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Mm 4 -Member of the Associated Press -The Associated Pres Is exclusively entitled to the us for publication of all new credited to It or. not otberwla eredlted la this Ppr, and. also tb local published herein -All rights renublieatldn at special die-patches jwisnja- aJo WEATHER FORECAST Pastern Pennsylvania Fair Tuesday; Wednesday cloudy -followed -by, showers in afternoon or at night 3 DAILY FOUNDED IMS WEEKLY FOUNDED MS -J J- WILKESJJARRE TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, -1928 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FIFTY CENTS BY THE MONTH THREE CENTS ON THE STREET fCONSTANCE 'iCONFESSES HIS CRIME JPeparemfoWageBa1le For the Presidency dM-' 2 IBs 'rS AM i MISS; HOOVER SPEAKING TO 'MIKE" yAST THRONG HEARS. HOOVER NOTIFICATION He Realizes That There il Real Contest Before Him SMITH AND FARM.

LEADERS CONFER a HEARS REPORTS 1 I LEADERS Fl Generally They Predict Stiff Fight at Polls, But i 1 NUT 1' 1 ALL ARE CONFIDENT AS TO THE RESULT tA-ttr ij 1' i IBr Faufle ft AUulicI shows part of the crowd that filled Stanford University 6tadium on Saturday, while the' Republican candidate for President was speaking i SURVIVORS TELL Herbert Hoover shown delivering his spoon of aooeptsnee following notification of his nomination by Senator Momi LIGHTS ON CAMPAIGN. AS SEEN BY WOMEN DF BAY DISASTER One Member of Tug's Crew Saved by Life Preserver ONE CLUNG TO THE MAST Philadelphia. 13 t45) The waters of 'Delaware Bay and a raging; northeaster took two men for a ride yesterday but they lived to tell their stories today. One, Frank Godfrey, a member of the crew of the Tug Radiant, was tossed and washed by the waves for several hours before be was dragged exhausted into a lighthouse. A llfo-belt had kept him afloat from the (Continued on Page Republican Leader After Con ferences Attends Meeting of Stanford Trustees and Then Turns' Attention to His.

Iowa i Speech Will' Leave f. Coast Thursday Night for His Birthplace ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WARM By W. B. RAG8DALE (Associated Press Staff Writer Jf Stanford University, CaL, Aug. 13 OW.

While Herbert Hoover Is tratu fled by both the reception of his acceptance speech and the reports of the political outlook brought to him here, he appreciates that be has a battle ahead for the Presidency. Friends of the Republican nominee disclosed to-day that the tioa as to the situation over the country given him by party leaders has been somewhat different from which some of these leaders have given to the public through news- Sipers. Generally they have advised oover that there is a real contest. but that they are confident as to the. result i i Having received detailed renorts from Dr.

Hubert Work, chairman ot the Republican -National Committee, and other leaders. who came here for the. notification ceremonies last Saturday! Hoover did not retard it as es- ft sentlal -that he attend the National, committee meeting to-day In Ban Francisco' He went to that city, however, to be -nrvaant at slon of the board of trustees of Stan ford University of which he is Confers yith Chl.ftalns YY Several Republican ohleftalns ae companled him back to his home herj and he "spent a couple of hours with mem -na tnen turned again to work on his West Branch. Iowa, snaerh which he hoped to complete before--' 1 Jf'vlng here Thursday night for his During the return trip to Wash Ington, Mr. Hoover will have with him on his train at tlmns the Governors States through Which- will, i fIbim he will strike first.

after leaving his home State. Will be as eicentlon an the administration-there is Demo cratlC. v-: In Kansas, the' home at his run. nlng mate, Charles' Curtis, he will make brief stops but will not sea Curtis as the Senator has an engage. iron nn nome town a that time.

Speech Is Commendsd -Telegrams his ao. KILLED BY NEGRO Slayer of EducaloiJs Caught and Makertonfession i i SALE OF WRIST WATCH LEADS TO HIS ARREST Confronted by Man to Whom He Sold Timepiece David Shanks Admits He Beat the Woman to PeathMptive Was Robbery Wetted Him $1.19 Chicago, Aug It W) David (Shanks, Z3 to-night confessed to'the slaying of Mies Jennie. Meta Constance, school teacher, who was beaten, to death last week, Ejanston and' Chicago police announced. He Intended rob the he said, and gained which resulted from the sale ofhe woman's wrist watch, and which led to his arrest Admjts Hia Guilt Shanks was arrested when a youth named Leland Bastlaa called at a jewelers to claim the watch, following a request earlier in the week to change the initials on it from those of the slain teacher to his own, the Jeweler- notified police who' watched the shop for the youth's return. When he was arrested, to-night he told police a negro in his father's boot- blacking stand had sold the i watch to him for 1.1.

