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flL EISTIflCJ-ClosingStockQuotations and Racing News-LAST FIDADC March of Events Washington Under the Spotlight. Roper's Rap at "Meddling" Taken With Grain of Salt Effort to Placate Business and Stop Cash Flow to G. 0. P. is Seen.

pVTT TT 1 DAYTON, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935 THE WE ATHER 1' "fm THREE CENTS No. 246 60th YEAR Entered ieoni-elasi matter at thi poitotfki. In Dayton. Ohio. HERALD BUREAU WASHINGTON.

Oct. IT. THEN a member of the cabinet iV specifically charged with the problems of commerce, ai is Secretary Roper, speaks out and says he is opposed to federal "meddling:" in business, there naturally is considerable surprise. For the only "meddling" that has been going on recently has come from the New Deal. On the o) Ml 1 1 surface, therefore, Mr.

Roper would seem to be criticising his superior, President Roosevelt. But actually, this is not the S. PARROTT IS case. Mr. Roper's remarks were impromptu and hence must be taken in their proper perspective.

Plane Plunges Into Ohio Troopers It will be recalled that, just a NEW PRESIDENT OF DIRECTORATE month ago, on constitution day, Mr. Roper hinted that a constitu tional amendment might be neces TACOMA HOTEL SIX INJURED AS Rip Goes Parachute Cord As sary, but he seemed to be Inclined to limit this suggestion to emer Action Taken for 'Harmony Dr. Arn Heads Masons of Ohio; Rev. Phil Porter Is Chaplain ARMY SHIP GOES DOWN SUDDENLY Wright Field Doctor Leaps to Get "Feel of Fall" From Plane in Former Official Says. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE RAZEDBYF1RE Guests, Warned by Employes, Escape 1 Structure.

gencies'only. What happened, Is plain to see. Mr. Roper knows the chief attack against the administration nowadays is that its policies are Impediments to recovery rather than accelerations. The president took cognizance of this sentiment when he spoke of a "breathing spell." Soldiers Trapped Under Machine and Dug Out of Wreckage.

TACOMA, Oct. 17. Differences of Opinion With State Liquidator Believed Cause. (UP) The magnificent Tacoma hotel, designed by the late Stan ford White, New York architect, was destroyed by fire today. Charles B.

Hoffman Named Grand Senior Deacon at State Meeting. Dr. E. R. Arn, of this city, was elevated to the post of most worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of Ohio at the annual convention of Ohio Masonic Blue lodge in Akron Thursday morning.

Immediately following his election, Dr. Arn announced his appointments, among whom are two Daytonians. Charles B. Hoffman, secretary and treasurer of the Dayton Blue WARNED OF "ATTACK" One hundred and twenty guests fled to safety after hotel em If" I I f- fT lYhftiiiiiia I tv Play Warfare Takes Serious ployes raced through hallways as the fire swept up the elevator Threatened resignation of Major Leon E. Smith as president and director fthe Mutual Home and Savings association, made last Monday, was carried out at a meeting of the board of directors Tuesday afternoon.

THE whole effort from now until November, 1936, will be to placate business opposition and Jhus, if possible, dry up sources of campaign contributions that otherwise might flow readily to an opposition party or policies. Mr. Roper has a background of practical politics. besides, he comes from the state of South Carolina, whose traditions are strongly in support of home rule. The secretary of commerce is shaft from the basement.

The fire started in the bane' Turn at Fort Hayes, 'Columbus. ment about 6.30 a. m. from an un determined cause. Employes were COLUMBUS, Oct.

17. (UP) able to warn guests, who quickly gathered a few clothes and belongings and hurried to safety. The management said all escaped. Print company, was appointed Six men were injured today L. H.

Mattern, attorney for the board, announced the resignation of Major Smith in a formal statement signed by the board of directors setting forthe the acceptance of the resignation and the election of F. S. Parrott, secretary, to fill the vacancy. M. H.

Stanley when an army airplane crashed grand senior deacon, while Rev. Phil Porter, rector of Christ Episcopal church, was appointed Seven firemen were overcome by smoke. The $1,000,000 four-story structure was one of the northwest's into a battalion of Fort Hayes troops during maneuvers six miles was elected to Bucceed Parrott as The honor bestowed on Dr. Arn south of Shadeville, near here. secretary.

is the highest that can come to landmarks. It commanded an un-1 obstructed view of Mount Rainier The airplane, according to Fort anyone in Blue lodge Masonary in Decline to Comment. Mattern said members of the the state and culminates a long and was situated on a high jluff overlooking Commencement bay. board did not care to amplify their career In this organization. Rev.

formal statement and Major' Smith Porter also has been active in Masonic work for a number of declined comment other than to REV. PHIL FORTER. I CH AS. RAYMOND, years. say that differences of opinion between himself and M.

