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The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
"The Emperor of the West"

To THE Indians be was white
Il Eagie"--slx feet. two inches tall,
with a constitution of iron aud hair
OF pure white. man az lnnexlhle
courage and unfalllns honesty. To
the white men of his time be was
the Emperor OF the West" wii.
derness king who ruled over so.).-
coo square miles. an empire which
extended from California 10 Alaska
and from the Great Salt Lake 20
British Columbia. To history he
is the Father % Oregon" more
truly than any other man who may
be given that title. To the shame
OF two nations who owed him much
he became In his declining years a
Man without a Country"
All these was nr. John McLongh-
lin. Like that other monarch Of the
empire Of fur. Kenneth Mackenzie.
who ruled al Fort Union In Mon.
tana. Mclaughlin was Scotchman
who first served the Hndson's Bay
company. In 1924 he was appointed
eldef factor for the II. II. c. tn the
Columbia river district and there
built Fort Vancouver.
Here began his rule oyer his vast
empire lie not only developed the
fur trade. but he also encouraged
the agricultural development Of the
Pacific Northwest lie ruled his
subjects. both white and red. with
firmness and justice and they In
turn loved and respected Emperor
John" or white Eagle"
Then American settlers began 10
drift Into the Oregon country. More
than one forlorn American fur
trader and more than one hollow
eyed settler. gaunt from priyatlon.
found generous host In the Scotch
doctor and a reliable source OF sup
ply while they were carving a home
from the wilderness. As an en-
ployee ~ the II. Il. c. he should. of
course. have expelled from the coun-
try this advance guard OF American
settlement But he didn't
So when the Hudson's Bay com.
pany learned what he was doing. the
Emperor of the West" was quickly
Z de;hroned. He was not even recog.
lied as a British subject By the ma
jority Of his fellow -countrymen.
More than that be was impoverished
By his loans 20 the settlers who
failed To repay him. In 1919 be
tried 10 become an American citizen
But petty souls who could not for.
get that he had once ruled this coun
try FOR n British company blocked
him Congress failed 10 confirm his
title to lands near Oregon City
Ore. where he wished to retire In
his old age and claim jumpers took
them away from him. Five years
after his death In 1857. the legisla
ture restored those lands TO his
heirs. But It was too late 10 save
the beloved Scotch doctor from dy
Ing, a broken-hearted old man. a
man without a country.
c. 1883. Western Newspaper UalOa-
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Size of Baby Elephants

Average elephant calves are
about three feet tall at birth. The
adult elephant is sparsely provided
with body hair. but new born ele
phant may have an abundant cuaI
of short gray fur which may IasI
for about five years. Usually there
is but one calf at birth although
twins have been known TO be born
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30

Until today. those calls have been
mystery. But al luncheon time.
while strolling along Forty-sccoud
street. light came TO me, in fact
neon light. | happened 10 glance
up at red sign Of a beauty anG
face lifting parlOr, and staring ar
me was the same name as adornS
the top of this column! And lnr
of those voices did sound so lntey-
esting!
@. Bell syndicate.-wNU ssrvice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
A Big Job

In constructing the Panama canal.
about 3G0.0OO.O0O tons OF rock and
earth were removed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Lights of New York pyLL STEVENSON

Idea except for one thIng-the lady
didn't know that while the conver-
sation had been going on. the hus-
band had also thrown the same
switch, which meant OF course that
the telephone was still ready for
business. No more than ten min
utes had passed when 1t rang again.
The same jokester was on the wire.
II the lady wished milk or cream in
the morning. Now anyone who tries
TO get into telephone communication
with that family after the mem
bers have retired, Is out OF luck.
What a waggish town this is It's
really too bad there aren't any
party lines.
Am reminded by the foregoing OF
q woman who once upon a time
called up a certain newspaper cor
respondent, whose name and ini-
tias are the same as her hus-
bands, and In great agitation in
1ulred as to what could be done
to keep inebriated gentlemen from
out OF town calling her home at all
hours of the night and becoming
Indignant when Informed thai they
we're not known there. Madam"
replied the correspondent. "you can
do the same as do-keep your res
ldence listing out of the directory"
And 1t hasn't appeared since.
While strictly speaking. this
isn't supposed to be "reminiscences
day, am again reminded. Many
times the telephone at my left rings
and a soft feminine voice wants 10
know If an appointment can he ar
ranged. Being a more on less Sc
date married man, before commit.
ting myself one way or another.
endeavor to establish certain facts.
Not yet has name the voice gave
awakened a single memory cell. Bur
invariably my queries have been
followed by a request for my office
address which of course has been
granted. The result is always the
same-the enquirer hangs up with
! out delay.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30

