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8 Of CREW LOST
IN LINER CRASH

QUEBEC, Que, June II G.N.SO.
The collier Kafiristan is being
towed to port today after being hit
amidships by the Empress Of
Britain, one of England's biggest
liners, during a fog il the Gulf of
st. Lawrence yesterday.
The Empress was able to con.
tinue across the Atlantic but the
Kafiristan, with three of her
crew of forty missing and five
others injured taken aboard the
liner, was badly damaged. She is
reported to be taking in water, and
soon after the crash a fire broke
out but was got under control
quickly by the crew.
The collision recalled Canada's
worst maritime disaster, the sink
ing of the Empress of Ireland not
far from where the accident took
place yesterday, just 81 years ago.
When the Ireland went down 1924
lives were lost.
Among the 500 passengers
aboard the Empress of Britain
were Sir Edward Beatty, president
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
owners of the liner; Princess Kath.
crime of Greece, cous n of the
Duchess of Kent; Lee Shubert,
New York theatrical producer, and
Count de Lambertye, Of Paris.
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dynamite and may explode at
any time. I saw Mr.. Farley for
q moment on the 22nd. He
told me that he had read every
word of the memoranda and
would see me later concerning
them"
The next day, after thinking
the matter over, Mr.. Mitchell sent
the President a long letter, out
lining his charges.
Inaugural Speech Cited
He reminded Mr.. Roosevelt of
his promise, in his inaugural ad-
dress, to drive the money chang
ers from the temple" He con.
tinued:
"When 1 reluctantly agreed to
take a position in your Little
Cabinet resolved to do all in
my power to aid you in carry
ing out the policy you had an
nOunced."
After making general accusa-
lions against the Steamboat In
Spection Service, the Bureau of
Navigation, the Bureau of Air
Commerce and the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, Mr.. Mitchell wrote
the President:
ut is in the administration Of
the Shipping Board Bureau,
however, that the greatest
abuses and the possibility of
scandal seriously refIecting upon
your Administration have been
allowed to continue and develop.
"In the beginning, Secretary
Roper set up an advisory COM
mittee of three members: to
handle the functions Of the old
Shipping Board under my super
vision. A good start was made
toward honest and efficient ad- r.
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ministrati0n. Two Of the men,
bers were in thorough SYM
pathy with and gave me loyal
support to the policy of driv.
ing out the mOney-changers.
SALTZMAN DISGUISED
I'VE soon ran into opposition
from the racketeers, however.
General Saltzman Charles M.
Saltzman) was allowed to resign
IN disgust and 1 was superseded
by Director Holman, who was
acceptable to the same group of
men who had been exposed in
the investigations conducted by
Senator Blacks committee and
by the Postmaster General.
This marked the complete
surrender made by Secretary
Roper to the predatory interests
that had fattened in the past
on the extravagant mail con-
tracts, construction loans and
other subsidies, so severely con-
demned in your recent message
to Congress-"
Mr.. Mitchell dwelt at length
upon the agreement entered into
with the United States lines for
the laying up of the giant liner
Leviathan, now at her dock at
Hoboken, N. j.
Gift" of U. S. Funds
Under this agreement the Gov.
eminent waived its right, Mr.
Mitchell said, to liquidated dam.
ages totaling $4,000 for failure
of the United States Lines to
operate the Leviathan in return
for a promised payment of $780,.
600, scattered over IL years and
without interest. He wrote:
"This is a plain attempt to
make a gift of Government
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MITCHELL SAYS ROPER 'SUPhELY SURRENDERED TO INTERESTS

clined it several times and had
finally accepted only when Secre-
tary Roper told him he had been
drafted" and tainted him as
Stacker" for refusing.
On May 20, the correspondence
shows, he receivetE the following
letter from President Roosevelt:
my Dear Mr.. Mitchell:
81 am DESTROYS Of reOrgan-
izing and making more effective
the transportation service of the
Federal Government. As the De-
partment of Commerce is an i'm
pOrtant unit in this transpOrta-
ton service program, 1 desire
for this enlarged endeavOr a
man of large executive and ad-
miniStrative training.
"TO this end, l would thank
you to tender your resignation
as Assistant Secretary of Com.
merce at once.
Every sincerely yours,
(Signed)
"FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
In reply, Mr.. Mitchell wrote the
President on the same day, ask
ing an opportunity to explain to
Mr.. Roosevelt the conditions
which exist in the Department of
Commerce and the part I have
played therein"
He suggested that the President
also consult Postmaster General
James A. Farley "as to his knowl-
edge of conditions which exist in
this department." adding:
II delivered to Mr.. Farley,
on the 14th instant, several
memoranda setting forth in de-
tail the conditions that exist in
the Department Of Commerce.
These memoranda are full Of
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funds without any consideration
whatever to those interested in
the company, prominent among
whom are: p. A. S. Franklin,
John M. Franklin, Vincent
AStOr, and Kermit Roosevelt"
Concluding, Mr.. Mitchell wrote
Accordingly, as a matter Of
principle, 1 do not see my way
clear to tender my resignation
and thus make it easy for the
chiSelers and racketeers to rob
the Government. / have re-
sisted the removal of certain
loyal public servants, who will,
in all probability, be dismissed
as soon as l am out Of the
way"
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CUTTING DEATH
LAID PARTLY To
AIR BUREAU
(Continued from PAGE y

