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the House and in the Ways and
Means Committee. I have not con-
suited the Ways and Means Com
mittee about it. 1 do not think, how
ever, that long hearings should be
necessary. 1t is a question Of policy,
and if the policy is once adopted,
then it remains only to decide upon
the rates of taxation.
There are two reasons why legis-
lation carrying out the Presidents tax
proposals should be taken up. The
first is that it would put business on
notice definitely what the taxes would
be, particularly with reference to the
corporation taxes. The second is that
the revenue is needed by the Govern
ment"
Would Leave it to President.
Speaker ByrnS would not, however
predict that the tax program of the
President would be taken up at the
present session. He left the impress
sion that conferences would be held
by the House leaders and with the
President when he returns to Wash
ington.
IF this tax legislation is taken up,
it will lengthen the session of Con-
greSS, of course" said the Speaker.
There is a great and growing desire
among the House memoers to wind up
the business of the present session as
soon as possible. # The tax program
goes over for consideration and dis
position until the January session of
Congress, House leaders feel that 1t
should be possible to have an adjourn
ment by July Is.
If the President saw fit he could
call the Congress in special session
next Fall to deal with the tax pro-
gram. During the congressional re-
cess, study could be given by the
Ways and Means Committee to the
tax program and bill could be pre-
pared for submission either to a spe-
cial session in the Fall or to the
regular session beginning in January.
Longs Letter Read.
With a wide smile on his face, Sen
ator Long asked that the reading clerk
read to the Senate "a little letter"
which he had sent to the President.
In his letter Long said:
"Yoour last message to Congress re-
garding taxation of wealth, and ex-
pressing disapproval of concentrated
wealth in the hands of few, so far
Re
nothing new, for such was your
promise prior to your nomination and
election, and even after your inaug-
uration.
1--WE are now, and have been, how
ever, as far away from the realization
of your promise as though it had never
been made or remade, and only the
force of your administration has
brought about the defeat of the sew
eral proposals which have been made
to Congress, the effect of which would
have written your pledge into law.
Nov it may be that your continuous
and oft-repeated promise to redistrib-
ute wealth, and the equally consistent
performance of your administration in
suppressing and defeating all moves
in that direction, may account for
the fact that some of your leaders in
Congress are quoted as regarding your
message as intending nothing very un-
usual.
Cali the words and phrases urging
the redistribution of wealth, as used
by Jefferson, Madison, Webster, Emer-
son and by such lesser lights as my
self, are found in your messages. Such
Is the voice we hear. But the hand
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if the Chief Executive put him out Of
politics by such move he could not
do Long a better favor.
1.-THE day they pass a law to de-
centralize wealth." said the Louisiana
Senator, 80 that every man will
have work to do, a comfortable home,
something to eat and shelter, then my
use in American public life has
ceased"
Senator Norris Of Nebraska, one Of
the Senators who has signed the
round robin, in an interview, said that
he hoped the Presidents tax program
could be put through promptly.
There can be no recovery" said
Norris, until there is a decentraliza-
ton of wealth"
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at the voting throttle, whenever the
issue for the redistribution of wealth
has come to the Congress under your
administration, has operated the same
as would the hand of the AStors, the
Rockefellers, the Morgans or the Mel
lons.'
Long Ready to Go Along.
Long said that he was neither
aStonished nor offended that 48 hours
after his share -the-wealth proposal
had been voted on by the administra-
tion forces in the Senate, the Presi-
dent should make some pronounce
ment which would meet the approval
of the public" Long added that no
matter what the impelling motive, he
was ready to go along with the Presi-
dent, if he really would do something
about redistributing the wealth. He
asked the President a series of ques-
tions designed to show just how the
President was willing to go along with
the Long share-the-wealth program.
Long said he would like to encourage
the President to put the full force
of his influence back of such pro-
gram. He predicted that within
week the laws could be passed. Long
said that he would submerge his own
personal feelings and go along, even
though it ruined him politically.
Refers to Mitchell Charges.
Long in his letter referred to the
charges made by former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce Ewing Y.
Mitchell that the President had di-
rected the laying up Of the Leviathan,
with consequent loss to the Govern
ment of $1,7OO,0OO, for the benefit of
the Astors, Franklins and RooSevelts.
In his speech to the Senate after
the reading of his letter, Long charged
that the President had still not sub
mitted definite tax plan to the
Senate to redistribute the wealth. He
was interrupted by Senator Black of
Alabama who insisted that the Presi-
dent had presented tax program.
Long challenged Black to state it.
Black replied that if Long could not
understand it he would not waste his
breath trying to explain it to Long.
Senator Schwellenbach of Washing
ton asked Long if he had done any
thing in Louisiana to break up huge
fortunes there. Long replied there
were no big fortunes in his State.
Don't give us the voice of Jeffer-
son and the hand of Mellon" shouted
Long. THAT voice of Jefferson has
been coming out of the White House
for more than three years"
Replying to newspaper stories that
the President, with his tax plan, had
put Long and his e-the-wealth
issue out of business, Long said that
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TROUBLE SHOOTER
GOES TO ETHIOPIA
George Hanson to Protect
