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COMPLETE D A Y BEPO.RT O F TITO ASSOCIATED PRESS AUBURN, N. Y., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1928 TODAYS NEWS TOL'AT In the Evening Paper tbo News la Complete Up to 4 P. M. TRICE THRFE CENTS eath Attends Plunge j)0wn Enbankment ty Passenger Train e Crew Victims of Wreck Near Columbia, c C Passengers, Marooned In Coaches, Await All Night For Rescuers Delated By Torn Track E SI PLAN SEPT. 18 n e a r here last night. Belief 6“ho reached the scene with 5 brought word that a few pas- « were slightly injured. All marooned throughout the night, “dead and missing: Engineer D. ro Columbia; Fireman J. F. ee,’Columbia; and J. F. Glenn, a f f r k ’and baggage- master reported seriously Injured- A washout caused the wreck. A wrecker ancl crews were unable to reach the wreckage because of a long stretch ot torn track. Three passenger coaches, occupied by some 15 or 20 passengers, remained upright, al though the baggage and mail car over turned. The train was a southern passenger train, Greenville, S. C., to Columbia, detourlng with a pilot over a branch line- A washed-out bridge on the Southern main line, the results of floods two weeks,ago, made the detour necessary. 12,216 EXPENDED IN HOOVER’S CAUSE, $658,418 RECEIVED Will Start Campaign In That Sec tor With Speech at Omaha — Oklahoma City, Denver Also on * Governor’s Itinerary (By D. Harold Oliver, Associated Press Staff Writer) Albany, Sept. 6— (J P )—Governor Smith will carry his Presidential cam paign into the West the week of Sep tember 16, with three speeches in Ne braska, Oklahoma and Colorado. The first speech will be at Omaha on September IS, the second at Okla homa City September 20 and the third at Denver September 22. The itinerary for the first week of his tour was announced today by the Democratic nominee himself. All of his speeches will be at night, he said. The governor will remain away from New York State the week begin ning September 23, but he was unpre pared today to say where the schedule would take him in that period- Neither would he indicate whether he would go to the Pacific Coast or in vade the south before he returned to Albany. I CUPID ALSO WINS J ❖ IN MARATHON SWIM * * WITH ROMANCE SEQUEL J <S> <S> <$> Toronto, Sept. 6. —UP) — George Young of Toronto and Jewel Cheat- wood of Terre Haute, Ind., swimmers, figured today in a Marathon swim romance story printed by the Toronto Star. As George lay on a cot In a hospital Improvised for those forced out of the Wrigley Marathon yesterday, the Star says, Miss Cheatwood as a visitor leaned over him and kissed him She wore a large diamond on her finger. Asked if they were engaged both an swered yes. Young rowed the boat for Miss Cheatwood in the women’s swim in Lake Ontario last week. HOOVER THEME IT shington, Sept. 6.—^ —At the { August $312,216 had been ex- ■> ^ the advancement oi tne r presidential campaign, with than double that amount ?6oS>,- received in contributions se figures were made public late day by J. B- Nutt, treasurer of epubllcan National Committee, e month of August, his report •> $560,030 was received from contributors, while §263,599 w{is sed. 'ng the month, contributions of each were received from nine s Including Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of the Geenral Motors cor poration, and W. C. Durant, president of Durant Motors, Inc. In addition It was announced that on September 1 an equal, sum was received from ' a third Influential figure In the manu facture of automobiles — Walter P. Chrysler. This, however, was nol listed in the report. The report was made public with out comment, although general satis faction was apparent at the party headquarters. Copies were filed with the clerk of the House and -with the Senate and House Campaign Funds Committees. les, With Young Brother, Off to Hunt African Game, Make Visits don; Sept 6.