When Baatian pointed out the negro to police. Shanks said: 'I truesg its all over. I killed her. I only got a dollar out of it" The two prisoners were held IB an iinannounced station to-nighV pend-: Ing further Jnvestigatlon. Miss Constance was beaten to death with an iron, bar last Tuesday -nigm while anrouta home from the Northwestern University Library.

She had been a summer student, and was engaged as an. lnstuotor in the Bradley Polytechnic Institute' at Peoria, TO. Her body was found early Wednesday morning. How Slayer Was Trapped Arrest of the negro, according to Evanston police, followed by an hour the secret arrest of Bastlan, Who took Miss Constance's v' watch tt, the Jewelry store. Bastlan entered the store last sat-' urday, offered the watch- to the jeweler and then asked him to change the Initials engraved Its case from iL-'Ci," to T.3." To-day the Jeweler realized that the original initials were those of Miss Constance.

He notified the Bastlan told police that" he knew nothing of the watch's origin that he had purchased it from the negro and led the police to Shanks' hangouf. Four Automobile Drivers Lose Their Licenses -Harrlsburg, Aug. 1. CP--SuPen-slon of the automobile licenses of four more men for. implication In Schemes to have experienced drivers substitute for learners In taking th testa of tha Highway Patrol was announced to-day by the bureau of motor vehicles.

Accompanying the announcement was threat that unless the practice was stopped the next legislator would be asked to pass a law all applicants for learners permits supply photographs. Sixteen suspensions have besn made so far this year. i. Fraternal Order of Police Allentown, Aug. 13, XW-Wlth more than "a hundred delegates present, the national convention of the vFratemal -Order of "Police convened here The welcoming address to the visiting 'guardians tt the peace was delivered by Mayor Malcolm w.

Gross. The response, was by Edward J. Allen of. Erie, Pa- grand vice toresldent Mr. Allen briefly-' reviewed the history of the F.

O. declaring it to be the only police organization that Is entirely operated by police 'men. said Its primary purpose is to better working Conditions, the creation of pension and the I bringing abourof harmony and flclency in the ranks. Army Officer Kills Seifv Burlington; VU Aug. ii Col.

'H. H. Westcott executive, officer of the 38Sth Infantry Regiment committed suioide to-day in.tne Ke-A! serve office in the Hall block. Bur-- llngton. His body was found by his wife' when she went to call her.hus-.

was EI years old, had served more than thirty years in th United States Dwyer Released on Parole Atlanta.Ga Aug. 13 W). William F. Dwyer, convicted in a Nevr Tork Federal court of conspiracy to vio-; late the national prohibition act and sentenced to two years In the Atlanta 'Federal' Penitentiary, was released on -parole this afternoon; Dwyer was 1SS GONSTANC Peek and Others of His Group in. Albany Parley 1 --4- GOVMER STANDS THE platform Believes it Covers Essentials :4 ndythat.

Remains to Determine' D6tais to, Make Them Effective Raikqb Admires' 'Hoover's Stand -torjCf ean Cariipaign By PAUL HAUPERT (Associated Press StafI Writer) Aug. 13 MW. With his acceptance, speech still incomplete? Governor Smith gave an attentive ear to-day to the group of Middle WeBtern land Southern farm leaders of whom some at least have expressed dissatisfaction over the Be- publican party's stand on agriculture. After 'the Conference which took up the better part of five hours, the Democratic 1 nominee and his ton callers who' came to Albany at his invitation said the conversation had dealt solely with farm legislation and that politics had not been discussed. Reiterating an intention to touch on the farm problem luliy at nis notification ceremony a week from Wednesday night Smith satd he had assured his visitors to-day that In his opinion the essentials of the relief they are aeeklnfr through legislation are "covered in the Democratic platform on which I stand." "There, remains but to determine." he added tn a statement, "the details to make these essentials effeotive." In another statement the nine men and one woman who took part'in the round table discussion Joined tn de claring tney were pleased with the governor's Interest In and understanding on the agricultural problem.