American Interests in
Case of War.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Big. jovial George Hanson, the State
DEPARTMENTS ace "trouble-shooter, F"
yesterday began the long trek to Adds
Ababa, capital of Halle Selassie I,
King of Kings and Emperor OF
Ethiopia.
He plans to be on the job as charge
d'affaireS at the end Of the African
rainy season. date which this year
has special significance. If there is
trouble between Italy and Ethiopia,
it is likely to be in late September or
early October, when the dry season
makes troop movement possible in the
African hinterlands.
Job to Guard U. 8. Interests.
The protection of American inter-
ests when, and if, Mussolini's Black
shirts go into action against the
mountain tribesmen who claim descent
from King Solomon will be Hanson's
job.
Behind him Is a record Of trouble
shooting" for the United States in
China, Manchuria, Soviet Russia and
other far-away lands where he has
spent more than IS years in the con-
sular and diplomatic service.
Confident Of Hanson.
American officials are confident
that, whatever happens, the 20o-pound
diplomat from Hartford, Conn, Will
be able to handle the situation.
Scattered through Ethiopia are ap-
proximately 100 American business
men or missionaries. The most i'm
portant American interests are those
of the j. G. White Engineering Co.,
engaged in constructing the great
dam at Lake Tsana, at the headwaters
Of the Nile, which will regulate the
flow of water to the parched lands Of
Egypt and the Sudan.
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KENTUCKY FLOODS
LEAVE FOUR DEAD
Mother and Three Children
Drown as Father SWims
to Safety.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAWSON SPRINGS, KY, June %.
Leaving four persons dead, Ken
tucky's sixth flood threat of the year
SloShed southwark tonight before a
trail of undermined dwellings and sew
cred highways.
Menace lurked in certain western
streams which still rose.
The wife and three children of Jack
Grey drowned in a swollen drainage
ditch at Bardwell. Their boat cap
sized. Grey made the bank after try
ing to save his wife.
Two Days Rain Ends.
Two days of heavy rain ended early
today with rivers mounting to flood
stage, Nortonvilie partly under water,
crops beaten to earth and several
dozen families forced from home.
Railway stations in Slaughters and
Nortonville were under water a few
hours for the first time in history.
The flood took $50 miners jobs
when it washed out a track at the
North Diamond and Fox Run Mines
~ EarungIOn.
Five houses were wrecked and 25
turned over at jenkins, the loss was
put at $4,000 Boyle CountyS crop
loss was estimated at $4,000.
An abrupt change of weather to-
day brought respite to the Norton
vile area. The water, which stood
two feet over the road, ran off in
a few hours. 1t left mud on many
floors and houses sagging where their
foundations were cut away.
Crews Hasten Repairs.
Thiry crews haStened repair on big
washouts in through highways lost
they crumble and cut off all traffic
One road from. Nortonville to Louis
vile was cut through entirely, a 20
foot hole hiding under three feet
of water where the right of way had
been
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Diego, Calf, was still in a critical
condition last night. Hospital attaches
reported Mrs. English's spinal cord
was twisted in addition to her broken
back.
Lieut.. English was the captain OF
the Bear of Oakland and returned
with Admiral Byrd several weeks ago
He was absent from the apartment at
the time of the plunge, arriving soon
after his wife had been taken to the
hospital.
Starr also made a statement to
detectives in which he said he went
to the English apartment early in the
afternoon, and that he and Mrs
English had three drinks. He said
Mrs. English asked him about the
grounds for divorce in the District,
and that he told her he did not know
about the District divorce laws.
While they were talking, he claimed,
he saw some pistol cartridges in the
roll Of Mrs. EngliSh's stocking, and
that he took four of them away from
her. These four cartridges later
were found in his pocket and fifth
was found on the spot where Mrs.
English struck the ground.
Scream Precedes Fall.
Starr said Mrs. English went into
the kitchen of the apartment to mix
more drinks. He stated that he did
not know anything was wrong until
he heard a scream and ran to the
window and looked out and saw Mrs.
English lying on the ground below.
Scattered on the ground and side
walk where Mrs. English fell were
several rings. Police believe she took
Off her rings and held them in her
hand.
Mrs. English attempted to jump
from window in New York apart
ment about a year ago, Starr said,
but was prevented from doing so by
himself and another man. On this
occasion, he said, she took off her
rings and attempted to throw them
from the window. This story is re-
ported to have been corroborated in a
telephone conversation with woman
friend of Mrs. English in New York
yesterday.
Last night, however, Capt. Thomp-
son said he had asked New York po-
lice about the previous attempt to
jump. He showed a telegram from
Chief Inspector Sheely of the New
York police, in which Sheely said he
had been unable to find any record
where Mrs. English had attempted
suicide there.
Capt. Thompson said Mrs. English
had attempted suicide at least twice
in the last year, however, and that on
both occasions she had taken her
rings on and held them in her hand.
Clifford w. Brown, an empioye of
the Italian Embassy, just across the
street from the Embassy Towers
Apartments, where the English apart
ment is located, told the police yes
terday he saw Mrs. English sitting
on the window ledge, and that she
appeared to be trying to reach an
awning rod On the window in the
apartment next to hers. He said Mrs.
English grabbed for the rod, missed
and fell.
Police quoted Lieut.. English as say
ing that he had met Starr only once
and that his wife had told him that
she became acquainted with him in
New York. English was in Little
America at that time. Starr came
here from Chicago.
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FAMILY RETURNS HERE.
Wife and Five Children Apparently
Suffer No III Effects,