—^ —The Prince ales and his handsome younger r, the Duke of Gloucester, are from Marseilles tonight \o big game in Africa and alsoto imperial good will, days, the two popular sons of George have been busy packing e trip while the' newspapers of n have been carrying accounts ictures of the regions and the people they will see. ing from Marseilles the Prince is brother will go to Alexandria hen to Cairo and from there otor to Ismaillya on the Suez Here the British India steam- lda will embark them for Mom- and there they will entrain for terlor o£ Kenya. trip for the Prince of Wales heavy burdens of official duties, another one of those Empire ng drives in which the heir to rone is already an experienced !gi)er. He Is bursting with es, prepared for reviews and in ns and ready with the smiles that have spread his popularity wide ly. It Is thought thnt the Duke will back up ’ his elder brother in flue shape*.in the official routine. He, however, Is looking forward avidly to his Introduction to big game shooting. Although the Duke of Gloucester is an accomplished shot lie has not yet known the thrill of knocking over the big game in the African Jungles which the Prince of Wales experi enced on his former tour of the dark continent. ' a . big shooting expedition has been arranged for Nairobi In October. Af ter that Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Rhodesia will welcome the royal visitors. They will spend Christmas as guests of the Govern,or at Cape town. PROSECUTOR NO# LINKS BOOTLEG S Philadelphia Official Alleges He Will Prove Close Connection of Rum Gang and Gunmen—Inti mates Police Had Knowledge of Offenses ADVERSE FLYING CONDITIONS FELT BY AIR DERBY Republican Candidate of Opinion His Dry Stand Sufficiently Known— Optimistic Over Out look In West and South (By James L. West, Associated Press Staff Writer.) Washington, Sept. 0.—UU)—Herbert Hoover’s New York address on Octo ber IT will be the fourth nnd last he will make in the East and South. Soon afterwards he will begin his Los Angeles Makes Training Trip Over N. Y. State to Test Crew Government Dirigible Passes Over Much of Cen tral Section—Sighted By Crowds of Curious Spectators In Many Cities Albany, Sept. O— (JP)—The navy dirigible Los Angeles appeared over this city at 9:25 a m., daylight time, today, from the South. She was flying low. After circling the city, she nosod into tho North nnd disappeared. vote on November 6. His invasion of tho Democratic final campaign drive with n- swing, tm fM t low nUUudo and reduced across the continent that will take- pG0(j ' him to Ins California home in time to i .j^lQ ^ig ship was reported continu- . ^ s\owly northward. She passed I over villages east of Saratoga Springs, following the Western Edge of the upper Hudson Valley nnd nt 11 o’clock, daylight time, began circling over 'Glens Falls. Tho dirigible passed over Saratoga Springs at 12:15 p. m-, headed south- Front Glens Falls the dirigible worked to the east nnd swung over the South will be made October 6 at Elizabethton, Tenu, where he will speak at an industrial celebration. Either Immediately before or nfter this trip, lie will go to Boston to speak in the state where the Repub licans are centering a great deal of effort. While noover has decided on the Start From Columbus Is Delayed; and Pilots Hampered By Rains, and **Low Ceilim?** Over Rout° 1 theme of only his Newark, N J., talk P T , LelHn* uver AOUU! oii September IT, it is now expected ror loday • that in none of tho four will he dis cuss prohibition, a subject which some had anticipated he would ela borate upon In the Southland. Hoover is represented as feeling that his own position in favor of the Eighteenth Amendment and enforce ment of the dry laws is well Unowij; St. Louis, Sept. 6.—UP)—The trans continental air racers bound from New York to Los Angeles reached St. Louis today, with Earl Rowland of Wichita, Kas„ still well in the lead, as he has been in every lap since 3T ships took off from New York yester day. Rowland swept across the finish line at Lambert-St. Louis field at 10 :21 a. m. and was followed 16 min utes later by Robert Dake o£ Pitts burgh. Rowland's 30 minute lunch period was nearly over and he and his com panion William Kowalski of Detroit southern end of Lake Champlain, then proceeded south over Lake George and again to Glens Falls. Reaching that city it headed west towards Glovers- vllle. Lakehurst, N. J., Sept. 6.—C/P)—The dirigible Los Angeles, which was re ported over Albany, N. Y., this morn ing, left the Naval Air Station lato yesterday afternoon for nn extended training flight. A wireless messago received from tho huge airship at -1 p. in., reported it over Coney Island, N. V. The craft left here with fuel for a 50-hour cruise. A crew of *16 officers and men, with Lieut. Com Hugh V. Wiley in charge, was aboard. S 'c K 'S n lS S 'o as;™ ’sru-JHL’ ^sS'JSSi s « b w i» « that the issue was definitely drawn with announcement of his Democratic opponent for amendment of the prohi bition section of tbe constitution aiul that the people would prefer an eluci dation of his views on other issueJ of the campaign. Since his Tennessee speech will be mnde nt an industrial celebration, Hoover will confine himself largely to a discussion of Industrial problems. 