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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-12-07

DESERVES A MEDAL
II understand he holds a record of
some kind"
eyes. He is the father of seven,
and he once reassembled a Sunday
paper in four minutes.-Life.
NO IMPROVEMENT
Visitor-I see you have got all
your daughters off your hands.
Father-Yes; but l have to keep
their husbands on their feet.-An-
swers.
Garage Propfietdr-Po1ice stalt
ton?
Voice on sPhone-Yes. What's
wrong?
"I've got a suspicious character
here. He wants to pay cash for a
secondhand car."-Answers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-12-07
OUCH


A Broadway monologist who had
worn a dent in the concrete be-
tween b~roadcasting stations finally
became so desperate that he phoned
the program director of a second
rate station with this appeal: 'Say,
my family's starving and I need
money right away. For 5000 I'll
give you a stunt that will make
your station the most talked about
in years-T'll commit suicide in
front of the mike"
"That's a great idea," snapped
the executive, Come right up and
I'll give you an addition"
Clerk-My wife and I find it
very hard for two persons to live
on my salary.
Chief-Well, what do you ex-
pect me to do, get you a divorce?
Passing show.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-12-07

So Jim Moffett and the folks
who have money they want to put
to work want to know which OF
the two policies is to be adopted.
Secretary Ickes is very close to the
Presidential ear. He also has built
up a strong following among men,
bers of Congress, most of whom
will follow anybody who will spend
public money in their districts.
Jim Moffett is not any kind of a
politician at all. He suffers under
the illusion that so many business
men have when they come to
Washington, that all they have to
do is to do their job. That, as
sSnZ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-01-11

,ye,.,. more treatment al \Iattananv
than at St lra,v's Citv Substantial
additions were made 10 the fort which
bocoma the arsenal of tho country,
Arms fo,, -ba militia If Tho COMMITTEES
wore danositad tbc,.a in ro,dino.s T.,
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sibIo sodi+ion which af+a,. tho p,,,.i-
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-01-11

This point was a most convenient
and strategic one 1t lay only eight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1934-01-11
DURING TERCENTARY
KATHERINE SCARBOROUGH

In the Baltimore Sunday Sun, January Z. 1884
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
GOEBBELS PROHIBIO ST
PUBLlQUE Ell Discourse
De Won PAPEN

Bell.n, JUNO 23.-EI discur-
= que reejentemaW-a prorJn-
I'i2ra el yiee-cauciller Franz
Won Panen, atacando al llama
- ~eluner'o bol>cyiqui>ta del
uationali>mo social, fu1 >upri-
mido de los periodicos de la
nolhe por ei Or, Jose Paul Goeb
bells, mlnistro de propaganda.
Algunos diaries pu5licaron
el d~iScurSo, pero otros no pudie
ron haesrlo, porque los prime
loS Sc apr,Neoharon de que am
q ebhu'S nc habia examinado
Ell contenido de la oraci6n poll
tea,
La aetitud del mjni&tro de
q Propaganda ha disguStado a
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
UNA MALETA
CON $1,000

Barcelona, JUNO 23.-El cho-
fer Antonio Carda alquila su
autom6vil a TN individuo llama
do Antonio Serrano, que ACADIA
ba de llegar del Peru, y este de-
10 olvidada una maleta con
1870 d6lares Y dos decimos de
loteria.
Serrano Sc p~re.rnt6 en- la De
legaci6n de Policia dando cuen
ia de 10 sucedido y POGO despueS
eel chofer hacia acto de presen-
cia cen la maleta y ell dinero.
Cada uno de los declines de
loteria eta premiado con mil Pc
setas.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23

Barcelona. JUNO 23.-El pre-
sidente de la Generalidad cata-
lana. Don Luis CompanyS, pro
nunci6 aql,i otro discurSo, refi-
,riendoSe a la obra del gobierno
autonomista.
La Generalidad-dijo ell ST.,
(2mpanys-ha triunfado en- to-
do 10 que sc propuso.
"'Tenemos la R~epublica, tene-
mos Ell gobierno y queremos rea
Iizar nuestro penSamtento. En-
eI panorama politico actual Sc
jplantea I'm problema que nos in
teresa. Me reflero a la ley de
{, ntratos de cultivo. 81 la reVo-
lucf6n espanola hubiese tenido
efectO-Que no 10 ha tenldo-eS
lie problema no Sc habria plan
teado. REVOLUTION es TODD aque-
No que marca huellas en- la vi
da de los pueblos. Ha cambiado
ell antique ccncelto romano dc
la propiadad. Pensad, pues, la
injusticia que representa- ell he
cho Gle que subsista, cuando Sc
trata de La TERRA la v~erguenza
del uso, abuse y desuso. Men
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
.ARRESTADA LA MUJER
QUE ACOMPANABA AL
CAPTAIN PODERJAY