Mrs. Lowe and her five children
returned to Washington yesterday
afternoon suffering no effects from
their reported escape from gas poison
ing in Atlantic City.
At their home last night, Lowe ex-
planned that his family left several
days ago for a short vacation In New
York and Atlantic City. Not hearing
from them since their departure, he
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are Arthur Lowe. jr., IL; Robert. z;
Eugene, 10, and Richard, 8.
Arthur Lowe, Washington contrac-
tor and husband Of Mrs. Lowe, came
here today and took his family back
to Washington.
Atlantic City police received a mes
sage last night to watch for Mrs.
Lowe. Detectives learned she had
spent Thursday night at a local hotel.
They located her automobile. Detec-
tive Galen learned Mrs. Lowe was
registered at an apartment house. He
called her on the telephone. Then,
feeling that something was wrong
he hurried to the place. He found
all the burners OF q gas stove turned
ON.
FAMILY RETURNS HERE.
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asked police in those cities to locat0
them, which they did in Atlantic City.
If a gas jet was open in their apart
ment when they were located, as re-
ported, 1t was unknown to them, ha'
said.
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SHARE REPORTED
SAVED FROM GAS
Capital Woman and Five
Children Suffer No III
Effects.
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June a.
Mrs. Helen Lowe, 35, Of 1900 Forty
fifth street, Washington, and her five
children were rescued from a gas
filled apartment today by a detective
who telephoned Mrs. Lowe about her
automobile and suspected from the
tone of her voice that something was
amisS.
The youngest child, Dorothy, 2, was
partially overcome by gas when De-
tective Jack Galen and Patrolmen Ed
ward Doran and James Fahy broke
into the place. The other children
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GETS $1,000 AWARD
Miss Elizabeth Brubaker Gets
Lawrence College Scholarship.

