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The Washington times., 1933-04-03
DIGGER
BARES CULT
Staying
Reveals Story of Killing of
"FaithIess Wife," But Says
Mt Was Not Murder"

MARTINEZ, Cal, April 8
GNSD.-One of the two grave
diggers who heaped dirt upon
Mrs. Celina Navarro, q, buried
alive because she had broken the
rules of a weird Oriental cult, to-
day told Sheriff r. R. Veale, Of
Contra Costa county how the
voodoo burial rite was carried out
on q lonely island, 35 miles from
here, in the San Joaquin River.
He was Vincente Kang, who
readily admitted, Sheriff Veale
said, that he was one of the two
grave diggers, and named Eustace
Cadog as the other. Kang said:
"It was the order. The cult
the elders-Ordered her death.
She play around with other
man while Joe, her husband,
was sick in bed. She break
rules of Kalaya-An."
Kalaya-An, or Maria Clara, is
the name of the cult, which is
said to rule the lives Of hun
dreds of Filipinos in northern
California.
Kang and nine other members
arrested for the murder Of Mrs.
Navarro, who was buried alive
last November, looked upon her
death as Justice" Kang said:
"NO, no, no murder. She
break rules. She die. She know
penalty.
"Celina-She was tied. She
screamed. She tried break loose
from women. They hold her.
They threw her in hole we dig.
Then we cover her up"
The grand jury today was told
of the discovery Of the body Of
the woman.
Conscience stricken, Pablo Bust
amente had told police Of the
crime and led them to a shallow
grave on Jersey Island.
Pushed Into Grave
A woman pushed Mrs. Navarro
into the prepared grave after a
fierce struggle. Navarro died last
month. He had remained silent
in fear of reprisal.
Leon Kintanelli, alleged leader
of the cult, was arrested. Seven
other Filipino men and women
were questioned.
Sheriff Veale declared he
learned that Mrs. Navarro, ac-
cused of infidelity, was brought
to trial before women members
of the cult, who insisted upon
the death penalty despite the
fact that her husband had for
given her.
POIygamy Common
Although women members of
the cult insisted upon the death
penalty, Veale reported that
polygamy and polyandry were
quite common in the cult. A cult
member said:
"KaIaya-an teaches that if a
woman is not faithful to her
man, the entire tribe will suf-
fer through poor crops and
bad trading the next year.
'If there are not enough men
to go around because of the
capture of slave wOme:, from
other tribes, each woman may
have two or more temporary
husbands. If war has depleted
the ranks of the men, one man
may have many wives"
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racy. But his writings were so
fair and impartial that Repub-
licans used to sneak off around
behind the house and read 'em.
But being Republicans, they
never profited by his sage ad-
vice. Now they read him and
weep.
Well, he was out to our igloo
and ate cornbread and chill
with us the other day. He
thinks the green lights are with
us, and the only thing that can
stop us again is prosperity.
(There is nothing that sets a
nation back as far in civiliza-
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Temperate Climate
HQUer for TyphOid

In introducing report on
Chronic Enteric Carriers and
Their Treatment, the Medical
Research Council points out that,
although the enteric fevers-
typhoid and paratyphoid A and
Bare responsible for only a
small part of the morbidity and
mortality of Great Britain, these
diseases are common in other
countries with temperate climates.
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BEER BILL SENT.
To CONFERENCE.
(Continued from Page ~

(Continued from Page ~
the Congressional Record. 1t was
only after several members had
objected to the fact he was ad-
dressing the chair from the vel
that he finally took his seat.
Blanton appeared to be conSid
siderably aroused and his usual
red face was blanched and
strained.
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chief of-Staff
of the Army,
inauguratin g
the Washing
ton-M a n j | a
long-diStanc e
t e ! e h p o n e
service.
The dapper
general talk.
ed with Gen.
E. E.. Booth,
C m nnander
of the Philip
pine depart
ment Of the
Arm Y. He
nf m e d
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the Danish
Legation at
Wa S hington,
and his bride.
the f or m e r
j os e p h i ne
C"Fifi") Wide
ner. is being
spent in Ia
hiti, it was
/ e a rn ed to-
day.
They we're
m a r r j e d
in R e no in
j a n u a ry, a
+ e W h o u r S
a fter WITCH.
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Honor for Farley
Planned in ". Y

NEW YORK April CU.SD.
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley will be guest of honor at a
dinner May 13 in appreciation of
his work as chairman of the Ma
tional and State Democratic COM
mitteeS.
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FLOOD of DOLLARS