1-Ie views the South as one of the most industrial sections believes thnt e.very- in the race trailed along nt various intervals. P va, Sept 6— (ff)—Presentation emorandum by Germany to rep- * Powers was today to bp the next step llke- a“® ^ the Germans in con- with their desire to get the iroops out of the Rhineland. would officially inaugurate tions and afford a basis for a ace between delegates of Ger- mnce. Great Britain, Belgium merclaHzation nf the Dawes ™an Railway Bonds or indus- pr \’ both wns mentioned as J \p for in cou- oi, tho evacuation negotla- »«ence ws maintained ns to p ■RMP^nrf \’on ho made to n nf !! 1 Q’wstion with the bythetl£.ClUe tbe United 'Y’S WEATHER f o r e c a s t lork-°nfi^Pit' —A s te r n ! prolnlliv !onisht and heast 'm'- sl>owers in ge in ?in0n: \ ot much e varinll„ P('!'a ure; mod- to north WWds' most]y tem p e r a tures ater Dept- Thermometer) 1928 1927 11 52 67 49 ’°w 5:33 Shortage in Funds of Mission Board Delays Salaries Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 6.—(JP)—Tbe Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention today had an nounced itself unable to pay current salaries because of the discovery of a $1,000,000 shortage in accounts of Clinton Carnes, treasurer, who disap peared August 15. Developments piled high yesterday as a special church committee headed by Dr. C. W. Daniel of Richmond, Va., dug deeper into the affairs of the Board and Carnes before taking tem porary adjournment. The committee was able to announce the approximate size of the shortage after It was found that Carnes kept a secret file in which were entered special loan transactions with more than 150 banks in the South, trans actions which never came under the scrutiny of regular auditors or of the cli urea First court action wns announced when Waller R. Brown, Baptist lay man and lawyer intervening as a church contributor, obtained a tem porary injunction returnable Septem ber 29 against several possible sources of funds to rehabilitate'the Board. Meanwhile there was little to indi cate what Carnes could have dom> with the money he allegedly obtained during the period of the accruin: shortage, which was estimated to he some years, possibly eight. Nor was there any word of the missing treas urer who vanished after telling his chauffeur he would not be nt his home for dinner on August 15 because of business trip to Raleigh, N. C. He was never seen at Raleigh or else where, so far as has been determined. Philadelphia, Sept. 6—(iT’)—District Attorney John Monaghan said today he had found evidence linking Max “Boo Boo\ Hoff, alleged “King of Philadel phia Bootleggers,” with Edward S. Goldberg, proprietor of a store which deals In military goods, bullet-proof vests, machine guns and other weapons used' in gang' warfare.' - \ ' ‘ —~ This was the latest important de velopment in the Grand Jury Investi gation of Philadelphia’s underworld activities, which Mr. Monaghan said had established an alliance between the Police and the Rum Ring. The prosecutor promised more sensational developments todny. Arrested last night on a charge of perjury after he had testified before the Grand,Jury, Goldberg was re leased in “heavy ball” early today. The amount was not stated but it was said it was much less than the $100,- 000 Monaghan said would be asked. ‘Records and books of the Military Sales Company, of which Goldberg Is the head, were Impounded. “A large number of machine guns were found in Goldberg’s place,” Mr. Monaghan said today- “This man hns conducted his business defiantly. Weapons of the most deadly character, such as machine guns and sawed-off .shotguns, have been sold with no rec ord, apparently, of their final disposi tion. The police have known some thing of this man.” pap O gme is CELEBRANT AT May Broadcast Hoover Photo Washington. Sept. 6.