No Referenee to Campaign They made no reference In this statement to their intentions, during the campaign. Arrangements for -the meeting were made by George (Continued on Page t) 3 Demougeot went along as- pilot With him on the experimental flight to-day were B. Monrouzeau. radio and A. Sa reach, mechanic 'rX Was Perfect A radiogram from the master of the liner to 'the Asocated Press reported the take-off wftl perfect The plane carried fuel sufficient only for "the 0-mlle flight, but in the future the steamship company plans to load more fuel for flights that will cut a full day from the time of transporting important trans-Atlantio At Quarantine the plane and Its crew went through the usual but these formalities were completed In less than an hour and the plane took the air once more for short hop to the French line plerat the foot of West Fourteenth street, "a There the mail sacks were unloaded' and transferred to the foreign mall division of the postofflce.

Com. on Page 6) that a return flow of gold from England was likely, but banks expected little immediate relief' from this quarter. Commission house on Secretary Hoover's acceptance speech was generally'" favorable. Most of tho day's trade news also- had a bullish tinge, but It apparently was offset by the u. growing uneasiness over- the credit situation.

General Motors' July sales of dealers to consumers were cars, as compared with 134,741 in the. same month of last year, an Increase of 31,9 per cent Speculative interest In the' commodity markets was divided between the. break of $3.50 a bale in cotton futures, part of which was and an advance '-of about 1M cents a bushel in wheat futurea Leadership In flhe "Stock Market was divided between Chrysler which ran un nearlv four Points to nn high at 86 and United states Steel PLANE RACES TO PORT, WITH MAIL FROM SHIP Catapulted From Liner 450 Miles Out it Reaches New York Five Hours Later THREE PERISH IN College Men Drown When Boat Capsizes STORY OF SOLE SURVIVOR Westerly. Aug. Jl M.

The sole surylypr ot.A. ftuintet of jounr ooQeg men wnose fifteen foot saU. boat capsized in Fisher's found Sun day night, John B. Tolohan, at the Westerl hospital to-day told how his four-comrades -were drowned. The.

four men, whose bodies have not been, recovered, were: -Trow bridge Cpttrell, of Westerly; John Mellvaln of Ardmore, Pa; Lloyd: G. Bankson of Philadelphia and Joseph Scales of Ky. Colohan and the four mother men were-spending theij vacations at Watch HiU, B. 8toiy, of Sols Survivor Colohan- told newspapermen that the quintet le Watch Hill for Fisher's Island about 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon In Mcllvaln's fifteen foot Alden type sail boat 1 Early in the evening, he said, they started back. was about fifteen minutes be fore dusk when a sudden gust of wlhd hit the sail and tipped over," said Colohan.

"We all tlimbed to the bottom of the boat and tried to right craft Wa got her'trp once but she went over on her other side. Nonet of us had knives and we couldn't cut the sail-off. all climbed on the side and hung on the best we could. Cottrell was the first to I think Mellvaln started to swim ashore. He was next to 'i 5 After the disappearance of Me llvaln, Colohan apparently lost consciousness, for he could not remember much of the night except that waves frequently broke over them.

Ha could not recall whether Bank- (Continued on Jage () Members of Brotherhoods on Unes West to Ballot 80 RAILROADS INVOLVED Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 13 M3). Members of-the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen and the'- Order' of Hallway. Conductors In the Western States will hold sectional meetings upon a Strike for- lowing (the 5 failure; (Of -'attempts to arbitrate wage demands, F. A.

Whit-ney, president of the trainmen aa. nounced here to-ntght i1- The men-will vote on the original aemand of the labor organizations for increases ranging from 10 per cent for yard men to 18 per cent for iraiumsn ana' DondnntAra. Whltnv said. During recent arbitration proceedings in Chicago between the unions. a committee renresentina- the rail.

roads and John wmim th Federal Board of Mediation, an offec Of a 9U DbP CMfft InnrABMA wrnjt Tnnda pjfjj-ne roaas. i. This was aceeptaDleXio the tralhl men and conductors but the railroads made' the offer- only- on condition that the two -labor groups agree to OCEAN TRAGEDY VOTE ON STRIKE Primate of England RT. REV, COSMO GORDON' UNO Named to sueoeed Arohbithbp Davidson of Canterbury-as head of- the English Church. i Oil Juror in Police iWashingtbn, Aug; 13 Kldwell, the Juror whose conversations, outside 'the courtroom figured prominently, in' the mistrial In the case of Harry F.

