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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
EDGE TO DISCUSS 4.
CANAL IN FORUM.
New Jersey Senator to Talk
on Nicaraguan Project Over
WMAL Tomorrow Night.

The proposal for the construction Of
an interoceanic canal through Nicara-
qua will be discussed in the Nationa
Radio Forum arranged by The Star ant
sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast
ing System by Senator Walter e. Edg
of New Jersey over Station WMAL
$3.50 pm. tomorrow. Senator Edge l.
the author Of the resolution put through
the last Congress providing for sur.
vey OF the Nicaraguan canal route.
Congress has authorized an expenditure
OF $l5O,O0O to make this survey. AL
ready a regiment of American engineers
is under orders to proceed to Nicara-
qua for the survey. It may require two
years to complete the job.
The ever-increasing use of the Pan
anna Canal indicates that before many
years have passed the connecting link
between the Atlantic and the Pacific
Oceans will have reached and passed
its full capacity for commerce. The
situation was called to the attention of
Congress by Senator Edge when he Of
fered his resolution providing for a
survey OF the Nicaraguan canal route.
Under treaty with Nicaragua the United
States possesses the right to develop
tAIAo dOuAt1OLldl 1I1UGTOCchIllC CdtldI. FEIOT
TO the decision Of Congress to build the
Panama Canal the proposal for the
construction Of q. Nicaraguan canal had
been strongly advocated. Indeed, the
dream of Nicaraguan canal dates back
several centuries.
Senator Edge, who is soon to retire
from the Senate to become the Ameri-
can Ambassador In Paris, has made q
thorough study of the whole question
relating to the projected Nicaraguan
canal. The New Jersey Senator has
had wide experience in public ONCE. He
was elected Governor of New Jersey In
1916. Three years later he was chosen
for the United States Senate and in
1924 he was reelected to the Senate
with a plurality of 276,O00 votes. He Is
a stanch supporter of President Hoover
and his administration. AS a member
of the Senate finance committee he has
had an active part in the consideration
OF the pending tariff bill, and it is his
purpose to remain in the Senate until
after that measure has passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
Jury IS WEIGHING
PANTAGES HEARING
venire Locked in Hotel
Rooms After DeIiberating
Two and Half Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 25.-The
fate of Mrs. Lois Pantages, wife OF
Alexander T. PantageS, who recently
sold his vaudeville theater interests for
5000, 600, rested today with jury
sworn to weigh the evidence presented
at the Second-degree murder trial and
for the death OF Juro Rokumoto, a
japanese gardener. as result of an
automobile collision.
After three weeks of testimony and
arguments and Is minutes of instruc-
ton from Superior Judge Carlos Hardy
the seven men and five women took the
case at 4:45 pm. yesterday. Four
hours later they retired to their hotel
rooms under guard to rest.
Juror Becomes Ill.
The retirement was ordered by the
! court after Brod F. Petrie, a retired
Montana cattleman and juror No. 4,
had reported he was too i'll to continue
further the discussion of evidence. Two
hours and 80 minutes had been spent
in actual elaboration.
Bailiffs said Petrie suffered extreme
fatigue, but would be able to carry on
after a nights sleep. Other jurors were
tired and worn. No indication of the
status of the discussion at the close
of last nights elaboration was given
The trial was closed by Deputy Dis
trlct Attorney James P. Costello, a vet
eran Of the district attorneys staff and
head Of the prosecution, who made an
imprisoned plea for conviction and
recommendation Of the maximum pen
alty-from five years to life in San
Quentin Penitentiary. Costello charged
Mrs. PantageS was intoxicated when
she drove her automobile into that of
Rokumoto on June 16 and that his in
jury and subsequent death was her
responsibility.
I'VE have heard there is one. law for
the rich and another for the poor"
Costello said. by your verdict we
shall See."
Powerful Plea Made.
Max steuer of New York, chief coun-
sci for the defense, closed his case with
powerful plea for acquittal.
Mrs Pantages is being prosecuted
because she is a rich woman" he de-
clared. Then he outlined the defense
case, dwelling on a contention bolStered
by five medical experts that an anes-
an operation caused his death. He
closed with an admonition to the jury
that they might not permit Costello's
oratory to erase from their minds the
facts"
Judge Hardy charged the jury with
responsibility of deciding the truth of
testimony and its weight. He outlined
for 1t the possible verdicts and recon-
mended sentences with each conviction
His instructions were closed with an
outline of the law involved.
If you are satisfied that the de-
PENDANT unlawfully caused an automo-
bile which she was driving to collide
with that of Juro Rokumoto; that the
deceased was thereby injured and
thereafter died, and that those injuries
did contribute to death, although other
causes also may have contributed,
instruct you the casual connection be-
tween the unlawful act and the death
of the japanese has been made out
and 1t will become your duty to find the
defendant criminally responsible" he
directed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
FREED OF BRIDE CHARGE.
Former Prosecutor in Missouri
Acquitted on Technicality.

