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Evening star., 1934-08-05
BLIND STUDENT WEDS
LOYAL SWEETHEART
Afiiction Caused by Auto Acct
dent Fails to Mar Phila-
delphia Romance.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, August 4.-Simon
B. Van Wagenen, senior at the Phila-
delphia College Of Osteopathy. and
Miss Margaret Gibson, 20, were mar
ried today.
Two years ago Van Wagenen lost
his sight In an automobile accident
He despaired of finishing his studies,
but his fiancee never was daunted.
She took Van Wagenen 70 and from
classes, read papers 70 hirz and at
tended college social functions with
him.
Evening star., 1934-08-05
EXPLANATIONS INTERESTING"
Borah Comments on OficiaIs' State
ments Here.

ments Here.
BOISE, Idaho. August OP).-Wash-
ington officials explanations" of q
Glenns Ferry, Idaho, bakers expert
ences with the N, r. A. bakery code
are very interesting" to Senator VIII
liam E. Borah, he said tonight after
reading press dispatches from the
Capital.
The baker, N W Nestor, raised his
bread prices one cent q loaf in COM
pliance with an asserted order from a
district bakery code authority ad-
ministrator and then lowered them
after he obtained Senator Borah,S ad-
vice that he would be provided with
legal counsel without expense TO him"
II prosecuted for violating the order.
These explanations are very inter
esttng, but the fact is that Mr. Nestor
received notice that he must raise
the price of bread" Senator Borah
said in an interview.
In accordance with that notice he
did raise the price Of bread After
receiving my telegram he restored the
price and is now conducting his buxi-
ness in his own way.
II some one assumed to represent
the code authorities without the right
to do 50. that is a matter which
others may adjust"
Evening star., 1934-08-05
GLIDER FALLS ON HOUSE
Adverse Winds Tumble Craft.
Pilot Suffers Cut.

NEW YORK. August CP.-
Caught In adverse winds at a height
OF 300 feet, a glider piloted by Alexis
DayinoS q Russian, who said he was
q prince IN Czarist days, crashed into
q bungalow today.
The roof of the house was only
slightly damaged. The glider was
bent UP somewhat and Davidof suf-
fered a cut on his right hand.
Davidof for several months has
sought permit to take of from the
top OF the Empire State Building in
q glider.
Evening star., 1934-08-05
Blast Kills Is Japanese.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, August
O9.-Twenty-five laborers were killed
and eight injured today by a dyna-
mite explosion during the construction
OF power plant at the nearby Va
lage Of Nakano.
Evening star., 1934-08-05
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
DECLINE 88 PCT. IN
DRIVES SECOND WEEK

CONTINUED From First psg.l
Evening star., 1934-08-05
STOCKYARD STRIKE
ENDED IN CHICAGO
Handlers Back at Work To-
day After Conference
With Johnson.

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-08-05
Oklahoma Corn Failure.

Oklahoma-CoTn practically q
failure" with much cut for fodder.
Cotton condition unfavorshle. with
plants shedding whiting and bloom
tng OF the too. Shade trees dying in
some sectionli Water supplies gen.
orally low over the State. neceSSitat-
ing hauling in some sections. North
panhandle pastures improved some
what by local rains.
Texas-Raiiges very poor, causing
much distress TO live stock. Extremely
poor prospects for fodder and silage.
Virtually the entire State in Federal
Evening star., 1934-08-05
SILVER SHIRT PLOT
TO SEIZE CONTROL
OF u. S. CHARGED

Continued From First page.)
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Flame Of the Border.


Seeking death to escape dishonor NJ
tho hands OF = drunken desperado,
oonya 6avarin allows herself to be res
cusd By her suddenly repentant at
sacker. The girl IL q self-appointed
physician to the NayRjo Indians. living
on An Arixona sheep ranch with her
brother Serge, his wife. Lila, and their
small daughter. Babs. She 10 engaged
to Rodney Blake. wealthy New Yorker.
cut her heart 10 with the friendless
Navajos and she evades \ wedding.
6onyA pulls little Moon. wife of Two
Fingers. = Navajo. through tho crisis
of an illness. Two Fingers IL deeply
grateful SonyA again meets tho man
whose advances she had repulsed on
Lone HesA. He tells her he bitterly
regrets his action. Sonya In affected
but unforgivinE. On Lone Mesa she
again comes upon the strange young
man. Whom he reiterates his sorrow
over his misconduct. she indicates for
xiveness and urges him to abandon
his life of lawiessness. From conceal
ment. SonyA witnesses the transfer
ence of objects from an airship to her
attacker. At dance she demands that
he toll her his name. He says he IL
Starr Stone. but that he goes by diff
ferent name in this region. He leaves
tho dance with \ tall. fierce Mexican,
with whom he 10 mysteriously Asso-
ciAted. SonyA realizes she IL falling
In love with Z man whom she can
only class A. = renegade and outlaw.
and that she can never marry Blake.
An influenza epidemic among tho In
diana keeps gonya busy. She and
Stone declare their love for each 9TH
or. all doubt In tho mind of the girl
being ended. The Mexican bandit. sur
prtBing tho pair at 4 meeting place,
takes Stone away. and warns tho girl
hereafter to lot HIS lieutenant" alone.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16
BY VNCIE E. ROE
Copyright. Doubleday. Doran q Co.. Ina.
WNu gsrvics

