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EXTRA THE WEATHER Cloudy and or ram Thursday. On Guard for Over a Century 22! Wednesday, November 8, 1933. 103rd Year. No. 188 Three Cents fin ui fo) 0) KrAn JVU 1 re nn11 Begin 20 Pet.

Payoff Friday New York's LaGuardia tnas 1 ammany rip Port and Subway Win by Substantial Margins Utah Becomes the 36th State to Vote Repeal Both Carolinas Dry; Pennsylvania and Ohio Are Wet There Is No Joy in the Wigwam Election Results MAYOR (Complete) Frank Couzens 141,772 Philip Breitmeyer COUNCILMEN (Complete) John W. Smith 132825 Fred W. Castator 102548 John C. Lodge 101278 George Engel 100193 William P. Bradley 96933 Edward J.

Jeffries, Jr. 96293 Eugene I. Van Antwerp 94851 Richard Lindsay 94762 John S. Hall 89507 Arthur E. Dingeman Clyde V.

Fenner Wm. H. Green, Jr. Laura F. Osborn Josephine Gomon 85832 83604 63787 59107 56292 53549 52412 46792 43111 Joseph A.

Martin, Jr. Wm. A. Tretheway Anthony J. Rathnaw Martin M.

Nagle (The Vote for Constable --5--: 1 Ai v' 1 i a 9 I 1 I fft 1 1 'vi''- i i i a Roosevelt Greets Litvinoff in Brief White House Talk Squadrons of Police Guard Russian Envoy as He Arrives for Conferences 76,363 CITY CLERK (Complete) Richard W. Reading 169271 Frank J. Chamski 41100 CITY TREASURER (Complete) Chas. L. Williams ...138478 Harry E.

Heilmann 68695 PORT DISTRICT Precincts of l.Oflfl) Yes ..134985 No 67111 SUBWAY PLAN rrec.lncts) Yes 145128 No 67753 Will Be Found on Page 8.) cessful will come Thursday, or perhaps Friday. It is no secret that both this Administration and the Soviet are eager to settle on recognition, if that is possible, while Litvinoff is here. Some of the matters, debts among them, may be laid aside for another time. These subjects could be taken up after the countries exchanged ambassadors. Litvinoff bobbed around like a schoolboy from the moment of his arrival earlier today on the Beren-garia in New York harbor.

He was met on the deck by State Department officials, and to the greeting of "We extend you the greetings of President Roosevlt and Secretary of State Hull," he replied: "How do you do?" He then clamped his broad-brimmed sombrero on his head and ran for the smoking hall, where officials and reporters followed him at a dog trot. He read a prepared statement in precise English. A launch took him to a special train In Jersey City. "You've time to pose for a picture before the train pulls out." protographers called out to him at the station. He smiled vaguely, nodded to cheering workers from the Amtorg factory and disappeared into the train.

Then suddenly, as the train started, his head bobbed out the window, off came the big black sombrero, and he waved a gay furious farewell as the cameras clicked. FIORELLO H. Dodge's Death Was Murder, Coroner's Jury Determines CLuJ touzens mcticu Mayor by 2 to 1 Council's Incumbents and Engel All Win; Women Defeated John W. Smith Given Presidency of Body Both the Port District plan and the subway proposal carried by substantial margins in Tuesday's election. Wayne County voters approved the Port by nearly 2 to 1 while Detroit gave a slightly greater margin to the subway.

They needed only three-fifths vote. As was expected. Frank Couzens piled up an impressive majority fnr mayor over Philip Breitmeyer, attempting a comeback nearly a quarter of a century after his one term at. the head of the City Government. Couzens was almost a 2 to 1 winner.

His majority ap-pi-onr-hcd fiS.OOO. The rouncilmanic battle placed Jiihn W. Smith well In the lead for President of the Council, gave a vote of confidence to his seven associates, and nampd George K.ngel, former controller and D. V. commissioner, for the seat vacated by Couzens.

