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Evening star., 1934-07-01

The riverman appeared
through the manhole, and AN
his voice was heard inton- "
ing above the roar: Throw
me a rope-the barrels FILL Y
ing up with water"
For 80 minutes the bar
rel reyolved about in the
rapids while the riverman's son and
the rest of the spectators were pow
erless to help. Finally it fioated to
within so feet Of the American shore.
Young Hill doffed some of his clothes
and swan out. He tied rope to
ring in the barrel and towed it to the
Canadian shore.
Red Hill, ST., emerged from the bar
rel not a little frightened and gasp
ing for breath. Next day he made
a fifth descent-and this time he sue
ceeded in navigating the whirlpool
without any worse damage to himself
than a good shaking up.
These rapids have been navigated
with rare success before, however, in
a spectacular voyage of the little
steamer. Maid of the Mist, in the
Summer of 1861.
The boat, named after the sacri-
fetal Indian daughter, was the fire
to ply tourist trade in river below
the Falls. 1t was first owned by Joel
Robinson, one of Niagara's many
heroes" who once walked out in the
river a few hundred feet above the
brink of the American Falls and posed
while a photographer snapped his pic
ture from the shore.
In 1861 his business on the tourist
steamer was rather slow, and SO when
a prospective buyer offered to accept
only if it were delivered to Lake o
miles down the river, Robinson immed
cided to close the transaction. To
boat, he either had to make a costl
Evening star., 1934-07-01

shipment or direct it through the treacherous
whirlpool rapids to the lake. He determined on
the latter plan.
With a crew of two he took the helm him.
self and steered the boat down the river.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Ever since The Indian maid
ofleeend went over the falls as
a sacrifice the mighty waters
have Iured the reckless and the
wouId-be suicides, and police are
keeping a strieter vigil against
them this summer than ever

-- HE 16O-foot spillway of Niagara, ell
bowling magnificently between the
American and Canadian banks, looks
like anything but a good swimming
hole or an attractive place to exter-
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
ISLAND PRISON
WILL GET 100
MOREFELONS
LeavenWorth to Furnish Next
Consignment of though
Guys" for AICatraz

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Aug. "a
1N.SJ. - The next consignment
of tough guys" to Uncle Sans
new big house on Alcatraz Island
in San Francisco Bay will be from
the two Federal prisons here, it
was indicated today.
Preparations were reported 60
ing forward cloaked in the strict.
est secrecy for the removal of 100
toughest" convictS, including Har.
very Bailey, Albert Bates and
George C'Machine Gun'O Kelley,
abductors of Charles F. Urschel.
Oklahoma City oil millionaire.
1t was known that advance Fed.
eral agents have been here for
several days awaiting the word
from Washington to move the con.
vlcts and that a list of those to
be transferred has been made up.
The move will be made at night.
Three armored railroad coaches
and a baggage car will be rolled
into the prison yards. the shackled
and heavily guarded convicts
placed aboard, and then rolled out
again and on their way west over
a secret route.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
LABATT k|DNAP
HUNT STALLS

LONDON, Ont Aug. "a
I.N.SD.-So far as the eye or
ear could detect the Canadian
police today we're no nearer to
a solution of the John S. Labatt
kidnapping case than they were
when his abductors turned him
loose week ago last night after
having held him captive for 36
hours.
The extraordinary atmosphere
of secrecy was rigidly preserved
by not only the police but by the
Labatt family who continued to
remain in seclusion. The high
lights of the situation today
we're:
No arrests have been made.
Mr.. Labatt has not yet talked
for publication and indications
are that he will not.
Mr.. Labatt has not been taken
to the scene of the crime.
No reward for the apprehen-
sion of the kidnapers has been
offered.
Only one police official. so far
as known, has talked with Mr..
Labatt. He is Chief Inspector
John Miller, of the Ontario pro.
vincial police.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
FOUR CONV|CTS
ESCAPE JAIL

FRANKLIN. Ind, Aug. 25
GN.s).-Central Indiana today
was the stalking ground of law en-.
forcement officers, searching for
four prisoners who broke out of
the Johnson county Jail here.
Sheriff A. r. Mulkins arrived
on the scene while the break was
going on, and overpowered a fifth
prisoner who had joined his com.
panions in saving through 20
steel bars of window.
The Franklin escape was the
second major jail break to harass
Indiana law enforcement agencies
in the last 48 hours. Five pris.
oners, under the leadership of
WEE Willie" Mason, one.legged,
alleged murderer, escaped from
the NobleSville Jail Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
LONG BAN TIERS
NEW LEAGUE

BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. "a
G.N.SJ.-Huey P. Long, switched
his attention from stamping out
his enemies at home to the ma.
tional political arena momentarily
today to take a mild verbal poke
at President Roosevelt.
Discussing formation of the
American Liberty League, the new
national organization to combat
radicalism and defend and protect
the Constitution. Senator Long
said:
II thought we had a govern
ment for that"
Huey beloved an emphatic
mo" to the suggestion that he
might become allied with the
league. He has been a persistent
critic of the President and his New
Deal. resulting in his loss of
Federal patronage.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Maryland U. Sued
By Building Firm

BALTIMORE, Aug. 24.-The
University of Maryland was
named defendant in a 100000
damage suit filed here late yes
terday by the Mass Construction
Company. The suit was one Of
two filed by the construction firm
for alleged breach of contract.
The plaintiff was to construct a
woman's dormitory at the uni
versity. The other defendant was
the National Casualty Company.
a. Michigan organization. This
suit asked $350.000
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
FOREIGN LIQUOR SMUGGLERS KEEP COAST GUARD BUSY
Liberty League Seen
AS Possible Doom
Of Old Parties

} One of the first to scent the
potentialities of the new move
ment was Harold L. Ickes, Secre-
tary of the Interior, and one of
the few members of the cabinet
who has steadily risen in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's confidence and
esteem in the first trying year
of the Administration.
Ickes Praises League
Secretary 1ckes himself is a
"mugwump" in politics. He
started out in life as a Repub-
lican. bolted in 1912 to support
the first Roosevelt, and thereafter
voted as his conscience dictated,
irrespective of party. Now he
finds himself part of a Demo.
cratic Administration.
Secretary Ickes said:
Il think the league is a good
thing. Ever since 1912, I've
been hoping we would have po-
htical parties divided upon real
issues. I'd like to see all the
progreSsiveS together and all
the conservatives together. Then
you'd always be facing your
enemy and not worrying about
what is happening behind your
back"
The charter of the American
Liberty League was adroitly
phrased. It's avowed purpose is
to uphold the Constitution of the
United States" and to protect
property and personal rights. u
No one except an avowed Com
munist could quarrel with that.
It is only when it is recalled
that the NRA, the AAA, and
other New Deal experiments have
been attacked as unconstitutional
in the courts and elsewhere. that
the real significance of the
league becomes apparent.
Davis Backs "Old Deal"
John w. Davis, only few
weeks ago, called publicly in a
speech in Virginia for a return tt
the "Old Deal" as against the
New Deal"
Al Smith contemporary re-
ferred to the Roosevelt 59-cent
dollar as "baloney dollar" anc
has repeatedly ridiculed the pro
fessors" who have been instru
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The Washington times., 1934-08-24
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES
Interna tional News Service

