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WEATHER.
(U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and colder with frost and
freezing temperature tonight; tomor
row increasing cloudiness, rising tem
perature. Highest. 55. at 3:30 p m. yes
terday; lowest, 39, at fi:ls a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
New Yc-rk Stock Market Closed Today
'\T r , ‘K) lO"; Gn?ered as second class matter
’jo.X’JtJ. post office, Washington. D. C.
CONGRESS CONTROL!
AT STAKE TODAY ASi
VOTERS JAM POLLS!
Stirring Campaign Finishes
Declared to Have Overcome
Pre-Election Apathy.
EIGHT STATES TO DECIDE
STATUS OF PROHIBITION;
I
Democratic Leaders Maintain
Claims of Landslide. But G. 0. P.
Chiefs Are Confident.
Br th" Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 2 —The
American voter today is recording his
judgment on the personalities and is- i
su s that have come to him in virtual- t
lv a crossword puzzle campaign.
Control of the Seventieth Congress ■
and of nearly two-thirds of the State j
governments, as well as the extent to j
which prohibition is likely to figure in !
political affairs In the near future, are j
the major issues resting upon his de- !
vision. i
Although a host of candidates and j
party managers kept the stump and
hall ringing with campaign notes until j
a kite hour last night, they were out j
early today in an effort to swell the !
mar. h of voters toward the balloting ‘
Places. |
They were spurred to a somewhat i
unusual effort in this direction by re-1
ports from many sections of the coun- j
try that a feeling almost of apathy ]
had settled upon large groups of the !
electorate.
Haiti and Snow Reported.
The Weather Bureau today gave
the following description of election j
day weather:
“Pressure conditions are normally j
active. The disturbance over .Rake j
Michigan yesterday has advanced to
the region around Lake Ontario. It (
. has produced light rains from Mich- j
igan and Indiana eastward to the I
coast, while clearing and colder has j
advanced to cover Ohio and Ken- i
tucky.
“Rains have developed over Texas ,
Louisiana and southern Mississippi i
and Alabama, and will extend over j
the rest of the East Gulf and South |
Atlantic States today. It is raining I
this morning at New York, New J
Haven, Albany, Canton, Savannah, j
Montgomery, Pensacola, Meridian, j
New Orleans, Corpus Christ! and I
Helena, and snowing at Portland,!
.Me.; Syracuse, Montreal, Marquette j
and Winnipeg.
“Clearing will develop eastward j
over Northern sections today, white j
rain will cover most of the South- '.
ern States, including the Tennessee 1
Valley.’' j
In New York City and some other
places mentioned in the weather re- j
port as experiencing rain the skies j
cleared during the morning, result
ing in speeding up of voting, which j
.•had been noticeably light while the I
' rain lasted. News dispatches men
tioned that it was snowing in Buffalo !
as well as Syracuse.
All .Leaders Claim Victory.
Hast minute statements from the i
hostile political camps disclosed no j
.-bango in the sweeping claims issued j
by the warring chieftains several days J
before the tumult of the campaign had '
died away. j
Beinocratio leaders still made claim
to nothing short of a landslide, which i
Would enable them to wrest control of
both the Senate and the House from ,
the Republicans.
tin the other hand, spokesmen for
the now dominant party declared such
contentions were optimistic bubbles, :
which will burst with the counting of
the votes after sundown.
To obtain control of the Senate,
the Democratic party will have to
pick up nine seats now held by Re
publicans, while they must sway 3G ;
congressional districts to get a ma- ;
Jority of the House.
Many of the Republican senatorial
togas at stake were won in the Hard
ing landslide in 1320 and the House
that is asking another tenure of office
came into power in the Coolidge tidal
wave of 1024. Pointing to this sit
uation. Democratic managers stoutly
maintain that, with the presidency
not now at stake, they can count on H
a number of turnovers involving ,
scats in both houses. They also call
attention to the fact that the seven
Demeeratic Senators, to lx- elected are
from the solid South, where victory
Is certain
Border States Claimed, Too.
The lour binder States-—Kentucky, ;
Maryland. Missouri and Oklahoma—
as well as Arizona, are listed by the -
Democrats as alread\ stricken front
the Republican lists. Refusing to
concede this the Republicans claim
that ev< n these States ■ hich fre-.
quently are found in the Democratic
column, will remain within the G. O.
