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The Washington times., 1936-03-03
A.F.G.E. FIGHTS
DISNEY BILL

Headquarters of the American
Federation of Government En-
ployes today announced the organi
zation will oppose passage of the
bill introduced in the House by
Rep. Wesley E. Disney CD Of
Oklahoma. which would establish
a National Academy of Public AT
fairs.
The employe organization stated
the bill would set up a caste Sys-
tenn in Federal service to the
detriment of the merit system.
Under provisions of the Disney
bill members of Congress would
be allowed to appoint each year
young men and women. one for
each Representative and two for
each Senator. on the basis of selec-
ton adopted at the Naval Acad-
emy and West Point. The students
would be trained for the admins
trative service and would have
civil service status upon gradua-
tion.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
LOBBY PROBE.
WILL CALL
D0HERTY
Utility Maenate to Be
Asked About Fight
on Power Bill
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT
international News Service

The nations outstanding utility
multimillionaire, 65-year-old Henry
l.. Doherty, soon will be called as
a witness in the renewed Senate
lobby investigation.
Under present plans of the spe-
cial committee conducting the in.
quiry. Doherty will be called in
about two weeks. He will be asked
about the campaign which his
= .llion-dollar Cities Service Com.
pany waged against the Wheeler
Rayburn utility act last year.
Senator Black CD Of Alabama,
committee chairman, also has indi.
Gated he may ask Doherty whether
he and other insiders" unloaded
their Cities Service stock a. good
prices Just before the market crash
of 1929.
Black quizzed S. B. Severson,
vice president Of the Cities Serv.
ice subsidiary, the Republic Light,
Heat and Power Company Of Buff
falo, long the same line. And
Severson admitted that just be-
fore the market crash in 1929
he sold Cities Service stock which
had cost him about $1,000 for
a profit Of nearly $4,000. Soon
afterwards the market tumbled,
and the stock dropped sharply.
For the present, the COMMITTEES
was concerned over the District
of Columbia Supreme Court tenn.
porary order restraining the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies from producing mes
sages sent and received by the
Chicago law firm of Winston.
Strawn and Shaw, headed by
Silas Strawn, formerly president
of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce, and of the American
Bar Association.
Today, the committee called be-
fore it Victor Dorsey, of the en-
gineering appraisal firm of Ha-
genah and Ericsson in Chicago.
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FREE Z YEARS,
NABBED HERE
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tectives of what they had and sent
along his record.
Moran served two years of a
long term for criminal assault in
Joliet before he escaped in 1914.
He dropped from sight until early
in 1918, when he enlisted in the
Army, and in March, 1918. was
sent overseas with Company B,
Ninth Battalion of the Twentieth
Engineers. Moran went over the
hill," a soldiers way of saying he
deserted. on September 3. 1918,
and made his way out Of France
on a ship bound for Mexico.
Faces Charges Here
After landing on the east coast
Of Mexico, Moran made his way
to Ell PaSo. the gateway through
which many renegadeS have en-.
tered and left the United States.
Lambert said Moran was married
in Ell Paso. He has been in Wash
ington about two years, Lambert
said. Moran gave his local ad,
dress as 648 E st. S. E.
Joliet penitentiary authorities
have been notified, as have Army
officials of his capture. He faces
false pretense charges here If the
others don't want him. which
isn't considered likely by detec.
tiVeS
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
To Purify Water

FAIRMONT, w. Va, March 4.
A Federal grant will be sought to
purify the waters of the TygartS
Valley River above the Federal
control dam at Grafton, A. C.
Spur, secretary of the Upper
Monongahela Valley Association,
announced today. Removal of po-
luton would open up a large area
for recreation development, Spur
pointed out.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
UNION TO TALK
0NH0US|NG

A mass meeting under the aus
pices of the Washington Central
Labor Union Committee on Rents
and Low Cost Housing will be held
Thursday evening at s o'clock in
the Central High School audi
torium, Thirteenth and Clifton
SITS. N. w.
Thirteen local unions of the
Central Labor Union have in
dorsed the unions resolution on
rents and low cost housing
adopted at its December confer
ence.
They call for passage of the
Ellenbogen rent control bill. which
would establish a commission for
the regulation of rents; establish
ment of a housing commission to
be responsible for the inforce-
ment of building inspection and
condemnation. sanitation. health
and fire protection regulations
and the erection of a District
housing authority to be respon-
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Day i'm Congress
SENATE
Meets at noon.
Tnnan1ittnaS.


