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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
Lobbyists Sought to Arrange Joint Suit By Ari-
zona and Utah to Block Boulder Dam Project
With Entire Disintegration Of Proposal in View
Move to Form New Chain Of Newspapers
Under Way.

Washington, D. c., (ILNS). When
Senator Hiram Johnson and others
charged in the senate last year that
the utility interests were fighting
tooth and nail to defeat the Boulder
Dam and Muscle Shoals power pro-
jects they knew what they were talk
ing about. Evidence just made public
by the Federal Trade Commission
proves that the utility interests were
out to defeat the Boulder Dam and
Muscle Shoals projects and that they
were not fnicky as to the methods
they employed.
The evidence is the most startling
of all that has been revealed about
public utility propaganda and shows
the utility propagandists as scheming
to use unscrupulous political trickery
worthy of Machiaveli himself Most
damning of all is a memorandum from
the files OF Josiah T. Newcomb, gen
eral counsel of the Joint Committee of
National Utility Associations. The
memorandum outlines in detail plans
for preventing passage of the Boulder
Dam bill. Many of the suggestions
were acted upon.
From Mr.. Newcomb's files also came
letters sent to Congressman during
the Boulder Dam fight, letters ex-
changed between Newcomb and power
officials regarding pressure to be ap-
piled to a Southern Senator in the
Muscle Shoals fight, letters sent to
Southern editors by an official of the
Joint Committee and letter congrat-
ulating Newcomb on having won a
fight in the Senate, apparently the
fight to defeat the Walsh resolution
for an investigation of the power com
panies by the Senate.
Newcombs Memory Poor
The memorandum for defeat of the
Boulder Dam bill is unsigned. New
comb admitted it came from his files
but professed to remember nothing
further about it. He said he did not
know who wrote it. The first para
graph of the memorandum said:
q. Arrange an offensive and de-
fensive partnership between Arizona
and Utah to enter suit for water
decree at an early date. The combi-
nation of these two states is desirable
because they are both outside the pact
and therefore constitute the logical
focus for new campaign. Moreover
it seems of strategic Importance at
this point to get Arizona overheard
on some constructive plan rather than
to have her merely defensive as here
tofore"
The second paragraph of the mem
orandum is particularly interesting in
view of the fact that Arizona is still
refusing to sign the Colorado River
compact, and is threatening now to file
suit to prevent construction of Boul-
der Dam. 1t reads:
"2. Having started the suit the
subsequent step should then be di-
rected toward an entire disintegration
of the Boulder Dam scheme. Possibly
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico
will join in that. Taking up the four
objects California has in mind: Cover
the flood menace to Imperial Valley
with bill giving Federal appro-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
Group Insurance Record Set
By Boston Movie Operators
In $4,000 Per Capita Policy

Washington, D. c., (ILNS).-Mo-
ton picture operators have come to
the front with the largest per capita
group insurance policy thus far writ
ten by the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company, it was announced today at
the office of President Woll.
The union that has thus set a rec
ord is Local No. 1872, of Boston. The
policy taken by this union is for $5,-
600 per member Undoubtedly, it is
felt here, this action will inspire 9th
er unions to protect their membership
with larger per capita policies.
President Wol also announced the
appointment of Francis b. Mahoney,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28

lawyer and former photo engraver, as
honey already has begun work in his
territory. Operators in the Old Bay
State are being speeded up under the
amended insurance laws, secured as
the result of campaign by the Union
Labor Life Insurance Company.
In addition to this, President VOL
has just returned from another trip
during which he visited the Detroit
general agency and addressed the
steamftters' local union in that city
He reports the Detroit general agency
developing rapidly and declares the
outlook throughout the country bright
er than ever
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
FIREMEN JOIN UNION

Omaha, Neb.,- The Internationa
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
issued charters to the following local
tiles during May: Richmond, Va
Nahant, Iowa; Jackson, Mich; Spring.
field, Mass; Flora, H.; Depew, n. Y.
Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada
and Nakina and Ignace, Ontario, Can
ada.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
SENATE AGAIN VOTES
TO END LAME DUCKS

