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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

a habit. dropped out Of her conscious
mind to become conserved In her I'M
conscious mind. Conserved there, Ii
became definite part OF her person
allty--her soul. II you will. Thereafter
IL was not necessary TO remind herself
that II WAS wrong to steal. She knew
II was. without having to think about
1t at all, and this unconscious knowl.
edge WIS her protection In the fleeing
moment OF temptation. aroused by her
definite need and the knowledge that.
lacking money to buy the stockings,
and faced with the absolute necessity
for acquiring stockings. the sole al
tentative was to steal them. She got
no further than that vague, conscious
thought. Immediately the knowledge
that 1t was Immoral to steal--that MOTH
Ing could possibly excuse theft--rose
out OF her unconscious mind and be
came dominating conscious thought.
Now. right there appeared the mental
phenomenon known among psycharrists
rs complex or conflict. In all con-
fllcts the stronger wlns-and In this
particular mental conflict. the will not
to steal won instantly. 1t was an
older habit OF thought. II was an nc
CURED instinct, whereas the impulse to
steal was nor habit Of thought, be-
cause she had never INDUCED In theft
We say we do a thing on instinct, hut
really we act after due. II intellectually
brief cogtation. based on reason, which
Is the result OF habItuatlon to doing
certain things.
This defendant, your honor. Is
healthy girl AS far as ! can judge from
outward appearances. But she In what
you often hear referred TO Hs high.
strung. And she is 80 unusually intel
ligent that readily realized there must
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

had become an acquired instinct. or Mt
least very strong instinct. There
may have been a certain amount of re-
preston against the net at first. but
gradually that repressive instinct l. e.,
her moral instincts, once part OF her
conscious mind but now relegated to
her unconscious mind. grew weaker,
until finally the stronger instinct won,
and the result Is, we have Nance Bel
den up before your honor for commit
ment to San Quentin penitentlary on a
suspended sentence for grand theft
Have you any theory eas to what
this mental shock might be, Doctor
BurtT"
i have very definite theory as to
what prepared the ground, so to speak,
for the mental shock hnt hqvo rot
the slightest Idea of the nature OF the
shock"
"fhIs Is most Interesting. Doctor
Burt. Pray explain"
Look carefully at this defendant,
your honor. You see young woman
about five feet, five inches high--nor
NAL height for a woman OF her age.
which | imagine to be about twenty.
one or twenty-five. How much do you
weigh. Miss Delden?"
"A hundred and twenty-eight,
Steve"
To mr. rSpA1rrr~1.rn
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
GOLDEN DAWN

have been very potent reason for the
commission of such an unlntelligent
act as theft. So Immediately COM
menced to question her as to her fam
lily. her past.
She could tell me nothing. She is
not at all sure that her name is Nance
Belden, and ] am satisfied that her In
ability 10 throw any light on her
genesis was not born OF desire TO
withhold That information. | believe
she has amnesa for a certain period of
her life. and we know that such
condition Is usually the result OF
severe mental shock. In such cases the
patient usually has an intense desire
to forget absolutely the unhappy. I'M
pleasant or terrifying episode or per-
son that produced the shock. and so In
tense Is the power of will In certain
highly sensitive people. women par
ticularly, that not infrequently they
succeed Thus amnesia is produced.
1t Is, In a sense. autohypnosIs, and your
honor undoubtedly is aware that pen-
pie who have been hypnotized remem-
Der nothing of what occurs during the
hypnotic state"
Il believe l follow you," the Judge
murmured.
i have shown you why the normal
Nance Belden would not steal. But
now comes that mental shock | spoke
Of, with consequent amnesia for all OF
her life that has preceded It. or 1t may
be part OF that life. With the am
nesia comes what we term dissertation
or mental dslntegratlon. The uncnn-
scious overwhelms the conscious the
acquired instincts of morality--social
usage-drop out of the conscious into
the unconscious, and the thoughts and
Impulses that have lain dormant and
defeated In the Unconscious are now
In the saddle. Unfortunates who have
acquired dual personalities or a dis
ISOLATED personality go from one per-
sonallty into the other and back again,
with or without amnesla for the pre-
cedlng state.
aAt time when Nance Beldens sec
ond personality OBJ ruled her. and she
decided to steal those stockings, she
WAS acting under the impnlsion OF an
Idea that could not be combated. To steal
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

