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problems that our national legislators
ever have faced. 1t would seem that
the Democrats will have no trouble in
passing any legislation they wish, for
they have an overpowering majority.
In the speakers chair sits Joseph T..
Byrns, chosen unanimously by his fell
low Democrats. He is too much of a
compromiser to suit many of them, but
Is now tied to the administration,
which declined to oppose his election.
John Fl. Bankhead of Alabama, like
Byrns one of the old school, won the
leadership of the house after a brief
struggle. Senator Joseph Robinson Of
Arkansas was reelected majority lead
er of the senate, and Senator Lewis of
Illinois continues as whip.
In their possession caucus the DEM
ocrats voted to reduce materially the
Republican representation on house
committees, and decided to abrogate
the 145 rule for discharging commit
tee and bringing a bill to vote with
In a week. The number now required
for this action is 21S. This later &C.
ton will provide another restriction
on the radicals.
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Near the close Of his recital of the
shocking crime came a sensational mo-
ment when Lindbergh identified Haupt.
mann as the man whom he believed TO
he guilty of kidnapping his son. He
vigorously combated suggestions by
the defense that members of his own
household had been involved.
The fear and sorrow that swept over
the house on Sourland mountain was
revealed for the first time when Betty
Cow, Scotch nurse, took the stand.
She was the last person to see the
child alive. In quick. staccato SEN
fences she told how Colonel Lindbergh
turned away from the empty nursery
and looking into his wife's eyes said !:
"Anne, they've stolen cur baby"
Nurse Coliapses.
Sharp cross-examination which con-
tanned hint that she was involved in
the crime brought flashes of anger
from the nursemaid. Most attempts on
the part Of the defense to pry into her
private life were challenged by the
prosecution and the court generally
sustained the objection. She left the
stand in a virtual collapse which at
times caused her to sob Historically.
This line of questioning was in line
with statements of the defense counsel
that the Lindbergh kidnapping was an
inside job. Miss Cows friendship with
RED" Johnson, since deported from
this country for illegal entry, were re-
ferred to in the questioning. She ad-
mitted she, told Johnson that the baby
would be at Hopewen on the night of
the kidnapping, but in answer to d.
rect question declared she had not told
Hauptmann.
Miss Cow was accompanied in court
the day she testified by Mrs. Elsie
Whatley, widow of the Lindbergh but.
Ter, whose activities were mentioned
several times during the testimony.
The nurse said she had spent an hour
in Mrs. Whatley's room the night of
the kidnapping, and that during that
time the baby was alone on the
second floor of the house. When she
discovered the baby was gone, she i'm
mediately notified the Lindberghs, she
stated.
Defense Attorney Reilly's question
ing has tended to show that police had
not investigated actions of members of
the Lindbergh establishment sufficient
dy to absolve them from suspicion. Two
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

lamentations in the earth beneath
the window, evidently made by the
ladder used in the case, were described
by the trooper. He also was the one
who while searching rhe grounds found
the discarded kidnap ladder sixty or
seventy feet from the house.
The stoical attitude of Bruno Rich
that of an intensely interested spec
tator. This man whose arrest was the
elimination of one Of the longest
searches In the annals of crime, watches
proceedings of the trial with a detach-
ment that is amazing. His impassive
face tells nothing. He rarely stirs in
court, rarely speaks. He might be simply
one of the audience, for all the emotion
he displays. He enters the courtroom
as calmly as If he were paying social
call, instead of being on trial for his
life.
Identifies Prisoner.
His composure was broken, however,
when he was identified by two wit
nesses as having to dc with the case.
Joseph Perrone, New York taxi-driver.
testified that Hauptmann was the man
who had given him a note to be deliv-
cred to DR.. John F. Condor (Jafsie),
intermediary in the negotiations with
the kidnaper.
When Perrone stepped down from
the witness stand, walked across the
thirty feet that separated the witness
chair from Hauptmann, and putting
his hand on Hauptmann's shoulder.
identified him as the man whose &C
tons he had described, the prisoner
gave his first sign of emotion.
you're liar" Hauptmann muttered
in so low tone that only those sit
ting close to him could hear.
His Identification as a man whom he
had seen in an automobile near the
Lindbergh home on the day of the kid
MAPPING by Amandus Hochmuth, eighty
seven-year-old Prussian army veteran,
just previous to this, caused Haupt-
mann to only shake his head. The
testimony of both Lindbergh and his
wife had also failed to shake the COM
posture of the accused man.
Testimony of DR.. ]. F. Condor, the
"Jafsie" of the ransom notes, another
important figure in the case, is expect
ed to have considerable weight with
the jury. The retired educator con-
Quoted the ransom negotiations which
resulted in payment Of $4,000 which
he alleges were made to Hauptmann.
Condor is accompanied wherever he
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were particularly pointed out in the
cross examination: Betty Cow, and
Oliver Whatley, butler, who later died
In a hospital.
Trooper Testifies.
An important witness in establishing
details Of the discovery that the child
was missing was Corporal Joseph Wolfe
of the New Jersey state police. Wolfe
testified that he found the ransom note
on the south window sill of the east
wall. Traces of mud on suitcase
near the window were also discovered.
Wolfe said He identified the states
ransom note exhibit as the one he saw
in it's envelope the night Of the kid
mapping. and declared that as soon as
Trooper Kelly arrived. they checked
the note for fingerprints and found none.
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brought before congress.for action, Mr..