A good many politicians on
both sides of the fence see in
the formation of the non-partisan
American Liberty League" the
faint nucleus of q movement that
ultimately may wipe out existing
party lines and divide the coun-
try into two camps-conservative
and liberal, for want of better
designations.
The league of itself has not
particularly impressed the poll
ticians. There are leagueS-for.
this and leagues.for-that through
out the country. 1t is the names
behind the American Liberty
League that impress political
minds-A Smith, John W. Davis,
James W. Wadsworth, Nathal L.
Miller, Irenee du Pont. They are
names to conjure in politics.
Organizers Powerful
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Davis have
been Democratic Presidential can
didates; Mr.. Wadsworth and Mr..
Miller have been high Republican
officeholders; Mr.. du Pont is in
the first rank of American in
duStriallsts, and political indie
pendent.
When men like these start out
to form a league whose aims are
patiently if not avowedly political,
the politicians sit up and take
notice.
AS matters now stand, both Re.
publican and Democratic parties
are split between the conServa.
tives on the one hand. and the
so-called progreSsives on the other.
The Republicans have their La.
Follettes, their Norrises. their
Borahs, their Johnsons: the
Democrats have their Wheelers,
Blacks, Costigans, and Dills.
PrOgreSSiveS Closely Linked
Differ as they will and do as
to details on legislative matters,
it probably is not too much to
say there is more in common
between these progressives of both
parties than between either group
and the party to which it is
nominally affiliated. They see
more or less eye to eye on taxa.
ton and economic subjects in
general.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
l. DUCE WARNS
Of WAR PERIL
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Italian generals heard 1taly's
premier sound his baleful warn
ing and listened attentively while
he made his first personal allusion
to the italian military movements
launched in the perIous hours
which followed the assassination
of Chancellor Dollfuss in Vienna.
He said:
"At the end of July, there
arose suddenly a situation
which recalled that of 1914.
1--WE responded promptly by
sending troops to the frontier,
and so saved the situation.
1--WE must bring up italians to
be military -minded-if you like,
a militariStic people-for
nations rise and fall as a result
Of force.
every man in italy must re-
Spond as one when the call to
arms comes"
Referring to the naneuverS, Il
Duce said that the geographical
conditions in the terrain selected
resemble those along Italy's east.
ern frontier (Austria and Jugo,
Slavia).
Germans Watch Troops
In view of the recent dispatch
of italian troops to the Austrian
frontier and the presence of Ger,
man and Jugoslavian missions of
high army officers at the maneu.
verS, Mussolini's statement was
regarded as of the greatest signifi,
canoe.
Mussolini's al1usion to his
prompt dispatch Of troops to the
Austrian frontier and his assertion
that his action saved the situa.
ton" recalled the hectic days OF
last month when fear gripped the
world that another conflict would
break out just 20 years after the
start of the World War.
Hardly had the assassination of
Chancellor DollfuSS in an abortive
Nazi revolt been confirmed when
heavy detachmentS of Italian
troops rushed to strategic points
along the border.
Intervention Feared
The troops remained on guard
day and night while the various
chancellories of Europe debated
the possibility of war, the fear OF
which had arisen chiefly from
widespread belief Germany might
attempt direct intervention in the
resulting Austrian crisis, thereby
compromising Austrian independ
ence.
Gradually the clouds rolled
away and the Italian troops were
withdrawn from the frontier
Mussolini's statement today, how
ever, revealed that he holds no il
lusions that the present peace ir
Europe is anything but transitory
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
JAPAN CAUGHT
IN CENTER Of
WAR PHOB|A
Soviet Protest Taken Under
Amusement As Bombs
Are Bursting in Air
BY JAMES r. YOUNG

TOKYO, Aug. "a u.N.SO,
Imitation bombs bursting with
ear-wracking echoes in the streets.
Enemy planes" roaring over
head and swooping low in simu'
lated attacks.
Newspapers and magazines
jammed to overflowing with news
of the war scare" type-military
maps, inflammatory cartoons and
special articles dealing with the
comparative strength of Russian
and Japanese armies.
Tokyo Talks War
This was the picture presented
by Tokyo today as officialdom
took under advisement the strong
ly worded protest dispatched by
Soviet Russia over the arrest of
Russian employees of the Chinese
Eastern Railway in Manchukuo.
The bursting bombs and the
enemy planes" were not planted
for the day to coincide with re-
ceipt of the note, to be sure.
They were part of the intense
preparations now being made for
Japan's annual air defense ma
neuvers, which this year will be
more elaborate than ever before.
But these stage props" fur
nished Just the proper atmo-
sphere for a study of the tension
now existing between Japan and
Soviet Russia.
Imagination Whetted
Popular imagination has been
whetted by the vernacular press,
which for weeks has published
maps and pictures and series of
articles from staff correspondents
in Manchukuo, Siberia, Mongolia
and other Russian spheres of in
fluence.
Mutual apprehension" perhaps
best describes the situation.
The Soviets fear japanese in,
fluence in Outer Mongolia, while
quarters here suspect the Soviets
are plotting in Manchukuo during
the embryonic stage of that new
nations development.
At the moment, Japan is finan
cially and physically sound. It's
well-equipped general staff is com
parable to that of Germany in
1914, and its healthy youth is
i seeking a chance to fight to show
its strength.
Deplore War PhObia
Conservative elements in the
nations political and social life
regret and deplore the war phobia
so evident in Japanese magazines
and films, maintaining it is mis-.
leading and pointing out that
neither Russia nor Japan is will
ing to fight with full knowledge
that condemnation of the worlc
will follow.
However. the people of Japan
are found perusing the war stories
and features with rapt fascina.
ton. They are handsomely patron
izing the ex-service men who
throng the streets begging for con-
tributions to the air defense fund,
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
BRITISH BOATS
ACTIVE OUT Of
BAHAMAS
High Tariff Rates on Liquor
Make Business Profitable
for SmuggIerS
BY ROBERT S. THORNBURGH
International News Service