CLAYTON, Mo, September 25 DR.
A directed verdict of acquittal, freeing
Fred E. Mueller, former prosecuting at
torney of st. Louis County, of a charge
of accepting bride while in office. was
returned by a jury in Circuit Court
yesterday when Judge Nolte sustained
a defense demurrer that the charge
had been brought under the wrong
statute.
The chief witness for the prosecution,
peace of Maplewood. had testified that
re gave Mueller 5000 bride to dismiss
a liquor possession charge against
Edgar z. Horn and that Mueller had
kept him informed of the proceedings of
the grand jury which indicted Fielder
on four other charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
FISHERMAN FINDS BODY
OF MISSING YOUTH
Long Search for William Reed of
New Haven, Ends at Bar Har-
Dor, Ne.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BAR HARBOR. Me, September Is
The body Of william Reed, 10 years old,
son Of Prof. and Mrs. Elmer Bliss Reed
Of New Haven, Conn.,, who had been
missing since September 10, was found
in Frenhhman's Bay near Egg Rock
Light today by a lobster fisherman
Young Reed was last seen when he
sailed from Little Cots Island in his
small sloop for the family's home AZ
Hancock point.
A search of more than q week was
conducted for Reed by $50 lobster boats.
2 private yachts and 2 seaplanes, but
the only discovery was a duffel bag
containing a chart and articles of
clothing washed ashore near Winter
Harbor.
The location Of the body, coupled
with the notation "l5 Egg Rock Light"
on the chart, indicated, according to
sailors, that Reed was near the light, a
short 2 miles from Bar Harbor and
safety, when the gale on September 10
strurk his l9-foot sloop and capsized 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
MISS B0NDFIELD OUT.

LONDON, September IS (P).-Mar-
garet Bondf1eld, secretary of labor, hob
bled into No. 10 Downing street today
with the aid of nurse and chauffeur,
to attend the last cabinet meeting be-
fore Prime Minister MacDenald's de-
parture for the United States.
It was the first time that Miss Bond
field has been out since she broke her
ankle several weeks ago while on holi-
day in Cornwall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
MUSCLE SHOALS LINES
REPORTED EXTENDED
Alabama Power Company Is Said
to Be Planning to Enter
Tennessee.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, September IS,
The Alabama Journal said yesterday
the Tennessee Power & Electric Co. Is
constructing a transmission. line from
the Governments hydro-electric plants
at Muscle Shoals to the Tennessee
boundary for the purpose of diverting
electric current to points in that State.
The project was confirmed by the
Alabama Public Service Commission,
the Journal said. although no applica-
ton for permission to construct lines
IN the State has been filed with the
commission.
Under a contract with the War De-
partment the Alabama Power Co. has
been utilizing power generated at the
plants for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
Colonies Are Named.