brought before COMPRESSION action, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Among the subjects that lie imme-
Ciately before us are the consolidation
o. federal regulatory administration
over all forms of transportation, the
renewal and Qualification of the gen.
eral purposes of the national indus
trial recovery act, the strengthening
of our facilities for the prevention, de-
lection and treatment of crime and
criminals, the restoration of sound con-
ditions, in the public utilities field
through abolition of the evil features
of holding companies, the gradual ia
pering off of the emergency credit ac-
tivities of government. and improve
ment in our taxation forms and meth
DDS.
I'VE have already begun to feel the
bracing effect upon our economic sys-
TEN of restored agriculture.
1.-THE hundreds of millions of addi-
tiOnal income that farmers are receiv-
ing is finding its way into the chan
nels of trade
1.-THE farmers share of the national
income Is slowly rising. The economic
facts justify the widespread opinion
Of those engaged in agriculture that
our provision for maintaining bal
anced production gave at this time the
most adequate remedy for an old and
vexing problem.
For the present and especially in
view of abnormal world conditions, ag-
ricultural adjustment with certain nec-
essary improvements in methods should
continue"
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Speediest of Birds Can
Fly 100 Miles Per Hour

Game birds, such as the quail. prairie
chicken. ruffed grouse. snipe, mallard.
black duck. spoonbill, pintail. wood
duck, and pigeon, fly 60 feet second.
or at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
Geese and brant in flight do 20 feet a
second. or at the rate of AZ miles an
hour. Redhead ducks and bluebills fly
IS feet second. which is rate of 81
miles an hour. Canvasback' ducks ut.
tain a speed Of 81 miles an hour in fly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

York, does well over 100 miles an hour.
or more than 146 feet second.
The rate Of speed Of birds on the
wing depends great deal on
whether they are flying with or
against the wind and on the velocity
of the wind at the time. 1t is re-
called that in famous pigeon race in
Europe in 1876 the winning birds flew
go miles in 3A hours. flying at the
rate of So miles an hour. All condi-
lions were favorable for record speed.
In the race of 1877 it took the pigeons
80 hours to fly the same go miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

ing 90 feet a second. Blue-winged and
green-winged teal are capable of 100
feet second, a speed of 68 miles an
hour.
Rapid as are the rates Of flight of
the above mentioned birds. says the
Chicago Tribune, they are by no means
the greatest for feathered flyers.
Speediest of birds are credited with
flying as fast as or faster than 100
miles an hour. The duck hawk. for In
stance. according to apparently anthem
tic records collected by the American
Museum of Natural History of New
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

to the organization of
the two houses and
the swearing in Of
new members. The
lawmakers assembled
in the Capitol were a
serious looking lot,
and with reason. for
they have on their
hands a big job, that
Of making the New
Deal permanent; and
in the doing of it they
must solve some of
the most perpleXing
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