P. fold. !
Other States m which the Demo- '
or its believe tiie.v have a better than
even chance are Massachusetts, New
York, ' thin. Illinois and Colorado. In ]
1d..h0. India: Nevada. Oregon. Utah j
and Washington they claim at least
hgh'ing chances.
Ag ar, countering Democratic pre
dict'.. n -A. hopes. Republicans see
all thes.- States safely held in their
present political status. They like- j
wise arc confident that few. if any,;
Inroads will be made in their ranks .
in the House. Here again the rival ]
ers are found apart in their j !
• ssessmeuts of the minds of voters, 1 '
for the Democratic leaders insist they ! !
will carry at least six Republican { .
districts in Pennsylvania: will re- :i
capture a number of House seats!;
that w ent to the Republican column j ]
in the < oolidge victory two years !
ago. and . also win some districts j ’
which they contend are dissatisfied'
with administration policies. t 1
In many < f the contests for Sen- j '
ate and Uau.- seats prohibition has '
run through the whole fabric of the j '
campaigns and* in eight States the j !
voters are expressing their view s on i
this question in referenda. These j
States are New York. Nevada. Wis- j !
eonsin, Illinois, Montana, Missouri, ! 1
Colorado and California.
The proposals put forward range all ;
the way front repeal of all State pro- '
liibition enforcement codes to expres
sions of sentiment for guidance of ,
representatives in the halls of Con- (
gross.
Both wets and drys have been ac- j
ive in practically all of these contests. J
(Continued on Pure 5. Column 4.)
! President’s Train
Wrecks Soldiers’
Auto; Two Escape
By the Assoc a ted Pres*.
! PRESIDENT COOLIDGE S SPE
j CIAL TRAIN, NEAR WILMING
j TON, Del., November 2. —President
Coolidge's special train, on which
he and Mrs. Coolidge are traveling
to Massachusetts to vote, hit an
automobile at Aberdeen, Md., cross
ing at 12:42 a.m. today, demolish
ing the automobile, but the occu
pants escaped uninjured.
They were Pvts. \V. J. Held and
M. Irving, 11. S. A., stationed at
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
LABOR LANDSLIDE
SEEN IN BRITAIN
Party Gains 144 Seats as
Others Lose 121 —Liberal
Poll Is Small.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.
' By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, November 2.—ln munici-
I pal elections held in 300 towns and
! boroughs throughout England Mon
! day, the labor victory already Is as
i suming the proportions of a landslide.
Apparently totally out of sympathy
i with the government's efforts to end
i the coal strike, town after town de
feated the Conservative candidates
.and returned Laborites.
i These municipal elections held an
; nually to seat one-third of the mem
i hers of each town council have no ef
j feet on the composition of Parliament,
! but do indica f e In an important way
j which way the wind is blowing
!throughout the country.
Returns received so far indicate
that Labor has gained 161 seats and
lost only 17, a net gain of almost 150.
j The Conservatives have gained but 15
: seats and lost 87, a net loss of 72. The
j Liberals gained 7 and lost 56, a net
| toss of 49.
j The results are of the utmost im
. portance In giving Labor control of
: most of the Industrial cities, which
j will enable the town councils to sup
: port the strike In a more emphatic
manner than heretofore. In most of
1 the cities the Labor gain Is unprece
dented. In both Leeds and Sheffield,
Labor victories give the Socialist par
ty control of city affairs for the first
time in history.
Labor won 10 new seats in Stoke
on-Trent, 8 in Birmingham. 7 in Man
chester, 3 in Bristol, 6 In Liverpool. 5
in Nottingham and 2 In Birkenhead
On the other hand, the Laliorltes were
much less successful in the country
boroughs and In the suburbs of Lon
don. As usual, in recent British elec
tions, the Liberal party practically dis
appears.
< Copyright. 1920. by Chicago Daily News Co.)
(MALIIVOTE
LIGHTER THIS YEAR
Most of Ballots Sent to In
diana, Ohio, Massachu
setts and New York.
Four States —Indiana, Ohio. Mas
sachusetts and New York —received
most of the votes cast by mail from
the District of Columbia, it was esti
mated today by local headquarters of
the Republican and Democratic <
parties.