Engel's public service has been conspicuous, but. only once before has he ever asked the favor of the voters. He wis a candidate for mayor in 1930. Hr placed fourth among candidates topping five of the veterans. Ninth Place Vote Close llr.

John S. Hall's margin of 4,000 over Arthur E. Dingeman, former councilman, left him secure in ninth place. The vote again fell short of expeditions although tt exceeded the pumary total by 43,000. About lilT.uoO voted.

The out-county Interest, with only the port issue to consider, fell close to the zero mark. About one voter in 10 wont to the polls. As was expectPd the downriver communities, in the direct path of hoped for development, piled up margins as great as 10 to 1 for the port plan. Hamtramck voted for the plan 15 to 1. Highland Park nd Dearborn turned in conservative 2 to 1 majorities.

The rural communities leaned the other way. Jobless Votfl in City In Detroit the voting was heaviest among the unemployed. The principal appeal for both the subway and port plans had been made on behalf of the jobless. They had hern told that both plans were the direct avenue to Federal public works bounty. Voting was heaviest in the Polish-American and Ger-men American settlements.

It was so'int in the so-called "silk stocking" sections. The women's vote negligible. Of the councilmanlc candidates, ns. Osborn and Mrs. If 'cphine Gomon, the only women among the nominees, were separated by a scant margin but neither '-ts within striking distance of the charmed circle of winners.

ily Clerk Richard W. Reading tl Treasurer Charles L. Williams "ie impressive winners. Approval of the port plan will nialip immediately operative the fattite permitting Gov. Comstock to appoint a commission of five numbers.

Their salaries will be iixcrl by the county supervisors. toponents have claimed no Intention of going beyond the preparation of plans for port development, subject to ratification of the St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty by the Senate and then ah appeal to tho J-ederal Government for funds. he statute, however, authorizes annual budget up to $500,000, "inject to approval of a majority the supervisors, and upon approval nf two-thirds of the issuance of mortgage bonds for the Requisition of property in development. The subway program calls for a Ave.

line 9.49 miles long, a terminal just west of the i men Station on Fort St. running tn Woodward, and then north to Seven and One-Half Mile Road, it also calls for an East-West un-neiKiound rapid transit route 11.11 miles long, will start near Harper "ni Gratiot, Intersect the Wooded line at about Grand and continue west to Lowery Ave. 'he vote authorized a mortgage bond issue up to $87,854,000 to be by the property and revenue. An effort will be made to "dge these bonds for a Federal oan to advance the project. It is doubtful If they could be sold to Private buyers.

Subsequent elections will be necessary both In Detroit and Park to approve franchises involved. Cleveland Giving Republican Lead CLEVELAND. Nov. 7 (A. Republicans tonight ap-n'ltv yKha(1 claimed the mayor-r the election of a former Mavor' A nf 68l precincts out of whLn City nsd bepn tabulated ahmV.

Vls assumed a lead of 1 "-M" over his Democratic Incumbent Ray A) Krieil IS rlished I Below M'Kee, Too Bitter Struggle Ends with Street Fights and Sluggings Tiger Last Humbled in Campaign of '13 NEW YORK, Nov. 7 Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Fusion challenger of Tammany Hall, ran triumphantly through all five Boroughs in today's mayoralty election on a tidal wave of votes that swept the Tammany Tiger out of City Hall for the first time since John Purroy Mitchel, Republican, turned the stmt trick in 1913. LaGuardia's plurality over Joseph V. McKee, the Recovery candidate, who was backed by high-ups in the Roosevelt Administration, ran close to 250,000.

Mayor John P. O'Brien, the Tammany hope, ran third, failing to carry even his own Borough, the Tammany Btronghold. Even I'ecora Is Hit Even Ferdinand Pecora, candidate for District Attorney of New York City and counsel for the United States Senate Committee investigating banking, who was backed by President Roosevelt's postmaster general, James A. Farley, went down with McKee before the flood of LaGuardia votes. The Roosevelt Administration was hit as badly as Tammany, and Governor Herbert H.