Viena, JUNO 23.-Ia mujer
que acompanaba al captain
Ivan Poderjay, nOmbrada Mar
garita Suzanne Ferrand, ha ST.
do arrestada por la policia que
encontr6 en- sus habitaciones un
ba1l lleno con ropas pertene-
cientes a la esposa del captain,
Agnes C., Tufverson, que desa-
pareciera EN- la ciudad de New
York.
Entire las ropas ocupadas hay
'vari0s trajes de mujer, un abrl-
go y dos libros con el nombre de
la Sra. TufYerson en- varias de
su paginas,
La Ferrapd al principle dijo
que NADIA saba sobre esos ar
ticulos, pero despues confes6
que eran propiedad de la ab0ga-
da americana.
Declare tambien la Ferrand
Que gu marido lie habia dicho
que guardara esas rOpas porque
la Tufverson iba a realizar un
wiaje alrededor del nundo y lie
estorbaban.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
UNA C~oNFERENcIA DE
SABORIT

Madrid, JUNO 23.-Con ell te-
ma la famiiia y la escuela do
una conferencia el G.putado
Dom Andres Saborit.
Ojo Ell ST.. Saborit que dentro
de Ia tactica socialista ha he-ho
I'm estudio de los problemas de
la ensenanZa, poniend9 siempre
en- primer lugar el carino Y la
defensa de la ninez.
A los nueve amos 70 ingrese
en- una imprenta sin saber leer
y escribir. Y como para ser tip6
grafo necesitaba instruirme, ma
die sabe las amarguras y sinsa-
bores que hubo de costarme esa
ignorancia.
La familia debe alentar y es-
umuu2r al maestro p0rque este
sc sentira reconfortado.
"DebAiS intervenir en- la es-
cuela con ell espiritu libre de
prejuicios, sin hacer politica, e
impidiendo que del nino Sc haga
instrumental religioso, politico
o caciquil."
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
DECRETO FAVORABLE A
Las FERRO-
C~ARRILERAS

Madrid, JUNO 23.-Se ha pu-
blicado I'm decreto autorizando
al ministro de obras publicas
para conceder a las empresas fe
rrocarrileras que 10 solicitor un
aumento del 1919 sobre ell con-
cedido en- diciembre 26 de 1918.
Las tarifas que tengan ell re-
cargo de esa fecha no potran
aumentarse mas que en- la Guam !
tia necesaria para completar ell
maximo de 1870.
Llevaran las cHmpanlas una
cuenta especial de las cantida-
DIES ore recauden por concepto
de aamentos y los ingresos qre
en- elias figuren Sc destinaran a
cubrir el deficit, y al page de
intereses y amortization de sus
obligaciones.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
Otro discourse del Presidente
de la Ceneralidad Catalina

tras la TERRA deia a veoeS de
cumplir 81. function natural. que
es producer, hay al iado hcm-
.breS con familia que eStan sin
trabajo. ESto clama al eielo.
d ES que en- Ell parIamento de
Cataiuna Sc ha afrontado el pro
blema de la TERRA? No. tQue
Sc ha hecho? Supplements una
ley de c0ntrat0s de cultivos. Ash
10 afirma la Lliga. Ahora result
ia que eS la Lliga la que vela
por la Constitution ~espahola, la
llliga qlTe Sc retro del Paria-
meRt0 de Catalina. ~ por qt6
Sc retro? Ellos dicen que por-
que no hay dem~cracia civil?
q Es que en- el Parlamento de
Gil Robes, este enem;go de Ca
taluna? SEs que Sc retro de Ma
drid la Lliga, cuando 10 de An
mual, cuando 10 del Barranco
del Lobo, cuando 10 de los he
chos de MARTINEZ Anido? La Re
publica no puede ser una facha-
da ina de Sc rliberalismo y de-
mDcracia. 0s ptdo qt4e tengais
confianza en- Ell g~obierno de Ca
taluha."
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
CARTA DEL CATALAN
{ PUG U'ASPREK A DON
ALEXANDRA LEI R0UX