Although headquarters officials of |
the two parties were unable to give !
any definite figures as to the num- j
her of Washingtonians voting by mail,
they estimated that the total vote will !
prove to l>e decidedly lighter than that :
cast during the presidential election \
and slightly lighter than the vote re- ■
corded by mail during the congres- i
sional election four years ago.
Diiiiculty in ascertaining the exact
number of mailed ballots. It was '
stated, is due largely to the fact that !
many of the ballots are mailed,
through sources other than the na- :
tin rial headquarters of the parties.
In Indiana, for example, local can- j
didates have mailed direct personal:
solicitations to voters resident in
Washington, who have returned their j
ballots directly to the clerk of their j
home county. Other situations exist j
in other States, while there are many ;
whose votes are not brought to the
attention of the officers of the na- j
tional committees.
ILLNESS KEPT PRINCE !
FROM RUMANIAN TRIP;
I
Italian Heir Planned to Head Mis
t
sion—lleana Engagement
Not Confirmed.
i
By tin* Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, November
2. —Crown Prince Humbert, instead
of the Duke of Spoleto, was to have
headed the Italian mission arriv- j
ing here tomorrow, the newspaper
Adeverul says, in commenting on the
rumor of the coming engagement of
Humbert and Princess Ileana. Hum
bert was obliged to forego the trip, it i
adds, because of ill health. t
Regarding the engagement report,
the paper states that no confirmation i
can l>e obtained from well informed
circles in Bucharest. There are no i
comments on the report in the other ;
papers.
Bucharest dispatches Saturday saiijl
the Rumanian government attached
great importance to the visit of the
Italian mission, as was shown by the
fact that the party would be received
at the station by King Ferdinand, and
that he would act as host during
their stay. Princess Ileana is now in
the United States with her mother,
Queen Marie.
Radio
Mht fEumina §kf.
V, J V >/ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \^/
WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1926-FORTY-SIX PAGES.
PRESIDENT VOTES
AS PRIVATE CITIZEN
IN MASSACHUSETTS
Mrs. Coolidge and Executive
Occupy Adjoining Booths;
Study Ballots Carefully.
MANY FRIENDS VISIT
THEM AT RESIDENCE
I
Police Sergeant, on Duty in Neigh
borhood 25 Years, Extends
Real Welcome.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., No
vember 2 OP). -The special train
beating the President and Mrs.
Coolidge left Northampton on the
return journey to Washington just
before noon. Only a brief stop was
scheduled at Springfield.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Novem
i her 2. —Just as millions of other men
; and women throughout the Nation
; are doing today. President and Mrs.
j Coolidge went to the polls here and i
i cast their ballots in the election. j
j It was merely as Calvin and Grace 1
j Coolidge, residents of No. 21 Massa- i
; soit street, that they were handed;
| their individual ballots and directed j
! to booths in the section allotted to the ;
! voters of the second ward, their home j
j ward. They went about marking their !
| ballots very seriously. Neither ap- i
! peared excited or in a hurry. They I
i appeared to read everything very care
j fully before affixing their markings.
I Os course, it is not known just how
| they voted, inasmuch as the Aus-1
j tralian secret ballot is used, but one !
j may be sate in guessing it was the j
I straight Republican ticket. They ap- :
\ peared proud and content when they
j walked from their booth and placed
• their folded papers in the box. They j
; seemed repaid for the trouble and ex- \
j pense of making a journey of more i
I than 1,900 miles to exercise their:
! rights as citizens, in the knowledge .
[that they set an example to the peo- ■!
I pie of the country not to abdicate
| their sovereign rights of self-govern- 1
I ment. i
j Town Gives Ardent Welcome. !
j The President and Mrs. Coolidge !
i were made happy by the manner in ,
I which their town people greeted them i
j upon their arrival at 9 o’clock this
i morning and the genuine friendliness
j displayed throughout their three-hour i
stay in Northampton. The fact that |
it was raining did not lessen the !
ardor of the citizens. More than 1,000 i
persons were at the station to extend '
a welcome and along the streets over :
which the presidential party passed !
from the station to Memorial Hall, j
. where the President and Mrs. Coolidge I
voted, the curbs were thronged. Flags j
I were displayed from windows. Many '
of the children and others in the j
crowds along (he route waved small |
flags as they cheered the return of I
Northampton's distinguished son and j
his wife. The crowds were greatest in
the vicinity of the picturesque oid i
building in which they voted.! It was ,
with some difficulty that the police I
held back the lines as the President '
and Mrs* Coolidge walked from their I
automobile to the place of voting. !