Sinclair, oil magnate, in the District of Columbia Supreme 'Court, was arrested to-day In a -police raid He was charged wild tusprderiy conduct rimnn im i Luiiiun i nuLii TropicaF Storm Hits the Gulf and FLOODS CAUSE DAMAGE Jacksonville, Fla. Aug. 13 tB.li The double menace of storm and flood reared Itself In sections of Southern and Southwestern Florida fenlght as1: a tropical; disturbance hlew? along-' the JSuK from: Boca Grandma' toward Tampa, 'and 3Uake Okeechpbea' threatened to countryside frpra tor. rential rains. situation wa worst along the northern and- western shores of the lake jwhere' an overflow; would inundate a wide strip of.

fertile lands extending' from Okeechobee. City to Moorehaven and up the Catoo- Already Vt its Alghest level in' the memory oi ins inhabitants, the lake was slowly: Swelling 'higher "aB tributary streams received fresh volumes from rain which has been" falling steadily twenty-four hours. -vvv Lakeport on Flshi Satins: reek. midway between Okeeohobetf City Continued- pa Page 6 Hi i hued-pn Page eji ill It: New-Tork, Aug. 13 M.

An alrr' plane was hurled from a catapult on the deck, of the Liner lie De France, 450 miles at sea to-day, swung Its nose toward New York and "dropped down at Quarantine live hours later with 41 crew of three, a -passenger of TheHner, plunging ahead at her normal twenty-three knots, is sched uled ta dock gome, time before, noon to-morrow. Those aboard the, plane bad cut nearly eighteen hours off the trans-Atlantic voyage '7. Their flight was the first in whian a plane ever was catapulted from a moving steamer's deck and -it Inaugurated a ship-to-shore: service which will be made from the lie De France on both east tad loumeys Tiereafter and 5 eventually extend ito regular passengers. A catapult weighing sixty tons and an amphibian' plane of 4 nearly four wns were loaded aboard, the Be De France when she sailed 'from Havre last Wednesday. Comi.

Louts Albany Having, Foretaste of Coming Notification of Smith BY MARTHA DALRYMPLE (Associated Press Staff Writer) Albany, Aug. It, Cf) Albany Is having a foretaste of the tourist popularity that will be her lot Wednesday, August 22, when her most talked of resident hears officially that he has been selected as the Democratic Presidential nomi nee. The State Capitol, scene of Alfred E. Bmlth's Legislative-and Guberna torial activities, Is a Mecca for tourists from all parti of the country and capltol guides and building officials declare that this summer has been the banner year for the number sightseers. 'New Yorkers, who" for years have been passing through Albany on their way to points north.

seemingly have Just realized the part the large gray stone Capitol play If It. becomes the breeding place of residents. 'i'' Many Visitors at Capitol Groups' form in- the historic flag- room, under the leadership; of all- knowing- are taken through the halls where every mark in the marble la metamorphosed into a map of North America, a Buffalo head, or a' guinea pig, and finally are ushered tA th (SMremnr'a chambers. wfere the Governor, nas pis -meetings," and tne guide's voice Is lowered in keeping with the thick red rugs and the plum colored upholstery. 1 uaaps filter through the little crowd of followers as they rever ently step inside the official reception room, "Billy" Lamborn, kindly eyed caretaker Of the executive chambers, who remembers by name and locale '(Continued on Page POTATO CROP Predicted That Yield of Penn- sylyania Farms WILL BREAK ALL RECORDS Harrlsburg: i.

Aug. 13 C4)-The largest potato crop in the history of the State will be harvested by Pennsylvania Jthls'; year. From estimates furnished1 by the. Federal State Crop Reporting service Indi cations on. August 1' "were' that the prospective crop would total' bushels whlch ls bushels higher than previous crop on record, the.

Department of Agriculture announced A total oi Jai.uuu acrea were 'Planted with potatoes, making an -''average yield per acre of I2S bushels, which is a record in itself. A The previous acre yield record was 123 'bushels established In 1925 and this year's yield is flv bushels blith er than last, year and ten bushels above the five yeav -j-''' The total production, uf; 4.900.000 bushels the 1927 crop and even more above the five year production aerage or Despite tne good predictions blight as well as ougs are i reponea cuusmg-k mucn STATE'S GREAT How Hoover Appears to His Townsmen at Palo Alto By MARY. BAINBRIDOE HAYDEN (Associated Press Writer) 1 Stanford University, Cal, Aug. 13 M-To his fellow townsmen of Palo Alto, Herbert Hoover Is a penniless Quaker boy' grown up, friendly chap and good fisherman who "can always take a Joke." Although he comes seldom now to "the big house on the hill" I a memory of his boyhood here that cplors the picture of the man. Tho folks here have a homely pride In the' boy of yesterday whom they themselves said "was bound to make Tales of His College Days There circulate "tales of how "Bert" Hoover once used to jilt in the back room behind Parkinson's hardware store and watch.