That. of course, was an excellent
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
Mile at Mikes
By GEORGE A. WILSON

(. - Mcclure Nswspa per syndicate.
WNu Service
Evening star., 1934-05-06
DROUGHT WATCHED
OVER WHEAT BELT
Chance for Major Crop Mis-
hap Eclipses Everything
in Grain Pit.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May 5.-Eclipsing all
else in the grain trade at present is
possibility of major miShap to the
1884 United States wheat crop.
Leading unofficial experts say an
outstanding feature is that in nearly
every section of domestic wheat ter
ritory the crop outcome is more than
usually dependent On heavy rains
hereafter, whereas the normal pros
pect is for dry and hot conditions in
stead of exceptional abundance of
moisture. Need of plentiful rain for
filling the kernels of Winter wheat is
specially emphasized. but much more
so is the critical status of Spring
wheat. aggravated by month of
drought and by prolonged deficiency
Of subsoil moisture reserve.
The Nation is in no apparent dan
ger of a shortage Of bread material
One Chicago authority says this coun-
try Is estimated to have more than
$50 100000 bushels more wheat than
possible requirements for the season.
In this connection, nevertheless. the
extraordinary circumstance is pointed
out that stocks of wheat on hand here
amount to but per cent of the coun-
try's total and that this gives a
strange artificial situation in regard
to Chicago May delivery contracts.
Because of extreme scantineSs of
existing wheat supplies in Chicago. no
deliveries whatever have so far been
made here on contracts which must
be settled this month.
Evening star., 1934-05-06

ing steadily in the hog market, ex-
planned the spectacular rise in prices
for better steers by pointing out that
a shortage existed at a time when
there is an unusual demand for good,
fat beefsteak.
To this William Whitfield Woods,
president of the Institute of American
Meat Packers, added the comment
that the Spring weather has some
thing to do with it. The demand for
beef seems to be unusually strong at
a time when the temperature is mid
way between hot and 'cold!'" He
said
Aggregate receipts of cattle since
the first OF the year have been un-
usually large" Wood said. For the
past several years, cattle on farms
have been increasing in numbers. Be-
cause the purchasing power of con-
sumers in 1882 and 1888 was low
prices of cattle also were low. AS
supplies kept mounting. purchasing
power kept declining. prices fell to
low levels. producers Of live stock held
back their cattle from the market,
hoping for an improvement in prices.
Corn was low in price in 1882 and
early in 1898; farmers fed their corn
rather than sell it and, ss . result,
Evening star., 1934-05-06

the break in commodities, which in
turn reflected threats of unfavorable
legislation.
Governmental Intervention in busi-
ness, the securities act, proposed stock
exchange regulation, the Wagner la
Dor bill and mounting debt all give
cause for concern in financial quar-
tiers.
Many Congressman may find out
that Wall Street is not located in
New York, but wherever dividend and
interest checks go. One of the
smartest publicists today finds his
talents in demand by dividend-pay-
ing corporations. When the dividend
checks are mailed. a neat little note
goes with them. stating that in view
of the Governments present policies
the next payment may be smaller.
OF course, the wording is not so
blunt, but to that effect. The pub
licist asserts some Congressman will
find that their constituents are cap
italists" when ballot time comes
around.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
SHIFT Of RAILWAY
HOLDINGS TALKED
Merger of Chesapeake Cor
poration With Allegheny
Seen as Possibility.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. May 5.-The Cleve-
land News says the Van Sweringen
interests are working rapidly toward
a more simplified structure for their
two main railroad holding companies,
the Chesapeake and Allegheny corpo-
rations.
Possible elimination of the $780,
100000 Chesapeake Corporation and
transfer of most of its equities to the
Allegheny Corporation. the News
says. is an objective freely discussed
in banking quarters.
Chesapeake Corporation in the last
IS months has paid off about $l3,-
100000 of its bank loans The COM
pany, after selling 261, 500 shares of
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad stock,
still owns 3,687.237 shares-about
Sl70 100000 worth at the present
market.
Its bank debt remaining amounts
to about Sl8 900. 900, and it has bonds
outstanding of less than s37.O00,0OO.
The corporations holdings N c. g. O.,
the News says. represents an equity
in the clear of about Sis .000,0 900. 1t
also owns 27.000 shares of Pere Mar
quette and $4,000 shares of the Erie
Railroad
The paper adds that there are
estimates around that if the market
skies continue favorable to c. & o.
stock, Chesapeake Corporation may
be able to liquify its entire debt and
still retain enough of the stock so
that in liquidation. Allegheny, own
ing 70 per cent interest in Chesa-
peake Corporation, would fall heir to
about 100000 shares of C. & Q.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- HICAGO, May 5-The widest
spread on record between
I cattle and hog prices today
~ drew from live stock men the
comment that the law of sup
ply and demand was at work, its
effect being more vivid than usual in
the meat industry.
This week when the top for cattle
of which there is a scarcity. scared
to $3.50 a hundred pounds and that
for swine. on which a Government
tax to benefit farmers is in force.
dropped to S385. the widest difference
between the two quotations in years
was marked up.
Heavy steers on the average were
bringing prices 146 per cent above the
best figure paid for hogs. Wooled
lambs we're 168 per cent above the
price for swine.
If the processing tax on hogs of
$2.25 a hundredweight is counted.
steers still brought prices SIS per cent
better. The peak for heavy steers
was the highest since October, 1882.
and the highest for May in three
years.
Department of Agriculture agents
here. whose operators have been buy
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Huge Spread Bet,ceen Cattle and Hog Prices
Establishes Ne,u AL Time Record During Week

