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Evening star., 1929-06-09
BY COUNT CARLO sFORZA,
Former Italian Minister for Foreign Affai

Former Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
A S strange result of a war
" fought to strengthen European
II democracy against the auto
4 \ cratic regimes, there has re-
Gently sprung up in France and
In other neighboring countries sort
of artificial intellectual fashion which
makes it smart to belittle the work OF
the great revolutions which destroyed
the old thrones.
There has just appeared in France
book which, written by one of the
ablest living criminal lawyers, Henry
Robert, is nothing less than an impas-
stoned defense of King Louis XVI, be-
headed by his rebellious subjects Janu-
airy II, 1893. :,
So peculiar is the apparently logical
force of this reactionary tide that
American readers probably would be
surprised to learn that in certain re-
cent defenses of the French King the
recent discovery that he was opposed
to the idea of giving help to the Amer
lean Revolution, had been included as
a proof of his craftsmanship. Were
they not" he asked, "rebellious subjects
Of legitimate King" Was it wise to
spread such bad seeds in France
through American contacts?
While books are published and his
torical researches are pursued IN France
to manufacture a new fame for the
unfortunate Louis. another and much
more important work has been pub
lished-the Intimate Diary of Nicholas
II, the last Russian Car.
Striking Parallel.
For anybody who is seriously CONVEX
SAINT with the history of the French
Revolution, this book cannot be read
without a constant reminder of Louis
XVI. so terribly alike, even at the dis
tance of more than a century, seem
the lives, the limitations and the des-
TIMES of these two men. Few parallels
have appeared more striking to me-. IL
is not only a biographical parallel;
much more than two men is involved.
Two dynasties are included-and now
those dynastieS came to an end
In Louis XVI, as in Nicholas II, there
we're no criminal tendencies, no cruel
and base Selfishness, not even bad 1eel-
ings; only, in both, there was sort OF
atrophy of the will, sort OF mental
laziness and opaqueness, which rem
dered useless their native common sense.
which might have been pleasant in
some country squire.
A diary of Louis XVI was also pub
lished in France, in 1873. Strange des-
tiny of books, this one is little known,
even among men of high historical cul-
ture. Otherwise the morbid similarity
of the two collections of pages in which
the last of the Capets lfor his two ana
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drastic. Many of them could be LIBERAL
lied and made more elastic.
There is not, however, space in this
article for adequate consideration OF
what the commission can recommend.
What this article attempts is merely to
make clear the impossibility, as a prac-
tical matter. of taking the eighteenth
amendment out of the Constitution.
|. These essential facts about prohibi-
'tion are not new They are not pre-
sented argumentatively, but merely as
facts.
In the current discussion, oral and
printed, about Mr.. Hoover's commits
sion, and about prohibition In general,
fully nine-tenths Is based on failure
to know the faets here set down.
Evening star., 1929-06-09