Committees:
1890 A.M.-Naval Affairs: res
toration of Constellation, open.
1890 A.Nr.-Interstate Com.
merce: Federal Trade Commits.
sion Act, executive.
1890 A.M.-Agriculture; cotton
investigation, open.
1890 A.M.-Banking and Cur
rency, executive.
200 P.M.-Conference on leave
bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon to consider bills
on the private calendar and be-
gin general debate on the District
appropriation bill.
10 A.M.-Appropriations Com,
mittee; executive session on the
District and four-department ap-
preparation bills.
10 A.M.-Foreign Affairs Com,
mittee: open hearing on whaling.
1918 A.M.-Patents Commit.
tee; open hearing on the copy
right bill.
1890 A.M.-District subcom,
mittee; open hearing on the traf,
fic study.
1890 A.M.-Naval Affairs Com.
mittee; open hearing on the air
base at Tongue Point, Oreg.
1890 A.M.-Militar7 Affairs
Committee: executive session to
receive subcommittee reports.
1890 A.M.-Merchano Marine
Committee; open hearing on the
water carriers bill.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
League Submits Final
Appeal for Armistice

GENEVA, March 3. QN.S0.
The League of Nations committee
of 13, the council minus Italy, ad-
dressed it's final" truce appeal to
Italy and Ethiopia today, acting in
speedy Commute meeting under
the driving power Of Britain and
France. The committee adopted
the text of an appeal to the bel
ligerents to start peace negotia-
tions with a view to cessation Of
hostilities. The appeal read:
"The committee Of thirteen,
acting in virtue Of the mandate
which the council accorded in
q resolution on December 10,
addresses an urgent appeal to
both belIigerentS for immediate
opening Of negotiations within
the framework Of the League
and the spirit Of the covenant
with a view to prompt ces-
satiOn Of hOstilities and the
definite establishment Of
peace"
Meet Next Tuesday
The committee convened at
$50 p. m. and adjourned at 4:10
p. m. until next Tuesday. The
next meeting was fixed for Tues.
day upon insistence of Foreign
Minister Flandin, Of France, who
wished to avoid giving the ap.
peal the appearance of an ulti'
matum to Italy.
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden
of Great Britain, had urged that
a reply be demanded within AZ
hours, penalty for failure to reply
being application Of an oil en-
barge. The British plan was to
deliver an ultimatum.
The appeal, drawn up princi-
pally by Flandin, avoids a de.
mand for immediate cessation OF
hostilities, which Eden has "a
vored.
Study Oil Sanctions
The British won a partial vic
tory, however, as the committee Of
eighteen-the Leagues general
staff" on application of sanctions
was called to meet at IL a. m.
tomorrow to continue it's study OF
| the possibility Of an oil sanction.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Wallace TO Explain
New Farm Aid Plans

Secretary Of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace will head staff Of
Agricultural Department and AAA
officials who will give their first
explanation of workings of the
new soil conservation farm meas
ure at Memphis and Chicago in
three-day sessions starting Thurs
day.
Mr.. Wallace will go first to
Memphis, where cotton, tobacco,
peanut, potato and rice producer
leaders will meet and thence to
the Chicago meeting with repre-
Sentatives of the grain producers
of the Middle West.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
CHINESE R Ed 5
SLAY 1900
IN BATTLE
Loyal Soldiers Fight
With Fists Until
Last Man Falls
Copyright. 1896. by
International News SeFviCe)

PEIPING. March 3.-Without
ammunition, more than 5000
loyal soldiers battled 10000 Com.
munist troops with their fists
until the last man was slain, Gov.
Yen Hsi-Shan, of ShenSi Province,
revealed today as reinforcementS
were hurled into the see-saw fight
on the Red hordeS.
Governor Yen said two Of his
provincial battalionS had been
wiped out in the battle at
Shangtsun after they had lost
all their ammunition by q Com
munist ruse.
Troops from Shensi Province
made a sudden foraJ across the
Yellow River and are now fight
ing the Reds from the rear.
Meanwhile. Mao Tze-Tung, Com
munist general, established a
Soviet administration in the i'm
portant ShenSi city of Chungyang.
Reports reaching Peiping today
said that American and other
foreign missionaries are beginning
to evacuate Fenchow, with the
Reds only rs miles away.
This, however, was discounted
at the American board head
quarters.
Estimating the Reds at 10000,
Governor Yen said that many Of
them are impoverished peasants
who were forced to serve in the
Communist ranks.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
6. W. STUDENTS
PICK BEAUTY

