build a house, you absolutely must have founda tion. To have clean government, i you need a good foundation. I sug gest that every state seek a man who counts for honesty and integ rity, and one who does not seek for aelf.” I have been alone with two chil dren for the last eleven years. A person thus situated comes in con tact with many kinds of people and auffers all kinds of insults. Let me assure you, in my humble way, that when you vote for Fred erick Van Nuys, you are voting for a man who will do his honest duty. He considers charity in an honest way, and a person capable of look ing on charity at the right angle, will prove another Abraham Lin coln. I hope you will give him the support to secure this office. VIOLA STATIONS. # tt m Editor Timm — TN Huntingburg, Ind., the citizens pay no taxes, because the profits from the public owned utilities pay the running expenses of the city government. John C. Mellet, of the Public Service Company of Indiana, doesn’t like this arrangement. He argues the utility customers pay all taxes. Let us say they do. The number of non-utilitjy customers Is very small compared to utility users in any community. About the only reason there are householders and others who are not utility customers is because they are too poor to pay utility installation costs and rates. Light rates in Indianapolis are 7 cents per kwh for domestic use. My yearly bill is $30.24. My taxes, with out mortgage exemption, run a little over SIOO a year on a five room house. The total is $130.24. Suppose Indianapolis owned its public utilities and there were no taxes. The rate could be doubled making an average bill of $60.48. There are other utilities, water, gas and telephone. With rates doubled my expenses would be little more than now. Any reasonable person can see that it would be unnecessary to double rates under proper opera tion and management. The rates probably could be cut and still pay all city expenses. And think of all the graft such arrangement would eliminate. But then, what would we do with such benevolent, Christian gentlemen as the Insulls? Maybe John C. Mellett is right after all. It would be too hard on the utility magnates. R. KEIL. M tt M Editor Times — WHEN a baseball pitcher has been batted all over the lot a good manager will take him out, heedless of his excuses or claims that another pitcher can't do any better. Play ball! Hoover claims we are like travel ers on horseback crossing a stream, and should not swap. The baseball Illustration is more modern and more to the point, but if the Ameri can people were to be compared to men crossing a stream on horseback, which horse is the American people riding now? An old spavined, bro ken-down horse? Who's riding the other horses? The illustration is utterly inapplicable to the situation and shows loose think ing on the part of those using it. but the baseball illustration has “dog in it,” as the lawyers sav. JOHN CLINE. Williamsport, Ind. * * u Editor Times — ONE would be led to believe from certain statements made by some so-called prominent lawyers and others that the Republican nominee for judge of the circuit court of this county is the one man. out of about 900 lawyers in Marion county, capable of filling this of fice. This is an amazing statement. It causes one to pause and question the real reason behind such asser tions from these lawyere—and others. Scores of independent voters in this community resent such noisome tactics, especially undei\ the guise of a non-partisan organization. Would it not be appropriate for the electorate of this county to be advised that the Democratic nom inee for this most important county judicial position, Earl R. Cox, is a lawyer of unquestioned integrity, tried ability, a man who courts the favors of none, and who, if elected, will bring dignity and graciousness to the bench, with a fresh and un prejudiced outlock, whose judg ment would be seasoned with a long and successful legal experience? AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN u * m Editor Times — MAY I extend my thanks to The Indianapolis Times on behalf of the Republican state central committee for its excellent public ity given in connection with the recent visit of President Hoover. The advance notice of the ap pearance of the President was so short that widespread publicity was most helpful in apprising citizens of city and state both of tne signifi cance of the visit and the details of the program. In this advance work the committee wishes to com mend the Times, its news staff, particularly Mr. Doss, who extended every co-operation with our pub licity