When President Roosevelt says he
means to give the people of the United
States cheap power he means It. At
Warm Springs he has been working on
"a broad national program" for cheap
er power. Ii Is understood that he will
not be too drastic" but he win give
the people what they need.
Next In Importance to free air and
free water Is cheap power.
q Kinx Features Syndicate. raa-
WSu Service
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
SEENsrd HEARD
around the
National Capital
! BY CARTER rIELDi

Washlngton.-The extreme left wing
OF the administration is split almost
precisely In half on what is actually
fundamental factor In the whole re-.
eoVery program. The question is
Whether to stimulate foreign trade.
which means holding down the price
OF articles this country must export,
or whether TO concentrate Oh boost
Ing American standards OF living, re-
CARELESS of the fact that this may so
boost the cost of exportable articles
that America will be- forced to be
self-sufficient.
Al one extreme stands Mordecai
Ezekiel, right bower of Agriculture
Secretary Wallace. He has recently,
In public. painted dire picture OF
what VIII happen to this country I'M
less international trade is increased.
AT he other stands Sidney HIllman.
labor leader who is far more con-
cerned with forcing higher wages and
shorter hours for American workers
OF all sorts. Hillman denies that he
Is an isoationiA. but believes that for
the time being perhaps until the rest
OF the world sees the light, America
had better be content with Its own
markets. rather than cut production
costs so as to make exports possible.
Meanwhile the State department Is
supposed to be proceeding-though
with characteristic diplomatic pace
with what amounts to reciprocity
treaties. Only one has been con-
summated-that with Cuba. But about
six others are scheduled to be pro-
claimed In about six months. That
seems long time In view of the fer
vor with which the Peek move to en-
courage trade and thus reduce the
necessity for blowing under crops and
killing pigs was begun. But the ways
of foreign Offices are slow.
It Is rather curious that Ezekiel,
who seemed year ago to represent
one extreme In the Agriculture depart
ment, while George Peek represented
the other. should now come out with
such blast actually on Peek's side
In that famous controversy. But
nothing so devastating to opponents
of the treaties has come out as the
recent barrage laid down by Ezekiel.
For example. the effect of a drying up
OF foreign trade on the railroads In
the United States leading to the ports.
The Idea of the South changing Its
crops so as to get the amount of cot
ton down to the total that can be
manufactured and consumed inside
our tariff walls. His remarks about
what would happen to shipping, docks.
ETC.. were NOT so potent, because they
had long been realized. and had never
stirred up the excitement their eco
nomic worth perhaps rated.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
SYNOPSIS

Theodore Gatlin adopts a baby, which
he names Penelope" in a finaI eff rt
TO solve his matrimonial troubles. BUT
his wife has never wanted her. and
their AFFAIRS end In the divorce court.
Ten-year-oid Penelope is given into the
keeping OF Mrs Gatlin. At \ baseball
game q ball strikes Penelope on the
nose. Mrs. Gatlin spirits the child TO
Europe. Gatlin retirea from business.
Wills Penelope all his money. and is
about TO begin search for his daugn-
ter when motor accident ends his lie.
Some ten years later, in San Francisco.
stephen Burt is a rising young psycfiy
ARTIST. He Is presented by Dan Nc
Namara chief OF police. with new pa-
tient-Nance Belden, girl with a dual
personality. for which her saddle nosu"
was IN part responsible. Mcnamara does
not think she Is responsible criminal
and obtains Burt's expert testimony In
court. Lanny. the doctors faithful office
nurse, is won over to her cause despite
Nances hard boiled exterior.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
Watchful Waiting