Lehman can expect strong opposition when he comes up for re-election next year, political observers agree. It was sweet revenge for LaGuardia, whose candidacy for reelection to Congress received such brutal treatment at the hands of Tammanv only last year. When 3.700 election districts out of 3.812 had been tabulated late tonight the vote stood as follows: LaGuardia. X24.230, MrKee, 583.3H3. Brien, 562.850.

Tiger Flnit to Concede Admissions of defeat at. Major LaGuardia's hands started to issue from the rival camps shortly after 8 o'clock when Tammany threw up the sponge with a statement at Its Hotel Pennsylvania headquarters. The Mayor, however, still had no congratulations for his successor up to 11:30 p. m. Publicly, however, he said with an Iron glare: "I can see from the figures that the division in the party has cost us the election of the city ticket and the Borough presidency of Brooklyn.

But 1 am undismayed. I shall continue the work I began as County leader in 1909." McKee issued his statement conceding LaGuardia's election from his Bronx home where he spent the entire evening shunning his hotel Biltmore headquarters. He had been receiving the distressing returns by telephone. "Congratulations on your victory," he wired LaGuardia. McLaughlin's Statement George McLaughlin, chairman of the Recovery Party campaign sent the following telegram to LaGuardia at 8:45 p.

"Congratulations. I sincerely wish you and your associates luck for an efficient city administration." The Bronx Democrats who had aligned themselves with the McKee Mayoralty candidacy, were able to hold the line up above the Harlem River. Samuel J. Foley was reelected district attorney, while James J. Lynns was winning the Borough presidency.

Samuel Seabury, Tammany city administration investigator who forced Mayor Jimmy Walker's resignation under fire last year, who swept into a roaring, turhulent Fusion celebration at the Hotel Astor headquarters, was quietly jubilant. Seabury Just l'leased He Issued this brief statement: "The people of New York are to be congratulated upon the election of Major LaGuardia as mayor. I am pleased that the early returns indicate the election of the other Fusion candidates for the Board of Estimate. "In view of Major LaGuardia's knowledge of city government, his experience, courage and honesty, I think that the cause of good municipal government will be served, Please Twrn fo Page 4 Column 1 Another Cold Day Promised Detroit Temperatures at the freezing mark early Wednesday promised another overcast day with temperatures as low as those of Tuesday, the United States Weather Bureau predicted. The high point Tuesday was 38 degrees, registered from 11 a.

m. to 1 p. m. The mercury lowered slowly and stood at the 32 degree point shortly after mimiigni. A light snowfall Tuesday night brought a threat, of rain or snow for Wednesday.

Weather Bureau charts Indicated, hnne er. that the day would he increasingly cloudy, and that rain or snow would not fall until late Wednesday or Thursday. According to the prediction, Thursday will be warmer, Receiver to Disburse Dividends Entirely Through Mails First National Starts Payments on Nov. 15 Depositors In the Guardian National Bank of Commerce will receive tbeir 20 per cent payoff beginning Friday. The advancement In the payoff date was made possible because Receiver B.

C. Schram hag been able to arrange the machinery for the task sooner than had been expected. Authority for him to make the Guardian distribution before the First National release on Nov. 15 was granted by the Treasury Department following a long distance telephone conversation Tuesday. C.

O. Thomas, First National receiver, whose depositors will be given a 10 per cent dividend, has been unable to complete his task before the scheduled date because of the magnitude of tha undertaking and the fact that the First National, unlike the Guardian, did not take proofs of claim at the previous payoffs. Has 700,919 Accounts The First National has 706,949 accounts; the Guardian, approximately 140,000. This procedure In the Guardian payoff was announced by Receiver Schram: Receipt blanks will be mailed to depositors to be signed and returned by mail to the Receiver, whereupon checks for the amounts due, which already have been drawn, will be mailed. All the transactions will be by mail, except in the comparatively few cases where it will be necessary to take proofs of claim.