George Washington University
students now are at the annual
task of choosing themselves q
beauty queen in the contest spon.
sored by The Cherry Tree. student
year book.
John La Galta. of McCall's Mag
azine, will do the judging of the
five beautiful girls who have been
entered in the contest. The entries
are Katherine Black, Helen Van
Hook, Frances Knapp. Beulah
Rosters and Gertrude Sherman.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
China Orders conscription
To Meet Jap Aggression

NANKING, March 3 Q.NS).
Immediate enforcement of mill.
tary conscription throughout the
country was ordered today by the
Nanking National government in
a bold move to mobilize China'S
vast fighting manpower against
further japanese aggression.
Two years military training
for all able-bodied men between
the ages of 18 and As years was
decreed. The Marking government
is estimated now to have under
its direct army control one mil
lion soldiers.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
INCOMPETENCE
CHARGED TO
DERN, CRAIG
Record Held Altered; ;
Fight for Return Of
Officer Continues
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service


International News Service
President Roosevelt was charged
today with direct responsibility for
the removal Of Mai. Gen. johnson
Hagood from command Of the
Eighth Corps area as punishment
for criticizing the Administrators
WPA expenditures.
The charge was made by Repre-
sentative Robert L. Bacon CRO OF
New York while commenting on
frequently expressed rumors that
the Army officers fate was sealed
at Cabinet meeting. RumorS per
sisted that Harry L. Hopkins, WPA
administrator, forced cabinet &C.
ton against Hagood.
While Bacon was blaming the
President, Representative John
Taber (R.) of New York, ranking
minority member Of the House Ap-
propriations Committee, de-
nounced Secretary Of War Dern
and Gen. Malin Craig, chief Of
staff, as totally incompetent to
fill their positions"
He said his charge was justified
by their recent statements. con-
demning Hagood's record after
having placed him in command Of
the army corps only few months
ago.
Record Held Altered
Democratic friends of the ousted
General, led by Senators Smith
and Byrnes of South Carolina,
meanwhile continued their private
eforts to force his reinstatement
to his old command. They were
Joined in this effort by a host OF
other Democrats, including Rep
resentative Blanton Cd Of Texas,
who invited Hagood'S testimony
had been tampered with, to the
end that the General appeared to
be making a stump speech when
in fact he merely answered direct
questions.
Smith called for congressional
action to restore Hagood to his
old post. He would not say
whether he would lead such an
attempt when the Senate con-
siders the War Department ap-
preparation bill in the near tu-
ture.
President Blamed
In charging the President with
responsibility for the Hagood af-
fair, Bacon said:
"The great principle Of free
dom Of speech il the funda-
mental issue in the HaEOOd
case. If committees Of Congress
cannot get the truth even from
an Army officer, without hav.
ing that officer punished, then
it is time for Congress to close
down.
II don't blame General Craig.
He IL merely working under
orders from the White House
and the responsibility for this
outrageous action should be
placed where 1t belongs. All
Craig is doing Is trying to shOul-
der q burden for the President"
DERN, CRAIG ASSAMED
In denouncing Dern and Craig
as incompetent" Taber said:
'"The large question Of public
policy at stake Is whether we
are going to be able to get
honest testimony before com
mittees of Congress. If we can't
get the truth, especially from
officers in the military and
naval services. Congress Is help
less.
''Tt is perfectly apparent from
the statements Of Secretary
Dern and General Craig that
both of them are totally incOm-
petent to fill their positions.
After General HagOod had made
the reputation that Craig as
serted he had. they assigned .
him to the Texan command, one
Of the most important in the
Army. This alone proves their
incOmpetency."
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
DUCE TO SPURN
ULT|MATUM
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the Tembien, while our air.
craft are giving no respite to
bodies of the dispersed enemy"
SOLIDIFIES POSITIONS
simultaneously Italy moved to
Solidify her position on the
continent as Britain announced
q two-billion-dollar rearmament
program. A formal statement
issued following a meeting Of the
cabinet announced an important
three-day meeting beginning
March 18 in Rome among the
heads of the governments Of
Italy, Austria and Hungary.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

sible for the construction of suf-
ficient low rental housing to meet
the present shortage, and to re-
place existing habitations which
are unfit.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Train Crash Hurts S

