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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30
"Too Many Bosses
Is Baseball Nemesis

Such confusion of purpose Is nothing
new In this combination of sport and
business that is baseball For instance,
there are the White Sox. When
Charles Comiskey vas in his prime
the team made money and won pen
nants. AS he became cider he slipped
into a mingling of uncertainty and
stubbornness that caused him to lean
too heavily upon poorly equipped vol
unteer advisers. For years then, and
after his death, the White Sox neither
made money nor won pennants. Now
a happy understanding between field
and office is bringing success again.
There also are the Giants. For years
McGraw was the supreme authority
and the club was one Of basebalPs
grandest successes. Then some of the
players discovered that it was perhaps
not impossible to go over the "old
Mans" head. The next pennant was
won when Bill Terry, who would not
accept the Job until granted full and
undivided control, had become man.
ager.
In mentioning this have no desire
to be unkind to the various gentlemen
who have devoted their years (albeit
at salaries considerably more hand
some than the results) to the execu-
tive end of the game. I merely am
stating facts that are very well known
to any one who ever has poked an in
quisitive nese into major league dug
out.
Probably no club has been In such
pitiful plight this season as the Braves.
The principal ownership of this club
is invested in two men and bank.
The season was started with man.
ager and with the games most CLAM
orous figure in the lineup as vice presi-
dent and manager apparent. The re-
suit was inevitable.
There is a manager who has been
bitterly assailed by newspaper men.
The business manager, who talks an
excellent game and who takes bows
whenever there is the slightest excuse
for them, is a pal of the press. This
does not necessarily mean that Walter
Johnson and Billy Evans do not func-
ton in perfect accord. The Yankees
ruled by Ed Barrow and the Tigers
directed by Mickey Cochrane are,
though, somewhat out in front of the
preseason favorites.
Bucky Harris, who was the manager
of two pennant-winning teams while
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

congress for future ac-
tion. Secretary of Com
merce Daniel Roper
heads the committee
and the other mem
bers are Secretary of
Labor Perkins, Secre-
tary of Agriculture
Wallace and Secretary
of State Hull. The re-
port proposed that a
friendly agreement be
sought with Japan to
limit the. export of
A1-4s1o. 81 kh;c ANN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

the White House lob
byist who has been
charged with trying to
intimidate congress
men. Pettengill chal-
lenged the house lobby
committee to summon
Corcoran again and
question him about his
reported dealing in
utility issues on the
New York Stock ex-
change market at the
same time he labored
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30


ing troops under conditions closely ST.
mulating real warfare. An interest
ing feature was the use of big feet
of taxicabs from New York city. Pine
camp, just south of the Thousand Is
lands region, was the center of oper-
atoms. Ranking high officers Of the
army and military attaches Of foreign
nations observed the maneuvers.
During the opening days the Tween
ty-seventh New York division COM
manded by Maj Gen. William N. Has
kell was pitted in the eastern portion
of the 100 square mile maneuver area
against the Forty-third New England
division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nor
ris b. Payne. In the western portion
of the changing terrain the Forty
fourth New Jersey and New York d.
vision, commanded by Maj. Gen. John
]. Toffey, opposed the Twenty-sixth
Massachusetts division.
Japan has been offended by our navy
- on various occasions, especially by
the staging of feet maneuvers at Ha-
wall and the Alaskan coast. Now the
sensitive islanders should be pleased,
for Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Henry L. Roosevelt has announced that
the fleet maneuvers of 1886 will be
held at the Panama canal and on the
western coast of Central America. Mr..
Roosevelt aud the navy high command
asserted. not very convincingly. that
the shift was not made in response
to unofficial japanese criticism.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

W o o q telegrapnS
suggesting as 1.-THE
highest tribute and
a lasting memorial
to Will Rogers"
that Highway GO,
which runs from
Rogers new home
in California to his
old home at Clare
more, Okla, be ex-
tended on to New
York, and the whole
road named "Will
Rogers Highway"
If every Ameri-
can highway with
friondc of VIII Roo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

mlnaLlOn TO ma OUT
why Marvin Ell. MacIn-
tyre, secretary to the
President; Lawrence
W. Robert, Jr., as
sistant secretary of
the treasury, and
Anon G. Carter of
Fort Worth, publisher
and friend of the
Roosevelt family, were
all found in the apart
ment at the Shoreham
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

organized and direct
ed by Maj. Gen. Den
mis- E. Nolan. The reg
ular army men Of the
first area and the Ma
tional Guardsmen Of
New England, New
York and New Jersey
participated, and in
muddy fields, tangled
pine fores is, back
woods roads, they had
a series Of engage
.0~A1 - &~1A~a o~-ar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

the cleveland, Boston
and Brooklyn offices.
There is such an over
abundance of m a n.
ayers, both of the
business and the field
variety, that there is
no real central au-
thority. Instead of be-
ing Bill Terrys, Branch
Rickeys or c o n n e
Macks, too many of
the gentlemen have
4 f-i. AHA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