Announcement is made at the War
Department of the promotion to the
grade of colonel of Lieut.. Col. Frederick
M. Jones and Charles o. Thomas, jr.,
Cavalry; Lieut.. Col William H. Clopton,
jr., finance department, and Lieut.. Coils.
John A. Wagner, Henry Gibbins and
Edmund r. Tompkins, Quartermaster
CORDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
WAGGONER LAYS
ARREST TO "SL|P"
Agency Told Secret of New
York Banks, Says Colo
RADIO SWindIer.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., September 25.-
Failure of a detective agency to keep
quiet in compliance with wishes Of the
six New York banks he duped cost him
his freedom, C. D. Waggoner, Telluride,
Colo, bank president, was quoted as
saying in a special dispatch to the
Associated Press filed yesterday in Chi
cago by one OF his guards on his jour-
ney to New York.
The guard quoted Waggoner as say
ing the New York financial institutions
did not want news they had been
swindled of a half million dollars to
reach the press, but that a detective
agency working on the case spilled the
beans" and in so doing, indirectly
caused his arrest.
Blamed for Capture.
Waggoner believes he would have his
freedom had 1t not been for this slip, as
he claims the New York banks were at
tempting to keep quiet the fact they
had been outwitted by a small-town
banker.
The telegram stated Waggoner said
he did not plan to plead guilty at his
trial in New York, but would work for
the lightest sentence possible.
The banker also told his guards he
knows $4,000 of the $495, 900 he OBJ
tanned from the New York institutions
reached the Telluride bank.
Waggoner was to reach New York
about $50 pm. today. His wife and
son went to New York last week to ap-
pear before the Federal grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
TONG WAR BREAKS our.
Three Mortally Wounded and
Eight Injured in Clash at Havana.

HAVANA. September IS P).-Tong
war outbreaks here today resulted in the
mortal wounding of three and injuries
to eight Squads of policemen patrolled
the six-block Oriental district last night.
Police attributed recent outbreaks to
politics and disorders in China, which
we're reflected in opposition camps Of
Chinese residents In Havana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
Will Rogers
Says:

CIMARRON, N. Mex.-Here's your
real cattle country; here's where
Charles Dawes comes out and fishes,
and people thought it was necessary
not only for our President to come
West and fish, but even the Vice
President.
see where the President has
asked Senator Howell to- bring
him in some proof that the people
in Washington was drinking. Well,
everything works 20 the advantage
of somebody. Look what that will
do for the truckmen, If Howell de-
cides to haul the empty bottles up
TO the White House to show him.
Course. If Howell don't want to pay
or all that trucking, he can just
AXE up some other Congressman.
In a recent month nearly $4,000, 00C
CARS were shipped from the Philip
lines to the United States.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17

lit clear that he has no intention of endeavoring to handle sur
plus production SO as to make the tariff on wheat effective
He also stated that the primary thing the board figures on
doing is to get the farmers to reduce their acreage and here
by eliminate or at least reduce the surplus" Mr.. McKelvie
was severely criticised when he indicated that the board
would dc nothing in regard to the 1929 wheat crop.
Farm leaders are greatly disappointed over the board
Interpretation of the farm marketing law as expressed by the
members during the examination before the senate commit
lee. 1t now seems clear that the board does not intend to do
anything more than assist co-operatives in an orderly market
ing program SO that they may get the best average price OBJ
tainable on the world market basis. 1t will make no effort to
so handle Sterilization corporations that the tariff may be
made effective on crops of which this country produces an
exportable surplus. A number of the farm leaders take the
position that this is a very narrow Interpretation of the law
and that the board is not taking a full advantage of the provi-
sions of the act to aid agriculture.
This stand of the farm board is apparently having the
effect of squirting on the advocates of the export debenture
plan and it now seems certain that the farm bloc in the senate
will try to tack the debenture provision onto the tariff meas
ure. Bloc members take the stand that inasmuch as the ex-
port debenture plan would simply make the tariff effective
on our exportable surplus the logical place for it is as a part
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17
CAUSES OF CRIME

81, homes are RECOGNIZED as the largest contributing
factors in the crime wave that is perpexing the nation To-Day
AT least such is the case II records OF the Indiana KefofHa'oiy
at Pendleton, may be taken as criterion.
Records of that institution reveal much interesting Data
concerning the juvenile inmates imprisoned there which, "ine
they cannot be definitely classified as causes OF CRIME clearly
.boyv the tendencies that work for or against the youth OF
today.
DURING the last 20 years 10000 young men between the
aoes Of eiobteen and twenty-five years have been admitted to
this particular reformatory.
More than IS per cent of them came from broken homes
,.bare the father and mother Sc oarated and were remarked.
Only one per cent Of Indiana population cannot read or
,.ute b,t that one Der cent furnishes 81 per cent OF the IN
mates Of that institution. Only one college graduate and only
fifteen high school graduates were listed among those unfof-
tunate 10000.
1t is interesting to note tina not a single Boy Scout has ev
er been sent to the retonnatory.
Only four per cent Of the "a, 900 prisoners belonged to a
church. The percentage Of negroes and foreigners IS very
low. most of the criminals being every day Americans, born
and reared in the country
These figures should mean something to every good cit
izen. The fact that broken homes breed crime places the
person who breaks up a home among the enemies or society
and the man or woman guilty Of such a wrong should be
punishd as a criminal.
The Boy Scout movement looms as a powerful agency
for good and should be accorded the moral and financial back
ing Of every public spirited citizen.
The influence of the church seems to be 90 per cent
effective, in spite OF the apparently studied tendency OF today
to picture the church going public as hypocrtes and double
dealers. To oppose our own churches is to encourage CRIME.
Thus we have four splendid ways to discourage crime
lessen divorce, support education. encourage the Boy Scout
movement and hold in respect and reverence those moral and
spiritual agencies-the Christian churches Of America-which
are never wavering in their efforts to lift up and show the way
to the better things of life.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17
DEAR, N D RUSSIA