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ontario,
March 3 UN.SO.-Five persons,
two of them passengers and the
others trainmen, were injured yes
terday when a freight and pas
senger train crashed head-on
near here.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
Moose Evidently Moving
Into This District

Two more moose have been seen in
the district south of Libby. The latest
to report seeing the big animals are
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cloutier, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Harris, Sr. and Miss Anita
Harris. just after leaving their cabin
on Thompson lake last Sunday to re-
turn to Libby, they saw two bull moose
standing in a nearby swale. Both were
large, fine looking animals. They were
apparently accustomed to the sight of
humans and cars, as they stood and
watched the party for some moments
befose trotts>g into the timber
A number of moose have been re-
ported in these parts the past few
weeks. 1t would seem that they are
moving into this district from some
other section.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
Obtain S27,4O0 From
Spokane Land Bank

Lincoln county farmers, by obtain
ing SGT 400 in mortgage loans from the
Land Bank Of Spokane and the land
bank commissioner during the past
three years, were able to pay off APP
proximately $4,000 of old indebted
ness, according to a tabulation lust
completed by the Farm Credit ad-
ministration.
This reduction Of indebtedness
amounting to $4,000 in conjunction
with land bank refihancing, has been
accomplished largely through volun-
tary adjustments by former creditors.
In addition, refinanced farmers are also
saving substantial sum on their an
nual interest bill
Farmers over the state as a whole
paid off $22,834,6OO of old indebted
ness with SIG 572,7OO they borrowed
through the land bank, thereby eff
fecting reduction in principal amount
ing to approximately $6,261, 800. AT the
same time they are saving $4,000 a
year through lower interets rates. Their
old indebtedness bore on average in
terest rate of 73 per cent Their new
loans through the land bank were
written at S per cent and less
AT present the bank is making new
first mortgage loans at 4 per cent
rate when closed through and guar
anteed by national farm loan associa-
tons. Special commissioner loans on
either first or second mortgage securi-
ty bear per cent interest
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
CYLINDER HEAD TORN OUT
OF SAWMILL'S BIG ENGINE

Last Thursday night part Of the
mechanism of the big engine at the
j. Neils Lumber company sawmill
broke and tore out the head Of the
cylinder. The piece torn out weighed
about 400 pounds, says w. E. Dexter,
mill superintendent, and was thrown
into the middle Of the engine room.
Henry Jaques, night shift engineer, was
blown some distance, landing between a
large generator and wall. Fortunate
ly he was not much injured. He had
just started to walk past the engine
when the accident happened and an
other step would have placed him d.
rectly in line with the flying cylinder
and you'd undoubtedly have resulted
in his death.
Mr. Dexter says parts for the engine
are being furnished by the Union Iron
Works of Spokane. They should reach
Libby Friday or Saturday and he ex-
poets to have the mill in operation
again by Monday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
Will Let Road Contract
In Happy's Inn Section

The state highway commission has
called for bids on a construction prof.
ect beginning at the top OF Elk Hill and
extending easterly 8712 miles to point
Just west Of the Lincoln Flathead
county line. Bids are to be opened in
Helena at $50 a. m. October 2.
The Improvement contemplated con-
slsts OF the grading, the surfacing with
gravel subbase material and with a top
course of crushed gravel, and the con-
struction Of small drainage structures
This Is another step in following out
the program announced few weeks
ago for construction on highway No. 2.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
Long Time Resident
Passes To Reward

