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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29
SEEN and HEARD
around the
National Capital
CARTER FIELD.


Washlngton.-Co of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and such ardent advo-
Gates of the st. Lawrence seaway as
Senator La Toilette. of Wisconsin, and
Senator Pittman. chairman of the SEN
ate foreign relations committee, that
ratification of the treaty is only post
poned-that ultimate victory Is as
sured-is not based on geography.
For the plain fact Is that 1t was
geography which beat the treaty. as
very eursory look at the roll call will
disclose. The New England group was
opposed to the creation of this avenue
for ocean-going ships to sail into the
interior instead of using Atlantic coast
ports.
AS the vote was 46 for the treaty to
AZ against, 1t failed Of the necessary
two-thirds majority by IS.
New England, New York and New
Jersey. therefore. might be said to
have beaten the treaty. Ten senator's
from New England voted against 1t.
The only two New England votes the
President obtained for the treaty were
Brown of New Hampshire, Democrat,
and Gibson of Vermont, Republican.
Senators Wagner and Copeland OF
New York, and Barbour and Kean Of
New Jersey, complete the northeastern
lineup of IA votes against the treaty.
Now the interesting phase OF this Is
that these senators were voting for
the selfish local interests of their
states In general, and the ports and
arteries leading to them In particular.
Which obviously reflects the judgment
In those states as to what the effect of
opening this canal would be. No new
negotiations with Canada arranging
better terms could conceivably change
this attitude. The northeastern Sec
ton of the country doesn't believe the
canal would help even the West. but
1t is dead certain that 1t would injure
the Northeast, even II 1t should prove
economically profitable, which the
Northeast Is inclined to doubt.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29
CHANCEABLE

What f1ckle-mind he Isl"
eHas to be. He's In the weather
bureau
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29
Problem for Morticians

Headline In western paper: "Too
Many Deaths from Football"
Well, how many would be Just
about right Boston Transcript
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29

Suggesting that cancellation by the
government of all radio licenses would
be no more drastic than the action
taken with respect to the air mail,
there is lot OF whispering here about
the possibility OF decision to revamp
the industry.
There Is nothing tangible to seize
upon at the moment, only gossip, which
might not be SO interesting were 1t not
that the same sort OF gossip preceded
the air mail move, and several other
moves by the government, which
seemed to come as such surprise.
The unlikely feature of any shake-up
In the radio situation Is that 1t would
seem to be terrible from a publicity
standpoint. A very large percentage
of the stations at present are operated
by daily newspapers. Newspaper pub
fishers have options on another large
assortment OF stations. The total OF
these two groups runs about 40 per
cent OF all stations now operating.
Republicans In the house and senate
are very bitter about this situation,
claiming that the companies at pres
ent operating these stations are play
Ing ball with the administration In all
their publicity, because Of the Implied
threat OF shake-up.
Discussing the situation at a recent
dinner. several Republican senators ex-
pressed the view that not single
news commentator on the radio at
present is really critical OF what the
government Is doing. Not one, they
asserted. gives criticism Of the govern
ment by the minority anything like
fair deal. 1t Is possible, they con-
tend. that by accident there should
really be such unanimity or sents-
ment among the news broadcasters.
Hence, they insist. there must be a
reason for it. and the reason, they
assert, but very privately, is fear-the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29
Full Grown

Full Grown
She-I wish they'd made me
man.
He-They did. Tn the man.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-29
Look for Leader