Washington.-Fo the fifth time n
six years the senate approved Sena-
tor Norris lame duck resolution pro-
posing a constitutional amendment t.
prevent defeated Senators and House
members from participating in legis
lation and to alter the date of the
Inauguration of the President and
Vice President.
The resolution has never been sane
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28

are optional. The school is supported
by voluntary contributions from per-
sons who believe in workers ed
ucation.
The Bryn Mawr summer school is
one of four affiliated summer schools
which utilize otherwise empty college
buildings for the education of indus
trial workers, the other three being
at Barnard College, New York, at the
University of Wisconsin and at Burns
Vile, North Carolina.
The present Bryn Mawr class in
cludes IL members of the Information
al Ladies Garment Workers Union.
This is the largest representation of
any A. f. Of L. affiliate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28

trade unions. Mr.. Woll expressed the
opinion that the American market,
which he said is far superior to the
foreign market, ought to receive first
consideration. He said that the for
eign market should not be ignored but
added that he foresaw the likelihood
of it dwindling away, as large indus
tries are establishing their own for
eign plants, in which they can hire la
Dor at 40 per cent of what it costs
here and supply their foreign market
by that means.
Our army of unemployed is con
stantly increasing and ] believe it is
of first Importance that we protect the
American market and give opportun-
ity of employment to these hundreds
of thousands of idle workers, for If
this army of unemployed increases all
industry will suffer and our whole
social life will likewise suffer-" he
said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
CARPENTERS UNITE

Westminster, British Columbia
Mill and factory workers organized
and are chartered by the Brotherhood
of Carpenters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28
Proue Power Propaganda Charge
Evidence Backing Accusations
Comes From Utilities Oun Files

of method this may be said-if we
make it our slave, it is well; but it
IS bad if we are slaves to method
Cotton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-06-28

toned by the House, whose leaders
have sidetracked the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Liberty Bells Ride.

In the early days Of the nation tl,e
neils in the churches and public build.
ings were source of patriotic pride and
during the revolutionary days the ad-
vance of the enemy always caused anx-
iety for the fate Of the town bells. When
the safety of the old Liberty zen M
Congress Hall, Philadelphia, was thought
To be endangered, committee OF Con-
gress was given the responsibility. The
matter of handling such q weight at
that time was monumental task, but
it happened that Frederick Lesser, a
teamster from the Blue Mountains near
the Berks and Lehigh County line, had
lust arrived with his weekly shipment
of apple whisky. He had pug wagon
and four horses and he was induced to
lead the Liberty Bell on his liquor wag-
on and take the precious piece Of metal
10 Allentown. A suitable monument has
Just been erected at hissgraye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