department. The committee also appreciates the excellent coverage given the meeting by your political, news and feature writers and your photogra phers. IVAN C. MORGAN, Chairman. The Indianapolis Times Partly cloudy tonight, becoming unsettled Friday; rising temperature. VOLUME 44—NUMBER 151 PASTORS’ IRE AROUSED BY G. 0. P. PLEA V T Republican Committee Is Rebuked for Effort to Mix Politics, Religion. MOVE CALLED OUTRAGE Pulpit No Place to Voice Partisan Appeals, Is Clergy’s Consensus. Clergy of the city today hurled a stinging rebuke at the Indiana state Republican committee for its attempt to wage the G. O. P. cam paign from the pulpits Sunday. With the opinion that the com mittee’s request for support is “outrageous and in bad taste,” sev eral clergymen of the city indicated the G. O. P. attempt to thrust poli tics into the church has been blocked. In letters to ministers in churches throughout the state Wednesday, originated by Ivan C. Morgan, G. O. P. committee chairman, the clergy was asked to turn Sunday services and prayer meetings into campaign rallies. ‘Tt is an outrage. T feel it is in bad taste,’’ declared the Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks of the All Souls Uni tarian church. Resented by Wicks “I would have resented it whether it came from Republicans, Dem ocrats, or Socialists. I never will turn my pulpit to partisan politics and I would not even express my partisan views. The letters were sent from a “special” headquarters in the Clay pool hotel, set up by Morgan under the title of “Good Government De partment.” They appealed for help from the clergy to aid in solving the “great moral issue of return of the saloon.” “Politics should not be mixed with religion,” declared the Rev. L. C. E. Fackler of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. “I received one of the letters and threw it into the waste basket,” he said. Will Net Enter Politics “The history of the nation of Rome tells the tale. I am busy preaching religion, without talking politics from the pulpit. If all ministers would preach good Bible facts, we would not need such a thing. True Christianity makes real citizenship.” The Rev. J. D. Matthias, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church: “I shall urge my hearers Sunday to vote be cause it is their duty as Christian citizens, but I do not intend to aid in the last hour campaign.” The Rev. Clarence E. Gardner, pastor of First United Lutheran church: “I am not entering politics.” The Rev. William F. Rothenber ger, pastor of Third Christian church: “A pastor would be a blunderer if he advanced the inter ests of any political party from his pulpit. If the Republican state com mittee, or any other, expects any one to advocate its ticket I believe it is mistaken. Preachers should not discuss partisan economic issues from the pulpit, but I believe that they may talk courageously on any moral issue, no matter where the chips fall.” Barred From Pulpit The Rev. O. R. McKay, pastor of First Baptist church: “I have made no plans to follow the advice given in the letter. Economics should not be discussed from the pulpit.” The Rev. F. R. Daries, pastor of Zion Evangelical church: “I will ignore the letter, as I would any other partisan appeal.” The Rev. Morris H. Coers, pastor of Thirty-First Street Baptist church: “The letter seems to me to take a lot for granted. Why the Republican state committee should feel that it represents the cause of morality is quite beyond me. I have no intention of follow ing the suggestions made in the letter." The Rev. George A. Frantz, pas tor of First Presbyterian church: “I received the letter, but I simply threw it in the waste basket.” The Rev. Lloyd E. Smith, pastor of Broadway Evangelical church: “I will talk on the election Sunday, but the letter in no way altered my decision to remain strictly non partisan. I will deal mainly with the duty of Christian citizens to vote.” Society Queen’s Royal Treasure Listed in McCormick Estate By United Press / CHICAGO, Nov. 3—An inventory of the personal property left bv the late Edith Rockefeller Mc- Cormick. with a total value of $1,032,348.28, was filed today with Henry Horner by Charles S. Cut ting. attorney. The list, reading like the inventory of some mon arch's treasure, filled 361 closfty typed pages and gave a posthumous insight into ti)e exquisite tastes of the famous daughter of John D. Rockefeller. Mrs. McCormick died in a suite in the Drake ho tel last Aug. 25. She had closed her Lake Shore drive mansion after financial reverses depleted, her fortune, once estimated as the largest of any woman in the world. The most valuable items in the inventory were jewels, many of them crown pieces from the collec tions of European royalty. Among the pieces, each popularly estimated to be worth much more than the total valuation set in the inventory, were the emeiald necklace said Mice to have belonged to Empress Catherine of Russia, and a diamond and pearl necklace reputed to be one of the fiaest in existence. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1932 Chrysler Puts $9,000,000 Bet on Future of United States PLANE CRASH LAID TO POLITICAL PLOT By 1 nited Press NEW YORK. Nov. 3.—An official of the Republican national head quarters today charged there had been “tampering” with the airplane which crashed with Miss Ruth Nichols at the start of her proposed trans-continental flight in behalf of the Hoover-Curtis ticket. ''' —■ ooc' i .i- Miss Nichols gan warming the motor about 2:30 a. m. Shortly after 3 o’clock she attempted the disastrous takeoff. Miss Nichols said she expected to distribute campaign matter along her route, and upon her arrival in California would oe prepared to take the stump for President Herbert Hoover and Vice-President Charles Curtis. ROOSEVELT, HOOVER IN FINAL DRIVES BY FREDERICK A. STORM United Press Staff Correspondent By United Press ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 3.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt today em-F barked on the final tour of his drive for -the presidency. The Democratic nominee planned to 'make a brief invasion of New Jersey tonight, and then swing back into New York City for the first of three addresses that will wind up the campaign he launched on the day he was selected by the con vention at Chicago. Roosevelt motored from the executive mansion, stopping first at his farm home, Hyde Park, for luncheon with his mother, before proceeding to New York. From New York he will go over to the Jersey side to greet the Democrats of Jersey City and New ark, although no addresses in that state are scheduled. On his return he will be driven to the Metropolitan opera house where he will speak to the Republicans for-Roosevelt League. Friday night he will speak from the stage of the Brooklyn Acad emy of Music witn former Gov ernor Alfred E. Smith and other leaders of the Democratic party. The following night he will de liver another major address at Madison Square Garden at a rally* arranged by the New York City Democratic organization. The Governor will return to Hyde Park for Sunday and Monday* to rest. In accordance with a long standing Roosevelt custom he will make a brief address to his Duchess county neighbors on elec tion eve. “I’m going to speak in Columbus hall at Poughkeepsie, where I have spoken the Monday night before election for the last twenty years,” he remarked. Death Notices and Lost and Found Ads Accepted to 10 P. M. Effective Nov. 1, all lost and found and death no- x tices are accepted until 10 p. m. and appear in the FIRST edition of The Times (10:30 the next morning). Death notices and lost and found ads received until noon will appear in the 1:30 Home Edition the same day. This is anew service created for benefit of Times Ad users. Phone Ri. 5551 'HE emerald necklace, containing a hexagonal emerald weighing 119 karats, nine other large emeralds and 1.657 diamonds, was valued at present market prices at *183,966.13. The pearl necklace, containing twenty-three large matched pearls, three large diamonds and two flex ible bars of diamonds, each with 100 round and twelve square stones, was valued at *406.684.16. Total value of the jewels, including a platinum, diamond studded breastplate, a tiara set with 673 diamonds, a diadem sparkling with 1,128 diamonds, ear drops, bracelets, rings, etc., was set at *777,567.30. Other items listed included rare manuscripts and books dating from the middle ages, sixteenth century tapestries, nineteen lace tablecloths, a Persian rug known as the “emperor’s carpet” which once be longed to an Austrian emperor, period furniture, statuary, fine paintings and objects of art, a set of sterling silver plates. At her death, Mrs. McCormick's checking account in a Chicago bank contained *943.10. She planned to attempt to set a new speed record. The charge was made in a tele gram* 1 which A. B. Cornell of the speakers’ bureau of the Repub lican national committee sent to A. Gordon Nicholson of San Fran cisco, chairman of the Republican state committee of California. The aviatrix was not injured, and she averted a possible fire by turning off the ignition switch as her plane dived off jthe concrete runway into a ground