w YHEN was a connmuter
~ sometimes went to
wv the station early to
watch the other COM
muters running for the trains
came to know many Of them
by sight.
There were ladies and old
men, infrequent visitors to the
city. who arrived long before
train.ti
There were the business men,
who arrived one minute ahead.
And-just as the gate was
about to sIar-there would come
pilina across the station the
members Of the Just a Little
Late Club.
| used to synpathize with
them at first, supposing them to
be unfortunates who had missed
car or lost their watches.
But after two years Of watch
ing knew different.
The membership of the Just
Little late Club does not
change from day to day. Mem
bership is not a misfortune; it
is a habit. And one of the most
exasperatins habits in the world
"Never be on time," said
Mark Twain. "You waste too
much time waiting for the other
fellow"
He had in mind the enor.
nous membership of the Just a
Little Late Club.
was Iunehine with a friend
the other day wehn a Captain
of industry" passed US. He
began work 20 years ago as an
office boy, and today heads one
Of the great manufacturing con-
Germs Of his city.
"A wonderful fellow" said my
friend. Last year ! had a long
(Fapyri
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These words, written during Herbert
Hoover's goodwill tour of Latin Amer
ica, tell their own story They comprise
the foreword to DR.. Julius Klein's new
book on international business, From
tiers of Trade" and were formulated
when the then PreSident-elect was
rolling down to Rio Mr.. Hoover has
since given vivid expression TO his
esteem of Julius Klein's merits by ele-
waiting him to the Assistant Secretary
ship of the Department of Commerce.
Few, if any, of the Presidents admin
istrative appointments have struck tht
country as more appropriate or more
deserved, for the story of the rise of the
Department of Commerce from small
beginnings eight years ago to its present
vast eminence is. in large part, tn
record of Julius Klein at Washington
Like Hoover Klein entered the depart
ment when it was practically the Gin
derella of the executive branch. 1t was
a going concern, but not going very
fast. 1t had been performing the re-
spohsible duties assigned to it faithfully
enough for the previous ID years, but
with no distinguishing vigor. The
American business world knew of the
departments existence, but was not re-
lying upon its agencies to any apprt-
ciable degree as a mechanism for COM
mercial expansion.
Then came 1921. and Herbert Hoover
The Californian knew the opportunities
awaiting the development in the De-
partment of Commerce and was con-
scious of his capacity to take advan-
tage of them. provided he had the right
kind of cooperating material at his
elbow. He sent out conhdentlal
S o S to the business captains of the
country. He said. in particular, that he
was looking for director of the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce-the real spearhead of the de-
partment.
Half dozen young men of promise
were brought to Secretary Hoovers at
tention. One of them was young
instructor in Latin American history
and economics at Harvard-himself
Harvard, '13 His name was Julius
Klein. He was 35 years old. Hoover
looked them all over, let it promptly be
known that he liked the cut Of the
young Harvard don's jib, and prevailed
urCn him, without further ado to
enter the service of the Commerce De-
partment in command of its major
activity.
Trade Promotion Agency.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, of which DR.. Klein was put
in charge. is the trade promotion agency
OF the United States Government. The
bureau has Sc foreign offices, scattered
all over the globe and situated for the
most part in the worlds chief CONNER
rial centerS
Evening star., 1929-06-09

When the Hoover-Klein organizing
hand was applied to the Department of
Commerce in 1921 the number of daily
services rendered to American business
averaged about TOO. At present these
have increased to 1000 every working
day. No other single branch of the far
flung Federal system approximates IN
expansion this fabulous growth in activ-
ity. 1t explains the necessity of con-
structing the new 1,000-foot long S17,-
100000 Department of Commerce Build
ing-the largest Government office in
the United States-of which President
Hoover will lay the corner stone to-
morrow.
DR.. Klein has been the official chiefly
and directly concerned with the devel-
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opment of the departments daily serv-
ices. He is proud of what he calls the
significant feature of this great and
ever-rising tide of Nationwide inter-
est in oversea commerce"-namely that
the bulk of this endless shoal of queries
originates with small American mer-
chants and manufacturers to a degree
undreamed of even few years ago.
1T would SEEM DR.. Klein says, that
today, as never before in the Nations
history, our foreign economic relations
are the direct concern of vast numbers
of our citizens, and not simply of few
leaders in commerce, finance and pub
lie affairs
Though an economist and educator by
profession, Julius Klein is about as far
Evening star., 1929-06-09
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

- INCE The becinntno OF The WorId Wnr
the trade relations OF the morld haze
passed through great CRISIS, and
III many iUdyS great revolution.
our country came through this
- ordeal stronger IN its foreign trade
than euer before. There is no
single man in our country Uho has con-
tributed more to this wordertul accom- pltSh-
mert than Dr.. julius Klein. He has otUen
to this Seruice nearly eight years OF his life
at a large personal sacrifice. There is no
one so able to present this record or aDhoSe
judgment OF plans for the future is so neil
grounded. HERBERT HOOVER.
L. s. S MnyUIdnd
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Continued on Fourth Pase)
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SCOPE OF HOOVER'S LAW.
COMMISSION is DEFINED
Group Can Recommend Repeal of Dry
Amendment, but Action i'm This
Generation Is Impossible.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

. RESIDENT HOOVERS commits
- sion to study law enforcement
is at work. 1t will study, among
4 other things, prohibition. Many
Evening star., 1929-06-09