The Receiver emphasized this in pointing out that the depositors will not be required to appear In person for their money nor can they accommodated if they do, since the system to be followed Involves the use of the mails for all steps in the undertaking. Jn Malls Thursday The first step In the payoff will be taken Thursday afternoon when a batch of 25,000 to 30.000 receipts will be placed in the mails. Checks payable to those accounts will be mailed -out. the Receiver guaranteed, on the same day that the signed receipts are returned to his office. Succeeding batches of 15,000 receipts will be mailed on the following days until the 100,000 accounts have been completed.

Alphabetical order will govern the routine. No cash will be Involved In the transaction, all payments to be made by checks drawn on the Manufacturers National Bank. The total amount involved is made available through a Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan secured by a lien on all the bank's assets. The payment will bring the Please Turn to Page 4 Column Couzens Thanks People of Detroit Mayor-elect Frank Couzens made the following statement Tuesday night when the returns showed his election was assured: "My sincere thanks to the people of Detroit for the confidence they have shown in me and for their Indorsement of my record as a public official.

"I submitted my candidacy because I wanted to serve the people. They have given me a mandate to undertake that service, and you may rest assured that I will endeavor to the fullest extent of my ability to fulfill my duty, keeping in mind at all times that which is for the best Interests of all the people." Frederick William Herker, scion of an old Detroit family, was killed Tuesday when his clothing was caught in some moving mnchinery in the electrical shop of the Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge. How the accident occurred Is not known, according to George B. Turnbull, vice president of the company. His investigation showed that Mr.

Hecker had been working on a crane. He told fellow workers that he needed a blow torch and was going to the electrical shop to get it. To get there he had to pass a moving conveyor system. His clothing evidently was caught In some of the revolving rollers and he was drawn between them to his death. No one saw the accident or heard him cry out.

The first intimation that something had happened came when an employee on the conveyor noticed it seemed obstructed and shut off the power. Mr. Hecker's body was found pinned between the rollers. Mr. Hecker, who was 23 vears old, had been with the company four months, Mr.

Turnbull said, and had started to work in the shop with the intention of learning the business from the ground up. His father. Maj. Christian Henry Hecker, Detroit industralist and capitalist, is a director of the company. Mr, Hecker was born in Detroit.

Pleats Turn to Page 2 Colurtjix 7 Verdict Is Rushed Through Without Waiting for Poison Tests on Vital Organs tlJec. to oee ueatn of 18th Amendment North Carolina For Repeal: 107,793. Against. Repeal: 250.flM. 1.432 out of 1.831 precincts.

South Carolina For Repeal: 31.4V). Against Repeal; 33.12S. 950 out of 1,220 precincts. Ohio For Repeal: 1.0M.799. Against Repeal: 456.901.

6,688 out of 8,585 precincts. Pennsylvania For Repeal: 337,405. Against Repeal: 83,504. 1.402 out of 7.925 precincts. Utah For Repeal: 42.475.

Against Repeal: 24,507. 337 out of 798 precincts. The voters of America have written prohibition out of their Constitution. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah went wet yesterday ami became: the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth states to back the repeal amendment, which will now become effective after their state conventions ratify it on Dec. S.

Although yesterdays votine brought an end to the dry era. it also was marked by the only pro-. hibltion victories since the march for repeal was started by tha voters of Michigan last April 3. The Carolina Are Dry South Carolina and North Carolina turned down the Twenty-first Amendment. Both states were conceded by wet forces, although tha South Carolina dry lead was no more than 2,000.

North Carolina, however, stayed In the prohibition ranks by a two to one margin. Kentucky also voted on the repeal amendment yesterday, but its votes will not he counted until today. It Kentucky approved the Twenty-first Amendment It will be the Thirty-fourth state to ratify, since Its' repeal convention will meet Nov. 27 and the honor for the thirty-sixth state to ratify will have to ha settled in a race of conventions against time on Dec. 5.

An Interlude of Dniiht Although Pennsylvania and Ohio rolled up tremendous wet majorities, as expected, dry hopes were raised for a brief Interlude last night on the strength of the Carolina returns. Because of the difference In time, the Carolinas had been conceded i to the drys before Utah reported i Its votes and a possible dry victory in the straight-laced Mormon state would leave the fate of the repeal i movement this year with Kentucky, where both wets and drys claimed advance victories. This might hava left the repeal cause with only 35 states, and no other states sched- uled to vote this year. But the dry hopes of tying tip the repeal movement were shortlived. From the first returns.