you danced with at the Neidlingers'
and the funny thing that happenedf"
Sonya did not speak, and Serge went
on excitedly.
There was dance at a neighboring
ranch. and my sister was dancing with
4 stranger when the biggest Mexican
l ever saw appeared and dropped 4
hand on the strangers shoulder. The
man followed him out I'd forgotten
the incident"
What sort Of looking Mexican7"
"Don't know. only that he was
monstrously tall and broad"
Marston sat In silence for 4 little
time.
"El Captain stands six feet three In
his BOOTS" be said
"Then who was the man he took
awayT
III should make a guess, which I
never do" said the other, I'D say 1t
was Keenthal-Number Fiji
teen-the widest white man In Mex
leo, and Ell DIablo's ablest lieutenant.
I've heard OF him. But his master
owns him body and soul They say on
the Border that twice El Captains
spread him up after his amusing
little custom of crucifying any and
all who incur his anger, only to take
him down again. He's too valuable to
kill. But some day the butcher will
be too mad to think of that I'd hate
to be In Ounces shoes"
Sick to her foundations. Sonya
Savarin excused herself.
And John Marston looked curiousiy
after her.
The rest of that day was like 4
nightmare to Sonya.
She had to be about the house, to
help Lila with the work. and Rod
was everywhere she went, leaning fond
~ on her shoulder. tipping her face
to look into her eyes, whispering of
that future which she knew could
never be. Misery was her portion
through 1t all. She sorrowed for the
blow she must deal him sooner or
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later, for herself In her fear and her
loneliness, and for the disaster she
might some day bring on this house.
And fear rode her like witch when
ever she thought OF Starr Stone rid
Ing to the Border with that prince OF
butchers, Ell CAPTAIN Diablo.
what ails you. Sonya7" asked
Rodney Blake. you don't hear half
I'm saying"
Nothing" she lied. @Of course |
do"
you do not You're obsessed with
something. Is 1t these Id Indlans?"
IF you don't stop that, Rod" she
famed, ''Ill not forgive you. told
you once that ones life is his own. |
still think So
mot woman's-when she has
given her promise" he said calmly:
1T then belongs to her man."
I'm sorry you take that attitude"
she said, my life win never belong
to any"
She did not finish, for the flashing
thought that already her life was not
her own, that for better or worse 1t
was irrevocably connected with the
precarlous existence Of Starr Stone
Ounce OF the Borderl The time was
ripe to tell Rod the truth, yet she did
not speak. II seemed that something
stronger than herself. some vital eau
ton, held back the words
Lila" Sonya told the other woman
later. I've got to get away by myself
while or 20 crazy. You know
want to think"
Il know" said Lila. go ahead.
I'll keep Rod here. But, oh, Sonya,
do be carefull have strange feel
ing In my heart today. premonition
OF evil. When will you be backr
around evening. Don't worry. III
only ride the desert for while. May
be 60 as far as town."
@Well." said Lila uneaslly. do be
careful" And she stood on tiptoe to
kiss the taller woman.
SO Sonya rode away on Darkness,
and Rodney Blake stood watching her
with strange expression In his eyes,
II was far past noon when she tied
| Darkness to the hitching rail- beyond
the general store and climbed the
| worn steps to the porch. At the hol-
| low sound OF her booted feet on the
floor. Parks. fat and oily and Wide
eyed, came swiftly from the open door
| of the back region OF the store. He
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16
SEENand HEARD
around the
National Capital
by CARTER FIELD