L. Godman, liquidator for the association, caused the resignation. "For narmony with the association" said Major Smith, "it wss easier for me to go out than for AGE 90, IS DEAD speaking his true thoughts when he says frankly that he does not "believe the federal government can do anything that local communities cannot do." This is but another way of saying he is In favor of state rights and against amending the constitution to give the federal government broad powers to regulate production and manufacture. THE significance of the speech may easily be overestimated because, after all, Secretary Roper never has felt that the New Deal Intended to disturb efficient and honest business. But his readiness to say anything of a soothing nature to business cannot be construed as an administration guarantee against further meddling in business.

Indeed, the only man who could give such assurance would be the president himself, and, unfortunately, he gave such conservative flavor to his speeches In September, 1934, only to follow In the congressional session of 1935 with the most drastic pro him. I Charles Underwood Raymond, one of the organizers of the Dayton Manufacturing company and secretary of the concern for a quarter century, died at 10 o'clock Hayes officials, was flying low over the troops and struck a wire across the road. It plummeted Into the midst of the marching soldiers. The airplane, a regular two-winged military type, was demolished. The pilot and mechanic were removed from the wreckage, and other soldiers rescued those trapped beneath.

The injured included: Lieutenant Theodore Grafe.Fort Columbus, piloting the airplane. Glen Scarberry, Port Columbus, civilian mechanic. Corporal H. Reid and Privates Fred C. Coleman, Raymond Deres-feld and R.

W. Brown were Injured when the plane toppled over on them as they knelt In a ditch along U. S. Route 23. The injured soldiers were part of a contingent of 300 men from Fort Hayes en route to Chllllcothe for maneuvers.

The men had encamped last night near Shadesville and had begun their day's hike this morning after having been warned that an air force would "attack" them somewhere along the line of march. Wednesday night at his home, 142 West Second street. Dayton Meeting. It Is the general custom to hold the next year's gathering in the city claiming the grand master, in which case Dayton would be the scene of the 1936 convention of Blue lodges in Ohio. This is definitely decided, however, later on by the committee on time and place.

Elevation of Dr. Arn marks the fourth time that Dayton Masonry has been so honored, previous grand masters being Horace A. Irwin, George Marshall and John Flotron. Dr. Arn began his Masonic career in Russellville, where he received his first degree in Blue lodge work In 1907.

Upon his removal to Dayton, he became a charter member of Horace A. Irvin lodge No. 647, of which he was Concluded on Page 7, Column 2. Mr. Raymond was 90 years of age on September last He had been ill for seven months Godman was appointed liquidator by the superintendent of the state building and loan department and acts entirely independent of the board.

His salary Is $5,000 annually. Smith has served Mutual Home for almost two years, first as a member of an advisory committee and later as a member of the board of directors and president of the association. He served without salary. Opinions Differ. From other sources lt was learned that differences of opinion referred to by Major Smith came Concluded on Page 7, Column 5.

following an operation for ap pendicitis, which was successful but which lefi him in a weak ened condition, resulting in com gram American business has ever encountered from any president and hints of an extension of the reform crusade to other lines of plications of disease. Mr. Raymond removed to Day business not yet touched. CAPT. HARRY GEORGE ARMSTRONG.

ton in 1874. coming here from Cambridge City. where he I CHA8. R. HOFFMAN.

was born. The belief has gained some ground here that the elimination of Huey Long means that the president has little to fear from the left and that his principal pre ManV folks have wondered how 'to make his jump as a precise lab He was variously employed here it feels to bail out of an airplane oratory experiment to uncover the 18g2 whpn he or. I rn atn untd if ri A vi Qrr I BRITAIN DEMANDS THAT occupation needs only be to ap-npasfi the conservatives on the gize the Dayton Manufacturing field, San Antonio, to a height of whIrh tI hB hn- until 1909, since which time he has The army planes operated out of Fort Columbus under command WALTER HAGEN LEADS IN GOLF been retired. 2,200 feet. With a determined of Lt.

Col. W. B. Wright. right flank.

But unhappily for Mr. Roosevelt, he has lost the mnfiilence of the very business grleam in his eye, he took the Mr. Raymond had been a mem Three other planes were taking FRANCE TAKE PARTNER plunge, not without some tremors Jr Ln rLr in heBrt ni.mmtpH ber of Westminster Presbyterian men who not only supported him part In the maneuvers. One soldier, according to first reports, church for many years. but put up campaign funds to help end over end for 1,200 feet at a rate of 119 miles per hour, then His wife died on July 3 of last suffered a leg fracture.

TWIN HILLS, OKLAHOMA WITHOUT FURTHER WAIT CITY, Oct. 17. (UP) Walter year and the closest mrvivors are several nephews and nieces. the first time, pull the rip cord of a parachute, trusting that all will work well, and then float serenely to earth. Comparatively few, however, have tried it.