—{JP)—-A plan has been undertaken by the motion picture section of the Republican Nu tional Committee for the national broadcasting by television of a motion picture of Herbert Hoover while lie makes his address at Newark, N. J., on September 17 Under the plan, small receiving screens would be in stalled in several cities, probably San Francisco, Chicago and Washington. Sydney, Australia, Sept. 6—-(JP)—A. pontifical high mass, celebrated this morning In St. Mary’s Cathedral by Cardinal Cerretti, Papal legate to the Eucharistic Congress, surpassed in dignity and color all previous lavish ceremonies in connection with the Congress. Fifty thousand silently paid homage to the stately procession which pre ceded the service. Only a fraction of the spectators could enter the ®dUke. but the other thousands knelt In the neighborhood and heard the ritual through amplifiers. 5,000 Mile Tour for Curtis This Month Is Plan growth. To Avoid Repetition ILL WORKER Kcnoshn, Wis., Sept. 6.— (JP )—The thirteenth bomb to explode during the seven months strike of Allen Knitting Mills workers had loft Mrs. Ohauncey Pitts, an inspector In tha mills, In a serious condition todny. tXIctnl slugs tore her arms nnd legs and left her unconscious when she at tempted to put out sparks from the bomb on her front porch last night. Although her husband, Is a union member, former workers in the to UI s STAGE RAIDS. GET $3,000 CASH Also Motor Car, Big Merchandise Haul — Hold Telegraph Office Manager at Gun’s Point to Rob Drawer Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Sept. G—(JP) ■The Class B and O races in tbe New York-Los Angeles air derby were post poned today until tomorrow at 6 a. m. on account of rain, fog and low celling. After the races were called off, five pilots withdrew from tho Class B race in protest. «, __ “'The disputed planes, approved In tests by the Racing Committee are two Lairds and four Wacos. Harry Booth, engineer of Roosevelt Field and chairman of the Technical Committee, said after an examination that he wns convinced the disputed planes were commercial craft. Colum'bus, Ohio, Sept. 6.—(JP>—The Class A Air Derby from New- York to Los Angeles, with 31 planes sur viving the first day’s flight, got un derway from Norton Field here at 7:50 a. m. this morning. Earl Rowland Wichita, Kansas, flying a Cessna a monoplane, took the air exactly at that hour and the Derby was again on. The fliers were sent out in the or der in which they arrived yesterday from Roosevelt Field, New York. Early today, a heavy rain was fall ing and officials deferred the start until flying conditions became more favorable. Even when Rowland hopped off a slight mist was falling and there was a low “ceiling” but advices from In dianapolis and St. Louis were that the weather was more favorable. Had the fliers not gotten away before 8 o’clock, they would havo been com pelled to wait until tomorrow under rules of the Derby. All the pilots were flying low. The pilots left In the order in which they arrived last night. Alfred 'Stanley of Elmira, N. Y., was thir teenth to leave. Terre Haute, Ind., Sopt. 6.—MP)— Earl Rowland of Witcliita, flying a Cessna model A, was the first of the cross-country airplane racers to ar rive here today from Columbus, Ohio, on the second day of the air derby Rowland landed here at 8:37 a. m., central standard time. Rowland left Columbus at 7.50 a. m. eastern standard time. Six other fliers hnd landed by 9 o’clock, central time. The aviators were to remain here only 30 minutes to refuel and go over their motors nf ter which they were to depart for St. Louis. In deciding definitely to limit his} regard Mrs. Pitts as a strlkebveaker. Eastern campaigning to four speeches, Hoover is putting into practical ef fect a rather novel Idea of his own. He holds that a candidate can make a limited number of addresses without repetition and that the public, par ticularly In this day of broadcasting, does not want the same subject re peated again and again, no matter how varied may be tho dress of words in which it Is clothed. While he has decided to make only «IDR FASCISTS M S F Constantinople, Sept. 0.—(JP)—Two one trip into the South Hoover is in* 'sons of Premier Mussolini todny led tensely interested in the situation do- j oqq Junior Fascists into Constantl- veloping there. Varying reports have come to him but he is keeping to him self his own opinion ns to whether he has a fighting chance to pick up the electoral vote of one or lAore stales which have been in the Democratic column for more than 50 years. It is known however, that orders have gono forth for Republican lead ers to keep hands off In the Anti- Smith movement In tbe several states below the Mason nnd Dixon Line and to let the Democrats opposing the pres idential nominee of their own party carry on their campaign indepen dently. Republican