Miss Elizabeth Brubaker, 1850 Har-
ward street, graduate Of Central
His1 School, has been awarded q
81 900 scholarship at Sarah Lawrence
College, Bronxville, N. Y, according
to an Associated Press dispatch from
New York yesterday.
Miss Brubaker is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar D. Brubaker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
GuffeyConl Act Is Heldto
 Be Constitutional; Federal
 Judge Renders Decision

LOUISVILLE, Ky,, Nov. l5.- Copyright 1885, by Associated Press) Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton, in a decision made here, holds the Cuff fey Coal Act is constitutional.
 Judge Hamilton declared Congress has the power to regulate wages and prices of any industry which Con- gress may conclude bears on Inter- state Commerce.
 Federal authority under the Con- stitution's interstate Commerce General Welfare clauses, Jud ge Hamilton held, would sustain legis- lation whenever the states failed or were helpless to act.
 The people of the states intended to surrender all rights they had to promote general welfare. That could not be done by, the states acting in- dependently," Judge Hamilton said
 Nineteen coal companies with sales totaling nearly s7OO,000 a month challenged the Guffey Coal Act which has been called the, Little NRA' of the coal industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
P PHILIPPINE
 GOVERNMENT
 IS LAUNCHED
New Commonwealth In. auguated with Col
 orful Ceremonies

MANILA, Nov. 15.-Pledged by the President to follow conservative poli- cies. the Philippine Commonwealth was launched today amid colorful ceremonies, bri n g i ng self-govern- ment back to the Filipinos after 400 years absence.
 Manuel Quezon took the oath of office as the first president of the new insular government, surrounded by American notables including Vice. President John Nance Garner, Sec retary of War George H. Dern, Pres ident Roosevelt's personal represent ative, and scores of Senators and Congressmen who came hefe for the Inauguration from the United States
 Meanwhile, in Washington, Presi- dent Roosevelt had formally pro- claimed the Commonwealth Govern ment. which will lead to full inde- pendence in ten years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
MINE SHORT COURSE
 CLASSES ARE TO BE
 HELD, NEW LOCATION

The second six-weeks' mining short course under the direction of Howard J. Wilcox, in charge of min ing extension work for the Univer- sity of Alaska, will start next Mon- day in the store building owned by J. Williams at IA Second Street. between Seward and Main Streets.
 The first six-weeks' course, which was conducted in the A. B. Hall, will end tonight. and registrations for the second course, which will be a duplication of the first course, will be accepted at the evening class period at the A. B. Hall between ' and pm. tonight.
 A special course for eco workers will be conducted by Wilcox on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from to 5 p.rn at the new location.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
ROCKEFELLER ENDS ANNUAL
 CHURCH GIF1 I
Hereafter He Will Contri- bute Only to Inter-de-
 nominational Agencies

NEW YORK, Nov. -(Copyright, 1885, by Associated Press) s)-Forsak- ing the traditional practice of his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has terminated his annual monetary gifts to the Northern Baptist Church in the belief that inter- -denomina- tionalism is the best servitor of the Christian religion.
 In the future, his gifts will be only to specific agencies of the church.
 T have long felt that this denomi- national emphasis is divisive force in the progress of organized Chris tion work and an obstacle to the de- velopment of the spirit of the life of Christ among men," he wrote the Northern Baptist Convention, in a letter written March 2, but revealed only Thursday night.
 Rockefeller's previous donations to the general budget of the Baptist church ranged from $250,000 to one million dollars annually.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
EXPECT HARAR . TO FALL NOW
 TO ITALIANS
Second Largest Ethiopian City Is Threatened
 Abzi Occupied

ROME, Nov. 15.-Italian corres- pondents at the front report the cap ture of the strategic city of Harar is imminent. Dispatches said Col. Malletti, leading a force of native soldiers, has advanced in the Valley of the Fafan River and his position today is only about 28 miles from the immediate objective. The defenders of the Harar re- zion are reported retreating in dis order after a pitched battle yester- day.
 Harar is the second largest city in Ethiopia, just south of the important railroad connecting Addis Ababa and Djibouti.
 Gen. DeBono reports Azbi has been occupied after lively fighting in which 65 Ethiopians were killed and many wounded.
 The fall of Daggas Bur also ap- pears imminent in the face of the rapidly advancing Italian columns, said to not be resisted.
 Italian airplanes are reported bombing various Ethiopian lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
TODAY MARKS
 END OF DEER
 SEASON HERE