IL OnItnue0 TTOH EdkG
Board under the Hoover and
previous administrations"
2. That grave abuses with
possibility of scandal seriously
rejecting upon the Roosevelt
administration" have been per-
mitted in the Shipping Board
Bureau of the department.
! 3. That the Steamboat In
spection Service, Bureau of
Lighthouses and Coast and Geo.
detic Survey are suffering
from extravaganza, waste and
dry-rot"
4. That inefficient inspection
by the Steamboat Inspection
Service probably contributed
to the Moro Castle disaster" in
which scores of lives we're lost.
Rap at Air Bureau
! s. That United States Sen
ator Bronson Cutting and four
others killed recently in Mis-
souri, plane crash might be alive
today IF one with knowledge,
experience and stability suited
to the position had been in
charge of the Bureau OF Air
Commerce.
6. That the atmosphere of
the department has been to
"whitewaSh and cover up the
delinquencies of the past and to
accede to every demand made
by the high-pressure lobbyists
and representatives of selfish
interests"
He charged specifically that the
United States Lines owes the Gov
eminent $2,200,000 through fail
ure to operate the liner Leviathan,
since the company had been
granted a three million dollar sub
sidy to assure operation Of the
vessel for a five-year period.
Despite this, Mr.. Mitchell as
serts, Secretary Roper executed a
contract by which the Govern
ment will waive this amount in
return for payment of five hun
dred thousand dollars over a pc
riod Of IL years, without interest.
Waving of this one million seven
hundred twenty thousand dollars
is illegal, he holds.
It is his opposition to the Levi
Athan deal, Mr.. Mitchell says,
which inspired and fostered the
buster move against him.
Other Department. Hit
To copies of correspondence,
which included a letter from
President Roosevelt dated May
%, requesting his immediate
resignation two letters from Mr..
Mitchell to the President, re-
fusing to resign, and an exchange
Of letters with Jesse H. Jones,
chairman Of the RFC, who in.
vited Mr.. Mitchell to join his
staff. the dismissed Assistant Sec.
rotary today appended this OBJ
Servation:
"It is unfortunate but none
the less true that the Depart
ment of Commerce is not the
only department in Washing
ton where the ideals of the New
Deal have been strang1ed, inn
proper favOritism and graft
abound, where there is ap-
parent evidence of corruption,
and the progress of the old
steal proceeds unabated."
: Mr.. Mitchell, who is a lawyer,
and began his career as a page
in the United States Senate, en-
tered Missouri State politics more
than 20 years ago. He was a
presidential elector in 1915, a
member of the Missouri Demo
cratic State Committee, chairman
for Missouri of the Roosevelt Bust.
ness and Professional League in
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SHERIFF FREED,
GUNMEN FLEE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June II
0.N.S0.-Sheriff Edward Lue.
gers, 38. of Dubois county. who
was kidnapped by two heavily
armed hijackers, was found hand
cuffed near Boonville today, &C.
cording to State police.
The sheriff had been taken
from in front of the Dubois
county Jail in Jasper a distance OF
about 40 miles to Boonville. The
kidnapers, with drawn revolvers,
had seized him when he was about
to lodge them in Jail as suS-
piciouS characters.
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Do You Remember?

