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Evening star., 1932-10-24
285,OOO-POUND ENGINE IS DUG
FROM 15-FOOT GRAVE OF SILT
Magnetic Needle Finds Locomotive After Mountain
Cloudburst- Cranes to Lift 1t to Spur.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Calf, October "a
Digging out 285 ,000-pound locomotive
that was buried under Is feet of rock
and gravel after it had been swept from
its tracks by mountain cloudburst that
cost Is lives will prove, rail executives
believe, one Of the greatest pieces Of
salvage work in American railroading
history.
The Santa Fe locomotive, lost since
October /, when 45-foot wall of water
rushed through the Tehachapi Pass
and caused damage estimated in mil
lions was one of the two large freight
engines, with at least six boxcars, which
were lifted easily by the water from the
tracks and deposited in a grave of silt
$50 feet from the point Of disappear
ance.
One of the locomotives, owned by the
Southern Pacific. wss found soon after
the clouobur5t. but the Santa Fe en-
gineis resting place remained q secret
until October 10. when fit was found
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Ignetic needle.

with the aid of magnetic needle.
The needle, borrowed by Santa Fe
engineers from the high school here,
was the same as used in the relief
work after the st. Francis Dam dis
aster in locating turbines buried by that
tragic rush of water.
The engine. swept down the stream
bed, was found to have been washed at
least SO feet from the main line spur.
It was at point IS feet below the main
line track level when found A crew
of laborers have unearthed one side of
the locomotive.
H. S. Wall, mechanical superintend-
ent of the Santa Fe lines, said he would
construct a spur track from the main
line to one end Of the overturned en-
gine A 150-ton crane will be placed on
one end of the spur, he said, and 200
ton crane on the other. The two giant
cranes will lift the buried engine to
the improvised spur and pull it to the
main tracks.
The superintendent said he expected
the locomotive would be in use again
within three weeks after It enters the
Santa Fe' shops at San Bernardino.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
DUCE MAKES DEBT PLEA.
Wants United States to Cancel or Re-
Guce Obligations.

TURIN, Italy october "a CP).-Boot-
ed and spurred and wearing tne new
army helmet, Premier Mussollnl carried
his message OF industrial peace direct
to the workers today when he VISITED
large automobile plant here.
He stood beside huge wooden anVll,
placed in the factory to remind the
men that II Duce is blacksmlths son.
No other country in Europe or Amer
lea Goes for the worker what FasclSm
is doing for YOU" he told the assembled
factory hands, from morning to night
I am absorbed in the task OF seeking 10
create more employment for the people.
Mlsso!ini wants the United states 10
cancel or reduce Europe'S war debts.
He voiced the suggestion in an adoreSS
last right. The occasion was his nrSt
visit to this industrial center. 4o mlies
from the French frontier, which mere
tofore had been long the hotbed OF
antiFaScism.
The visit comes in the last week OF
the first decade of Fascism, ana the
premier chose Turin to give Italy tne
slogan for the next decade:
Advance, work, and, II and When
necessary, fight"
He ran the gamut of international
and national problems in his 25-minute
minutes of shouting by the crowd.
A Policy of Peace.
Mussolini proclaimed for "all to hear
that Italy foll.ws a policy OF peace
.true peace designed to restore the
equilibrium of Europe, peace tnat Is III
the heart like hope and faith
But he warned that we want no
hegemony in Europe"
l,0 ct l.
menL of any hegemcny, especially II IL
creates a situation of obvious injustice.
The premier enviseged. hcWever, a
four-power conference among Great
Britain, France, Germany and Italy as
a po.sib.e solution of Europes troubles.
Such a conference was proposed py
Great Britain after Germany demanded
arms equality.
"Germany's demand for juridical
parity of ornaments is fully justified,
the nremier said. 1T must be recog-
nized. and the sooner the better But
at the same time Germany must not
ask rearmamsnt in any way as long
as the Disarmament Conference en-
dures.
'Cnce that conference fails, Germany
cannot remain in the League OF Ma
tiCuS
VIII Remain in League.
Il declare again we still will remain
in the League OF Nations. Especially
now that it is extraordinarily sick, we
NUT not abandon it. The League is toe
universal, its advice loses efficacy with
distance. 1t may have benefited some
European regions, but in the Far East
ard South America its words remain
words without sense, without signifi-
cance. ="
Mussolini spoke directly to the work
ers, many of them unemployed, as he
pledged better cooperation among the
classes.
He conceded lie was concerned about
Italian unemployed this Winter, while
'evcn now masses of unemployed" were
marching on London.
Politically we could pass so gray
Winters with nothing happening h
said, but it's from the human view
point 1 am concerned, because even tht
thought of families without necessitie.
causes me physical suffering"
Evening star., 1932-10-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, october 24.|Sci-
ence has gone to the desert schtudes
seeking to explain secrets in acoustics
that will help to deaden noises IN
homes, theaters and all places of public
gathering.
DR.. Vern o. Knudsen, associate pro-
fessor of physics at the University OF
California, Los Angeles, is making ex-
curicns into the sandy areas Of silence,
while his coworkers are conducting
laboratory experiments which suggest
they are on the verge Of a new dis
covery.
1t is all just q study Of molecules.
another evidence of the big part these
small things play in everything that
exists.
Dr.. Knudsen has worked out thso-
retical and experimental data indicat-
ing the weather plays . part in carry
ing noise. & Is the function Of ahsorp-
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Approval of Total Expected
at Trustees Session
This Afternoon.
ONLY Minimum NEEDS
INCLUDED IN ESTIMATE
Executive Committee Also Proposes
Fiscal Year of II Months to
Aid Deficit Problem.