Pierre Laval or France
and Premier Musso-
lini was announced in
formally. For tw O
days the two states
men d ! s Gu s s e d the
points at issue between
their nations and con-
ditiOns in general in
central Europe. Emerg-
ing from the last of
their meetings, Laval,
smiling broadly, said
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thereafter. In present
ing the budget to con-
gress, President Roose-
welt admitted this, but
without Qualms. He
estimated $S,520,OO0,-
600 as the amount of
money necessary to
carry on the govern
ment's activities for
the 1896 fiscal year be-
ginning July l next.
The expenses for the
current year, partly
estimated, are $S,5S1,-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

THERE were huge signs Of relief
4 in the chancelleries of Europe
when the success of the conversations
in Rome between Foreign Minister
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT did not
wait for the opening of congress
to start his fight against immediate
payment of the veterans bonus. The
commander of Legion post in Texas
wrote him for information on the mat
ter and Mr.. Roosevelt replied at length.
detailing his reasons for opposing the
payment. He argued that the obliga-
ton Is not Immediately due; that Of
100000 certificates outstanding. $685.
600. or more than the present worth
of their bonus certificates" and that
when the veterans borrowed so per cent
of the face value of the certificates in
1881 they uesd the funds to discharge
their debts.
This last point, according to Nation
al Commander Belgrano of the Ameri-
can Legion. is one of the strongest ar
guments for immediate payment of the
adjusted service certificates.
Speaker Byrns admitted that the
cash bonus bill would pass the house
because there is no opposition to 1t
there" but he added that If the meas
ure is finally enacted the administra-
tion will insist on some additional tax
alton to meet the estimated $4,000, 000,-
600 expenditure 1t is believed the
senate also will pass the bill, but lead
ers doubt its passage by congress
over the Presidential veto that Is re-
garded as certainty.
TWO thousand eight hundred bills
were introduced and referred, to
committees on the first day of the new
congress. Number 1, handed In by
Representative Wright Patman Of
Texas. provides for the payment Of
the adjusted service certificates Of vet
Grams Immediately in cash through the
issuance Of greenbacks. Patman and
other supporters of this plan call 1t
controlled imitation"
Lemke of North Dakota. Republican,
introduced a measure for the liquida-
ton and refinancing of agricultural
Indebtedness. The liquidation would
be carried out at a reduced rate Of
interest, according to the bill, by es-
tablishing an efficient credit system,
through the use of the federal farm
loan and federal reserve banking sys-
tenn. Lemke also provided for the Gre
alton of board Of agriculture to
supervise the program.
Continuance of the Hole was pro-
posed by several congressman. The
bond issue of this agency would be In
creased anywhere from one billion to
four and half billion dollars in the
various bills introduced on the subject.
A 100 per cent payoff for depositors
whose funds are tied up In trust COM
panies was sought in two bills written
by Representative Clarence J. Mcleod
Of Michigan.
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CURRENT EVENTS
PASS IN REVIEW
EIGHT AND A HALF BILLION DOL.
LAR BUDGET OFFERED BY
THE PRESIDENT.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD
g. Western Newspaper Union.

BECAUSE work relief must be car
- ried on the federal budget will not
be balanced for the coming fiscal year,
and probably not for several years
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

DETROLEUM control provisions Of
the National Industrial Recovery
act, specifically section 8 (c), are held
by the Supreme Court of the United
States to be invalid as unconstitu-
tional abdication of legislative power
to the President. Eight of the justices
united in rendering this decision, JUS
tice Cardozo alone dissenting, and it
was read by Chief Justice Hughes.
The section declared void authorized
the President to ban interstate ship
ment Of "hot" Oil-that is, Oil pro-
duced in excess of state quotas.
While the opinion did not deal with
other phases of the recovery act, it
aroused widespread speculation as to
disposition of other cases. This was
the first major New Deal" case to
come before the court Some legal au-
thorities pointed out that application
to the act generally of the principle
found untenable in this case might
undo much recovery legislation.
The petroleum code itself was not
involved in the decision. However,
the decision was believed to finish
the work of the federal tender board
established as a regulation issued I'M
der authority of the provision in
volved.
Emergency legislation by congress
to remedy the situation and to meet
the objection of the court was re-
ported to be an immediate likelihood.
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W0,OW.