DAIREN G.N.SO. There Is
still no end in sight to the influx
of Chinese dollars from Shanghai
to Manchukuo. Seven large ship
ments said to total we'll over 20
millions have arrived in Dairen
in the past few weeks.
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by Dorothea
Week, star
of the Ger
man picture,
"Maedchen in
Uniform"
Said M S S
Week:
"Oh gentle
men; h o W
could 1 do
that! When
the ii m e
comes that I
must S h o W
my limbs to
be an actress,
W-~n khrnarUh
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Who's Whom Ruling
Ends S6I6,75O Suit

NEW YORK.-By deciding that
the words who" and whom"
may refer not only to a human
being but to a corporation, the
appellate division of the supreme
court upheld a decision of Surro-
gate James A. Foley and saved
$616,750 to 81 charitable and re-
ligious institutions by a conStruc-
ton of the will of Mrs. Hannah
M. Lydig.
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X. Fl. BOARDMAN world speed
record for land planes last fall.
Tentative plans call for two
stops on the westward dash
and one stop on the return
trip. He expects to make a
speed of 300 miles an hour.
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PRIMO LETTERS.
. BREATHE LOVE
To WAITRESS
Jury in London Acts After
Listening to Passionate
MissiveS in Court


LONDON, April QN.S0-A
Jury in London courtroom
listened today to a reading OF
passionate love letters written by
Primo Camera, giant Italian
boxer, and then awarded Emilia
Tersini,. %, waitress, $14,28O IN
her breach of promise action
against the pugilist.
Written in Italian, and trans
lated for the benefit of judge and
Jury by Miss Tersini'S attorney,
the letters disclosed a hitherto
unsuspected talent on the part OF
Camera.
Whatever his abilities in the
prize ring, the miSSiveS revealed
a deft and delicate touch in the
composition of honeyed phrases.
Scarcely Modest
They also showed Primo had
no modest conception of his own
Importance. He wrote from Los
Angeles in 1880:
"Here / am the most popular
man in the world. I own land
and 36 houses in Hollywood. All
the great cinema stars invited
me to dinner.
81 am having a house built
for you, and when the film stars
see YOU, they'll say: What a
beautiful girl Primo has for
wife,"
From New York he wrote later:
'My dearest Emilia for life,
cannot sleep at night. my
thoughts are always with you,
because you have taken all my
life.
"YoU should always be faith
full to me. You should not for
get me and go with another.
"Have patience. Another year
and we shall be together for al
ways"
"MY STAR"
Such letters, the attorney said,
were written over period OF two
months after Camera left London
toward the end of 1929. One
read:
emilia, my star, could have
q fight every day If / wanted
it. / am earning lot Of money
and having tremendous success.
Zone day 1 shall be champion
of the world. When we are
married, we will make tour Of
the world"
The various letters read to the
Jury started MY dearest, unfor-
gettable little love-: dearest lit
tie girl whom I love-" and Dear
treasure mine"
"NearIy Broke"
Once, Miss Tersini wrote accus-
ang Camera of letting his love
grow cold. Here is what came
back on the next boat:
81 swear 1 have not forgotten
you. will never forget you
as long as my eyes remain
Open."
During the hearing it was re-
vealed that Carnera wrote his
lawyer here, stating he was
NEARLY broke" and would remain
an Italy.
"Let the case take its course"
he said. 81 am not guilty"
A jury awarded Miss Tersini
4,200 pounds sterling when Jus.
tice Branson agreed with her
attorney she was entitled to a
judgment.
In presenting Miss Tersini's
case, w. T. Monckton, her law.
yer, said Carnera went to the
United States about Christmas,
1929, telling the waitress he
would return within year and
marry her.
Miss Tersini, leaving the court
room, said:
"T'm still in love with Primo.
I wish he had been here. Things
might have been different.
am sorry things turned out this
way, but it was up to him."
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1 am an artist"
Through an oversight the
usual fanfare of directors
trumpets was missing when
Miss Week landed in New
York. Not a single representa-
tive of the company which ex'
poets to exploit her in this
country was on hand to greet
her.
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in California.
is the objec-
tive of Rus
sell H. Board
man, trans
atlantic flier
and &C e r,
who plans a
70 un d trip
tr a n S conti-
mental dash
in a S i S t e r
ship to the
one in which
Maj. James
H. Doolittle
S e t a n e W
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field obtained a divorce from the
former Mabelle Swift, OF
Chicago. He is the third hus-
band of "Fifi," who is the
daughter of Joseph E. Widener,
of ElkinS Park.
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NC4lC4 dA DOOU11.
"HOld the fort, Booth; beer
is on the way"
But down in the Philippine
area, beer has never been away,
and Booth had considerable
difficulty drinking in the in
formation phoned over the
5,000-mile telephone connection.
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Boardman to Seek
Transnation Record