The President. however. is pursuing
a course of watchful waiting. or one
thing he Is determined. There Is go
Ing to be no wave Of foreclosures. Ii
private capital does not finance the
country's mortgages on homes, the gov
eminent will. But he hopes private
capital will. because there are plenty
of uses for government money. and
In huge amounts. TO which he would
prefer to devote 1t. For Instance,
mortgages for new home building.
There is no limit, practically. to the
amount of money the Administration
Is eager to pour out In this direction.
That sort OF loan means something to
the return of prosperity. Ii means jobs
for all the varieties OF building trades.
1t means sales Of lumber, cement,
plumbing fixtures. roofing, heating
plants, paint and varnish. 1t means
that the workers getting these Jobs
will spend the money and boost the
sales of virtually every line. OF indus
try. And the same for the workers
In the plants which produce the build
Ing materials. even the coal miners
and the lumbermen In the woods.
Whereas, the funds poured out by
the Home Owners Loan corporation
simply represent the transfer OF
debts from private agencies to the gov
eminent. They do not represent
single Job provided for jobless man
or woman. And the security to the
government that the loans will be paid
back actually Is little less sound
than the mortgages on new property.
for obvious reasons.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

point is there are enough letters In
the office of every senator and mem
Der OF the house to force them under
ordinary circumstances to believe that,
whatever may be the right or wrong
OF the matter. here Is need so I'm
portant that 1t must be recognized.
But--the President is very much in
the saddle. A great many members of
both houses of congress are SO fixed
that they simply must oppose the Pres
ident on the soldier bonus.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
TO BE CONTINUED.


I. Back In Eighteenth century England.
political corruption was carried on IN
an open manner. Gentlemen wishing
TO buy government positions and Office
holders having them for sale adyer-
tlsed In the newspapers. Often. too.
prices were mentioned, some running
as high as $4,000.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

Edsel Ford, son of Henry, and
great help to his father as president
of the Ford company. dined with Presi-
dent Roosevelt In Warm Springs, Ga,
and told him the nation Is 'out of the
trough"
The two Fords are good judges OF
returning prosperity. They expect to
sell at least 100000 other "Fords"
this coming year.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

Pressure from all over the country
to have the government proceed without
limit To take up all the home mort
cages anyone may desire at per cent
and thus definitely force the mortgage
rate to that figure, will not be the de-
terminlng factor In what the Presi-
dent decides shall be, tf0rie.
Two factors will determine wheth-
err the President has congress Increase
the amount OF money for home mort.
cages. First. whether private cap
Ital. through the hanks, building and
loan associations. Insurance companies,
ETC.. seems to be filling the need and
supplying necessary funds at reason
able rates OF interest Second. wheth.
err there should appear 70 he danger
OF new wave OF mortgage foreclos-
ures.
Which Is really two ways of say
Ing the same thing-wili private cap
ital function on the Administrations
terms. or will II not7
Already there Is In process enough
political pressure 10 stampede con-
gress. under normal conditions. For
lr there Ii senator >or, member OF
the house whose office has not been
deluged In the last week or so with
demands that this or that mortgage
loan be made. whether the money set
aside for the purpose In exhausted or
not. he In singularly fortunate. The
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
Buy Foreign Goods

Ezekiel, accused by many cnnserva-
tive critics some Is months hack OF
belfR a BolshevIst. hammered along
the line SO often made. but so seldom
carried to Its logical conclusion. about
the necessity Of buying goods abroad
This country. he pointed out, had tried
to escape that logical conclusion In
every way possible. For instance, by
buying foreign goods, which In toa
many Instances were now worthless,
80 that the goods bought with the pro-
ceeds were actually gifts to foreign
nations.
BY plain inference he suggested that
II would be better to takesgoods. which
would have some value. than promises
to pay. which had very little
But this runs directly counter to the
logic of Hillman and his fellow the
orfsts, who are not worrying at all
about the cotton growers who want
to keep on growing cotton and sell
1t abroad. They are worrying about
the American workers who could be
employed ut fahricatlng the goods with
which the foreign countries would buy
the cotton and other exports Of this
country.
Boiled down, this difference Of opln-
lon In the left wing Is precisely the
old economic djfYprence-slipDosed Mt
least--between the Democrats and the
Republicans In the period between Re
construction and William Jennings
Bryan's introduction of free silver.
1t promises no more ready solution
now than IL did then.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
u. S. Put One Over