Not so with Capt. Harry George Armstrong, 36, director of the army air corps' physiological research laboratory at Wright field. He was highly desirous of learning the subjective mental and physical reactions to a free fall in space," as he termed it and decided that the best way was to Indulge such a fall. An Experiment. Though he enjoys flying, Captain Armstrong is no pilot, and be pulled the rip cord.

Story Related. BOY HANGS SELF Funeral services will be held Everything worked beautifully Hagen, playing with a flash and brilliancy that has seldom marked his game In recent years, today showed the way for the younger generation in the National PGA Friday afternoon at the home but the exact time had not been set as the doctor was jerked upright onii ho flicrhf te earth leaapnerl In PARIS, Oct. 17. (UP) Great Britain has issued a AS PET DOOMED speed and the reactions are told in Thursday morning, virtual ultimatum to France, demanding that she cooperate tournament with Britain in the Mediterranean or lose British support on Banging his way about the Journal, of which Time in its issue ATI I MP I 111 MUrr Friday will grive excerpts. Says the I I Lllll I I UUI elect him.

AT the very moment, Mr. Roper speaks there is no sign of any movement to repeal meddlesome laws. In fact, the supreme court, by the NRA decision, did most of the repealing that has been done and business has been deriving Impetus and confidence from that event ever since. Until Mr. Roper's expressions are translated Into concrete pledges of repeal or revision of acts that are "federal meddling" and until Mr.

Roosevelt sanctions such a trend, the assurances of less meddling will not be accepted as any real change In policy. Per-fA-mtnor nlus assurance, would re Tragedy Stalks in Family tricky course, "The Haig" came in with a 67. 3 under par. He was he highly reliable quarters said today. The British indicated to the French, these sources said, doctor: the first of the field of 114 profes- "During the few seconds preced HORSE IS BLOCKED ing a married man with two chil that if Paris does not reply favorably to the latest British onals to get under perfect fig lng the Jump, the predominant mental factors were fear and ex ures.

questions about the Mediterranean, Britain will consider Franco-British cooperation ended. dren, he hesitated some before de cidlng to make the experiment. But being long aware of the im portance of parachuting, if not ex citement Throughout the free Hit by Depression. WILL ARC, Oct. 17.

(UP) L'ittle Eugene Tuchall, 11, was hungry. So were his mother and father and his four brothers, their hart been no breakfast and no TWIN HILLS, Oklahoma City, LAUREL. Md Oct. 17. (UP) fall, all conscious mental pro- Ask Yes Or No.

Oct. 17. (UP) Alvin Krueger, An attempt to drug the two actly as a pastime, he determined Concluded on Pare 7, Column 3. hiehest source that after Britain leadine contenders In the four- Britain has called for a "yes" or 'no" answer on whether France had amlied strong pressure to the red-headed Beloit, semi-pro baseball pitcher who created a sensation at the National Open, horse feature race here today was frustrated when an unapprehended vandal scurried from the stall of Latest News Flashes gain for the New Deal the confidence It has lost among the prin took an early lead today In the will cooperate with the British fleet in the event of an unprovoked attack by Italy. Premiere Pierre Laval, the latter declared he will reply definitely on Monday, after Sunday's senatorial elections have been held.

May Ite "Yes." Mrs. H. L. Uchetta's Deduce SB-hole qualifying round of the shortly after daybreak. Invest! National PGA tournament.

British official sources here, ration disclosed that a powder, cipal business men of the country STB MAGNATE'S Krueger toured the short but lifficult course in 70, even par FALL SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. believed to be tne sedative cniorai when questioned, refused to confirm or deny the British demand, but admitted that such an attitude corresponds to that of the British hydrate, was scattered about the figures, lie was out In 3(1. one Laval understood to have indicated that France's reply will be favorable but it must await the senatorial elections, after which floor. EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 17.

Despite a restjesa night, Albert D. Fall, secretary of the interior in the Harding ad- over perfect figures, and was even par on the incoming nine except lunch. He heard his mother and father agree to kill hia pet rabbit. It would be their supper. Eugene stopped on the hall stairway, tied one end of a belt to a atairpost and the other around his neck.

He jumped. Dr. J. D. Bradish, Huron county coroner, said "suicide, due to despondency." The boy's father, John Tuchal, a furloughed railroader, has been out of work for two years.

The family has been on relief one year. 4 i SON FOUND KILLED A watchman for the Audley government. i i itnr T-, i ai Biauie. Willi i yunncini in Cnncludril on Tugr 1, Column 6. It was understood rrom me at the 16th, where he got a ror a birdie.