By ROBERT S. THORNBURGH
International News Service
Foreign liquor smugglerS operat.
ing off the Northeastern coast of
the United States are giving the
Governments coast patrol run
for it's money in a concerted drive
to land alcohol on American
shores.
So much Federal money has
been expended in the chase Of
liquor smugglers it may be neces-
sary to curtail activities of the
Coast Guard in that or other di-
rectionS in order to come within
the annual $18,000,000 appropria-
ton. If the coast line is to be pro-
tected from the alcohol SmugglerS,
it appeared essential the patrol be
kept in action.
rs Vessels Identified
Already the Coast Guard has
identified Is smuggling vessels by
name and registry. 1t was stated
officially that 80 British boats now
engaged in the smuggling trade
out of the Bahamas are believed
not to have been in liquor opera
tions before the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment.
High tariff rates on liquor still
make the business profitable.
In most areas the volume Of
liquor smuggling Is not equal to
that of pre-repeal days. How.
ever, it was stated, the sole ques-
ton involved from the snug
glerS' viewpoint, is whether an
ample return is assured. Judging
from the number of vessels in
operation this return is assured.
Smuggling and attempted SNUG
Cling of foreign alcohol and pos
sibly a small quantity of other
liquors reached peak July 20
when "a liquor boats were spot
ted off the Northeast coast.
This compared with nine vessels
July 6 and II ships August II,
There has been little change
since that time.
The fluctuation was held due
to the movement to and from
American ports.
There has been a substantial
lull in smuggling from Cuba to
Gulf ports. The Cuban authori-
ties have placed an export duty
on alcohol virtually equivalent to
an embargo. The Cuban port of
Mariel has been closed to alcohol
exports. Heavy seizures near New
Orleans also have crippled the
traffic.
AirpIane Smuggling Noted
Some airplane smuggling has
been noted from the Bahamas.
Coast Guard airplanes are be-
ing used extensively in Spotting
rum runners and stills near the
coast line.
The new alcohol tax unit of the
Treasury, which was i11augurated
early in May, steadily has in
creased the seizure of stills.
The alcohol units force is being
expanded gradually. It numbers
about 1900 enforcement agents at
present, but will be increased to
5000 as soon as the men can be
made available.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
JOHNSON STAYS
WITH MIRA
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pated in reconciling the diver
gent views of his NRA aides.
Under the present arrangement,
General johnson is going to re-
sumo his vacation for two weeks,
and will go to Hyde Park on
Labor Day for further conferences
with the President. The new NRA
organization will be announced
some time thereafter.
The kernal of the differences
between General johnson, on the
one hand, and Mr.. Richberg, on
the other, is understood to be the
amount of authority which the
proposed committee will have in
administering the recovery act.
Wants To Be Chief
General Johnson wants the
committee to be subordinate to
himself, if he is to be the chair.
man, as he has indicated he
wants to be. on the other hand
Mr.. Richberg and Miss Perkins
have held out for a strong COM
mittee, with the administrator
being subordinate to the commit
tee.
Upon leaving the While House
today, General Johnson declined
to say whether he would head the
committee.
This was construed as meaning
that whatever the ultimate new
set.up in the NRA, General John
son will relinquish at least part Of
the czar.like power he has hereto
fore exercised.
The upshot of the mornings de.
velopments seemed to be that the
NRA is going to coast along in its
present channel for several weeks
yet.
Meantime all Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
vaunted conciliatory powers will
be exerted to bringing about a re-
Cancellation of views between his
recovery aides. -.4.AaAsauAAnA.lsA
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Store Pays $3.50
To Woman Victim

Consent verdict of $3,750 was
awarded to Mrs. Mary C. Meloy,
1000 block r st. N. W., in District
Supreme Court today before Jus.
tice Joseph W. Cox.
Mrs. Meloy was seriously In
jured when a boiler exploded in
a Seventh Street store. She had
brought suit for 100000.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Wife Shoots Mate
For Beating Sons