to him that means the
continuation of the
Fascist regime. An
thony Eden and Pierre
Laval offered Italy
what would amount
to a mandate over
Halle Selassie's realm,
but that was not
enough, SO the tri-
power conference In
Paris was declared adj
journed. The friend
ship between France
and Ita1v nuSt he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

filibusters were start
ed and stopped; SEN
ators and representa-
tives, hot and both
cred, were inclined to
be quarrelsome. But
congress had its or
ders and 1t wanted to
go home, so the adj
ministration program
in general was pushed
through.
One of the most
controversial measures
IN thot proora m fhn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

Robinson of Chicago, chief lobbyist of
the Associated Gas and Electric COM
pany. Mr.. Robinson himself also was
there, and it was said when the door
was opened at the knock of the SER
geant at arms Of the senate scene
of revelry" was disclosed. For day
or two the news of this affair was not
sent out from Washington by the news
associations, repeatedly because of the
efforts of Mr.. Carter to have 1t sup
pressed entirely. This, too, some Of
the investigators want explained.
Republican members of the house
committee also said they would insist
on the Interrogation of Undersecretary
of the Interior Charles West and Emil
Hurja, executive director Of the Demo-
cratic national committee. West is re-
putedly the Presidents lobbyist and
Hurja acts in a similar capacity for
Postmaster General Farley, and both
Of them were involved with Tom Cor
coran in the utilities "death sentence"
lobbying that started the whole In.
Quiry.
XXIHEN Charles S. Risk, the Rhode
wv Island lawyer who defeated the
New Deal candidate for congress re-
Gently, entered the house on the arm
of Representative Bertrand II. Smell,
Republican leader, and was escorted
to the speakers rostrum to take the
oath, he was vociferously greeted by
the Republicans as hero whose vic
tory they thought presaged great
things for the party next year. Mr..
Risk took his seat on his thirty-eighth
birthday.
FLOYD B. OLSON. governor of
L Minnesota, on his way to Wash
ington. stopped in Chicago long enough
to tell reporters that he intended to
be candidate for the United States
senate In 1885, This was interpreted
as meaning that he would contest the
reelection CT Thomas ID. Schall, the
blind Republican. Governor Olson is
q Farmer Laborite.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

Too many of them are too eager to
poke in their thumbs, pull out the
plums, echo the what great boy ! am
refrain and then duck out the back
door when some one discovers that
mess has been made of the pie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
Presidents Program Driven Through Congress Before
Adjournment Refuses to Abandon His
Projected Conquest of Ethiopia.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD
9 Western Newspaper Union.

r LEGISLATIVE action in both house
~ and senate was fast and furious
during the closing days of the session.
White House pressure was freely used;
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

with various former ministers, opposl-
ton leaders and public men not In
office. The situation was admittedly
tense and the advice of such men as
Lloyd George, Lord Cecil and Winston
Churchill was sought by the govern
ment Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign Sec
rotary, also called in representatives
Of all the self-governing dominions.
1t was understood the British govern
ment would be prepared fully to honor
its obligations under the League of
Nations covenant, these including the
denouncing of a nation that attacks
another member of the league. OF
course the air in London was full Of
rumors of war, but officials gave as
surance that Great Britain would move
with the greatest caution.
Paris heard unconfirmed reports that
Mussolini was trying to negotiate a
secret military alliance with Hitler. If
such pact is signed it will greatly in
crease the chances of another general
European war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

Guffey coal bill, had been driven
through the house by orders from
above and threats of a strike, and
when it was taken up by the senate
every effort to kill it, by eliminating
the tax feature, was defeated Dur
ing the debate Senator Walter f..
George of Georgia, Democrat, created
sensation by denouncing the bill in
these words:
"Outside of political circles, it is
questionable whether there are five
reputable lawyers in the United States
who would declare this measure con-
stitutional. However, that is not the
worst feature of the bill. The worst
feature is the defect and infirnity in
the legislative program that we are
developing This nation cannot re-
main free and happy, if we are to
legislate for groups, and beyond all
of that, if groups are to legislate for
themselves the end of things is not
very far distant.
"That is the situation we have con-
fronting us. And to this kind of pro-
gram the Democratic party is willing
to commit ITSELF"
Senator George was assailing the
proposal to set up district boards in
the coal industry, which would make
their own laws as to trade practices
and regulate wages and hours, allo-
cate tonnages and fix prices, with re-
gard only for their own interests.
"This is the type of absolutism from
which we revolted to establish this Re-
public" he declared.
The house gave up the fight against
the death sentence" in the utilities
bill and instructed conferees to
accept compromise" that was pretty
much one-sided. This means that all
holding companies beyond the second
degree are to be sentenced to death
by the SEC promptly after January
1, 1888. Even holding company in
the second degree would not escape
unless it's operations were confined to
a single integrated system within
state or within contiguous states.
Both senate and house adopted a
resolution making mandatory the en-
barge on munitions shipments to both
belligerents in case of war. This was
what the administration did not want,
claiming it would tie the hands of the
executive so that he could exert no
influence toward averting war.
Senate and house accepted the con-
ferees' report on the bill increasing
the powers of IVA and legalizing that
body's past actions and it was sent to
the White House. The senate passed
without record vote the railway
bankruptcy amendments recommended
by Co-ordinator Joseph B. Eastman,
which are designed to prohibit minori-
ties from blocking reorganization plans.
MUSSOLINI is determined to con-
1vA quer Ethiopia, and all Europe is
trembling. II duce evidently feels that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