Ratified by as States.
It is most important that the reader,
if he wants to be clear in his mind
about this question, should understand
the dificulty-the impossibility as a
practical matter-of taking the eight
eenth amendment out of the Constitu-
ton. To understand this there is no
better way than to reflect upon the
following facts:
To get prohibition into the Constitu-
tion-that is, to pass the existing pro-
hibition amendment--it was necessary
for the drys to control three fourths, or
36 out of the 48 States. Actually the
drys did control as out of the 48 States,
and as Of the States ratified the amend
nsnt.) But to keep prohibition in the
Constitution-tl1at is. to prevent a new
change in the Constitution-the drys
need to control only one more than one
fourth, or l3 out of the 48 States.
- This-chauge- in the. strategic position
Evening star., 1929-06-09

(Copyright, 1920
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
Revolving Door Trick Must Stop IN
Chicago; Police Are Whirled Dizzy

There also, unfortunately. IS : Ts-
volving door y the tdstective bureau.
After Hendricas had been booked. ro-
licemen uetnts and sandhsim start
Cd With him 70 tn detaution home.
Officer Glm6he1D sbepped 1ralae
the revolving dor 1irst, Next came
Hendr3c1A the p6iDoner. OffloGE
Kleint1 Wait~' t,is turn, lntonding a
enter the compaS St1nent bohand Hond-
rick1.
Hall NY throueh, Handrtcls eave
the dor = vtnlsnt pn1h, 0eflnsE
oundho1m. in1too1 of GeopptnS oRone-
tully ollt. Woe m1t1y Wene-gog1a6 ponl
III ooGltnat3cn asnd TO tn 1loo
inside u hureeal at his feilGN ocI9r
ECors1 look U1ndeic1p u,ooNW1l1lo. vo1
a ~ Ny, 1leetly. 1cyn ~ ayonpl
| 20 os',ss:s -: - |: + = -: -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
Inez Gontka Acquitted by jury
|ONE. MAN HIGHWAY COMMISSION
FOR N. D. IS bonner OBJECTIVE
Biggest Maker of
Corn Cob Pipe Is
Dead at Age of 20

Oakland. Calf, Jan. l8.-(R,-prep-
arations were being made here today
for the funeral Of Anton A. Tibbe.
father Of the modern corn cob pipe
and the man who put Washington,
Mo-. on the map q capital Of the
cob pipe or Missouri meerschaum"
industry.
He died wednesday ut the age Of 20.
Mr.. Tibbe's father, . wood worker,
hit on the value Of corn cob pipes
half century ago while accommo-
d..ting neighbor. who asked him to
bore out m extra large cob with his
lathe. and fashion him q pipe. The
elder Tibbe realized the novelty Of
the pipe and carried on q small pipe
manufacturing business, but It re-
mAined for his son to put the bust.
ness over In q big way.
Nearly 10000 acres Of Franklin
county, Mo-. land now are devoted to
raising the large cobs essential to the
industry, and several million cob pipes
are manufactured at washington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
AND union
HUDDLE OVER GRAIN
STORAGE MEASURE


The Nonpartisan League and the
Farmer Union last night went into
. two and one-half hours session over
the proposed bill Of the Farmers
Union for q grain storage plan.
The bill, scheduled for Introduction
In the house Thursday following q
meeting for final working out and
wording Of the bill the night before,
was not introduced and came up for
q long discussion at last nights meet
ing.
Leaders Of the Farmers Union are
encountering difficulty in wording
their bill to satisfy the farmer mem.
bers Of the legislature. While many
Of these farmers are members Of the
union, they are dubious ahoslt the
exact shaping Of measure 70 con-
troll grain storage on the farms.
Any such measure drawn must Be
for the protection and aid Of the In
dividual farmer. they maintain. De-
cision must be left In his hands -
to the time for disposal Of his grain
and the bill must be designed to give
him freedom Of choice and not make
him liable to dictation from any
group or organization In his sales.
they point out.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
DESPERATE ADMITS
THREE SLAYlNCS IN
LONG crime CAREER
contesses Killing Three Texas
Policemen but Denies Colo.
rado Assassinations
HIS PAL REFUSES TO SPEAK
Youthful Pair Held by Buffalo
Officials implicated In Eight
Murders in Southwest
HIS PAL REFUSES 70 sPEA