loop. Miss Nichols appeared to lose control just as the plane was ready to rise. The ship, a monoplane recently constructed for additional speed, turned over on its side as it left the runway. Clarence Chamberlin, trans-At lantic flier, and others at Floyd Bennett field helped Miss Nichols crawl from the wreckage. Miss Nichols had been waiting for favorable weather for the takeoff for several days. She be- BY HENRY F. MISSELWITZ United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Presi dent Herbert Hoover starts west at 4:20 p. m. today on a final intensive campaign offensive that will close with a dash to California to vote, and receive the election returns at his Palo Alto home. Mr. Hoover has announced that the prohibition views enunciated in his acceptanace speech remained unchanged. In that speech he proposed that liquor control be returned to the states under anew amendment which would guarantee federal pro tection to dry states and forbid re turn of the saloon. Mr. Hoover’s message was in re sponse to one from Chairman Ed ward C. Stokes of the New Jersey Republican campaign committee. Stokes said representations were be ing made in New Jersey that the President had changed his prohi btion stand. The President's final westward swing includes three major speeches and some thirty back-platform talks in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin alone. The major addresses will be at Springfield, 111., at 3:30 p. m Fri day; St. Louis at 7:30 Friday night, and St. Paul, Minn., Saturday night. GEORGE BALL UPHOLDS EMPLOYER IN ‘STUDYING’ VOTE WITH EMPLOYES Republican industrialists’ cam paign of fear, in which they have is sued the thinly veiled warning that employes’ failure to vote for Presi dent Hoover Nov. 8 will result in more unemployment, was "explained” today by George A. Ball, Republican national committeeman. Ball's statement, it was made plain, was issued by “George A. Ball. Muncie manufacturer,” rather than by “George A. Ball, Republican na tional committeman.” Workers in plants in which the pro-Hoover campaign has been waged by employers, term the cam paign one of intimidation. Ball’s statement does not men tion the word “intimidation.” He approaches the situation with cir cumlocution. He even fails in his statement to make formal recogni tion that the charge of intimidation has been made. He asserts that “mutual interest in their future welfare makes it de sirable for both employer and em ploye to meet in a spirit of co-opera tion and discuss with one another the issues at stake in the present political campaign. Machinery to Produce New Car Represents Vast Outlay. BY OTIS PEABODY SWIFT United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1932. by United Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Walter P Chrysler has bet $9,000,000 on the economic future of America, al though he admits he doesn’t know when the depression is going to end. The sum mentioned is that ex pended in dies, tools, jigs, fixtures and new machinery to produce the new Plymouth car announced Wednesday. With the au tomotive indus try at its low of years, with his own company operating at a loss for the first nine months of the year, he made the $9,- 000,000 invest ment, confident that the money would return in sales in 1933. He told the story today, sit ting before a stained glass window in his timbered Norman office in the Chrysler building, fifty six seconds up from the street level as the express elevator climbs. “It’s a time of opportunity!” he said, leaning, tense and eager, across his desk. “It’s the biggest chance a man ever had. “It's a time to get out and do things—and keep doing them. And that doesn’t mean the big fellow alone —it means everyone, the worker, the office man, everyone— whether he’s got a job or not. Dig Now for Chances “If he’ll get out and dig for chances, find them, use them, he has the chance of his life today!” It was no pep talk, no fight talk or big business. Shy, deprecating, 56-year-old Walter Chrysler wanted to make that clear. He had come up from the ranks himself; he knew what people were up against today. He himself, against the beating pressure of de pression years, had raised his com pany's share of the automotive busi ness of the nation from 8 per cent in 1929 to 17 per cent in 1932, yet he knew that other men had suf fered gravely. Its Time for Courage On the future ot America, Chrys ler was vibrant, quietly explosive. “It’s a time for courage!” he said, his voice pitched low, “a time for enthusiasm and imagination. It’s a time to work, and think, to tighten our belts the way the In dians