Washington. - President Roosevelt
will support move by the new con-
gress-elected this fall to meet In
January-to reduce the tariff on dis
titled liquors, unless there is an I'M
expected change In the situation.
The President came very close to
recommending this action to the con-
gress which adjourned In June. Sew
eral reasons prevented his doing 30.
One was that as time passed he grew
more and more anxious for a speedy
adjournment. and there WAS no telling
how much debate would follow such
4 recommendation Another reason
was that he was far more interested
In his tariff powers. which were not
granted until the last few weeks of
the session. than be was In the liquor
situation.
There was third, though much less
important reason. The tariff on dis
titled liquors, of course. included rum.
Mr. Roosevelt was keenly interested
In the proposed development of the
rum industry In the Virgin islands.
He was fully aware. through his for
mer connection with the Navy depart
ment at the time the Islands were ac-
quired and through other information,
such as that resulting from Mrs.
Rooeevelt's visit to the islands, of the
drying up OF all industries there since
the United States acquired the islands.
He expressed the view to newspaper
men several times that this old rum
industry. ended by American pro-
hibItion, could be revived, and occu-
patton furnished to many OF the Idle
there.
To slightly lesser degree. though
the volume produced would be greater,
the development OF rum dlstiliIng
promised great things for Porto Rico.
Even more important has been the
rapid development of rum exports
from the Philippines to the United
States since repeal.
did not get fair deal from congress
when 1t adopted the tax on coconut
oil He did his best to defeat that
proposal, and actually went to the
length of asking congress to repeal 1t,
Heavy exports Of rum to the United
States to a considerable extent com
pensate the Philippines for any loss
they may suffer through the coconut
oil tax.
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Favor Under-Pass

well, the gasoline tax is IL cents
In England, and the people pay IT. the
President told Fitzgerald at that time.
"In Vienna it's Is CENTS" Honey
Fitz retorted.
Maybe this was bad psychology for
the motorists, because the President
not 10 long thereafter approved the
treasury's plan to increase the federal
gasoline tax--and with no under
passes.
At the time Of the first proposal.
the Fitzgerald under-pass idea aroused
the support Of great many cities,
whose officials thought that the farm
ers were getting altogether too much
out OF the federal treasury while the
cities were getting very little. Where
as city officials point out, 4 tremen-
dorsly undue proportion of federal
taxes are paid by city taxpayers. Then
there were a number of states In the
early days OF this New Deal, partlcu-
larly In the Northwest, that thought
they were being taxed largely for ths
benefits Of the South and West.
Interest In the undcr-pass idea,
aroused at that time fer the reasons
Just stated, has grown rather than
slackened. however. Tho problem now
Is not one of employment, AZ 1t was
primarily, In the FIRST days of its dis
cusslon. It has now become chiefly =
traffic problem.
New York officials have told the
writer that the saving In time, energy,
nerves and even In gasoline In New
York city alone would b. amply In.
calculable II under passes were con.
structed at just few OF Manhattan'a
worst cornerz
CspyrixAt--wNu 1s<vte~
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Wants Good, Cheap Liquor

So that three of this country's
possessions, In all OF which the Pres
ident Is keenly interested for one rea-
son or another are profiting enormous
ly by the fact that the import duty ON
distilled liquor Is so high. Mr. Roose-
Welt felt that 1t would be good idea
for them to get head start on this
business before cutting the tariff which
protects them as we'll as domestic dis
tillers.
But as to the proposition on the
whole the President feels strongly that
every possible step must be taken by
the government to provide the liquor
buying public with good. wholesome
liquor, at price sufficiently cheap to
prevent the bootleggers and moonshin-
ers from operating.
Federal Alcohol Administrator Choate
has been keenly In sympathy with
the idea of reducing the tariff. In an
interview before congress adjourned
he mentioned stock OF American type
OF WHISTLES which could be imported
and used as the base for blends. He
did not mention the name Of the own
ers Of this whisky. but 1t is large
Canadian corporation with plant In
the United States. This particular
company has stock OF some 10000
600 gallons of straight whisky from
Ave vna ra old UPWARDS
Actually. the $5-a-gallon import
duty, which Is In addition to the S8-a-
gallon excise tax, runs the tax on
whisky In most states to above 81 a
quart. In New York. for example, the
state tax of 81 with the ST on imported
liquors makes So a gallon without
counting state and special taxes In
Maryland the state tar is $I.10, etc.
Domestic liquor would still have a
big advantage even II the import duty
was reduced. say, to $3.50 gallon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16