Utah showed a decided wet trend, and only three counties in the state maintained a dry lead. When almost half of the returns were counted, It became evident that, repaal would carry the state by 20.000 votes. The returns from virtually half i Utah's precincts early today gave nearly a 2 to 1 margin for repeal. jonn t. Kowman.

head of the prohibition forces in the state said: "It looks like the wets have won. We consider that the liquor question Is still with us and Is in no way solved by the repeal of national prohibition." Quiet Rattle Waged Looked upon as a pivotal state to the last, Ohio waued a quiet ers taKing retuge toward the last In a perfunctory plea that at least state prohibition be retained. Slowly increasing returns from the Pennsylvania's prohibition re- Please Turn to Page AColumn 8 Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages Editorial 6 Edgar A. Guest, Poem 6 Good Morning 6 National Whirligig 6 Obituaries 3 State News 8 Windsor News 8 Music 9 Radio Programs 9 Society 10 Silhouettes 10 Ruth Alden 13 Allen on Russia 14 Collyer's Comment IS Manhattan 17 The Screen 17 Culhertson on Bridge 17 Crossword Contest 17 Financial is Comics 21 "Third and Last," Serial Jl Pictorial Review Around the Town 2'i Dr. Joseph Fort Newton 6 Qulllen's Observations 6 LAGUARDIA confirm the rumored poison probe, Baker.

Hint postmaster, told of Mrs. Dodge getting him to Indorse a money order made out to her husband so spe could cash it without going to her husband office. He did not remember the amount. He never paw Dodge drunk, he told the jury. Municipal Court Judge Edwin D.

Mallory was called at the request of Mrs. Dodge's attorney. The Judge was used as a rebuttal witness against former Probate Judge Fred A. Wertman. a confrere of Dodge on ttie probate bench before last fall.

"Wertman was not talking to me. but I overheard the conversation on the morning of Dodge's death." Judge Mallory declared. "He said he and Dodge had a joint legal case ficasc Turn to Pnye 3 Column 1 It's a Long Time Between Drinks RALEIGH. N. C.

Nov. 7-(AP.) And the Governor of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Ca rnlintt WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (A.P.) President Roosevelt tonight greeted Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Russia's genial commissar of foreign affairs, as a prelude tn discussions which may lead soon to the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations. It was the first time In IB years that an American President has received an official representative of the Bolshevist regime. The meeting between Mr.

Roosevelt and Litvinoff was only a preliminary to earnest conferences over recognition, but the formality that surrounded it was significant of the changed attitude the Amer ican Government lias towara itus- lia. TV, timna tnAaxt thtt TTnitari Atntos afmrtpd T.itvinnff thR wel come usually reserved for an ac credited envoy from a country where diplomatic relations are normal. He was met In New York by James C. Dunn, chief of protocol of Ifcto rVanflrlmonl I arrival at the Union Station In Washlng- i I ion iounu ecretmy ui omic vui- dell Hull and otner uovcrnmeni representatives waiting. llulnnff annmAH hnhhlinff over with pleasant, feeling on his arrival in the capital, mis cane swung iauntllv over the arm of a blue overcoat.

He laughed and chatted freely during the brief interval before the march out of the Union Station began. On every side mere were policemen in uniform and plain-clothes n. nn Thou hnvarcH nhnut T.itvinnff as with Hull at his side he marched up the steps, isemna came oiner diplomats and officials, and the members of Lltvinoff's party. There seemed no need for the screen of officers. Leaning against In the station was a crowd nf several hundred spectators.

Po licemen warned againsi nu.v -tempt to pass the barrier, but the crowd's chief emotion seemed that of curiosity. There was no ap plause. There was quite a contrast be- in. i soviet official tween me kj and the offlciousness of the police escorts whlcn surruurmeu stantly. The height of police something or other was reached when a bluecoat was detailed to climb the roof of Lltvinoff's house Solemnly perched across a gable, he peered suspiciously at neighboring rooftops, glaring occasionally at the horizon Over streets slippery with rain.