Appointment OF Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, OF Arkansas, to the United
States Supreme court bench at the end
OF the present session OF congress has
been taken SO seriously by senate Dem
ocrats that already maneuverings are
under way In behalf OF about half a
dozen would-be successors to his post
as majority leader.
II seniority were the only test. there
would be four contenders with enough
service stripes to qualify. They would
be Senators Key Pittman, OF Nevada,
Ellison D. Smith, of South Carolina,
Duncan U. Fletcher OF Florida, and
Henry f. Ashurst, OF Arizona. The
last named has represented his state
in the upper house ever since Arizona's
star was added to the flag. Incidental
ly, this is the first year his friends
have ever had any cause to worry.
But talk about Mrs. Isabella 8. Green
way, the lady who succeeded Budget
Director Lewis w. Douglas In the
house, is persisting, and there Is no
Understanding her popularity In that
huge but sparsely populated expanse
Some OF Ashurst's friends have. for
this reason, been thinking that this
would be an appropriate time to rec
ognize the long service and ability OF
the Arizona senator. II promoted to
leader, they think, 1t would SO add to
his prestige back home that the dan
gerous Mrs. Greenway might decide to
be content with her present seat In the
house.
On the other hand, Senator Pitt
mans friends have much the same
thought In mind. The Nevada senator
long since passed twenty years OF serv-
ice In the house, and now occupies the
important post Of chairman OF the for
eign relations committee. But he also
is not In the happiest possible position
with regard to reelection. For one
thing, there are great many friends
OF his colleague, Senator Patrick A.
McCarren, who do not think he gave
McCarren wholehearted support two
years ago. Some even think that he
wanted Senator Tasker l.. Oddie, Re-
publican, reelected. SO there II at
least the possibility OF lack OF that
harmony which has usually charac-
terized the party In Nevada when Pitt
man has run for senator. so far rs the
senatorship Is concerned at any rate.
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Not Likely to Change

But that Is only part OF the geo
graphical set-up that is working
against the treaty. Another glance at
the roll call shows that Senators Reed
and Davis OF Pennsylvania, with the
port of Philadelphia In mind voted
against ratification, that Senators
Townsend and Hastings, with the port
OF Wilmington In mind, did the same
and that Senators Tydings and Colds
borough, Of Maryland. with the port OF
Baltimore In mind. followed suit. An
other batch Of six votes. which no new
negotiations or notifications are apt
to bring into the fold. And for pre-
cisely the same reasons. Their COM
munities believe the canal, no matter
how constructed or on what conditions,
would injure their states
Senator Byrd. OF Virginia, voted
against the canal. He might have
been thinking Of the port OF Norfolk.
Senator Glass, of the same state, was
paired against ratification. Possibly
for the same reason.
Senators George and Russell, OF
Georgia, voted against. BY a curious
coincidence there Is a port In their
state, Savannah. Which shows how
far reaching certain communities In
this country think the effect Of the
canal would be. And 1t may not have
been a pure accident that two very
strong administration senators, Fetch
err and Trammel, of Florida, were alb
sent and impaired Jacksonville Is
In their state.
Even the Louisiana senators, Huey
Long and the echoing Overton, thought
of New Orleans and voted mo" So
did Tom Connally. OF Texas. who is up
for reelection this time and wants
some votes from Galveston, though
Sheppard, as usual, voted with the
President.
But the big point Is that none OF
this local pressure is apt to diminish.
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I have reason for believing Spears
could not have been the wielder OF
that knife"
Evening star., 1934-05-27
4OM|LL|ON PROFIT j
! CLAIMED ILLEGAL
Suit Alleges Associated Gas
& Electric Is Controlled
by $4,000 Sum. >
By the Associated Press.

UTICA, N. Y, May ga second
suit was filed In Federal court here
today against Howard G. Hopson and
John l. Mango, officers Of the Asso-
ciated Ga3 & Electric Co, charging
illegal profits Of at East SAC, 600 oOO"
A bill Of complaint and petition in
the action, second filed IN recent weeks
against the officers. allege that Hep
son and Mango operate the MaSsachu-
sets VoluLtry Trust Co. through a
$4,000 investment, which later was
returned. Through this concern. The
petition sets forth. the two men CON
troll and operate the huge corporation
known as the Associated Gas g. Elec-
trio System
Appointment OF receivers .or the
concern was asked in the papers, filed
by Roscoe Irwin of Albany and Maui
rice l.. Serling Of New York, attorneys
representing three stockholders, Edgar
L. and Harriet A. Lewis and Joseph
Capese.
The action fled few weeks ego
asked for an order restraining the
officers and directors Of Associated Gas
and its subsidiaries from lin; effering
or transferring assets of the defendant
company" Appointment Of receivers,
an accounting and permission to eX-
anime the books were also asked IN
the first complaint
The second complaint contains
many new allegations. Its requests,
however, are substantially The same as
the first suit.
The proceeding asking appointment
OF receivers Is rcturneble June is be-
fore Judge Frank Cooper in Albany.
An answer to the first action has not
been filed by the company as yet.
Defendants in the new action are
the parent firm. the Associated Gas &
Electric Corporation Of Delaware, to-
gether with all of1icers and directors,
numbering 10.
The new suit alleges Hopson and
Mango, through control Of Massa-
cshusetts Trust, control election Of
officers of the 264 concerns forming
the associated system"
Dissipation Of the assets and
manipulations therein" the petition
states. have resulted in the loss to
security holders OF over $500 900 600
Total liability Of the defendant COM
pany and subsidiaries, exclusive Of the
parent firm. on common sto2ls
amounts to grand total Of over $685.
000, 600"
Evening star., 1934-05-27
FRAZIER AND LEMKE MISSING
AS 1000 AW4IT FARM TALKS