organization In some of the states involved has been strength ened. In some cases, Republican lead ers have consented to a withdrawal of the names of Republican electors In favor of those selected by the antl- Smlth people. In slates where this has occurred, the Republican organ ization, acting wholly on its own. will campaign for that slate of electors. Hears of anti-Smith Moves Reports received by the Republican standard-bearer aro that in some Southern 'States anti Smith Demo crats are perfecting a complete -politi cal machine running from a central headquarters down to the voting units in counties and municipalities. Hoover is more than satisfied with developments in the West; nnd was gratified by the announcement of Sen ator Scliall of Minnesota that he would support the nn tional ticket. With the possible exception of Wis consin, his reports show thnt there have been no defections by outstand Ing partj lenders, ns in the opposition camp, nnd he believes his own party has developed a unity In this campaign unknown for more than a quarter of a century. While the Republlc-an nominee ha.= noplo to cement in dramatic fashion tho new Turco-Italian plan of friend ship. The visitors will fraternize with Turkish youths whom the homo gov ernment contemplates organizing into tho “Gray Wolf” Society, an organiza tion which will be modelled on the Junior Fascists. As soon ns they landed at Stamboul. the thousand young Blucksliirts. pa raded before the now monument of the bronze figure of Mustapha Kemal, president of Turkey, whom they hailed as “The Mussolini of the East.” Albany, Sept. 6.— (JP )—Two holdups in Albany and vicinity netted 'bandits $3,603.25 in cash, $3,000 worth of mer chandise and an automobile last night. Tho Western Union Telegraph Com pany office building in the heart of tho downtown business section, was robbed shortly after midnight by three men. One covered Charles W. Golden, night manager, with an automatic, whllo a second scoopcd $003.25 from tho cash drawer. The third bandlr remained in a sedan at tho rear of tbe ofiicc, keeping the motor running. According to Golden’s report to po lice, tho company .payroll, consisting of several thousands of dollars, In n safo was overlooked by the bandits. James Graham, a novelty salesman, reported to state police thnt he was held up by three men near the Abbey Hotel nt Glenmont, four miles south of the city, and robbed of $3,000 In ensh, .$3,000 in merchandise nnd hl3 automobile. -The robbers drove away in Graham's car, which contained the merchandise. Tells Waterways Men Canada Balks St. Lawrence Plan Chicago, Sept. G.— (-^P)—'Senator Charles Curtis, Republican vice presi dential nominee, this month faces a ten-dav speaking tour which will carry him 5,000 miles through 13 states. Thirteen speeches and more than a score of observation platform appear ances are included in his Itinerary. In Montana and Wyoming, Senator Curtis will speak twice, but several platform speeches have been arranged for brief stops in Illinois and Nebras ka. In other states he will make but a single appearance under the pro gram announced today. It begins September 17, when hftt will speak at Evansville. Ind, Cape May, N J., Sept. 6—(/P) —A business session engrossed delegates to the twenty-first annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso ciation here this morning after which the members heard addresses by rep resentatives of the Army, Navy and Coast Guard. A prediction that the S t Lawrence River Project would never become a reality, because of Canada’s attitude toward it. was mnde last night by Wil liam E. Woollard of Albany, N Y “In effect, Canada declares she does not care to assume the cost of deepen ing the St. Lawrence until her finan cial situation has changed, and further until fundamental engineering dispute5* as to tha development of th-> interna tional sections of the river have been settled.” he said. I Flashes of Life J (By The Associated Press) Rye, N. Y.—Hero comes Dick Byrd to a Mendelssohn tune- The command er, best man nnd Handsome in his uni form, wns tho center of attention rather than tho bride when Charles J. Murphy married Jane Brevoort Walden. Portland, Ore.