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, April
3 GN.SO.-Breakfast and din
ner in New York, with luncheon
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Chief of Staff Phones
Manila Beer Is Coming

News that beer would soon
be in our midst was telephoned
by Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
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WILL ROGERS Says:

SANTA MONICA, Ca1 April 3.-Walter Lipp-
mani You all read him. If you don't you ought to-
He was a Democrat before the landslide to Democ-
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WichfeId and Bride
Honeymoon in Tahiti

PHILADELPHIA, April 3.
The honeymoon of Askel c. P.
de Wichfeld, former attache Of
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tion as prosperity) Lippman IS proud Of all partl
united during this pilgrimage of "back from ga-ga
He thinks that America will not only remain on Il
gold, but also will remain on its feet, which is mo
important.
Copyright lss1. BY McNauSht syndicats)
The Washington times., 1933-04-03

A home is your castle your
greatest protection n wise invest.
ment! Study the many worthwhile
home buys advertised for sale In the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newsDapSR.
The Washington times., 1933-04-03

CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance, $492,926,-
476.44; expenditures, $6,826, 1880;
customs receipts, $17,444.013.24.
Charlotte ............$1 ,243, ,156.26
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PEOPLE
Who Interest 4
You and
= What They
Are Doing

German Film Star Refuses
To Have Legs Photographed
NEW YORK, April 3.-The
usual actress arriving in New
York" ship picture was tabooed
Evening star., 1933-07-22

with Children. Large playgrounds-
2 rooms. kit. and bath. 47 80: =
$40. 3 rooms. kit. bath. 500 TO 500.
lrigidaire on House CurrenS
Resident Manager.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
DUDLEY
THE KLINGLE

1925 Z st.
room. kit. and bath to 8 roouas
kit, bath and porch, S25 to $50.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

1855 CONN. AVE.
. rooms and bath. non-housekeep-
ing. S35. y
Evening star., 1933-07-22

Conn. Ave. and Maeenb D.
2 rooms. dining alcove. kit A0o
bath. SAT so to $57.5
Electric Refrigeration.
Resident MANAGER.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
1913 RIGGS PL. N.W.

1910 NIV100 i Ae NsWe
room kit. dlnette and bath.
S36 TO S37. so.
Electric Rsfrigeration.
Resident Manager.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

l6ll CONN. AVE.
2 rooms. kit and bath. $40 10
S75, to 3 rooms kitchen and bath.
SlOO; suitable for dancing studio.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

Corner 18th and G SITS. NV.
i room. kit and bath. $36 70
9 rooms. kit. and bath. $50 70
Electric Nsfrigeration.
Resident Manager.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

] room and bath 70 foom8. ktt..
bath and porch, $3.50 to $4,000
xleet.ic Refrisesation.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
THE SHELBURNE

1891 8 st. NV.
2 rooms. kit. and bath to 8 rooms,
kit. and bath, $50 TO S65.
Refrigeration on House Current.
Resident Manager.
Evening star., 1933-07-22
THE CHESTERFIELD

3141 Mt. P1eaSant St.
4 foomA kit bath and porch
Electric Refrigeration.
Evening star., 1933-07-22

sle-1S-z0-zz 17th ST. NV.
3 rooms. kit. and hsth, S55 to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-10