Vincent plsano. only twenty, hired
room on the top floor OF quiet
Brooklyn boarding house, retired there
with his friend. Oresto de Roberto.
twenty-one- Both were racketeers,
both were hiding. both were ION the
spot" Hiding did no good.
Two gunner came down the sky
light, shot Pisano i've times In tho
abdomen, put several bullets In Do
Roberto's head. Both young men had
police records, had been tried and con-
vlcted and let out.
Organized crime usually gets itn
man"
q King Features Syndicate Inc.
WNU EsrvicsA
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16
Too Much Gold

Too Much Gold
While there was no discussion Of
this point on the floor of the house or
senate during the passage of the silver
bill In the last session. there Is a wide
ly held theory, even among treasury
experts who are opposed to bimetal-
llsm. that the United States has too
much gold for Its own good at the
present moment. A better distribution
OF gold. they believe, is apt to be one
OF the beneficial results following the
enactment of the silver law.
BY buying silver from abroad on 4
considerable scale, the argument runs,
this country would be creating buying
power abroad without increasing COM
petItive imports. II the United States
were to buy a similar amount OF tex
tiles or liquor, 1t would have 4 depros-
sing effect on domestic production OF
the articles thus imported. Bringing
In goods from abroad does not increase
the consumption of that particular
kind of goods. As tho old high tarin
spellbinders used to say. every dollar
of imports means just dollar less d.
vided between American labor and
American capital.
But the case of silver In unique
By previous action this government
Is buying every ounce OF silver pro-
duced In this country at fixed rate
actually higher than the world price
It makes no difference whether the
production scars or dIminishes. SO
that II this country should In addition
buy, say, 1O0,000.O00 ounces OF silver
from China, there would be no repcr-
cussIon hitting the silver miners nor
the silver mine owners The silver
would simply 80 In the United States
treasury vaults and either lie there OF
be coined.
Meanwhile, however. such purchases
would Increase enormously the posi-
BILE buying OF American exports by the
countries from which the silver waa
bought.
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cept bImetaIlIsm at a ratio of 80 to /.
but that he was not willing to rec
ommend such action. Naturally, the
silverItes would be pleased with this,
but they are not talking In terms Of
80 to l. They bark back to the old
10 to / ratio of Bryan's day, and Insist
that comparative production Of gold
and silver makes this the normal ratio.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16
Bimetallism Drive

A new drive for blmetallism Is being
planned by senators and members OF
the house from the silver states.
Scores OF letters from senator's and
members In the western country have
told colleagues remaining In Wash
ington that the optimism on this issue
In the whole western country, from
Texas to Washington, and from Min
nesota to California, is fiabbergastlng
Most OF the voters interested In bi-
metallism seem to feel that their SEN
ators and congressman did not press
the Issue firmly enough In the last SEES
sion.
There are exceptions to this, OF
course Friends of Senator Wheeler,
OF Montana. and Of Senator Pittman,
Of Nevada, though there Is very little
friendship between the two-report
that their constituents think they did
a pretty good Job. They also say that
Senator Pittman's activities In the
London economic conference revived
the hope OF bimetallIsm, dormant since
1900, when william Jennings Bryan
was 10 crushingly defeated when ne
ran for President the second time on
that Issue.
Everyone In the silver country, II IL
reported, feels that the fight has Just
been begun, and that the new congress
win force President Roosevelts hand
II, indeed, he is not perfectly willing
to have II forced. Some OF the west
ern senators have told their constitu'
ents that Mr.. Roosevelt had assured
| them that he would be willing TO &C
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16
New Traffic Plan