did in famine, to drive through for the good times we know are ahead. It’s silly to doubt a country like this.” URGES RADIO BE MOVED By T'nitrd Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Federal Radio Commission Examiner Elmer W. Pratt today recommended that the commission permit the Westing house Electric and Manufacturing Company to move station KYW to Philadelphia from its present loca tion in Chicago. j “Certainly,” the Ball statement asserts, “employer and employe have a constitutional right under every American law to discuss freely with one another their busi i ness problems, and how the future of the institution in which both ! are interested will be affected by ! the result of the election on Nov. 8. The campaign of fear apparently continued today, despite warnings on law violation to employers. It was reported today that a It was reported that a major rail road and two national chain store companies had advised their em ployes to vote for Hoover. Kresge Chief “Advises” One report of the activity brought forward was the national appeal of C. A. Van Dusen of the S. S. Kresge Company, telling his employes “that no thinking person, unless he has selfish personal reasons, can ques tion the sincerity or ability of President Hoover.” Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson mounded the warning against em ; ployers intimidating workers by ! threatening pay cuts or loss of jobs jif they did not vote for certain 1 candidates or a certain ticket. His warning was followed Wednesday by a similar one issued by R. Earl ; Peters, Democratic state chairman. No employe of L. S. Ayres & Cos. will be advised or put under pres sure as to how to vote. Ayres Denies Coercion Frederick M. Ayres, president of the company, today sent to each | employe the following letter: “It has been called to my atten tion that rumors have been circu lated that pressure is being brought on our employes with our knowledge and approval to influence the direc tion of their voting on election day. “These rumors are wholly false and unfounded. “It always has been and now is i our policy that every employe is en titled .to his or her own political opinion, and to vote without pressure or interference from us or anyone in our employ.” Meier Block, head of the William H. Block Company, today informed j The Times that no orders of any I kind had been issued to Block em : ployes in an attempt to influence 1 their votes. BARTER PLAN SWEEPS U. S.; HELPS NEEDY Swapping on Large Scale is Reported, to Meet Lack of Money. 8,000 IN ONE GROUP Farmers Trade Produce for Merchants’ Goods; Give Doctors Grain. (Copyright, 1932. by United Press) A great wave of bartering is sweeping the country. A shortage of money and sur pluses ot commodities have com bined to bring about a revival of elemental commerce—the “swap” of i one article for another without use 1 of money. A nation-wide survey by the | United Press discloses that barter ! ing is a part of community life in I many parts of the United Sifttes. In some localities it is unorganized and haphazard; in others, it enlists thousands in a well-organized move ment. In Utah a farmer trades a bushel of potatoes for a haircut. In Lou isiana, farmer boys pay their tu ition in a state university with farm produce. In Kansas City, a work man trades his labor for food and clothing. More Extensive in West In the middle vest, bartering is more extensive than in the east. Farmers are paying for machinery with wheat and storekeepers are accepting farm produce for mer chandise. Largest of the movements is that of the Natural Development Asso ciation, embracing 8,000 farmers and workmen of Utah and southern Idaho. The association has two floors of office space in Salt Lake City. In the association are doctors, cleaners, merchants, dentists, me chanics, geologists, plumbers, crafts men and tradesmen of all kinds. They exchange services and prod ucts, using scrip issued by the as sociation as the medium of ex cnange. In Montana bartering is reported as common. Banks accept wheat in payment on loans, and flour mills afccept grain in payment for grind ing grain into flour. Newspapers accept wheat for subscriptions. Unemployed Are Helped Oklahoma City has its “shirtsleeve exchange,” where the unemployed work for people who pay in goods rather than money. An unemployed tree surgeon received 10 cents :n cash, a hot dinner, a peck of po tatoes, a shirt, two coats, eight baby dresses, six children’s hats, three pairs of shoes, and one pair of girl's galoshes for five hours’ work. The exchange takes these articles and undertakes to obtain for