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. "a
1N.S).-Mrs. Mary Hickey's
manifestation of mother love cul-
minated in her imprisonment to-
day after she shot and probably
fatally wounded her husband,
Charles Hickey, last night for
beating her sons. Hickey, bull
lets lodged in one lung and his
abdomen, is at the point of death.
Mrs. Hickey told police she
shot her husband when he re-
fused to cease beating her son
by a first marriage and included
their own son in his beatings.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
HOLLAND

AMSTERDAM, Aug. "a QN.SO.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland,
who has been suffering from IA
tigue for some days past, today
was ordered by court physicians to
take a complete rest. she will
leave shortly for a vacation trip
to Norway.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
GERMANY

MUNICH, Aug. "a UN.SO.
Three are known dead and many
others feared drowned today at
Lake Chiemsee where rescue
parties replaced canoes and small
sailing craft after a sudden squau
ended the annual Chasing the
Monster" festival. Many boats
were found floating bottoms up.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
JAPAN

TOKYO, Aug. "a G.N.SO The
Japanese government probably
will ignore Soviet Russia'S protest
regarding the Chinese Eastern
Railway, a foreign office Spokes-
man told International News
Service today. The spokesman
said:
ut is an affair concerning
Manchukuo alone"
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
CUBA

HAVANA, Aug. 24-The gov.
ernment showed an iron hand IN
dealing with leaders of Wednes'
days attempted army revolt sen.
fencing to death Major Angel
Echevarria, commanding the third
battalion at Camp Columbia, and
Capt. Agustin Erice of the Signal
Corps, for their parts in the plot.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
ENGLAND

LONDON, Aug. "a G.N.SO.-
Japan is planning to replace
100000 tons of scrapped ships
with fast combined cargo and
passenger steamers for the San
Francisco and European services,
it. was learned from high Jap
anese sources here today. This
expansion of the Japanese mer-
chant marine will be made pos
sible by new government sub
sides.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
Three DC. Men Get
O.R.C.COmmissiOns

Three local men have been
appointed second lieutenants IN
the Army Reserve Corps, the
War Department announced to-
day.
They are: Vernon Edgar Cooley,
1900 block Euclid Street North
west; Albert Raymond Miller,
1400 block Spring Road, North
west, and Charles William Nor
gan, Clifton Terrace, Northwest.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
GEM THIEF JAILED

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. "a
G.N.SD.-Cecil E. Irons, of Elk
land, Pa, who pleaded guilty to
theft of $22,462 worth of jewelry
in October, 1927, from the home
of Robert G. Cabell, Richmond
stock broker, was sentenced to
three years in the Virginia State
Penitentiary today.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
TREASURY STATEMENT

BY International News Service
Treasury balance as of August
%. $2,233,71O,899.49 40; I. r., $2,956,,
473.57; C. r., $15,689. 1851.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
CHINA

PEIPING, Aug. "a G.N.SO.
The American consul at Mukden
today informed the American le-
cation here that the Russian
woman kidnapped by bandits with
Solomon Zeitlin, believed to be an
American. had returned to Muk-
den bearing a note demanding
payment of a ransom for the
man. The pair was kidnapped
while on a picnic near the Peiping
tombS on the outskirts of Muk-
den. The consul reports that
the Manchukuo police and the
japanese military stationed at
Mukden are endeavoring to obtain
Zeitlin's relase.
The Washington times., 1934-08-24
World News
ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. "a
G.N.SO.-The new Pan.American
Airways liner, Brazilian Clip
per-" arrived here today, complet-
ing its maiden journey from the
United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-13

ing the photograph. "she's plumb crazy about him." thought Barney. She reached over and brought the smiling group closer to the desk pad.
 Hadn't you better start on the mail?" he said.
 He knew she was wishing he would go on about his business so that she might perform this rite alone. But he stood his ground like a stubborn child who refuses to to be pushed aside. She loosened the blotter from the four brown clasps and examine ed the other side. The ink had soaked through. Taking fresh square from the drawer, where Barney had put the dust cloth, she fitted it into the clasps. 'T put that blotter on just yes | terday," he argued. No matter. The blotter was spot ted. She licked an atom of lint from the desks perfection. Barney went to his own desk.
 Just then MT Collins entered. He walked with the padded, slowly rhythmical grace that so many large men have. He carried a flat package in his hand and his hat