Buffalo, N. T., Jan. 1s-(AP)-
Clyde Roberts, better known as Whit
ey Walker, one Of two men arrested
by Buffalo police in connection with
murders and robberies alleged to
have been committed by the Ace
Pendleton gang in the southwest,
broke down today and according to
Detective Chief Reville, confessed to
three killings.
According to the police, Walker,
who says his correct name is William
J. Walker, admitted to the Staying
in Berger, Texas, Of Patrick Kenyon
and Elmer Perry, deputy sheriffs,
on April !, 1877. with him at the
time, he said, was his brother, and
an Ed. Bailey. Walker says he was
arrested for that crime and held on
bonds Of SIS, 900, but jumped his bail
4 Walker also was said BY police tc
have admitted the killing Of Coke
Buchanan, . policeman, at Stannett
Texas, March 1, 1927.
Denies Coleeado Deaths
The prisoner denied all knowledge
Of Colorado slayings Of which he has
been accused.
Walker was arrested in Fort
Worth, Texas, in September, 1927,
he told police, for robbing the Stock
Yard National bank, and again II
Cote, Wyoming, March 10, 1928, but
escaped. The prisoner said his first
arrest was In Oklahoma In 1917
when he served five years for the
theft Of an automobile.
Detective Chief Reville said that
Walker admitted passing forged
money orders Of the American Ex-
press company.
Walker says he is . native Of Mi
Ian county, Texas, and was born ir
1901.
Are Widely Wanted
Fred Nave, held here with Walker
and also wanted in many cities 4iit
towns for crimes Of various sorts, te.
fused to make any admfssiotil: r, !,
While the questioning of the pan
was under way, q telegram came
from Fred Bowels, sheriff Of Pom.
totoc county, Oklahoma. It stated
that Walker was wanted ~ the lead.
er of the gang that held up bank
at Allen, Okla.
kilograms, letters and telephone
calls continu. to pour into detective
headquarters from all parts Of the
southwest. More cities continued ia
be heard from and in most cases
Walker and Nave seem to be wanted
mainly for Slaying.
The pair, police say. are impli.
Gated in eight killings. Daylight rob-
berries Of banks seem to have been
their forte.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18

Chicago, Jan. la-(R3-Word has
gone out to Chicago policemen that
this revolving door trick must b
stopped. 4
A prisoner escaped several weeks
sago by the simple expedient Of going
all tn WY around In . revuly1ng
door while bis captors stopped inside.
10 his credit, the prisoner sa,rron-
oorod tl1o mkt dny. explaining TINT
s... sns IT, had caussd his cousetsncs 70
y Il would have been : c3ooed Ind.
dent hod not Jack Hon6ric1u hold up
= loop restaurant last u1oht md got-
tan hlmoelf III tangled up IN tto
pus1ine pogtal& ~ ha woS abclt q
exit With his ~ eottsn eo1na ftom the
Harding restauraut - 6ot1th WaboSh
Ave.. 4 clark eei1ed Inc oo0r. ana hGld
H1ndE3cks imrri.oned ;,ntil pollce ~
yiv1d
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
DRY Up KANSAS IS
GOVERNORS ORDER
forum CRUSADERS
Vocal Tempest Raised by Appli.
cation Of Beer State Term
to Stronghold Of Drys

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 19.-(F) String
ent efforts to dry up Kansas. where
state prohibition has been in effect
for nearly . half century. have been
inaugurated under. the leadership Of
the new chief executive. Governor
Clyde NJ. Reed, and The state capital
already has felt the crusade.
Ra5dtng squads Of federal and state
prohibition officers launched into &C.
tion hero Wednesday and 10 arrests
were made. Announcement followed
that ratding would continue until the
town was dried up.
Given assurance that the legisla-
ture was ready to take up his proposal
for q special fund Of 100000 to be
expended under his direction for dry
work. the executive has turned to the
state law enforcement machinery to
put his ideas into effect.
Directs Enforcement Order
Following q lengthy conference
with the governor yesterday, Attor-
ney General william A. Smith direct
ed personal letters to ell county attor-
neys advising them that they were
expected to vigorously enforce the
prohibition laws.
The letter directed the county at
torneys to warn all hotel managers
that violations would be prosecuted
regardless Of standing.
This followed the governors pre-
inaugural warning that repetition Of
the wet" parties allegedly staged in
Topeka hotels by lobbyists and at
tended by members Of the legislature
would not be tolerated. He advised
hotels to be on their guard to prevent
such repetitions.
Called 'Beer State
The governor appealed to the leg
islature for funds immediately fol-
lowing his inaugural this week, and
his message was almost co-incident
with publication in . national maga-
zine Of an article calling Kansas .
beer state" designation which has
been resented and denied by federal
officers, state officials and editors
here and over the state.
Governor Reed himself declared
conditions were not a. bad as pictured
in the article which referred to KAN
sas as one Of the wettest states In the
union.
Kansas voted itself dry in 1881, be-
Ing preceded only by Maine In de-
clartng Tor prohibition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
North Dakota Ignite
Briquet Rates Made