them articles the tree surgeon can use. Los Angeles has a co-operative exchange with more than 4,000 members, operating on a system of debit and credit. This movement has spread to a half dozen small towns near Los Angeles. Doctors Take Produce In Nebraska newspapers accept farm produce for subscriptions and doctors, dentists, and merchants take produce in lieu of cash. In San Francisco the barter idea is used by charitable institutions to provide for needy unen^oyed. Abilene, Corpus Christi, and Hen derson, Tex., have monthly “swap” days, when farmers come to town with what they have to swap and return with wagons loaded with ar ticles they need. WHEAT AT NEW LOW December Breaks All-Time Records at Chicago. By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—December wheat broke all-time low records for that grain twice within an hour’s trading on the Chicago board of trade today, touching 42cents at the low point, V* cent below the opening figure. Chrysler First Ladies and First Babies of the Land Two great features, both of which will score 100 per cent with Indianapolis women, and with a large majority of men, too, will start in The Times Friday. w . _ . One is about first ladies of the land; the other is about first babies of the land. Did you know that only one ex-President is living? Very likely. But maybe you didn’t know that six women who once ruled over theh White House still are alive. They are. William Engel, Times staff writer, has arranged an interesting series on what these former first ladies are doing, now that they have retired to private life. First of the series, about the former Mrs. Grover Cleveland, will appear in The Times Friday. The second, to appear Saturday, ■will be of special interest to all Indiana. It will tell the story of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. And the following four articles in the ♦series also will be of unusual interest. Sc start Friday and read them all, as they are published from day fcc day in The Times. Vying for interest with the first ladies will be the first babies. Thousands of Indianapolis’ future papas and mammas are studying right now about the blessed event. They’ll want to know dozens of answers to dozens of questions that confront every young couple, and older ones. too. So, starting in Friday's Times. Elizabeth Clark will present the first of a series of six articles which will constitute a veritable encyclopedia for them Choosing your doctor, what price baby? sewing for infants, pre natal diet, ypur mental attitude, your physical care, everything that you need to know will be contained in these articles. They do every thing for you except name the baby. So watch for Friday’s Times. You’ll find these two great fea tures well worth the time it takes you to read them. Entered *s Second Class Matter at Postorice. Indianapolis Plunges From 86th Floor to End Own Life '' Ws / * ' : " • - "'1- < t— _ 1 Empire State Building By l nited Press NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—An uni dentified man today leaped from the topmost pinnacle of the Empire State building, world's tallest building, and fell to his death on the observation floor, seventeen stories below. The man was seen at the base of the dirigible mooring mast at the 103d floor. Before he could be stopped, ne leaped. The observation floor parapet going entirely around the build ing. is on the eighty-sixth floor. He was the first man to use the towering heights of the building for suicide since its completion. He was also the first man to die of a fall eighty-six stories above the street. The upper floors of the build ing, and especially the tower, are guarded against would be suicides, attendants standing close to per sons, who appear to be acting strangely. FATHER OF 3 FALLS 4 STOWES TO DEATH Window Cleaner Loses Life at Statehouse. Three children, including an S-months-old girl, were left father less today when James Mason, 31, of 940 Daly street, a window washer, fell to his death from the fourth story of the statehouse. In their dwelling on the east side street, ';he widow and her three children were shocked by the grief of the tragedy. Only a few hours before, Mason had left the house, kissing his wife and children good by. Edith Lorine, 8-year-old daughter, was in school when her father was found unconscious, at the side of the statehouse. The other children are Robert Sherman, 5, and Pa tricia Ann, the baby. Mason apparently had not used his safety belt while cleaning the window, as it was found on his body. He had been an employe of the Indianapolis Window Cleaning Company for the last five years. Mason died a short while after he was rushed to the city hospital. Skull fracture and internal injuries caused by the fall to the pavement caused his death. Hourly Temp Uures 6a. m 38 10 a. m 48 7a. m 39 11 a. m 52 Ba. m 41 12 (noon).. 