The Community Chest campaign goal
this year will be $2,41s.787. the same
amount raised in last years campaign.
it was announced today by Elwood
Street, director of the Chest.
Final approval to that figure. recon-
mended by the Executive and Campaign
Committees of the Chest, is expected
to be given at meeting of the trustees
Of the Chest at the United States
Chamber Of Commerce this afternoon.
The figure has been set as the mini
mum upon which the Chest can hope
to cope with the welfare and relief sit
uation in the Capital during the coming
year, although it is admitted by the
Chest director that this figure Is much
less than is necessary for the Chest 20
meet fully the welfare and relief de-
mands of the city.
Executive Committee Meets.
Faced with the problem of taking
over the unemployment relief burden
oi the city when the $3.50 900 appropria-
ton for this work made by Congress
is exhausted, probably in the latter
part of November, the Executive Com
mittee of the chest was meeting this
afternoon with District Commissioner
Luther H. Reichelderfer, Director of
Public Welfare George S. Wilson and
District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan
Mr.. Street this morning said that
while the burden already being borne
by the Chest probably will leave it
with deficit of approximately $780,
900 for the 1882 year. there exists a
real problem in the exhaustion of the
funds for unemployment relief in which
the Chest will undoubtedly have to
take hand.
Details of this tieing together of the
Chest and the work Of the Board of
Public Welfare are being worked out
this afternoon
The trustees CT the Chest also have
before them this afternoon a proposal
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-10-24
AL SMITH TO SPEAK
IN NEWARK TONIGHT
Subject of First Campaign Address
on National Issues Not
Announced.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j.. october 24.-Alfred
E. Smith, who had the support OF New
Jersey Democracy at the recent Demo-
cratic National Convention. will speak
to thousands in a campaign appearance
at the 113th Infantry Armory tonight
The former Governor. who has called
for complete victory for the Democratic
party November 8. will speak in detail
on national issues for the first time IN
the campaign. His exact subject has not
been announced.
Seventy-five amplifiers have been
erected so that he can be heard outside
the armory as we'll as in, and the speech
will be carried on Nationwide net
work Of the National Broadcasting Co.
The address is scheduled for 10 pm,
Eastern standard time.
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City,
who led the fight for Smith at the con-
vention, will welcome the 1928 standard
bearer Of the Democrats to New Jersey.
He expected large crowd Of Essex and
Hudson County Democrats would help
him in the welcoming.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
DESERT WASTES MAY UNCOVER
SECRET OF DEADENING NOISES
Scientist Studies Effects of Dry and Humid Air on
Sound Absorption.

ton of sound waves by the molecules
that is under study.
Evidence 50 far obtained indicates
that humidity. or moisture, aids the
travel Of sound. and that in air more
dry sound finds the travelling harder,
being absorbed more rapidly as 1t moves
en-, hence does not get so far.
Actual experiments are being carried
on in the desert by DR.. Knudsen IN
measuring the travel distance, or ab-
sorption values, Of sound waves.
The real secret of physics sought is
not merely that 1t may be more diff
cult for sound to travel through dry
air than moist air, but to know the
actual conditions of structure Of the
molecules that cause this. The result
will mean progress in both directions,
not cnly the bringing into noisy places
a bit of the silence Of the desert, but to
create conditions where sound can be
made to travel more freely, for such
uses ss signaling or other practical ap-
Ipucations.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
u. S. AGENTS HELD UP
ON CRANE HIGHWAY
Three Colored Men Flee When Of
ficers Brandish Guns Near
Marlboro.