Their progress was necessarily slow j
because they stopped a number of !
times to bow or wave or shake hands |
with friends lining the little lane
(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.)
WOMAN DIES IN LEAP
! FROM HOTEL WINDOW
; Jumps From Sixteenth Floor, Two
Weeks After Death of ,
Her Husband.
! By the Associated Press.
| NEW YORK, November 2.—Mrs.
I Elizabeth Clark Rogers, 52 years old,
|of Brookline, Mass., was instantly
I killed today when she jumped or fell
t from a window of the sixteenth floor
| of the Hotel Commodore, where she
■ had been staying since Sunday,
j Mrs. Rogers’ husband, Dr. Isaac L.
i Rogers, a physician, died of pneu
: monia about two weeks ago.
| Mrs. Rogers was the second per-
I son to meet death here in a fall
! from a high hotel window in two
days* Yesterday Thomas H. Carter
j of Englewood, N. J., was killed when
* he jumped or fell from the fifteenth
! floor of the Hotel Roosevelt.
A. R. GOULD IS VICTOR
IN MAINE’S PRIMARY
i
Leads Former Governor by 3,475
in Competition for Senator
Fernald’s Seat.
i By the Associated Press.
! PORTLAND, Me., November 2.
| Aroostook County, Maine’s potato- |
. growing empire, carried its favorite j
son, Arthur R. Gould of Presque Isle, j
! to victory in the four-cornered con- i
test for the Republican nomination j
! for United States Senator in yester- i
j day’s primaries. Fulton J. Redman j
'of Ellsworth had no opposition for j
the Democratic nomination. The elee
. tion on November 29 will be to com
plete the term of the late Senator Bert
! M. Fernald. expiring in March, 1931.
j With a few small towns missing
Gould had a lead of 3,475 over former i
j Gov. Percival P. Baxter of Portland. I
1 H. C. Buzzell of Belfast, president of j
; the Maine Senate, ran 7.000 behind
| Baxter, and Louis A. Jacck of Lisbon j
i Falls, fourth.
Gould won in spite of the reputed ;
I opposition of the Ku Klux Klan, i
! which was understood to be support
| ing Buzzell.
445 Ships Use Canal.
PANAMA, November 2 (/P).
Panama Canal traffic aggregated 445 !
commercial ships during October, i
These vessels paid tolls aggregating !
11,989.338.
Canal officials anticipate a record j
year in tolls. The monthly averages I
for the 10 months of the calendar I
year slightly exceeded $2,000,000.
■ INTERESTED LISTENERS-IN.
I
! DEATH 10 ENEMIES
OF DUCE DEMANDED
! 50,000 Fascisti Echo Cry
| Under Mussolini's Window.
Hint at Traitors.
i
i
I By the Associated Press.
HOME, November 2.—“ Nothing
short of death to all enemies of Benito
\ Mussolini will satisfy us,” is the of
ficial edict of the Fascist party, enun
! elated by its secretary general, Signor
; Turati. A demand is to be made of
, the council of the Fascist party Fri
; day for putting to death not only fu
ture assailants of the premier, but of
i the three men, Zaniboni, Cappello
and Lucetti, now under arrest in con
nection with past plots to assassinate
j II Duee.
! Signor Turati thundered the Fascist
j party's demand for the death of Mus
> solini’s enemies to a crowd estimated
j at 50,000 under Mussolini’s window in
i Colonna Square last night. Mussolini
j was not home at the time. Black
! Shirts In procession in every city and
j town in Italy repeated it, and it was
! printed in large black type upon the
! front pages of the newspapers.
"Yes, death! Hang all of them,” was
I shouted back at Turati by the listen-
I ing multitude.
Hints at Traitors in Ranks.
i Signor Turati discarded the possi
! bility of attacks upon the premier
1 having been isolated acts of indlvid
! uals.
He said that time had come when
i traitors must be sought even in the
i ranks of Fascismo.