Litvinoff was escorted to the White House by motorcycle police Secretary Hull presented Litvinoff to the President, and then the party joined Mrs. Roosevelt. A chat of about 10 minutes, and Litvinoff was on his way back to the home of Boris Skvirsky, where hVhea ferious business which brought Litvinoff to the United States will get under way tomorrow He will meet Secretary Hull i rr what was charac terized today as a preliminary conversation. A luncheon at the White House will follow but it was said that there was little likelihood that Litvinoff. and Mr.

Roosevelt would discuss recognition then. The meeting at which tha President probably will tell Litvinoff vhethes lu mUsloa ia -uc- Son of Industrialist Killed, Working Way Up in Plant For the benefit of the younger nBme weeks pre-neration the story might well be ceding the final vote, with dry lead gene FLINT. Nov. 7 Vernon W. Dodge, former Probate Judge and City commissioner of Flint, was murdered In his home at 1216 Garland St.

on the morning of Oct. 10, a coroner's jury decided Tuesday night. The crime was committed, the jury found, by "a person or persons unknown at this time." Six men who have heard more than 30 witnesses tell of the circumstances of Dodge's death and family life returned their signed verdict to Dr. J. K.

Sutherland, coroner. The cause of death was given as suffocation. Dodge was found dead In his own room, locked from the inside, by his wife, Mrs. Myra Dodge, and his son-in-law, Howard Aekett, who broke in the door and then sum- moned a doctor. The body wa found at the end of a bath robe strap which was attached to a closet door hinge.

Mrs. Dodge was arrested on sus picion Oct. 26 and was released two days later on a writ of habeas corpus when the prosecuting attorney told Presiding Circuit Judge Edward D. Black that the evidence available was not sufficient to justify a warrant. Widow Refuses to Talk Called as one of the first dozen witnesses Mrs.

Dodge, on the advice of her attorney, refused to testify and her chief counsel, S. S. Pcarlstine, later declined to answer the coroner's questions about a second disinterment of Dodge's body at the request of the widow to make certain that the second burial was in accordance with the family wishes. Four sessions were held in the most prolonged Inquest in the County's history. The verdict was rendered without a report Irom the State toxicologic at Lansing to whom the vital organs had been sent for a poison analysis following exhumation.

The final session Tuesday night was the shortest of the entire inquest with Dr. Glen Backus, Hurley Hospital toxicologist, the first witness. He declared that Mrs. Dodge had brought a liquid to him for a poison analysis and that he advised her to send it to a more adequately equipped toxicologist. She told him the price was immaterial and that it would be worth several times the figure of $100 which he mentioned to ascertain the ingredients of the liquid.

Dodge never brought him any sample of food, as previous witnesses had intimated, he said. The first witness testified that Dodge had a poison phobia, de- clared he was being poisoned and! said he had had a food sample! rlUh of corn hud i burned his lips and tongue. In- ventilation bv the tvslice failed to repeated Once upon a time before prohibition was taken seriously in the Carolinas or anywhere else, the states of North Carolina and South Carolina fell out about a boundary dispute. The Governors of the two states good men and true disliked the wrangling so they met to settle the matter. After long discussions the issue was ended to the measure of wmt had gone back and forth across the table and throats were dry.

So the Governor of North Carolinahe was visiting and couldn't come right out and ask for one-kind of hinted: "It's a long time between drinks." Well, it has been and apparently it's going to be. Klotz Takes Lead in Toledo Voting TOLEDO. Nov. 7--IA A contest for Mayor of Toledo which was clcsc enough to make the result a tossup was being waged tonight between Addison O. Thacher, incumbent, and Solon T.

Klotz, with a third candidate trailing, A total of 136 precincts, out of the 318 in the citv. flhoweH Klntv leading Thacher by less than 1,000 votes 14,477 to 13,558. 1 I FREDERICK V- HECHEB.

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