A longtime and highly respected
citizen of Libby answered the last sum-
mons Monday morning about Ills
o'clock in the passing Of j. w. Jewell OF
this city. MIR. Jewell was working
about the yard and when Mrs. Jewell
called him for lunch he found him
lying across wheelbarrow where he
had fallen, evidently dying from heart
attack.
Funeral services were held this
morning from the Gampf chapel with
the Rev r. w. Orr and the Masonic
lodge in charge Of the services I'm
mediately following the services the
remains were taken to Kalispell for
burial
j. Wallace Jewell was born at Month
cello. Maine, on November g. 1857, and
was thus rs years old at his last birth
day. In 1878 he went to Minneapolis
and on October IL, 1881, he was mar
ried to Jennie T. Clark Of that city. In
January, 1884, he became a member
of the Minneapolis fire department
where he served for many years.
On September, 1909, Mr.. Jewell
moved with his family to Hedges,
Mont, and on April IA, 1914, he and
Mrs Jewell moved to Libby where they
have since resided.
Mr.. Jewell is survived by his wife,
Jennie E. Jewell, by three sens, CAL
win G. Jewell and Charles F. Jewell of
Libby, and Thomas F. Jewell of Min
neapolis; also by a daughter Mrs. F.
II. Keller of Kalispell and IL grand
children.
MIR. Jewell was hard working man,
citizen Of honor and integrity. The
sorrowing relatives have the sincere
sympathy Of the community in their
loss.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
PAMPHLETS TO AID
TEACHERS IN THEIR WORK

Inasmuch as the county teachers
meeting is scheduled for tomorrow. it
is especially appropriate to mention
the splendid pamphlets for teachers
projects in the information file at the
'snrary. Lists Of these pamphlets will
be made and mailed to teachers when
the file Is completed but there are
great many at present on travel, COM
n ,-aication, art projects, industries and
many other subjects that teachers need
for their school work. They are prov
ing very valuable.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
LIBBY TROY CONTRACT LET

AT Missoula last Friday contract for
construction of four miles on the Lib
by-Troy highway was let to Clifton
Apologize and John Lyon Of Spokane,
who submitted joint low bid. Their
bid was for $75,5n for the four miles
of grading
This is bureau of public roads
projects and the contract will have to
be approved in Washington before
work can start.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-09-17
Tells Of Work With
Musk Oxen In Alaska

Charles Rouse, accompanied by Mrs
Rouse and their small son, are in LIB,
visiting with Mr.. Rouses parents, Mr.
and Mrs. c. W. Rouse. They calns
here from Fairbanks, Alaska, and afte,
a short visit here will proceed to Okla
homa where Mr.. Rouse is being trans
ferred by the U. S. biological survey
Mr.. Rouse states he has not been in
formed just what his duties will be
there but he is to be stationed on the
| Wichita Mountain wild life refuge and
he presumes his work will be in con-
nection with wild life management.
Readers Of the Western News will re-
member that in 1880 Mr. Rouse met a
shipment of musk oxen coming into
the eastern United States and super
vised the moving OF them across the
continent and up into Alaska There
were 81 young oxen in the shipment.
At that time the government was in
Producing the oxen into Alaska in the
hope, said Mr. Rouse, of re-establish-
ing them in that district
Musk oxen once were native to
Alaska said Mr.. Rouse. The natives
have legends to that effect and tell
about when the last ones were killed.
Skeletons of oxen have also been found
in mining excavations. However, they
have been extinct for the past 100
years. The government is now trying
to reintroduce them into the territory
and will probably be successful al
though it will be slow process be-
cause of the nature Of the animal
Musk oxen are slow in maturing"
continued Rouse. They do rot breed
until four years OF age and drop the
calves at five years Our stock was
young when we took them there in
1880 and as yet the herd has produced
only few calves. However, he ami
mails are doing well. We have had
some losses but these do not exceed
what could be expected"
When asked if the animals were sub
iect to their own peculiar diseases, he
said that they were to some extent. /
But they hadn't gone into that phase of
the work to any great extent, said
Rouse.
Shortly before leaving he moved the !
herd onto Nunivak island. This is /
large island in the Behring sea, between |
the mouths of the Yukon and Kuskok-
vim rivers. Mr.. Rouse also did some
work with reindeer herds in the coastal
regions of the Behring sea. The rein
deer were planted in Alaska in 1890
and large numbers Of them are now
here. They are used extensively by
he natives for food and clothing.
The musk-ox is a cud-chewing mann
nal and is intermediate between the OK
md the sheep. Both sexes are horned
It is said to be somewhat larger than
he Rocky mountain sheep, to which it
bears strong resemblance in fleetness
If foot and hardness The body is
covered with long, fine hair The ami
nal takes its name from secretion of
he body.
When asked how he liked living in
Alaska Mr.. Rouse replied that he liked
t very much. 1T reminded me very
much of the Libby country and is very 4
similar to it, he said. 1T is a very
pleasant country except when it gets
old and when it gets cold it is real
old Furthermore, few people in the
tates realize the size of Alaska. 1t is
very large empire in itself