the Other boys play cards, He wouldn't play himself, they explain, because he had his studying to do, be was working his way and hadn't But the other boys understood and liked him, and now and then he. would leave his books to watch. Perhaps the favorite story of aH Is that of his arrival Just before Stanford University opened Its doors In 1891. Most everyone here can relate the details of how he had to borrow 75 cents from John H. Means of San Francisco, now a prominent mining engineer, to make up the fare to Palo the- way he came here," they say, "but he did Jobs 'correctln' at the college, and he was always ahead." -v Then there Is the foot.

ball story. The Palo Altoans chuckle apprecla-(Continued on Page I) Predicted That 900,000 Citizens Will Cast Votes IN STATE PRIMARY TO-DAY Columbus, Aug. 13 UP) Dominated by the prohibition question, to-morrow's State-wide primary election is expected to bring to the polls the largest number of Ohio voters In man years. Secretary of State Clarence (J. Brown to-day estimated the total vote will reach 900,000, or about 200,000 more than in' 1928.

The Republican Gubernatorial' and the short term Democratic senatorial contests have been waged-with the greatest Intensity. Prohibition has been Virtually the only -Issue in the Republican Gubernatorial race in which six candidates are entered, with Myers Y. Cooper, Cincinnati; JameB -T. Begg, Sandusky, and Attorney General Edward C. Turner1, generally considered the leading contenders.

Turner has denounced the- Anti-Saloon League's alleged domination or state legislation. In conjunction, with certain, utility in PROHIBITION OHIO ISSUE ceptance speech contlmied to stream X. into his home, today, along with newspaper editorial comments, A recurring note in the expressions indicated that many newspaper editors and individuals bad Construed his treatment of the prohibition, questions as an unequivocal bone dry pronouncement, vummeiraauun ot nis lima oa farm relief also was widespread, although few of the outstandins; leaders, in farm organizations com DOUBLE MENACE Us men ted on his Semv publishers of farm papers as well as mnmm nt iurf natt(V I TRADING ON MARKET IS UNDER, RESTRAINT Pools Bid Up Specialties, but the Final Quotations Are Irregular It as offering a plan which should, be ot great benefit td agriculture. One of the congratulatoryg telegrams came frowi Mrs. R.

Ri Blttman of Independence, Kao Republican- National Committee-, woman from that State, who declared that his reference to prohibition and farm relief pleased, -f' Thompson Prediots Ohio Vlotory Along with it came congratulations from Senator Charles S. 1 Deneen of -Illinois and a declaration from Carml Thompson-: of Cleveland, manager 'of the campaign of the late Senator Willis, thftt "you, have satisfied the Republicans and "people, y-' pt Ohlo i generally." 1 predicted an "overwhelming victory in November." Another from George K. Republican State Chairman for New York, declared that "in my Judgment 's your -speech- means that New Tork State will Burely cast its forty-five v( votes for the Hoover-Curtis ticket Other New Yorkers who Joined In conveying their congratulations were -Augustus L. Richards of Albany, and Felix Warburg, a New York who predicted Hoover's election- lny No vera tier, saying 'that the address "establishes your -cam- -palgn upon the lofty plane of moral (idealism." '-fV-i fi-Ji'i John, Says Hammond, from Glou- cester, sent his "hearty con- -gratulattona- on your masterly and By STANLEY W. PRENOSIL (Associated Press Financial Editor) "NeV York, Aug 13 in to-day's Stock; Market continued under the restraining Influence of high money rates, Speculators Jtor the advance made several efforts to rally the general list, succeeded In marking up about a dozen specialties, but they failed j.

ta attract, an outside following. Final quotations were decidedly irregular, with gains snd losses fairly tevenlyvdlstrlbuted. Total sales fell well, below 3,000,000 shares. -v. Call money renewed at per cent and held firm at that'fiirurei Banks called about In loans but they were easily replaced.

Time money was again 6 per cent bid for all dates with a slightly larger volume at that figure. With sterling exchange dose to the "gold Import" point hope was prison physician becauf ol the poor of his health; bad served one and one-half years of his J. aaBtence, 4 'i -J iicontjnued'n raa Si" i- -Iheld out some speculative quarters I on Page 'I-i 's on Page lli. i iCon'tlnuedon Page Continued. on tage i.

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