there was large number of choice,
heavy steers on farms. Finally far
mers could hold these cattle no longer
and in the Fall of 1888 markets were
flooded with good heavy steers.
Large marketings of cattle supply
ing this grade of beef continued until
late in 1888 when the excess num-
ber was partly depleted" Woods said.
"Since the first of March, choice,
heavy steers have constituted a sub
stantially smaller proportion of re-
ceipts than was the case in previous
months"
Prices of hogs during the first quar-
ter of 1884 were higher than in the
corresponding period a year ago, but
recent declines have brought the aver
age price to a figure slightly lower
than that which prevailed year ago.
Woods said that IN April the de-
mand for pork weakened. He pointed
out. however. that the benefit tax,
Government purchases of hogs to de-
plete supplies and benefit payments
to raisers who cooperate in the corn
hog program of around. S. per hog
combine to make the actual value Of
swine substantially greater than 1t
was . year ago.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Cotton Index Down Most
in Nearly Year-Fruits
Also Decline.
LEAF TOBACCO GAINS
RUN COUNTER TO TREND
Larger Shipments to United
Kingdom and France Mainly
Responsible for Advance.
BY FRANK (. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.

The principal American agrlcul-
tural exports have just checked off
their second poorest March business
in the last 20 years.
The Agriculture Departments vol
ume index stood at IS, slightly be-
low the level of the eight preceding
months. For all commodities except
cotton the index was ST.
The cotton index of 80 was the
lowest in nearly a year. Japan con-
tinued the most important foreign
outlet for cotton but, along with most
of the other big markets, showed
decline compared with preceding
months. Germany proved to be an
exception. taking $4,000 bales COM
pared with 10000 in February.
Exports of leaf tobacco, with an
index of 1856, recorded a gain over
January and February, and also over
March of the two preceding years.
Larger purchases of bright f1ue-cured
by the United Kingdom and larger
shipments of dark-fired Kentucky and
Tennessee to France we're largely re-
sponsible.
Wheat Records Gain.
Although fruit exports held up bet
ter than any other group, they re-
corded the lowest March index since
1880. The movement of cured pork
remained limited, while the index for
lard was the second lowest March
index since 1916.
The index for wheat. including
-four. was SO, gain over the two
preceding months and also over
March. 1888
Reports to the United States divi-
sion of foreign crops and markets
indicate India may 60 into the wheat
export column during the coming sea-
son. The crop is placed at 369, ,563,-
900 bushels. the second largest esti-
mate on record, compared with '352,-
875 900 bushels last year.
Wheat prospects in Southwestern
Europe and North Africa were de-
scribed by the division as somewhat
less favorable than last year. Tests
showed new crop Argentine wheat
superior in milling value to the pre-
vious crop. Spring wheat conditions
in Northern Italy and Sardinia, al
though improved, were reported still
unsatisfactory.
Russia Plants More.
Between April 10 and Is Russia was
reported to have added 9l80,000 acres
to her Spring grain seedlings, bring
ing the total area sown thus far to
42 .30l 900 acres. an increase of IS
per cent over the acreage seeded to
the same date last year.
Argentina. by far the most i'm
portant of the three foreign corn ex-
porting countries, is harvesting a crop
estimated at 2l6.523, 900 bushels or 20
per cent less than last year. The
carry-over is negligible and since do
mestic requirements usually are
around 50000,000 bushels even a small
change in yield could exert consid-
cradle influence on the corn export
situation. Two years ago Argentina
shipped 388.00O.OOO bushels.
Exports of dried vine fruits are ex-
pected to be considerably smaller from
Australia and the Union of South
Africa this season.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
UTILITIES FUTURE
DECLARED AT STAKE
Standard Gas President Fears
Government Interference
and Competition.
BY the Associated Press.