! The sixth narrow escape of the pre
mier from death is increasing the be
lief among the people of his invul
nerability. “This is a new sign that
Mussolini has God’s full protection,”
commented I’ope Pius.
Nevertheless, it is the idea of the
authorities liere that Italian exiles
! outside Italy will continue efforts to
; assassinate the premier as the only
■ means to rid Italy of Fascism.
Mussolini has given the sash of the
Order of St. Maurice and-St. Lazarus
which was pierced by the assassin’s
bullet Sunday as it was draped across
his breast to the City of Bologna to
be conserved among the souvenirs of
Bologna’s Fascism.
Reports Mussolini Protected.
From Luga, Switzerland, a corre
spondent has informed the Daily Her
ald of London that the bullet aimed
at Mussolini was deflected by a jacket
of hardened leather which the premier
wore beneath his black shirt.
Advices from Nice, France, tell of a
violent anti-French demonstration in
the Italian border town of Ventimig
lia. A French railroad employe and
several comrades were beaten when
the employe failed to uncover during
the playing of the Fascist hymn. A
demonstration was held in front of
the French consulate, from the bal
cony of which a Fascist made an anti-
French speech.
The Paris Excelsior’s correspondent
in Rome says the Italian ministry of
the interior has ordered the provi
sional suspension of non-Fascist news
papers throughout Italy.
ATTACKER ONCE FASCIST.
Youth’s Father Had Foreboding of
Dreadful Happening.
BOLOGNA. November 2 t^ 3).—An
nouncement was made at the prefer
ture of police today that Anteo Zam- |
j boni, who attempted to kill Premier J
! Mussolini, belonged to the Fascist >
! youth, but that he had not attended i
i the organization’s meetings for more j
j than a year. It was added that Mam
| molo Zamboni, father of Anteo, at one
; time was connected with anarchist
| circles in Bologna, but had disasso
ciated himself from any subversive
activities for years past.
Anteo was a pale, fair-haired youth
of 15. His father is the proprietor
|of a print.shnp. The father used to
1 discourse lengthily to his three sons
j on the injustice of all governments, i
j He abandoned his revolutionary ideas
i some time ago, but not until they had
j penetrated the mind of Anteo, the
| youngest son.
’ The two other boys followed their
■ father’s example, one entering the
j Fascist militia and the other serving
j in the army, while Anteo nursed his
! ideas by the clandestine residing of
! propagandist literature.
1 Knowing of his father’s change of
1 heart and fearing his wrath, since the
: elder Zamboni was a strict discipli
: narian, Anteo worked quietly as an as
; ststant in the printshop. not voicing
| his ideas, which, however, the father
j suspected.
| Sunday night, after the tragedy, a
I tired-looking dfcn of middle age, ohvl
(Contlnued on Pag* 5, Column 2.)
ASTRID TRIES ON WEDDING GOWN,
THEN BAKES HER PRINCE A CAKE
Swedish Princess Overwhelmed by Bril
liant Preparations for Wedding Thurs
day to Leopold of Belgium.
By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November
2.—Princess Astrid tried on her wed
ding gown today and found It a per
fect fit. Later she went to the kitchen
of the family apartment and baked
a chocolate frosted cake for the de
lectation of the Belgian Crown Prince
Leopold, to whom she will be married
Thursday.
The cake will meet its destined fate
tomorrow, when two Kings, two
Queens, two Crown Princes and eight
princesses will sit down to dinner in
honor of Leopold and his bride. To
morrow, incidentally, is Leopold’s
25th birthday, and extensive prepa
»ENERCASE~
THEORY TESTED
Detective Demonstrates Pis
tol May Be Accurately Fired
With Left Hand.
Furt her tests with the pistol found
at the scene of the killing of Detec
tive Arthur Scrivener last October 13
revealed at the District Morgue yes
terday that a man can hold a pistol in
his left hand at 10 inches range from
a target and place a bullet within an
inch of the center of that target, de
spite the fact that the weapon is in
verted and the thumb is used to pull
the trigger.
Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief .of
detectives, made that demonstration
yesterday, although he had never be
fore held a pistol with barrel inverted
and trigger upitermoet to fire with his
left hand. The bullet went within
three-quarters of an inch of the cen
ter of the objective.
Doubt Is Dissolved.