failed to reach the decision until after
Elwood H. Seal, assistant corporation
counsel Of the district, had spoken
They limited him to 10 minutes and
wished afterwards they had let him
talk as long as he could.
Kennedy himself rushed into the
breach after it became apparent
Frazier and Lemke were going to be
late. He spoke at length and then
his wife spoke equally long. There
was one more speech.
Still no Senator or Representative.
Eventually the meeting broke up,
but not until more than 800 Maryland
dairy farmers had signed q petition
calling upon Senators Tydings, Demo-
crat. and Goldsborough, Republican,
of Maryland, to vote favorably on the
Senate Audit and Control Committee
report on the McCarran resolution
providing for Nationwide investiga-
ton of the dairy industry.
Neither Senator Frazier nor Repre-
sentative Lemke could be reached last
night. At Representative Lemke's
apartment in the Fairfax, Twenty
first and Massachusetts, avenue, it was
said he was "out Of town." presumably
in Manchester. No one answered
Senator Frazier's phone.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

ticians instead Of being controlled by
them"
The saloon has indeed been
brought into the open and it is
found to be as competent as ever in
evading and ignoring the laws made
to control it and to be even more
disreputable than the 'speakeasy' it
was to displace, but has succeeded
only in Supplementary he continued.
Mcbride quoted numerous news
paper accounts of conditions there.
He called upon the Anti-Saloon
League, the Women'S Christian Tenn
perance Union and other anti-liquor
agencies to fight the new saloon as
vigorously and relentlessly as they
did the old saloon"
Has not enough Of the wet plan
already been revealed to warrant the
people in States which still have
prohibition laws to devote their ut
most efforts and diligence to a de-
fense Of these laws?" Mcbride de-
manded.
will they meekly surrender to the
ruthless greed of the liquor traffic
which will not rest until the modern
saloon prevails everywhere. in resi-
dence districts as well as business sec
tions, and catering to children and
women as we'll as to men?
Certainly the good men and
women Of America will not stand idly
by while the modern saloon, which
they were promised should not come
back, destroys the bodies and souls of
thousands Of boys and girls in every
city which has liquor control-control
by LIQUOR"
Evening star., 1934-05-27
GLASS BILL TOPIC
IN RADIO FORUM
Senator Adams Will Discuss
Credit for Industry
Measure Tuesday.

The Glass bill which sets up a new
system of credit for industry will
be discussed by Senator Alva b
Adams of Colorado in the National
Radio Forum Tuesday at 1890 pm.
The National Radio Forum is ar
ranged by The Washington Star and
broadcast over the network of the
National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Adams is a member of the
Banking and Currency Committee
which handled the aid to industry
bill before it was reported to the
Senate. This measure establishes
credits for industry both through the
Federal Reserve System and through
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. More than half a billion dol
lars in additional credit will become
available to American industry
through this measure
Senator Adams will tell in detail
how the new credit system is
worked.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Ja1,itOr Candidate
Expects toBe Swept
Into State office
Comes Out Flatly for
Post in Oklahoma,
"Speeches and Au." ;
BY the Associated Press.