Many American newspapers of wide circulation and
many public men of more or less eminence are continually
telling us that the Russian Soviet government is a lover and
promoter OF peace and that the United States should recognize
the Communist government and resume diplomatic relat-
tions with Russia.
We wonder how they would like the pronunciamento re-
Gently printed by the Daily Worker, N. Y, national organ
of the Moscow-controned communists party in the u. S.,
which clearly and explicitly laid down a program leading up
to a red revolution in the United States.
The communist ukase in detail tells the American
communist how to proceed in planting small groups Of their
fellows in all key industries of America where sabotage could
quickly reduce American life to chaos. Small groups of
1evolutionaries in the principal shipyards, arsenals, chemical
plants, railroads, factories and public utilities, acting in con-
cert at a given signal are to start a revolution that it is ex-
rected will quickly give them control of the country.
In the face of such a publicity announced program,
many magazines, newspapers and politicians are persist
emily urging that the Soviet government shall be recognized
by us and at the same time trying to lul American public
sentiment to sleep. If this isn't playing with FIRE, what is?
Dawson County Review.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17
QUIZZING THE FARM BOARD

lnestigation of the personnel of the federal farm board
by the agricultural committee of the senate has been CONFLICT
ed and it remains to be seen whether or not any serious oppo-
sition to any of the members will develop on the floor of the
senate. Chairman Legge seems to have held his own before
the senate committee. At one stage of the proceedings one
of the senators declared very emphaticaUv that he could NOT
see why the board had accomplished so little in the three
months 1t has been functioning. MIR. Legge responded that
since the senate has not been able to make any particular
progress with the farm question in eight years of effort he
hoped the senators would not expect too much of the hoard
in three months.
Samuel McKelvie of Nebraska, the wheat member Of the
board and Carl Williams of Oklahoma, representing cotton,
seem to have made a rather unfavorable impression on the
senate committee. Mr.. McKelvie. whose anno;ntaan. Ii
previously drawn fire from groups, was more o,tanoLen
than any other members Of the board in stating that the pur-
pose OF the board is to assist marketing organizations 70 aa-
oihze prlce OF farm crops within the range of natural de-
Prce level higher than the world level Mr.. McKelv;e made
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17
GOOD ROADS and ADVERTISING

Many a city has learned. to its great advantage. that good
roads and advertising are two of the important factors in it's
upbuildng. Dickinson is alive to the value of better roads
and another year will undoubtedly see a marked improve
ment in the travel facilities afforded the residents of the ter
ritory for which this city is the natural trade center.
The advertising will follow many channels. One of these
channels runs through the city, and from east to west.
stretching from New York to Seattle. Westerners driving
back east to visit old homes meet here and converse with
tourists bound for Yellowstone or Glacier park or for Seattle
or Vancouver. Cars hailing from many states are parked
|elong our business streets during the summer months. Cars
from Massachusetts, Georgia, Michigan, California, and
Oklahoma may stand SIDE by side. In a few weeks the
drivers of these cars will be back in the home states reporting
on what they saw and how they were treated in Dickinson
and Western Press.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-10-17

of the tariff measure. This maneuver would palce congress
men who favor the tariff but oppose the export debenture in
a rather embarrassing position-Montan Farmer.
Evening star., 1929-07-02
Detectives Guard Home of Mccormick
During Visit of Mathilde and Children

cautions being taken since the arrival of
Mrs. Oser, her husband and their chill
dren.
Shortly after their arrival at New
York May 20 from Switzerland the Oser
children were taken to see their great
grandfather, John d. Rockefeller. The
children are beneficiaries under a trust
fund Of many million dollars established
by the elder Rockefeller and assigned to
the administration of their grand
mother, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor-
mick
Mrs. Mccormick opposed the mar
riage Of her daughter to the Swiss rid
ing master Oser, and had not seen her
since that time until last week. when
Mrs. Oser visited her mothers Lake
Shore Drive home
Evening star., 1929-07-02

By. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, july 2.-Private detectives
are guarding the Gold Coast home Of
Harold r. Mccormick while he is host
to his daughter, Mathilde, her husband.
Max Oser, and their two small children,
Anita, 4, and Peter Max, not quite 8.
Presence of the guards has given rise
to reports that o plot to kidnap the
children Is feared. but at the Mccormick
home and at police headquarters 1t was
stated today that no threats Of any kind
had been received.
John p. Siege, deputy police commits
sioner said private detectives were con-
stantly on guard at the Mccormick
home, even when the place was vacant.
He had not heard of any additional pre-
Evening star., 1929-07-02
DRY AGENTS HELD
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Two Accused of Conveying
Fleet of Trucks on
Long Island.

1y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Two Federal
prohibition agents were under arrest to-
day accused Of conveying q fleet Of
liquor trucks on long Island
The agents, John j. kerrtgan and
John j. Calnan. were held in $4,000
bail each, after Deputy Sheriff william
Lindsay Of Pecoric, N. T., told . United
States commissioner he found them es-
corting q caravan of Ave trucks through
Riverhead, N. Y, on the night OF
June 10.
Lindsay said he stopped three large
trucks and two smaller ones on the
Nassau County road. Kerrigan and
Calnan alighted from q coupe, which
was fourth in the procession, and ex-
planned they were eScorting liquor
seizure to the Army base in BROOKLYN
While the deputy was talking with the
agents the two smaller trucks and the
drivers Of the three large ones escaped.
Both agents were suspended pending
outcome Of the charges. United States
Attorney Ameli Of Brooklyn said they
would be prosecuted under the Jones
law for transporting liquor.
Evening star., 1929-07-02
KENTUCKY IS HIT
. BY HEAVY STORMS
Lightning Kills Youth, Water
Forces Score of Families
From Homes.

BY The Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY. July 2.-Storms
in Central and Eastern Kentucky late
yesterday forced twoscore or more
families from their homes, washed away
several bridges and lightning took the
life Of o high school boy.
At Carlisle, Brushy Fork rose rapidly
after a heavy downpour and flooded
some so dwellings and the Easements Of
many business establishments.
Benjamin Powers, 20, was killed by
lightning at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Lindelle.
Damage to crops and outbuildings es-
timated as high as 500, 900 was caused
Evening star., 1929-07-02
POSSE "SH0OTS 1T OUT"
WITH LONE DESPERATE
Murderer of Miner Slain After
Twelve-Hour Stand in Bar
ricaded Cabin.
Nx the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, July 2.-"Black
Jack" Rowden, wanted for the Staying
of q miner, was shot to death yesterday
by Sheriff Floyd Brewer in the cabin
from which he had stood OF posse fol-
IA hours.
Pend O'Reille County officers sur
rounded his cabin In the wild country
of Metaline Falls, near the Canadian
border, following the killing OF Harry
Friendiund, and Sheriff Harry Fox OF
Newport called to him to give up.
''You are getting paid for your time
and / am not" Rowden, gun in hand
retorted from his barricaded shack. III
you want me you viii have to shoot ii
out"
Evening star., 1929-07-02
BRITISH AND GERMAN FILM
GROUPS SIGN AGREEMENT
Alliance Is Reported in London as
Means of Fighting u. 8. Domi-
nation of Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 2.-London morning
papers today said the much -talked-o1
agreement between British and Ger
man film groups had been signed, with
capital involved amounting to approx
imately ESQ ,000, 900, or 5000, 10000
The new alliance is said to be be-
tween the British Talking Pictures
Ltd, and Klangfilms Tobis Of Berlin
and Amsterdam, the aim being to "es-
tablish q united European front against
domination of American interests"