WILL ROGERS and Wiley Post,
w crushed to death in Alaska when
their plane fell not far from Point
Barrow, were brought back to the
states for burial by Joe Crosson, their
intimate friend, In an airplane. And
all their countrymen stood figuratively
with barred and bowed heads as the
broken bodies were laid to rest. None
was too great and none too lowly to
pay tribute in words and action to
those two fine Americans, one be-
loved comedian, humorist and philos-
opher; the other a leader among the
worlds aviators. They died as they
had lived, adventuring CALAMITY, and
the world is the poorer for their pass
ing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

ers living on both sides from one end
to the other were named for him,
there would be many "Will Rogers"
highways.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

MINORITY members Of the senate
AVA and house committees that are
investigating the doing Of lobbyists
started out the week with the deter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

president ROOsEvELT'S cotton
L textile committee submitted to him
certain recommendations to better the
industry, and he passed them on to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

TN ONE of those sudden governmental
4 upsets frequent in Latin America,
President Jose M. Velasco Ibarra of
Ecuador was thrown out of office and
Antonio Pons, former premier, was
put In his place. It all came about
because Ibarra tried to make himself
dictator and imprisoned the leaders
Of the opposition. The senate objected
and Ibarra closed congress. Then the
army got into action. 1barra was ar
rested by Col. Nicanor Soils, inspector
general; the political prisoners were
released, and Pons was installed as
president.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

CAMUEL B. PETTENGILL, Demo
- cratic representative from Indiana,
aroused the house to wild cheering by
downright attack on Tom Corcoran,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30
Bail Players
and the Church

There was a day, which happily no
longer exists, when baseball and the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

Our policy now, with Italy swallow
ing Ethiopia, should be exactly what
it was when our British friends were
busy swallowing the lands of the Beers,
absorbing that country with its valu-
able gold and diamond mines. We did
nothing then. Why should we invent
q special policy for Mussolini now?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
A Rogers Highway
Our Policy? Here 1t Is
Why Go to Town?
To Discourage Vice

From Tusla, Okla, in which state
Will Rogers was born, ]. D. Under
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

France and England "fear Mussolini
may involve three continents in the
Ethiopian war;" Has Europe heard of
the New England farmer who said:
"I'm on my way to town to get drunk,
and Lord, how l dread It'll" He need
not have gone to town. European ma
tons need not be dragged into a tri-
continental war if they don't want to
be dragged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30
Thus run the headlines:

ITALY BARS ALL PEACE TALK"
BRITAIN WEIGHS SANCTIONS.
WANTS TO KNOW OUR POLICY"
If she wants to know the policy of
80 out of 100 ordinary Americans,
and 100 per cent of all common sense
Americans, it would be this:
To mind our own business; let Eu-
ropean nations, alternately numbering
each other and robbing inferior ma
tions, attend to their business, in their
way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

<MUSSOLINI is determined to con-
4vA quer Ethiopia, and all Europe is
trembling. II duce evidently feels that
his personal prestige is at stake, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-08-30

Physicians at st. Vincent,s hospital
in New York report the extraordinary
case of baby, that lived for q days,
appearing almost normal but pos
sessing no brain.
Disgruntled best minds" will tell
you there are "babies' in Washington,
some of them full-fledged professors,
that have lived longer than "a days
without any brain"
D King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-17

l NATIONS i; 'l'l CAPITOL

BY HERBERT PLUn0dER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lead
ers In the house didn't make IN un-
conditional surrender when they
agreed to forego m attempt to gag
the membership Of that body on the
social security bill.
They kept concealed up their
sleeves . trick which may come IA
handy later on.
The social security bill went before
the house absolutely without benefit
Of restrictive rules to protect 1t. Any
one Of the 435 representatives Is free
to attempt to amend it In any way he
chooses. But
The house has . way Of considering
|a measure In what 1t chooses to call
The Committee Of the Whole House
on the State Of the Union before It
gets down to the task Of accepting Of
rejecting . piece Of legislation.
"The Committee Of the Whole
House" is something entirely differ
ent from the house Of representatives
itself.
Safe for Congressmen
In the Committee" . roll call vote
Is never taken. Controversial SEC
tions OF q bill are accepted or rejected
either by an AYE or no" vote, . divi-
sion or Z teller vote.
The point is that q controversial
section Of bill may be killed in the
committee" without anyone on the
outside-particularly ones corsti-
tuents-knowing who voted for OF
against.
Applying this to the social security
bill, consider what may happen:
The Townsend old-age pension,
plan, the Lundeen bill and other SUBJ
stitutes, Ill anathema to the admin
istration viii be offered and debated
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-17