New intrastate rates on Ignite bri-
Quettes from Lehigh. N. D.. to points
On the Great Northern and 500 line
railroads Viz the Northern Pacific
have been established by the state
railroad board. effective January -.
Local rates on the Northern Pacific
became effective October l. The new
rates are joint-line schedules ana ore
the same - rates on soft coal bril-
qaette rates from the head Of the
lakes TO North Dakota. They are Z
substantial reduction over former In.
trastate rates on these shipments.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
Judge States Case !
WITHOUT PARALLEL
IN NORTHWEST LAW
Only instance Where Child Has
Killed Parent and Not Plead.
ed Some Form Of Insanity
JURY DELIBERATES2 Fl HOURS
Freed Farm Girl 10 Placed ID
Charge Of the North Dakota !,
children's Bureau BY Court

Inez 0ontka, 17.year.old GIRL ol
Emmons county. was acquitted by Z
jury after n hours deltberation In the
district court here this morning on the
charge Of the murder Of her father.
Charles H. Gontka, well-to-do farmer
Of the Hazelton neighborhood, last
September 3.
The case. according to Judge Fred
Jansonius. who presided. Is without
parallel In the entire northwest. He
said that to his knowledge 1t was the
only case in this territory where =
child had killed Z parent and not
pleaded some form Of insanity.
In the case Of lnex Oontka," the
Judge said. "the plea was justifiAhle
homicide and 1t was shown that the
cruel treatment Of the defendant and
other members Of the family by the
slain man all through their lives had
provoked In the defendant q great
fear Of him which prompted tho
shooting. After beating her on the
day Of the tragedy he had threatened
to beat her to death or shoot her. Her
plea Of, I shot to XIII. feeling that It
was his life or mine evidently was
considered well substantiatod In the
evidence Of the trial Of . week BY the
jury"
Future % Ne Guarded
The acquitted girl has been placed
In the custody Of the North Dakota
children's bureau. The bureau win
be instructed that they arc to pass
on all employment which the GIRL may
take for an indefinite period. '"Too
often for mercenary reasons" judge
Jansonius said, - girl who has re.
ceived the notoriety which 1nex Cont
ka has, Is employed where she should
not b for her own good ana which
would not be . proper environment ;
II was Tor that reeson the girl Was
placed In the custody Of the childreu1
bureaus, the Judge skplniGlodsls.. sls.. =. .s- 4 &
The case went to the jury at Thurs
day noon and they brought Ia their
verdict at 9:35 this morning.
Told Cruelty Story
The girl told . story Of cruelty 70
her and other members Of the Ooutka
family BY her father when she took
the witness stand In her defense.
She admitted shooting him and
taking the body In q wheelbarrow to
. creek. where 1t was found BY neigh.
bors three days later. She said she
Killed him In self defense, while the
state charged the slaying was plotted
BY 1nex and other children Of the
Gontka family in IN effort to gaiu
control OF. their fathers property. ana
because Of his treatment Of them.
Judge Jansonius instructed the Jury
that . verdict Of flrst degree murder
could not b returned because testi-
mony did not support II. Premedita-
ton With . design to effect death had
not been shown, he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-18
IZaak Walton Group
COnvenes Sunday to
Consider Pheasants

Members Of the Burleigh county
chapter Of the 1zaak Walton League
Of America viii meet at the Grand
Pacific hotel at p. m. Sunday to
consider the pheasant situation In the
district, according to o. w. Roberts,
president.
All subscribers to the pheasant fund
are urged especially to attend the
meeting.
Notices Of the meeting have been
sent to $50 members Of the local or
ganixation and local officials expect
more than IS to attend the affair.