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 90
Oklahomas janitor candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, Herman Charles
Shockley. declared today "a clean
sweep for the capitol" Is only the
"squeaking" plank in his platform.
Tn. serious in running" added
the 36-year-old war veteran, who
took a job as janitor in the State
capitol building when doctors told
him he would have to stay OF his
feet. wounded by shrapnel.
Il thought former service man
should be entitled to some considera-
ton from his State government.
when the State Board of Affairs
finally put me on as janitor, they
said it was until something better
turns up I'm still at 1t.
so I decided to make this race
and win little consideration for the
former service man. I'm in 1t to
fight the battle, just as did over
seas"
Shockley sweeps his sector" Of
the capitol at night, sells insurance
during the day.
I'm going to make an active cam
paign-speeches and all-for this
Office
He Is seeking the Democratic NOM
nation, tantamount to election.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
Prohibitionists Are Urged
To Launch Nelv Offensive
Mcbride Says Boys and
Girls Are Rushing Into
immortality.
Declares Chicago Saloons
Control Politics and
Politicians.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
With q story of conditions in Chi
cago, where he said high school boys
and girls were rushing through saloon
doors to immortality, F. Scott Nc
Bride, general superintendent of the
Anti-SalOOn League, last night urged
prohibitionists to begin a new Of
fensive.
He said the major parties and
President Roosevelt two years ago
took stands against return Of the
saloon, but that since then the city,
celebrating a Century of Progress, had
witnessed "A Century Of Retrogres-
sion" as far as the liquor problem
was concerned.
In Chicago" McBride's statement
said, Saloons are once more the
gathering places Of drinking and
drunken men and with them now.
women, good and bad mingle at
the bars and in the wine rooms.
Drink and Dance.
girls and boys by the hundreds every
night, drinking and dancing, rush
madly on the downward path.
The saloon keepers. brewers and
distillers are making the profts-but
the children pay the freight
ASK the parents of these Chicago
children whether they still believe in
the promise that the saloon must not
return!'
Mcbride recalled that President
Roosevelt told the Chicago convention
which nominated him: I'VE must
rightly and morally prevent the re-
turn Of the saloon"
And yet, in less than two years.
social workers in that city find moral
conditions more intolerable and de-
greater under the repeal
saloon tavern than even in the old
days Of the saloon" the Anti-Saloon
League leader asserted.
Control Politicians.
Mcbride said young girl enter
tainers were employed in Chicago
taverns and that as in the old days,
the saloon controls politics and poll
Evening star., 1934-05-27
BY staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
MANCHESTER, Md, May 26.-Two
thousand farmers gathered here this
afternoon to hear Senator and
Representative who never showed up.
Senator Frazier and Representative
Lemke, both Republicans, of North
Dakota, were scheduled to address a
mass meeting of the Farm Union Of
Maryland and Pennsylvania on the
Frazier-Lemke bill for the issuance Of
50 600, ,00O, 900 in currency to relieve
farm Indebtedness. They were sup
posed to speak at 3 pm.
Before the meeting, held In the
carnival grounds here, the farmers
paraded through Manchester with
brass bands and the usual trappings
Of small-town marches. Everybody
for miles around had been told a
United States Senator and Represen-
tative were to speak. The whole
countryside turned out for the oc-
casion, even the Pennsylvanians.
But Frazier and Lemke never got
there.
Leaders of the meeting, headed by
E. E. Kennedy, national secretary Of
the Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union Of America, decided
to stall for while. However, they
Evening star., 1934-05-27
APPROVE RETIRING
CHURCH OFFICIALS.
Presbyterians in Session at
Montreal, N. c., Decide
Upon Age of TO.
BY the Associated Press.