—Uncle Sam hns been smashing bottled rum bore in a rock crusher Siezed three years ago in n. boat, 1,053 cases of bonded liquor were fed into the machine bottle by bottle as officials ot tbe W. C. T. U. watched New York— Frank Courtney wnnts the world to know thnt he runs a speakeasy, not a night club He so told a magistrate when brought to court for conducting nn unlicensed cabaret He was find $•'. Geneva--Goorge Bernard Shaw’s latest: He met Aristide Brland here nnd asked- “Mr Minuter, why rlo you allow Americans to capture South ern France? I have just been there and heard hardly a word of French.” tN'cw York—Manhattan hns so few mosquitoes thnt screens nre the excep- . ......... ^ . .... ;ir,,', An elderly woman assigned a received assuring reports from some reorrt on the 20th floor of a hot° 1 do sections of the East, he believes thnt isanded them, however Pigeons his pnrtv faces Its most difficult hnf tie j \ilcht fly in nt night and Id be dread- in that section As a consequence, he : , she explained will have a strenuous campaign cnnduc j Du’jhn-- ihe breakdown «<«* ted there with speakers of national 'hnvft had n breakdown prominence lending assistance to the \ °f tllf‘ Gaelic league has a-ppoln erl . 1 • • committee to see if something can be French Doctor Makes Good His Escape Claims Paris, Sept. fi.—(JP)—Dr. Pierre IJougrat, who declared in open court when convicted of murder “I will esenpe,” has inn do good his word In France's penal colony in the tropical forest of French Guiana. Doctor Bougrat and two others escaped from the hospital at St. Louis Maroni, off which Is the notorious Devil’s Island, where Incorrigible prisoners nre sent. The doctor had always maintained ho was Innocent nnd his lawyer was so convinced of his client’s blnmeless- noss thnt ho wrote a book which caufed Ills disbarment. Doctor Bougrat, a briUlnnt 'Mar seilles physician, wns sentenced to the pennl settlement for life in March, 1027, for killing Paul Rumebe, a war comrade and .patient. Tho body was found hidden in a closet in the doc tor’s office Doctor Bougrat said Rumebe had lost n large sum of money nnd then committed suicide in the office- The physician explained he hnd hid the body becnuse he fenred nppenrnnces were ngainst him. seems to The roncress local party organizations. Will Cost Less to Die There. done about, the neelect of native dnnops In favor of American Jazz Freeport N. Y Tf Fleanor Smith Moscow, Sept 0 -'.P) -A municipal , 17 wlln tins SOnred ll.f.C.3 feet to an undertaking establishment was opened | njutufjp record for her kpx. ever real today by the Moscow Soviet. Dispos |zps l her nm1iition nnd files the At- ing of the dend has been one of t h e , ^ ^ n|onf>i will carry a revolver few businesses which the Russian I „If r ^am0 flown nnfl thought I Revolution left in private hands The. (r 0 intr to bo rescued,” she ex- decision to innkc it a municipal busi’ 50 * ^ ^ havo to shoot mvsolf ness was in response to appeals from|‘ . ^ ft rlav... workers who complained of the prices, y nrk_ Dr Rarmond L. Pit- charged by the private establishments j ^ rurntor of thp NVw York Zoo, -------------- I knows what to do for snakejhlfe. Froni Sea Voyage lienefits Chamberlain. In passenger on the Berengnria. bitten Pimta Delgada. The Azores. Sept (i In mldoconn by a eoppi-rhend ihe curator receiver! nn urgent radio. De railed directions were radioed back. •There wns no grave danger\ the doc tor ex'plnins, “twit I wanted to keep him from worrving” Tbe patent was i cnulent of Vienna \vl>o wn= taking lion-jMB^eolleoL.on of snakes for a — —Sir J Austen Chamberlain British foreign minister, was suffi ciently Improved in health from bis sea voyage to receive today the P.rlt- ish consul and lor>al authorities who boarded the steamer Orcama to pav their respects He declined, however, an invitation to land. jNot Engaged, Has No Job as Y e t , Says John Coolidge Northampton. Mn*s . Sopt ^ (JP)- — John Coolidge is unengaged and job less. The son of the president uiio is hero to visit at tbe bedside nf his aged grandmother. Mrs. Elmira froodhue. mnde both of tho1** points 'dear in the first extended interview be hns granted since he came east from Brule, Wis., nfter spending spM>ral weeks vacation ing with his parents \I renily don't know what I would like to do.” he rold newspapermen here, nddlng he had not definitely de ckled wliat line of work to pursue. In the same conversation he took occasion to deny rumors thnt he wns bethrothed to * Florencs Trumbull, daughter of the governor of Connec ticut. in whoso company he lias been frequently. ITe did say. however, that he prohaiily would leave here tbe first of tbe week to go to Hartford Conn to meet Miss Tr'imbnl' on hor return from a European vacation.