A number OF large cities are giving
serious consideration to proposal re-
Gently made by former Mayor John
f. (Honey) Fitzgerald, of Boston, for
solving traffic problems at congested
cross streets and at the same time pro-
viding work for large numbers OF men
without burdening the city treasury.
Mr.. Fitzgeralds plan is simply the
construction of under-passages at high
~ congested corners. such, for exam
Pile, as Fifth avenue and Forty-second
street In New York. His plan further
provides that the municipalities levy
an additional cent tax on gasoline.
Originally, Mr.. Fitzgerald proposed
that federal money be used for this
purpose. He suggested then that the
money be loaned to the municipalities
by the RFC or some other federal
agency and repaid from receipts from
the gas tax. So enthusiastic WAS Mr..
Fitzgerald that he made 4 special trip
to washington and talked to the Presi-
dent about 1t. Mr.. Roosevelt liked ths
idea but 1t was discarded as far as tho
federal government was concerned, be-
cause. technically, 1t was not strictly
1self-liQuidating" project. It was
not similar, for example, to bridge,
where tolls for use Of the bridge could
be charged. Since that time, however,
Interest In the idea has grown, largely
due to the constantly increasing con-
gestion from automobile and truck
traffic In the big cities.
Mr.. Fitzgerald told the President at
the time he took the matter up at the
White House that he thought an extra
cent on the gallon would make very
little difference to the purchasers OF
gasoline, whereas, In tie big cities,
the time saved by under-passing 1t
busy corners would moro than COM
pensate motorists and truck drivers,
He called attention to the amount OF
gasoline wasted by idling motors dur
Ing such delays and said he believed
the saving here alone would make up
for the extra cent \ gallon.
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Mild earthquake shocks have gently
but nothing cataclysmic happened.
Windows ratified. pictures were found
out OF plumb on the walls. That Ia
an old country and the rocky coast
has probably done Its important "set-
Ting down" In ages long past.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-16

Constantine. Algeria. reports bloody.
fatal rioting between Mohammedans
and Jews. More than 20 Jews were
killed, many injured. An Arab mob,
armed with blackjacks, revolvers ana
ARAB knives" Invaded the city's
ghetto, setting fire to houses and
dragging Jewish men, women and
children into the streets, to stab and
beat Them" ~
Evening star., 1934-12-19

fear that q fire-eating cabinet will be
most responsible jobs.
~
In the meantime, while all gov.
ernments desire peace, they are al
preparing for war.
The French government, after
having appropriated record peace
sum for the army and aviation, is
noD ready to embark upon q con-
structiDe ndUal policy uhich ,Dould
giUe France naval superiority oUer
the combined italian and German
fleets.
Germany is spending every avail
able cent on improving secretly hel
forces.
Czechoslovakia has modified al
foreign exchanges which heretofore
were in the hands of private indi-
viduals. They are all now safely in the
vaults Of the National Bank, which Is
free to dispose of them as it sees At
1t is a precautionary war measure
which nobody can overlook.
Italy has done the same.
Even less important countries are
striving to get ready as fast as pos
sible for what they believe to be the
inevitable showdown. They are all in
the market to buy either war material
or the raw materials which can be
used to increase their war stocks.
Evening star., 1934-12-19
NOTRE DAME EXPERT
GETS HONOR AWARD
Work in Synthetic Rubber Wins
Medal for Former Catholic
University Student. ,ss@
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 1e-Award
Of the Nichols chemistry medal to
the Notre Dame scientist, Father
Joseph A. Nieuwland, was announced
last night.
Father Nieuwland Is famous be-
cause his studies in purely scientific
chemistry at Notre Dame led to syn
thetic rubber, the royalties on which
he gives to religious work.
The award is given annually by
the New York section of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society.
A discovery which contributed to
the formation of a deadly war gas
was made by Father Nieuwland when
he was student in Catholic Uni
versity here in 1908. He evolved a
basis on which many years later DR..
H. Lee Lewis of Northwestern Uni
versity developed "Lewisite." called
dew Of death.
Evening star., 1934-12-19

Major had recommended clemency.
No one in Hull seemed to take much
interest in her case except the lord
mayor, as Mrs. Majors home was in
the little village of Kirby-on- Balm
where a 15-year-old son and 9-year-
old daughter and her aged father live.
The father and son came here to
bid her farewell last night.
Mrs. Major was arrested while her
husbands funeral service was in prog
ress as the result of an anonymous
letter sent to authorities accusing her
A petition in Mrs. Majors home
town, hastily signed by los of the 205
inhabitants, was presented late Mon
day after the reprieve had been
denied.
There was similar activity today in
North Yorkshire, where Lydia Binks is
under sentence of death with Fred
erick Rushworth for the murder OF
their baby, which had been buried
alive. The jury also recommended
mercy in her case.
HULL, England, December l9.-Lord
Mayor Stark of Hull. who attempted
in vain to save Mrs. Ethel Lille Major
from hanging today, said he was puz-
zled as to why some of the prominent
persons he telegraphed, including Pre-
mier Ramsay Macdonald, did not
have the courage to reply"
Stark said he thought something
might have been done at this time
of good will to save Hull from its first
experience of woman being hanged
in its midst.
"a reprieve was granted to Greek
when the Duke of Kent was married.
Surely the same thing could have
been done on the eve of Christmas in
the case of one of our own women." "
he asserted.