Madrid, JUNO 23.-Al ex-pri-
mer ministro, Don Alexandra
Lerrcux, dirigi6 la siguiente
carta el Sr. PUG DAsprer.
"Sr. Don Alexandra Lerroux.
Nj itrstre y querido amigo: FL
.gobierno debi6 dar cumplimien
to, mediante su publication en-
la "Gaceta'', al acuerdo de la Co
mission mixta de TraSSaSoS de
ServicioS a la Generalidai, rela-
two a la radio-difusi6n, por ser
de caracter firme Y executive.
Dicho acuardo de ~eStricta 3D.
servancia a los preceptos del
estatuto de Catalina, fue toma
do por unanimidad y a base de
,meditada ponencia de los Sres.
Usabiaga, radical, Y lbert. Pues
bien: f lconsejo de ministries,
del cual forman parte NADIA me-
nns que ocho radicales, moStr0
SUI incomfomidad con tai acuer
do, expresando que lie habia pro
ducido etupor y disponiendo
que Sc devolviera a la propia co
mission para que 10 revisara. FL
Sr. Gid Sc 10 premie.
"Esta actitud del %gobierno.
no rectificada a pesar de mis-
intentos, a pesar de ser contra
ria a las vigentes dispoSiciones
legales, hacen Incompatible con
Catalina al particle radical.
"Por clio, al presentar al 60
bierno la Omission de los car
Cos de presidente de la indica-
da comisi6n militar y director
general de la administration To-
cal, me he creido en- ell deber de
darme de baja en- ell censo del
particle
"reitera muy suyo, afmo. ami
go, Jose PUG D'Asprer."
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
Francia cree cue Alemania desea
volver a la Sociedad de Naciones

thou, pero la prenSa Sc mSpira
en- la actitud de Barthou y dee
que la reaction no eS faycrabla
nj canoiller nazi.
En- ei presente gobierno fran
ctS ct partido radical Soeiaiista
esta representado unicamente
por Eduardo Herriot y este mi
nistro ha cambiad7 de c~riterio
desde que el vicecaneilltr Franz
Ven pI:an sugiriera en- LAusan
ne un comtacto militar entire
Francia Y Alemania,
La mica esperanto de Herr
Hitler para saivar Su regimen Is
un compromise con suS propios
doctrinas y 81 retorno a la So
ciedad de Naciones.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
CERRADA AL TRANSITO
LA CARRETERA MEMO
RIAL

La carretera Memorial, que
une a Tampa con ell condado de
Pinellas, fue cerrada aver, por
varioS dias, mientras Sc verifi-
can imprescindibles reparacio-
mes.
Los automovilistas que Sc di,
rijan a Clearwater pueden to-
mar la avenida de Armenia, la
carretera Gum hasta Cosme, y
despu6s ell canine de Tampa
shore, en- las inmediaciones de-
hip6dromo.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23

Paris. iUnio 23.-La vista
del Or. Goebbels a Varsovia y
la de Joachim Ribbemtrops a e.
ia capital Sc in'er.srtan alu'
como expresiones del deSeo que
auima a Alemania de retornar
de nueyo a la Sociedad de Ma :
clones.
Los observadoreS franceSes
suponen .ue Ell deseo de Hitler
de retornar a la Liga 50 debe al
tenor de que 81 regimen "na2i'
.peligra.
NADIA Sc ha divulgado aqui so
IRE la entreviSta entire Joachim
,Ribhentrops Y ell ministro de ne
gocioS extranjeros Luis Bar
La gaceta., 1934-06-23

Won Papen, quien Sc sabe cuen-
Ia con ell apoyo del presidente
Hindenburg.
En- algunos circuIos Sc dice
que Ell discourse del vice canciller
es I'm simbolo del conflicto en-
ire q ala radical del "naziamo''
y los q mentos Aodaradcs Y
IcnseryadoreS.
Adema> Sc lie interpreted CO.
mo una seuai de que Ia reyuelta
Ie los Conservatives contra las
normaS del nazismo sig'e au-
mentando.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
C GONZALEZ NUEVO
JEFF DE LA MARINA

Habana, JUNO 23.-Por de-
creto de hoy ha sido nombrado
iefe de la marina de guerra, en-
sustituci6n del Sr. Salvador M.
Villoch ell comandante Angel
Gonzalez.
Licencia Sc lie ha concedldo
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
drones asaltaron allf a Don Eu-

genio Gonzalez Campo, emplea-
do de una compania petrolera,
qu.tandole $4,000 peSetas que
ilevaba en- una maleta.
/, POGO despueS los ladrones Sc
e%ncontraron una nina y lie die
ron un sobre con $4,000 peSe-
tas, sobre que las autoridadeS
recCgieron.
En- otro lugar dejaron tira-
das $500 pesetas.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23

. Villoch Y cuando expire sc lie
agregara a una embajada. De
bese ell cambio a discrepancies
entire el jefe saliente y aigun~s
of.ciales.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
ROBARON $4,000 PESETAS
Y REGALARON 10000
A UNA NINA