Usually it is as easy to buy gold
at this headquarters Of treasure as
it is elsewhere to buy paying blocks,
if you have the money.
The bars come, Becker pointed
out today, in sizes to fit your con-
venience, from the little five ounce
500 slabs up to the $4,000 ones that
are called export bars. The big ones
are bigger than bricks and almost
too heavy for one hand to hold.
No danger of their being stolen.
Behind the massive entrance
fanked by tall lanterns, armed
guards stand.
The corridors are under constant
patrol, but it is steel and stone and
electric network that makes this an
impregnable fortress.
The whole region once was river
bed. Old Slip was a channel where
the craft of Dutch shippers used to
be moored. South street itself is
man-made land and Front street,
back of the assay Office, as its name
hints, was on the wharf front.
The office rests on hundreds of
steel piles driven down to the bed
rock of Manhattan. The mighty
vault, 81 by 10 feet, rises two stories
into the building, its shell protected
by a web of electrically charged
wires which would report the
slightest touch.
There didn't seem much chance
Of getting gold there if they don't
want you to have it.
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They bought gold there and paid
for it by check or cash, though not
with gold certificates. Their cleo
trio furnaces sizzled under the CRU
Cibles, and they melted gold. They
nodded it into bars and piled it up
like cord wood.
Gold receipts always vary day
to day." Nils R. Becker, superin-
tendent. said. They've continued
about as usual up to now. Some of
the hoarders even are changing
their minds and bring gold back"
They paid, as always, $20.67 an
ounce for it, and that is what they
get.
One man, said Becker, went in a
while ago and got $4,000 in COLO
bars. Wednesday he brought back
S7OO worth of it and asked for cash.
But the Presidents proclamation,
of course, obliges the office to stop
putting out gold, and so some com
mercial users feel the pinch.
Manufacturers, depending on the
office for supplies of gold, have
been awaiting a ruling that would
remove the restriction so far as ap-
plying to them.
Their customers, too, are affected.
There are, for example, the gradu
ating class that this week did not
know whether it would get its gold
pins or not. The manufacturer
didn't know either.
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1IleSG were UIle WdIUlilSS SOuI1uGQ
today by T. NJ Overley, manager of
the Better Business Bureau.
Several cases have come to the
attention of the local bureau in
which unnecessary sacrifices have
been accepted by bank depositors
who have listened to glib arguments
that they would better get it while
you can"
Bank deposits and building and
loan stock have been reported sold
at discounts as great as so per cent.
THE money obtained from such
unfortunate liquidations usually is
placed in a safe deposit box, or hid
den around the house" Overley
said. Then the 'hoarder' is easy
prey to the salesman who offers a
sound, foolproof investment And,
in the end, the would-be 'hoarder'
loses all his money"
Bulletins and radio announce
ments from the bureau periodically
warn against "stock-trading
schemes" Overley said.
I'VE ask owners of securities not
to allow themselves to be stampeded
into exchanging their good Sc
curities for inferior investments, or
worse still, absolutely worthless
stocks" Overley declared.
There was an instance not long
ago in which an elderly woman was
induced to invest $4,000 received
from matured government bonds in
what were claimed to be real estate
securities Overley said. 1T later
was learned that instead of the
stock being secured by the building
itself, which is valuable, the paper
was issued on a lease, which be-
came valueless when the lessee went
into receiverShip.
Another local woman, school
teacher, recently permitted sales
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man to persuade her to sign over
sound securities for stock in a new
company, which to date has not
paid dividends, and probably never
will.
THE swindlers make their profit
in such deals either from the COM
missions earned in the transfer or
in disposing of the more valuable
stock.
There is another type which
follows activities that really are
criminal. A farmer and his wife
came to our offices and told of
turning over investment trust Ger
tiflcates amounting to several
thousand dollars to salesman
who was to examine them and
make a recommendation for a bet
ter investment.
"All they have now is a receipt.
signed by the salesman, who has
disappeared. with police of several
cities looking for him."
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to form in line outside the tlnick-
erbockers pilIared entrance. The
first in line was runner from
the Day and Night bank With a
thick bundle of checks.
One of these, for 100000, bore
the signature Of Oakleigh Thorne,
president Of the Trust Company
of America. He had been pres
ent at the Sherry session. With
in a matter of hours his own
bank, the largest trust company
in town, would also lay under a
siege which he, with the help Of
government and bankers, would
withstand.
Crowds gathered along the curb
before the old Waldorf Astoria to
watch the charging queue.
At noon a vice-president read in
a loud voice an announcement
made by George I. Skinner, acting
superintendent of banking, that
the Knickerbocker still had $5,182,-
900 in its surplus and was solvent.
The depositorS grinned jeering-
ly at this assurance.
Meantime clerks and messen-
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Seven Issues of Paper Money Still in Circulation