IAnSWerS to questions on
page 81
Judge Sayer ordered a
third trial for David LamsOn,
Stanford University official
charged with numbering his
wife.
BILLY" Sunday, the noted
evangelist, was reported as
seriously i'll after a heart at.
tack.
The engagement Of Mr..
Pallivicini to Miss Margaret
Roosevelt, cousin of the Pres
ident, was announced.
When the hospital lights
failed, DR.. Wall successfully
completed a delicate opera
ton with the aid of a small
flaShlight.
Mr.. Winston paid 100000
for the JOnker diamond, the
largest found in many years.
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1882, and a campaign manager
for Gov. Joseph w. Folk.
Asked to Resign
He was appointed Assistant
Secretary of Commerce June 81,
1888. He said today he had not
sought the appointment, had de-
The Washington times., 1935-02-07
CITY NIGHT CLUB
LURES D|ONNES

CHICAGO. Feb. 7 G.N.SD.
Two visitors fresh from the Ca
madam backwoods. Papa and
Mama Dionne, stared wide-eyed
at the goings-on in a typica. big
city night club early today.
1t was the first experience OF
this sort for the parents of the
world famous quintuplets.
Here for a stage appearance be-
ginning tomorrow, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dionne were taken to the Chez
Paree around midnight to view
the undressed gyrations of Mike
FritzelS dancing girls.
Mrs. Dionne, plump and smiling.
was really puzzled with it all. Her
first question, in French, was:
What are all these people
doing here?"
Told they were eating. dancing
and drinking, the young mother
Of 10 children then asked:
What fOr?"
Even the explanation that the
revelers we're looking for relaxa-
tion left Mrs. Dionne shaking her
head.
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CIVIC AND SOCIAL

2:30 P.M.-Meeting, Danes OF
the Loyal Legion, Mayflower Hotel.
5 P.M.-Turkey supper; 9 PM.
Dancing. Sunday School of st.
Marks Episcopal Church, Parish
House. Both for so cents.)
$50 M.-Din ner, Thirteen
Club, Willard Hotel.
800 P.M.-Bridge Club, Dupli-
cate Contract, Carlton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Board Meeting, So
roptimist Club, Willard Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Society of
Free Lance Writers, Shoreham.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Psi Lambda
Tau Sorority, Raleigh Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Texas
State Society, Mayflower Hotel.
800 P.M.-Dinner, National
Institute of Adult Education, May
flower.
$50 P.M.-Card Party. Newman
Club Of George Washington Uni
verSity, Willard.
$50 P.M-Benefit Card and
Bingo Party, Immaculate Hall,
Eight and N Streets, N. W.
900 P.M.-Dance. Bull Run
Camp, Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, Willard Hotel.
CONFERENCE
All Day and Evening-Meeting
Conference on Economic Security,
Nurses Advisory Committee, May.
flower Hotel.
TOMORROW
CIVIC AND SOCIAL
1890 A.M.-Meeting, National
Defense Committee, D. A. r.,
Nayflower.
0P.M.-Guest speaker. Rev.
C. S. Hoffman, will tell of his
experience in Korea-c a ! d
Chosen" at the New York Ave.
lIue Presbyterian Church.
6:45 PM.-Dinner. Membership
Committee, Washington Board of
Trade. Mayflower Hotel.
700 .M.-The Southeast Com.
lnunity Exposition and Carnival,
under the auspices of the South,
east Community Center, Blu,
chanan Auditorium, Thirteenth
and D Streets Southeast.
800 P.M.-Meeting. U. s. Treas.
ury Post, American Legion, Will
lard.
P.M.-"Public Card Party,
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STEEL MERGER
FOUGHT BY US.
international News Service

International News Service
Two important antitrust pro-
ceedings against members of the
steel industry were instituted at
Cleveland today, the Department
Of Justice announced.
The first action, against six
steel corporations, seeks to re
strain the proposed merger Of
the Republic Steel Corporation,
the Corrigan-McKinney Steel
Company, and subsidiaries.
The second suit charges viola
tion of the interlocking directo.
Sate provisions of the Clayton
Antitrust act and names seven
individual directors Of steel COM
panies.
In announcing the first action,
the Justice Department said the
petition alleged that the various
stock acquisitions in connection
with the proposed merger violated
the Clayton act and that the ef-
feet of the proposed merger would
be substantially to lessen compe.
tition between the companies in,
volved.
The interlocking directors named
as defendants are William G.. Ma.
ther, S. Livingston Mather. D. T.
Croxton, Cyrus S. Eaton, George
T. Bishop, William R. Burwell ard
Myron A. Wick. Each is alleged to
be a director of two or more Of
the 10 named corporations, which
have assets aggregating 900 mil
hon dollars.
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GROUP WILL DANCE