The Southeast Alaska deer season closes today, with sportsmen pro- claiming the 1895 hunting season among the best in years. The sea- son opened last August 20.
 Plenty of deer have been reported by most regions, particularly the Sit- ka section, which found many hunt CTS in the field. Shooting is said to have been especially good since the first snow brought the animals down from the hills. The bag limit this year was three bucks.
 Wardens have clamped down on game law violators,s and several ar- rests were made during the season for the shooting of lawns and does. Heavy fines were meted out to the offenders, in an effort to stem the increasing depletion of the Sitkan deer.
 Game Wardens Hosea Sarver and Homer Jewell are now out on patrol of Southeast waters aboard the boat Grizzly Bear Sarber joined the pa trol at Petersburg early this week after returning fro ma brief trip to Seattle. and the two men will pursue their inspection cruise for several weeks before returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
BAKED BEAN DINNER
 NEXT MONDAY NIGHT

A baked bean dinner, by which the
 Business and Professional Women's
 Club will celebrate the clubs birth day, will be held Monday night, at 6:30 o'clock in the Lutheran Church Parlors.
 Vocational education will be the speech motif of the evening, with the following honor guests as speakers: A. B. Phillips. Sperintendent of Ju- neau Schools, vocational Education in Juneau High School; Mrs. Dolly Krause, President of the Democratic Women's Club. What Women Are Doing in the World; Miss Ann Cole man. Librarian, Vocational Books in the Library; Mrs. Rose Davis Teacher of Government School at Douglas, Educational Work in Douglas"; Mrs. David Waggoner
 wife of Rev Waggoner ofsthe Pres byterian Church, "T'he First Thanks giving" F s9& There will be no charge for the dinner, but in order to provide for the proper number of persons, those planning to attend the asked to communicate with Miss Caroline Todd immediately.
 Teachers of Juneau and Douglas
 schools will be special guests of the
 club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
FIVE DREDCES
 AT FAIRBANKS
 KEEP WORKING
Operations Continue Des. pite 35 Degrees
 Below Zero

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Nov 15.- Despite a temperature of 35 degrees below zero, five dredges of the Fair banks Exploration Company in the Fairbanks area are digging steadily "A hours a day.
 The company also has some of it's outdoor crews engaged at prepara- ton of equipment for thawing and stripping large placer areas in prep aration for next spring.
 The Company engaged 600 men at the height of activity this season Most seasonal employment is now closed. The company reported dredge operation satisfactory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
BRIDE-T0-BE
 IS SHOT DOWN
Confession Made in Trag- edy-' Funny Face
 Causes Murder

PORT ANGELES, Wash, Nov. IS Prosecutor Joseph E. Johnston has filed first degree murder charge against Tom Cappas, 45, charged with staying Mrs. Dora A. Riner, 26 waitress in a restaurant here, last Wednesday night.
 Johnston said Cappas confessed saying Mrs. Riner made a funny face" at him as he entered the res- taurant, and he shot her. Cappas said he knew the. woman about a year. She was to have been married next Sunday to Walter Dupen, Coast Guarder.
 ~It must have been love. I am sorry. thousand times sorry Cap pas said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
TRADE TREATY
 BETWEEN U. S,
 CANADA SIGNED
Important Agreement Con-
 cluded in Presence !. of Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Hailed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull as an outstanding step in the di- rection of economic sanity" the new Canadian American trade treaty was signed today in the presence of Pres ident Roosevelt and his entire Cab- inet.
 Prime Minister Mackenzie King signed for the Dominion of Canada and Secretary Hull for the United States.
 Details of the pact will not be re- vealed for at least two days and tar if reductions and other conces- sions, which it might contain, will probably not become effective before the end of the year ! The trade pact is praised by both governments as cementing the tra- ditional friendship.
 The agreement was regarded by the State Department officials as the most important in the series of trea- ties negotiated under the Reciprocal Trade Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-15
BANKERS SAY
 CONFIDENCE IS
 NOW RESTORED
Recommendations M a de by Committee at
 Convention

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.-- The Resolutions Committee of the Am erican Bankers Association reported the prevailing business sentiment oi the United States to be "one oi conviction and that recovery is mak- ing rapid progress
 The committee reported pu blic confidence to be completely restored in banking and recommended retire ment of the government from busi- ness banking, restriction of bank charters, withdrawal of postal sav- ings competition for deposits, and continued Federal aid to railroads.