Moreover. the United States put one
over on the metal spectators Of the
world on gold. and they remembered
II very sharply. 1t will be recalled
that Wall Street and Europe both SIM
ply refused to believe that the United
Suites WAS going to devalue the dollar
In gold, and hence sold gold to the
United States government at way be-
low the $35 price. despite the fact that
the President had congressional au-
thorIty to nx the price Of gold. In dol
lars. at something like $42.
They were fooled that time. but now
comes the United States government
doing the same thing to the world price
OF silver. and this time the world spec
ulators are not SO eager to SELL II Is
true that this time they do not have
any accurate Idea of what the final
goal OF the United States treasury Is
for the price of silver. The old coin
age price Is S1.2A An ounce. The price
being paid for newly mined silver is
62ia cents. The coinage price. II gold
Is devalned the remaining cents an
thorzed. and II silver Is restored to
the old coinage level. would be S2.5S.
So that they know G2ia cents is the
positive bottom line of the govern
ment's possible objective. and S258 Is
the positive top line. That Is entirely
too much leeway. but. since the note
to China ended all doubt that the gov
eminent would pursue It's silver policy,
IL Is not surprising the world should
refuse to sell silver much below the
positive low figure of this country's
goal.
Which. however. presents the fab
bergasting situation OF one man. Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt. being able to fix the
worlds silver price at breakfast each
morning II he 40 desires.
% CopyrishI--WAu Service
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06
Silver Sellers Strike

with nothing like the total amount
OF silver In hand that the government
had planned to acquire, 1t Is apparent
that the treasury has run Into shallow
water In Its buying campaign China
and India, according to latest reports,
have simply closed up as far as selling
silver is concerned. They have been
finally convinced that the United
States government Is determined to put
the price Np/ and are waiting for the
higher price before selling.
Which presents one of the most curl
GUS and interesting problems that any
government has ever encountered since
coinage began. And which has inside
administration officials divided as to
the proper course OF action.
The point Is whether they should
attempt to go ahead and comply with
The terms OF the silver act. buying the
requisite amount of silver no matter
what 1t may cost. The alternative. OF
course, is to stop buying. and point out
the situation to congress when that
body, which passed the law, convenes.
So far the governments actions have
had the effect OF advancing the price
OF silver more than 10 cents an ounce
Starting of around As cents, the price
gradually rose on government buying
until. just before 1t reached 80 cents.
the government natlonalIzed at that fig
ure. 1t simply Communicated all tho
silver In the country at so cents an
ounce. Just as 1t commandeered all the
gold at the old price before marking
Ii up to $95 an ounce.
Since then heavy government buy
Ing has gradualy forced the price OF
silver up1n the world market to around
SIS cents. At just about this point, the
sellers strike was encountered. This
was coincidence, which had nothing
to do with the price, or what the own
ers OF silver elsewhere in the world
thought 1t was worth before. Because
the factor that caused the owners of
silver In China and India to stop SELL
Ing was not the price. but the fact that
they were finally convinced that the
United States really intended to 80
ahead with Its silver buying policy
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-06

Samuel insult and sixteen co-defend-
ants are acquitted Of using the mails
to defraud. A majority OF the jury.
which took two hours to decide, voted
for acQuittal from the start.
Apparently Mr.. insult might have
avoided that firing trip to Greece.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15

Eighteen colored citizens at
tended the Lincoln Day banquet
given by the Young Mems Re
publican Club at the Chamber
Of Commerce Tuesday. They
were Clarence r. Anderson, Or.
F. B. Cooper. DR.. w. E. Burton,
E. r. Chainey, Alfred Hall, Mrs.
Ophelia Hall. Mrs. Gus Brown
H. r. Cayton. S. ChenalIlt. N. j.
Graffell, John NJ. Green, o. S.
Coleman, w. H. Banks, Rev. T.
M. Davis, Everett Smith, George
Moore. Newton Johns, and Ar
thur Waters. The colored Re-
publican clubs are disappointed
that no representation was CIV
en- them at the speakers table
nor were heads OF their organi-
zation introduced to the gather
ing as were the heads Of the
white organizations.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15
Harlem Serenade CBN
Feature Tuesday Mite