Federal and Prince Georges County
authorities united today in a search for
three colored men who held up two
Federal agents on the Crane Highway
near Marlboro yesterday and escaped
after several shots had been fired.
Apparently unaware OF the identity
of their intended victims, the trio,
armed with pistols, stopped the agents
car near Wells Corner. The agents
alighted and the colored men, appar-
emily nervous, opened fire before max
ing any demands. AS the agents drew
their guns the colored men took to their
heels.
The agents, R. A. Brantley and Lynn
L. Ney said they fired several times at
the ground and pursued the colored men
a short distance, but were unable to
overtake them.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Covered
By 5-Inch Snow;
Traffic Impeded
Storm Threatens to Ter.
inmate Search for
3 Hunters.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DENVER, October pa wet and
clinging f!ve-inch snow today was piled
upon Denver, breaking down trees and
shrubbery and seriously impeding traffic.
Reports indicated the storm was
spreading northward
Snow was falling from Pueblo Colo,
northward to Sterling, and mixed rain
and snow were falling through most OF
Wyoming. Cheyenne, Laramie and Cas-
per, Wyo., all reported snowfall.
A drenching rain fell in Western Ne
braSka.
The snowstorm in the Big Horn
Mountains of Wyoming threatened to
close all mountain highways and ter
inmate the search for three hunters be-
lieved to have perished in the blizzard
that swept the range last week. They
are F. E. Dimmel. Sheridan, Wyo.; Dill
lon McKinnon. II. Greybull, and B. F.
Yoakum, Columbine.
A strong wind at Cheyenne, Wyo..
damaged trees and shattered numerous
panes of glass in the residential dis
trict.
Northwestern Montana reported clear
skies.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Republican Senate Leader
Personally Strong, But Has
Hard Foe to Beat.
VICTORY FOR HOOVER
WOULD PUT HIM OVER
Sunny Jim," SO November 2,
Still Good Fighter, With Way
of Pulling Through.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October "a
Senator Jim" (James ElD Watson Is
facing the fight of his life" in his
effort to be reelected to the Senate.
The Democrats, however, who are hop
ing that this year, at least, they will
defeat Watson, remember with some
misgivings that Senator Jim" is one
Of the most astute and resourceful
enemies they have ever opposed.
Furthermore, they recall that many
times in the past Watson has been
found facing the fight Of his life,
and that he has won. In fact, Jim
Watson has more political lives than
the proverbial cat.
There is no joke, however, this time
about the seriousness Of the fight in
which Senator Watson has engaged. 1t
is the irony of political fate that in
this year, when Watson, for the first
time in his career, had the unanimous
Endorsement of the Republicans for the
senatorial nomination, he should find
himself really threatened with defeat.
The nomination was given him by &C
clamation. There was no other candl-
date to oppose him on the Republican
side. Always in the past he has had
to fight factions within his own party.
Today he has more whole-hearted sup
port of the G. o. P. in Indiana than
ever before.
Watson Is a tradition in this State.
His ability to slip through narrow
places and win in campaigns Is what
continues to worry some Of the Demo-
Gratis here now, although they insist
that they will defeat him. They have
nominated against him Frederick Van
Nuys, an attorney practicing law IN
Indianapolis.
Has Strong Opponent.
sVan Nuys has been a Democratic
wheel-horse for years. He is highly
regarded. Hts only public ONCE has
been In the State Legislature and
United States district attorney during
the Wilson administration, although he
has been in the past Democratic State
chairman and in the hectic Madison
Square Garden Democratic Convention
placed in nomination for President the
late Senator Samuel Ralston.
Watson is suffering. like other Re-
publican candidates this year, from the
depression. He also, like other Re-
publicans in this State, is meeting the
opposition Of voters to the record which
the G. o. P. made in Indiana six or
eight years ago, when the Ku Klux
Khan was riding high and when high
officials, including "a couple of Cover
nors" and some State party leaders,
were Jailed or threatened with jail. A
great many Hoosiers have been anxious
for long time to swat the Republicans,
and this looks like a good year. They
had hopes in 1928. But the nomination
of AL Smith dashed those hopes.
The contest for the Senate seat now
held by Watson holds far more than
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column So
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Friend Greeting
Roosevelt Loses
Wallet With $25