100000
If one wishes to know who spends
all these huge sums, an idea may be
obtained from these figures showing
the estimated expenditures for the fis-
1Q0R.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

DREMIER r. B. BENNETT of Can
ada, appealing for support for his
administration, promises to give the
Dominion a New Deal" that bears a
close resemblance to President Roose-
velt's economic and social program.
He outlined his proposals in speech
In which he demanded IAN end to the
reckless exploitation of human re-
sources and the trafficking in the
health and happiness Of Canadian citi-
Zens."
Among the reforms the premier in
dorsed were: Contributory employ
ment insurance, remodeled old-age
pension scheme; health, sickness and
accident insurance, amendments to
the income tax laws to correct in
equality of wealth distribution, mini
mum wages and maximum hours Of
work. and further legislation In the
interests of farmers.
NNE of the most serious issues that
- will confront congress is the bat
tie between business and industry on
one side and organized labor on the
other, especially over the thirty-hour
work week. The American Federation
of Labor is committed to this PROPOSE
ton, and to the retention of the col
lecfive bargaining provisions of the
aNRA act Big business, PC represented
by the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States and the National Manu-
facturers' association. is opposed to
the thirty-hour week. and now has the
support from the Brookings Institution.
It also seeks the separation of labor
bargaining and practice codes in the
reorganization of the NRA. The open
ing shot in this battle is the intro
duction BY Senator Hugo l. Black of
Alabama. of his thirty-hour work week
bill, which ar present has not thu sup
port Of the administration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

THE Seventy-fourth congress, elect
L ed on the sole issue of support of
the New Deal, began its first session
on the dot and devoted its first day
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" a SIOup VI iCuCA
and Italian war veterans.
Il am glad to tell you that Premier
MussOlini and 1 are now In complete
accord"
Without waiting for an official COM
muniqae, those best informed said
Laval and IL duce had reached full
agreement, the principal features of
which are joint declaration to pre-
serve the independence of Austria,
five or six power pact of noninterfer-
ence, and provisions for colonial con-
cessions in Africa. The pact agreeing
not to interfere with one another's In
ternal affairs presumably will include
Italy, Czechoslovakia. Jugoslavia, Aus
tria, and Hungary; and later Eng
land, France and Rumania may be
asked to adhere to it.
This Franco-Italian rapprochement,
in the opinion of many high officials, will
go far toward insuring the mainte-
nance Of peace in Europe, and in time
may lead Germany to re-enter the
League of Nations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-01-18

EMOCRATS Of Rhode Island sur
- prised themselves and everyone
else by gaining control of both houses
Of the state general assembly when a
senate committee recounted the ballots
from Portsmouth and South Kingston
and declared two Democrats had been
elected to the senate instead of the
two Republicans who had been certified
as winners by the state returning
board. The Democratic legislators inn
mediately organized the assembly,
abolished the state appointed board Of
public safety and passed reorganiza-
ton bill to consolidate more than so
agencies into II state departments.
In vacating the supreme court, the
Democrats took advantage Of law
passed by the Republicans themselves
35 years ago by which any member of
the Supreme court bench can be ousted
without cause" by majority vote
of the senate and house. Democratic
leaders said they would replace the
dismissed justices with three Demo-
Gratis and two Republicans. r-s--
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ISLANDS In the Pacific held under
mandate by Japan, and which she
says she never will give up though
she has left the League of Nations. are
virtually closed to foreign visitors, in
violation of the treaty of Washington.
The permanent mandates commits
sion of the league has reported that
sums Japan announced she spent pure
ly for civil and commercial purposes
on ports on these islands are dispro-
portionate to the volume of CONNER
cial activity. Further particulars on
the expenditure were asked in the
next Japanese report.
Tokyo representative In his pre-
vious report sought to allay "suspi-
cions" expressed in Geneva that Japan
Is building Notifications or construct
ing naval bases in the Marshall. Caro-
line, Ladrone or Pelew islands, granted
her after the World war.
The mandates commission has is
sued communique saying suspicious
are constantly giving rise to comment
In the world press, and one method of
refuting them would be to afford free
and unrestricted access to the islands
for foreign travellers and vessels"
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Theaters. has arranged to show fine
photoplays.
List Of Plays and Theaters.
Here is the list of plays and the
players who will be starred:
Shirley Temple in the
Fox production, Little Colonel"
Tivoli-Freddie Bartholomew in M
GINS David Copperfeld."
Savoy-Virginia Weidler in R-K-
O's "Laddie."
Avalon-Anne Shirley in R-K-O's
ANNE of Green Gables"
Colony-Shirley Temple In the Fox
production. "Curley Top"
York-Richard Dix in R-K-O's
East Of the Pecos."
Avenue Grand-Jackie Cooper in
Warner Bros "Dinkey."
Apollo-Joe E. Brown In Warner
Bros six Day Bike Rider"
Home-Richard Dix in R-K-O's
EAST of the Pecos"
Earle-Joe z. Brown in Warner
Bros "Alibi Ike"
Metropolitan-Virginia Weidler In
Paramount's production, Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch"
These pictures will be shown on the
morning of December IA. Saturday.
The show begins at 10 O'Clock in the
neighborhood houses, theaters like the
Ambassador, the Avalon and the
Evening star., 1935-12-04
Santa
(continued From First Page.)