go back indeed to the Balfour declara-
ton chat which advanced the Palestine
National Home idea) of 1917. You
may suppress the present disorders and
restore tranquility for the moment by
force of British arms. but the ultimate
peace of Palestine and Arabia will
never be made while Great Britain con-
tinues the policy of the Balfour declara-
ton
The whole of Arabia is aroused"
The Grand Mufti'S warning came as
the British military seemed slowly, but
surely, establishing peace through
out most of Palestine, where nearly 200
have been killed and 800 seriously
wounded in fighting between Moslem
Arabs and Jews during the last nine
days.
British militia efforts were stressed
along the borders of Trans jordania and
Syria, where it was believed airplanes
have kept invading Moslem detach-
ments scattered and in such small con-
tingents as to prevent material harm.
Sunday was quiet, but Saturday night
1Bedouins attacked nearly a dozen VIII
\lages in Northern Galilee, pillaging
THE houses and burning crops. The
| dead in unconfirmed advices were num-
bered as high as %. In the Galilean
district, Jews evacuated Yesso
H'Maalah, Mishmar, and Hayarden
when the attacking Arabs appeared.
Will Punish Guilty.
Sir John Chancellor, high commits
sioner, yesterday issued a proclamation
in which he said, one of his first in
tereSts would be to capture and punish
those responsible for the last few days
rioting.
He then declared he would suspend
4. H.. ~k.l-
with the British government for con-
stitutional reforms in Palestine, and
would adhere strictly to the principles
laid down in the white paper of Novem-
10, 1928.
This white paper acknowledged
Jewish right of access to the western
! wall of the temple or the "wa1ling
wall" with the Jews entitled to bring
appurtenances as permitted under the
Turkish regime. They were not
privileged to set up screen between
man and woman worshipers as was
attempted in 1923, when British police
tore it down and dispersed the wor-
shippers.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency here
reported that Hebrew newspapers in
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were permitted
to appear today for the first time in
more than a week, but the editors were
warned publication would be suspended
If any matter was printed likely to
cause disturbance of the peace.
American Is Wounded.
A. r. Greenstein, registered as an
American director of the Jewish Or
phanage at ancient Safed, was among
those wounded in the Arab attack of
last Thursday. Rabbi Samuel Cohen
and his wife, reported TO have been
killed In the same attack and at first
believed to be from the United States,
are not Americans.
Harold Weiner, noted Jewish scholar,
who was killed by Arabs near the
Damascus gate on August %, left
10000 sterling (about $50,00o) to
Moslem institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
.A|R RACES TO CLOSE
WITH DERBY FINISH
DooIittIe Escapes Death as
Wing Crumbles-WiIIiams
Stunts for Throngs.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, September a.
The national air races breezed to con-
clusion today with the finish Of the
nonstop derby from Los Angeles, most
spectacular of the distance flights, and
q wind-up demonstration Of flying skill
by noted pilots SURPRISING anything
seen In the To-day carnival Of speed
and daring.
With $4,000 at stake, racers from
Los Angeles today were led by Henry
J. Brown, Cleveland New York air mail
pilot, with flying time Of 10 hours is
minutes and Z seconds, according to
the timing Of the judges.
Brown landed yesterday afternoon
better than half an hour ahead of the
time established by Lee Schoenhair,
Los Angeles, who finished q week ago.
One pilot remained in the race this
morning. John P. Woods of NASSAU,
Wis, stuck to his plane for the flight
after Art Goebel, winner Of the Dole
prize race to Honolulu. had withdrawn
because OF unsatisfactory condition OF
his plane.
DOOlittle IL Hailed for Nerve.
The impromptu performance of Lieut.
James A. Doolittle as the races drew to
a close was hailed as one of the nerviest
feats of the races. Doolittle few away
from the airport to practice a routine
of stunts for the crowd, stepped out Of
his plane when the wings came Of. and
landed with o parachute after diving
1000 feet. A few minutes later, he was
stunning before the crowd in a new
plane, without the rehearsal interrupted
so graphically few minutes before.
Eighty thousand spectators in the
stands did not know that the looping
pilot had forestalled what might have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Old Mill Makes Parchment.

The English town Of Fsvont Church.
six miles from Portsmouth, Is the scene
of an industry which, ii local l.,"ei' ~
true, has been carried on by the same
methods and on the same site for i,Jou
years.
The parchment made there was ia
nous throughout Europe in days gone
by and is still preserved in many libra
ries and museums in Europe, but 1t is the
United States that keeps the mill going
at present. There has been recently a
great demand from America for Eng
fish parchment to be used for diplomas
and certificates In American universities,
and, though the demand has been great
enough to cause a shortage and send
up the price, this seems no deterrent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