Madrid, JUNO 23.-Los perio-
dicos han publicado una noticia
de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Ca
narias, informando que tres la
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
RE~CTIFICACION

La Junta de los Emigrados
C.1banos Sc celebrara ell Domin-
go "a a as s p. m.
Lo que Sc avisa a los Asocia-
dos.
J. r.. SdnfeHz.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
SENIOR SUSCRIPTOR

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repartidores de este periodico 81 no lie entre-
ga un recibo.
Haganos este favor y al mismo tempo
e~vitese molestias.
ST tiene aIguna dificultad con su repair.
tidor, o no lie lIevan SUI periodico a tempo,
dediuue dos minutes a llamarnos por los te-
lefonos 1882 y M53-603 y lie atenderemos
sin perdida de tempo.
Lea "La Gaceta" y recomiendele a sus a
migos que la lean.
La gaceta., 1934-06-23
TN MENSAJE
A NUESTROS LECTORES

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articulo de poitica, SOCIOLOGICAL o ~cualquer otro tema.
Leyendo I'm anuncio muchas veces listed encuen-
ira 10 que lie convene y otras recuerda que debe COM
prar ago que necesta.
Ell comerciante modemo anuncia con areglo a 10
que puede cumpir siempre cumple 10 que otrece, por-
que sabe que Ell pubico lee los anuncios exge ell cum
pimiento de 10 anunciado.
mas bajos que ngen en- Ell mercado y al mlsmo tempo
que Sc beneficial, ayuda al comercante que pubhca la
propaganda y al periodico que la lmprime.
Lea los anuncios, que en- muchos de eHos hay pa
"a listed cosas muy convenlentes
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-05-11
General Hugh Scott, Beloved Soldier Who Is No More
His Death Occurring in Washington a Fe1v Days AGO;
Kne1o Indian Sign Talk Better Than ANY Other White

Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, 80, retired
Indian fighter and former chief of staff
Of the army, died a few nights ago in
Walter Reed hospital, after an illness of
two months.
Graduated from West Point in 1876,
Scott al a second lieutenant saw ac-
tive service almost Immediately in the
Sioux expedition, the beginning of a
stirring career as an army officer
which led him to the post of chief of
staff at the beginning of the World
war. He held the latter post from No
vember, 1914, to September, 1917, and
laid the basis for American participa-
ton in the conflict with Germany.
Through all his last years Scott con-
tinued vigorously his researches and
writings on the Indian sign languages
which he, alone of all white men, had
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mastered during his years on the plains.
In 1880 he vas commissioned by the IL
brary of congress to compile a record
for all time of this curious mode of
expression.
In 1881 he set up headquarters in
Browning, Mont, and summoned from
near and far his old friends, the chiefs
and braves of 10 tribes, for a final DOW
WOW. With them he conversed again
In Is variations of the strange, silent
language in which, so years before, he
had arbitrated, pleaded and when that
failed, made war with them.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-05-11