Currently popular tunes. old
favorites and an original num-
Der entitled "Smokin' My Pipe"
VIII be offered by the versatile
entertainers on the Harlem Ser
enade program to be heard over
Columbia network on Tuesday,
February 20. at 8 p. m, psf.
Aida Ward, plaintive- voiced So
loist, has chosen Give a Little,
Take Little Love" and Cabin
in the Pines" as her contribu-
ton to the musical festivities.
Hes a Son OF the South" THE
Clarinet Marmalade, washing
ton Squabble" and king Porter
Stomp" are the numbers to be
played by Claude Hopkins Or
chestra. The unique Five Spirits
Of Rhythm will give their YER
sion Of Sweet Sue" Everything
I have is Yours" and Shine"
Orlando Robson will be heard
as soloist in 'Smokin' My Pipe"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15
Fits Says Dore Is
Responsible for Vice

Responsibility for the spread
OF we and gambling IN Seattle
was laid at the feet Of Mayor
Dore in charges made BY Frank
Fits. candidate for Mayor.
Pointing to the recent article
appearing in the newspapers
telling Of the dope ring among
students of the University od
washington and the numerous
disappearance Of young girls
whose fate remains a mystery
Fits says: THAT these acts arc
the result of Dore's wide open
town policy.
when Mayor Dore began liz
viting Chinese gamblers to come
to Seattle and operate their
gambling dens under his protec-
ton the word spread to the cri-
minal element of the nation.
"The gambling dens that are
operated here openly are the
homes of criminals and racket
GERS. Police cannot modest them
under penalty Of Mayor Dore's
punishment.
1.-The white slavers who are
kidnc 5ing the girls OF Seattle
homes use this city as the source
of supply for their nefarious
traffic for the entire Pacific
coast.
It charge that Mayor Dote
could correct this depIorable sit
uation in forty-eight hours Il he
gave the word to his police de-
partment-unless it has reached
that stage where he Is so i'm
plicated that he does not dare
do so.
1.-THE only solution of the pre-
sent condition is for the voters
to GUST the entire administration
and place the government of our
city in the hands of honest and
courageous men,"
Frank Fits organization num-
bering more than fifteen hun
bred, with two or more workers
in every precinct. has been COM
pleted and is said to be the most
efficient volunteer staff that has
ever worked in support OF any
Mayoralty candidate.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15

Mesdames M. E. Brady and
Ora Glenn sponsored a surprise
party Saturday evening honoring
the birthday anniversary Of Mrs.
l.. T. Howard. The affair was
attended by 20 guests and Mrs.
Howard was the recipient of
many beautiful gifts. At cards
prizes were aw 1rded Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Taylor. Mrs. william
Dean and Miss Gladys Risher.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hood were
hosts at dinner Sunday at which
covers were placed for eight in
honor of the birthday anniver-
sary of Mrs. Levi Howard.
Miss Emma DeMoss, critically
Ill several weeks, has improved
permitting her removal to her
home, 22141z E. Madison.
Residents OF the East Madison
district have been annoyed sew
eral weeks by thieves breaking
into their homes. Wednesday
night thieves ransacked the
home OF p. Frazier, 1927 oath
Ave. Other places entered dur
ing the past weeks are Mrs. M.
Link, T. H. Barnes, Square Deal
Barber Shop and Ralph's Place.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15
Branch of First Natl
Bank To Be Opened
In jackson St. Vicinity

Confirming rumors currenJ in
financial circles for several past
weeks, President NJ. A. Arnold,
Of the First National Bank Of
Seattle, yesterday announc E d
that a new branch OF the First
National would soon be installed
in the vicinity of Maynard and
jackson streets, the center Of the
cosmopolitan district frequently
referred to as the Oriental quar-
tel Of the city. The new bank
ing offices will be known as the
international branch OF the First
National.
Two or three weeks may be
needed to perfect details in the
opening of the new branch, /"
said Mr.. Arnold. "Wc are pleas
ed, however. to be able to meet
the expressed desire OF many
business houses and individuals
for banking facilities in that
portion OF the city. as the new
offices win add greatly to bank
ing convenience in a populous
and busy section"
The First Nationals year end
statement showed deposits ex-
ceeding s71,O00.0O0 and total re-
sources OF over $s9.SSl. 663.72.