United States Notes - The old
"greenbacks" in circulation since
the Civil war Redeemable in gold
at the treasury and protected by
a gold reserve of about s153 ,O00,-
600. Issued in the small size only
in 81 and S. denominations with
red seaD, but formerly in nearly
all denominations.
National Bank Notes-ISSued by
national banks on deposit with
the treasury of certain govern
ment bonds. amount not to ex-
coed capital Of the bank. Bank
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when the new size began to be
printed and the old retired.
The seven issues of paper money
are:
Silver Certificates - The most
common dollar bill. though issued
in denominations up to 500.
Backed dollar for dollar by silver
dollars in the United States treas
ury, and redeemable in silver dol
lars there.
Gold Certificates Denomina-
tons $40 and up to $4,000. Re-
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deemable in gold coin at the
treasury. Used to be called ''yel-
lowbacks." The new size has its
seal in yellow.
Federal Reserve Notes - Issued
by Federal Reserve bank to men,
Der banks on deposit by that bank
of security as defined by the Fed
eral Reserve act of 1918. Gold re-
serve must include 40 per cent of
the amount of notes, and other
collateral, including gold certifi-
Gates and commercial paper. Re-
deemable in gold at the treasury.
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YOU'VE handled paper money
u all your life, and probably
never given it a second look. A
dollar bill was a dollar bill, and
that was that. Now people are
beginning to look at their money,
and are surprised to find there are
seven kinds.
Only five kinds are issued in the
present small size, but the bank
moratorium has brought out of
hiding quite a volume of the old
larger-sized money which had
been boarded at least since 1929,
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must maintain, in addition to
their security, redemption of
per cent in the trea 5ury. The new
small size bears a brown seal.
Federal Reserve Rank Notes
None issued since 1923; you won't
see them in the small size; few
are outstanding.
Treasury Notes of 1S9O-Not is
sued any more, but still redeem
able in gold or silver dollars at
the treasury. originally issued to
pay for silver bullion bought by
the treasury under the Sherman
purchase ac.1: 1880. Rare.
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IDENTIFY CRASH VICTIMS

Accident Occurs at Scene of 21
Deaths in Years.
By United Press
PLAINFIELD. Ind, March 10
Three persons killed when an in
terurban struck an automobile
near here late Thursday have been
identified as E. w. Smiser, Butler.
Mo-; William M. Dale, Eldorado.
Mo, and Rose E. Dale, Eldorado.
Mo.
The accident occurred at a
crossing one-half mile west of
Plainf1eld, where twenty-one per-
sons have been killed in interurban-
automobile crashes during the last
nine years.
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Legal Beer on Program
for Early Congress Action

By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, March TO- -
Modification of the Volstead act to
legalize and tax beer definitely is on
the Democratic congressional pro-
gram for early action in this special
session, it was learned today.
The only question seems to be
whether beer bill shall be brought
up early in the session, while bank
ing matters are occupying the con-
greSs, or wait until after the pros
pective short recess.
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DOWNTOWN a similar scene
~ was spread before Wall street


~ was spread before Wall street
and lower Broadway. The Trust
Company of America and the
Lincoln Trust Company, with
their branches, bore the brunt.
And in the house of Morgan, J.
Pierpont, hat On the back Of his
head, smoking one dusky cigar
after another, growled at associ-
ates and stared into the fireplace.
Earlier, before he left the house
of a son-in-law for the bank, he
had refused point blank to save
the Knickerbocker.
President Higgins and two di-
rectors called on Morgan. They
begged for support until he cut
them short.
Il can't go on being everybody'S
goat he was quoted as SAYING.
I've got to stop somewhere
That was that. But with the
Knickerbocker closed, the Ma
tional Bank of America suspended
and the terrifying queues outside
the Trust Company of America,
every one in Wall Street knew
that only drastic action would
avert a collapse.
Alexander Dana Noyes, eminent
economist, in his Forty Years of
American Finance" calculated
that the runs started that day
were such as have probably never
been witnessed in the history of
banking"
Meanwhile, fear spread momen-
tarily into every banking house.
The bankers for a moment neg
lected to blame the trust-busting
Roosevelt for the business trou-
bles of the moment.
But. as the panic passed and
faith in the banks returned, the
cutlery against Roosevelt's threat
ened prosecutions of the male
factors of great wealth" was re-
vived.
The interchangeable George Har-
vey, editor of Harper's Weekly,
asserted: mo one but Mr.. Roose-
welt denies that he is at least
somewhat responsible for the re-
cent panic and even he is shown
in his Nashville speech as in
doubt
And William Sumner, at Yale,
author of the forgotten man"
phrase, gravely chimed in, saying:
Il think the actions of President
Roosevelt are largely responsible
for the present difficulties. His
continued warning against corpo-
rate interests has upset public
confidence"
In the next article the measures
taken to preserve the credit struc-
ture during panic week will be re-
counted.