been one of the worst accidents Of the
races by his precaution, and returned to
fly for them in spite of his experience.
He had climbed to 1000 feet to spiral
to earth during his practice stunts.
II put the nose of my ship down in a
dive and at 1000 feet 1 heard pop
which sounded like the swapping of a
WIRE" he said. From then on I can't
say exactly what happened. I had a
definite recollection that the ship
slowed down suddenly. When was
clear Of the plane the parachute didn't
open Immediately. That gave me some
thing to think about. Jerked again
and 1t came open"
Caterpillar Club. aViators forced to use
their parachutes from disabled plane,
as result Of the accident.
williams Stunts on Back.
Another star in the final stunts was
Lieut.. Afford Williams. speed pilot of
the Navy. Williams performed the first
dive of the races upside down, straight
ened out SO feet from the ground and
landed at the conclusion of a flight in
which he established a new mark for
cuted two outside loops from that posi-
ton before making the record.
Eric w. Wood, pilot of Roosevelt Field,
made a new record for consecutive OUT
side loops by turning IA in a single
flight, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
extended his conquestS in aviation to
lighter than-air craft by plotting the
Defender, blimp of the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. fleet. Mrs. Lindbergh, Mrs.
Evangeline Lindbergh, the colonels
mother, and Parmely w. Herrick, son
of the late Ambassador to France, were
in the party Lindbergh took along with
him on the cruise.
Completion of the Los Angeles derby
today brought to an end the long dis
lance derbies of the races, nine OF
which. including the first for women,
were flown in the first few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
OF LABOR
PRAISED BY GREEN
Federation Head Makes Plea
for Study Of Achievements
of Organizations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In Labor day message to the Amer
lean people. William Green, president
Of the American Federation Of Labor,
urged those who have misunderstood
labor" today to study the movement
and base their findings on the rec
ords"
ITO the unorganized," he added, "I
wished to impress upon them the fact
that as long as they remain voiceless in
the affairs Of men they must accept
whatever wages, hours and working
conditions employers may determine
without consultation with them"
Previous Efforts.
He reviewed the efforts of the fedora
ton IN behalf OF compulsory education
laws
When We failed in some of the
States to obtain the necessary legisla-
lion, we were compelled to go to Con-
gress and urge an amendment to the
Constitution giving Congress the right
10 leglslate Tor children" he said.
our plea was TO make the law uni
FORM In all States as children in some
states are being exploited in industry.
we insisted they should be in school
instead CT the workshop as they were
not only being injured physically and
mentally, but We're being used TO manu-
1acture articles that come in competi-
ton with those made by adults in
olher states. which have better protec-
tive laws for children.
Congress answered our plea by al
most unanimous action. We are still
urging the ratification of the amend
ment,"
Hours Are Reduced.
Continuing, Green said that the
hours Of labor had been reduced and
we have established the principle of
the flve-day week, which has made It
possible TO give employment to many
OF those displaced by mass production
in industry"
IA ana more hours day." he added,
they had no time to spend what they
earned II they had anything left after
paying for the necessities of life. But
the American Federation of Labor
changed all this by demanding higher
wages and fewer hours of work With
higher wages and sufficient leisure
money has been spent more freely than
ever before and who can doubt that
tha1 Is the basis OF our prosperity"
Campaigns Are Cited.
He pointed to the efforts of his or
ganization against the white plague,
narcotics, sWeatshops and tenements
and in behalf of seamen, and the Gre
alton OF Department of Labor with
Secretary in the cabinet. and with
women's and children's bureaus as a
part of the department.
This is only brief outline of the
things done by the american Fedora
ton of Labor" he concluded. Yet there
are thousand ana che other improve
ments in our economic life that are to
be credited to its persistent agitation.
Therefore labor has much to be thank
full for on this Labor day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

and the two children had been lost to
sight. Darkness greatly hampered the
work of the rescue party. Had the
accident occurred i'll daylight it Is prob
able that all might have been saved.
A hurried call to the Rockville and
Kensington Fire Departments brought
the firemen, equipped with searchlights,
pulmotors. and other life-saving appar-
atus to the scene, but it was a full
hour before volunteer divers had
brought the three bodies to shore.
Three physicians worked frantically
over the bodies. but in vain. large
crowd had gathered on the banks of
the river, and members of the Rockville
Police Department formed a guard line.
Mr.. Waters is an employe OF the Ma
tional Cash Register Co.'S Rockville
Office. Mr.. Dawson is well known
Rockville attorney and IS a former
States attorney for Montgomery Coun..
ty. Mrs. Waters was a daughter OF
j. Frank Wilson, formerly OF kenslng-
ton, Md, and Mrs. Clara Ray Wilson.
She was a niece of Preston B. Ray,
clerk of the Circuit Court at Rock
vile. Two sisters, Mrs. William L..
Townsend of Kensington and Mrs. Dex-
ter M. Billiard Of Rockville, also sur
vive her.
Funeral services for Mrs. Waters and
her daguhter will be held from their
home in Rockville at 2:30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, the Rev. Henry K.
Pasma officiating Burial will be In
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Myerly Wades Into Hole.
Myerly was drowned earlier in the day
near the same place. He was Wading
in the river in company with Miss Han
nah Butler of Washington, when he
stepped into a deep hole. Neither OF
the party was able to swim, and Miss
Butler, seeing him in difficulty. sum-
moned help. Several persons nearby
dived and made unsuccessful attempts
to save him. His body was recovered an
hour later, but efforts to revive him
with a pulmotor failed.
Myerly was the son Of J. G. Myerly
of Poolesville, Md. Funeral services will
be held from the Poolesville home at
9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will
be at Berryville, Va. Myerly is survived
by two brothers, one of them the Rev.
Stockton Myerly, pastor of the Method
list Church at Colesville. Md, and sis
ter. He was unmarried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
GUNS ROAR AGAIN
0NFAREASTFRONT
China Refuses to AcCede to
Soviets' Rail Control Plan,
Says Wang.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September "A state
ment by c. T. Wang, Chinese foreign
minister, indicating his government
would not accede in one important
point to a Russian move for peace in
Manchuria seemingly has left negotia-
lions to solve the crisis there just where
they were two months ago.
Meanwhile from Mukden came the
first reports of military activity in a
week, an official dispatch noting that
German Consul Hansel of Hardin and
four American newspaper men wit
messed bombardment OF the Chinese
lines by Russian artillery and saw a
Soviet armored train enter Chinese ter
ritory.
Wang Answers Note.
DR.. Wang'S statement was In answer
to the Moscow note OF last Friday,
which indicated willingness to meet
China in drawing up declaration, or
modus viyendi, for the Chinese Eastern
PATHWAY of Manchuria, but insisted that
the head of the directorate Of the Chi
nese Eastern be discharged. DR.. Wang
said China would not consent to replace
the present chairman of the board OF
directors Of the Chinese Eastern.
Early in the negotiations the Russians
insisted the former Russian general
manager Of the road be replaced. The
note of last Friday abandoned. this
noint but continued to insist that the
new chairman of the board be dis
charged, claiming he was at the bottom
Of the present trouble.
WITNESS COMMANDMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Log of Graf Zeppelin
Cruise
BY the Associated Press.
eastern standard ume.)