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, October "a
1t cost w. 2. Turner. Atlanta
business man, s25 to pat Franklin
D. Roosevelt on the shoulder.
AS he reached over to greet the
presidential nominee, some one
patted him on the hip and mo-
ment later he discovered his
wallet containing s25 gone.
Turner was among the crowd
welcoming the New York Cover
nor at a hotel here.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Rich Gold Strike Made.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, October
"a CP.-A stampede to the banks Of
the Kawarau River in Central Otago
has followed the disclosure of a gold
strike described as the richest find Of
elluvial gold known in this generation.
It was the find Of two unemployed
miners.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Seven Flee Devils Island.

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, October "a
OP.-Five Frenchmen, a Spaniard and
an Italian, apparently escaped from the
arrived here on Saturday in great dis
tress. They had made the trip Of $500
miles In a sailing canoe.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Ship Towed to Port.

HAMILTON. Bermuda, October "a
R).-The 9o-foot motor vessel Tana-
makccn was safe in st. Georges Harbor
today after having been towed in on Sat
urdsy morning. She had motor trouble
EnttI Ithe rescue came,
Evening star., 1932-10-24
NORRIS IN HOSPITAL:
CANCELS SPEECHES
Stricken With Severe Cold and
Throat Infection, He Halts
Campaign Tour.

BY the Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, October "a
Senator George w. Norris, Progressive
Republican of Nebraska, today Cancelled
speeches he intended to make here
tonight and in Kansas City tomor-
row night on behalf of Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential
nominee.
He entered hospital with a severe
cold and throat infection.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Railway Service Resumed.

MEXICO CITY, October "a RD.-
Failroad service between Monterrey and
atnmoros, suspended IA days ago by
washouts along the Rio Grande River,
has been resumed.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
MINE FAMILY ESCAPES
Oklahoma Home Emptied Just Be-
fore Dynamite Blast.

fore Dynamite Blast.
McALESTER, Okla, October "a (P).-
Warned by the acrid odor of burn
ing fuse, a mine family ran from their
home at Dow, Okla, few seconds be-
fore dynamite blast virtually destroyed
the house early today.
The wife and daughter of T. T. Nor
ris miner employed at the non-union
Milby-Dow workings, were injured by
flying glass and wood splinters.
It was the third such blast in the
long coal mine strike in this region.
State operatives began an investigation.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
LEAS DENIED DELAY
Tennessee Publisher, Son and
Davis Lose in Supreme Court.

Davis Lose in Supreme Court.
Luke Lea, Tennessee banker and pub
Usher; his son, Luke Lea, jr., and Wal
lace B. Davis of Asheville, N. c., failed
in the Supreme Court today to obtain
postponement of action on their petit
ton for a review of their conviction In
North Carolina. They sought a delay
until they could file an appeal from
the refusal of the North Carolina courts
to grant them a new trial
The court also refused to review the
appeal, which was pending before it.
The Leas and Davis were convicted
on a charge of conspiracy to misapply
the funds Of the Central Bank d Trust
Co. of Asheville, N c.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Floor Collapses, Killing IA.

CAIRO, Egypt, October "a P)-
Fourteen persons were killed today when
a floor collapsed in house near Girga
in Upper Egypt while wedding cere-
mony was in progress. The bride was
one of the victims.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Graf Off to South America.

FRIEDRICESHAFEN Germany, Oc-
tober "a R.-The dirigible Graf zep-
peIin left early today on her ninth and
last fight to South American ports for
this year. She carried IL passengers.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Comedians Father to Wed.

HOLLYWOOD, october "a R.-J.
Darsie Lloyd, 81, father of Harold
Lloyd. film comedian, and Miss Helen
Marshall, 40, an actress, will be married
Thursday, the couple announced today.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
% Reds Arrested.