over various important tasks in con-
nection with Cuban and Philippine
campaigns. !
In his time he served also as superin-
tendent of the military academy, as
head of a special mission to New Mex
leo and Arizona to adjust Indian
troubles, as commander Of troops along
the Mexican border and as head of a
detail of cavalry that pacified the Nav
ajos of Arizona when war with them
seemed inevitable.
This long record of accomplishment
won the attention of Woodrow Wilson,
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Gen. Hugh l.. Scott fought with gun
and saber but more often during his
half century in uniform he faced his
enemies in friendly fashion and by pre-
ference achieved his outstanding sue
cesses by diplomatic rather than mil
itary tactics. But, both in the struggles
where he relied on the force of arms
and those that hinged on the force Of
personality, he succeeded with a reg
ularity that won him many words of
high commentator from his superiors.
Indians of the western plains, his
first foes in battle, felt many years ago
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Before they parted they gathered be-
fore a motion picture camera and went
through once more the signalings and
semaphores of the primitive Esperanto
of the plains. The result is an imper-
ishable record, now on file in WASH
tngton, Of a language which would
otherwise have died with those who
used 1t.
In his dealings with the red men
Scott was known as a conciliator, a
diplomat, a white man to be liked and
trusted, though feared if aroused. From
the day he set foot O the plains he
made a sincere effort to understand the
Indians and their ways, a practice he
continued, retrospectively, in the last
days of his retirement at his quiet
Princeton home.
When the e%xigencies demanded, Maj.
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the inherent friendliness of the man,
who later was to become their protector
and their instructor in the ways OF the
civilization Of the white man.
From the Sioux expedition OF 1876
through the successive Nez Perce and
Cheyenne campaigns, to Cuba, the
PHILIPPINES and the Mexican border,
General SCOTS life was a never ending
round Of duty. Between times he was
called on to organize and lead for five
years a command of Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache Indians, to intervene as
chief Investigator of ghost dance dis
turbances of the eighties, to assume
charge of Geronimo's band of Chirica-
hua Apaches, to decipher for the
Smithsonian institution sign languages
Of the Indians, which he alone among
the white men mastered, and to take
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Then in his first term as president, and
a warm friendship sprang up between
them. Wilson made him assistant chief
OF staff Of the army in 1914 and a few
months later elevated him to chief of
staff. But, even in that post, he was
not exempt from performing special
missions. He settled, again by diplom-
acy rather than by armed force, an i'm
pending border conflict at Naco, Ariz.
Then, at the presidents request, he act
ed as peacemaker between the govern
ment and the Piute Indians at Bluff,
Utah, and later went to the Mexican
border and was successful in recovering
property Of foreigners in Mexico that
had been confiscated by the bandit,
Villa.
His service as chief of staff extended
from November, 1914, to Sept. %, 1917,
When he reached the statutory retire.
ment age of ga. He actually remained
in service in other capacities, however,
for a year and a half afterward.
After returning from Russia, where
he went as a member of the Root in
v~estigating commission, General Scott
proceeded to Paris to study operations
on the west front. He was with a Brit
ish division in the front line at Arras
and with a French division at the front
at ChalonS. He was present at the bat
tie of Presidential ridge and later made
an inspection of Allies line from YER
dun to Ypres.
Returning to the United States in
December, 1917, he was appointed COM
mander of the 18th division, then in
training at Camp Dix, N. j. He was re-
lieved of the command in March, 1918,
and when the outfit went overseas
General Scott. was appointed command
er of Camp Dix to supervise training
of recruits. +
For his service he was given the dis
tinguished service medal.
It was while he was chief of staff
that the United States entered the war.
In that capacity it fell to him to .ad-
wise the secretary of wal who should be
selected to command the American
forces in France. He would have been
willing to give his life for such a COM
mand but he recommended instead the
selection of General Pershing. What his
decision cost him in pride and ambi-
ton cannot be told.
General SCOTS name finally was
placed on the retired list May u, 1919,
and he became in his later years head
of the New Jersey state highway con
mission. His decision to make that
state his home arose from associations
while he was in command at Camp Dix,
for his native state was Kentucky,
where he was born Sept. %, 1853, a
descendant, on his mothers side, of
Benjamin Franklin.
The ~boigrapher of another American
soldier, Gen. Winfield Scott, wrote of
him that the end of his career came
just at the moment when a great war
broke out, land when the veteran had
to make way for young men who soon
filled the public eye to his exclusion"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-05-11
Militia Organized at
Great FQlls i'm 1878
BY GLADYS

1t was during the second Sitting
Bull scare in northern Montana that
h Great Falls home guards were
organized. While the home guards
were not an official military unit and
did not have any official name the
members drilled and met for practice
in military lei at frequent
intervals during the period when the
citizens of Great Falls anticipated an
attack by Sioux Indians who had
been driven across the Canadian bor-
der by General Miles in 1879 after
Sitting Bulls first attempt to regain
his tribal hunting grounds.
Sitting Bulls people were suffering
from the effects of a severe winter.
Plains of Canada were almost depleted
of antelopes and smaller game, while
buffaloes had disappeared years before.
Game had eve been so plentiful on
the Canadian side as on the fertile
bottoms of Milk and Missouri rivers
to the south.
Prior to Sitting Bulls defeat by Gen
eral Miles in 1879, the old Indian chief
had been in a similar predicament. His
tribe was facing a winter with meat
supplies running low and the young
bucks spelling for action. At that time
Sitting Bull had organized a series of
raids across the border. Horses had
been stolen and camps raided. It was
also believed a few settlers, who were
attempting to start stock ranches or
who were trapping along streams, were
slain, as small sums of American money
were found in possession of the Sioux.
Major Walsh of the Canadian mount
ed police at Woody mountain had come
to Sitting Bull at that time and COM
planned of raids. He was told that
the Canadian government had not liv-
ed up to its promise to protect the
Sioux from horse stealing tactics of
Canadian Indians. Sitting Bull, there
fore, reasoned that his agreement to
live peaceably in Canada, was can
celled. Walsh replied that, such being
the case, he could not longer prevent
American troops from crossing the bor-
der and taking Sitting Bull prisoner
for the Custer massacre.
The old chief called his people to-
gether and prepared to regain hunting
grounds of his tribe. His scouts were
everywhere and Sitting Bull was con-