A dance will be held by en-
ployes of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey February 19 at Wardman
Park Hotel.
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as President?
Colunnist Hopes Not

answered:
Heaven help America II we
do
"The nice little woman
looked at me with horror and
rage. She couldn't believe 1
meant it, but 1 did. 1 can't
imagine a more awful calamity
for the woman herself.
Were not ready yet for
authority like that. We
haven't found our balance
but even though 1 can't as yet
see a woman President. I'm
telling you that we women are
the most important thing in
the world today.
And when women begin to
raise Cain with all the male
voters as they are now raising
Cain with their own particular
lords and masters, there's goinr
to be nothing short of a milen-
MUM"
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Times Table

|Southern Diaries Auditorium. so
M st. N. E. III Street Circle0
800 P.M-Ball. Cath ol ic
Student Mission Crusade, May
flower.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Pi Sigma
Tau Sorority, Carlton Hotel.
$50 P.M.-Card Party and
Dance, VIM. F. Hunt Chapter,
o. E. S., Willard Hotel.
900 P. M.-Smoker, Variety
Club. willard Hotel.
900 P.M-Dance, Phi Mu
Sorority, Lafayette Hotel.
1000 P.M-Dance, George
Washington University, Shore
ham Hotel.
1000 P.M-Dance, Georgetown
University Junior prom, Ward.
man Pard Hotel.
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NEW YORK, Feb. !. Q.N.SO.
Heaven help America If we
have a woman nreSidentIn

NEW YORK, Feb. !. U.N.SO.
Heaven help America If we
have a woman PRESIDENT"
So said Elsie Robinson, ia.
nous columnist and author, in
a coast-to-coast radio talk yes.
terday over the C. B. S.
Miss Robinson. directing her
talk to "us girls" said:
Never before has life meant
so much to women as it means
to us today. Never before has
the world so needed the help
Of women. Never before have
women had such a great OPP
pOrtunity to make good
But I'm not going to tell
you, as so many do, that we
women are all ready to grasp
that opportunity. I'm not 60
ing to say that we women are
Gods greatest gift to human
ity. AS a matter of fact,
think that we're often a pain
in the neck. e..
"A nice little woman said to
me the other night: Before we
die well see a woman PreSi-
dent of the United States And
The Washington times., 1935-02-07
So Cases Liquor
In Truck Seized

PETERSBURG, Va, Feb. IA
truck loaded with SO cases of lille
gal corn whisky was captured near
here by Policeman o. N. Lohr.
The driver. Joseph S. Bond, %,
OF Washington. was lodged in Hen
rico County Jail.
A week ago Mr.. Lohr captured
. truck loaded with 80 cases of
"moonshine" on the same. high
way.
The Washington times., 1935-02-07
Hoover to Discuss
Crime War Today

NEW YORK, Feb. THE Fed
eral Governments war against
crime will be described today
by J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Division of Investigation, De-
partment of Justice, at the month
ly meeting of the chamber of COM
merce Of New York State.
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j. 8. QUIZ
Of FPROPAGANDA
International News Service


A plan to force a sweeping in
vestigation of financing of pro-
paganda for internationalism was
under preparation today by Rep
resentative George Holden Tink.
ham (R) of Massachusetts,.
Despite the crushing defeat of
the League Court treaty in the
Senate, Representative Tinkham
voiced the fear that propaganda
to involve the United States with
foreign nations will be intensified.
He said:
For year a remarkable lobby
in behalf of internationaliSm
has been conducted in this
country. 1t is so extensive
that huge sums of money have
been necessary to maintain it.
who is paying the bills?
propose an investigation into
every form of propaganda Of
the internatiOnalists."
Representative Tinkham is
marshalling figures which. he
hopes, will cause Congress to au.
thorize the investigation.
The Carnegie Foundation, he
asserted, already has been re-
vealed as contributing to the in
ternationalist propaganda.
In the face of overwhelming
odds Representative Tinkham
also was making a fight in the
House to strike from the State
labor department. appropriation
bill $174,630 as the American con-
tribution to the 1nternationa La
Dor Organiza ton.
American membership in the
organization, he charged, was
obtained through trickery. He
declared that the labor organiza.
ton is the left arm" of the
League of Nations.
GROUP WILL DANCE
A dance will be held by en-
ployes of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey February 19 at Wardman
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20
REGISTRATION FOR
 NEW CLASSES SPLIT