PARIS, October "a (P)-Police raid
ed a Communist meeting at dawn to-
day, arresting %.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
WOMAN DIES AT 100

Recently Told Friends She Never
Had Been Seriously Ill.
MARION, Ind, October "a R.-Mrs
Mary Watson, who recently told friends
she never had been seriously Ill, died at
her home here yesterday. She was 100
years old last July 20. A native of Ohio,
she came to Indiana in a covered
wagon as a child.
Evening star., 1932-10-24

Radio Programs On Page B.
Evening star., 1932-10-24

Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-10-24

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1932-10-24

(U s. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature; moderate
northeast winds.
Temperatures-Highe g. at noon
today; lowest, So, at $3.50 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1932-10-24

Saturdays Circulation, 114,853
Sundays Circulation, 126,478
Evening star., 1932-08-06
BARKLEY'S LETTER
NOTIFIES GARNER
Texan to Send His Official
Acceptance of Nomina-
ton Shortly.

Speaker Garner has been officially
notified of his nomination for the Vice
Presidency with only the formality of
Scent stamp, Capitol Hill learned
yesterday.
Acceding to the Texas plainsman'S
wish, Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
temporary chairman of the recent Dem
ocratic National Convention, informed
the Speaker of his nomination by let
ter
Gamers official acceptance is ex-
pected within a few days and both
communications will then be made
known, either here or in Kentucky,
where Senator Barkley has gone to be
on hand for today's primary.
Meanwhile, the debate over Gov.
Roosevelt'S recent speech continued
yesterday, Senator Moses Republican,
of New Hampshire, taking a shot at
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona,
for the latter's criticism of Moses first
assault on the Democratic presidential
publican tariff as discriminatory with
the products of the farm, field, mines
and ranch UNPROTECTED
Moses referred to this sally as "amus-
ing"
I'm the last Democratic tariff" he
said, "the competitive Underwood bill,
which is the same kind of tariff Gov.
Roosevelt now esrouses. practically all
the products of the farm, the field, the
mines and the ranch were on the free
list When the Republicans regained
control of the Congress in 1919 thev
passed an emergency agricultural tariff
measure. which the Democratic Presi-
dent vetoed.
Consequently it was not until the
Republicans regained entire control of
the Government in 1921 that they were
able to put through this emergency
tariff and so save agriculture from the
complete debacle with which it was
threatened by Democratic policies.
These tariffs were included in the 1922
Republican protective act and were fur
ther increased in the act Of 1890"
Moses also said Ashurst voted for at
least 10 increases in the Hawley-Smoot
act and against at least 13 proposed de-
creases. He said the Arizonan also
voted in the recent session for duties
on copper, oil, coal and lumber.
Evening star., 1932-08-06
HEIR IS CONFINED
AS INSANE PATIENT.
Allan Bradford Monks and
Wife Face Bad Check
Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Calf, August 6.-Allan
Bradford Monks, described by Boston
attorney as a discoverer Of Mount Nc
Kinley, Alaska, and an internationally
known chess expert, was committed yes
terday to the State Hospital for the In
sane at Norwalk.
Monks and his wife, formerly An
toinette Giraudo, at one time known as
the Imperial County "cantaloupe queen"
because of her extensive farming in
terests there, were taken into custody
recently on bad-check charge preferred
by San Diego merchant.
Mrs. Monks was arrested by San
Francisco police and Monks, his mem
was found In Long Beach apartment
after an intensive search.
Mrs. Monks is in jail pending a pre-
liminary hearing on the check charge
set for next Thursday.
Search for the pair was intensified
by the desire of Boston trustees for
the million-dollar estate of John P.
condition and whereabouts Of Monks.
They had received no direct communi-
cation from him since last September,
Mayo Shattuck, Boston attorney for the
trustees, said. Monks was an heir to
the estate.
Shattuck described Monks as o
member of a pioneer New England fam
ily descended on his maternal side
from Gov. Bradford. who financed the
expedition of the Pilgrim Fathers and
the son Of sturdy New Englander
whose fight 35 years ago against a
New England gas syndicate was fea-
tured in Thomas P. Lawson's "frenzied
finance"
Evening star., 1932-08-06
Politics at Random
Voters Have Hard Time Distinguishing Between
Candidate and Office Holder in
Official Actions.

certain veterans allowances. - asks
that the Joint committee created last
session give immediate study to the re-
suits Of such cuts in individual cases.
Coming just at this time from the
Legion, which thus far has declined to
indorse the bonus, the appeal will have
the attention of every candidate for
Office.
The Legion as a unit is committed to
keep out of partisan politics; but the
individual LegionnaireS belong to a
generation which has shown marked
propensities for independent voting.
Memory Test.
Who remembers away back when:
In 1918, JoUett Shcuse ran for re-
election to Congress from Kansas on a
platform defending the policies of Food