Dy tilc hSSUCIdltU EItSS.
NEW YORK. May. 5.-John J..
O'Brien. president of Standard Gas
e. Electric Co. says in the annual
report to stockholders that the future
of privately operated utility companies
depends largely upon freedom from
Government interference and compe-
tition.
During depressed years" he states
"they met declining revenues with
rigid economies. but now. with busi-
ness only slightly improved, operating
costs greatly increased by compliance
with the National Recovery Admin
istration codes. and rates strictly con-
trolled by State and local regulation.
they are faced with direct competition
from the very government they help
to support with the heavy taxes they
are compelled to pay"
Consolidated net income of the
company and subsidiaries in 1888
was s2.459.965, equal to $541 and
s4.64 a share. respectively, on the
parent company 81 and s6 preferred
stocks. against S7,720,640, or 81 cents
common share in 1882.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
UPSWING CONTINUES
IN FOREIGN SHIPPING
Special Disnatcb IN The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 5.-Continued
improvement in foreign shipping was
noted in a report by the Maritime
Exchange. which disclosed that 258
foreign and American ocean-going
vessels entered the harbor during
April.
OF principal interest to shippers
was the steady decline Of German
vessels. heretofore one of the ports
leading visitors. During April only
one ship flying the German flag ar
rived here.
American vessels led all other coun-
tries with 1876. Norway and Great
Britain we're second with 25 each,
while Japan was third with but z.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Withdraw Money.
Banker Requests
Small Depositors
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 5.-Small savings
depositors of the First National Bank
OF Englewood, known as the 100 per
cent liquid bank. were asked today
to withdraw their money.
"The small account must CO." said
a letter sent by ]. M. Nichols. presi-
dentn Of the bank, to 5000 depositors
whose deposits are only $50 or less
Servicing Of small accounts costs
too much in the face of mounting
operating expenses. Nichols said.
In order to maintain our institu-
ton on sound and profitable basis
we are obliged to ask those carrying
small accounts to come in at once
and get their money" the letter said.
1T is nice state of affairs, isn't
it, when a small depositor is asked
to leave. No one realizes this any
more than We II is just another
example OF what the little fellow
may expect when a government goes
into business
Nichols has been an opponent Of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Grafton program. He became known
as 100 per cent Nichols by keeping
his bank wholly liquid during the
depression.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
FUND MAKES BEST
GAINS SINCE 1881

Slauson. White & Rowe, Inc, dis
tributors of Independence Fund of
North America, Inc, in Washington,
have received announcement from
the New York headquarters that the
month of April showed the greatest
increase in business for any one
month since April, 1881. As the firm
does business with people having all
levels of income, the increase is con-
sidered a reliable index of the ad-
vancing return to normal prosperity
Evening star., 1934-05-06
LESS WHEAT STORED
AT CANADIAN ELEVATORS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Canada, May 5.-Wheat
in Canadian grain elevators on April
81 totaled 2O8,873 .682 bushels. COM
pared with 214,276.179 in the week
before and 2l9,8O6,S48 a year ago. ac-
cording to the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics.
Canadian wheat in store in the
United States was 1,5l8.955 bushels.
of which 9S,9S0 bushels were in Buff
falo, $500 at New York and COS 900
at Albany. This compared with
2.498,l26 bushels on the same date
last year. This is the smallest guam
tity of Canadian wheat in the United
States for number of years.
American wheat stores in Canada
was shown as 2.228,46O bushels. COM
pared with 1888, ,8Ol bushels last year.
(Copyright, 1934D
Evening star., 1934-05-06
SLOW DEMAND CURBS
TEXTILE MILL ACTIVITY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.-Statistical
services report that continued slow
demand during the last two months
has resulted in declining textile mill
activity and reduced prices levels in
virtually all lines. Cotton goods sales,
it was found, have run we'll below
production for almost 10 weeks and
prices of key constructions are 10 to
Is per cent below February levels.
Silk goods sales were said to have
declined "a per cent during the first
half of April, as compared with the
like period a year ago.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
M'C0RMAC REELECTED
BY WINCHESTER BANK
n{~~atoh ta The Ctor