The effect of the test was, in the
minds of some Investigators, to dis
solve doubt that it was jwssible for a
man to commit suicide with a weapon
held 10 inches from his heart. Since
the heart presents a target of more
than 2 inches, the test showed a bul
let wound three-quarters of an inch
from its center would go through it.
Another angle was brought to
light. That was the fact that when
the .38-ealiber Harrington & Rich
ardson pistol, found at the death
scene, was held in normal fashion,
right side up, it left powder marks
on the hand that pulled the trigger.
When held in an inverted position,
however, no powder marks were left.
Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy cor
'oner, stated that a post-mortem ex
amination of Scrivener’s hands fail
ed to reveal any powder burns.
Police Views Withheld.
Police investigators refused to an
nounce in which way the tests sway
ed them. It was admitted, however,
that, regardless of the case they are
investigating, the tests had some
effect in proving that a suicide could
; be committed by a man with a pistol
• held 10 inches from him in his left
hand.
No decision has been made by the
I police as yet regarding an exhuma
tion, the opinion prevailing that such
a step should not be taken until they
are assured of its absolute necessity.
They stated that they had not yet
reached this stage of assurance. The
blurred finger prints on the pistol
j made it a matter of speculation as to
the good which could be done by com
paring the prints of Scrivener’s left
hand, which had never been photo
j graphed, with the print on the pistol.
Inquest Again Postponed.
The inquest has again been post
poned. Instead of being held next
Monday, It will he opened on Novem
ber 16, it was announced last night.
Originally it was to have been held
yesterday. The delay is to allow
fullest investigation of every possible
angle of the case.
Two Quakes Shake Manila.
MANILA, November 2 OP). Two
earthquakes in quick succession
shook Manila today. No damage was
reported but many persons rushed
from buildings, which swayed per
ceptibly.
tlons have been made for its celebra
tion.
Astrld, although niece of the King
of Sweden, will virtually move from
apartment to palace by her marriage
to Leopold. The home of her parents,
the Duke and Duchess of Vnstergot
land. In which she and her sisters
have lived since childhood, is, despite
Its luxurlousness, in reality an apart
ment of the type familiar to Ameri
cans
The 20-year-old princess, who is
known throughout Sweden as the per
sonification of modesty, has been
overwhelmed by the brilliant prepa
rations for the wedding and the fuss
(Continued on Pag© 5, Column 6.)
Freezing Weather
Due Here Tonight,
Says Forecaster
Washington is due for a dose of
freezing weather tonight, accord
ing to Forecaster Charles L. Mitch
ell of the Weather Bureau.
“There’s not much news in that,”
the weather expert declared. Such
things are to be expected right
along now. And, besides, we’ve
had a couple of freezes already
this year."
Rapid meteorological changes
are taking place in this section of
the country, he added, and as a
result Washington may experience
several kinds of weather before
long. Tomorrow, for instance, the
skies probably will get cloudy and
precipitate some rain, he says, and
there won’t be much of a rise in
the temperature, either. Further
North, he said, this condition will
result in snow.
MRS. F. R. DICK KILLED
WHEN HORSE FALLS
Cousin of Late President Roosevelt
Was Riding in Fox Hunt
on Long Island.
By the Associated Pres*.
BROOKVILLE, N. Y., November
2.—Mrs. Fairman R. Dick, the former
Gladys Roosevelt, a cousin of the
late President, was killed today when
she was thrown from her horse dur
ing a fox hunt.
Mrs. Dick was a painter as well as
society woman. She was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis Roosevelt,
and was married to Mr. Dick in 1913.
He is a member of Roosevelt & Son,
a banking firm in the downtown
financial district.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore 11 o’clock, near the country es
tate of George F. Brewster. Mrs.
Dick’s mourt caught its knee under
a rail In a jump and landed on top
of her.
The hunt is a popular social affair
regularly staged by the Meadow
brook Hunt Club of Long Island
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Foe by Ex-Kaiser’s '
Son to Be Probed
By Radio to The Star and Chb*airo Daily
News.
BERLIN, November 2.—A new
Hoheniollern scandal will absorb
the public attention in the next
few days. Former Emperor Wil
helm’s fifth son. Trince Oscar, has
Just sent a gift package of cig
arettes to the house of detention
for a prisoner held for a murderous
attack upon Foreign Minister
Stresemann.