Principal A. S Dunham is busy completing the schedule of courses and compiling the data of the num- Der Of students to take them. All work is being rushed to completion so that school may close officially on May 29. Inventories are being completed by the teachers of both the grade and high schools and are being turned in to MT. Dunham's office where they will be given a final checking.
 New System Inaugurated
 A new system of buying books is to be inaugurated this year. The individual teachers will eyaluate the books and in turn will give the student slip with the value listed. The slips are taken by the stu dents to the last period teacher who will then give them to MT. Durham on May 28. When the stu dents return at Il o'clock May 29 to get their report cards, they will find the checks for their books at tached to the cards. In this way the confusion and the conjestion in the halls are eliminated and the stu dents are able to dispose of their books more quickly than before.
 Schedule of Examinations
 The final examinations are to be given on May "A, and May 27.
 All seniors are exempt from talk ing the examination provided they have better than D in citizenship, or unless the instructor requires them to take the examnations. Oth- CT students and those seniors who have not fulfilled the requirement. will have to stay ip school all Mon day. The examinations will be giv- en in the regular class period.
 Registration Data
 The compilations of the courses to be offered for next year and the number of students registered to take them are as follows: The first figure is the course offered, and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20
MANY COMING
 ON EXCURSION
 TO NoRTHLAND
Seattle Goodwill Tourists to Spend Six Hours
 Here Northbound

Headed by Aired II 1iundln, President of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, t..e Biennial Good will Tour of Seattle business eXecu- tives and professional leaders with their families, will leave Seattle on the Aleutian June s and arrive at Juneau Tuesday, June II, at ' o'clock in the evening, according to information received by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. The ship will remain in Juneau from ' pm. until l or ? am. Wednes- day morning. Southbound, the Se- atsle party will be in Juneau Thursday morning, June 20, from ' to 10 o'clock.
 An enthusiastic committee of 50 Seattle business men has been ac- tive in organizing the delegation for several months, and over 12O reservations have already been made, and indications point to the Aleutian being completely sold out before sailing date
 We are endeavoring to make this the finest and most represen- tative group from Seattle that has ever visited the Territory" said Darwin Mesinest, Chairman of the Seattle Chambers committee or gani2ing the trip. Our list is al- ready an impressive one and in cludes the names of many of the city's well-known business leaders. We are coming on a friendly mis- sion-to give our business men the opportunity of meeting their AL aska friends in their own places of business. Seattle recognizes the tremendous importance of the trade received from Alaska and we are coming to show our appreciation for it. We are interested in AL aska's problems and we wish to cooperate in every way we can in bringing development and growth to the Territory. Many of those coming on this trip have been to Alaska several times and some are making their first visit"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20

the second figure is the number of students signed for that par ticular subject.
 English I, 5S; English III, 58; English V, 49; English VII, 37; jour nalism, 5; dramatics and public speaking, 6; algebra, 5s; geometry, 63: advanced algebra, 21; trigonom- etry, 5 and I alternative; general science. 40 and 40 alternatives; bi- ology, 9 and alternatives; phys ics, 3s: chemistry, 33; French | l2 and IS alternatives; French II, s2 ana , alternatives; Latin, Is and 8 alternatives; German, 14 and T alternatives; world history, 10 and alternatives; U s. history t5; manual training L g and 3 alternatives: manual training III, i3 and 5 alternatives; auto me clanics and bench electricity, 27 and alternatives; economies and sociology, 4 and 3 altern atives; home economics I. 12 ana 2 alter natives; home econcmics II, l8 and alternatives; typing I, 20 and 2 alternatives; typing II, ?; short hand I, 10; shorthand II, 2; book keeping. 12sand alternatives; busi- ness English, 6 and alternatives; business training, and alterna- tlves; community civics, 8, business law, 4 and ? alternatives; penman- ship and spelling, 10 and alterna- tives; commercial art I, 28 and 25 alternatives; commercial art II, g.; boys gymnasium will be compul- sorry. Four classes of two-hour pe- riods will be held two days a week. The same will be true for the girls gymnasium also. Bard, 21; orches- tra, 9; girls glee club, 50; boys glee club, 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20
RETURN FROM sKAGwAY

MT. and Mrs. James McAlister returned from Skagway on the Vic toria where they were called by the death of Mrs. McAlisters father, P. J. Flynn, last week. MT. Flynn died just 10 days after the passing of his wife. Funeral services were held last Wednesday in Skagway,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20
ELLIS BACK TO NORTH

Clyde Ellis, former Assistant United States Attorney at Cordova who went south after representing the Alaska Weekly at last winters legislative session, is coming back to the north and will start a law practice at Anchorage, according to letter to friends here. He is now in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-05-20
ARE ENJOYING
 THEIR TRIP, OLD COUNTRY

Mir and Mrs Andrew Nerland writing from Molde, Norway, advise Juneau friends they are enjoying their trip very much and expect to return north to their home in Fairbanks, passing through Juneau the latter part of June.