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, May 5.-H. B.
McCormac, industrialist and textile
executive, was yesterday reelected
president of the Union Bank of Win
chester at the annual meeting of d.
rectors recently elected. Fred Thwaite
was elected vice president and George
B. Bushnell cashier. Directors are
MeSsrs. McCormac and Thwaite and
william A. Bailey, Coleman Dunn,
John H. Rosenberger, Burr p. Harri-
son, Llewellyn jackson, Julius w.
Richard and Charles p. McVicar.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
DROP IN STEEL SCRAP
PRICES STIRS INTEREST

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.-Transactions
in steel scrap are attracting some at
tention because they are being put
through at lower prices. While no
longer considered an infallible bar
ometer of the trend in steel, it has
not been forgotten that the scrap
markets began to firm early in the
year and before the substantial up
swing in mill output. Wall Street
opinion is that the softer tone of
scrap fits in with the general notion
that advance buying of steel in the
last couple of months to beat the
higher prices under the code will tend
to bring lull in the third quarter.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
TRADE STILL DULL
BUT FUNDS POUR
BACK INTOLERANCE
Pig Iron Output Increases.
Security Prices Follow
Rentes Upward.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Cables and
radio dispatches to Business Week
give the following survey of business
abroad for the week ending today
PARIS French business contin-
ues almost nil. although by picking
statistics such as March pig iron pro-
duction, which touched $4,000 tons,
against 474 coo in February and 525.-
600 year ago, and steel output which
totaled 528, 900 tons in March in con-
trast with 477000 in February, op-
timists are discovering some signs of
recovery.
"Rentes, Furthermore, have been
followed closely by French industrial
shares in their climb, due to specula-
ton at home and from abroad with
the British, Dutch and Swiss heavy
buyers on the expectation of quick
profits The Bank of France state
ment this week reflected the influx Of
funds. Gold holdings rose nearly
5000O0,000 francs. Another week will
probably show a similar rise, unless
the trend suddenly changes.
The fact is that the government
is handling the very difficult situa-
ton most carefully. Every effort is
now being bent toward making fiscal
reforms, especially lowering eXag-
gerated rates of income taxes, increas-
ing exemptions and tightening control
of collections of incomes affected.
These measures. though not yet en-
tirely formulated. probably will be
passed with the consent of Parlia-
ment or by parliamentary decree. The
Bourse also is to receive relief by a
substantial decrease in the present
high taxation on interest payments
and transfer taxes"
Crowds Cheer Hitler.
BERLIN.-"Hitler's triumphant May
day celebration eclipsed every other
bit of news in Germany this week.
Before 100000 cheering Germans,
the leader declared that the re-em-
ployment of 100000 in the year and
half since the NaZis came to power
was Just the beginning of his four
year plan of rehabilitation of the
country. Skeptics, unwilling to deny
that millions have found work of some
sort, timldly pointed out that prog
reSs from now on would be slower be-
cause most of the domestic facilities
for absorbing men have been ex-
hausted. Unless exports can be ex-
pandrd-and the contraction of re-
cert months continues-it will be diff
ficult to find places for the remaining
jobleSS.
The slightly better foreign trade
report for March has failed to dis
gulse to the knowing German the Sc
riousness of the export outlook. The
two points which are causing the
gravest concert are price and quality.
"A foreign trade conference held
during April both at Bremen and
Hamburg, the inadequacy of the pres
ent scrip-bounty system was severely
criticized. In particular. the neces-
sity of proving in advance for each
individual transaction the loss which
the exporter is expecting Gf he is to
meet competition on the part of de
preciated' countries) appears a Sc
riouS hindrance to normal conduct Of
business.
"A fact that is causing particular
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