The cigarettes were accompanied
by a letter, which was not espe- ,
cially significant, but was com
promising to the prince.
The correspondent learns that
this document is in the hands of
Herr Stresemann, and the Reichs
tag will discuss the matter.
(Copyright. 1026. by Chicago Daily
News Co.)
TRACTION MERGER
HEARINGCALLED
Many Witnesses Expected to
Be Summoned When Probe I
Starts Tomorrow.
•
“Does the general public desire a
merger of the local street car com
panies?’’
“What measures should be included
in a bill to be recommended to Con
gress to bring about such a merger?”
These two questions will be pro
pounded by the Public Utilities Com
mission at an informal public hearing
in the boardroom of the District Build
ing tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
on the proposal to ask Congress to
enact a law “to compel the traction
companies to enter a voluntary mer
ger.”
A number of suggestions already
have been made to the commission to
induce the street car companies to
unite. These include an increased tax.
atlon on gross receipts, an annual
franchise tax, compulsory issuance of
universal transfers, rerouting and
other types of unified service, if the
companies do not merge, according to
an approved plan, by a certain time;
or reduction of tax burdens, assurance
of monopoly and revocation of regula
tions compelling companies to furnish
crossing policemen and pave streets
on rights of way if they consent to
merge.
Officials of the traction companies t
and representatives of various civic or- j
ganizations are expected to attend the
j hearing. Utilities Commission officials
have prepared to hear more than a
score of witnesses.
MAIL BANDITS FLEE
IN RAIN OF BULLETS:
Louisiana Posse Pursues!
i
Outlaws After Robbery of j
Rural Carrier.
/ the Asso -iatrd Press.
NEW ORLEANS, November 2. J
Two unmasked bandits held up a rural ’
mail carrier at St. Rose, near here, I
early today and escaped in an auto- j
mobile with a mail pouch. The con
tents of the pouch were not made •
known, but it was believed to have
contained the pay roll for an oil re
finery at Harahan, near the scene
of the holdup.
The pouch, which had been thrown
off of a passing train, was believed j
to have contained very little money. I
The rural driver, after picking up j
the pouch, was held up at a lonely ;
spot along the road. He telephoned |
Harahan and officers accosted the i
bandits as they drove through that j
place.
Instead of stopping, the men fired
a volley at the officers and drove past
at terrific speed. Piling into auto
mobiles, a hastily assembled posse
gave chase, firing at the bandits.
New Orleans police were notified
and reserves from four precinct sta
tions were detailed to guard roads en-;
tering the city.
As the bandits neared residen-!
tial sections, however, their automo-!
bile outdistanced that of their pur
suers and they disappeared in the I
maze of streets.
I
G. 0. P. WINS FIRST TOWN
M.ashpee, on Cape Cod, Votes for-
Butler and Fuller.
BOSTON, November 2 (A s ). —Mash- I
pee, on Cape Cod, the first Massa- i
chusetts town to report in today's j
election, went heavily Republican. !
The vote for United States Senator i
was:
T\ illiam M. Butler, Republican, 46; >
David I. Walsh, Democrat, 12.
The vote for governor was: Alvan !
T. Fuller, Republican, 57; William
A. Gaston, Democrat, 5.
“From Pres* to Home
Within the Hour"
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’. Circulation, 100,906
STAR WITNESS KEPT
GUARDED ON EVE GF
HALL-MILLS TRIAL
Another Disappears as Mrs.
Gibson Is Carefully
Watched at Home.
PLANS TO BROADCAST
PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE
Gorsline Denies He Told Detective
Henry Stevens Fired at His
Feet Night of Murder,
By the Associated Press.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., November 2.
—The State’s chief witness for the
trial of the Hall-Mills murder case,
which opens tomorrow, was under
heavy guard today. Another witness
had disappeared.
Mrs. Jane Gibson, at first was re
ported yesterday to have disappeared,
hut Inspector John Underwood, chief
assistant to Special Prosecutor Alex
ander Simpson in investigating the
case, explains that she was removed
from her home and placed under
guard.