MONTREAL, N. c., May 26.-TM
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States today
approved a proposal providing for re-
tirement at the age Of 10 years of
executive secretaries, the stated clerk
and other officials elected by the as
sembly, but deferred action upon a
recommendation that the number of
commissioners to the annual meeting
be reduced.
The two proposals, each sponsored
by an Ad Interim Committee, pro-
voked lively debate. The recommen-
dation for reducing the number OF
commissioners was ordered referred
to the Committee on Bills and Over
lures. which is expected to bring out
its report early next week.
Opposition Is Launched.
Opposition to the change was
launched by DR.. Ernest Thompson of
Charleston, w. Va, the retiring
moderator, who moved that each
Presbytery be allowed to send one
minister and one ruling elder, with
additional commissioners as may be
determined by its membership, to the
assembly.
He was joined by Charles F. Cole of
Richmond. Va; DR.. E. M. Ewers Of
Somerset, KY; Joe A. Sloan of San
Benito, Tex, and Rev. E. F. Deutsch
Of Bay City, Tex.
The opposing view was taken by
H. w. Carothers of Houston, Tex;
Rev. w. R. Minter of Austin, Tex,
and j. B. Hunt of Dallas, Tex.
The committees recommendation
was that no Presbytery be entitled to
more than two ministers and the
same number of laymen. In its re-
port, the committee asserted the
change will reduce the size Of the
assembly to 180 commissioners
thereby making the body much
smaller and making it more efficient
as a deliberative body. Moreover, this
reduction in the size of the assembly
in the items Of transportation and
entertainment.
3O8 Commissioners Present.
The current assembly had 308
commissioners present when it con-
vened Thursday night.
Retirement of clerks and similar
officials at 10, as voted, was accom-
panied by a stipulation that no in
dividual should draw more than
$1,000 year in retirement allowances.
In the course Of the discussion, Rev.
John M. Alexander of Birmingham,
said a study of the field had shown
the desirability of minimum salaries
for pastors. Such a provision, he said,
would prevent rural and home mis-
sion fields being regarded merely as
stepping stones to urban service.
Evening star., 1934-05-27
ZEPHYR SETSNEW
RAILROAD RECORDS.
Makes Denver-Chicago Run
in 13 Hours 5 Minutes.
Hits 1925 M.P.H.
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sustained velocity of 90 miles and had
reached a peak speed of ll2.5 miles
per hour. which it held for miles,
beating its own previous mark by 3
miles.
Beat Planes in Races.
The 660-horsepower Diesel motor
pushed the modernistic train along
the better than 13 hours between the
breaking Of a timers tape at Denver
Union Terminal and a similar one
at Halsted Street Station here with
out miss. Consistently the three
coach train, which weighs less than
100 tons, had accepted race challenges
from airplanes and beaten them.
1t was, said President Ralph Budd
OF the Burlington. a great day in
American rail history.
Every inch of the long route was
policed. Every highway and country
lane was roped of to give the Zephyr
the clearest right Of way an Ameri-
can train ever had
The trip, said President Budd. DEM
onstrated three things: That the
morale OF the men and officers of
the Burlington is proved by the way
this run has been planned and car
ried out; second. the efficient con-
dition Of the railroad has been shown:
third, that the train performs fully
up to expectations"
Uncounted thousands of persons
lined the right Of way as the Zephyr
sped across Eastern Colorado, Ne
braska, Iowa and Illinois.
The crowds were in evidence until
the new style train breezed into its
stall at the wings of Century build
ing on the grounds Of a Century of
Progress, where it will be an exhibit
forecasting improvement of American
railroads during the coming 100 years.
Armature Bearing Burned Out.
Thousands cheered and covered its
track with pennies to be mashed as
souvenirs.
The blazing finish of the trip was
in contrast to its start. Scheduled to
leave Denver at am, c. S. T., the
train was found last night to have a
burned-out armature bearing. To help
q fellow in distress the Union Pacific
loaned the necessary parts, rushing
them by fast train to Cheyenne and
flying them to Denver from there.
1t was but a few minutes before 5
when the Zephyr rolled into the ter
minal. Hastily loaded, the 100-ton,
three-unit speeder swept out Of the
Denver station at ':05 am. Central
time), as the sun rose.
At Akron, Colo, the Zephyr slowed
almost to a halt as news dispatches
were thrown out.
White-faced, Budd rushed toward
the engine room crying: Don't let
it stop!" The slow speed, it was ex-
planned, was due to a double reverse
curve in the Akron yards. Relieved,
Budd went back to his seat.
Evening star., 1934-05-27

Reported sales of absinthe in drink
ing establishments and State-owned
LIQUOR stores in some States brought
word yesterday from the Federal Food
and Drug Administration that the
drink is outlawed and sellers are open
to prosecution under the pure food
and drug act.
Importation of absinthe, a green
liquor containing oils Of wormwood
and anise, is forbidden and If manu-
factured and sold in the United States
it is subject to confiscation. oficials
said, according to the Associated Press.
They said proceedings might be in
stituted under the pure food and drug
act If an article were adultered or mis-
branded, If its use was restricted in
the country Of origin, or If it were
dangerous to the health.
Absinthe, they said. is dangerous be-
cause of the wormwood oil which pro-,
duces a recognized form Of insanity.
1t has been banned by many foreign
countries as being similar IN effec.
to narcotics.
Oncials said some drinks labeled