(Continued From First Page)
Santa Claus, welcomed him to town
officially. They have been working
with him for the last five years and
realize how busy the old gentleman
Is at this time of year.
at does my old heart good" Santa
Claus told the women, Ito see the
way everybody in washington comes
to the support Of Santa Claus"
Pleased Santa Is Happy.
The women smiled. pleased to see
Santa Claus so happy.
I'VE are going to try and do better
this year than we did last year." Miss
Louise A. Davidson, in charge of Toy
Headquarters, told Santa Claus.
THAT will be hne,' he said IT have
just looked over the city and see there
are 10000 little boys and girls who
would have a very unhappy Christmas
unless all hands help"
Santa Claus then told the woman
what he hopes to do:
"I want to see that each one OF
these little boys and girls gets a new
toy-and In some cases new clothes
too. For some of them are very poor
They need new shoes and new stock
ings and new knickers and new
dresses. I'm sure we can get these
things, If we work hard"
It was arranged to have everybody
bring new toys and new clothes to the
IL Warner Bros Theaters between
now and Saturday, December II. Every
person who brings new toy or q new
article Of clothing will be given q seat
in one Of these theaters, where Frank
"a Falce, director of the Warner Bros.
Evening star., 1935-12-04

in rejected advertising which fails to
measure up to the standards set for
the protection Of their readers.
The bureau called upon publishers
to continue to exercise vigilance in
censoring advertising, and said:
Advertising, in common with all
business, is under attack.
Consumers organizations. educat-
ors, authors and other purporting TO
act as spokesman for the public have
been subjecting advertising TO severe
criticism. Some Of the critics are fair
and friendly and with them adver-
tising can have no quarrel. But the
most vocal and outspoken Of those
criticizng advertising are distinctly
antagoniStic, nor is fairness charac-
teristic OF their diatribes."
Evening star., 1935-12-04

Savoy. In the downtown theaters-
the Earle and the Metropolitan--the
doors win open at 0 am. on Saturday,
December II.
More Gifts Hoped For.
While Santa Claus has not said
Just how many toys he would like to
have for his little boys and girls, 1t
is known that he hopes the people OF
Washington will give more this year
than they did last year. Then 10000
TOYS were collected. It would not take
much more trouble to get $4,000 toys
this year.
"If every little boy who wants a
new toy for himself would ask his
father to get new toy for some other
little boy" Santa said, I'VE would have
lots of toys. "And II every little gill
who hopes to have new doll baby
would ask her mother to buy q new
toy and give it to some poor little girl,
we would have lots Of toys-and lots
of fun. For it is a mighty nice feeling
to know you have made some heart
happy"
Santa Claus Is going on the air
again tonight at sos over Station
WNdAL to have a heart-to-heart talk
Evening star., 1935-12-04
Interest Payment.

The finder Of an ancient gold Persian
coin Of great rarity offered 1t for sale
to the British Museum, which was
eager to get it at reasonable price.
How much would the finder take Tor
1t? How much was its original valueT'
the finder asked. He was told. When
was 1t struck" he asked further. So
many thousands Of years ago. they
told him. "Then, viii you give me Its
original value rlus per cent interest
from that time?