BY the Associated Press.
eastern standard time.)
Wednesday, August 7.
1879 pm Left Lakehurst,
N. J.
Saturday. August 10.
1888 am.-Arrived Friedrichs-
hafen. completing trip Of 1900
miles In 65 hours and "a min
uteS.
Wednesday. August II.
1924 pm.-Left Friedrichs-
hafen.
Monday, August 10.
Apt a.m.-Landed at Kasumi-
gaura, near Toxic, completing
trip of $3.50 miles in 101 hours
and SO minutes.
Friday, August %.
1:l3 a.m-Left Kasumigaura.
Monday, August rs.
8:11 am. Moored at Los
Angeles, completing $500 miles IN
70 hours and So minutes.
Tuesday, August 81.
2:15 a.m.-Left Los Angeles.
Thursday, August 20.
7:06 a.m.-Landed at Lake
hurst, completing trip Of 2,700
miles In 81 hours and 81 minutes.
Sunday, September 1.
7:18 a.m.-Left Lakehurst for
F,riedrichshafen.
1910 p.m.-Sighted by steamer
Portourno in 67:l5 west longi-
tude, 80 :43 north latitude, about
1886 miles from Lakehurst.
1925 p.m.-Gave position to
Navy Department as 1880 west
and $500 north, about 1870
miles east Of Lakehurst.
Monday, September 2.
las a.m.-Reading operator,
Philadelphia, picked up message
giving position as 46:10 west,
39:06 north, about 1850 miles
east and slightly south Of Lake
hurst.
3 a.m.--Navy heard Graf con-
versing with Germany, appar-
emily moving steadily ahead on
journey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
LEADING SCIENTISTS
GATHER AT CONGRESS
1000 International Psychologists
to Hear 200 Discussions
at Yale Meeting.
~ the Associated Press.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, September g.
The worlds leading psychologists as
sembled at Yale University today for
the ninth international congress Of
psychology. One thousand delegates
were at the opening session, among
them 200 scheduled speakers with topics
embracing important discoveries and
far-reaching experiments.
James Rowland Angel, president Of
Yale and vice president Of the con-
gress, welcomed the delegates, and ].
McKeen Cattell Of New York, president,
made the opening address.
1.-THE objects of the sciences" DR.. Cat
tell said, ARE more ideal than the OBJ
jects OF the churches, their practices
are more Christian. When in the full
ness of time there is family Of the
nations, when each will give according
to it's ability and receive according to
its needs, when war among them will
be as absurd as it would now be for
members of this congress to begin muir
dering each other. This will be due in
no small measure to cooperation among
the scientific men of all nations IL,
their common work.
And it may be that psychology, the
child among the sciences and the
United States, the child among the ma
tions, shall lead them"