IIIlllini.ini.uiu, una iuiuiuvuis vuwajr fi imam jjt nuuii'iib lh, -omo hum th deduce, ttinaft General hospital. Pall was taken to tne Army hospital alter the discovery and reported that While Krueger found the course his condition became worse Monday at his Ihree Kivers, N. the intruder fled to a waiting car DAYTON DAMS INVOLVED Price McKinney, Victim of Rifle Bullet. to his liking many of the 114 professionals were In difficulties from the start. ranch home and escaped.

railtn Iiorne. Tumor mrlnir hpitb Villi ii I tarv of the Maryland state fair, ETHIOPIAN PLAN IJAKES FOE. operators of the tracK, immeni IN WASHINGTON CLASH Gene Sarazen, a cofavorite with Paul Runyan, the defending cham-Concluded en Paje 7, Column 4. I nAls -n Hart tVlA for ftff BTlH Hllh- m.rcVELAND. Oct.

17. (UP) IRVIN DELSGAMP IS ASMARA, Ethiopia, Oct. An Ethiopian plane tlew Utituted a juvenile race as the price McKinney, millionaire scion of the steel family, was found shot to death last night in over the Italian lines in Southern bntrea today as far as feature. TRIANGLE CLUB HEAD INSIDE THE HERALD Assab, on the coast. Anti-aircraft guns fired on it and the The dispute started when a the.

family home at wlcKiine. SPENDING POLICY memorandum issued from Cooke's plane withdrew. nr. James Powell. Lake county coroner, said that the 24-year-old son of the late steel magnate ap SHARPLY RAPPED FRANCE LIFTS EMBARGO.

parently ahot himself through the head oy accident wun ninn-jjuw- GENEVA, Oct. 17. France notified the League of today that she is raising the embargo on shipment to ered rifle. PHILADELPHIA, 17. McKinney, who would have come office recalling that when te Miami Conservancy district was established a specific, prohibition was placed against the use of the dams for power development.

C'aliea queer." "Those of us who have followed during the last 25 years the struggle for some adequate recognition of the. public interest in power matters have encountered some nueer things," said Cooke's state arms to Ethiopia and applying it against Italy. This makes (UF) Continued spending by the into an Inheritance of $2,000,000 a President Reelected at An-' niversary Meeting. Irvin Delscamp was reelected president of the Triangle club Thursday noon at the anniversary meeting of that organization at the Industries building. officers named Included: E.

W. Wamplcr, elected to the vice presidency; Hartley Barton, the fifth nation to apply the first sanctions recommendation federal government can lead only to dissster-either Inflation or re- year from now, wis found dead in his room, a fe feet from the bath vi mc nnuc, wMl.Hnn-Mnrniif Sihlrv. rresi WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. (UP) Sharp differences of opinion between two of President Roosevelt's adviser on electric power policy were disclosed today in "an exchange of statements which revived a 20-year-old dispute" over power generation possibilities In connection with flood control In the Miami river above Dayton, O.

Principals were Dr. Arthur a. Morgan, chairman of the Tennessee valley authority and chief engineer for the 132,000,000 Dayton project which was built after the 1913 flood, ind Morris L. Cooke, administrator of the rural electrification administration and new chairman of the electric home and farm authority which grew tout of the TVA program. Around the Town 24 Arthur Brisbane 6 Editorials 6 Edgar Guest Poem 6 Funeral Rites 7 Financial New 1SB Frank R.

Kent Louella Tarsons IS Mnilbag Column 6 "Orphan Annie" 6 Tage of Comics 24. Tape of Pictures 10 Radio programs 11 Sports 21 Society Serial Story 1 Theatrical Gossip 15 Walter Wlnchell 25 r- dent of the chamber of commerce room where his father, the late Trice McKinney, president of KP AfMITS A POT nr.Y TIKI WTEIV of the United States snid today Corrigan-Mckinney Steel company, Th im a flntnrrptit In ended his life nine years ago. LORAIN, Oct. 17. Spanish-American war veterans hlllnM, Vhir'h.

as lone ss the sit ment, which pointed out Dr. Morgan's earlier connection with the Dr. Powell anid everything reelected secretary, and Charles here today rejected the apology of Oaklpy Spaght, assistant ustion prevails, cannot plan ahead stale welfare director, for his rpmarks about the Ohio with any degree of certainty." sin- pointed to accidental death, He said McKinney, a gun fancier, kept development. The Miami dams, Cooke said each contain a marble blork car O. Wilson, reelected treasurer.

ley sum nin nprri'ii wo uvmn Soldiers' and Sailors' home at Sandusky. Spaght had been a number of weapons In his bed before the annual centenary lunch Rare Results, Entries, Scrstrhea rylng an. Inscription forbidding quoted as saying inmates of the home at Sandusky were "a of the Philadelphia Chamber of room and that several of them showed evidence of having been their usage for power or storage Women's Page and Noone't Selection! will be found on Page 19. Commerce, and was broadcast. bunch of lazy whelps.

Concluded en Pate 7, Column 1. Jhandled previous to the shooting..