The question Of whether they are "a
Be accepted or rejected viii Be decid-
ed In the Committee Of the Whole
House" by either one or probably all
three Of the above STATED methods OF
voting.
A Way Out
A representative, for example, may
be opposed to the Townsend plan In
principle, yet such pressure has been
brought to bear on him from the
folks back home he may feel It politi-
cally expedient to support It.
He can vote against It In the "Com.
mittee Of the Whole" and no one win
be the wiser. II the Townsend plan
Is voted down then, that's oil there Is
to It. for 1t won't be reported to the
house. II It prevails, he win have IN
opportunity to record himself one way
or the other later.
The house bosses make no secret
Of the fact they are banking heavily
on this parliamentary situation to
keep the social security bill more or
less intact. They much rather would
have had the gag rule invoked, but
since that seemed impossible, they
were forced to accept the best they
could get.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-17
~ With Other
EDITORS
The Menace of Syphilis
Chicago Tribune)

Dr. Cutters discussion the other day of the ureya.
ence OF syphilis must have come shock to most lay
men. He reported that each year half 3 milon new
cases of the disease In this country Between 1871
and 1929 he reported the number of cases of syphilis
million.
The record is appalling one particularly in view
OF the devastating nature of the disease to those who
contract 1t and to their offspring The rapid spread of
the infection suggests defective education in prevention
and treatment How defective this education may be Is
further suggested by the recent disclosures Of sexual
promScly among students at the University OF Iowa
Kenyon college, and elsewhere Perhaps lectures on the
prevention recognition, and Of syphilis ought to be
given IN the senior year at high school.
Plainly the subject Is one which ought no LONGER tn
be passed over In silence It Is absurd spend hundreds
Of millions of dollars for the conservation OF the con-
trys physical resources while neglecng the vau-
able OF all natural resources the human mind and the
human body The taboo public discussion Of syphilis
ought to be broken down as speedily as possible.
Perhaps the birth control leagues and similar o8gani-
cations whose activities have not tended to diminish
sexual proscuty might turn their attention now to the
prevention and cure Of the disease The decline in the
birth rate has been rapid In the last few decades as
to suggest that the knowledge Of methods Of bt en-.
troll is pretty well disseminated through the population
or at least through that part Of the population which
try was 242 per thousand OF Inhabitants In 1888 the
rate had declined to 1874 The syphilis rate has BEEN
climbing steadily.
The grand objective Of the birth controllers Il m
improvement in the quality Of the population The pre-
vention and cure Of syphilis would the same end
Someone's been trying to figure out why, when short
skirts appear good times are In the vicinity What could
be more likely to lure prosperity from around that cor
ner?
The U. s. navy will reach full treaty strength In
Tour years. according to reports the senate win only
et the munitions manufacturers alone for while
Cleveland girl who hiccoughed for nearly three
weeks straight was advised to drink lots Of beer Tho
object seems to Be hccoueh to end III hiccoughs.
As "Possessor Of the ~ Umbrellas" the new boy
King Of Siam will have to operate . card index Tile %
Keep track Of the borrowers.
match strike was threatened In Ohio but It vas
strike 1t on.
While the administration u trying to find way q
raise prices most Of " are trying % lind WY 70 rase
cash
Remainder when tots and the Old folks woso elassed
. dependentA bsSors ths eElsy Jemuas-o1 - pen-
don sEs1
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-17

docs halt % much good for youngsters
Ias letting them alone.-Mary Brian,
film actress.
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We are living on top of q volcano.
and no one knows when It will erupt.
Gov. George II. Earle Of Pennsyl.
vAnia.
I had always wanted to make the
grade alone. Not that I couldn't have
enjoyed help, but didn't want any.
one to share the blame for possible
failWe.-Ruth Carhart, singer.
The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-17

As long as there can be q differ.
ence Of opinion among nations @ to
what Is truth and what Is not truth,
there viii be war.-Nelson Macy, pres
ident Of the Navy League.
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Honesty, sincerity. greatuess-these
qualities will not be attained 90 long
as movie producers think only Of quick
profits.-Dr. Fred Eastman, Chicago
dramaticS professor.
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Honestly, don't think stage train.
ing, dancing, or anything Of that kind