55 9 a. m 44 1 p. m 56 HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents STRONG GAINS FOR HOOVER ARECIJIIMED Reports, However, Still Show National Advantage for Roosevelt. LIST INDIANA DOUBTFUL - Al Smith Speeches Said to Have Hurt Chances of Democrats. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Pres* Staff Correspondent • (Copyright. 1932. by United Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Accord ing to reports to the United Press in a national political survey, Presi dent Hoover has made strong gains recently in some sections. These reports, however, still indi cate a national advantage for Gov ernor Roosevelt. Mr. Hoover’s chances are reported improved in his home state after the Reconstruction Finance Corpo ration help for the San Francisco bridge project and Los Angeles pub lic works. Opposition of Senator Hiram Johnson is one of the biggest ob stacles, but Republicans count on a heavy excess of Republican regis trations. Mr. Hoover has pushed some states, including Indiana and West Virginia, into the doubtful column, according to these reports. He also has benefitted unexpectedly from the speeches of Alfred E. Smith in some sections, such as New Jersey. Reported Strong Here The shift toward Mr. Hoover was reported strong in the vital block of east central sttaes including Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. In the first sur vey these three sttaes were reported favorable to Roosevelt. Indiana has now become uncer tain, according to the reports re ceived here. Reports from various states are summarized as follows: Ten southern states, no change. All listed for Roosevelt. Arizona—Roosevelt. California—Hoover. Colorado and Connecticut—Un certain. i 1 Delaware—Hoover. Idaho for Roosevelt Idaho—Roosevelt reported to have strong advantage, despite Borah’s campaign for re-election of Senator Thomas, Republican. Illinois—Hoover gaining rapidly. Reports still favor Roosevelt, but not by the 200,000 to 300,000 fore cast earlier. Republican organiza tion speakers now mentioning Hoover whereas until three weeks ago he was regarded as a liability. Indiana—Decided trend toward Close result forecast. Ear lier advantage for Roosevelt wiped out. Smith speeches noted as help ing Republicans. lowa—Doubtful. Smith’s speeches and normal pull of party loyalty aiding Hoover. Hoover Gains in Kansas Kansas —Close. Better chances re ported for Hoover than earlier, due partly to Smith speeches. Kentucky—Roosevelt sure. Maine—Hoover. Democrats ap parently exhausted y efforts in re cent state election whereas Repub licans have redoubled efforts. Maryland—Roosevelt leaders more confident than ever, smith speech es helping him in Baltimore. Massacrus%tts —Uncertain. Smith’s appearance on stump reported to have diminished earlier Hoover ad vantage. Michigan—Doubtful. Minnesota—No change. Roosevelt advantage. Missouri—Hoover gaining. forecasts of Roosevelt majority of 100,000 to 150,000 revised downward. Roosevelt reported sure of state. State Democratic ticket reported sure winner. Montana —Close. Earlier Roose velt advantage now in doubt. Nebraska—Strong Hoover gain. Certain Roosevelt forecasts of month ago changed now give only slight edge in his favor. Nevada—Roosevelt. New Hampshire—Hoover. Smith Speeches Hurt New Jersey—Roosevelt advantage reported to have been cut down by unfavorable reaction to Smith speech at Newark. State uncertain. New Mexico—Roosevelt stronger due to switch by Senator Cutting (Rep.). New York—Advantage to Roose velt. North Dakota—Roosevelt. Ohio—Drift toward Hoover. Orig inal estimate of 300,000 majority for Roosevelt cut between 15 and 20 per cent. Change attributed to Hoover speeches and “fear” campaign. m Oklahoma and Oregon—Roosevelt. Pennsylvania Hoover. Strong Roosevelt sentiment, but Republi can organization counted upon to clinch plurality for Hoover Rhode Island—Uncertain. Trend to Hoover South Dakota—Trend to Hoover, Roosevelt holding advantage. Tennessee—Roosevelt. Utah—Leaning toward Roosevelt. Vermont—Hoover. Washington—Uncertain. Wisconsin—No change. Roosevelt advantage. West Virginia Close. Earlier Roosevelt advantage challenged by Republican organization work. Wyoming—Doubtful. mercFrTlhjFTo rise Forecast of unsettled but warmer weather Friday, following fair weather today and tonight, was made by J. H. Armington, meteorol ogist.