Mrs. Gibson, known as the “pig
woman,” has said that on the night
of the murder four years ago she was
riding her mule in search of corn
thieves and witnessed the crime. She
declares that she recognized at the
scene Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall,
the clergyman’s widow; Willie Ste
vens, her brother, who with Henry
Stevens, goes to trial with her to
day for the murder of Mrs. Mills, and
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender, a
dousin of Mrs. Hall.
The witness who vanished is Rev.
Paul Hamborsky, who is said to he in
Florida. He informed the prosecution
that Rev. Mr. Hall told him a few
days before the murder: “Henry Ste
vens has threatened my life.”
Tongue Not Cut Out.
Dr. Otto Schultz of the New York
district attorney’s office, who per
formed autopsies on the bodies recent
ly, has found there is n<> foundation
for rumors that Mrs. Mills' tongue
\Cas cut out.
Ralph V. Gorsline. vestryman of
Dr. Hall’s church, denies charges of
Mr. Simpson that he told a detective
he was confronted by Henry Stevens
on the night of the murder and told
to “get to hell out of here" after two
shots were fired at his feet.. In mak
ing the denial Gorsline remarked:
"There will be a day of reckoning
after the trial."
WOR intends to broadcast the trial,
having set up a transmitter in quar
ters near the courthouse.
Following are the chief figures in
the tragedy:
Edward Wheeler Ilall. rector of the
Episcopal Church of St. John the
Evangelist, in New Brunswick. He
was slain with Mrs. Mills September
14, 1922. and their bodies were found
two days later. There was a bullet
hole in his head. He married Frances
Stevens, IS years his senior, in 1912,
when he was 21.
Three Wounds in Head.
Mrs. Eleanor Rhinehardt Mills. 3d.
slain with Dr. Hall; leader of I»r.
Hall’s choir and wife of James Mills,
janitor of Dr. Hall’s church and a
school. She had two children. Char
lotte, now 19. and Daniel, now 12.
Love letters from her to Dr. Hall
were scattered over their bodies.
There were three bullet holes in her
head and her throat was out.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, now 59,
widow of Dr. Hall, descended from
an old New England family from
which she inherited $306,000. She
denied all knowledge of the love affair
between her husband and Mrs. Mills,
and repeatedly stated she welcomed
investigation. Since indictment she
has been out on bail.
Henry Stevens, SR, brother of Mrs.
Hall, formerly a small arms expert,
described as a good-natured, even
tempered man, with an inheritance
of $175,000, who retired to his home
at Lavalette. N. J., several years ago
to devote his time to hunting and
fishing. He claims as an alibi that
he was fishing on the night of the
murders. He was arrested last Sep
tember and indicted hv the same
grand jury that Indicted his sister.
Fingerprints on Card.
"Willie Stevens. 52. brother and
ward of Mrs. Hall, who until his ar
rest and indictment devoted most of
his time to being an honorary fire
man in New Brunswick. He inherited
$260,000 and lived with his sister.
Fingerprints said to be his were
found on if card at the feet of Mr.
Hall.
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender, 53,
a cousin of Mrs. Hall, who built a
fortune of $150,000 as a Wall Street
broker. He claims he was at dinner
with friends on the night of the mur
der. He was indicted with his cousins,
but is due tor trial later.
Mrs Jane Gibson, the State's chief
witness. She was formerly a circus
rider, and now raises pigs. She claims
to have witnessed the murder while
riding a mule in search of corn
thieves.
Ralph V. M. Gorsline, vestryman in
Dr. Hall’s church, who was with Miss
Catherine Rastali, a member of the
choir led by Mrs. Mills, in De Rus*
sey’s lane near the scene of the
murder when it was committed. Their
presence in the lane was not revealed
until four years after the crime.
James Mills, husband of the mur
dered choir singer, who denies that
he knew of his wife's love affair. He
was sexton of Dr. Hall's church. His
daughter, Charlotte, wa, in high
School four years ago and is now
working.
RUMANIAN KING BETTER.
Ferdinand’s Health Greatly Im
proved, Dispatches Say.
By A. R. DECKER.
By Cable to The Star and Clileago Daily New*.
VIENNA, November 2.—Dispatches
from Bucharest state that the health
of King Ferdinand of Rumania has
improved greatly and add that Queen
Marie has no Intention of altering
further the plans of her American
trip.
The Queen has invited a number of
prominent Americans to visit Ru-
Aaania and become better acquainted
Twith the countrv.
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