The Washington Post
February 8, 1928

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me, he loves me not?” The only newspaper in (Vastiington With the Associated Press news every morning in the year. iy 7 ’ ay Sigreout a split in the party ranks com- frock him because he refused to install | Parable to that of 1912 when the Bull ‘certain deacons and elders in Salem | pecamgtnente nero ee cog the Repub- | Reformed Church, of this city, his; na : former pastotate, Mr. Heck, declared | dbs’ charged that Hoover's sup-, “absolutely unfit to be | POr’“*® headed by Thad H. Brown, leaders and examples of what is sup- |former Secretary of State, are not ine _terested in electing the Commer - posed to be a Christian congregation.” 4 rae? | He charged them with “selling real | | retary as President. “They are more interested. in the se- beer in the church — gambling in ‘lection of delegates,” he said. “It looks order to make money. : |as though they were not trying to elect Officials restrained by the injunction | Hoover—just to nominate him.” include the Rev. Herman E. Schnatz, Meanwhile, the friends of the senior | pastor of Zion Reformed Church here | oni senator, who received the indorse- | and president of —_ synod; the Rev | nent of the Republican State central! 'A, R. Bartholomew, of Philadelphia, committee last week, adopted a policy | president, of the general synod; the Rev. 'J. Rauch Stein, of Philadelphia, exe- |of watchful waiting today. cutive secretary of the General Synod, |}and the Rev. John H. Rettig, of this Congress Seats in Peril, Jones Awaiting Developments, “We are awaiting developments. | Everything is satisfactory along our lines,”” said Charles A. Jones, secretary to Willis. In the Hoover headquarters efforis were being made to line up petitioners to obtain Mr. Hoover’s assent to enter the Ohio primary. When the Hoover committee was formed yesterday, an original petition was forwarded to him, and others will follow as fast as signers are obtained. ‘The Commerce Secretary $1,000.” |must consent to the use of his name Mr. Heck said he went before his | before his supporters can express their congregation and obtained a vote of | Preference for him at the primary. The confidence. hope ‘~lled that he will give such COUNTY JUDGE TAKEN.» AS HOLDER OF LOOT Prosecutor Also Is Alleged to Have Appropriated Cash Bank Robbers Hid. Ardmore, Okla., Feb. 7 (A.P.).—County Judge James A. Mathers and Wes Croy, county attorney, were arrested at Ma- rietta, Okla., today charged with ap- propriating part of the loot taken in the robbery of the Love County Nation- al Bank two. weeks ago. They were re- leased On bonds of $5,000 each. Judge Mathers and Croy led a search- ing party to a hiding place revealed by Claud Andrews, a confessed participant in the robbery. It is charged they kept part of the loot. The charges followed an investiga- tion by Fred Hansen, assistant attorney general. Of the $9,300 taken in the robbery, %3,719 was returned to the bank. Andrews ih held here on robbery and murder charges. Sheriff Sam C. Long was fatally wounded in a gunfight with the robbers. Manitoba “ne Act | Classis. | Last June, Mr. Heck said, the classis | panes the Clarence pastorate vacant “because of rumors of certain irregu- | | larities.” The minister said, the classis asked him to appear to. explain “whether it was true that he told the congregation to keep the money usually contributed for missions and apply the same toward his annual salary of Hoover S‘rong in Alabama. O. D. Street, of Alabama, Republican national committeeman, in Washington yesterday, made the following state- ment: “Secretary Hoover is extremely popu- lar in Alabama both among Republi- cans and Democrats. He is the de- cided preference for President among the Republicans of our State, because he is believed to be the man best quali- fied by ability and experience to carry forward the successful policies of the Coolidge administration. I am confi- dent that he will have the support of the Alabama delegation to the Kansas City convention, based upon the feel- ing that undoubtedly exists among the | Republicans of our State. There is little expression of sentiment for any other candidate.” Armed Rebel Bands Gather at Jinotega Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 7 (A.P.).-— Reports received by the Nicaraguan government today from Jinotega gay that armed bands, believed to be those of the rebel leader, Augustino Sandino, are concentrating in considerable num- bers outside that city. It also was reported that many % prominent families are fleeing Matagal- pa, where a strong garrison of Ameri- can marines is stationed. Marine airplane patrols left for Jino- tega today to make a survey and should the. rebels be located they will be at- tacked. Arlen Is to Marry Countess Mercati London, Feb. 7 (A.P.).—A Monte Carlo dispatch to the Daily Mail says that confirmation has been received from Countess Atalanta Mercati of her revorted enzagement to Michael Arlen, the novelist. The Monte Carlo dispatch said that the countess would marry Aricn in the spring. (ountess Atalanta Mercati is the daughter of Count Mercati and his first wife, the former Miss Harriet Wright, of Cleveland. Previously reports of the enga’--nent were described as pure aR tion.) } ulck results” saan cost w . wie Given Royal Assent Winnipeg, ‘Manitoba, Feb. 7 (A.P.).— The new Mznitoba Hquor control act which provides for the sale of beer by the gluss in Government, licensed par- lors, was given royal assent today by Lieut. Gov. T. A. Burrows. Although the act is expected to be proclaimed next week, government of- ficials ssid actual operation of the beer parlors wiil not begin until early in March, as the law provides applications for licenses musi be advertised for two weeks. 43 Drowned as Blast | Sinks Boat on River Hanoi, French Indo-China, eb. 7 (A.P.).—Three French officials and 40 Chinese were drowned when the post boat Trentinian sank in the River Mekong. The sinking followed the explosion of a cargo of gasoline. Many other passengers and members of the crew were injured. at ae — of 45 cents.